You, a living person, are telling me I've served in the underworld for ten years?

"The Way of the Human Emperor?"

"This is indeed similar to the legendary Path of the Human Emperor. Although it is only in its rudimentary form, it can already influence the fortune of the surrounding mountains and rivers, and even the fate of the nation!"

"impossible!"

"Since the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, when has another human emperor been born in the mortal world?"

Jiang He exuded the aura of a martial arts immortal, his powerful martial will combined with the blood of an immortal, causing ripples to spread through the void. In the eyes of these ghost immortals, he was like a blazing sun hanging in the sky!
boom!
He threw a punch.

It seemed like it hit thin air, but the next moment a figure fell out of the previously empty void!

To be precise, this is not a real person, but a mental clone of a ghost immortal.

His face was filled with disbelief and shock. Even the annihilation of dozens of Ghost Immortal thoughts by Jiang He's punch was not as shocking as the shock of Jiang He's cultivation of the "Human Emperor's Path"!

"Impossible, this is impossible!"

How could a human emperor be born in this era?

"No wonder you can unleash the power of a Martial Immortal without restraint... Even if you've only cultivated the rudimentary form of the Human Emperor's Path, it's enough to withstand the guiding power of a Heavenly Treasure!"

Outside the Li family ancestral home, there are also many spies from various clans, sects, and even the Special Administration Bureau.

Most of these spies were Dao cultivators, and their strength was not weak. They all released their divine senses to try to spy on him, but as Jiang He's martial will erupted, the souls of these spyers were shaken and they almost fainted!
Jiang He struck successfully but did not pursue further.

He stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze sweeping over the surroundings as he smiled faintly, “You are all seniors who have lived for hundreds or even thousands of years, with extraordinary vision and knowledge. Since you have recognized the Great Dao I cultivate, why don’t you show yourselves and kneel in worship?”

In the void, divine thoughts intertwined, and the faces of the ghost immortals were grim, yet none of them stepped forward.

The ghost immortal who had already appeared sneered, "Jiang He, you expect us all to kneel before a junior like you?"

"Humph!"

"wishful thinking!"

This man, surnamed Cui, named Cui Wentai, is an ancestor of the Cui clan.

Jiang He annihilated dozens of his Ghost Immortal thoughts with a single punch, damaging his soul and causing his aura to become somewhat unstable. However, as a Ghost Immortal master who had condensed more than seven hundred thoughts, the damage to only a few dozen thoughts had a negligible impact on his power!

He circulated his divine soul and activated his Dao techniques to guard against the sudden surge of the river, and sneered, "Don't tell me you've only cultivated the rudimentary form of the Human Emperor's Dao. Even if you had truly mastered the Human Emperor's Dao, so what?"

"Times have changed, the people are now the masters of their own destiny... You said it!"

boom!
He had barely finished speaking when a huge roar suddenly rang out!
The entire Longshan Mountains seemed to tremble slightly.

The Li family ancestral home, standing at the foot of the western mountain of Longshan, trembled violently. The thick fog that shrouded the Li family ancestral home was torn apart, and black smoke billowed from inside the Li family ancestral home, with a black banner fluttering in the wind.

Then a blazing sun rose into the sky!
Do not!
It wasn't the blazing sun, but a mirror, only the mirror's shape resembled the blazing sun, and it could even emit scorching beams of light!
Beams of light crashed down, constantly tearing apart the magic array of the Li family's ancestral home!
The "Day Wandering God" that Chen Yang had conjured stood atop the billowing black smoke, coldly laughing: "The Li family of Longxi, how dare you... You three old codgers, you violated the laws of the Underworld first, and now you've attacked me, are you trying to rebel?"

"Aren't you afraid that your descendants, after they die, will suffer the consequences in the underworld?"

"Aren't you afraid that the spirits of your Li family ancestors in the underworld will be implicated?"

The three patriarchs of the Li family each condensed a powerful Dharma body, which stood in opposition to Chen Yang from afar.

One of them sneered, "Chen Yang, our Li family is the Li family of the Great Xia Dynasty, the Li family of the mortal world, and is not under the jurisdiction of your Underworld. As for the souls of our ancestors and descendants..."

"Once they're all dead, who cares about what happens after they're gone?"

The three patriarchs joined forces once again, activating the array restrictions in the Li family's ancestral home and unleashing various supernatural powers to bombard Chen Yang.

Chen Yang held the parade banner and waved his hand, creating billowing black smoke that blocked the attack!
He was multitasking, blocking an attack from the three elders of the Li family while simultaneously activating the "Crimson Sun Mirror." The mirror surface seemed to be ignited, and suddenly a raging fire broke out!
The Crimson Sun Mirror was originally crafted by a master from the Underworld by collecting the core of a star and fusing it with numerous precious materials!

It contains the core of a star, or more precisely...

