My personal opinion on Gensokyo

Step by step out of the large flower field, Yuuka Kazami, still holding her parasol, slowly walked towards the direction of Musashi in the East Country. Although there was no trace of aura on her body and she looked like just a noble lady who went out late at night, all the gods, monsters, and other non-human creatures within hundreds of miles around her could clearly feel the undisguised, majestic aura like a towering mountain, which instantly pressed down on her. Some weak monsters were even directly pressed to the ground by this majestic aura, unable to crawl away.

A beautiful tall girl with short green curly hair and light red pupils floated into the night sky and flew towards the nameless plains of Musashi in the eastern country. During the flight, Kazami Yuuka casually released the suppression of her own aura, and a light green demonic aura filled the area around the beautiful tall girl.

Its concentration and scope are like thousands of monsters gathered together to launch the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons.

In the Gensokyo era, Ibuki Suika was called the "Little One Hundred Demons Night Parade", not only because the powerful demon clan had the qualifications to serve as the general commander of the One Hundred Demons Night Parade, but also because if Ibuki Suika unleashed her power after a thousand years, it would be completely equivalent to a real One Hundred Demons Night Parade launched by a large number of monsters.

Now, Yuuka Kazami has completely proved that she herself is her own One Hundred Demons Night Parade.

Sensing the extremely rich and pure aura of Fumihime Yuuka in the direction of Izumo in the west, Shang Yang, who had just accepted his first subordinate and was sitting on the back of the "Heavenly Destiny Black Bird", shook his head and used his magic power to protect Wen Cheji, who was frightened by the sudden outburst of magnificent momentum from Fumihime Yuuka.

In the eastern part, around Musashi, there are vast plains.

The humans living in the Musashi area had already fallen asleep in their homes.

This is not only true in the Musashi area, but for humans throughout Japan. The drowsiness caused by the dense Yin energy pulled up from the ground by Shang Yang is not something that ordinary humans can resist with their willpower.

The hurricane never stopped at night, and Yakumo Yukari's long golden hair kept dancing in the wind, reflecting a golden light that was more dazzling than the bright moon.

The Yokai Sage half-closed his eyes, his bright yellow eyes revealing a depth.

After a long time, Yakumo Yukari opened her folding fan with a snap and covered her face.

"Here he comes..."

As soon as the youkai, who was at the realm of youkai sage, finished speaking, under the dark night sky, countless youkai auras appeared almost simultaneously on the horizons in all directions, and quickly flew towards the vast plains in the Musashi area. Among them, the auras in the north and southeast were the most intense.

Yakumo Yukari understood that the southeastern aura, dominated by an almost colorless grayish-white and pale purple aura, commanded the various auras of varying strengths and weaknesses, and was the collective leadership of the One Hundred Demons Night Parade, led by Shang Yang, the master of Mount Yoshino, and his allies, the solitary and silent girl, Komeichi Kaku, who resided underground on the other side. And the northern aura, with its purest, unadulterated pale green aura, was the aura of Kazami Yuuka, the master of the large flower fields of Izumo in the western region.

During the Heian Period, thousands of years ago, yokai didn't yet have the strict concept of territory that would later develop. Unlike the yokai of the Warring States Period, which formed families or "groups" to occupy territory, the titles of "lord," "master," and "chief general" often came from a powerful yokai who held high prestige and credibility among the non-human creatures in the area where they lived. These non-human creatures revered this powerful yokai as the ruler of the region's demons and monsters.

For example, Shangyang, now known as the "Lord of Demons and Ghosts" in the Nara region, where Mount Yoshino is located, holds a high reputation throughout western Japan, being revered as the lord of demons in many parts of the country. Furthermore, due to his introduction of Tang Buddhism to Buddhism, which influenced the deities and demons, Shangyang is also revered as the lord of the non-human creatures of Kyoto by the deities and demons residing in the Heian-kyo area.

Of course, while that sounds like a lot of places, it only reflects Shang Yang's high reputation in these places. After all, monsters don't have nationality or region, and changing their place of residence is common. In reality, none of these impulsive monsters come to pay homage to their theoretical commander-in-chief.

Shang Yang himself never considered himself to have any territory. If anything, Mount Yoshino could be considered a territory. The rest of Nara, Kyoto, and the western region were acquired after Shang Yang ascended to great power. The monsters in these areas all came to respect the powerful lord of Mount Yoshino as their chief commander. The ghost capital (the ruins of Fujiwara-kyo), which had a connection with Shang Yang, was also automatically assigned to Shang Yang after his ascension.

