Conferred God: Got cramped at the beginning

Chapter 788: Fire of Humanity, Fire Cloud Cave
"Is this the ancestral hall of Hu Fang?" Ao Bing's figure slowly appeared under the tiger head statue - killing here would actually make things safer.

Because this is the ancestral temple of the Hufang Kingdom and it is a forbidden area for those warriors.

There are old men stationed in the ancestral hall to keep the incense burning.

"As long as the demon god is not dead, the demonic aura will not dissipate."

"You, the Tiger clan, have set up your ancestral temple here. Aren't you afraid that this lingering evil spirit will penetrate into your blood and souls through the connection of the ancestral temple and turn you all into evil spirits?"

"The evil has done everything he could think of. What difference does it make whether this evil changes or not?" The old man added more incense to the incense burner and trimmed down the candles that had a bit too big in flames. Then he turned around and looked at Ao Bing - the facial features on his face had been removed.

Ao Bing's gaze shifted away from this man and fell on the tablet in the ancestral hall.

Since the third generation of the Hufang Kingdom's monarch, each generation of monarchs has had a very long life span - moreover, the life span of each generation of monarchs is the same and almost the same.

Obviously, from that time on, the king of the Hufang country had already started to learn the method of longevity.

"It seems you know what they did."

"I have been guarding here for more than 1,200 years, so of course I know."

"Then you should also know why I am here." Ao Bing's gaze fell on the place where the incense was burning.

In his perception, the space here seemed distorted - this was the entrance to the cave.

"Are you willing to open the portal to this cave for me, or do you want to stop me?"

This old man guarding the ancestral hall is also a Taiyi - although Taiyi is difficult, considering the size of the human race and the power of a prince in the world, it is not impossible to create a Taiyi with huge resources.

After all, the resources needed to turn a qualified person into Taiyi are countless times less than those needed to allow these princes to live forever.

"Lord of the Underworld, please." The faceless man in front of Ao Bing bowed slightly, and the lingering aroma of incense turned into a huge formation in an instant, locking the ancestral hall and Ao Bing inside.

Under the mysterious ritual, countless incense sticks turned into insect-like creatures that seemed to devour Ao Bing's spirit, magic power, and blood.

And behind all these insects, there is an unfathomable vast power hidden in the darkness.

That was the old man guarding the ancestral hall. No one knew what his mentality was, but he was burning the power generated by his own origin with a self-destructive thought.

It is a power born from human nature, from the seven emotions and six desires of living beings, and from the hopes and despair of living beings.

In Ao Bing's generation, this power was controlled by Yuanshi Tianzun, and then turned into the foundation of the immortal way, becoming a bridge between the human way and the immortal way, and the power that connects all living beings including humans, immortals, gods, ghosts, etc.

And in this generation, this kind of power is obviously controlled by humans alone.

"Is this the way of the gods?" Ao Bing's mind was slightly shaken.

At this moment, Ao Bing was deeply moved by the inheritance of Pan Tian.

Even with the rotation of generations, the customs and power system of this world are different from those of Ao Bing's generation.

But no matter how it changes, the fundamental essence of power remains unchanged.

At the same time as he sensed this power, Ao Bing instinctively triggered another change in this power.

That is to say, it is the change of one of the five immortal paths, the divine path.

The essence of the way of immortals is the power born from the human heart.

This power is huge and terrifying, but it is completely different from the "Qi" of the immortal way.

The Qi of the immortal path requires constant tempering over time.

But the power of Shinto only requires "name".

As long as countless mortals believe that you have such power, you will really possess such power - the immortals will show their holiness between heaven and earth and create legends. The power of these legends is a manifestation of the essence of the immortal way. At the same time, it is also a manifestation of combining the immortal way with the heavenly immortal way and the earthly immortal way.

From this perspective, the power of the immortal way can be said to be the most accessible and lowest-threshold power system between heaven and earth.

Even those monsters, as long as they gain enough "fame" in the human world, can use it to get involved in the power of the gods.

But at the same time, the power of the Immortal Path is also one of the most dangerous powers among the Five Immortal Paths.