It's no different from the sun!
Previously, Chen Yang's cultivation was too weak to activate the power of the star's core. Now that he has passed the tribulation of lightning and his soul is pure Yang, the power of the star's core is activated with a thought. A raging flame burns in the surface of the Crimson Sun Mirror, and beneath the flames seems to be churning magma!
Chen Yang grabbed the Crimson Sun Mirror and shone it in the direction where the three elders of the Li family were!
boom!
A thick beam of blazing light shot out, passing right beside the three Li family patriarchs!

Although it did not directly hit the Dharma Body, the scorching aura that surged forth gave the three Li family ancestors the illusion that they had suddenly fallen onto the surface of the sun. In just an instant, their thoughts dissipated and the Dharma Bodies they had formed exploded!
Wow!

At that moment, a black light flashed!
However, Chen Yang shook the "Patrol Banner" in his hand. With a roll of the banner, he swept the ghost immortal thoughts that the three Dharma bodies had exploded into into the patrol banner!
The three patriarchs, with the help of the array restrictions of the Li family's ancestral home, could have slightly suppressed Chen Yang.

However, as Chen Yang unleashed the "Crimson Sun Mirror," the battle situation immediately shifted. In particular, this single strike swept away over 370 Ghost Immortal Thoughts from the three Li Clan Ancestors. In addition, Chen Yang had refined dozens of these Thoughts during their previous encounter, meaning that each of the three Li Clan Ancestors had lost over 150 Thoughts. Moreover, they had each left behind over a hundred Thoughts within the secret realm of the "Li Family Dragon Palace," which meant that Chen Yang had destroyed one-fifth of their divine soul power!

Their strength was greatly reduced in an instant.

This weakened the power of the array and restrictions in the Li family's ancestral home. Chen Yang pressed his advantage and activated the Crimson Sun Mirror again, causing the Dharma bodies that the three Li family ancestors had just condensed to explode once more!
With a thought, Chen Yang unleashed the Profound Yin Soul-Seizing and Spirit-Severing Technique!

A dark cloud vortex formed above his head, and with a casual chop, he transformed it into a Zanpakuto!
The three "Soul-Slaying Blades" that Chen Yang had collected and condensed from the earth's vein energy at "Five Dragons Mountain" in Gucheng had long been used up. The newly condensed "Soul-Slaying Blades" were re-forged by him during his recent travels and refining of the heretical turbid tides.

It not only incorporates the evil energy of the earth's veins, but also the power of the turbid tides of external paths.

However, Chen Yang has now subdued the heretical path, turning it into his own great path and his own power!

hum!
An invisible battle blade fell.

The next moment, the ghost immortal thoughts of one of the Li family's ancestors trembled violently, and then fell to the ground like raindrops!

You should know that back then, even a wisp of turbid mist formed by heretics could bewitch the minds of people, animals, and even ghosts. It even corrupted one of Zhong Kui's incense offerings, forcing him to choose to seal himself off!

How vast is the unorthodox power that Chen Yang possesses?
With a single strike from his Zanpakuto, the power of the heretical path rapidly spread and grew within the soul of the Li clan patriarch, instantly causing him to lose control of his own thoughts!

Chen Yang simply grabbed the parade banner and shook it gently!
Wow!

All the thoughts of the ghosts and immortals were collected into the parade banner!
Chen Yang then turned his gaze to the other two Li family elders.

The two Li family patriarchs were terrified, one of them exclaiming, "Impossible... How could the Profound Yin Soul-Seizing and Spirit-Severing Technique possess such power?"

at the same time.

The Li Family Dragon Palace. This ancestral hall, personally inscribed by Li Shimin, is a self-contained space created by an ancestor of the Li family who had undergone four tribulations and reached the level of a ghost immortal, using his ghost immortal thoughts!

This area is forty or fifty miles long and wide, equivalent to the area of ​​a city.

Inside is a plain, and in the center of the plain are buildings.

One of the buildings houses the ancestral tablets of the Li family's ancestors from various generations. At this moment, three Li family ancestors are kneeling before the tablets, offering incense and prayers.

"Ancestor!"

"The descendants are unfilial... Now the Li clan is on the verge of extinction, I beg the ancestor to save us!"

hum!
As the three ancestors offered incense and prayed, the accumulated power of incense within the ancestral hall was activated!

The power of these incense offerings is accumulated by generations of Li family disciples through worship and offering incense. How vast is this accumulation over thousands of years?
As the power of incense rose, it even formed a thick cloud of incense smoke. As the power of incense smoke rose, it seemed as if a mysterious force broke through the barrier of space and entered the depths of the sky!

Immediately afterwards, a powerful and peculiar force descended!

As soon as this force landed, a large amount of incense energy was drawn in and quickly merged with that force, forming a figure.

The figure was tall and imposing, and looked exactly like the person in a painting hanging in the ancestral hall. He was one of the three ancestors of the Li family who "ascended to the immortal realm"!

This secret paradise of the Li family was created by him!

