Conferred God: Started from Swallowing the Heaven-Repairing Stone

Chapter 275: Ghosts and Gods of the Netherworld
buzzing...

The divine domain was divided into thousands of city god domains, which constantly resonated with the city god temples in the human world, making a buzzing sound.

Immediately, the fortune of humanity and the fortune of the gods manifested. One was like fire, emitting five-colored light; the other was like divine light, grand and majestic, extremely majestic.

They interacted in the divine realm and gradually evolved into illusory talismans.

This is called a Shinto talisman, which is the foundation of incense and gods, that is, the embodiment of the priesthood. Only those who hold a Shinto talisman can become a god.

These Shinto talismans, some large and some small, represent city gods. Anyone with merit can refine them and become a city god, controlling life and death in an area.

What is Chenghuang?

In simple terms, they are little Hades. Within their own jurisdiction, their power is no different from that of the Hades. A single word can determine the life and death of the people, and a single thought can change the people's fortune and misfortune.

Rumble!
The moment the City God Talisman took shape, the Netherworld suddenly felt it, and wisps of Netherworld luck emerged, dark in color, eerie and majestic, crossing the barrier of life and death and merging into the City God Talisman.

In an instant, the City God's talisman glowed brightly, with runes flying inside and divine light flashing outside, exuding a grand, majestic and solemn aura of divinity.

"There's still one last step left!"

Ao Bing looked at those City God runes. Although they had acquired real forms with the blessing of luck and transformed from phantoms into entities, their forms were not stable and they showed signs of collapse at any time.

This is due to the lack of power source. Without a stable power source, the Shinto talisman is equivalent to having no support and will naturally not last long before it breaks.

"Star God Conferred Book, go!"

Ao Bing took out the Star God Book and threw it towards the Zhoutian World. Suddenly, all the Shinto talismans were moved and flew towards the Zhoutian World and merged into the God Book.

The next moment, the Zhoutian world shook, and bright starlight bloomed, like galaxies, merging into the Starry Book of Gods.

At the same time, above the Dragon Realm, the incense and vows continued to roar and gathered towards the Book of Gods.

Under the wrapping of starlight and willpower, the shape of the Book of Conferred Gods also began to change. Originally, the Book of Conferred Gods was purple in color, with golden and silver divine light flowing around it.

But now, its purple color had a hint of black, gradually turning into purple-black. At the same time, the light it emitted also had a mysterious black hue, making it look even more eerie and majestic.

woo woo woo woo……

It was as if there were sounds of ghosts crying and gods howling. On the Book of Conferred Gods, a scene of the netherworld was vaguely projected, with ghost soldiers standing in rows, ghosts and gods running rampant, and hell was gloomy...

Endless ghostly aura from the underworld fills the air, making one feel cold all over.

"Ghost Ban List!"

Suddenly, the power of Heaven manifested, endowing the Book of Conferred Gods with more powers, causing it to undergo an essential change, adding the ability to confer titles on ghosts and gods.

The List of Sealing Ghosts is another name for the Book of Sealing Gods. As the name suggests, one can use this list to seal the ghosts and gods of the underworld.

With a thought, Ao Bing recalled the Book of Conferred Gods, which had been transformed. It was indeed changed. In addition to the original god positions, there were a series of god positions related to the netherworld.

The most top-notch one among them is naturally the King of Fengdu, who corresponds to the Purple Star and is the supreme ruler of the underworld, in charge of the underworld and ruling all ghosts and gods.

Under the Emperor of Fengdu, there are a series of gods, including the Five Ghost Emperors, the Ten Kings of Hell, the Four Judges, the Ten Yin Marshals, etc. Unfortunately, those gods at the top are all illusory and cannot be canonized.

At present, the underworld has not been established, and the corresponding gods are in the future, so they cannot be canonized. Only after the underworld is established and truly dominates the netherworld, will the corresponding gods be derived.

Before this, even if he had control of the Ghost List, the only people Ao Bing could enthrone were the City God and his subordinates, whom he had personally established.

"You have to eat one mouthful at a time, and walk one step at a time. There is no rush to establish the underworld. Let's enthrone the City God first."

Holding the Ghost Sealing List, Ao Bing looked at the ghosts in the Dragon Domain. They were all ghosts, but judging from their appearance, they were different.

People who do good deeds have good karma, and their good karma will protect them after death. A layer of golden light will appear outside their bodies to provide them with shelter and prevent them from being harmed by negative energy.

The more good deeds one does, the thicker the golden light will be, and the stronger the defense will be.

Of course, Yin De is not merit. Although it can provide shelter for ghosts, it cannot help them become immortals.

Therefore, no matter how much good deeds one has done, one will still die in the end. The only difference is that one will be treated better after death, but one will not be able to ascend to heaven immediately.