Just like after Jue became a great monster, the underground monsters gradually respected Jue as the lord of the underground monsters.

In fact, in the early Heian period, monsters did not divide their forces by region, but were accustomed to following powerful monsters.

However, as time goes by, titles such as lord, master and general will gradually change from an empty title to a name with real meaning, such as the Inu general Toga of the Warring States period, the lord of Kyoto, Kitsune Yugeki, and the general of the Nura group, Nura Nura.

Of course, these are not the stories we need to tell now, as they are too far away from the Heian period.

Such stories will be told slowly when the Warring States period comes seven hundred years later.

Volume 3: Above the Moon Sea: Chapter 110: The Moon Sea Welcomes the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons

Countless monsters gathered from all directions of this land. The first group of them had already arrived in the Musashi area and joined the One Hundred Demons Night Parade led by the monster sage Yakumo Yukari who were stationed on the plains of the Musashi area. The monsters who arrived first consciously and quietly stayed on the plains with the monsters led by Yakumo Yukari.

The monsters knew very well that they were just the Hundred Demons following the big monsters. The real Hundred Demons Night Parade would have to wait until the big monsters met.

The ancient dark god, "Heaven's Fate Black Bird", flew over the Musashi area. The dark god's huge figure flying across the night sky surprised the monsters staying in the plains of Musashi.

Seeing this ancient dark god from the Tang Dynasty - Yue*yi/san私霖7貳爾丝紳, Yakumo Yukari thought for a moment and quickly disappeared in the gap in the air. The next second, the gap reappeared above the vast plain. The sage of the monsters stood on the high plains in the Musashi area, squinted her beautiful eyes, and calmly looked at the "Heavenly Destiny Black Bird" that was slowly stopping in front of her.

Shang Yang, who also saw Yakumo Yukari appear on the high plains of the Musashi area, stood up, jumped off the "Heavenly Destiny Black Bird", and landed on the vast plains of the Musashi area.

Gu Mingdi Jue and Shana also jumped down from the back of the "Heavenly Destiny Black Bird". Jue stood on the right side of Shang Yang. The two stood together without staggering their positions, and there was a distinction between front and back. This meant that although Jue was an ally mainly with Shang Yang, Jue and Shang Yang had equal status, and were also participants in the talks between the great monsters.

Shana stood to the left of Shang Yang and stepped back slightly, leaving half a body length between her and Shang Yang. This meant that Shana considered herself Shang Yang's subordinate and would not participate in the talks between the big monsters.

As for Wen Che Ji and Wen Ju, Shang Yang's new subordinates, they followed Shang Yang consciously, lowered their heads, and showed obedience.

Snapped.

Opening her folding fan, Yakumo Yukari looked at the four people in front of her with sincerity in her eyes and a calm tone.

"welcome."

Seeing Yakumo Yukari greet them, Shang Yang and Gu Mingdi Jue nodded. Then, Shang Yang casually waved his right hand towards the "Heavenly Fate Black Bird" still hovering in the air.

The huge "Heavenly Destiny Black Bird" suddenly disappeared without a trace. It was not invisible or hiding, but completely disappeared.

At this moment, accompanied by an extremely pure and magnificent aura, the beautiful tall girl with short green curly hair and light red pupils, the owner of the large flower fields in the western country, Kazami Yuuka, also fell from the night sky to the high plains in the Musashi area.

The owner of the large flower field, which was as beautiful and charming as nature, casually glanced at the countless monsters residing on the flat plain. He still held up his parasol and calmly waited for Yakumo Yukari and Shang Yang to speak.

Seeing that all the big monsters had arrived, Yakumo Yukari closed her folding fan, stopped being polite, and spoke directly.

"Since everyone is here, I believe you have all learned about the information regarding the Moon City."

After seeing Shang Yang, Gu Ming Di Jue and Feng Jian Youxiang nodded slightly, Yakumo Yukari also nodded.

"Since that's the case, let me be frank about our difficulties. The primary obstacle to the One Hundred Demons Night Parade attacking the Moon Sea is the Great Barrier that envelops the Moon City. When "Yo no Sukuhara and the Moon God, Tsukiyomi," commanded the Moon Rabbit Clan to build the Moon City, he anticipated the possibility of an attack from outside. The Great Barrier enveloping the entire Moon City is its strongest protective barrier."

Hearing what Yakumo Yukari said, Kazami Yuuka frowned.

"Is that so? The Moon City's strongest protective barrier. This arrogant statement actually makes me interested in breaking through it."