His name is Li Chengdao. When he ascended to heaven, he had already passed through four tribulations. After being guided to ascend, he was able to rebuild his immortal body in the Heavenly Court's "Immortal Pool". He has cultivated for over a thousand years and his cultivation is now even more profound!
Even a wisp of incense smoke caused the three Li family ancestors to feel immense pressure.

"What are you calling me for?"

Li Chengdao's incense-burning clone spoke softly.

"Ancestor Chengdao..."

The three Li clan elders spoke one after another, explaining the current predicament of the Li clan. In particular, the burly and mature Li clan elder cried out, "Please, Elder Chengdao, do us justice!"

"During the great calamity of the past, we suffered a backlash, our physical bodies withered and died, and only a few remnants of our spirits survived."

"Now that I have been reborn, I have finally cultivated to the peak of the Ghost Immortal Realm and had the hope of passing the tribulation and following in the footsteps of Ancestor Chengdao. But that bastard Chen Yang used evil magic to steal more than seven hundred of my thoughts..."

Yes, this burly and mature "young ancestor" now only has ninety-nine thoughts left in this secret realm.

The next moment, another Li clan patriarch exclaimed in alarm, his face changing drastically, and he cried out, "Oh no! I've also been affected by Chen Yang's evil magic. All my thoughts in the outside world have been taken away!"

Li Chengdao's incense-burning clone frowned.

The Underworld Marshal...

Practicing evil arts?

That sounds a bit far-fetched.

However, since it concerned the survival of the Li family, he dared not be negligent and immediately said, "Don't panic. After I ascended to heaven, I trained in the Heavenly Army Camp of the Heavenly Court for a hundred years. After my own efforts and many connections, I finally entered the Heavenly Master's Mansion and am now a civil official in the Heavenly Master's Mansion."

Seeing that the three juniors seemed a little disappointed, Li Chengdao's incense clone laughed and said, "Don't underestimate the civil officials of the Celestial Master's Mansion... The four Celestial Masters of the Celestial Master's Mansion are close ministers of the Jade Emperor, and ordinary imperial edicts, transfer orders and so on are all issued by the Celestial Master's Mansion."

"In the Heavenly Court, even a dog chained in front of the Celestial Master's Mansion has immense power... Although the Ancestor has not yet reached the rank of a high-ranking official, the clerks of the Celestial Master's Mansion must still have some influence in the Underworld's Department of Laws."

"I also know about what happened more than 600 years ago... Immortals fell to earth, and heretics spread and wreaked havoc. Later, someone severed ninety-nine dragon veins, causing the ancestral star realm to enter the Dharma-ending Age. You also suffered an undeserved calamity."

"Logically speaking, you are also victims in this matter. You almost died before your lifespan was over, and now that you have been resurrected, the Underworld Law Division should at least show you leniency!"

Full of confidence, Li Chengdao led the three Li family patriarchs out of the Li family dragon palace.

At that moment, the Dharma body of the third patriarch of the Li clan outside was torn apart by Chen Yang's "Soul-Slaying Blade." He shook his patrol banner, gathering away all his thoughts, glanced back at the direction of the "Li Family Dragon Palace," and couldn't help but sigh—

"It is said that ghosts and immortals are difficult to kill, and that is indeed true."

"I've used every trick in the book today, but I never expected you to have such ulterior motives!"

For a ghost immortal, each thought can carry their own consciousness. Even if only one thought remains alive, there is a possibility of possessing another body, being reborn, and cultivating back to normalcy.

Upon seeing the three Li family patriarchs, Chen Yang also spotted Li Chengdao's incense-infused avatar. After a slight pause, he understood.

"Right."

“Many members of your noble clans have received imperial decrees, and with your large population and constant worship and sacrifices, it is indeed possible for you to produce a few incense gods.”

Chen Yang looked at Li Chengdao and asked, "Were you appointed by Heaven?"

Li Chengdao's incense clone shook his head and said, "After I achieved success in my cultivation, a junior member of my clan who was serving in the cabinet in the imperial court asked the emperor for an ordinary imperial edict, allowing me to establish a temple in the mortal world and enjoy incense offerings."

"I see."

Chen Yang continued, "The path between Yin and Yang is severed, and the ghosts and gods of the underworld cannot enter the human world... Even a wisp of incense offering is difficult to achieve. So, are you a celestial being? You don't know any divine duties?"

Li Chengdao's incense-burning avatar nodded and said, "I serve as a clerk in the Celestial Master's Mansion of the Heavenly Court."

"A clerk from the Celestial Master's Mansion?"

Chen Yang raised an eyebrow and said, "So that's just a menial job? Not even a rank?"

He abruptly changed the subject, shouting, "How dare you! You're just a low-ranking clerk, why don't you kneel before me, the commander?"

"........."

Li Chengqian's incense-burning clone was somewhat bewildered.

This isn't what I imagined! (End of Chapter)