Daojun, start from Penglai foundation building

"Ha, all bark and no bite."

Sensing the retreat of the demon kings, Jiang Sheng chuckled. They were only a dozen or so demon kings; Jiang Sheng didn't take them seriously.

As for the tide of demons, Jiang Sheng cared even less.

To put it bluntly, the demon tide was just cannon fodder manipulated by the demon kings to attack the Penglai magic array. And how strong could those demon kings mixed in with the cannon fodder really be?
The truly powerful demon kings reside in various demon realms, occupying places abundant with demonic energy. Only the weak demon kings who cannot survive in the demon realms venture to the shallow layers of the Heavenly Abyss, filled with unrealistic ideas, fantasizing about controlling those demons to break out of the magic array.

The Nine Yuan Heavenly Abyss, a demonic realm spanning 1.08 billion miles, is filled with endless demons, corrupting the heavens and earth with turbid and foul air, and the spreading power of the Abyss Ruins.

While it sounds terrifying, in reality, the Nine Yuan Heavenly Abyss is not a problem that can trouble the immortals and gods at all in the eyes of the three realms.

Cultivators in the lower six realms might think that the Nine Yuan Abyss is a wound that tears the heavens and earth apart, a passage for demons to invade, an unhealable rift in the abyss that brings endless disasters.

But from the perspective of the three realms above, the Nine Yuan Heavenly Abyss is nothing special.

There are some things that even Dharma Aspect Realm experts like Tian Ming'an and Qiu Buyu cannot see through. They are not qualified to deal with higher-level matters, nor do they need to speculate on the thoughts of the Upper Three Realms.

Just like this Nine Yuan Heavenly Abyss, any Pure Yang Dao Lord could easily fill it up, and even a Mahayana Immortal Lord would be enough to suppress this 1.08 billion li Demon Abyss. Even if Jiang Sheng went back and forth in this Demon Abyss a few times, he would be enough to tear apart the Demon Realm and make the Demon Kings tremble with fear.

However, there is no need for that.

Everything that exists has its reason, and the existence of the Nine Yuan Heavenly Abyss is not a bad thing for the Eastern Heavenly Daoists.

Whether it's True Monarch's personal disciples like Tian Ming'an and Qiu Buyu, or other Nascent Soul cultivators and sect disciples, they only need to obey the sect's orders and keep an eye on this Heavenly Abyss. There are many things they don't need to know.

For the Eastern Heavenly Daoist sect, this Heavenly Abyss is more like a training ground to hone their disciples. The truly promising talents will inevitably stand out during the once-a-decade demon tide in the Heavenly Abyss and then be given special attention by the sect.

The fragments of the Law of Calamity were still releasing their chaotic and ferocious power. Jiang Sheng was particularly concerned about the faint sense of defying fate and reversing cause and effect.

Jiang Sheng possessed quite a few fragments of the laws.

Jiang Sheng had seen and comprehended both the Five Elements Law Fragments and the Three Wonders Law Fragments.

Whether it's water and fire among the Five Elements, or wind and thunder among the Three Wonders, since Jiang Sheng's fundamental method originated from the end of the calamity and the end of the fortune, and since Jiang Sheng comprehended a fragment of the law of calamity when he broke through to the Void Realm, water, fire, wind and thunder were also tainted by the power of calamity.

When one is in the Void Refining Realm, the fusion of wind, thunder, water, fire, and calamity is manifested as the Three Calamities of Void Refining: Bifeng (wind of tribulation), Jie Lei (thunder of tribulation), and Yin Huo (yin fire).

Upon reaching the Integration Realm, beyond the wind, thunder, and fire of the Three Calamities of Refining Emptiness, Jiang Sheng's understanding of the power of calamities stemmed more from the Five Tribulations of Integration.

