I was forced to cultivate immortality when I just wanted to lie down

Chapter 446 Truly, he'd stirred up a huge hornet's nest.
The Lord of War was, after all, a general skilled in battle, while Nüba, in her injured and ill state, came to gamble, which was somewhat illogical.

The Four Sin Gods remained to guard the gates of the Heavenly Road in order to prevent Nüba from luring the tiger away from the mountain and taking actions that would threaten the stability of the Three Realms passage, cause the River of Three Crossings to overflow, and destroy the perilous pass of the Heavenly Road.

The River of Three Crossings, also known as the River of Oblivion, is the only river that can flow through the three realms.

This river is both a symbol of the underworld and a crossing point for the cycle of fate.

Apart from a very few enlightened beings who transcend the Three Realms and Six Paths and are not within the Five Elements, all other humans, gods, ghosts, monsters, the fate of all things, and even the laws of the world, all kinds of souls and karma cannot escape the suffering of the Three Paths.

This is a river of suffering formed by the desires of all living beings, yet it is also the singularity connecting the three realms.

The Lord of the Nine Netherworlds has not yet refined the power of Yin Mountain and has not been able to completely rule the underworld, so he dares not open the gates of the Three Paths without authorization.

The Heavenly Emperor, bound by the great forces of heaven and earth, and unable to rely on the power of the immortals and gods to destroy his own and their physical corpses, dared not close the perilous passes of the three paths and directly confront the great enemy of the underworld.

The gods dared not risk such a great transgression by descending to the mortal realm to besiege the corpses of the Heavenly Emperor or their colleagues and superiors.

Under the great calamity, the gods and Buddhas of the upper realm are not concerned with fighting and killing, but rather with human relationships and worldly affairs.

Not to mention the rise of evil and the decline of good, even in a real fight, they might not be able to win!

If you're putting in a lot of effort for no reward in either direction, you might as well just use the strategy of procrastination.

The Lord of the Nine Netherworlds needs time to refine the authority of Yin Mountain and take control of the Underworld.

The Heavenly Emperor and the gods were also unwilling to immediately break off relations and shake their existing foundations.

Both sides are waiting for an opportunity, and the only ones suffering are those in the human world who are deeply affected by the calamity.

This is also the crux of the matter that allows the Yinhe Sect to benefit from both sides, not only receiving special permission from the Heavenly Emperor but also being protected by the Dharma Corpse.

The saying goes, "If you try to fight a wolf with a stick, you'll be afraid of both sides."

Under these circumstances, guarding the Sanzu River, preventing the opening of the Heavenly Road, and keeping the conflict out of the open became a tacit understanding among everyone.

Only the human race has been in dire straits from beginning to end.

In the game of chess, they are like pawns on a chessboard that can only move forward, with no other options.

Now, however, there is an extra pawn on the chessboard that can run, jump, turn corners, and even launch a surprise attack!
Now, this maverick pawn has arrived at the banks of the Chu River.

Further ahead lies the Sanzu River, which can devour even the remains of immortals and gods.

Zhuoshui Dojo, the location of the Sanzu River sluice gate.

The knowledgeable Kitchen God is asking everyone who Nüba's husband is.

Huan Dou and Kong Ren looked at each other in bewilderment. Where did the Heavenly Maiden get a husband?
Upon seeing this, the Kitchen God began to explain the symbolism of the phoenix coronet and embroidered robe, leaving the former sinful gods stunned.

Who would be so foolish as to marry this fiery-tempered, drought demon who could turn the land barren at the slightest provocation?

Having been banished for a long time, the group of sinful gods, unlike the warlord who maintained a high level of surfing despite his advanced age, were extremely interested when they heard about something new and interesting, especially anecdotes about people from their own time.

However, just as everyone was getting into the gossip,

Suddenly, a glimmer of light appeared in the general's formation, which was fighting against the ghost soldiers and demons outside the Taoist temple.

The beam of light pierced through the army formation and instantly transformed into a dazzling pillar of light that shot into the sky. The Four Sin Gods looked over and saw the God of Life Protection, wearing a golden crown with five phoenixes and a fairy robe, revealing his true form outside the Taoist temple.

