On the Avenue.

Chapter 331: The End of the True King, Disaster Level

Chen Shi returned to the underworld and rushed to the place where the stone tablet stood with Hei Guo.

"Grandpa Du took the blame when he mentioned the five evils, but he took it out of the equation. But when Uncle Zhuo and Granny Sha talked about it, they all said that among the five evils, Grandpa Du was the oldest and ranked first."

"Woof!" said Black Pot.

Chen Shi smiled and said, "You are right. I think they all just want to clear themselves from the blame, so they only acknowledge the five major villains and never acknowledge the six. They each have their own reasons, but then again, my grandfather never said there were any five major villains or six major villains. He doesn't think they are villains."

"Wang Wang!"

"Nonsense, Grandpa is not a bad person!"

Chen Shi corrected it, but then his brows turned worried. "But then again, the five evil men that Grandpa Du and the others mentioned, no matter how the members changed, they all included my grandfather. My grandfather's reputation was ruined by them."

They came to the place where the stone tablet stood and searched everywhere, but they could not find the three judges, Soul Chaser, Sin and Knife Mountain.

Chen Shi was surprised: "They've left?"

He went to look for the stone tablet that had not yet taken effect, but it was nowhere to be found.

"The stone tablet is engraved with the birth and death years of Emperor Yan Shizong, but the time has passed. Will it still work?" Chen Shi thought to himself.

He really wanted to take this ineffective stone tablet and find the great master of the Return to Void Realm named Yan Shizong to see whether the person on the tombstone was dead or still alive.

Chen Shi left and returned to Xiandu.

He returned to Chen Yindu's Yuanchen Palace, offered the forbidden talisman and walked into the palace, but saw that the real body of the boat girl was still sitting there, without any movement. He thought to himself: "Strange, where is the boat girl? Why haven't I seen her for a long time?"

At this time, there was a knock on the door outside.

“Could it be Grandpa’s neighbor?”

He stood up and went to open the door, but saw three little guys standing outside, one was a bull-headed devil, one was a horse-faced devil, and the other was a little demon.

The three little kids were holding buckets in their hands, which contained some sundries and dry food.

They wore small round hats. Two tender horns stuck out of the bull-headed devil's hat, ears stuck out of the little demon's hat, and the horse-faced devil's ears were long and pressed under the hat, with the furry ear tips sticking out from the sides.

“We are not hiring any more.”

Just as Chen Shi was about to close the door, the little devil with the bull head said hurriedly, "My benefactor, it's us! I am Wang Fu, the Judge of Chasing Souls, the horse-faced devil is Jia Yuan, the Judge of Sins, and the little demon is Zhu Shun, the Judge of the Mountain of Swords."

Chen Shi quickly invited the three people in and asked in surprise, "How did you find this place?"

The Judge of Sins Jia Yuan smiled and said, "After you left, we felt that it might be inappropriate to stay where you are, so we immediately put away the stone tablet and left. To be honest, I am the Judge of Sins, and I saw your sins in advance, so I was able to find you."

Chen Shi suddenly realized and became curious. He said, "I have been kind to others since I was young, so I don't think I have committed many sins. It is amazing that Judge Jia found me here."

Wang Fu and Zhu Shun looked strange, coughed twice, and looked around.

Jia Yuan smiled and said, "Although there are many people in the world, everyone has different sins. Therefore, as long as we identify the sins, we can find the person. The three of us came to Xiandu. Your Excellency's sins are like a torch in the dark night, guiding our direction."

Chen Shi understood the elegant meaning of the music and stopped asking about the sin.

"How did you become like this?" Chen Shi was puzzled.

"We have a special identity and cannot use our golden bodies, so we usually hide in Xiandu in the guise of little demons to get information. There are a lot of little demons in Xiandu, so it's convenient for us to hide."

The three of them bowed together and said, "If it weren't for you and another benefactor who risked their lives to save us, I'm afraid the three of us would have been captured and become prisoners."

Chen Shi returned the greeting and said with a smile: "I just happened to come here by chance. It's just a coincidence."

Zhu Shun stepped forward and took out the stone tablet.

This stone tablet was extremely huge in the hands of the engraver Du Yiran, and as high as a mountain, but now it has become an ordinary size.

Chen Shi checked the words on the stele and found that it was indeed the tombstone of Emperor Yan Shizong. He was delighted and placed the tombstone in the small temple.

The three judges saw the small temple behind his head and looked at each other in surprise.

Jia Yuan calmed himself down and said, "My dear friend, can we go in and take a look at the small temple behind your head?"

Chen Shi smiled and said, "Why not?"

The three judges were about to go in when Jia Yuan suddenly said, "I don't have any incense with me! Do you have any?"

Wang Fu and Zhu Shun shook their heads and said, "It has always been others who burn incense for us. Who would bring incense with them?"

Chen Shi was surprised and said with a smile: "You don't need to burn incense when you enter my little temple."

The three judges shook their heads, and Zhu Shun said solemnly: "Although we have divine status, we must not be disrespectful."

