Journey to the West: Cultivation Begins at Jindou Mountain

Chapter 363 Three Seals
Chaos Green Gourd, Primordial Island.

On Hunyuan Island, which has grown to a size of 150,000 li in circumference, a divine mountain that reaches to the heavens and the earth stands in the center of this land.

Around this sacred mountain, an endless golden river flows continuously, within which phantom images of chains, spirit pearls, and other entities appear and disappear.

Meanwhile, countless golden specks of light were constantly being scattered from this golden river, falling in all directions across the entire Hunyuan Island.

At this moment, in the golden river, at the bottom of the river in three different locations, there are three seals that seal three Great Luo beings respectively.

Within the first seal composed of the Five Elements Spirit Pearls, the true spirit of a Golden-Winged Roc was constantly impacting the Five Elements Radiance before him. However, the seal formed by the Five Elements Great Dao was now completely beyond his ability to shake, even as he grew weaker day by day.

Beside the Five Elements Spirit Pearls, within the Primordial Chaos Cauldron, the Primordial Chaos Fire was burning continuously, refining the flesh of the Golden-Winged Roc on it. Also being refined was a divine mountain resembling a tortoise shell.

The second seal consisted of a snake-turtle mark and an outer ring of Bagua symbols. A somewhat hunchbacked old man was lying on the ground, his eyes filled with despair as he watched his power being constantly swept away by the relentlessly churning Duobao River.
The third seal was placed on the bald, black-robed man who was impaled at the bottom of the river by the Sun and Moon Halberd. He was the Demon Lord who intended to seize power from the world of Liaozhai.

At this moment, the scarlet mark on the Demon Lord's forehead was flashing continuously, as if he wanted to open his eyes as soon as possible, but his movements could not even shake the halberd, and he could only let the Treasure River wash away his demonic energy.

At this time, after more than a hundred years of accumulation, Daojun has gained a vast amount of merit from presiding over the Journey to the West world, and his true spirit has gained enlightenment in the Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio world. Compared to a hundred years ago, he is now completely different.

Daojun sat in the palace atop Hunyuan Mountain. Behind him, a golden statue of merit stood silently, its face bearing the likeness of Daojun.

At this moment, if the Dao Lord so desires, he can transform the golden body of merit behind him into a height of ten thousand feet at any time. If a battle breaks out, this golden body of merit can be regarded as a Great Luo existence.

Besides, this golden body of merit can also help him to attain enlightenment, almost equivalent to the pure energy whisk that his master gave him.

With these two things in place, Daojun's speed of enlightenment has greatly advanced. As for the remaining merits, Daojun is now continuously investing them into the Treasure River to enhance the power of the Treasure River and many magical treasures.

With the current power of the Duobao River, it would be no problem to continuously suppress and obliterate three half-crippled Great Luo beings.

"With the essence of three Great Luo beings scattered across this world, it is almost enough to completely evolve this world. This world may be evolving faster than I imagined."

Daojun slowly opened his eyes, and the golden body of merit behind him slowly disappeared. Daojun then took the white whisk in his hand and walked out of the spacious and magnificent hall.

Before long, Daojun arrived at the railing outside the main hall, looking at the green mountains and clear waters before him, a dreamlike world that stretched as far as the eye could see.

"After so many years of deduction and growth, this world now has most of the beings from the Three Realms, and even in the south, there has appeared an ocean that is entirely composed of water and is constantly expanding."

"But this world is still missing a very important link: humanity."

Daojun sighed softly. This was a problem that could not be solved for the time being. Although he could guide people from the outside world into this world, he had to admit that this seemingly beautiful and infinitely wonderful world still lacked many fundamental principles.

One of the most fundamental principles is reincarnation. This world does not exist. The souls of those who die here will still leave the Chaos Green Gourd and go to the Three Realms for reincarnation.

"Although my understanding of the Yin Realm of that world is enough for me to build a basic Yin Realm here, it still cannot solve the problem of reincarnation."

"Without the support of reincarnation, Hunyuan Island would ultimately just be a grotto-heaven dependent on the Three Realms, rather than a true prototype of a world."

"Perhaps, after passing through one or two more worlds and comprehending the Heavenly Dao and the Underworld there, this point might be filled." In the completely sealed Heavenly Emperor's Palace in the world of Liaozhai, Niu Yi sat high on the Heavenly Emperor's throne with his eyes closed.

His divine consciousness was roaming freely within the Heavenly Dao of this world, constantly comprehending its mysteries, which made his aura increasingly similar to the Heavenly Dao.

Outside the Heavenly Emperor's Palace, Yan Chixia, dressed in a magnificent crimson-gold robe, looked at the increasingly imposing Heavenly Emperor's Palace before him, picked up his wine gourd, and took a sip.

A moment later, Yan Chixia took down the wine gourd and smacked his lips in satisfaction.

"The peach blossom wine from Hajindou Mountain is truly excellent. I have never tasted such a fragrant and refreshing wine in all these years."

"The Three Realms, Golden Gourd Mountain. I really want to see what kind of world that is. You kid, you just solved a big problem in this world and you're already going to wash your hands of it?"

Yan Chixia looked at the Heavenly Emperor Palace before him with a complicated expression and sighed softly.

"Fine, for the sake of this fine wine, I will guard this throne of the Heavenly Emperor for you, and protect all living beings for you. If you ever return or find a better candidate, you must let me leave and allow me to travel through the Three Realms."

"Let me see what the heavenly court of a world that could produce someone like you looks like."

In the underworld, Yama, along with his ghost generals and judges, arrived before a five-colored fairy mountain.

This sacred mountain is shaped like five fingers, with the five elements constantly flowing on it, making it look quite sacred and extraordinary.

Yan Wang bowed respectfully to the sacred mountain before him.

"This humble deity pays respects to the Heavenly Emperor."

"boom"

As soon as Yama finished speaking, the Five Finger Mountain in front of him trembled, and the mountain peaks in front of Yama slowly split apart, revealing a crack, which was growing larger and larger.

Yama and his ghost messengers looked inside and saw several jet-black gray powders inside. These powders still had a trace of an aura that Yama found very familiar.

King Yama nodded slightly, unsurprised by this scene. Ever since the Heavenly Emperor used his supreme power to suppress the many old ghost kings of the underworld, Five Elements Mountain has become the place in the underworld to suppress evil ghosts who have committed heinous crimes.

As long as the evil spirits are suppressed here, they will be completely obliterated by the Five Elements Mountain in three to five days, and he will not have to worry about any ghosts escaping from the Heavenly Emperor's 'palm' here.

The Five Elements Mountain, located here, has become a sacred object in the underworld and the foundation of the netherworld.

"Thank you, Heavenly Emperor."

The King of Hell bowed again, and the Five Elements Mountain in front of him closed up once more, as if nothing had changed before.

(End of this chapter)