I was the Heavenly Emperor in ancient times

Chapter 47 The Kingdom of Mountains and Seas
The bottle was placed aside.

Li Jun sat cross-legged, his eyes closed, deep in thought.

He compared the way Yu Jiang became a great shaman with the way Nü Chou became a shaman, and there was no major difference in principle between the two. Both were upgrades to the power of the shaman.

By combining the altar totem, the jade inscription, and himself, he could summon spirits and deities to possess him anytime, anywhere, maximizing his power while minimizing the cost.

Yu Jiang was clearly more radical than Nü Chou. In the absence of a demon god like Li Jun with double pupils who could control the demon god, he actually invited the demon god to possess his body.

Moreover, after he succeeded, he didn't simply vanish into thin air.

"How did he do that?"

When Li Jun saw Yu Jiang, he was very curious.

And at this moment, he received his answer.

After Nüchou became the Great Shaman, her sacrificial jade inscriptions were only for herself.

After Yu Jiang became a great shaman, he communicated with the demon god Xuanming and used the entire clan's residence as an altar. He integrated the sacrificial jade inscription into the entire clan, treating the entire clan as one person and individual, and making them pay the price together.

"The Kingdom of Mountains and Seas!"

At this point.

The shaman is no longer just an individual; their entire clan will transform into shamans, or more accurately, into extraordinary beings from the mountains and seas.

Yu Jiang himself was less a human being and more a giant sacrificial offering.

The place where their clan resided, the enormous altar imbued with the power of the demon god, was the Kingdom of Mountains and Seas.

At this moment, Li Jun thought of the huge altar on Taoshan Island, which was actually somewhat of a prototype of the Mountain and Sea Kingdom.

The method by which the priestesses created the wine vessels was similar to that used in the sacrificial offering of flesh.

The idea that the Mountain and Sea Kingdom and its entire clan would abandon their human forms and transform into otherworldly beings is not a new one in the Western Wilderness these days.

Many things have already appeared. Although none of those strange shamans look human, in fact, these beings combined are also giving birth to all sorts of secret arts.

But these scattered ideas and secret techniques had only existed there before.

Yu Jiang, however, merged them together, creating a true path for a great shaman, a land of mountains and seas, and a people of different kinds.

Having obtained the great witchcraft secrets of Yu Jiang and Nü Chou, many things appeared before Li Jun's eyes.

That is the magnificent world described in the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

One by one, great shamans walked between heaven and earth, offering sacrifices to ghosts and gods and borrowing the power of demon gods.

In every corner of the Great Wilderness, there exists a strange region inhabited by unique ethnic groups. Some are born with wings on their backs, while others are born with the ability to breathe fire.

Some are born with three heads and six arms, while others are born with a large hole in their chest.

Although none of this has happened yet, Yu Jiang has already foreseen these things from the set of Great Witchcraft techniques he has presented.

Li Jun opened the bottle and spoke into it.

“Yu Jiang”.

"You're amazing! You came up with such a method!"

Although he had put Yu Jiang into the bottle, Li Jun did not hold back his praise for what Yu Jiang had done.

and.

The great witchcraft techniques he obtained from Yu Jiang and Nü Chou sparked an idea in Li Jun's mind.

"If I could create a kingdom of mountains and seas in the Yellow Springs in this way, wouldn't I also be able to control and manage the Yellow Springs on some level?"

"If we control the Yellow Springs and leave this back door, preventing it from merging into the Candle Dragon after ten thousand years, wouldn't that stop the Candle Dragon's resurrection?"

Li Jun has been here for some time now, and he has been thinking about this matter.

Ten thousand years ago, Zhulong died.

However, the situation ten thousand years later is similar to that ten thousand years ago, but there are many differences.

Moreover, even ten thousand years later, he still did not possess an imperial body.

If he wants to solve the problem of Zhulong, he must find a new method.

Li Jun had an idea and immediately prepared to do it.

"You can try it."

However, there is still one key point: to try this method, one must enter the Gates of the Underworld and find the real Underworld.

Moreover, before that, he must witness or try to prove Yu Jiang's method, rather than just believing everything he says.