The decline of the physical body due to the liver (wood element), the decline of lifespan due to the heart (fire element), and the decline of the primordial spirit due to the spleen (earth element) are not only related to the Five Elements and Five Tribulations, but also encompass various laws such as time, cause and effect, and life and death.

Reflecting on the jet-black fragment of the Law of Calamity, symbolizing natural disasters, that he had observed when he broke through to the Void Refinement Realm, and looking at the mottled fragment of the Law of Calamity, representing misfortune, in his hand, Jiang Sheng vaguely understood something.

"Disasters are harms caused by heaven and earth."

"The method I cultivate originates from the final calamity and the end of the cycle of life; it is the foundation."

"The method of calamity is to transform disaster into calamity, and to transform the three calamities and five declines by upholding the way of heavenly authority."

“Bearing the might of Heaven, we follow the mandate of Heaven and manifest the way of destiny; therefore, the method of calamity is the method of heavenly calamity.”

Jiang Sheng murmured, bringing the Law of Calamity in his hand to his eyes to examine it closely. He reflected on his past understanding of the Way of the End of Calamity and the application of the Way of Calamity: the Three Calamities, the Five Calamities, the Righteous Law of Heaven and Earth, the Calamities of Water and Fire, and the Calamities of Wind and Thunder.
Various great principles and laws intertwined, converging in Jiang Sheng's sea of ​​consciousness to form clear images—scenes of Jiang Sheng repeatedly unleashing calamity-inducing techniques in the past.

Whether it's the Thunder Technique, the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation, or the Heaven-Severing Sword Art, they are all Jiang Sheng's application of calamity-related techniques and his execution of the path to the end of the calamity and destiny.

Among them, the most prominent are the Three Calamities Azure Talisman drawn using the Three Calamities Method and the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation containing the power of the Three Calamities of Refining Emptiness.

In an instant, as Jiang Sheng practiced the magic, the Bifeng, Jie Lei, and Yin Huo appeared around him one after another, while the four swords of Zhuxian, symbolizing wind, thunder, water, fire, and the final tribulation and destiny, also flew around him.

The profound and terrifying aura of calamity, the overwhelming aura of impending doom that even the depths of the Demon Abyss could not stop, instilled even greater fear in the demon kings like the toad. They thought that Jiang Sheng, the god of slaughter, had finally given up his pretense and was going to exterminate them. For a moment, even ordinary demons with low intelligence scattered and fled in fear, let alone the demon kings.

After sensing that Jiang Sheng was simply staying still and not moving, the demon kings who had been fleeing from the Demon Realm stopped again. They looked at each other in bewilderment: it seemed that the god of death was really just practicing magic and did not intend to attack them.

Amidst the shimmering light and clear celestial radiance of the Chaotic Demon Realm, atop the azure lotus, Jiang Sheng lightly tapped his finger, causing the Four Swords of Zhuxian to swirle and dance, watching the wind, lightning, and yin fire transform and intertwine.

"However, the path of the final calamity and the end of the cycle of fortune, its methods of calamity are not limited to calamities alone."

"The laws of calamity, the laws of heavenly tribulation, the laws of destiny."

"The cause of disaster is not the manifestation of divine will, but the change of human power."

“Turning disaster into calamity, people harbor murderous intent, defying the will of Heaven and disrupting cause and effect. Therefore, the law of disaster is the calamity of man, and is the law of cause and effect of man’s calamity.”

Jiang Sheng pondered, sorting out his own understanding of disasters and calamities.

"The laws of calamity are the way of natural disasters and belong to the category of fate; the laws of misfortune are the way of man-made disasters and belong to the category of cause and effect."

"Natural disasters and man-made calamities, natural disasters and man-made calamities"

The more Jiang Sheng participated in the end times and calamities, the more he realized the profoundness of this path.

Natural disasters and man-made calamities may seem simple, but they actually encompass the Five Elements and the Three Wonders. Metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, thunder, and ice can all be natural disasters and man-made calamities. However, beyond these Five Elements and the Three Wonders, natural disasters and man-made calamities also have the shadow of the Way of Destiny and the Way of Cause and Effect.

