Daojun, start from Penglai foundation building

"Goddess, may I ask if there is any immortal seat in heaven that I can sit in?"

The ghost asked cautiously.

Jiang Sheng recalled the scenes he had just seen: in the vast world, ghosts and gods were everywhere, swallowing incense and candles.
There are no immortals or gods in the world anymore.

And the sky?
After a hundred thousand years, if there really is someone in the world who can control the heaven and earth, with just that thin layer of spiritual energy, what would be left in the sky?
Moreover, Jiang Sheng clearly remembered the scene when his clone was sent in. The thin spiritual energy, the dim stars, and even the sun and the moon had lost their former glory.

Jiang Sheng clearly remembered the history of mountains and rivers that he saw in the Taoist Canon Pavilion of Penglai Taoist Sect after he had achieved the Dao Fruit of Refining Void.

One Yuanhui lasted for 129,600 years. This long period of time gave birth to tremendous disasters that turned the world upside down. Countless immortals and gods died in that Yuanhui disaster, which led to the current structure of the mountains and rivers and the current merger of the three realms.

This is the case with the Mountain and River Realm, what about the Mountain and Sea Realm?
"It is said in the Shanhai Chronicle that 100,000 years ago, the battle between the gods and immortals shattered the heaven and earth. A king emerged and broke the connection between heaven and earth to bring peace to the human world."

Thinking about the sparse sky and empty stars in the mountain and sea world today, a hundred thousand years is too long, so much so that the heaven and earth have been worn away, the immortals and gods have fallen, and even what happened in the past has become a vague sentence.

Jiang Sheng sighed softly. If there were still immortals and gods in the sky, how could he send this clone in so easily?

Looking at the ghosts and gods beside him, Jiang Sheng said, "There are no immortals and gods in the sky anymore."

The ghost was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "I think so."

Jiang Sheng smiled and waved his hand, his inspiration scattered and illuminated the house: "Venerable God, why don't you tell me about your own affairs?"

The ghost was stunned for a moment, and then frankly told Jiang Sheng his story: His name was Gao Yan, and he was a direct descendant of the Gao family. The Gao family was also a well-known ghost family in the Yu Dynasty, and countless gods were officially canonized by the Yu Dynasty throughout the dynasties.

Every generation of emperors in the Yu Dynasty would confer titles on a group of ghosts and gods to follow him. These ghosts and gods would later follow the emperor into the underworld and establish kingdoms in the netherworld.

The emperor is the ghost emperor, and the ghosts and gods who follow the emperor become subjects of the underworld kingdom, and continue to follow their emperor just like they do in the human world.

However, only the ghosts and gods personally appointed by the emperor are qualified to enter the underworld and enjoy the incense and immortality of the human world.

The emperors of the Yu Dynasty only conferred titles on two or three groups of ghosts and gods in their lifetime, and they would usually only confer titles on a group of ghosts and gods at the beginning of their reign and before being buried in the mausoleum.

Although the Gao family was a family of ghosts and gods in the Yu Dynasty, not every generation was qualified to receive the title from the Yu Emperor.

For example, the Emperor Yu of this generation did not confer titles on anyone from the Gao family. However, the Gao family had many ancestors underground. For example, the Emperor Yu of the previous generation conferred titles on a ghost from the Gao family as his subject and allowed the ghost to follow him to the underground.

Although Gao Yan was a direct descendant of the Gao family, he successfully cultivated to the Nascent Soul stage, and with the help of his family's power, he held incense and sacrifices and became a deity.

But the Gao family has no shortage of ghosts and gods like Gao Yan, and Gao Yan also knows that based on his connections and resources in the family, it is already the limit for him to become a ghost or god residing in the god tablet.

The possibility of going further is very small.

The ghosts and gods of the Gao family seem to be of respected status and are worshipped day and night, but when they encounter problems, they really have to risk their lives.

For example, once a war broke out underground, the ancestors of the Gao family would send a group of Gao family ghosts and gods to help in the battle, but it is easy to say that they can help in the battle, but once they die underground, they will be reduced to ashes.

The ancestors of the Gao family, those ghosts and gods who followed the successive Emperors of Yu to enter the underworld and serve as ghost ministers, made the Gao family's children pay a price in order to preserve their status.

For example, large-scale incense and sacrifices, and even human sacrifices, the Gao family spent a lot of resources, but could only barely keep the family from decaying.

There were countless ghost and god families like the Gao family in the Yu Dynasty.

However, all the ghost and god families had no intention of rebelling against the Yu Dynasty or the successive Yu emperors.

