Taoist Master Xuanhuang

"what happened?"

The three siblings only realized what was happening the moment the crimson realm shook violently.

Meanwhile, this act of establishing authority was naturally broadcast live throughout, with the Zhenxie Hall serving as a large, multi-functional live broadcasting facility.

The divine being's birth caused chaos in the world, and the Suppressing Evil Department naturally wouldn't miss such an opportunity.

Running into the department is also Wan Guqing's dream. Since the higher-ups have agreed that he can take the initiative, he should make good use of it.

He was determined to claim the first seat of divine punishment.

Hongmeng Skynet is even more special than the Dream Realm, which is, after all, a dreamlike virtual world connected to the world by the Dream Gate.

Its main functions were still trade, transmission of teachings, and protection.

HarmonyOS SkyNet is different; one is an official state-owned enterprise, and the other is a private enterprise.

State-owned enterprises are like the Dream World, appearing very solemn and meticulous, while private enterprises like HarmonySky are different; as long as they don't break the law, they dare to do anything.

Live streams and all sorts of outrageous behavior abound here; the place is incredibly active.

On the live stream screen, a shocking title appeared: [Shocking! How dare the Realm Saints do this? The Demon Suppression Department battles the Realm Saints!]

Such a title was quickly pushed to the top position.

The cultivators immersed in the Primordial Chaos Net were momentarily bewildered.

But I couldn't resist clicking to watch, and I was stunned by the scene before me as soon as I entered.

It turns out to be a live broadcast of the Suppressing Evil Department punishing the sacred beings of the realm; this kind of live broadcast is truly the first of its kind.

"Boom——"

The Great Seal of Punishment slowly emerged, hovering above the seemingly vast crimson realm.

Throughout Qianwu City, it was as if light had cleaved through the chaos and darkness. Such a situation had never occurred before, and their limited understanding made them completely unaware of what had happened.

But a little bit of expectation had formed in my heart.

For them, living is torture. If it weren't for their hopes and concerns, perhaps dying peacefully would be a better future.

If they're not afraid of death, why would they be afraid of drastic changes?

"Damn it, it's the Demon Suppression Department? How did they find us?" The Three Crimson Saints panicked.

The reason they were not discovered was that they knew their place was isolated from the outside world, a fact they learned through sacred communication.

At the same time, they also knew that there were other realms on this plain besides their own.

Fortunately, in the entire basin plain, everyone is roughly in a micro-domain, with no domains above the small domains.

Their frenzied sacrifice of living beings to enhance themselves also had an even greater goal: to occupy the entire canyon basin plain.

There are three realms within the entire basin plain: the Crimson Realm, the Dragon Scale Realm, and a Ming Dynasty-era realm.

They are collectively known as the three realms of humans, demons, and ghosts.

The humans belong to the Ming Dynasty's Chongzhen Emperor's realm at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the demons belong to the Dragon Scale Realm led by the Flood Dragon, and the ghosts belong to the Blood-Red Realm where the three siblings reside.

This is the boundary division within the entire canyon plain.

The strongest is the Ming Dynasty Realm. Although they are all micro-realms, micro-realms are also divided into strong and weak. The weakest type has only one Saint, three is considered mid-level, there are five high-level micro-realms, and seven peak micro-realms.

There are five demons in the Dragon Scale Realm and five saints in the Late Ming Realm; there is not a single peak micro-realm.

This pressure also led to the three siblings going crazy, hoping to dominate the entire canyon plain through their own efforts.

It would be even better if we could acquire the other two.

Although it is a beautiful dream, can't little devils and demons have dreams?
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"Your Majesty, you were right after all. Turbulence is about to break out in the canyon plains?"

A boundary located in the heart of the canyon plain.

Wei Zhongxian said cautiously, a wave of emotion rising in his heart. Was he finally about to connect with the real world?

“Your Majesty, you are kind and benevolent. Although they are humans from another land, you not only did not harm them in the slightest, but even provided them with some protection. I think even if we are discovered, we will be fine,” Wang Chengen said.

It's a strange combination; there are five holy figures in total, but only two are eunuchs.

Wang Chengen died alongside Emperor Chongzhen, while Wei Zhongxian was ordered to commit suicide by Chongzhen.

As for the other two, they are Qin Liangyu and Lu Xiangshan. There are no Yuan Chonghuan or Hong Chengchou, which is acceptable.

One more thing needs to be explained.

The influx of resentment from heaven and earth has a greater impact on non-human sacred beings, but a very small impact on human sacred beings.

Because the realm led by the Temples of Literature and Martial Arts surrendered to Xuanhuang, the sacred beings of humanity were also included among the people by the human race's fortune, and thus received a certain degree of protection and blessing.

