My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 726 The Secret of the Ancient God
"The Ten Directions Emperors Conquering Demons is a scroll of paintings passed down by the Taoist Ancestor. It depicts the Ten Directions Emperors enlightened by the Taoist Ancestor, who are the supreme gods in the Taoist tradition."

"It is said that these ten emperors went into seclusion in the secular world after Daozu passed away. Each of them holds a legacy or secret treasure of Daozu. The fragment of the Three Hundred and Thirty Thousand Heavenly Soldiers Map is very likely in the hands of one of the emperors."

"If you want to complete the fragments of the Heavenly Soldiers Map, you have to find that emperor. I believe that after he knows your identity, he will not make things too difficult for you. You have a great chance of obtaining the remaining fragments of the Heavenly Soldiers Map."

"But it is not easy to find these ten emperors. You may be able to start from the bamboo scroll immortal scripture and find some clues."

Seeing this sudden appearance of game text, Jiang Xinghuo looked thoughtful. The bamboo slips of immortal scriptures were obtained by him from the white ape living in seclusion on the hanging coffin in the underworld, but he had no idea how the other party obtained the bamboo slips of immortal scriptures.

Could it be a gift from some emperor?
It seems that I have to make another trip to the underworld, to the sanatorium in the underworld Dragon City, enter the place where the white apes transformed their corpses into immortals, and find the old white ape that transformed his corpse into an immortal, before I can get a glimpse of the truth.

Jiang Xinghuo secretly kept this clue in mind and turned around to continue advancing the plot.

"You are observing the pictures of the Ten Directions Emperors conquering demons engraved on both sides of the wall. Suddenly, you notice that on the wall at the end of the corridor, there is an emperor with bare hands, but the posture he is in seems to be offering some kind of magical weapon. Looking closely, you can vaguely see a groove on the wall, which fits the Buddha bone relic in your hand. Do you want to put the Buddha bone relic into the groove to see what happens?"

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it. According to the game text, the Buddha bone relic was his amulet, which could protect him from being attacked by the Ten Directions Emperors represented by the mural. If he lost this Buddha bone relic, the result would be unpredictable.

But the groove marks on the wall fit perfectly with the Buddha's bone relic, so it shouldn't be such a coincidence. Maybe this relic was originally left by this emperor.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xinghuo did not hesitate any more and directly controlled the character to place the Buddha bone relic in his hand on the groove mark.

"You inlaid the relic on the mural. In an instant, the entire mural seemed to come alive. The paint on the wall kept moving, reenacting the story of the Ten Directions Emperor subduing the demons."

"You can even hear the screams and wails of the demons. It took a long time for everything to calm down. The emperor holding the relic returned it to you and gave you something else."

"You have obtained the Round Light Mirror."

"Yuanguang Treasure Mirror (Epic Item), the protective magic treasure of Emperor Yuanguang. After being absorbed into the body, it can transform into a large round light behind the head. It has the ability to see through all directions and has a strong ability to restrain evil and filthy people. It can also be divided into thousands. Even if you have tens of millions of clones, the Yuanguang Treasure Mirror can also be divided, and its power will not be weakened in the slightest."

"Be careful. Although the Round Light Mirror has a strong ability to restrain evil and filthy things, it has limited damage to creatures with good intentions or ordinary monsters. It can only attack with scorching high temperatures."

"Do you want to equip this round mirror immediately?"

Jiang Xinghuo was deeply surprised. He didn't expect that after all the twists and turns, not only did he not suffer any loss, but he also obtained a treasure from the Emperor.

"You have integrated the Round Light Mirror into your body."

"And just after you integrated the Yuanguang Treasure Mirror into your body, the message left by Emperor Yuanguang also emerged in your mind."

"It turns out that the Ten Directions Emperors Conquering Demons paintings on both sides of the corridor were drawn by Emperor Yuanguang himself. He was invited by Taoist Xuankong to come here to help suppress the ancient god's head and left a bit of his spiritual consciousness in the mural. As long as the Buddha bone relic is embedded in the mural, the spiritual consciousness he left in the mural can be triggered."

