Conferred God: Got cramped at the beginning

Chapter 802: Death Law , the Great Lord of Justice

"Heavenly rules?" These Daluo who were invited here easily found out what was happening.

Then, each of them considered the pros and cons of this matter for themselves.

While these Daluo were pondering, the voice of Queen Hou Tu was the first to sound.

"Your Majesty wants to use the rules of heaven to restrain all living beings and guide them to do good and abandon evil. The netherworld will naturally support this."

"It's just that the Netherworld has never been involved in the affairs of the living world. Your Majesty wants me, the Netherworld, so how can I support Your Majesty?"

The words of Queen Hou Tu seemed to be a rejection, but also seemed to be an approval. At the same time, she seemed to be looking for an excuse to break through the blockade of the Daluo and intervene in the Yang World.

Just as these Daluo were still pondering the intentions of the underworld, the voice of the Jade Emperor sounded again.

"The importance of the Heavenly Rules lies in the severity of punishment."

"But, between life and death, what is the meaning of punishment?"

"Just as Qinglong advised, damaging the earth veins and destroying the spirits are sins - but those who damage the earth veins usually do such crazy things before they die."

"They are all dead now, so they probably won't care about the punishment under the Heavenly Law."

"It is even more impossible for the Heavenly Court to save them from certain death just to punish them."

The Jade Emperor's gaze fell on the Daluo in the Netherworld - among the many Daluo, the characteristics of these ones belonging to the Netherworld were particularly obvious.

"So, fellow Taoists in the Netherworld, the world needs the Netherworld."

"Those who don't care about the laws of heaven and think that death will solve all their problems - I want them to know that death does not mean the end."

“When a person dies, his soul remains.”

"The sins of the living are borne by the dead soul."

"What do you think, Fellow Daoist Hou Tu?"

The Jade Emperor only raised his head, and the people in Lingxiao Palace already knew the meaning of his words.

That is to let the underworld intercept the souls that should go to the great reincarnation.

According to the normal process, after the souls between heaven and earth return to the underworld, they will undergo a series of "processing" in the underworld, and then be thrown into reincarnation and reborn as new creatures. The Jade Emperor's intention is to let the underworld, in the process of "processing" souls, intercept some of the souls that should be sent to the underworld's great reincarnation - that is, those souls that have violated the rules of heaven, and make them stay in the underworld to "be punished."

Only after the punishment they received has offset their "sins" of violating the heavenly rules can they be reincarnated.

Of course, during this process, how to measure the so-called "punishment", how to calculate the duration of punishment, and whether human supervision is needed when the underworld imposes punishment on those souls are another matter.

The Jade Emperor only took the lead in this regard.

But everyone knows that within the degree of punishment, there are countless changes in authority.

For example, will the influence of the blockade of the Netherworld spread out?

For example, can these Daluo outside the Netherworld take this opportunity to spread their influence into the Netherworld?

Will the relationship between the ghosts and gods in the underworld, which are as solid as a rock and not interfered with by others, undergo unpredictable changes because of this?

For example, if the underworld accepted the Jade Emperor’s proposal, how would the relationship between the underworld and heaven change?
Will the existence of the underworld become a part of heaven?
Just as the Jade Emperor said at the beginning, the Heavenly Rules, a single move can affect the heaven and earth - however, it has not really touched upon the formulation of the Heavenly Rules. It has only been talking about how to ensure the execution of the Heavenly Rules, ensuring the 'punishment' of the Heavenly Rules. This has directly led to the entry of the underworld, causing the situation in the heaven and earth to change, directly beyond the control and prediction of all the Daluo - even those Daluo cannot deduce the direction of the next change in the situation of the heaven and earth.

In a trance, those Daluo saw the great force in the dark, rolling towards them like a wheel.

Under this overwhelming force, even they, the Daluo, seemed to become weak and powerless.

There was silence in the Lingxiao Palace.