This led to the infiltration of resentment from heaven and earth, with non-human deities being more affected, while human deities were minimally affected.

"Although I am the ruler of a fallen kingdom, I am not a tyrant..." Emperor Chongzhen launched into a lengthy discourse.

The general idea is that although he was a deposed ruler, he treated his people very well, and even after being reborn as a saint, he still upheld this original intention.

They're showing off their greatness.

It's not that we weren't aware of it; both the Crimson Realm and the Dragon Scale Realm have engaged in many insidious acts.

The Dragonscale Realm's advantage lies in its lack of further action after a brief probing, likely due to warnings and support from other dragon realms.

If you get what you want, you can make progress without harming living beings.

He himself was the same. At first, his subordinates, especially Wei Zhongxian, met with him many times, saying that they could take some actions since they were not humans from the main world.

He rejected them, until later, like the Dragon Scale Realm, they also received support from large, top-tier human realms.

Only the Crimson Three Saints, these devilish holy beings, are scattered and lack large or top-tier realms with sufficient prestige to manage them. Those large and top-tier devil realms are all quite confused; who cares whether they are their fellow practitioners?

So the three siblings had to find their own way.

This shows that the demons, monsters, and other sacred beings of the realms have no organization or plan whatsoever.

The dragon realm has at least some management and organization, as evidenced by the Flood Dragons of the Dragon Scale Realm.

It was precisely because of Chongzhen's persistence that the light we see today has arrived. Even if he were discovered, the realm he belongs to is free from karma and evil, which is very important at this moment.

"Your Majesty is wise!" Wei Zhongxian said.

He knew His Majesty was speaking to him; if he had listened to his cholera-ridden subjects and made progress back then, he wouldn't be so steadfast now.

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the other side!
"My king, can this Demon Suppression Department truly kill the saints hiding in the realm?"

In the Dragon Scale Realm, besides the strongest Dragon Scale King, there are four other water-type demon kings: a turtle, a catfish, a clam, and a crab.

The four little demon kings asked in fear.

"The Dragon Lord said, 'Don't underestimate any of the cultivators under the Dao Lord's command, especially the disciplinary department like the Evil Suppression Department. With the disciplinary divine seal bestowed by the Dao Lord, they dare to take such a big step. They must be confident. Otherwise, it would be the Evil Suppression Department that would lose face. Just watch.'"

The Dragon King said with certainty.

"Thanks to Your Majesty's wisdom, you boldly contacted the great figures of the large and top realms and gained their recognition. Otherwise, we wouldn't be so calm and composed at this moment!" said the Turtle Demon King.

Long ago, the Dragonscale King boldly used the link of the realm resonance to contact the sacred beings of the dragon race. At that time, he had two choices: one was the top realm dragon race in the sea, and the other was the top realm led by the Four River Gods.

It's important to understand that these are two different factions. The four rivers on land and the dragon kings in various regions all favor the Xuanhuang faction, while the ones in the sea are all enemies of the Xuanhuang Dao Lord.

They even formed battlefields to fight against human cultivators.

Fortunately, he was an inland river, not a sea dragon, so he chose the dragon lord of the four rivers.

Looking back now, I was really lucky.

Back then, the Four Seas Dragon Lords and Xuanhuang were enemies, which also angered the Four Rivers Dragon Lords. As they were all top-tier realm dragon lords, they naturally did not submit to the Four Seas Dragon Lords.

Furthermore, the worship of the Four Rivers Dragon Lords primarily originates from humans; they are guardian deities appointed by humans, and thus naturally lean towards humans.

Given this, they chose to side with humanity, which means they side with the mysterious and ancient.

This is due to their nature and inherent character; they made the right choice, at least for now.

"Haha, vision and choices are also a kind of strength. Don't worry, we all have a bright future," the Dragon King laughed smugly.

"Yes Yes Yes!"

"Your Majesty is wise!"

"Your Majesty is wise and mighty!"

"Your Majesty is wise, mighty, and powerful!"

The joyful sound echoed throughout the entire Dragonscale Realm.

This presents a stark contrast to the Blood Trio, who are facing pressure on the other side.

The sacredness of the two temples, Wenwu and Diwu, lies in creating the future. In comparison, the sacredness of the Five Sacred Mountains or the Four Rivers is somewhat inferior to that of the two temples.

But that doesn't mean they did nothing.

For example, the river boundaries on land within the Xia Kingdom were almost all controlled by the Four Great Dragon Lords, with the Yellow River Great Dragon Lord as their leader.

The sacredness of famous mountain regions is headed by the Lord of Mount Tai in the Mount Tai region.