“Emperor Yuanguang had no choice but to do this. In the past, the ten emperors traveled the secular world, subdued demons and monsters, and killed a large number of six-day ghosts and gods. They even killed more than one ancient god from outer space.”

“But the methods of those ancient gods from outer space are too treacherous. Even if they are killed in the secular world, as long as the stars are still shining, they have a chance to be resurrected. This is because the core of the ancient gods from outer space is the celestial bodies in the universe. Unless the celestial body is completely destroyed, the corresponding ancient god will die completely. Otherwise, they will come back one day.”

"Moreover, these ancient gods are born with the ability to bewitch people. They can subtly transform their enemies into their followers, and even the people being influenced may not be aware of it."

"The ten emperors are no exception. After years of fighting with the ancient gods, their spirits have been polluted. At least half of them have become potential believers of the ancient gods. He discovered this by accident, but those emperors who were affected are unaware of the changes in themselves. Even Emperor Yuanguang himself is not sure whether he has been affected."

"So, while he still had his own self, Emperor Yuanguang used the Yuanguang Treasure Mirror to separate a trace of his spiritual consciousness and hid it in this mural."

“If his true body really becomes a believer of the Ancient God in the future, then as long as we find the Dream Immortal among the Eight Immortals in the secular world, and use his method of entering dreams in conjunction with the ability of the Round Light Treasure Mirror to purify filthy evil spirits, we can remove the Ancient God’s imprint in his soul, and even destroy his soul consciousness, so that he won’t become an accomplice of the Ancient God.”

After reading this game text, Jiang Xinghuo looked a little sad. He captured some useful information in this text.

First of all, he knew the true forms of those ancient gods from outer space.

According to Emperor Yuanguang, the life cores of those ancient gods from outer space are the celestial stars in the universe, so as long as those stars are still floating in the universe, these ancient gods are equivalent to immortal, and one day they will be revived again after destruction.

Therefore, if you want to kill these ancient gods from outer space, you must destroy their core celestial bodies. No wonder these ancient gods are so powerful.

The Zhusui Star Lord killed by Lord Lingguan should be an ancient god. He used the power of the Law of Disaster to evolve into a black hole star, and then completely killed Zhusui Star Lord.

However, Zhu Sui Xingjun should have a backup plan.

Jiang Xinghuo walked to the window and looked up at the moon in the sky. This man-made celestial body was the work of Zhusui Xingjun.

There is also a hidden mission in the Starry Sky Journey, which says that as long as you collect more than half of the Skyfire fragments, you can go to the moon to start this mission and get the reward of immortality.

Perhaps, when someone carries the fragments of heavenly fire onto this artificial celestial body, that will be the time when the Year-Resurrecting Star Lord will be resurrected again.

As for immortality...

It seems difficult for other monsters.

But it should be easy for these ancient gods from outer space.

The best example is the lice fairy.

It simply obtained the blessing of an ancient god and gained the ability to be immortal.

But according to Jiang Xinghuo's guess.

This kind of immortality may not be true immortality.

As long as the source of power disappears.

The blessing of the ancient gods will naturally dissipate.

You will still die then.

In addition, Emperor Yuanguang also left behind a way to deal with the ancient god's believers, which may be the most precious treasure left by Emperor Yuanguang.

"The Fairy in the Dream..." Jiang Xinghuo looked at the text. Now that he had obtained the Yuanguang Treasure Mirror, he still needed the Fairy in the Dream's method of entering dreams in order to erase the mark left by the ancient god.

I don't know whether the free and easy dream butterfly in my acupoints can replace the role of the fairy in the dream.

After all, both can easily make people fall asleep.

"Do you want to keep going?"

At this time, another text popped up on the screen.

Jiang Xinghuo didn't think much about it and directly chose yes.

"You walked out of the corridor and came to the burial ground in front. You saw a huge head, firmly fixed in the air by iron chains. The wound was still bleeding, forming a bottomless pool of blood."

"You have discovered the head of the ancient god."

"You looked around and noticed that the charms on the chains were flickering. They were the key to sealing the ancient god's head. However, the charms on them had become somewhat dim, and you could even see that some of them had completely gone out."

"If you want to strengthen the seal, you only need to relight the charms on these chains, but doing so may cost you your life. Do you still want to stick to your original idea?"