If one really had merits, he would have been led to the immortal path and practiced the art of longevity long ago. How could he have experienced the sufferings of birth, aging, sickness and death?

Merit is bestowed by heaven, and can only be obtained by doing things that are helpful to heaven and earth. Yinde, to put it simply, is the power of incense and vows, and can be obtained as long as you do good deeds.

Every good deed you do will earn you gratitude from those you help.

The gratitude of one person is limited, but when the gratitude of millions of people comes together, the quantitative change will lead to a qualitative change, and it will turn into incense and vows, that is, Yin De, which will gather on those who do good deeds and protect them from being harmed by ghosts and gods.

However, hidden virtue is not merit after all. No matter how much it is gathered, at most it can be protected by the destiny of the human race. No matter what, it will not be taken seriously by the Heavenly Dao.

Therefore, those who have merits can get help from heaven and have opportunities wherever they go. It will be easy for them to become immortals or gods.

However, those who have done good deeds can only get help from others.

If a monk sees him and feels his kindness, he will grant him a chance. If he doesn't see him, then there is no chance.

Therefore, people with good deeds are killed, although this is not uncommon, at least not infrequently. This is the result of not receiving help from heaven.

God’s help is always there, but human help requires a kind-hearted person to see it first. This involves gambling with one’s life, and the probability of losing is extremely high.

Of course, that was before the establishment of Shintoism and the underworld, and Yin De was of no use.

But now, with Ao Bing establishing the incense and burning gods and building the city god system, the effect of Yin De was immediately reflected.

If you want to become a god of incense and fire, you must first have good karma. The more good karma you have, the greater the chance of becoming a god of incense and fire.

This is the standard for selecting gods. People with hidden virtues are not necessarily all good people, but people without hidden virtues are definitely bad people.

With this standard, most of the gods selected, except for a few who slip through the net, will definitely be above the passing line and can promote the development of Shinto to the greatest extent.

At the same time, if a person with good karma does not want to become a god, he will be treated favorably during reincarnation and will be most likely to be reborn into a wealthy family or even as a god.

The establishment of the underworld is not only to send ghosts to reincarnation. It also has a greater purpose, which is to promote good and punish evil, so as to resolve resentment. To put it more intuitively, it is to defend the justice of heaven and delay the arrival of the catastrophe.

If someone dies unjustly, he will definitely feel resentful.

The resentment of one person is limited and cannot shake the world. But the resentment of hundreds of millions of lives piled together is enough to affect the direction of the world, giving rise to various disasters, and even a disaster that destroys the world.

This is the origin of the catastrophe. The resentment is too great, so one can only create a catastrophe and vent the resentment through killing.

The establishment of the underworld not only maintains reincarnation, but also provides justice to those who have been wronged, so that they know that reincarnation is the law of nature and retribution will come.

In this way, their resentment can naturally be resolved and the arrival of disaster can be delayed.

In order to achieve this, we must first ensure that good and evil are rewarded, so that those who do good will become rich and powerful, and become gods and immortals, while those who do evil will work like slaves and toil all their lives, or be thrown into hell and suffer all kinds of hardships.

How to determine whether a person is good or bad? We cannot rely on subjective guesses. We must have a standard. And this standard is Yin De.

The good and evil of a person is judged by his Yin De. Those with more Yin De are good people and should be rewarded. On the contrary, they are bad people and should be punished.

If you have done good deeds, you can become a god and be reborn into a wealthy family. This is the reward.

If you carry karma with you, you may be reborn as an animal, toiling like an ox or a horse all your life, or you may be sent to hell and suffer endless torture. This is the punishment.

Now Ao Bing is looking at the ghosts in the divine realm to distinguish their good and evil, and then select candidates who are qualified to serve as the City God.

Over the past hundred years, the number of people who died in the Dragon Realm was not small, even as many as the number of living people. Therefore, the Dragon Realm was densely packed with ghosts.

Of course, because the divine realm was divided by Ao Bing, these ghosts were also separated and returned to the place where they died. The ghosts stayed in the corresponding divine realm and were under the jurisdiction of the local City God Temple.

"Too much."

Ao Bing took a quick look and saw that it was filled with ghosts. A quick look showed that there were at least tens of billions of them. Even so, most of the souls chose to be liberated and go on to reincarnation.

Otherwise, there will be even more ghosts gathering here, and the entire Dragon Domain Divine Realm will not be able to accommodate them, and the area will have to continue to expand.

"Fortunately I came back in time, otherwise, there would be a huge chaos in the Divine Realm."

Suddenly, as if he remembered something, Ao Bing couldn't help but feel a little scared. Billions of ghosts gathering together was not a good thing.

