The primordial era began with the Upper Cave Man.

Chapter 241 Is Immortal Elder a Martial God?

"god?"

"How is he different from an immortal?"

The Five Visceral Immortals found his old friend's words rather strange.

The word "deity" is always pronounced together, so they should all be the same kind of thing. How come my friend said that one word has two different interpretations?

Furthermore, gods of war and demons have existed since ancient times, as well as totem deities that are spontaneously worshipped by ordinary people.

In addition, there are primordial spirits, yin spirits, and the like.

In short, the term "god" is actually used quite extensively.

But gods can never escape the realm of immortals.

Or rather, the two have always been mixed together.

It seems that the two words should be separated when we talk about it now.

No, it should be that the immortal elder separates these two words, keeping the divine as the divine and the immortal as the immortal.

This reminded the Five Visceral Immortal Lord of something: the Nine-Rank Heavenly Official System in the Immortal Realm, which is rumored to be undergoing reform.

"The gods provide for us, and we receive offerings from all living beings," Yang said slowly.

"What do you mean?" asked the Five Viscera Immortal Lord, puzzled.

He was also unclear about the matter of incense offerings. Although there was such a thing as incense offerings in the human world, it was just a path of cultivation called incense cultivation, which involved making, burning, and consuming incense to calm the mind and cultivate oneself.

The process of making, lighting, and consuming incense is a form of spiritual practice, similar to the process of gathering and refining qi. The raw materials for making incense are spiritual energy, and they may even gather qi and evil energy, which are then mixed with their own essence, qi, and spirit. Only in this way can a stick of incense be made. This stick of incense is their "true qi" that has been refined. After that, they only need to light and consume the incense to transform it into their true cultivation.

One of the great advantages of incense cultivation is its convenience and speed, with virtually no major obstacles between attaining immortality.

However, none of those who practiced incense cultivation have achieved immortality, so it was classified as a side sect and ranked low.

Later, the practice of incense cultivation changed again, and incense was made and sold to assist practitioners on other paths in their cultivation and energy refinement.

Incense cultivation gradually degenerated into a profession of cultivation, rather than a path of cultivation. This was because, over the course of a thousand years, incense cultivators had not been able to find even the slightest chance of becoming immortals, so the number of successors dwindled, and it gradually became a profession of incense making, or a profession of cultivating spiritual plants.

Later, incense making spread to the common people, and gradually, incense sticks and other items were used to worship those fictitious totem gods.

However, the Five Visceral Immortals found it difficult to connect the incense smoke rising from the common people with the incense offerings of all living beings mentioned by the central authority.

After all, those incense sticks have been studied before; they have no special functions and are merely ordinary objects.

"By receiving the bounty of Heaven and the mandate of Heaven, and by receiving the offerings of all living beings, one can gather the thoughts of all beings and thus win their hearts," Yang then added.

The Five Visceral Immortal Lord pondered these words repeatedly in his heart, considering their meaning and implications, but he was still in a blind spot in his knowledge and could not understand what Tianlu Renxin wanted to do.

"And then become a god?" the Five Visceral Immortal Lord asked tentatively.

Yang nodded calmly: "Yes, that's the message left by the Immortal Elder."

"What are the advantages of being a god? Are there any disadvantages?" asked the Five Visceral Immortal Lord again.

He was still more concerned about whether practicing this new method would cause any harm.

After all, this method sounds like it was just started. Although it was given by an immortal, wouldn't the immortal have ulterior motives for bestowing it?

The Five Visceral Immortals did not believe it.

Furthermore, the fact that the Immortal Elder specifically sent them to the Nine Netherworlds suggests that he might have some ulterior motive regarding the Nine Netherworlds.

But what is the old immortal after?

Nine Netherworlds...

The Five Visceral Immortals looked around. The Nine Netherworlds were not a good place. The Yin energy was extremely heavy, the turbid energy was surging, the evil energy was churning, and all kinds of curses were rampant here. True immortals might not be afraid of these evil energies here, but they would still be disgusted. Moreover, if they cultivated in such turbid energy for a long time, strange changes would inevitably occur.

Perhaps it will transform into a ghost immortal, or perhaps it will transform into some other kind.

So what does the immortal elder want from this world?

Is it because of severe environmental pollution, or because of the ghostly presence and eerie winds that lurk around it?

Yang Shu continued, slowly answering the question posed by the Five Visceral Immortals: "There are three good and three bad gods."

"What are the three good points and the three bad points?" The Five Organs Immortal Lord, who loved to flatter, immediately chimed in.

Yang then replied with an expression of great satisfaction: "The three good things are good heavens, good land, and good people; the three bad things are a lack of freedom, restraint, and temperament."

Upon hearing this, the Five Visceral Immortal Lord's expression darkened slightly: "If these disadvantages truly exist, would you still be yourself?"

Yang disagreed, saying, "I am now trapped in the Nine Netherworlds and imprisoned by them. I have no freedom. However, the thoughts of all living beings anchor me and firmly pin me down. Having no personality is a terrible thing."

"If you lose your nature, can you still be yourself?" The Five Organs Immortal Lord agreed, emphasizing this point.

"The true spirit remains unchanged, and I am still me. Living beings are constantly changing in this world. The transformation from pupa to butterfly is a change of body and spirit. The spirit of a person changes with their experiences. And the nature of God changes only with the worship and desires of sentient beings. I am ultimately me, so how can I not be me?" Yang thought it through and defended herself from a different perspective.

How could the Five Visceral Immortal Lord be so easily persuaded? He shook his head and said, "I have never seen a god, nor do I know what changes a god can undergo, or how one's temperament can change. But if your temperament changes too drastically, I advise you to abandon this method for now, is that alright?"

These words, however, put him in an extremely humble position, almost begging his old friend not to do such a thing.

Ke Yang remained unmoved, only saying, "You don't understand, Elder Xian would never harm me."

Upon hearing this, the Five Visceral Immortals were stunned, and a look of disbelief appeared in their cloudy eyes.

Yang Cai had only met with the Immortal Elder a few times, so how could he not have harmed him?

It should be noted that he is still wary of this leader of the immortal realm.

It's really strange that Ke Yang can trust her so unconditionally.

But the Five Visceral Immortals couldn't quite put their finger on what was wrong, and they couldn't very well speak ill of the Immortal Realm directly.

After all, there was a demon clan member right next to them, eyeing them covetously, just waiting for the Five Organs Immortal Lord to make a mistake.

Since he couldn't have his way, he could only pretend to be deaf and dumb for now, and wait for an opportunity to tell Yang everything.

"Do you really want to become a god?" asked the Five Viscera Immortal Lord.

Yang nodded: "Even if you don't become a god, you still have to associate with the Nine Nether Heavenly Dao. That's no different from becoming a god. Why not just become a god directly?"

Having said all that, even the Five Visceral Immortals could not offer any further advice.

"Take care," he could only say, making a pinky promise.

Yang nodded.

Then the Five Visceral Immortal Lord released his divine sense and called Qing back, who was being chased by the Nine Netherworld Ghosts.

They must return to the Immortal Realm to report, so they cannot afford to be negligent.

Yang originally wanted to keep them there to continue learning about the situation in the Immortal Realm.

Unfortunately, there was no way around it. The Five Visceral Immortals didn't even need to make an excuse; he simply said he had to return to the Immortal Realm.

As soon as they returned, Yang shook his head in his seat, saying, "Gods and immortals, what's so important?"

"It's normal for one's temperament to change, but... are the Immortal Elder and the Martial God... the same person?" Yang looked up at the ceiling, naturally having a plan in mind.

(End of this chapter)