Conferred God: Started from Swallowing the Heaven-Repairing Stone

Chapter 272 Netherworld

The powerful people in the prehistoric times know that all eggs should not be put in one basket. They will make multiple preparations for everything, and when making a plan, they will also make several alternative plans.

That way, even if one of the plans fails, there will still be a way out.

Ao Bing is well versed in the ways of the strong. In order to ensure his successful rise in the future, he prepared multiple fallback plans for himself.

He just didn't believe that all his plans would fail.

……

After going over his plan again in his mind and confirming that there were no problems, Ao Bing took a step forward and walked towards the underworld.

Since the plan is fine, he will start to act. The first step of the plan is to connect the human world and the underworld, and then establish a city god system.

Then, using the City God system as a platform, the underworld was established step by step.

However, building the underworld is not an easy task. It will take at least tens of thousands of years, or even hundreds of thousands of years.

Such a long period of time is enough for the prehistoric world to be further strengthened, the spiritual energy to become more abundant, and the resources to become more abundant. The cultivation environment can reach the level of ancient times, not to mention returning to the ancient times.

Of course, the improvement in the practice environment here refers to the East. Compared with the East, the West is still too barren.

But precisely because the gap between the two sides is so huge, some unsatisfactory Eastern monks can go to the West to seek other ways out.

Although the gap between the East and the West is huge at present, it is not so huge that it is outrageous. Even if Eastern monks go to the West, they will not be able to gain much benefit. It is better for them to stay in the East.

But when Ao Bing builds the underworld, a long time will pass, and the gap between the East and the West will further widen. At this time, Ao Bing's plan to support the construction of the West can be launched.

Because of its barrenness, the West is full of merits for the East. You can get a lot of merits by doing anything.

……

The underworld is located below the human world, beneath the vast earth, exactly opposite to where the heavens are located.

Ao Bing went down all the way and felt that the surrounding environment was getting colder and colder. Wisps of negative energy were rising, as if they could freeze everything and condense into pieces of black ice in the void.

The Netherworld Qi, or Nine Nether Cold Qi, is the most yin thing in the world. It does not harm a person's body, but only harms the soul. Its power is related to its quantity. The more the quantity, the stronger the power.

Even if the Nine Netherworld's cold air is strong enough, even if a Daluo Golden Immortal comes, his soul will be frozen to death and fall into complete deathly silence.

"The underworld is very hostile to living people."

Looking at the cold air of the Netherworld that was surging towards him in front of him, Ao Bing gradually understood what was going on. He was being rejected by the rules of the Netherworld.

The underworld is the final resting place of the dead. Only the dead, or souls, can come here, but Ao Bing is a living person.

Of course, even if he is a living person, it will not have any impact. As long as he honestly enters the underworld with his soul, he will not be rejected.

But he refused to do so and went directly in his physical body. Then, the overwhelming blood energy he carried was immediately sensed by the rules of the netherworld.

Blood and Qi are the most yang things, while the netherworld is the most yin world. Its existence will disturb the stability of the netherworld, so the netherworld is very repulsive.

Ao Bing came with his physical body, and the will of the Netherworld could sense it. Even if it was just out of instinct, it would try its best to activate the power of rules to stop him from entering, to prevent him from disrupting the order of the Netherworld.

"But I was careless."

As Ao Bing was thinking, the cold air from the Nine Netherworld gathered in front of him more and more. The inky black cold air rolled and stretched as far as the eye could see, like a vast ocean.

Ao Bing only took a glance and felt as if his soul was frozen. Even his thoughts stopped and became increasingly stiff.

"not good!"

Realizing that something was wrong, Ao Bing did not challenge the rules of the underworld head-on, but instantly stepped back and returned to the ground.

But when he disappeared, the vast cold air like the ocean did not chase him, but slowly retreated and finally disappeared into thin air.

The appearance of the Nine Netherworld Cold Air was not to kill people, but to defend the rules of the Netherworld and prevent living people from entering the Netherworld. Therefore, as long as Ao Bing retreated in time, they would return to peace.

"The stars in the sky protect my body!"

On the ground, Ao Bing operated the Zhoutian World, evolving an infinite galaxy to protect himself. Then, he escaped from his primordial spirit, transformed into a beam of divine light, and dived into the ground, heading back to the netherworld.

The netherworld is a vast world of prehistoric times, with a very strong origin and a supreme being like Hou Tu Niangniang in charge. Ao Bing is crazy to go against the rules of the netherworld.