"The Moon City Great Barrier is naturally not solely focused on defense," Yakumo Yukari frowned, seeming to find it difficult to deal with the situation. "Shang Jun, remember I told you that I discovered the operation of Shinto magic in the Moon City Great Barrier, right?"

"I mentioned it before," Shang Yang asked thoughtfully after hearing what Yakumo Yukari said, "What happened?"

"The effect of that Shinto ritual," Yakumo Yukari explained after a brief pause, "is likely intended to target those of us who have escaped the realm of 'this world's principles'. Your Excellency Shangjun, Master Komeijikaku, and Your Excellency Kazami Yuuka, when the time comes, we will launch a joint attack. If that great barrier can withstand attacks from four great youkai who have transcended the realm of 'this world's principles', then breaking it will require Your Excellency Shangjun's power of yin and yang and my power of realm."

Upon hearing this, the rest of the people nodded and agreed with Yakumo Yukari's words. Seeing that everyone agreed, Yakumo Yukari opened her folding fan again with a snap, covering her beautiful face.

"Well, that's all I have to say. So, everyone, please lead the monsters of this land and launch a grand One Hundred Demons Night Parade on the Moon Sea."

Eastern Province, Kazusa area, Kasumigaura.

The full moon on August 15th is reflected on the quiet lake.

Yakumo Yukari, Shang Yang, Gu Mingji Jue, Shana and Feng Jianyouxiang, together with two-thirds of the monsters in this land, quietly stayed by the lake. The breath of countless monsters made all the animals within dozens of miles panic and avoid them.

At this moment, the sage of the monsters, Yakumo Yukari, is standing in the front with a solemn expression. The great monster of the realm is doing something that no one can imagine. She is connecting the reflected moon on the lake and the moon hanging high in the night sky through the power of the realm, opening the door to the sea of ​​the moon for the One Hundred Demons Night Parade.

As the power of the realm passed through the reflected moon on the quiet lake again and again, Shang Yang could clearly perceive through the two yin and yang that the originally ordinary reflection on the quiet lake was gradually developing a faint, imperceptible mysterious connection with the bright moon hanging high in the night sky under the influence of the realm.

The mysterious connection became more and more obvious and stable under the control of Yakumo Yukari's realm power, and the reflection on the quiet lake surface became more and more similar to the bright moon in the night sky.

Finally, the full moon reflected on the lake surface was suddenly "pulled". It was not that the tranquility of the quiet lake surface was broken. On the contrary, the quiet lake surface at night was still extremely calm. What was "pulled" was only the full moon reflected on the quiet lake surface itself.

Another "pull", and then the "pull" happened more and more times, and the full moon reflected in the quiet lake became more and more "unstable" with the "pull". However, in Shang Yang's two-yin perception, the connection between the bright moon reflected in the quiet lake caused by the power of the realm and the moon hanging high in the night sky became stronger and stronger.

Suddenly, another "pull" occurred. This time, the bright moon reflected on the quiet lake surface was "torn" apart, becoming a huge circular channel.

Grayish-white dust rose from the passage, and along with the grayish-white dust, a biting chill came from the full moon passage on the lake.

Shang Yang raised his hand, caught a few grains of gray dust blown up from the moonlit road, and gently pinched it with his index finger.

"Without a doubt," Shang Yang observed for a moment and tilted his head slightly, looking at Jue beside him. They both nodded at the same time, confirming in their hearts, "It's Yuechen."

At this time, Yakumo Yukari also withdrew the power of her realm. Looking at the moon road that had been opened to the moon surface, a faint smile appeared on the beautiful face of the monster sage, who surpassed the human daughter.

Then, the sage of the monsters, the great monster of the realm turned around, looked at the countless monsters densely packed behind him, and shouted loudly.

"The road to the Moon Sea has been opened!"

A breeze blew, and the Yokai Sage's long golden hair, which was brighter than the full moon, danced in the wind, further highlighting the Yokai Sage's beautiful appearance that surpassed that of a human.

"Fellow countrymen, follow us, toward the eternally tranquil Moon Sea, toward the Moon City known as the eternally pure land, toward the high-handed Moon People who look down upon everything on earth, and launch our demon race's Night Parade of a Hundred Demons!"

"This move will surely open up a new world for us monsters. So! Follow us! Head to the Moon Sea, invade the Moon City, open up a new world for us monsters, and make the people of the Moon proud..."

"...From the high seas of the moon, strike down upon the earth!"

“Oh!!!”

The excitement and restlessness of the monsters have reached their peak. After the four big monsters entered the road to the Moon Sea, countless monsters rushed into the moon reflected on the lake leading to the Moon Sea.