"Three stubborn people." Chen Shi shook his head and took out a bundle of incense and handed it to them.

The three judges each took out three incense sticks, lit them, and held the incense in both hands with a respectful look.

The fragrance meandered in the air and drifted towards the small temple.

The three judges took their first steps, and as they stepped down, their figures became smaller and smaller. They were actually walking on the road formed by the smell of incense and heading towards the small temple behind Chen Shi's head, just like they were on pilgrimage!
In the underworld, the position of the judge is very high, second only to Gongcao and the Ten Kings of Hell. - Of course, there are some powerful beings in the underworld whose status is higher than that of Yama, but these beings do not belong to the underworld system.

It is rare to see the three judges being so respectful.

Jia Yuan, Wang Fu and Zhu Shun walked into the small temple holding incense. When they came to the shrines, they saw Niangniang Shiji and the fairy in white sitting on two of the shrines. Their faces changed slightly.

Wang Fu's eyebrows were raised coldly, and he was about to scold the two people and tell them to roll down from the shrine. Jia Yuan saw his eyebrows and knew that he was going to get angry, so he kicked him and whispered, "Don't make trouble."

They came to the central shrine, only to see Chen Shi's spirit sitting on it.

The three judges were all shocked. They felt the incense in their hands were burning hot and they could hardly hold it.

Jia Yuan calmed down and said, "This is the temple of the goddess. We don't care who is on the shrine. We are worshipping the goddess!"

The three held incense sticks, bowed three times to Chen Shi's spirit, and inserted the incense sticks into the incense burner in front of the shrine. The three of them were the judges appointed by the Ten Halls of Hell in the underworld during the True King era. They had extremely powerful divine powers. After bowing three times, they saw clouds lingering in the small temple, and the temple was shaking continuously.

Wang Fu's face suddenly changed: "My little benefactor, you won't be killed by my worship, right? Ordinary people can't bear my worship!"

Jia Yuan and Zhu Shun were also worried and flew out of the small temple in a hurry, but they saw Chen Shi still standing there intact, while the small temple behind his head was constantly shaking and growing!

Behind this small temple, another temple appeared!
Chen Shi couldn't see the back of his head. Seeing the three judges staring in astonishment, he quickly summoned his spiritual power to look behind his head. He was also stunned.

The small temple actually grew into another small temple!
The newly added small temple was hazy and blurry, as if covered by a layer of fog.

What exactly is going on?

Chen Shi offered sacrifice to his soul and flew into the newly built small temple. He saw that the new temple was not stable and had a very sandy texture, and it seemed that it might collapse at any time.

The same was true of the small temple behind Chen Shi's head. When it first appeared, it seemed blurry.

There is also a shrine in this new temple.

"Four shrines! Doesn't that mean I can have four divine fetuses?"

Chen Shi thought to himself, "If I save more ghosts and gods and let them burn incense to the small temple, doesn't that mean that the second temple can grow a second shrine, and a third shrine?"

He felt a little regretful. Where could there be so many ghosts and gods for him to save?
Moreover, he did not have such ability. The three judges were saved this time thanks to the stele carver Du Yiran. Otherwise, even Chen Shi and Hei Guo would have to die in the underworld.

"Can the three adults tell us what happened in the underworld?" Chen Shi asked.

Jia Yuan sighed and said, "Since the end of the True King era, the underworld has been governed by the Hades and has been relatively peaceful. Occasionally, demons from the underworld escaped into the living world, but they did not cause much damage. Until more than 1,400 years ago, something unexpected happened. After thousands of years of accumulation, the Thirteen Families have become a considerable force in the underworld."

Wang Fu said: "Although the Thirteen Aristocratic Families have considerable power in the world of the living, they are not as powerful as those in the underworld! In the world of the living, there are at most four or five generations. Because of their limited lifespan, they will die when their time comes. Even if there are many masters in the family, they cannot accumulate much power. But in the underworld, they have accumulated the power of hundreds of generations!"

Chen Shi's heart was slightly moved, and he said, "You mean to say that the ancestors of the thirteen families, the successive clan leaders, are alive in the underworld in the form of their primordial spirits?"

Zhu Shun nodded and said, "Not only our ancestors and past patriarchs, but also other masters at the level of fusion, spirit refining, and returning to the void are countless. In the past, they had a short period of time to accumulate power and were not strong enough to challenge the Ten Kings of Hell. But five thousand years after the end of the True King era, they accumulated enough power to change the world in the underworld."

Wang Fu said: "During the True King era, the thirteen families already existed, and they were already large families at that time. There are many of their ancestors in the underworld, who are the founders of the True King era. Although they are dead, their strength is unfathomable."

Jia Yuan said: "There are ten Yama Palaces in the underworld. They are Qin Guang Wang in Xuanming Palace, Chu Jiang Wang in Puming Palace, Song Di Wang in Zhoujue Palace, Wu Guan Wang in Taihe Palace, Yama Wang in Jiulun Palace, Bian Cheng Wang in Mingchen Palace, Taishan Wang in Shenhua Palace, Dushi Wang in Bizhen Palace, Pingdeng Wang in Qifei Palace, and Lunzhuan Wang in Suying Palace. In the past 1,400 years, all ten Yama Palaces have fallen."