Since the rules of the underworld do not allow the physical body to enter, then he abides by the rules of the underworld by entering with his soul.

However, what surprised him was that the rules of the underworld were clearly very repulsive to blood and energy, and even someone with so much merit as he was unable to go there in a physical body.

But the blood of the ancient witch he carried was thousands of times more powerful than his, as dazzling as the sun. But even so, the netherworld seemed to be blind and completely ignored him.

I can only say that the double standards are too serious. The descendants of Pangu are amazing, and they can ignore the rules of the prehistoric world to a certain extent.

Ao Bing has the essence and blood of the ancestor witch, which he obtained from Gonggong, the ancestor witch of water who was blocked in the eye of the Chaos Sea.

Millions of years ago, in order to block the Eye of the Chaos Sea and to atone for the sins he had committed, Gonggong chose to die after leaving behind his inheritance and blood.

Millions of years later, Ao Bing accidentally came to the place where Gonggong fell and obtained the inheritance and blood essence he left behind.

Among them, Ao Bing obtained Gonggong's inheritance, but his essence and blood were not his. He needed to go to the underworld and hand it over to Hou Tu Niangniang, so as to cultivate a new ancestor witch for the witch clan.

The so-called Gonggong inheritance is actually the reward for handing over the essence and blood of the ancestor witch to Hou Tu Niangniang. Since Ao Bing has inherited Gonggong and received the reward, he naturally has to fulfill the agreement and hand over the essence and blood of the ancestor witch.

It just so happened that he now needed to go to the underworld, so he took the opportunity to transfer the essence and blood of the ancestor witch to the Queen Mother Hou Tu to settle this cause and effect.

Of course, the specific matter is definitely not as simple as Ao Bing said.

What kind of person is Hou Tu Niangniang? She is the Supreme Lord of the Netherworld, the Lord of Reincarnation, and the True Saint of the Earth... Each title is bigger and more terrifying than the last. Her strength is among the best even among the saints.

Ao Bing passed Gonggong's blood to her, so how could she miss out on Ao Bing's benefits? Maybe, whether Ao Bing could establish the underworld would fall on her.

With the support of the Queen Mother Hou Tu, who in the netherworld dares to say no? Ao Bing can easily set up the framework of the netherworld.

Ao Bing had no connections in the Netherworld, but that was before. As long as he handed over Gonggong's blood essence to Queen Hou Tu, he would not only have connections in the Netherworld, but also the strongest one!

Going to the netherworld with the soul is undoubtedly much easier than going there with the physical body.

On the way, Ao Bing did not encounter any trouble. He easily passed through the barrier between the human world and the underworld and came to a world full of yin energy.

Unlike the heavens, which are bright all day long under the shining sun and moon, the netherworld never sees the sun and is dark all year round. Looking up, the sky is gray, made up of thick yin energy, with no trace of stars and no light at all.

Looking down at the ground below, all I could see was a pitch-black scorched earth with wisps of black evil energy rising up, without a single sign of life.

Looking around, one mountain after another rises from the ground, extremely tall. It's a pity that these mountains are all bare, without a single green spot.

On the ground, some were covered with large pits, and some were full of cracks, emitting a faint light. This light was emitted by the lava, and in the cracks, there was an unextinguished lava flowing.

"This environment is really terrible."

Looking around for a while, Ao Bing couldn't help but smack his lips. I'm afraid the worst place in the world is just like this. And this is just the most common scene in the underworld.

No wonder people in the world fear death. It is indeed worth fearing. After staying in the prosperous world for a long time, it is normal to not be able to bear it when suddenly coming to such a harsh place.

The netherworld, the final resting place of the dead, is not a good place. It is the place where the heavenly way harvests the true spirits of all living beings. It is also the last link of the cycle of heaven and earth. For all living beings, it is the place of the end.

Only after coming to the underworld in person and witnessing the harsh environment there, did Ao Bing truly understand why the Pure Land could be so popular here.

The reason is simple, simply because the Pure Land truly meets the needs of ghosts and provides them with a safe haven where they can feel at ease.

Even Ao Bing was surprised to find, after arriving in the underworld, that his strength was constantly dissipating and was being swallowed up by an unknown force.

Although the lost power was very weak and insignificant to him, it was indeed lost.

Ao Bing is like this, let alone those who are not as good as him in cultivation. It is likely that after entering the underworld for a short time, they will not be able to maintain their body due to exhaustion of strength, and their souls will be scattered.