That deity possessed the same six-armed supernatural powers as the Lord of War, and in addition to the Jade Ruyi and the Mother Qi Bottle, he also had four magical treasures: the Yellow Heaven Flag, the Borrowing Gold Gourd, the Ghost-Slaying Sword, and the Red Phoenix Embroidered Ball.

Looking at the other person's clothes, with intertwined flowers and the imagery of longevity mountains and seas of blessings, and the dragon and phoenix patterns of the character "保" on the hem of the skirt, they were truly radiant and divine, making people dare not look directly at them!

The Four Sin Gods even saw a long-lost divine radiance in the God of Life Protection.

That kind of divinity can only be possessed by saints who have great vows and have performed great deeds for all living beings.

The last time the Four Sin Gods encountered such a deity was through the celestial maiden.

"Who are you, deity? How dare you defy the laws of Heaven, descend to the mortal realm in secret, and trespass on the Heavenly Road!"

Remembering the agreement with Nuwa, Xu Qing knew that time was of the essence and had no time to chat with these gods who were about to die.
He threw out the Yellow Heaven Flag, and instantly a yellow wind swept across the surrounding area for a hundred miles, transforming it into a forbidden zone of yellow sand that isolated all external magic.

The Yellow Heaven Great Law has little effect on ghosts and spirits. Its only function is to break down all disparities in status and overcome all obstacles to fortune. As long as one is under the Yellow Heaven and the Yellow Wind blows, everyone becomes an ordinary citizen.

In the Yellow Heaven Realm, there is no concept of the rise and fall of evil, nor can one draw upon external spiritual energy or yin energy for one's own use; here, one can only rely on one's own abilities.

Xu Qing wanted to end the battle quickly, so he had to isolate himself from everything. He could only do this by relying on his own three transformations of magic power, as well as the Baosheng, Daluo, and Xiantang magic powers to confront the four sin gods.

The saying goes, "One force can overcome ten techniques," let alone six forces.
On the dojo shrouded in yellow wind, Xu Qing managed to create an aura that surrounded the Four Sin Gods all by himself!
Pingyi, the Rain Master, attempted to use the Rain Master's Flag to manipulate the sewage from the Blood Pool and break through the Yellow Heaven's Great Law.

However, the Rain Master Flag, which had always worked, was unable to mobilize the sewage in the blood pool.

"His wind formation is somewhat unusual; it seems to be able to isolate external forces. Brother, please step back and let me blow away the yellow sand!"

Feng Bo Feilian refused to believe in evil spirits and immediately waved his Wind God Fan. However, when the precious fan fell, it only intensified the power of the yellow wind in the temple.

The Four Sin Gods' expressions changed, and the Rain Master, who was closest to the Wind God, immediately grabbed Fei Lian's wrist, refusing to let him continue slapping him.

The water god Kong Ren was a sycophant. When King Yu exiled him, he said that Kong Ren was a clever and flattering person, and such people are the quickest to change their minds.

Upon realizing that Xu Qing had come prepared, He immediately connected it to the matter of Nüba transferring the Lord of Soldiers away from the Heavenly Road.

"Feilian, Pingyi! This person has a magic weapon to restrain you two. You two should not delay any longer and must hurry to find You Gong so that he will not fall into the Heavenly Maiden's trick."

Lord You is an honorific title for the Lord of War. After receiving the order, the Wind God and Rain Master indeed stopped fighting and turned to split into two groups, heading straight for the outside of the temple.

But when Feilian vanished a thousand miles in an instant, He found Himself still shrouded in yellow sand.

On the other side, Pingyi looked at Kong Ren who appeared before her, her eyes full of doubt.

"I sent you to find Lord You, have you found him?"

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Pingyi dared not admit that he had been blinded by the yellow sand and had taken the wrong path. After a moment of silence, he asked, "Does Your Excellency have any message for the Lord of War?"

Just as Kong Ren was about to answer, Huan Dou's furious roar echoed from the yellow sand. He said angrily, "Don't delay the battle! This person must be the one who eliminated the leader of the Yinhe Sect. Go quickly and find the Lord of War to return. The Heavenly Road must not be lost!"

Even at this critical juncture, Kong Ren still didn't believe Xu Qing posed a threat to their lives. His only concern was the safety of the Heavenly Road. If the Heavenly Road opened, attracting the attention of the gods of the upper realm was secondary; what they couldn't bear was offending the Dharma Lord and incurring punishment!
Deep within the dojo, Xu Qing, who had just thrown out the Bewildering Barrier, arrived atop the head of the Sin God Huan Dou.