Just as Li Jun was pondering, Yu Jiang inside the bottle seized the opportunity and suddenly flew upwards, trying to break out of the bottle. Although he had already admitted defeat and dared not fight against Li Jun, being trapped in the bottle was like being a pig or dog waiting to be slaughtered.

However, Li Jun had already noticed it.

He looked over, and the space inside the bottle seemed to suddenly lengthen. Yu Jiang could see that the bottle opening was almost there, but no matter how he flew, he couldn't reach the bottle opening.

Finally, as he watched Li Jun slowly close the lid, he roared in despair.

But then, Yu Jiang's voice inside changed, and he let out a scream.

The bottle given to him by the ugly woman had another ability activated; each use would take away a part of its contents, and clearly a part of Yu Jiang's body had been taken away.

When used to store things, this seems to be a drawback, but when used to receive people, it becomes an advantage.

However, he was a high priest, so the portion taken away was not fatal.

"Don't make trouble."

"Stay quiet, and I won't kill you."

"If you can really help me, I will give you a position as a ghost or god in the future."

He didn't care whether Yu Jiang heard him or not, and walked outside.

He carried the bottle deeper into Zhangwei Mountain. After a few steps, he took flight, soaring through the sky and crossing the black mountain ridges.

But after flying to the highest point, he looked towards the northern end of Zhangwei Mountain.

There was nothing left to see there.

In the dark land, the demon god roared and howled.

The gale swept across the north, the chill froze the sky, and everything on the earth melted away, turning into a black, dark sea.

As soon as Li Jun left, Xi Mushi arrived.

This time, their scale was larger, and more people came.

but.

When they reached the top of the mountain, they discovered that Li Jun had disappeared.
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Li Jun flew above the Northern Sea for a very long time.

This place originally had land and mountains.

But at this moment, the mountains have been worn away, and the earth has been submerged under the black water, which will likely become deeper and deeper over time.

For Li Jun, the trouble he faced was not caused by the Xuanming Demon Wind and the Beiming Black Water, nor by the chill that froze the heavens and earth.

Instead, the Gate to the Underworld, which should have been here, has disappeared without a trace.

"It must have sunk into this northern sea."

However, this Northern Darkness was vast and deep, and there were no landmarks, so Li Jun couldn't find the exact location of the Gate of the Underworld for the time being.

He opened the bottle and looked inside.

Li Jun: "Yu Jiang, where is your land of mountains and seas?"

Yu Jiang replied, "One hundred and twenty li to the northeast."

Li Jun nodded and headed in the direction the other person had indicated.

As the saying goes, a deity descends to earth to consult with the local earth god.

The power of the Mountain and Sea Kingdom, born from the power of Xuanming, naturally thrives in this Northern Darkness Land. If Li Jun wants to find something, nothing is more suitable than these people.

Moreover, Li Jun's purpose in coming here was to see this country of mountains and seas.

"Ok?"

As he flew, Li Jun spotted another strange place in the Northern Sea.

He discovered the One-Eyed Ghost Kingdom, where those one-eyed spirits seemed to still retain some of their human instincts, lingering above the Northern Sea.

They took some special wood from Zhangwei Mountain and pieced together a fortress at sea that looked like it was made of a large number of rafts. They tirelessly and relentlessly repeated this process, oblivious to their own mortality.

They have been together for many years since Zhuyin died.

Moreover, this Ghost Kingdom now contains not only the One-Eyed Candle Soul, but also many other souls that have drifted in from other places.

At first glance, this place really looks like a city, a city of ghosts.

As Li Jun passed through the sky, all the ghosts in the darkness raised their heads and stared at him blankly.

Li Jun looked around for a while, memorized the place, and then continued on his way.

On the road.

Li Jun suddenly stopped and looked down at Beiming.

The water was boundless and pitch black.

Suddenly, a large group of dark figures rushed out from inside. The two leading figures immediately materialized into forms: one with a dragon's head and a human body, and the other with a human head and a dragon's body.

"kill!"

"It was him; we snatched the bottle from his hand."

As Li Jun headed towards the land of mountains and seas, someone actually came towards him, targeting him.