Standing on the moon rocks of the Moon Sea, Shang Yang raised his head and gazed at the endless Moon Sea with an indifferent expression.

Closing his eyes, the young man with gray hair took a deep breath, and the cold air of the Moon Sea was inhaled into the young man's lungs along with the spiritual energy of the Moon Sea. The cold spiritual energy made the young man with gray hair, the great monster of Mount Yoshino, feel very cold. There was no oxygen needed for ordinary humans to survive on the Moon Sea, but there was abundant spiritual energy.

From 695 AD, the first year of the reign of Wansui Tongtian, the Empress of Heaven in the Tang Dynasty, and the tenth year of the reign of Emperor Jitō of Japan, to 889 AD, the first year of Longji, the reign of Emperor Zhaozong of the Tang Dynasty, and the first year of Kanpei, the emperor Uda of Japan, the young man with gray hair had been waiting for this moment for two hundred years.

Then, the young man with gray and white hair opened his eyes again, his dark pupils indifferent.

He reached out and held the slender white hand of the lavender-haired girl beside him. Feeling the young man holding her hand, the lavender-haired girl also cooperated and held the young man's hand in return. Their eyes met, and the young man and the girl, who had been together for nearly two hundred years, smiled faintly at the same time, and then took the first step towards the vast sea of ​​moon in front of them.

In 889 AD, the first year of the Dragon Era in the Tang Dynasty and the first year of Kanpei in Japan, on the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, the eternally peaceful sea on the moon welcomed the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons from the earth.

Volume 3: Above the Moon Sea: Chapter 111: Prelude to War

The sea on the moon has been the eternally peaceful land of the moon for millions of years, an eternal pure land that cannot be touched by people on earth.

On the moon's sea, 780,000 miles away from the human world on Earth, live the Moon People, who come from Earth but consider themselves nobler than the "filthy" Earth.

It is not surprising that they have such an understanding. The pure white, beautiful, peaceful and tranquil lunar sea, the abundant spiritual energy, the eternal pure land without a trace of pollution that would make the people of the moon feel uncomfortable, the highly complex mystical and scientific principles are put into practical use, and the scientific civilization is thousands of years ahead of this era. It is a highly developed lunar city.

From the perspective of ordinary humans living on earth, even the Buddha's Pure Land is just a world like the Moon City on the Moon Sea.

"Night Food Source and the Moon God, Tsukiyomi" forcibly attaches the belief in immortality that has been entwined with the moon for tens of thousands of years by generations of humans on earth who have prayed and pursued immortality, to the moon people who follow her, allowing the moon people, who are ancient humans, to obtain "immortal bodies" with no lifespan limit.

But this alone is not enough. Although they have gained an immortal body that will not age, as a price, the body organs, circulatory system, and immune system inherited by the Moon People from ancient humans have all been "alienated", and they have lost the resistance of humans on earth to external pollution.

In view of this, "Yoshihara and the Moon Goddess, Tsukiyomi" not only bestowed the "immortality" on the people of the Moon, but also used her divine power from the Moon to assimilate the "clear and pure realm" of the Moon with the people of the Moon, and expelled the "filth" from the world on Earth from the people of the Moon.

This was an unimaginably bold act. After assimilating to the "clear and pure realm", the Moon People no longer had a trace of "filth" in their bodies. The germs from the earthly world, the hidden diseases in the body, and other "filth" were all expelled by the "clear and pure realm".

The Moon People thus became the true and completely pure people of God.

Because of their assimilation with the "clear and pure realm", any "filth" that is lower in rank than the "principles of this world" cannot pollute the immortal bodies of the Moon People. Dust, stains and the like usually cannot stay on the bodies of the Moon People for even a moment, and they are spotless.

Of course, nothing in this world is perfect. Generally speaking, historical experience tells us that the more perfectly planned a plan is, the greater its chance of failure. Even if Yue Yejian's plan to expel the "filth" of the Moon People with a "clear and pure state" had granted them, originally an ancient human species, near-invincible immunity to biochemical attacks, viruses below the Law Level would be completely incapable of infecting their immortal bodies. Even the Apocalypse virus's effectiveness against them was uncertain.

However, precisely because of this, the hidden dangers of this bold plan cannot be ignored and are difficult to accept.

The "filth" expelled by the "clear and pure realm" also includes some biological instincts of the Moon People from ancient humans, and "reproduction" is naturally included in this part of the biological instinct that has been deleted.

Not only that, even the "desires" of the Moon People have been greatly affected. In addition to the fact that the Moon People's indifferent nature is caused by the erosion of long years, another important reason is that their desires have also been affected to varying degrees by the "clear and pure realm".