Ghosts and gods need to be conferred by the dynasty's fortune. Only those who are conferred by the dynasty are true gods. Otherwise, those rural fox gods will not last long.

The dynasty can enthronize you as a true god, or depose you.

The Yu emperors of all dynasties have conferred titles on many ghosts and gods, and have also deposed many ghosts and gods.

Once deposed, without the incense offerings and sacrifices of the four seasons, they would immediately be reduced to their original state.

What's more, even in the underworld, ghosts and gods are controlled by successive Yu emperors. Once Emperor Yu deposes a family of ghosts and gods in the underworld, the power of that family on the earth will also be affected.

Under various restrictions, all the noble families of the Yu Dynasty were nothing more than subjects of the Yu emperors. They were at the mercy of the Yu emperors and could not escape even death.

In fact, it would be good if he could really go underground and become a ghost minister of the Ghost Emperor, but the problem is that Gao Yan does not have the qualifications to be a ghost minister. After enjoying the glory and wealth in his life and the glory of being a direct descendant of the Gao family, his destiny is to become a ghost in the god tablet, confined in that small god tablet for life, guarding the Gao family, waiting for the dispatch of the ancestors of the Gao family in the underground, and ready to sacrifice himself at any time.

Gao Yan was unwilling to accept this, so he followed Gao Bo to Jinhua County.

Once they arrive in Jinhua County, Gao Bo will build a temple for Gao Yan. Then Gao Yan will not be confined to a small tablet, nor will he have to squeeze into a temple with so many ghosts and gods like he did in the Gao family.

Gao Yan would have his own temple and his own statue. He could act based on the statue, or he could turn the temple into his own palace with his own independent incense and sacrifices. This would be extremely tempting to Gao Yan, at least he wouldn't have to worry.

Gao Yan and Gao Bo actually used each other, and such combinations were very common among the ghost and god families throughout the Yu Dynasty.

Gao Yan's original idea was to cooperate with Gao Bo and become the city god of Jinhua County, exercising his power and authority.

But after meeting Jiang Sheng, Gao Yan had a new idea. If there were still immortals in the world, following them as a permanent companion would be a good choice.

Jiang Sheng realized one thing through Gao Yan's narration: the cultivation method of the Mountain and Sea Realm does not end at the Nascent Soul stage, but moves towards the path of ghosts and gods.

One huge dynasty after another was worshipped and worshipped among the people on earth, but also became a ghost dynasty underground.

The emperors on earth are the ghost emperors in the underworld, and the generals and ministers on earth are the ghost ministers and generals in the underworld, achieving true immortality.

But they are immortal, so what about the future of the mountain and sea world?
Jiang Sheng didn't mind how greedy these people were for immortality, nor did he care whether the common people in the Mountain and Sea Realm could survive. He didn't even care whether the future of the cultivators in the Mountain and Sea Realm was cut off.

Jiang Sheng needs the Mountain and Sea Realm to continue to exist and pull it out from the depths of chaos.

This concerns the grand plan of the Penglai Taoist Sect, Jiang Sheng’s own fortune, merits, and even his future path.

Recalling the incense and candles and ghosts and gods everywhere he saw in the sky just now, Jiang Sheng realized that the real ruler of the mountain and sea world is not the human world, but the underground.

In the past, immortals and gods were respected in the Mountain and Sea Realm, but in this era, ghosts and gods are respected in the Mountain and Sea Realm.

"Netherworld."

Jiang Sheng pondered, then looked at Gao Yan: "Gao Yan, do you want to live forever?" Gao Yan looked at Jiang Sheng hesitantly. Gao Yan was not a fool. The fact that he could stand out from the direct descendants of the Gao family and become a ghost god was enough to show Gao Yan's wisdom. It's just that his resources could only go so far.

Gao Yan and Jiang Sheng had just talked so much, and Gao Yan had already realized that the immortal in front of him might not be a creature from the Mountain and Sea Realm.

Gao Yan had to be alert to seeing a foreign immortal god: "My lord, I don't have any secrets here."

But Jiang Sheng smiled and said, "Oh? No secrets?"

"But haven't you already told me everything you know?"

Gao Yan suddenly realized why he felt such a connection with Jiang Sheng at first sight, and what made him tell Jiang Sheng everything he knew without reservation?
Is it really because Jiang Sheng saved Jinhua County?

But what does that have to do with him?

At this time, Gao Yan looked at the immortal in front of him. Under that clear and majestic inspiration, Gao Yan seemed to see a figure so huge that it reached the sky and the earth.