Moreover, based on the deduction of natural disasters and man-made calamities, Jiang Sheng had a premonition that besides calamities and disasters, there was another method, which also belonged to the path of disaster and returned to the transformation of the three powers.

That is the third disaster, in addition to natural disasters and man-made disasters.

As he pondered, Jiang Sheng looked up at the turbid and foul air surging thousands of miles away, sensing the intertwining of the turbid and foul air with the power of the Abyss, and sensing the countless demons born in the Demon Abyss. Gradually, Jiang Sheng gained new insights.

"The harm caused by demons originates from the fusion of the three realms, originates from the abyss, and returns to the turbid and foul air. But in the final analysis, it is the calamity of heaven and earth that leads to chaos in the human world."

"Whether it is turbid air or foul air, it is not of the pure and spiritual kind, nor is it a transformation of spiritual energy. It does not belong to the Heavenly Gang, nor does it enter the Earthly Fiend. Therefore, it is the desire of all things and living beings, and the sludge of the world."

"When it is a disaster, the earth shakes and the mountains tremble, the sea is overturned and the sky tilts. Therefore, its disaster is manifest and belongs to the category of calamity."

"Its nature is a disaster, a calamity of the land, not a natural disaster, nor a man-made catastrophe; it is a calamity of the land!"

Having said that, a sharp glint flashed in Jiang Sheng's eyes:

"Natural disasters are the laws of calamity and the changes of fate; man-made disasters are the laws of misfortune and the chaos of cause and effect; geological disasters are the laws of catastrophe, and all belong to karma!"

Natural disasters, man-made calamities, and geological catastrophes!
Destiny, cause and effect, karma!
In an instant, an indescribable energy seemed to flow in the darkness, and all sorts of profound and mysterious methods emerged. Various understandings about natural disasters, man-made calamities, and earth-shattering events continuously flooded into Jiang Sheng's sea of ​​consciousness and were imprinted on his soul.

Three calamities, five difficulties, three wonders, five elements, wind, thunder, water, fire, disasters and calamities, fate, cause and effect, time, karma, and the cycle of time.
Those laws that Jiang Sheng was originally familiar with and unfamiliar with intertwined and merged, eventually returning to the Yin-Yang Calamity Extinction Law, transforming into the Way of the Final Calamity and Final Fortune.

In the heart of the chaotic Demon Realm, on the clear blue lotus, Jiang Sheng's Dao Wheel behind his head became increasingly clear. He sat cross-legged on the lotus platform with a smile on his face. Around him, wind, thunder, and fire swirled and transformed into the Three Calamities, while the Four Swords of Calamity and Annihilation appeared and disappeared.

Time flies so fast, it's beyond compare. Unbeknownst to him, Li Jianchun has been patrolling the Nine Yuan Heaven Abyss for over 150 years.

In less than fifty years, they will be able to end their patrol mission here and return to the Three Realms with the Nine Provinces Realm, back to the Eastern Heaven Daoist School, where the land is clear and the earth is full of blessed lands and grotto-heavens.

As for the two hundred years of patrolling, it was nothing more than a passing memory for a Nascent Soul cultivator with a lifespan of three thousand years.

Perhaps hundreds or thousands of years later, Li Jianchun will occasionally recall the years he spent patrolling the Nine Yuan Heaven Abyss, and the hardships of the past.

But for Li Jianchun right now, he just wants this time to pass by faster, even faster!
Although the demons have lost their former vigor since the demon tide that nearly swept through the entire Nine Yuan Heaven Abyss fifty years ago, and even the demon attacks that occur once every ten years have gradually lost their former danger, it is as if that demon tide exhausted the demons' resources.