The flow of heaven and earth's vital energy stagnated at this moment.

Everyone is thinking about the weight of the "punishment" of Heaven after the Netherworld joins the game, as well as the changes in the authority of Heaven after the Netherworld joins the game.

Similarly, everyone was waiting for Youming's response.

The underworld has been suppressed and blocked for countless years by the Daluo people headed by the Jade Emperor - now, they finally have the opportunity to control the Heaven. What decision will they make?

At this moment, everyone's eyes fell on Hou Tu Niangniang.

At this moment, the great trend of heaven and earth was concentrated on Hou Tu Niangniang.

Whether the discussion of the Heavenly Rules could continue depended entirely on her decision.

Even the future of the world depends on her thoughts.

Boundless pressure fell at this moment.

As Queen Hou Tu pondered, the pressure grew stronger and more terrifying.

In the end, even some Daluo bowed their heads under this enormous pressure.

The entire Lingxiao Palace seemed to be frozen by endless black ice.

Suddenly, the Queen Mother Hou Tu smiled, and winter passed and spring came, the endless cold dissipated, and countless lives revived.

"The discussion of the Heavenly Rules involves the future of Heaven and Earth."

"Youming, of course, won't object."

"Just, let's do as Your Majesty wishes." Queen Hou Tu pacified several other ghosts and gods from the underworld, and the wooden tube covered everyone in the Lingxiao Palace.

"In the netherworld, we must follow the laws of heaven and punish the souls of those sinners according to the standards of heaven. For those who are extremely evil, their merits will be completely dispersed. We can even change the laws of the netherworld and interfere with their reincarnations."

Upon hearing this, the immortal officials and generals in the Lingxiao Palace became agitated, even the Daluo were no exception.

The underworld is extremely important to the operation of heaven and earth - in the past, the underworld has been suppressed and blocked. In addition to the fear of those powerful people towards Hou Tu Niangniang, there is another reason.

This is the law of the underworld itself - the ghosts and gods of the underworld only send those souls to reincarnation and will never interfere with those souls. At the same time, they will not allow other people to interfere with these souls.

For example, after a Qigong practitioner dies, the merits of their practice will still leave traces in their souls and true spirits, and after reincarnation, these traces can help them recover the merits of their previous life.

Some Qigong practitioners want to erase all traces of cultivation between their true spirits when they kill their opponents - the Netherworld won't allow it.

There are also some powerful ones who want their disciples to reincarnate with complete merits instead of traces of their practice - the underworld will not allow it.

This determination is extremely rigid and resolute, leaving absolutely no room for negotiation.

Therefore, the Daluo between heaven and earth worked together to seal off the Netherworld - during this blockade, if the Netherworld had shown a slight change of mind and was willing to use the power of reincarnation to provide convenience to certain strong people, the blockade of the Netherworld would have been broken long ago.

But at this time, for the sake of this heavenly rule, the goddess Hou Tu, who is in charge of the underworld, is even more willing to change the tradition of the underworld that has existed for countless thousands of years and has not been willing to change under any pressure.

At this moment, everyone understood that the formulation of the heavenly rules and this mighty trend were inevitable.

Under this trend, even Daluo must take the initiative to participate and formulate the rules of heaven, otherwise he will be bound by the web of the rules of heaven.

Then, during the discussions among these great masters, the most basic framework of the Heavenly Rules was established.

——Just as Ao Bing thought at the beginning, the most basic framework of the Heavenly Rules is centered on the Law of Death.

It is difficult to have a standard for life imprisonment - but the law of death has been determined first.

From the perspective of heaven and earth, from the perspective of living beings, and from the perspective of the orthodoxy, all the Daluo first put aside the controversial and difficult-to-measure life punishments, and then discussed a total of 72 death laws. As time goes by, these 72 death laws will only be supplemented, not reduced.

Anyone who violates the law of death, if still alive, will be killed immediately, and all traces of cultivation in his soul will be completely erased.

