In the Netherworld, rumors spread the fastest …
The continuous mountain range was barren. In the dark and lightless Netherworld, blood-red magma seeped through the cracks in these barren mountains. The magma emitted a dark red glow, illuminating a weak light. The ground beneath their feet was charred black. After walking for a while, the group realized that the Netherworld wasn't completely desolate and silent.
A black river meandered through the mountains. Strange blood-red flowers bloomed on both sides of the river.
These strange blood-red flowers glowed faintly. The light from each flower wasn't dazzling, but when they gathered together, they formed a blood-red river that was formed from a sea of flowers along the two sides of the black river.
"The water of this river is the Blue Sky Underworld …" Xue Tu King said faintly, "The blooming flowers on both sides are the Red Spider Lilies."
"The Blue Sky Underworld has a strange purifying ability. It can wash away almost all filth. Anything that falls into it will be assimilated by the Blue Sky Underworld. Therefore, don't underestimate this river because it looks inconspicuous. In fact, it's extremely dangerous."
"This river formed by the convergence of the Blue Sky Underworld and meandering through more than half of the Netherworld is the River Styx!"
"The River Styx Patriarch's River Styx!"
Ajati warned solemnly, "The purifying power of the Blue Sky Underworld can purify the world's most complicated, filthiest, and stubborn entanglements. In other words, the karma of all living beings, love, hate, and the eight sufferings of the human world. Everything that falls into it will be forgotten and purified, returning to the purest form of living beings …"
"In the Demon Ancestor's imagination, reincarnation shouldn't exist in the world. There should only be the River Styx and the Yin Soil. When the souls of all living beings fall into the River Styx, under the cleansing of the Blue Sky Underworld, all karma will be washed away, returning to the purest essence of the soul. Then, they will sleep in the Yin Soil, slowly decomposing, nurturing, and being reborn!"
"Their memories, love and hate, karma, and all their unwillingness flowed away with the Heaven Underworld. Those unforgettable things, those feelings of love and hate nourished the spider lilies by the shore, becoming the most beautiful scenery in the world."
"In Demon Ancestor's personal notes, it was mentioned that at that time, what Demon Ancestor wanted the most was to cross the ocean and experience all the love and hate in the world. Then, he would step into the River Styx and let it slowly fade away …"
"It's a pity that Empress Houtu doesn't appreciate Demon Ancestor's way of thinking, so the River Styx that Demon Ancestor opened up became something that cleanses the karma of the souls that come here … After all, Empress Houtu is a god … She takes too much pity on the fear of death that all living beings have towards death. Unable to withstand the devout prayers of all living beings, she creates an afterlife for them. In the end, he fell out with Demon Ancestor and established Samsara. "
"What a pity! In the beginning, what Empress Houtu wanted was to create a peaceful and tranquil place for all living beings, a beautiful dreamland. "
"In Empress Houtu's view, death should be like returning home to sleep, beautiful and tranquil, the warmest thing in the world."
"But unfortunately, all living beings are unable to escape the fear of death. For the sake of all living beings, Empress Houtu defeated the demons that were born out of their fear, the gods that want to enslave the souls of all living beings. In a distant, indescribable era, Empress Houtu doesn't represent death or the ownership of souls. She is only an Earth God, the mother of the earth that nurtures all living beings."
"It's precisely because she takes pity on all living beings that she kills a group of demons that symbolize death and defeats the great horror, darkness, and strangeness of the evil gods and demons. She then defeats a group of gods that want to use the fear of death of all living beings to enslave their souls and establish so-called divine kingdoms and heavens. She cleans up the chaotic Youdu City that is filled with lonely souls and wild ghosts, creating a peaceful, eternal, and tranquil home for all living beings."
"The Demon Ancestor admires this very much …"
"Originally, the Demon Ancestor was willing to help Empress Houtu create such a home for souls. The Demon Ancestor believes that such death is definitely the supreme joy of all living beings … Unfortunately, Empress Houtu is a god … Her compassion and love for all living beings ultimately limits her. All living beings are too afraid of death! "
"Day and night, they pray to Empress Houtu to continue living. Their fear doesn't disappear in that peaceful darkness. Instead, it's their fear that constantly breeds the gods and demons in the darkness. Youdu City constantly gives birth to those extremely twisted and evil demons that disturb the soul's sleep. Although a group of Yin Gods helps Empress Houtu clean up these demons and gods, the Empress still chooses to understand the fear of all living beings."