Looking at the entire underworld, there is no pure land that dares to gather so many ghosts. Don't forget that the main way for ghosts to advance is to devour their own kind.

In other words, ghosts are the biggest hard currency and the best resource in the netherworld. Billions of ghosts are a huge resource in the eyes of outsiders. Who wouldn't be tempted?
That is to say, Ao Bing's reputation has become too great recently, and the nearby Pure Lands are wary and dare not set their sights on the Dragon Domain and the Divine Domain. Otherwise, they would have rushed forward and devoured these hundreds of billions of ghosts.

However, the greed of the monks is endless. Ao Bing's reputation can scare them for a while, but not for a lifetime.

If Ao Bing does not return and deal with these tens of billions of ghosts, the surrounding pure land will sooner or later not be able to help but take action against him.

If they just force it, it would be too embarrassing, and Ao Bing would definitely retaliate afterwards. Therefore, their method must be to create chaos first.

In the divine realm, it is impossible that all ghosts are good people. There must be bad people, even if there are not many.

If one does evil in life, he will become an evil ghost after death, and his power is far greater than that of ordinary ghosts. This is because karma, like good deeds, is also a kind of incense and vow power.

The difference is that Yin De comes from people's gratitude, while Karma comes from people's fear.

After a good person dies, his good deeds will protect him and he will not be afraid of the cold air of the Netherworld. After a bad person dies, he will become an evil ghost under the influence of karma and he will also not be afraid of the cold air of the Netherworld.

Moreover, influenced by evil thoughts, they are cruel by nature, greedy and murderous. If they are not eliminated in time, they will surely cause harm in the future.

Especially in a place like the Dragon Realm, where ordinary ghosts are everywhere, if an evil ghost goes crazy and devours the surrounding ghosts, it won't take long for it to grow into a ghost king.

If the surrounding Pure Land wants to plot against the Dragon Realm, the easiest way is to induce the evil ghosts to go crazy and devour ordinary ghosts.

Then, when they grow up, the Dragon Realm and the Divine Realm will turn into the Ghost Realm, and the surrounding Pure Lands will be able to invade in large numbers under the pretext of suppressing the rebellion and plunder the benefits of this place to their heart's content.

And afterwards, Ao Bing not only could not blame them, but he had to thank them and owed them a favor.

After all, no matter what, it was Ao Bing's mismanagement that led to the chaos in the Divine Realm. Outsiders helped him quell the chaos and prevented the disaster in advance. Unless Ao Bing is shameless, he will definitely owe him this favor.

This is what is called a dumb loss. When you suffer a loss, not only can you not say anything, but you also have to accept the other party's favor. Just thinking about it can make you feel depressed.

Fortunately, Ao Bing returned in time. Before chaos could arise, he rushed to the Divine Realm, set up the City God system, and solved the problem of tens of billions of ghosts.

Otherwise, even if no outsiders intervene, chaos in the divine realm is only a matter of time.

Ao Bing could see clearly that among these tens of billions of ghosts, many were covered in black air, with black smoke coming out of them, and their eyes were extremely ferocious, with a faint red tint.

The black air all over his body was the sign of an evil ghost, and his eyes turned red, which was a sign that he was about to go crazy. If Ao Bing had come back a few years later, these evil ghosts would have gone crazy.

At that time, there will be big trouble. The good divine realm will inevitably become a ghost realm under the torment of these evil ghosts.

The ghost realm is not tolerated by the underworld. If the divine realm turns into the ghost realm, both the underworld and the pure land can be destroyed.

Fortunately, Ao Bing returned in time, and the God's Domain was still the God's Domain, and there was no trend of it turning into a ghost domain. This was actually a good thing.

There are tens of billions of ghosts. If they were judged one by one, and either made gods, sent them to reincarnation, or sent them to the underworld, they would definitely gain a lot of merit.

This action not only maintained the order of the cycle of heaven and earth, but also promoted the evolution of the underworld. It was a great contribution to heaven and earth, and naturally gained merit.

Moreover, this merit is not a one-time thing. It is like an endless stream, which will accumulate more and more with the passage of time until the cycle of reincarnation collapses and the heaven and earth are destroyed.

"Ghost Ban List!"

Raising the Ghost Sealing List, Ao Bing divided his divine thoughts into thousands, and appeared in all the divine realms at the same time, and began to confer titles to the city gods from all sides, which was extremely divine.

After enthroning the City God and his subordinate gods, and recruiting some ghost soldiers and demons, the framework of the City God system is established. The next step is to judge the ghosts and wait for merit to come.

It would take a long time to interrogate hundreds of millions of ghosts. The experience accumulated during this period would be the most valuable asset for building the underworld in the future.

(End of this chapter)