They also made many attempts and innovations in cultivation methods, but they were simply not as good as the methods of Confucius and Jiang Ziya.

But that doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

They had long ago distributed the laws they had created to the river and mountain areas of various regions.

The reason why the Flood Dragon King gave up after trying it once was because he received a cultivation method that was more suitable for the Four Great Dragon Lords.

This is the plan devised by the venerable masters of the Five Sacred Mountains and Four Great Rivers, and they are actively working towards it.

This leads to a significant difference.

The sacred beings under the jurisdiction of the Four Rivers and Five Sacred Mountains are steadily improving. They are not as dazzling as the Civil and Martial Temples, but they are much stronger than other factions in the realms.

Currently, the realm factions can be categorized as follows: human realms led by human literature and martial arts, religious realms led by Buddhism and Taoism, realms led by the Four Rivers and Five Sacred Mountains, realms led by ghosts, realms led by monsters, realms led by evil spirits, and realms led by dynasties, among others.

These are mainly the major factions, and there are also some realms that are difficult to classify, but which account for 60% of the various karmic connections that have come together. These are very complex and chaotic.

The resentment from heaven and earth primarily pollutes this 60% of the realm.

Furthermore, the classification that forms factions is less affected.

For example, the Four Rivers and Five Sacred Mountains are strictly divided into factions. Once you gain their recognition, you will be protected by their fortune and avoid being infected by the resentment of heaven and earth.

Humans, the four rivers and five mountains, and Taoism and Buddhism are currently the sacred sects least affected by the resentment of heaven and earth.

It's not that people belonging to these factions are immune to infection.

The Fairy Goddess and Lao Ai, strictly speaking, are also from the human lineage, but they were greatly affected by it.

The main reason is that neither of them participated in the integration of human factions. Without joining, they would not be protected, just as those who are not true cultivators would not receive the protection of the fortune of true cultivators.

The deities of the Four Rivers and Five Sacred Mountains are spreading the teachings they created, and are also following the example of the Temple of Literature and the Temple of Military Affairs, but so far the impact seems to be minimal.

But it is already protecting these subordinates from being infected by the resentment of heaven and earth; this is an invisible power.

The territory under Emperor Chongzhen at the end of the Ming Dynasty was protected because of this.

The methods of cultivation also originated from the dissemination of the highest realms of humanity.

It wasn't just Confucius and Jiang Shang who created laws; Zuo Qiuming, Lord Wu'an, Peng Yue, and others also had their own paths.

However, the methods of the two Venerable Lords, Kong and Jiang, are more vast, or rather, they are methods of collective evolution.

The laws established by other deities will be made public. Any deity who joins a human faction will receive a basic law. As for the best or most suitable law, that will require effort.

They also have their own points system within the Holy Order, and each of the Holy Orders is very wealthy.

Putting aside everything else, the strange occurrences within the realm are a huge source of wealth; there's no shortage of points.

These miniature territories were all very wealthy in the late Ming Dynasty.

Each of the five has their own magic, and in addition, the fortune and merit they gain from protecting and sheltering a region is also a form of wealth accumulation.

In general, the acquisition method is not difficult.

Since there's a better way, why make things difficult for your own mind?

To put it bluntly, brains are just a matter of talent and innate ability, and there's not much of that, so let's just forget about it.

Don't make things difficult for yourself or your mind; learning from the methods of past geniuses is a good approach.

If the Three Crimson Saints had such a channel, the three siblings wouldn't have bothered with their own minds.

Look at this foolish behavior! Such a huge waste yielded meager returns and even incurred enormous sins. What was the point?

In the eyes of the Crimson Three Saints, the three siblings were outstanding representatives of progress, after all, they had all worked so hard.

But in the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen and the Dragon King, this was the act of a fool; look, retribution has come.

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"It's a miniature realm! Good heavens, this must be another realm. Such powerful sins, they're utterly heinous! No wonder the Demon Suppression Department targeted them!"

The monks watching the live stream were just there to watch the show.

I want to witness the demise of a sacred realm.

"Where is this? Does any fellow cultivator recognize this place?" one cultivator asked, finding it unbelievable.

Such a strong aura of sin and resentment had gone unnoticed before.

"It must be a remote and hard-to-detect place. Otherwise, even a sacred being from another realm wouldn't dare to be so presumptuous. These bumpkin sacred beings must be in a remote place, otherwise they wouldn't dare to be so presumptuous."

There is a path of cultivation.

Even in other realms, the gods wouldn't dare do such a thing.

Only in places where they can't be discovered would they dare to act so recklessly.

The saying "ignorance is bliss" perfectly describes this.

...(End of chapter)