"Therefore, the Empress created reincarnation, creating an afterlife for all living beings!"
"The Demon Ancestor is exasperated that reincarnation doesn't live up to his expectations. He believes that reincarnation is completely destroying that beautiful and peaceful world after death … Therefore, he angrily barges into the Netherworld and arrives before reincarnation. He questions reincarnation with nine questions … This is the Netherworld's Nine Questions."
"This is the story of the River Styx and the Red Spider Lilies … Then, reincarnation constantly changes and is constantly distorted. The Demon Ancestor and Empress Houtu both want to give the souls of all living beings a peaceful home, but in order to continue living, all living beings choose to be toyed with … Therefore, reincarnation is constantly distorted, filled with restlessness, self-righteous morals, restless interests, and eternal greed."
"In the end, the Demon Ancestor despises this place. His will no longer flows along the River Styx on the Netherworld's Yin soil. His will returns to the Blood Sea, coldly watching everything that happens in reincarnation. It's laughable, noisy, restless, chaotic … farce."
"Until one day, he can no longer watch this farce. He sweeps through everything and destroys the Underworld!"
The Xue Tu King faintly recounted the ancient story passed down by the fiends. As he waited for something, Ajati knelt beside the River Styx and chanted something in obscure demonic language. The ancient and obscure language matched with a profound rhythm. It was as if it was a poem and funeral oration from the most ancient era. The voice of the story and the funeral oration intertwined, as if it touched upon the laws of the underworld.
It made Bai Suzhen's hair stand on end as she listened. She was alarmed …
She subconsciously hugged the Shepherd Boy Lord's thin body tightly. She looked at the two fiendish Daolords with some fear, fear, and slight excitement. She was afraid because of the prophecy that the Demon Ancestor would easily destroy the Underworld. She was excited because she knew the shocking secrets of the two important figures, Empress Houtu and the River Styx, Demon Ancestor.
Although she did not know if these ancient stories were the bragging of the fiends, or if they were ancient and unknown history.
But Bai Suzhen still looked forward to it and was excited …
As the demonic language from Ajati's mouth became deeper, the River Styx also began to fluctuate abnormally. The Monkey King waited impatiently by the side before a small boat floated over from upstream. Bai Suzhen was so nervous that she nearly suffocated! The taboo of the Underworld, the River Styx that flowed with the most mysterious of the Connate True Water, the Blue Sky Underworld, actually had a small boat floating over.
How terrifying and strange was this?
No one could cross the River Styx. Even the Underworld needed the Connate Numinous treasure, the Bridge of Helplessness, to cross the River Styx. No evil spirit or demon god dared to fall into the offending River Styx. It symbolized the laws of the Underworld. On the ancient River Styx, accompanied by the ancient demonic language, an unmanned boat floated over from upstream.
The two direct descendants of the fiends used the most ancient funeral oration to summon a mysterious boat. They wanted to use it to enter the cycle of reincarnation.
This was the most unspeakable taboo of the Netherworld. This would become a legend …
Goku leaped lightly and stepped onto the boat. He reached out and grabbed a handful of black coins from his body and pressed them into the wooden stake on the bow of the boat. Upon closer inspection, there was a thin slit on it, which seemed to be used to insert coins.
"What are you looking at? Two coins for boarding the boat, ten coins for crossing the Bridge of Helplessness! Pay for it yourself! "
Bai Suzhen's eyes widened instantly!
"Do you have coins?"
Xue Tu and Wu Sheng exchanged a look and thought to themselves, This guy is really not simple. He is so familiar with the River Styx ferry. He is even more familiar with it than us …
Xue Tu also boarded the boat. He stuffed a few black coins into Wu Sheng's hands and explained to Bai Suzhen behind him, "This is the Virtue Coin. You only need to meditate and you will be able to trigger a trace of the Virtue Aura in your body. With the help of the Heavenly Dao of the Netherworld, you will be able to condense this kind of Virtue Coin … The Virtue Coin is the best currency of the Underworld. It can be used to accumulate merits to become a deity. It is the only way to resurrect the Underworld."
"Therefore, it is the currency issued by the Heavenly Court."
