Hei Fengshen's infinite deduction to become a saint

Houtu was utterly shocked; Li Changshou had provided a complete path to sainthood.

Silently calculating all possibilities, she had already absorbed the entire Witch God Technique and made calculations and optimizations based on her own cultivation path.

The success rate is very high; she is at least 70% confident that she can attain sainthood.

Moreover, she achieved sainthood without attaining a holy position, because she did not cultivate her primordial spirit, which meant she was not limited by it.

As long as one attains enlightenment during the chaotic period of the Investiture of the Gods, Hongjun would not be able to detect it beforehand.

Houtu took a deep breath, her gaze turning grave as she looked at Li Changshou. "Exactly, what should we do?"

Looking at Houtu's expression, Li Changshou knew that she had completely trusted him.

He felt a slight sense of relief, which meant that he had finally found a powerful backer before he became a saint.

Li Changshou smiled slightly, "If we want to become saints, we need to be fully prepared."

"Once the arrow is released, there's no turning back. Once I become a saint, that person from Zixiao Palace will surely descend in person."

"Your Majesty must have the backing of reincarnation and the entire underworld to be qualified to negotiate with that being."

"Before that, we need to secretly build the underworld into an impregnable fortress, leaving no trace in the open."

"First, Your Highness's first step is to become a witch god."

"My twelve heavens are divided into the realms of Yin and Yang, but my heavens are not very large, spanning only a few hundred miles in length and width."

"But if it can be fully opened up, the world will be at least ten thousand miles in size, divided into the Yin and Yang realms, and can accommodate at least 10 billion souls and living beings."

"A hundred billion souls are enough to allow Your Majesty to quietly advance to the second-rank Witch God."

"Of course, I'll also get a piece of the pie."

"Therefore, I need to borrow the power of the Goddess to open up the heavens and establish a small cycle of reincarnation and a small underworld in the heavens and the netherworld."

"To enable all living beings within the heavens to undergo their own cycle of reincarnation."

Houtu was slightly surprised to hear this, but after thinking about it, she nodded and said, "Okay, I'll help you."

Houtu's figure flickered, and an avatar emerged.

"This is an avatar I created from the essence of the Breath of Earth. It possesses the power of a Golden Immortal and is sufficient to help you open up the heavens."

"Let's go, take me to your land of gods and goddesses."

Houtu acted swiftly and decisively without the slightest delay. Li Changshou, who now held the reins of the underworld, was fearless of any Golden Immortal within it.

The two vanished in a flash, and the next moment, they were outside Fengdu City.

Li Changshou's true form also appeared here. Looking at Houtu's avatar, who was dressed in a yellow dress, he cupped his hands slightly and smiled, "Empress Houtu, Wuming greets you!"

With a wave of his hand, the twelve Yuan Chen Witch Gods appeared all around, each with a shimmering heaven behind them.

Each of the twelve Yuan Chen witch gods had a large seal appearing in its left hand, which was the manifestation of the authority related to the cycle of the underworld.

The authority was divided into twelve parts, with each sorcerer holding one part.

The twelve sorcerers' heavens, and even their power, created a cycle, connecting with the entire cycle of the underworld.

Houtu looked at the twelve witch gods, her eyes filled with complex emotions. "I see."

"The twelve Earthly Branches correspond to the Earthly Branches cycle, and when integrated with the cyclical authority of the Underworld, these twelve will become the cyclical gods of the Underworld, becoming an indispensable part of the Underworld."

"By helping the universe to function, you will accumulate merit."

"These twelve innate precious pearls of yours seem to be the Sea-Stabilizing Pearls?"

"So that's how it is. They are the twelve Sea-Stabilizing Pearls that have not yet been born."

"You have actually transformed them into the heavens; what a skillful method."

Li Changshou smiled slightly, "That's right, the heavens transformed from the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl are the foundation upon which the Twelve Witch Gods were able to stand firm in this world."

"Empress Houtu, please come in!"

With a flash, a power of the heavens enveloped Houtu and Li Changshou, and they entered the first Rat Heaven.