Huan Dou is an ancient deity with a human face, a bird's beak, and two wings. Such deities are born with supernatural powers, and Huan Dou's ability is to control all the birds in the world as scouts, and can also turn birds into flying soldiers for his own use.

In addition, these ancient gods seem to possess some special laws and powers.

Xu Qing surveyed the training ground and immediately noticed that his own General Chaos Formation had mutinied. Some of the generals had even broken free from the control of the banners and started killing each other.

Huan Dou, a fierce god of the Great Wilderness, has a human face and a bird's beak. He has wings, eats fish from the sea, and walks on his wings.

Wherever Huan Dou appears, it will inevitably trigger war, rebellion, and mutiny.

Such innate abilities are unreasonable, and apart from banishing or exterminating the evil gods who caused the disaster, there is no other way to restrain them.

Xu Qing acted decisively. After activating the Bewildering Heavenly Barrier to envelop the entire dojo in an illusion, he took out the Shield and Axe and stacked the Heavenly Gang Axe Technique to thirty-three layers.

Huan Dou flapped his wings and hovered a thousand feet in the sky, reaping the wrathful generals while searching for Xu Qing's whereabouts.

At one point, Huan Dou suddenly noticed a red light above his head that was completely different from the Yin River.

He looked up and saw that a bright sun had appeared in the sky without him noticing.

That is the Blood Lake Light Wheel behind the image of the Goddess of Life Protection, formed by the convergence of countless merits and incense offerings.

Xu Qing used the incense from the Blood Lake to bless the Gan Qi Great Axe, and the moment Huan Dou looked up, a red and white axe shadow fell down!
Huan Dou felt a chill run down his spine. He had thought that the Heavenly Maiden was fierce and violent enough, but he never expected that there would be something even more extreme!

How could a god who is untouched by worldly dust and possesses divine radiance pick up a daylily axe and chop at people?
Huan Dou spread its wings, wrapped its body, and caged itself into an egg shape. This was its most proficient defensive magic. In the past, it was with this method that King Yu could not kill it no matter what. Helpless, King Yu sent Ying Long to throw it to Chong Mountain to seal it.

Thousands of feet in the air, Xu Qing looked at Huan Dou with a surprised expression.

Since he began using the Heavenly Gang Axe Technique, no one had ever dared to confront it head-on, but the Sin God before him was the first.

Just as Xu Qing was pondering whether the other party also possessed a substitute technique or a similar death-taking supernatural ability, the black gold egg below, which had been struck by the Crimson Rainbow Axe Shadow, suddenly emitted a cracking sound.

Impossible, absolutely impossible! Huan Dou's eyes were bloodshot with rage; the fear of death had surpassed even the oppressive aura that King Yu had once instilled in him.

The massive black egg radiated an unprecedented light, its dark glow concealing the primordial power of a malevolent god.

Xu Qing's thoughts faltered, and a vague sense of violent and bloodthirsty emotions welled up in his heart. In that brief moment, he even had the idea of ​​betraying Nüba, joining forces with the Lord of Soldiers to eliminate Nüba, and then performing a ritual to help her body pass on to the afterlife.

But in just a moment, the Living Man Sutra in the Blood Lake Dharma Realm shone brightly, and the crimson-gold light, which was far more intense than the turbid black light, instantly cleared away all the distracting thoughts transmitted by Huan Dou!
With a crisp sound of jade shattering, Xu Qing looked down and saw that Huan Dou, who had been hiding in the black egg, had lost all its wings and turned into a malevolent corpse full of ominous signs.

Even after the corpse fell, it did not lose its power to bring disaster to the world. Xu Qing saw Huan Dou's corpse take root in the ground and grow countless old tree roots, as if it wanted to penetrate the Yin River, turn itself into a dead end, merge into the mountains and rivers, and continue to wreak havoc on the world.

Xu Qing's gaze sharpened, and he immediately used the Divine Travel Book to instantly arrive at the rapidly evolving corpse of Huan Dou.

The Blood Lake Dharma Realm enveloped the evil corpse, and Xu Qing extended his corpse claws, forcefully plunging them into Huan Dou's body.