"Next is the incense money … It is condensed from the wishes of all living beings. It also has endless uses, especially in the hands of deities. It is considered a hard currency … Apart from that, there is also the Blessing Coin issued by the Buddhist League, the Super Coin issued by the Mystic Door, and the Yin Coin that is used as a small currency among ghosts. Don't be greedy for these coins, they are useless."
"Especially the Yin Coin. It is just a little bit of wishes and condensed from Yin Qi. Ghosts can use it to fill their stomachs."
The Monkey King shook his head and said, "The Blessing Coin and Super Coin issued by the Buddhist League and the Mystic Door are not used by their own families. There are only two big banks that operate them. One is Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, and the other is Taiyi Nirvana … Needless to say, these two kinds of coins are issued by them!"
"This is the good thing about the demonic path … They do not engage in any financial innovation. They use the Yin Coin honestly. The products of the Emperor Of Heaven are used as hard currency and do not depreciate."
"There are some small deities and small forces behind the Mystic Door and the Buddhist League. They also engage in financial innovation. In the end, the previous batch of ghosts often fail before they can reincarnate. These people who engage in the coin circle have ruined the reputation of the Underworld Money Method. "
"The new ghosts who have come down now all say that inflation is very high!"
"Actually, the Underworld Money Method is still very promising. I am going to use the big peach tree on Yin Mountain as the capital to issue the Underworld Money Method. I have calculated that the big peach tree can bear three thousand peaches every year. It is very beneficial to the ghosts and deities! However, because Shentu Yu Lei is guarding it, and there is a divine tiger under the tree that feeds on ghosts, no ghosts can eat it. "
"But I have a way to get that batch of peaches!"
"I am going to use that as the capital to borrow a batch of incense from the Heavenly Lord of Primordial Unity and Salvation to operate my Monkey King Coin … How about it? Are the few of you interested?"
"Peaches as collateral?" Xue Tu shook his head like a wheel as he secretly cursed, "This isn't a monkey. What's the use of peaches as collateral!?"
Bai Suzhen also had a look of politeness as she whispered, "Great Sage, I'm not dead yet … I can slowly accumulate the money of the Underworld in the world of the living …"
"Only a ghost would speculate in money!" Yuan Yu sneered and said, "You should sell your Monkey King Coin to a ghost! If you can scam a ghost, then so be it! "
Shepherd Boy lay on the bow of the boat as he watched the boat sail past the black mountains along the River Styx. Gradually, it entered the plains of the Underworld. There were many villages that were scattered along the banks of the River Styx. However, the ghosts seemed to be afraid of the River Styx. Although the villages were close to the banks, the ghosts did not dare to approach the sea of spider lilies.
Shepherd Boy could only see the faint shadows from afar …
As the boat went deeper, more and more strange ghosts appeared in front of them. There were small blue ghosts that only reached a human's calf. There were ghosts with horns on their heads. As more and more ghosts appeared, there were those with leopard tails, bird beaks, fish gills, and those that looked like wasps. There were also large ghosts with green faces and fangs, ghosts that looked like mountain spirits, and mountain ghosts that looked like scarlet raccoons.
There were also those with cow heads and horse faces … They were half human and half beast with bald hair and fangs. They were extremely strange and strange.
Shepherd Boy exclaimed, "Are these all ghosts?"
"I thought ghosts were the same as when they were alive!"
Xue Tu King shook his head and said, "They are ghosts … They are living beings of the Underworld, not souls!"
"There are living beings in the Underworld?" Bai Suzhen was taken aback. She felt that the creatures of the Underworld sounded odd.
"It was previously mentioned that the fear of death of the souls of living beings created twisted monsters in the darkness of Youdu City … These living beings are the descendants of the souls and monsters. In the end, it is something created by the Demon Ancestor. It involves one of the Nine Questions of the Netherworld. When the Demon Ancestor and Her Majesty Houtu discussed the Dao, they used monsters and dead spirits to create living beings that could reproduce in the Underworld."
"Her Majesty Houtu could not bear to seal them in the Realm of Freedom, so she allowed them to reproduce in the Underworld."
"In the end, it became a world of ghosts … Thankfully, although they have long lifespans, they only have Yin lifespans and not Yang lifespans. Furthermore, their reproductive abilities are extremely poor … So at least they did not overrun the place."
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