At the same time, Ao Bing also felt that the negative energy rising from the ground was constantly seeping into his body, trying to destroy his soul.

These discoveries made Ao Bing realize that death is not the end, but a new beginning. After entering the netherworld, the living will find that their suffering has just begun.

This is the pain that begins to accompany them from the moment they die and will not end until they completely disappear into thin air.

"This……"

With a slight movement of his mind, Ao Bing began to deduce what caused all this to happen.

"I see."

After a while, Ao Bing came back to his senses and looked enlightened.

He understood the purpose of the Netherworld's design. In essence, it was to drive these ghosts to the place of reincarnation as quickly as possible and not to keep them in the Netherworld for too long.

Although this pain is intense, as long as they have the thought of going to the land of reincarnation, this pain will be alleviated. The stronger the thought, the weaker the pain.

On the contrary, if they are unwilling to reincarnate, the pain will become more and more intense, but they cannot bear it and it will completely disappear.

If you don't want to reincarnate, then don't reincarnate. Just let your soul scatter and your true spirit return to heaven and earth.

Well, it fits the character of Heaven, who remains as indifferent to all living things as ever.

Ao Bing understood the way of heaven very well. If heaven and earth wanted to develop, they also needed power. And letting the living beings reincarnate was the way for heaven to recover power.

As a result, after death, living beings came to the underworld. Because they were too attached to the human world, they were reluctant to reincarnate and all stayed in the underworld, looking for ways to be resurrected.

Great resources are right before our eyes, but we cannot harvest them. Heaven sees it and is anxious about it. And in order to harvest them, it is understandable that some extreme means are used.

How can we force them to reincarnate on their own initiative without using extreme means?

Of course, it is understandable that the Heavenly Dao uses extreme means, but it is also understandable that monks would open up pure lands and shelter ghosts from all directions in order to protect themselves.

It is impossible for the Heavenly Dao to force ghosts but not allow them to resist. There is no such reason. The emergence of the Pure Land is the ghosts' resistance to the Heavenly Dao.

The environment in the netherworld is harsh and not suitable for ghosts to survive in. But the environment is not static and can be changed through acquired means.

Some powerful monks have immortal spirits after death. After coming to the underworld, they use various means to forcibly modify the surrounding environment, making it suitable for the survival of ghosts, and even turning it into a blessed place.

In this way, the original pure land came into being. Ghosts lived in it, and except that the material things were not as abundant as they were in life, everything else was no different from when they were alive.

The original Pure Land was opened up after the death of a powerful monk, but with the rise of the human race, the type of Pure Land began to change.

The human race is an acquired race, and does not have a long lifespan. They are born to be troubled by birth, aging, illness and death. Therefore, with the rise of the human race, more and more human ghosts go to the netherworld.

At first, I didn't feel anything unusual.

But later, things gradually changed.

The human concept of death is to treat death as life, that is, there is no difference between death and life.

Even if a person dies, later generations will not forget him or her. They will still treat him or her as a living person, and will continue to offer sacrifices to him or her as they were in life.

The greater the power of the descendants, the better the treatment of their ancestors after death, the larger the scale of the sacrifices, and the longer it lasts.

The power of sacrifice is essentially the same as the power of incense and vows. As the saying goes, if you keep thinking about it, there will be a response. If descendants continue to sacrifice for a long time, the ancestors in the underground will naturally change accordingly.

First, its strength grew stronger, and then more and more sacrificial power surged in, taking it as the center and forcibly changing the surrounding environment to turn it into the place where it lived before death.

This is to regard death as life, and to replicate the place where you lived in the underworld on a one-to-one basis.

The place where one person lives is too small and means nothing in the netherworld, but the human race will not have only one ancestor, nor will they worship only one ancestor.

Therefore, when a group of ancestors gathered together underground, changes occurred. Their residences became connected and together formed a new pure land.

It is called a pure land, but in fact it is more like a divine domain, where the gods of incense and fire reside. These ancestors who have become stronger due to the worship of their descendants are, in essence, gods of incense and fire.

They became stronger due to the sacrifices of their descendants, and then in return protected their descendants. To their descendants, they were gods.

Of course, compared to the Pure Land, this divine realm created by sacrifice is not as stable.

　There is still one in the early morning.

　　I took a nap at noon and woke up at seven o'clock. It's outrageous.

　　I'll go get some food first.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)