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Chapter 344 With power, everyone becomes a madman

The sun rises in the east during the day and sets in the west at night; this is an age-old common sense. And it is only natural that the moon takes the place of the sun during the hour of the demon.

Relying on his status as the "most ancient Shinto successor," Nakatomi Hideichi confidently used the legend of the ancestral spirit as a starting point at dusk to reenact "Ame no Iwato (Note ①)," causing the power of Amaterasu to manifest at night, a time when the sun should not be out, thereby creating a great purification barrier and defining the divine domain.

The problem is that rituals require the right time, place, and people. Although it is not impossible for a person with great power to go against the will of Heaven, it is ultimately not as effective as going with the will of Heaven.

Therefore, even though Feng Xue's skill in ritual magic was far inferior to that of the Nakatomi family, and the ritual norms she used were far inferior to those of the folk legends (the Five Treasures of Princess Kaguya), she still managed to overshadow this grand ritual created by ancestral spirits and mythology at this moment because she followed the natural laws of sunset and moonrise.

As we all know, the moon's brilliance comes from the reflection of sunlight; in other words, the power of the sun god is the source of the moon's radiance.

When Feng Xue's ritual was completed, achieving the pattern of Kaguya flying to the moon, at the moment the moon rose on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the light and heat emitted by that sphere of light were all drawn by the moon spirit.

The moonlight, like water, shimmered more brightly than the sunlight, and as they reflected each other, the sun appeared even dimmer and more yellow.

Unlike the traditional legend of Chang'e flying to the moon with the elixir of immortality, the legend of Kaguya flying to the moon left the elixir of immortality on earth. Based on this imagery, Feng Xue began to refine the great sun power she had plundered.

A ray of golden light fell from the moon and landed on the five treasures used to set up the ceremony. Under the operation of the Yuan-gathering technique, divine power was injected into the jade branches. The power accumulated from the roots of the branches and gradually extended upwards. When it reached the tips of the branches, it condensed into a fruit as hot as jade under the effect of the ceremony.

The scorching heat of the sun did not subside during the harvesting process, but when the jade fruit fell, a fireproof asbestos net caught it.

The jade fruit, formed from pure energy, passed through the asbestos net, and much of the power of the flames was already consumed. Beneath it was a stone bowl that was offered in the temple along with the Buddha.

Having endured the incense's glow day and night, this stone bowl has acquired a degree of resistance to faith. When the jade liquid falls into it, it doesn't pass through again, but instead resembles a hot spring, emitting steam.

This divine power was formed from the wishes of the people, and naturally it was tainted with a lot of impurities. However, the seashell provided by the swallow demon served as a filter, carrying the image of the pain of childbirth. It absorbed and filtered the negative emotions in the wishes of the people, leaving only pure power, which fell into the dragon pearl refined by the wishes of the Four Seas Dragon Kings.

"laugh--"

A sound like a red-hot iron ball falling into water suddenly exploded. At this moment, whether it was the panicked Nakatomi Hideichi, the ninjas and the army fighting in the middle of the battle, or Tsuchimikado Taishi who finally saw the mastermind behind the scenes make his move and was ready to attack, or of course the nobles and Tenna in Tenna Palace, they all saw a desolate scene of the sun sinking into the sea.

The seawater was dyed crimson, and the sound of boiling was enough to kill a child, but the great sun could only submit to the will of heaven and earth and disappear on the sea surface, leaving only the newly born moon hanging high in the sky.

"nice one!"

Su'e Huiye merged into the moon plate, while the Great Sun Elixir was placed into the Dragon Pearl. Feng Xue held the slightly hot five-colored jade pearl and stuffed it into her belt.

The power of the four Dragon Kings' vows flowed among themselves, constantly eroding the remaining divinity within the jade bead. Only then did Feng Xue slowly and methodically distribute the power of the sun and moon, which came from the true celestial bodies, from the moon disc to the common people.

Guided by the little bell, the Kyoto army recovered from the boiling sea faster than the ninjas, slaying the trembling enemy beside them. The great purification barrier used to maintain Amaterasu's divine realm was shattered by the sound of the boiling sea, and the boundary between the mortal world and the present world was broken once again.

"The ritual has been locked down. The other party is on the north side of the moon, and should be standing at the water level!" The Onmyoji under Tsuchimikado Taishi was no fool. After recovering from the boiling sea, he finally managed to determine Feng Xue's location.

Upon hearing this, Tsuchimikado Taishi pulled out more than ten paper figures tied with red strings from his pocket and casually tossed them out. Spirits enveloped the paper figures, transforming them into warriors who charged northwards towards the moon. "Send out all the shikigami to hold them off, and prepare the Great Spirit Summoning Technique for the rest! Matsudaira-san, it's time to use that!"

Upon hearing Tsuchimikado Taishi's words, the middle-aged man known as "Matsudaira-san" nodded and drew his katana from his waist.

As a mission concerning the fate of the nation, this operation naturally prepared many trump cards, but Delis's combat power was so extraordinary that many of her moves didn't even have a chance to be used.

But now, it finally has a chance to be put to good use.

"That madwoman shattered the faith of Orochi, but she probably never dreamed that her actions would bring such a terrifying disaster to her allies!"

Despite being an antique that has stood for over a thousand years, the blade of the samurai sword remains as clear as a mirror, and with the slight chill of the seaside night, a layer of hazy mist even shrouds the blade.

Tsuchimikado Taishi stood at the center of the prepared ceremony, solemnly accepted the precious sword, and inserted it into the center of the pentagram array.

Just as the Central Plains believed that a person's soul would attach itself to the things they loved in life, the Japanese believed that the deceased's obsession would remain on the murder weapon that killed them.

Therefore, it is only natural that a spirit would gather on the murder weapon.

Moreover, the more famous and widely recognized a spirit is, the stronger it will be.

And this treasured sword, which is said to have killed the Ghost King, would naturally also retain the soul of someone who believed himself to be the Ghost King.

Normally, even if this soul is summoned, its strength is only relatively high, far less than that of the ritual driven by the legend of "slaying demons".

But now that the Orochi faith has been shattered, this demon king, who has the legend of the Orochi son, can naturally draw power from this scattered faith.

"Descend, son of Ibuki Daimyo!"

The fragments of the Orochi faith brought back from Mount Lufu were meant to be used as a final offering to prolong the lives of the three thousand cultivators heading to the Central Plains. However, with Tiannao Black Card already in imminent danger, it was not the time to consider such matters.

A vast and complex force of willpower flowed into the blade, and the spirit with two horns faintly appeared.

The Yin-Yang Masters, now in formation, immediately began chanting the incantation "Lin Bing Dou Zhe Jie Zhen Lie Zai Qian" in an attempt to bring the Demon King under their control.

This moment was undoubtedly the best opportunity to sabotage, but Feng Xue, who had already noticed the ritual, did not make a move. He simply silently refined the remaining imprints in the spirit pearl, waiting for an opponent to appear who could test his skills.

"What can you possibly come up with? Don't disappoint me!"

(End of this chapter)