Surprisingly, a group of people wanted to come and rescue Yu Jiang.

These people hid in the Black Waters of the Northern Sea, thinking that the other party would be completely unprepared, and then suddenly launched a thunderous attack, trying to capture Li Jun.

At the very least, they would snatch Li Jun's bottle. In their view, Li Jun's greatest strength lay in that bottle.

However, Li Jun made his move the instant they appeared.

Not only that, Li Jun also seemed to be exceptionally familiar with their power.

"go with!"

One by one, the blue feathers fell, instantly pinning down one dark figure after another in mid-air.

But the shadow continued to struggle and tried to rush towards Li Jun.

Then, the blue feathers began to swirl, emitting light one after another, sealing away the ghosts.

Li Jun had not only seen this method many times, but he had also become very proficient in using it himself.

However, these were merely cannon fodder meant to lure Li Jun away. The two leading attackers approached from another direction and attracted even more shadowy figures from the Northern Sea.

More and more shadows came over the sky, layer upon layer, sweeping across the Northern Sea and engulfing Li Jun.

This also seems to be a signal, drawing the power of the demon god Xuanming in this direction.

The black waters of the Northern Sea began to surge, and giant waves crashed towards the sky.

A black, demonic wind swept up from the westernmost heavens, and the aurora borealis in the sky gradually disappeared.

More and more ghostly figures appeared above the Northern Sea, as if all the ghosts were gathering in this direction and rushing towards Li Jun, following the orders of those people.

In the eyes of the attackers, Li Jun was doomed.

"what?"

However, a beam of light tore through the sky.

It tore a huge rift in the Northern Sea, cleaving the Black Water and revealing the former continent beneath.

Vertically, a beam of light shot into the sky.

All the evil spirits and ghosts in the pillar of light were scattered. Under the light, those ghosts collapsed in all directions, just like a tall black mountain that had collapsed and broken in half.

This scene terrified all the attackers, who began to flee towards the northeast.

At that moment, Li Jun also looked in that direction. He couldn't see anything in the darkness, but he could vaguely make out an island.

"Youdu!"

Youdu is the mountain and sea kingdom established by Yujiang.

When it became the Great Shaman of Yujiang, turning the entire tribe's land into an altar and allowing the power of the demon god to permeate all people, things, and even the earth, it had already become a special existence.

A large number of shadows fled towards Youdu. They pierced through the Northern Sea, landed on the island, and transformed into human form one after another.

These people all exhibited some characteristics of the strange people from the mountains and seas, which are also some of the characteristics of so-called witches.

among them.

Some of them have black upper bodies and prominent horns. If these people were to undergo a transformation, they would instantly become the black dragon-headed, human-bodied beings we had seen before. They live at the foot of a black hill in Youdu.

The other group has crimson feet, and if their bodies are completely transformed, both their feet and bodies will become dragon-shaped or fish-shaped.

At this very moment, in the center of Youdu, everyone was gathered together in front of a sacrificial altar, and they all seemed somewhat flustered.

"Could the great shaman be dead?"

"So much time has passed, the high shaman might have been killed by that person."

"That person is not easy to deal with. We have spent so much effort, gathering almost all the power of Youdu, just to rescue Yu Jiang. If he is already dead, what is the point?"

They spared no expense to save Yu Jiang because Yu Jiang was extremely important to them; he was the core of the mountain and sea kingdom created by the sacrificial demon god Xuanming.

Without Yu Jiang, their Youdu and Shanhai Kingdom would have collapsed.

At this moment, a being with a black dragon head stepped forward.
"Impossible. If Yu Jiang were dead, Youdu would have collapsed long ago."

“Even if Yu Jiang dies, the city will not necessarily collapse. If he passed on the sacrificial jade to another person before he died, Youdu will continue.”

"What difference does it make? In any case, we must get the sacrificial jade back from that man."

Now, everyone hastily reached a consensus.

"Once we retrieve the Sacrificial Jade, we will establish the Mountain and Sea Kingdom, control the Northern Sea and life and death, and no one in the entire Great Wilderness will be stronger than us."

“That’s right, who else can turn an entire tribe into a sorcerer?”