——Other powers all belong to the realm of essence, energy and spirit. Only the power of the immortal way is the power of the human heart.

Facing people's hearts is always a dangerous move.

Therefore, among the five immortal paths, the power of the divine path is the most dangerous.

If you are not careful, you will be affected by this force, first becoming a vassal of humanity, and finally falling completely into the abyss while struggling to break away from humanity.

In addition, the immortal path has a weakness - that is, it is difficult to achieve immortality by simply following the immortal path.

Among the five paths to immortality, the path to human immortality and the path to divine immortality are both paths that do not seek immortality.

The lifespan of human immortals is the shortest, no different from that of mortals, while the lifespan of gods and immortals is only a few thousand years - ordinary immortals and gods can achieve immortality by achieving Taiyi, but gods are the only exception.

Therefore, in Ao Bing's generation, all practitioners of the immortal way used the immortal way as a supplement, and created an immortal incarnation in addition to their own.

The power of the Immortal Way is so dangerous, yet it can be used with ease. The reason is that the essence of the power of the Immortal Way is bound by something.

What restrains the way of gods and immortals is "morality".

The morality of Taiqing Daode Tianzun.

The so-called morality includes benevolence, righteousness, propriety, trustworthiness, wisdom, etc.

It is all the good qualities between heaven and earth.

All living beings between heaven and earth, no matter what your background is, as long as you have these "morals", you will have the opportunity to touch the essence of the power of the immortals and step into the immortal path.

As far as Ao Bing knows, ever since Yuanshi Tianzun opened up the way of immortals, more than one demon god from the Southern Continent has stepped into the human world as immortals and been recognized by humanity.

And Ao Bing is not lacking in morality!

He is the dragon of heaven, the dragon that carries the power of heaven, the dragon that bears the faith and loyalty.

And faith and trust are the foundation of the inheritance of heaven and earth, and the foundation of morality. Etiquette may change, wisdom may change, but no matter how heaven and earth change, faith and trust will not change.

Therefore, when Ao Bing touched the most fundamental power, this power unique to humanity in the current generation, resonated with Ao Bing. During the resonance, the past of the old man in front of him who controlled the power also appeared in front of Ao Bing.

According to common sense, for an old man like this who can mobilize the root power of humanity, his views on good and evil, his moral values, are absolutely consistent with humanity, and the actions of the Tiger princes can be regarded as a rebellion against humanity. No matter what, this person should not be in cahoots with the Tiger princes, let alone stop Ao Bing's steps.

But he just happened to appear here, turning a blind eye to what the Tiger Lords were doing.

Now, he wanted to stop Ao Bing and take action against him with such a resolute attitude. Now, when Ao Bing triggered the changes in the immortal way, the reason appeared in the old man's experience and in front of Ao Bing.

That was many years ago.

At that time, the old man still had a name. He was injured in a fight with the enemy and was saved by the princes of the Hufang Kingdom.

In order to repay the life-saving grace, he accepted the invitation of the princes of Hufang to guard the ancestral hall for Hufang country and the passage leading to the cave heaven, preventing outsiders from setting foot in.

The Tiger clan leader who was killed by Ao Bing this time was the one who saved the Taoist priest.

After learning about what the Tiger Lords had done, this Taoist was troubled about what he should do - in the end, he decided to abandon right and wrong, good and evil, in order to fulfill his gratitude.

So, he stabbed out his eyes, cut off his ears and nose, and turned a blind eye and a deaf ear to everything here. He just endured the torment in his heart, guarding the ancestral hall of the Hu Fang Kingdom, and suppressing the evil spirit in the statue.

Until this time, the princes of Hufang State died.

This ill-fated relationship caused by gratitude has finally come to an end.

The formation that sealed the ancestral hall, the burning soul, and the ultimate power of humanity that was aroused were the ways this person chose to end everything.

End himself, end Ao Bing, and end the "past" of the King of Hufang, and completely hide the things that should not be known to people in time.

If someone else came, his goal would have been achieved.

But at this moment, the person he was facing was Ao Bing.

"There is nothing wrong with kindness."