As the primal energy from the Great Wilderness Era invaded his body, Xu Qing's expression turned solemn. However, when the unfamiliar power of the laws merged into his divine realm without any hindrance, Xu Qing's expression suddenly became strange.

This kind of primordial power belonging to the evil god is definitely not something that ordinary immortals and gods can withstand, but he seems to be able to perfectly integrate with it. In fact, after the evil god's authority entered his body, it was as if he had entered a paradise, constantly conveying a joyful emotion.

Could it be that zombies are also a type of malevolent spirit?
Xu Qing's heart stirred slightly.

That's right! Before she fell from grace, everyone called her a celestial maiden. But after she lost her orthodox divine status and became a drought demon, she also gained the name of a fierce god.

Xu Qing breathed a sigh of relief, but felt extremely fortunate.

Fortunately, it was this zombie who came to try and take over the Heavenly Road. If it had been any other righteous god, he would probably have been dragged down from his pedestal by the evil god, and a barren land would have been created in the world.

After performing the ritual to guide Huan Dou's body to the afterlife, Xu Qing went to the center of the Taoist temple, where San Miao, Kong Ren, Fei Lian, and Ping Yi were already locked in a fierce battle.

Kong Ren angrily berated Fei Lian and Ping Yi for disobeying orders, while San Miao regarded Kong Ren, who was pursuing Feng Bo and Yu Shi, as a traitor. The four gods each harbored their own grievances, and the minor misunderstandings of the past had now turned into raging fury.

Xu Qing was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood what was going on.

These sinful gods were clearly also corrupted by the laws released by Huan Dou when he was on the verge of death.

However, Huan Dou has already been eliminated by him, and the remaining power of the laws at Zhuoshui Dojo is destined not to last long.

Xu Qing couldn't bear to miss this golden opportunity, so he once again drew his axe and lunged forward.

Kong Ren was the first to realize something was wrong. He tried to order his fellow practitioners to break free from the influence, but then he saw a familiar figure behind him.

"Huan Dou, what are you doing?"

Kong Ren frowned and questioned his colleague who was holding a large axe and had approached him.

Xu Qing, who had put away the Blood Lake Dharma Realm and transformed into the shape of Huan Dou using the Heavenly Dipper Transformation, grinned.

This time, he almost completely drained his fire zombie magic power, and the entire Heavenly Gang Axe Technique was showing signs of loosening in breaking through the thirty-fourth level. However, Xu Qing understood that this was just an illusion caused by a power so strong that it was difficult for him to control.

He would need to attain the Kui Ba Dao Fruit to even attempt the thirty-fourth level of the Heavenly Gang Axe Technique.

Xu Qing raised his axe and brought it down. Kong Ren looked at the power that did not belong to his colleague and instantly realized what was happening.

The two were only inches apart, and seeing that there was no way to avoid it, Kong Ren roared and charged straight at Xu Qing!
That posture of burning everything in its path truly possessed the power of a ferocious god.

Xu Qing wasn't as stubborn as Huan Dou and Kong Ren. He had long heard about Kong Ren's past when he angrily struck the Heavenly Pillar in his early years, when he served as Gonggong.

Why would he need to take the hit head-on from a peerless evil god who could even collapse a pillar of heaven?
Following his heart, Xu Qing used the Divine Travel Book to reach the outer perimeter of the Daoist temple the instant Kong Ren crashed into him.

The Heavenly Gang Axe was originally the most powerful killing technique in the world. Even if Kong Ren had an iron head, he would not be unharmed if they collided head-on.

not to mention.
Xu Qing looked at the Heavenly Road Barrier opposite Kong Ren, and his heart, which hadn't been beating for a long time, seemed to start beating again.

That might hurt a little.
Xu Qing had considered using the Heavenly Gang Axe Technique to open the singularity of the Three Realms, causing the River of Three Crossings in the Underworld to follow the path of the Yin River, crash into the barrier of the Heavenly Road, and flow back into the Upper Realm.

But no one ever imagined that Kong Ren would run into the Heavenly Road Barrier.

Could it be that crashing into a pillar of heaven can create a bond?
At this moment, not only Xu Qing, but also the Lord of War, who was fighting against Nüba thousands of miles away, subconsciously looked towards the Zhuoshui River.

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Sensing a familiar scene in the distance, the warlord fell completely silent.

(End of this chapter)