"In addition to the Ten Kings of Hell, there are also Twenty-one Judges."

Zhu Shundao said, "Hunting souls, supervising students, examining and plundering, crimes, sentencing, mastering crimes, receiving life, receiving certificates, knife mountain, sword tree, destined to die, holding court, destined to live, destined to salary, destined to illness, destined to divination, destined to good, owed to death, robbing prison, and releasing life. I'm afraid there are only three of us left now."

Wang Fu's face was gloomy: "The underworld that was built with so much difficulty during the True King's era has now completely changed."

The three judges were completely desperate.

Chen Shi suddenly laughed and said, "I know where the great master Qingtian is."

The three judges' eyes lit up and they couldn't help but get excited.

"Yan Wang is still alive?"

Wang Fu was very excited. "Where is he hiding?"

Chen Shi smiled and said, "Master Qingtian has been reincarnated. When I return home, I will take you to see her. I think Master Qingtian may have arranged various means. She has already sent out the Book of Life and Death, and asked you to leave the underworld as soon as possible and hide your tracks in order to preserve your strength and make a comeback. You don't need to worry so much."

The three judges had tears in their eyes. Jia Yuan murmured, "As long as the judge is still here, there is still a chance to turn the tables! I thought the judge had already..."

Chen Shi smiled and said, "I have some important things to do these days, so I can't go back for the time being. You can stay here first. Just find a room."

The three of them hurriedly thanked him and each picked up a bucket to find a room to stay in.

There are many pavilions and terraces in Chen Yindu's Yuanchen Palace, all of which were burned by Chen Shi, Chen Tang and Chen Wu. Not to mention accommodating three little ghosts, even a thousand people would be no problem.

Chen Shi's eyes flickered, and he thought to himself, "With three judges and the black pot, I wonder if we can break the prison. Why not take advantage of tonight..."

Just as he thought of this, he saw three judges carrying buckets of water, cleaning the room, sweeping the courtyard, and pruning the branches.

Chen Shi hurriedly said, "My three lords, leave this matter to those girls!"

Wang Fu shook his head and said, "We have been acting like little devils for many years, and we are used to it. On the contrary, we feel depressed when we are idle."

Chen Shi was speechless and had to let them do as they pleased.

"Three of you, how did the era of the True King end?"

Chen Shi asked, "I heard that the True King Era was extremely prosperous. In the Yang World, there were gods from the Chinese Continent standing in the fifty provinces of Xiniu New Continent, suppressing all demonic changes and silencing the demons. In the underworld, there were ten Yama Palaces and eighteen levels of hell to restrain ghosts and gods. The cultivators at that time were also extremely powerful and could cultivate to the realm of transcending tribulation and even the realm of ascension!"

His voice was somewhat agitated: "Why did such a prosperous era of the True Kings perish? Why were the records of the True Kings also destroyed? Why was the connection with the Chinese Continent severed?"

He couldn't help asking many questions, wishing that the three judges could answer all his doubts.

Jia Yuan put down the rag and said, "We have not personally experienced how the True King era was destroyed, so we don't know. The True King was worried that people in the Yang world would use their power to interfere with the Netherworld and control reincarnation, causing the strong to remain strong and the weak to become extinct. Therefore, he separated the Yin and Yang worlds and strictly prohibited travel between them. Only some talisman masters who practiced soul-related spells were allowed to travel between the Yin and Yang worlds. But many people died later, and we also learned that an unprecedented disaster had occurred in the Yang world."

"It's a catastrophic disaster." Zhu Shun said.

Chen Shi was shocked. At the end of the True King Era, a catastrophic disaster occurred?
A hundred miles away, a devil changes; a thousand miles away, a disaster changes; ten thousand miles away, a catastrophe changes!
The scale of this disaster was at least tens of thousands of miles wide, covering a large area of ​​Xiniu Xinzhou!
Wang Fu said: "I heard it was a fairy disaster."

Chen Shi asked, "What is the immortal disaster?"

"Something bad happened to the immortal."

Jia Yuan was stunned for a moment, then said, "At that time, many extremely talented people had cultivated to the Ascension Realm, and were only half a step away from ascending to immortality. Some people also dug up prehistoric remains and discovered prehistoric immortals sealed in the prehistoric remains. It is possible that a genius under the True King ascended to heaven and caused this immortal disaster, or it is possible that the birth of an immortal caused the disaster. We don't know the specific reason."

Chen Shi was stunned, and suddenly lost his voice and said, "How could a cultivator's ascension trigger an immortal-level disaster?"

Jia Yuan glanced at him, and waited for him to calm down before saying, "Do you think this world is normal? If you practice normally to the Ascension Realm, can you really ascend normally?"

(End of this chapter)