"It's not wrong for you to repay the favor."

"So, go ahead." Ao Bing stretched out his hand.

The explosive nature of humanity, which was completely contrary to the power of immortals, became docile between Ao Bing's fingers.

The flame that burned everything also slowly separated.

In the flames, the traces of that Taoist disappeared.

In the ancestral hall, one name on the numerous tablets also became blank along with that of the Taoist priest.

Then, the portal leading to the cave slowly opened.

Looking at the slowly opening door, Ao Bing was not in a hurry. He just blew gently on the flame that had not yet burned out, and the flame spread into the cave.

At this moment, in another unknown place in the world, an old man sitting in front of a campfire slowly opened his eyes.

The flame in front of him suddenly jumped, and between the flames, a hand appeared faintly, stirring the flames, as if trying to separate the flames into other things.

Under the flames, countless ashes were drawn by the changing fire and rose into the sky like a tornado.

The intensity of the flames was dimmed by the endless ashes - similarly, the shadows cast by the flames on the surroundings were also weakened.

"Is it time for another change in the world?" The old man looked at the dancing flames in front of him in a trance. After a moment, he gently knocked on a round stone next to the campfire to send a signal to the outside.

After a while, all the people who were sleeping here opened their eyes one by one and sat together in front of the campfire.

When these people appeared, the firelight was blocked and more shadows were cast.

"Suizu." The first person who appeared bowed to the old man.

"Someone has triggered changes in the root of humanity."

"Is it time for humanity to change again?" Another person's gaze fell on the flame, and he began to deduce by spreading out gossip.

While he was deducing, the other person looked at the flame with a bit more doubt in his eyes.

"Jiang, what are you thinking about?" Looking at this man's gaze, the man called Suizu, who had gathered everyone together, asked.

This place, between heaven and earth, is called Fire Cloud Cave.

It is the most secret and mysterious place between heaven and earth.

Ever since the emergence of the human race, the human race's saint ancestors, saint emperors, etc. have all ascended to the Fire Cloud Cave, where they enjoy eternal life and happiness.

However, because these Saint Emperors never reappeared between heaven and earth after their ascension, there was a saying between heaven and earth that this Fire Cloud Cave was a prisoner of these Saint Emperors.

Whenever the power of the human race was approaching a peak, in order to avoid the imbalance between heaven and earth, the Holy Emperors and Saint Ancestors who brought the human race to the peak had to choose to give up their power and "ascend" to the Fire Cloud Cave.

The person guarding the flame next to the bonfire is the first ancestor of humanity, Suiren.

The ancestor who ignited the fire for the human race.

The inheritance of human civilization began from this.

The one who was looking at the flame in confusion was Jiang, also known as Shennong, one of the human race's holy emperors.

"I just feel that the power that stirs up the changes in the fire of humanity seems to be vaguely connected to me." Shennong asked doubtfully, then looked at the person who was calculating.

That is Fuxi.

"How strange!" Under the gaze of Shennong, the eight trigrams scattered by Fuxi all shattered.

When the broken Bagua fell into the flames, it made the blazing flames seem to undergo a change of yin and yang, from fire to water.

"The Shang Dynasty is now at its peak. Where does this revolutionary change in human nature come from?"

Since the birth of the human race, there have actually only been three major changes in humanity.

The first time was when Shennong clan joined forces with Xuanyuan clan to fight against Chiyou.

The second time was when Emperor Yu’s son Qi established the humane dynasty of the Xia family and changed the public empire into a family empire.

The third time, Jie of the Xia clan was rejected by the people and was replaced by Cheng Tang, and the Xia Dynasty was completely destroyed.

But judging from the current situation, the Shang Dynasty has both military power and popular support, and its rule over the human world is extremely stable. Under such circumstances, how did this great change in humanity manifest itself?

Moreover, according to Fuxi's calculations, this great change in humanity had implicated their Huoyun Cave, so that he was completely unable to calculate the follow-up of this evolution in a detached manner.

"Is it related to ginger?"

"Let me calculate it again." Fuxi casually picked a flower from the flame.

(End of this chapter)