"We will surely become the most powerful force in the North, replacing the West Mother."

But this time.

The distant light dispelled countless evil spirits and ghosts, and even lifted the swirling black clouds near Youdu, completely locking onto the direction of Youdu.

A beam of light shot into the sky, knocking down thousands upon thousands of ghosts that were hovering in the sky above Youdu.

The ghosts that had tried to cling to Li Jun were now falling off like grains of rice.

At this moment, all the mountain and sea peoples of Youdu united as one, and they all gathered at the sacrificial site to begin the grand sacrificial ceremony.

Everyone sang and danced, calling for the demon god Xuanming to descend.

Then, you can see that the entire Youdu has transformed into a huge altar, and a mysterious totem has emerged from the ground.

After that, the alienation of those who performed the sacrifices became even deeper.

However, this alienation is borne by everyone.

Some people's upper bodies became darker, and their heads became less and less human-like. Others developed strange scars and bumps on their feet.

Each person took on a portion, which summoned the shadow of the demon god Xuanming.

A fierce wind swept down from the heavens.

The waves of the Northern Sea crashed high into the sky.

First, a terrifying shadow appeared deep in the Northern Sea, like a snake of unknown length, or perhaps a giant fish.

The shadow had clearly transformed into a giant bird, hurtling towards the sky. The sight was so awe-inspiring that even Li Jun had to stop.

At this moment, Li Jun made a decision.

He stood on high ground, with golden light surging behind him, spreading out in layers and twisting the space into a vortex.

The golden vortex revealed a scene not belonging to this space, where divine trees stood tall and peach demons emerged, peering into the outside world.

Then, a sharp cry rang out.

A blue bird climbed onto a branch of the sacred tree, and then it flew out from inside.

Initially, it was only the size of a palm.

However, as it flew out of the space, its size began to expand to more than ten feet.

When it falls from a height, the changes in its body are even more exaggerated, as if it is expanding infinitely.

When it flaps its wings, it pushes aside all the clouds in the sky.

At last.

The bluebird's outstretched wings almost blot out the sky.

At this moment, everyone witnessed this scene. Even the people of Youdu recognized the divine bird and cried out in surprise.

"Bluebird?"

"The Emperor's Bluebird!"

In this land, everyone has heard of its name, but few have witnessed its true power.

This demon god Xuanming is indeed powerful, especially with the blessing of the entire Northern Underworld, its demonic might is now overwhelming.

The black demonic wind in the sky and the black waters of the Northern Sea on the ground enveloped the demon god Xuanming, making him seem to be the sole protagonist of this world.

Although the bluebird had wings that could blot out the sky, it seemed rather small compared to this world.

However, Li Jun was not worried at this moment.

He understood the Bluebird better than anyone else, but what kind of terrifying existence was inside the bird's body?

Its power has never been about winged people, flight, or divination.

It seems to represent the will of heaven and earth, holding the fate of all living beings in its grasp, and the power of time.

At this moment.

The bluebird descended, and in full view of everyone, it opened its mouth and swallowed the demon god Xuanming whole.

With a sip from its beak, the shadow of the demon god Xuanming gradually faded and then disappeared little by little from this world.

But then, a huge shadow was born in the darkness deep within the Northern Sea; that was Xuanming.

This is the nature of demons; they cannot be killed.

They are a set of rules, and if you cannot erase these rules, they will forever be reborn.

However, Li Jun had already achieved his goal at this moment, and the alien people in Youdu of the Mountain and Sea Kingdom were completely terrified by this scene, and no longer had any confidence to resist.

When Li Jun descended from the heavens on a bluebird and headed towards Youdu, everyone knelt on the ground to welcome him.

Li Jun rode a bluebird, circling high above.

He said, "Go, find the gates of the underworld."

Everyone immediately kowtowed: "Yes!"

And the other side.

The moment the Bluebird was summoned to the human world, it was among the Ximu clan's allied forces returning to the capital of the Emperor.

Within the carriage drawn by six horses, the current Ximu suddenly opened her eyes and looked in the direction of Zhangwei Mountain.

"emperor!"

(End of this chapter)