If they have died before being executed, their souls and spirits will be intercepted by the underworld and suffer in the netherworld - until all traces of their spiritual practice in their souls are wiped out by the various punishments of the underworld, and then they can be reincarnated.

And during this process, his rationality and perception will always be preserved, so that he can feel the "pain".

In order to avoid those Qigong practitioners who have violated the death law, knowing that they will die, they simply give up and destroy the world and harm all living beings.

Among the 72 death laws, the Daluo also listed three laws of involvement and nine laws of pardon.

The people involved, from the shallowest to the most serious, start from parents, teachers and disciples, to fellow Taoists, and even to targeted interference in their reincarnations.

After these 72 death laws, three laws of involvement, and nine pardons were decided, the Jade Emperor immediately prayed to heaven and earth - then the six saints between heaven and earth all left marks on the death law execution certificate, representing their approval of this death law. Finally, marks of time were left on the death law execution certificate, which meant that Hongjun Daozu, who stood at the ultimate source of heaven and earth, also recognized the existence of this death law.

After the death penalty was established, another difficult problem emerged before the gods.

Who will carry out the punishment corresponding to the death penalty?

When faced with this question, all the immortal officials and generals in Lingxiao Palace lowered their heads and avoided the scrutiny of the Daluo.

Everyone knows that this is an extremely offensive job.

In the Heavenly Palace, other authorities are power and honor, but the authority to enforce the law is an outright disaster.

The seventy-two death laws cover the whole world - the person who executes these death laws not only has to face those who have violated the death laws, but also those who shelter the criminals.

Not only did he want to kill all those Qigong practitioners who had violated the Death Law, he also had to travel throughout the heaven and earth, to the immortal sects, and even to the Daluo temples, to capture those Qigong practitioners who had violated the Death Law.

In this process, how big the risk will be and how many people will be offended, you can imagine. And some of the Daluo in the Lingxiao Palace - although these 72 death laws, the framework and foundation of the heavenly rules, were discussed by them personally, but at this time, some of these Daluo did not hide their feelings at all.

What they revealed was their frank attitude, telling the immortal officials and generals in the temple that although they had formulated the Heavenly Rules, they did not really want to implement them. Therefore, if the executors of these seventy-two Heavenly Rules met them, they would definitely be troubled by them.

Under such circumstances, there was no immortal official or general in the Heavenly Court who dared to step forward under the scrutiny of these Daluo and take on this responsibility. Moreover, almost all of them had already compiled words in their minds, thinking about how to refuse the Jade Emperor if he appointed them as generals.

Under such circumstances, Taibai took a step forward, as if he wanted to take the initiative to take over this hot potato.

Before Taibai could speak, Ao Bing's voice rang out.

Amidst countless surprised gazes, Ao Bing bowed to the Jade Emperor.

"I am willing to take on this responsibility."

Looking at the Azure Dragon that appeared, the Jade Emperor couldn't help but feel conflicted.

By this time, he already had a concrete impression of Qinglong's existence.

Putting aside the current strength - in the era of the ancient dragon clan, Qinglong's role in the dragon clan should be that of a wise man who determines the dragon clan's path.

It is precisely because the significance of his existence is so great that the dragon clan in the ancient times deliberately concealed all traces of him between heaven and earth in order to protect his safety.

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Therefore, he searched through his memory but could not find any trace of this Azure Dragon.

In the ancient times, the three tribes fought each other to the point of heaven and earth collapsing - that certainly brought endless troubles to the descendants of the three tribes, but when it comes to the influence of the three ancient tribes, when it comes to the power and honor of the three ancient tribes, who dares to say that they are not jealous?
At this time, a character who was suspected to be one of the 'helmsmen' of the ancient dragon clan, a wise man who was suspected to have manipulated the ancient dragon clan to stand out among all clans, appeared in front of the Jade Emperor. It was absolutely impossible to say that the Jade Emperor had no intention of conquering this wise man.

