The Ninth Lady is a rebellious person.

Chapter 625 Someone always has to get involved.

With the arrival of the demonic path, the world of Da Dan has been completely transformed.

The sky seemed to be covered by a layer of sticky, thick, gray-black clouds, blocking out all the sunlight in March. Whenever rain fell, it was black.

Especially when the black rain falls, it corrodes the skin and causes boils, so people either stay indoors or take extensive precautions before venturing out. Fish and shrimp in rivers and lakes turn white, aquatic plants wither and rot. In March, when all things are reviving and it's the time for spring planting, the newly planted seedlings wither, the paddy field soil hardens and cracks, exuding a deathly aura, and the air is filled with a stench of decay.

The people were filled with fear and despair.

They are just ordinary people who only want to live and work in peace. Even in the midst of war and chaos, they only dare to ask for a little peace. But now, before the war has even started, an invisible disaster is looming over them. How desperate they are.

And this is just one aspect.

What is truly despair-inducing and impossible to guard against are the demonic souls that crawl out of the water. They come in various forms, mostly monsters, covered in rotten flesh, dripping filthy black water, and exuding nauseating resentment and demonic energy.

They have no sense of reason, only the purest desire for destruction, and they attack all living things indiscriminately, including animals and living people. How can unarmed people resist such monsters?

Wailing, screams, and curses replaced the peaceful and prosperous scenes of the past, as if the end of the world had arrived and the world had been transformed into a hellish place.

Even if demons wreak havoc on the world, some people are still bred and assimilated by the demonic energy, amplifying the evil thoughts in their hearts, killing, arson, looting, burning, murdering, raping, kidnapping, and committing all kinds of evil deeds. This adds countless man-made disasters to the already despairing natural disaster, to the point that many Confucian scholars angrily denounced that with the disaster of the collapse of the heavens right in front of them, instead of working together to save themselves, humans are killing each other. How ridiculous!
"We are all of the same root, why are we so eager to harm each other?" This poem perfectly captures the meaning of this calamity.

The powerful families and generals who once coveted power have given up their ambitions in the face of such an overwhelming natural disaster. They no longer dare to talk about grand projects. What they think about most is how to lead their families to survive in this hellish world. They only hope that there will be more monks and Taoists in the world to eliminate evil and restore peace to the world.

During this period, they could only try their best to protect themselves, hoarding food, herbs and all other supplies that could sustain themselves and their people. As a result, food prices soared, people had no food to buy, famine broke out everywhere, and refugees and rioters emerged as a result.

The entire city of Dadan was plunged into an unprecedented darkest hour, sliding into utter silence and destruction.

Later historical records coldly documented that in March of the first year of Jian'an in Da'an, a demon descended upon the world, causing widespread suffering and tragedies such as cannibalism and the exchange of children to eat, a living hell on earth, a tragedy that grieved heaven and earth.

Faced with this almost irreversible natural and man-made disaster, both Buddhist and Taoist sects across the world mobilized to save the world and help all living beings.

Lang Jiuchuan and Feng Ya did not expect that Tantai Wuji's demonic arts would progress so quickly and powerfully after he fell into demonic possession; they had underestimated him once again.

“My skeleton can no longer connect or resonate with his soul. It must be because he sacrificed himself to sever karma that his demonic arts were able to reach their peak. He must have completely seized Kong Jin’s soul and power. He has a heart that burns the heavens and transforms into a demon, just like you ascended to the Golden Core stage. He must have gained something.” Feng Ya said with a frown, “Now the sky is covered and the world is in chaos. Only by condensing a demonic core and forming a demonic body can one have this demonic power.”

Demons are invisible. The inner demons that people often talk about are negative emotions in people's minds. Since everyone has seven emotions and six desires, everyone has negative thoughts. Some may be deeply hidden, while others exist, and they only need a certain point to erupt. Tantai Wuji cultivated a demonic body and created a demonic core, greatly increasing his power. Thus, it would be effortless for him to stir up the inner demons of the world and turn it into a demonic realm.

The current chaos and people's evil desires and greed are being magnified infinitely.

Some people's inherently dark minds, once corrupted and bewitched, will be amplified, leading them to do things they would never have dared to do before, turning the world into a purgatory. As more and more negative energy rises in the world, it all becomes their power.

Lang Jiuchuan said, "He is a man who makes decisions decisively. Just like when he didn't fight us to the death to snatch this skeleton, he will do everything he can to sever the causal link between his soul and flesh in order to save his life. Now, all the signs show that he has become a demon, a great evil. Based on this, he dares to dream of ascending to the throne."

“Yet he could become the Demon Lord,” Fengya added.

Lang Jiuchuan lowered his eyelids slightly and said, "The righteous path of the world has turned out in full force to save the world, one after another. If he can still get what he wants in this way, then it will be the day when the righteous path perishes."

She doesn't allow it.

When Lang Jiuchuan looked up again, his eyes were filled with a cold, sharp light. He said, "Huguo Temple is built on the edge of a dragon vein and is also a sacred Buddhist site. I will go to the summit of Huguo Temple to set up an altar, and together with the abbot and monks, draw upon the righteous energy of heaven and earth to purify the demonic energy and hinder the rapid advancement of his demonic arts. Nowadays, demonic spirits are rampant in various places, and there are many people who are afraid of death and shut themselves away to protect themselves. You are in charge of the court, and with your power, you can force them to do things. Even if there are demons in the world, humans cannot be chaotic, let alone kill each other. Otherwise, even if we deal with Tantai Wuji, the world will be devastated, and it will take a long time to recover."

Even in this current state, once peace is restored, everything will be in need of rebuilding.

But if things are more stable, fewer people will die, and there will be hope for humanity.

Faced with such a disaster, many powerful and wealthy people only seek to protect themselves and are unwilling to contribute. This is not acceptable. Monks and Taoists can exorcise demons, but they do not have enough energy to produce food to fill their stomachs, warm clothes to keep them warm, or good medicine to cure diseases.

Humanity cannot be saved by monks and Taoists alone; humanity itself must save itself.

When the powerful and wealthy are unwilling, they resort to ruthless suppression, even if it means bearing a bad reputation for it.

It makes no sense that while they are fighting demons and monsters in front of the people, these people do nothing but wait for peace to return to the world, so they can regain their glory, power, and wealth. What about the common people who have nothing?
Fengya sneered: "Don't worry about that. I know how to deal with them. If they don't listen, I'll take them to the underworld for a visit and let Yama, the King of Hell, teach them a lesson about their selfishness, and that will be fine."

His face was full of arrogance, and he made no attempt to hide his bad deeds, nor did he seem to care about karma. If you think of him as a good person, you're mistaken!
He will show them what despair truly is!
“You want to set up an altar to draw upon the righteous energy of heaven and earth, and I cannot dissuade you. But you still want to set up a grand formation. Even though you are a Golden Core cultivator, there will come a time when your spiritual power is exhausted. If you have to face the demon Tantai in battle, you…” Fengya exhaled a long breath and said, “Are you planning to leave no strength unused?”

Lang Jiuchuan looked back at him: "In this calamity, someone always needs to step in."

(End of this chapter)