In the Nine Yuan Heavenly Abyss, some people are no longer afraid of the demonic tide, and have even become more and more outstanding through the baptism of the demonic tide. However, for cultivators and True Persons of the sixth realm of mortals, the demonic tide is still not to be underestimated, and it may take their lives at any time.

"Brother Li, I've brought you some good stuff!"

Ye Qian's voice came over before he even arrived.

Li Jianchun, who was on patrol, turned his head and saw that Ye Qian's magic boat was approaching him. What Ye Qian was waving in his hand was a gourd!
Perhaps it was because they had gone through life and death together, but ever since the demonic tide that swept through the entire Nine Yuan Abyss fifty years ago dissipated, and ever since they survived from the demons, Ye Qian had become increasingly fond of chatting with Li Jianchun, and would occasionally bring Li Jianchun some fine wine.

Li Jianchun swore that he was not coveting the drinks that Ye Qian had brought that he had never seen before; he simply felt that he enjoyed being with Ye Qian, a good brother with whom he had shared life and death.

During a peaceful patrol, Li Jianchun and Ye Qian sat at the bow of the boat, enjoying the finest wine. After a few sips, Li Jianchun's face flushed red, and the alcohol's effects rushed to his head, causing his eyes to light up: "Good wine!"

Ye Qian said smugly, "Alright?"

"This is Qiulanqing, a fine wine belonging to the quasi-immortal level. In our Penglai, only True Monarchs of the Upper Three Realms are qualified to exchange for it."

Upon hearing this, Li Jianchun glanced at the smug Ye Qian and inexplicably swallowed hard: "Brother Ye, this couldn't have been from Uncle Lingzhao, could it?"

Ye Qian said quite naturally, "My master is not here. He hasn't shown his face in the past 150 years. As a mere Dharma Aspect True Person, I am walking on thin ice in this Nine Yuan Heaven Abyss. What's wrong with taking some of his wine to calm my nerves?"

Hearing Ye Qian's natural and casual words, Li Jianchun was amazed. If it were him, he wouldn't have dared to steal Jiang Sheng's spiritual tea, let alone act so naturally.

It can only be said that he truly deserves to be the personal disciple of Master Lingzhao, as his habits are exactly the same as Master Lingzhao's.

In comparison, Huang Wensheng, who was also a disciple of Master Lingzhao, was more composed and less impulsive than Ye Qian. In fact, Huang Wensheng was more like a disciple taught by Jiang Sheng.

In comparison, Tian Ming'an and Qiu Buyu have similar habits, as does Huang Wensheng, while Li Jianchun and Huang Ping'an are more compatible with Ye Qian, as if they were taught by Lin Fan.

It's no wonder that Li Jianchun enjoyed spending time with Ye Qian. The two addressed each other as brothers, drank wine, and discussed legal matters, which was quite pleasant.

"Brother Li, aren't you afraid of being caught by your senior brothers and sisters for drinking now?"

Ye Qian seemed to rarely drink Qiulanqing, and for a moment his eyes were blurry with drunkenness.

Li Jianchun hummed, "It's alright, it's alright. Since that battle, I feel completely refreshed. The so-called Dharma Realm and Yin Deficiency and Yang Solidity are no longer difficulties for me."

"My senior brothers and sisters are aware of this, so they don't restrict me as much as before. However, I still have to be more proper in front of outsiders so as not to embarrass Master."

“However, you, Brother Ye, are different. Putting aside the relationship between Uncle Lingzhao and my master, you and I are brothers who have been through thick and thin together, so why pretend?”

Upon hearing this, Ye Qian slapped his thigh and exclaimed, "Absolutely right!"

“Brother Li, among all of Uncle Lingyuan’s disciples, I have the highest hopes for you and Brother Huang. Your personalities are most similar to mine; we are all the same kind of people.”

"Now that we've returned to the Three Realms, why don't we invite Brother Huang and the three of us become sworn brothers?"

To become sworn brothers?

Still feeling dizzy, Li Jianchun nodded repeatedly: "Great idea, let's become sworn brothers!"