Before Jiang Xinghuo could make a choice, the game text flashed again and new content appeared on the screen.

"At this time, the ancient god's head, whose eyes were originally sealed, revived again. His voice sounded directly in your mind. As long as you break the seal here, it can grant you supreme power and authority."

"You will become the most powerful creature in the world. No one will be able to hurt you. You will be respected by everyone and you may even become the master of this world."

"The tempting voice of the ancient god keeps lingering in your ears. The devilish voice impacts your soul, forcing you to obey his instructions."

"You triggered the effect of the silent earrings."

"This silent earring left by the Xinghai Immortal can block spiritual pollution, and the temptation of the ancient god is no exception."

"At the same time, the Buddha bone relic in your hand also releases endless light, adding another layer of protection to you on top of the silent earrings."

"When the ancient god's head saw that it could not pollute your spirit, it immediately let out a terrifying roar, and the sound waves of invisible matter rushed straight towards you, trying to forcibly crush your soul and body."

As soon as Jiang Xinghuo saw the text description, he immediately opened the backpack panel, found two items and chose to use them.

"You have used the Soul-Calming Armor."

"You have used the Black Turtle Shield."

"Soul-Calming Armor (rare item), a protective soft armor forged by the Martial Master using Kunwu Mountain Iron. When worn, it can resist attacks against the soul and bounce back the attack force."

"The Black Turtle Shield (rare item) is made of the mountain-guarding tortoise shell as the main forging material, and is combined with a large amount of hard metal and defensive materials. It was finally forged by the Taoist Master Shen Ji Bai Lian. It has a strong defensive power, but the disadvantage is that the shield is too heavy, and it moves slowly when used, and it is difficult to cover all aspects."

Both of these props were obtained from Hutou Taibao. One can protect the soul from being damaged, and the other can protect the body from being damaged, which are just right for the current scene.

"You are protected by the Soul Calming Armor and the Black Turtle Shield. You have not received any fatal injuries and can move freely. What are you going to do next?"

"Will you choose to succumb to the threat of the Ancient God's Head and become his most loyal lackey? Or will you choose to strengthen the seal here so that this ghost thing can never be freed?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose the latter without hesitation.

joke.

If he chooses the former, wouldn't that be adult rape? !

There are some things people can do and some things they cannot do in their life, and being a traitor and betraying one's own people are the things that they should never do.

"You chose to reinforce the seal here."

"Follow the information left by Xuankong Taoist, go over and grab those chains with talismans flashing. You will immediately feel the blood in your body begin to flow out crazily, and the talismans on the chains begin to flash non-stop. The originally dim talismans light up again, and the completely extinguished talismans glow with new light again."

"The Ancient God's head feels the power of the seal is gradually growing stronger, and it vents its endless anger and despair, wanting to completely turn you into ashes before falling into a deep sleep."

"But as the seal becomes stronger, the activity of the ancient god's head is suppressed. It is no longer able to attack your magic weapon and can only reluctantly fall back into a deep sleep."

"But before he fell asleep, he used his ancient god power to issue the most vicious curse on you. He cursed you to never have a good death, and to die young in every life."

"The curse of the ancient god fell upon you, but before it could take effect, it was sensed by the Golden Law and the Burial Law in your body. One dug a hole while the other buried it. Under the influence of the two laws, the curse of the ancient god didn't even make a splash and completely vanished without causing any harm or threat to you."

"However, your vitality also came to an end at this time. All the vitality in your body was reduced to nutrients to strengthen the seal. Even your flesh, blood and bones were not spared and were sucked away completely."

"The seal of the ancient god has also been restored to its heyday. At least for the next thousand years, there is no need to worry about the seal being broken."

"You died because your vitality was exhausted. Only a shriveled skin was left behind. It was blown away by the wind and turned into ashes scattered in the cave."

"You are dead."

"Do you want to use a scapegoat to resurrect at the burial ground of the ancient gods?"

"You used..."

"Your scapegoat won't work here."

"The ancient god's burial ground has been sealed again. No one is allowed to enter or leave. You can't activate the effect of the scapegoat..."

(End of this chapter)