After all, since the appearance of this Azure Dragon, although the traces it has left between heaven and earth are only a few, each of them directly stirred the winds and clouds of heaven and earth and disturbed the great trend of heaven and earth.

Especially this time, the discussion of the Heavenly Rules that he mentioned in the Lingxiao Palace involved all the Daluo between heaven and earth, as well as several saints between heaven and earth.

With Taiyi's merits, he stirred up the winds and clouds, connected the general trend, and forced the Daluo between heaven and earth to go with the flow.

Such means and such people can be said to be the only ones seen in the Jade Emperor's life!
If one could win over the heart of such a being and make him plan for oneself, then under the overall situation of the heaven and earth, wouldn't the holy position revealed in this killing calamity be within reach?
How could the Jade Emperor bear to push such a person into the death pit?

At this moment, in the eyes of the Jade Emperor, Ao Bing's existence was almost equivalent to his sainthood - at least, that was the case before he confirmed that he could not subdue Ao Bing.

Therefore, when Qinglong took the initiative to volunteer and took up this most difficult matter, the Jade Emperor not only did not go with the flow and settle the matter, but instead, contrary to his usual behavior, spoke out to advise him.

"Qinglong, this matter of the law of death is extraordinary."

“The energy involved is immeasurable.”

"Now that the Dragon Clan is in charge of the wind and rain, they are already stretched to the limit and unable to do anything else."

“Although the law of death is severe, the sequence of wind and rain is an extraordinary supplement to the great cycle of water vapor.”

"As the head of the dragon clan, your family must take into account the order of wind and rain, as well as the stability of the four seas. Now you have to take charge of the decision of the law of death."

"You are seriously injured now, it is time for you to recuperate."

"I am really worried about your mental strength."

"If you are really interested in this death sentence, why don't you recover from your injuries in Heaven first?" The Jade Emperor said with a smile.

He could guarantee that he had never been so amiable since he took over the Heavenly Palace.

"Your Majesty." Ao Bing raised his eyebrows and spoke in a clear voice.

"The Heavenly Rules have been initially set - but as long as these Heavenly Rules are not put into practice, the discussion of all the Daluo will be nothing but empty talk."

"I really need to recover from this injury. I don't know how long it will take."

"Could it be that for all this time, this Heavenly Rule has been just a superficial thing?"

"Wouldn't this action make the Heavenly Court a laughing stock of heaven and earth?"

"This..." The Jade Emperor pondered.

He had to admit that Ao Bing's words made a lot of sense - today the Heavenly Court issued the Heavenly Law, but could not find anyone to enforce it. One can imagine what a joke this was.

As for the people who would execute these Heavenly Rules - he glanced over and saw that all the immortal officials and generals in Heaven lowered their heads and eyes, not daring to confront him at all. Even if he wanted to name someone, he didn't know whose name to choose.

As for Taibai Jinxing, with his lukewarm personality, if he were to be the one to enforce the Heavenly Law, it would be better to leave the position vacant.

After looking left and right and thinking it over, the Jade Emperor suddenly realized that in all the heavenly court, the Azure Dragon in front of him was the only one who dared to take on the responsibility of enforcing the Heavenly Law.

Only by letting him shoulder this burden can he avoid becoming a laughing stock in the Heavenly Court and in himself.

So the Jade Emperor could only sigh and then speak to Qinglong.

"In this case, I'd like to trouble you to take on this important task first. When I find someone who can help you, I will definitely send him to serve you." The Jade Emperor said, and then his eyes fell on the other Daluo.

"What do fellow Taoists think?"

"The Azure Dragon God is decisive in his actions and knows how to kill people in moderation. This heavenly rule was also proposed by him."

"What starts well ends well."

"I naturally agree that he should be in charge of the Heavenly Rules." Queen Hou Tu spoke first.

"Good!" The other Daluo also spoke. Each of them looked at Qinglong deeply, as if they wanted to remember this shadow completely in their hearts.