The Moon's Sea, the Plains of the Gods' Wine.

The "Wine of the Gods" lunar plain, also known as the "Sea of ​​Wine," is one of the twenty-two lunar plains dotted across the moon. It covers an area of ​​approximately 100,000 square kilometers. Of course, the name "Wine of the Gods" was coined by future humans, a reference to the fine wine consumed by the Greek gods at their banquets.

The exit of the Earth-Moon Channel constructed by Yakumo Yukari on the lunar surface is right at the edge of the Moon Sea Plain, which is known as the wine of the gods. The great sage of the monsters, through his mastery of the power of the realm, accurately opened the exit here.

What appeared before the countless monsters led by Shang Yang and others was a desolate, pure white lunar sea plain covered with deposited grayish-white lunar dust.

There was a reason for opening the exit here. Directly east of the Divine Wine Sea Plain, just across a chasm, was the "Moon Sea Plain, Sea of ​​Plenty."

The location of the Moon City.

After stepping onto the lunar land, the young man with gray hair, the master of Mount Yoshino, has been thinking about how to attack the Fertile Sea Plain by surprise.

Try to avoid big movements. The god of the moon, Tsukiyomi, controls the flow of the dragon veins of the moon. Before the great barrier of the Moon City used by the Moon People to defend against foreign enemies is broken, you must prevent Tsukiyomi from noticing the arrival of the One Hundred Demons Night Parade.

The Moon's Sea is the home turf of Yue Yejian, the Moon Goddess. Although she has obtained the divine status of the Moon God in mythology and legend, becoming an unprecedentedly complete god of immortality, and not a "star spirit" of the Moon, for tens of thousands of years, the Moon's Dragon Veins, formed by Yue Yejian's guidance of the flow of the Moon's spiritual power, have already covered the entire Moon world.

Through the power of Liang Yi, Shang Yang easily sensed the crisscrossing and endlessly flowing lunar dragon veins located shallowly below the surface of the Moon Sea Plain, as well as the divine power seen on the moon night that flowed along with the dragon vein spiritual power in the flow of the lunar dragon vein spiritual energy.

Having achieved this level, Tsukiyomi, while not a "celestial spirit" of the Moon itself, could easily unleash natural disasters such as earthquakes on the lunar sea. To prevent Tsukiyomi from discovering the demonic parade of terrestrial monsters and unleashing a calamity on the lunar sea to attack them, careful concealment was crucial. Once the Moon City barrier was breached and the demonic parade came into direct contact with the Moon City forces, Tsukiyomi would naturally be unable to unleash a calamity on the Moon City base.

"The Moon Sea is truly too desolate," the gray-haired young man, the master of Mount Yoshino, observed after observing the desolate, pure white plains of the Moon Sea. "If you want to live on the Moon Sea for a long time, you have to be able to endure loneliness."

"Although the spiritual environment here feels very comfortable," Jue frowned, "I don't like it here."

"It will be boring to stay here for a long time, and I don't like it either." After hearing Shang Yang and Jue's comments, Shana also had no yearning for the Moon Sea.

Then, the petite black-haired girl turned her gaze to the young man with gray and messy hair and the girl with short lavender hair.

The petite black-haired girl's jade fingertips lightly touched the young man's arm, and the girl's thoughts beneath her expressionless face flowed into the young man's heart.

"...Also, Shang Yang, aren't you going to let go of your hand?"

"……Well?

Hearing this, Shang Yang was stunned for a moment and looked down.

It was true. His hand was gently clasped with Jue's delicate white hand. His slender fingers and Jue's delicate jade fingers were intertwined, and their ten fingers were interlocked.

Seeing this, the young man with gray hair looked at the girl with short lavender hair in confusion.

However, Jue's pretty face was unexpectedly calm and natural, and she did not show any resistance.

"Just now, I seemed to subconsciously reach out to my side..." The young man with shaggy gray hair, the owner of Mount Yoshino, was confused. "When did Jue give me such face..."

The sea on the moon, the plain of the sea of ​​fertility.

The Sea of ​​Plenty, like the Wine of the Gods, is also one of the twenty-two lunar plains on the lunar world. It is also known as the "Sea of ​​Plenty" or the "Sea of ​​Riches", with an area of ​​32.6 square kilometers. Geographically speaking, the Sea of ​​Plenty is just the most ordinary of the twenty-two lunar plains on the lunar world. However, it is also the most extraordinary one, because it is the location of the highly developed lunar civilization - the Moon City.