Cultivating Immortals in Two Realms, I Possessed the Primordial Thunder Vine

Chapter 99 The Heavenly Venerable of Universal Transformation through the Thunder of the Nine Heavens

"This is Yinshanzi's corpse. Take him to your emperor and tell him to come out and talk to me!"

Xu Changjun said indifferently, as the strongest being who suppresses this world, he could have directly stormed into the palace and easily made the emperor of Nanli agree to all his demands.

However, such coercive behavior did not align with his later plans. Xu Changjun could not stay here indefinitely, so he chose the most lenient approach.

But if the emperor of Nanli really doesn't give him face, then he won't have a choice.

In any case, for Xu Changjun, the dragon throne is there, and it doesn't matter who sits on it.

If the emperor is disobedient, just replace him with a different emperor.

"Yinshanzi?!"

Upon hearing this, Qingquanzi's expression changed, and he immediately looked up at the somewhat bloody and mangled corpse, but the head was perfectly preserved.

As two sides in a long-term standoff, he could naturally recognize at a glance that the owner of this corpse was none other than the renowned Yin Shanzi of the Southern Li Kingdom, and couldn't help but ask.

"Your Excellency, what about Prince Li?!"

What do you think?!

Xu Changjun simply responded with a faint sentence and then fell silent. His gaze fell upon the other party, and with just a few glances, he brought an unprecedented and terrifying pressure to Qingquanzi.

The heavy sense of oppression made it almost impossible for him to breathe.

Qingquanzi couldn't stand it for even a minute longer, so he quickly grabbed Yinshanzi's corpse and responded.

"Your Excellency, please rest assured, His Majesty will appear."

Seeing that he casually waved his hand, Qingquanzi rushed directly into the palace hall. Xu Changjun stood in mid-air and silently watched his figure disappear into the palace.

The other party was very efficient. Before long, they came out with a young man dressed in imperial robes, rushing towards this place. Behind them were a group of ministers, who were staggering and looking extremely disheveled in their panic.

"Too slow!"

Xu Changjun stood in mid-air, raised his hand, and an invisible force lifted the emperor up, sending him flying straight towards them.

The sudden change startled the emperor, who was comforted by Qingquanzi.

"Your Majesty need not worry. The situation is beyond our control, and some things may need to be clarified in person..."

Only a group of ministers, their faces filled with fear and unease, remained standing there, at a loss for what to do.

"Yinshanzi and Prince Li are both dead. You can send someone to accept the sixteen prefectures of Youyun in Nanli Kingdom. Now, let's talk about my demands."

Xu Changjun looked at the emperor, who was half a head shorter than him, and his calm voice slowly came through.

The glint in his eyes sent a chill down the spines of the two people opposite him, a sense of pressure settling over them, and they nodded unconsciously.

……

Nanli Kingdom!

Suddenly, news of Prince Li's death spread throughout the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, breaking the balance of power between the court and the emperor. Led by the vanguard general, the forces of Prince Li's mansion crumbled one by one.

At the same time, an imperial edict was issued throughout the entire Southern Kingdom.

On the 28th day of the third month in Liyang, the emperor of Nanli Kingdom will personally ascend Mount Taihua, the largest mountain in the territory, to hold the Fengshan ceremony, worship heaven and earth, and offer sacrifices to the gods.

At the same time, statues of the "Nine Heavens Responding to the Origin of Thunder and Universal Transformation Heavenly Venerable" were erected in various places, temples were built, altars were established, and he was conferred the title of Great Protector of the Southern Li Kingdom. People in various places were required to worship him in an orderly manner.

However, the people of Nanli Kingdom had no idea who the "Nine Heavens Responding to the Origin of Thunder and Universal Transformation Heavenly Venerable" was, or why they worshipped him...

The news spread like wildfire among the people.

But soon, a message spread quietly.

That is, this "Nine Heavens Responding to the Origin of Thunder and Universal Transformation Heavenly Venerable" was originally a Thunder God Immortal, in charge of rewarding good and punishing evil, governing the prosperity and decline of the years, protecting the country and managing the family, summoning wind and rain, and punishing with thunder and lightning. His Majesty and the royal family are the most devout believers.

With the royal family as a model, all sorts of rumors and gossip began to circulate.

Various vernacular novels began to circulate throughout the entire Southern Kingdom through oral transmission by folk storytellers.

In a short time, everyone realized that the "Nine Heavens Responding to the Origin of Thunder and Universal Transformation Heavenly Venerable" was being hyped up in the Southern Li Kingdom. With the endorsement of the imperial court and the emperor and princes and ministers setting an example, statues and temples of the Thunder God were erected in various places in a short period of time.

The coercive measures became a habit, and people began to worship in various places. The imperial court even sent people to distribute porridge, and the name of "Nine Heavens Responding to the Origin of Thunder and Universal Transformation Heavenly Venerable" was widely publicized, and spread rapidly everywhere.

"Is this what they call the 'incense-burning religion'?!"

In the royal palace of the Southern Kingdom, in a specially built, secluded hall, Xu Changjun sat on a futon, his consciousness entering the divine soul space, into the thirty-six crystal sacrificial pyramid.

Those milky white flames kept emerging at the top of the sacrificial pyramid, flashing with a powerful illusory force, creating fragmented scenes.

These flames are, in fact, the power of faith offered by the people of Nanli Kingdom.

Within the ever-pulsating flame of faith lies a powerful and remarkably pure spiritual force, but what is unsettling is that it is tainted with substances of different colors.

This is the impurity of the mortal world, arising from the suffering of all beings, from their greed, anger, ignorance, love, and hatred.

Among them are black, representing jealousy; white, representing joy; red, representing obsession; and murky yellow, representing greed...

These flames of faith are mixed with far too many emotions from those who believe.

When people worship gods, offer sacrifices to gods, and revere deities, they ultimately have ulterior motives and desires.

Everyone's obsessions are different, and the emotions they generate are naturally different as well. These emotions come together to form the human condition in this mortal world.

"As expected, faith in the divine path is truly poisonous for cultivators. They cannot cultivate there, they must not be tainted, otherwise their spiritual roots will be corrupted and they will be unable to break free!"

Xu Changjun gently touched the incense offerings with his divine soul power. He could feel his spirit expanding violently as if fuel had been added. However, the flames of the incense offerings were contaminated with other substances, which spread directly into his divine soul space and slowly merged into it, impossible to remove.

At the same time, Xu Changjun sensed that the greed, anger, ignorance, love, and hatred in this world were inextricably linked to the entire human realm.

If a cultivator refines this substance, their soul will gradually ascend, detaching from their physical body, but will become more closely connected with the entire human world, until finally they cannot break free or sever ties.

The final result was obvious: they were ultimately bound here, becoming some kind of earth-bound spirit.

The power of faith can rise and fall with the power of incense. As the power of faith is refined by people, the soul is transformed, and eventually, it becomes entangled with impure thoughts. When cause and effect are formed, it will also be imprisoned.

(End of this chapter)