In no time, Li Jianchun and Ye Qian drank even more recklessly. In the sky, Jiang Sheng looked at the drunken Li Jianchun and Ye Qian with a calm expression, showing no joy or anger. However, Lin Fan noticed out of the corner of his eye that Jiang Sheng's hand, hidden in his sleeve, seemed to be clenched into a fist.

"Yuan Chen, the younger generation is just playing around, there's no need for us to get involved, is there?"

Lin Fan smiled, with a hint of schadenfreude.

After all, Lin Fan knew Ye Qian's personality best. Ye Qian was his disciple, so Lin Fan wasn't surprised by Ye Qian's reckless behavior.

Ke Li Jianchun
Looking at Jiang Sheng, Lin Fan felt increasingly excited about the spectacle to come.

To everyone's surprise, Jiang Sheng nodded and said, "Fine, let them be."

“Yunxuan, in less than fifty years, the Nine Provinces Realm, the Heavenly Origin Realm, and the Huayang Realm will be merged into the Three Realms Great Thousand. Standing here now, you can see the radiance of the Three Realms Great Thousand spreading into the chaotic universe.”

"Fifty years have passed in the blink of an eye."

Lin Fan sighed in agreement: "Indeed, a catastrophe in the Xuanmen involved the nine realms and thirteen sects of the Xuanmen. So many Pure Yang Dao Lords fought for so many years, but I never expected that you and I would sit here in the Nine Yuan Heaven Abyss for two hundred years."

Jiang Sheng said softly, "The Xuanmen Tribulation and this Nine Yuan Heavenly Abyss are not the same thing. The Xuanmen Tribulation does not allow for laziness. It is a series of battles fought with our minds on edge, with almost no time to rest. Even when not on the front lines, we dare not slack off. Whether it is breaking through realms or performing magic, it is as if we are being chased and pushed forward step by step without daring to rest for even a moment. It can be said that we are mentally and physically exhausted."

"And this Nine Yuan Heavenly Abyss is incomparable to those so-called demon kings and the true disciples of the Taoist sect who came out of the orthodox Xuanmen."

Jiang Sheng's words made Lin Fan nod in agreement. Just as Jiang Sheng said, compared to the Xuanmen Tribulation, the Nine Yuan Heavenly Abyss was like a relaxation. In the Xuanmen Tribulation, one would face countless Xuanmen True Monarchs, all of whom came from the orthodox lineage of Taoism. Each of them had endless tricks up their sleeves, and their magical treasures and supernatural powers were countless. One also had to be wary of Fusion True Monarchs and even Mahayana Immortal Monarchs. If one was not careful, one would be forced to fight beyond one's level. Not to mention the Pure Yang War that was always hanging over their heads and could destroy all living beings at any time.

Looking at the Nine Yuan Heavenly Abyss, it's practically no different from being at home. In the past 150 years, the True Monarchs of the Upper Three Realms of Penglai have finally had a good rest.

"This Nine Yuan Heavenly Abyss is a rare opportunity to relax."

"However, true relaxation will have to wait until we return to the Three Realms."

"Less than fifty years, almost there."

As Lin Fan spoke, a smile played in his eyes, as if he were looking forward to the carefree days after returning to the Three Realms and the Eastern Heaven Daoist Clan.

Jiang Sheng listened quietly, a rare restlessness stirring within him:

The method of calamity, the method of disaster, the method of catastrophe.
Whether it's these three calamities, or fate, cause and effect, and karma, Jiang Sheng can only cultivate and participate in them in peace once he returns to the Three Realms.

If Jiang Sheng wanted to gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of the Three Calamities, he couldn't help but think of something.

Jiang Sheng touched the three-inch square jade seal with his hand hidden in his sleeve, suppressing the restlessness in his heart.

He was determined to obtain the position of the Heavenly Ruler of Justice. (End of Chapter)