The Great Way to Truth, Starting from Jiazi Laodao

Chapter 279 The Southern Heavenly God Lord, Assistance from All Directions

Two powerful beings, each possessing the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top, arrived together.

The people of Qiuzhen were greatly encouraged.

The defenses became impregnable.

At the same time, two bolts of lightning exploded.

One came from the Great Emperor Gouchen, wielding his sword to slay the Ghost King; the other came from the Great Emperor of Longevity of the South Pole, lightning flashing from the foot of the mountain, as if they had been lying in ambush there all along.

Like Gouchen making dumplings, he slaughtered all the ghosts.

Thunder is extremely powerful and yang, and it is the natural enemy of yin and ghosts. Gouchen and Antarctic are not ordinary gods. When they joined forces, the Ghost King and his army suffered heavy casualties, and with the help of the Taoist Observers of Truth-Seeking.

The phoenix's cry rang out, and the phoenix clan came to its aid.

The Ghost King who besieged Fuyun Mountain was almost completely wiped out.

The pursuit of truth turned danger into safety.

Xuanming communicated with the gods to assess the situation and, upon discovering that the situation was still under control, his mind settled.

Xuanming got up and headed to the Taiping Dao Palace. Instead of showing off, he decided to ask the Taiping Dao Master for help, requesting him to place a seal on Tao Weng and help suppress him. Once the Netherworld situation was stable, he would be able to begin his breakthrough.

The leader of the Way of Peace did not refuse; for him, suppressing Tao Weng was just a matter of lifting a finger.

Since they've already cooperated to this extent, he wouldn't mind lending a hand a couple more times. Besides, the stronger Xuanming is, the more advantageous it will be for him.

After leaving Taiping Dao Palace, Xuanming returned to Daohai Palace. With the help of Huangting Qi, he deduced the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Great Array while keeping an eye on the battle in the Netherworld. Occasionally, he would glance at the Antarctic Longevity Emperor with a smile on his lips.

The Ziwei Emperor and the Changsheng Emperor represent Yin and Yang.

The two can temporarily unite in yin and yang. Currently, the Antarctic Longevity Emperor is stronger than the Ziwei Emperor and can use his own aura to conceal the existence of Ziwei. Xuanming uses the two events of tribulation and attacking the Netherworld to attract the attention of powerful beings, which is a case of feigning one thing while secretly doing another.

Now, the Great Emperor Ziwei has been reincarnated under the arrangement of the Great Emperor Changsheng of the South Pole. He is just waiting for the future to unify the human world and the underworld, achieve imperial power, and return to his position so that he can break through several realms and become a great god.

The war in the underworld lasted for several months.

The powerful figures looked at Qiuzhen Temple with more scrutiny and solemnity; this lineage had quite a few great masters!

Upon further reflection, while surprised, they found it quite reasonable. They had read both the outer and middle sections of the Huangting Jing, which discussed how the human body is like the universe, containing countless gods. Every word was precious and every sentence was a truth. Even though they were deeply inspired by it, it was only one book that could be compared to their masterpiece.

At the same time, he marveled at how Xuanming had cultivated the "Huangting Jing" to such an extraordinary level that he was able to summon so many great gods.

The powerful figures of the three great dynasties felt even more apprehensive. It wasn't that they were afraid of these gods—they wouldn't care even if there were twice as many—but rather they were wary of the Seeking Truth Temple, or rather, the potential of that True Lord Xuanming.

The three powerful figures gathered together, intending to kill Xuanming by forcing him to reveal himself through the Seeking Truth Temple, and then kill him. However, the more they discussed it, the more they felt that although the plan seemed reasonable, it actually had many flaws.

What if Xuanming doesn't appear?
What if the leader of the Way of Peace obstructs us?

What if Xuanming uses a siege of Wei to rescue Zhao?

What if he uses the Netherworld as bait to lure other powerful beings into helping him?
……

They had to be wary of all the possibilities.

The larger and more established a business is, the more it must consider the consequences and think things through thoroughly; otherwise, the consequences could be unimaginable.

They also considered helping the Netherworld powerhouse, disrupting Xuanming's plans, and resolving the crisis one by one. However, the Netherworld and the human world are on opposing sides. Doing so could easily push the Divine Dynasty into the eye of the storm and could also easily drive the Lord of Taiping to desperation.

Ultimately, they could only intensify their attacks on other kingdoms, focusing on reducing the world to just the three great dynasties, while simultaneously courting allies and making preparations.