Houtu's clone looked around and revealed the two people in her eyes. "So that's how it is. You only refined two layers of the Demonic Restriction, so you can only open up this little bit of the myriad heavens and space."

"The pure and ethereal energy of the Nine Heavens, the turbid and malevolent energy of the Nine Earths, and the innate Yin and Yang energies—it turns out that these are the heavens that were opened up by trickery."

"I'm getting more and more curious about you. But how can someone at the True Immortal realm know so many profound methods and obtain the three kinds of innate energy between heaven and earth?"

Houtu's avatar only needed one glance to see through the deception, and smiled at Li Changshou, "You are definitely an anomaly in this world!"

"Partnering with you could indeed change our future destiny."

"Next, I will first help you stabilize the Netherworld, and then expand the heavens."

Houtu and Li Changshou arrived in the Netherworld of the Heavens.

They stood in the center of the netherworld, where a pillar of heaven formed from the yin and yang energies stood.

Houtu raised her hand and pointed, and a reincarnation authority gathered, creating a vortex of reincarnation at the foot of the mountain.

At the same time, through the power of the underworld's cycle, Houtu's treacherous path of reincarnation also descended upon the other heavens, and a small cycle was simultaneously born in the twelve heavens.

The power of reincarnation permeated all the heavens, rapidly covering both the heavens and the earth.

Houtu looked at Li Changshou and said, "Next, when we open up the heavens, I will also open up the eighteen levels of the lesser hell."

"Give me your authority in these heavens."

With a thought, Li Changshou gave a portion of the control over this myriad worlds to Houtu.

Houtu seized power, and in the next instant, an even more powerful force of reincarnation surged in—this was the power emanating from Houtu herself.

An immense force burst forth from this small realm of heavens and space, making contact with the origin of the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl that permeated the outside.

The source was quickly and forcibly absorbed into the Lesser Three Realms under this force, and the Lesser Three Realms began to expand. Eighteen levels of minor hells quickly appeared underground in the Lesser Netherworld.

In just a few days, the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl had completely transformed into the myriad worlds, with all its origins, and even the mysterious elements of heaven and earth contained within, being converted into the myriad worlds and spaces.

Even all the supernatural restrictions were incorporated by Houtu into the authority over the heavens that Li Changshou gave him.

The human realm of each of the heavens is more than ten thousand miles across time and space.

At the same time, more changes occurred throughout the heavens. First, the innate Yin and Yang energies between heaven and earth completely converged in the Netherworld, while the other completely merged into the heavenly divine kingdom.

The Yin and Yang energies circulate through the Yin and Yang peaks at the center of the heavens, transforming the human world into a purely material world with extremely thin energy, almost indistinguishable from the outside world.

Houtu looked at Li Changshou and said, "Your Twelve Heavens are complete. Once you set up the formation, combined with the power of the Underworld Cycle and the power of the Heavens from the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl, you can contend with ordinary Great Luo Golden Immortals."

"At least I've secured a place in this world."

"However, your sorcerer god is weak. If it is countered by a specific treasure, it may be killed instantly."

Li Changshou smiled slightly, "I know, so I have my own methods."

A golden wheel of merit flew out from his primordial spirit, transforming into twelve golden wheels that landed behind the twelve witch gods.

"All my future merits will be bestowed upon them. Anyone who tries to kill them should be prepared to be burdened with karma and have their cultivation destroyed."

Houtu was slightly startled. "Merit, you must be careful. Merit doesn't come without a price."

"What do we do next?"

Li Changshou's eyes gleamed brightly. "Next, fill the heavens to their limit and establish a complete system of underworld gods and witches."

"You and I are one of the two main gods of the underworld in the future."

"The Lord of Reincarnation and the Lord of the Earthly Branches."

"My twelve zodiac animals, when combined, form the master of the Earthly Branches; when dispersed, they become the twelve Yuan Chen zodiac gods."

"However, to fill the billions of souls and beings, we still need to conceal our presence and select those that no one will pay attention to."

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(P.S.: Thank you so much for all the readers' support. What follows is the protagonist's first qualitative leap in cultivation and his first major tribulation in the entire book. I hope you all enjoy it!)