It's not surprising that he dares to put forward proposals that violate the rules of heaven.

But under such circumstances, daring to take over the rules of heaven is another matter altogether.

"It is interesting that such a character has never been mentioned in the long river of time."

All of a sudden, countless Daluo began to secretly speculate on Ao Bing's background.

Therefore, under the witness of all the Daluo, the Jade Emperor appointed Ao Bing as the Great Dragon God of Wind and Rain, and the Great Lord of Justice.

This Ling Xiao discussion ended here.

However, those Daluo did not leave, but continued to stay in Lingxiao Palace to deduce another part of the heavenly rules - that is, the part that did not involve death.

When all the gods came out of the Lingxiao Palace and the gate of the Lingxiao Palace slowly closed, all the immortal officials and generals in the Heavenly Palace knew that an extremely high mountain had appeared in the Heavenly Palace.

Not to mention other things, just Ao Bing's titles, a Great Dragon God, a Great Heavenly Sovereign - the two words "Great" are enough to prove his extraordinary identity.

"Great Lord, please stay." Here, as soon as the gate of Lingxiao Palace was closed, a general from the Heavenly Court immediately called Ao Bing.

"The Great Lord is in charge of the criminal law. May I ask you, when will the death law begin to be settled?"

Hearing this question, the other immortal officials and generals who had not yet left slowed down their pace and pricked up their ears.

This is a question that everyone is concerned about - but in Lingxiao Palace, no one dares to ask it.

The reason is also very simple.

There are 72 death laws. If we really trace them all the way back, then almost the vast majority of the immortal officials and generals present will suffer one of them.

For example, when fighting with others, they would tear open the water eyes to create geographical advantages, or cut off the earth veins to capture spiritual energy. Almost every immortal who could do this had done this.

"Although the saying does not apply retroactively - the situation in Heaven is different after all."

"Since I have been given this heavy responsibility, I shall investigate each one of them."

"Today is the limit of the heavenly rules. After today, those who break the rules again will not be pardoned."

"As for before today, we should report to His Majesty the Emperor of Heaven. Whether to punish or pardon will be decided by the Emperor of Heaven." Ao Bing pondered for a moment, gave an answer immediately, and then turned the topic to another plan.

Ao Bing still had a lot of goodwill towards the immortals and gods in Heaven - apart from anything else, the fact that the immortal officials and gods of Heaven were able to stand in the Lingxiao Palace in this era of constant killing proved that even if these immortal officials and gods had some faults, their merits definitely outweighed their faults to the world.

Otherwise, how could they escape the punishment of death?

"Instead of worrying about these, why don't you join forces with me to capture those evil demons and sinners in the world one by one - with such merits, His Majesty will have a reason to pardon you, right?" Ao Bing said with a smile.

"What the Great Lord of Heaven said makes sense." The other immortal officials and generals also nodded.

It is difficult to comment on their own past, but one thing is certain - that is, those who are still in the human world at this moment, especially the group of immortal demons, souls and evil spirits in the North Sea, they will definitely not be forgiven.

They, therefore, must be 'retroactively investigated'.

Moreover, because of the earth-shaking changes in the White Tiger Taoist Sect, this group of people had already been abandoned by the existence behind them.

Therefore, investigating them and taking action against them now is a decision that will definitely not be wrong, will definitely not offend others, and will not have any future troubles. It will also give you the opportunity to extricate yourself from that involvement.

"May I ask the Great Lord of Heaven, where should the residence of the Lord of Justice be placed?" After those immortal officials and generals left in a hurry, skilled craftsmen from Heaven appeared in front of Ao Bing and wanted to build a palace for him.

"Let's put aside the Heavenly Lord's palace for now." Ao Bing looked around the structure of the Heavenly Palace and then pointed to the north.

"You all, gather your strength first and build a prison for me in the north of the Heavenly Palace."

(End of this chapter)