As for Tao Weng, the powerful figures of the Great Xuan Divine Dynasty also tried to negotiate with the Lord of Taiping Dao, but the negotiations ended unhappily.

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A year later, the War of the Underworld came to an end. The Temple of Seeking Truth defended the territory of the Five Elements Ghost King and secured a place for itself in the Underworld.

All this was because Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun broke through his realm and became a divine emperor with three flowers gathered at the top of his head. He displayed great divine power in the netherworld, transforming 100,000 evil ghosts with his own strength, including several ghost kings, and even the Five Elements Ghost Kings submitted to him.

With the powerful being restrained, Youming was somewhat helpless against him. Even when several Ghost Kings at the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top Realm joined forces, they were no match for Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun. Instead, their positions were suppressed before the battle even began.

With the strong support of Emperor Jiugao, Chief Mengmo, and Lord Feng, Emperor Gouchen, Emperor Antarctic Longevity, and the Five Elders of the Five Directions were also difficult to deal with, so the powerful beings of the Netherworld could only temporarily cease their attacks.

The battle of the underworld has come to a temporary end, and Xuanming has also made progress in his comprehension of the Zhou Tian Star Array.

Only two powerful figures from the Taiping Cult returned.

The Drunken Great Power will temporarily be stationed at Floating Cloud Mountain to provide support to the Netherworld at any time, while the Netherworld begins its construction in full swing.

Of course, he also met his close friend who was much older than him.

In exchange, after Xuanming achieves great power, he will need to help the Lord of Taiping Dao refine the array diagram, which will shorten the process of combining the power of the four great powers.

Xuanming entered the fire chamber again, opened the Qiankun Furnace and continued refining treasures. This time, he was going to refine array flags.

To achieve great power, one must overcome heavenly tribulations.

And then there will be human calamities.

Xuanming needs to be fully prepared.

Three years have passed in a flash.

During this period, the Netherworld organized several counterattacks, but all of them were in vain. Instead, the area of ​​the Netherworld built by the Seeking Truth Temple doubled. In addition to the help of the Taiping Sect, the Phoenix Clan, the Dream Eater Clan and Emperor Jiugao, Xuanming had already made arrangements to divide up a portion of the Netherworld's pie.

People gather for mutual benefit, and even the most powerful are no exception.

It all depends on whether the profit is sufficient.

The Netherworld is clearly of great importance.

Although Xuanming did not appear, the gods and the audience of the Seeking Truth were not idle. Emperor Jiugao directly brought two close friends, a five-colored divine ox and a divine horse that could communicate with the underworld.

They are all divine emperors who have achieved the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top, and they have great faith in the Great Xuan Divine Dynasty. This time, they are helping in the name of their gods in order to accumulate enough fortune to break through to become a great power.

With the right path before them, they were willing to take the risk.

Even the powerful figures of the Great Xuan Divine Dynasty dared not push too hard and could only turn a blind eye to this behavior. Behind the three Divine Emperors were other Natural God Emperors. The demon race was rare in the Central Plains, so these gods were particularly united.

Having finally seen a glimmer of hope, they would not allow the great powers of the Great Xuan Dynasty to cause too much damage, and even that ancient deity far away in the south stepped forward.

This last remaining powerful deity in the world was persuaded by the Crimson Emperor. He not only supported Emperor Jiugao and others, but also took a clear stand on the side of the Seeking Truth Temple and took action to intimidate the powerful beings of the Netherworld.

He addressed Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun as an equal, saying, "Your rank is no lower than mine, and through Qiuzhen Temple, I have seen the hope for the rise of the divine path."

This Southern Heavenly God Lord still wanted to meet Xuanming, but knowing how to act like a god, he chose to help Qiuzhen Temple to show goodwill and sincerity.

The Dream Eater clan chief also brought in a friend to help him, the Lord of the Other Shore Flower, a half-step great power who came from the Netherworld with the Dream Eater clan.

Their decision to help was clear:

Attain enlightenment in the netherworld!
The Dao Lord of the Eastern Pole was willing to lend a helping hand, which was actually the four gods of the East, South, West, and North of the Five Directions and Five Lands going to meet him, and incidentally making up for his own deficiency of not having reached the four poles, and perfecting himself.

The old Buddhist monk and the Mohist master craftsman from the Arctic also agreed, mainly because they wanted a share of the profits, and the Underworld plan moved them.

If an underworld could be established, it would surely bring blessings to all living beings and accumulate immeasurable merit.

(End of this chapter)