The figure was surrounded by wind, thunder, water, and fire, and the endless heavenly light intertwined and turned into a feather cape. The figure's eyes were blue-gold, and behind his head hung a blue-colored Dao wheel. On both sides of the blue-colored Dao wheel, there were two halos, one gold and one purple, looming.
"Gao Yan, you have to know that I have no choice but to choose you."

"Tell me, if Gao Bo knew that I could make him a god and make him immortal, what would he do?"

Jiang Sheng spoke softly, twisting his left hand lightly, pinching the strands of spiritual energy into a green lotus.

Gao Yan hesitated for a moment, but still bowed down:
"Little God, I am willing to be driven by the immortal"

Outside the mountains and seas.

In the deep and dim chaos, a bone boat a million miles long was quietly floating above the mountain and sea realm, and behind it were energy storage organs that emitted brilliant light like stars.

Jiang Sheng and Xiang Yu Xianjun were sitting cross-legged on the bone boat, playing chess.

The chess pieces are made of jade and spiritual minerals that are turned out from the bellies of wild beasts. These are the few things that Jiang Sheng and Xiangyu Xianjun can use to pass the time.

As the game deepened, Jiang Sheng said softly, "This is what I know about the situation in the Mountain and Sea Realm. What do you think, Immortal Lord?"

As Xiang Yu Xian Jun placed his chess pieces, he asked, "Young friend, are you planning to do something in the Netherworld of the Mountain and Sea Realm?"

Jiang Sheng nodded. He and Xiang Yu Xianjun were in the same boat, so there was no need to hide these things. "To be honest with you, Xianjun, I do plan to go to the Netherworld of the Mountain and Sea Realm to take a look."

"After a hundred thousand years, who knows how many ghosts and gods there are in the underworld of the mountain and sea world."

"These ghosts and gods are just like the dynasties in the human world. They each occupy one side. After so many years, I'm afraid they have already become giant monsters lingering in the underworld."

"I even suspect that the thin spiritual energy and insufficient Yuanji in the human world of Shanhai Realm is caused by too many ghosts and gods."

"Countless ghosts and gods linger in the netherworld and the human world. They are immortal, absorbing the spiritual power and incense of heaven and earth, and occupying the origin of the mountain and sea world. No wonder the mountain and sea world has become like this."

"The Mountain and Sea Realm has been trapped in the depths of chaos for too long, and there are too many ghosts and gods."

Xiang Yu Xianjun smiled and said, "There will be a catastrophe in the Yuanhui, affecting the heaven and earth and all living things. When the catastrophe comes, the world will turn upside down, and immortals and gods will fall like rain."

"If what you said is true, there are still 29,600 years until the next great catastrophe of the Yuanhui. By then, the Mountain and Sea Realm will be hit by another monstrous catastrophe."

Jiang Sheng nodded: "I have personally suppressed the mud dragon, and I have some guesses about the origin of the mud dragon."

"The so-called mud dragon or the earth dragon mentioned in the book are all formed by the accumulation of filth from heaven and earth. Looking through the Shanhai Annals, the number of earth dragons turning over and mud dragons walking is increasing in the southeast of the Yu Dynasty alone.

"This is enough to show that the calamity energy has already penetrated deep into the human world and even the netherworld. If the next great calamity of Yuanhui breaks out, given the fragile state of the Mountain and Sea Realm now, I am very worried that the Mountain and Sea Realm will fall apart directly."

Xiang Yu Xianjun realized Jiang Sheng's idea, and his expression became serious: "My friend, don't tell me that you are planning to trigger this disaster!"

Jiang Sheng shook his head: "I just want to make the calamity of the Mountain and Sea Realm erupt earlier, so as to eliminate some of the calamities and delay some time. As long as the Mountain and Sea Realm can be pulled back to the central region of the universe, as long as the Mountain and Sea Realm can be combined with the Three Realms, this epochal catastrophe that affects the Mountain and Sea Realm can be eliminated without a trace."

"My Lord, I don't need this merit and luck. I have the entire Penglai Dao Sect behind me, and even the Heavenly Venerable favors me."

"Even if I don't have this opportunity, I will have more opportunities in the future, enough for me to achieve the Pure Yang Dao."

"But what about you, Immortal Lord? How many chances do you have left as a remnant soul?"

Xiangyu Immortal Lord was silent.

Just as Jiang Sheng said, he can't compare with Jiang Sheng.

Jiang Sheng is the pride of the Penglai Taoist Sect, a Chunyang talent favored by the Chunyang Taoist Lords, and a future Taoist who will be on par with the Chunyang Taoist Lords. He has far more opportunities than himself.

After thinking for a while, Xiang Yu Xian Jun asked: "My friend, tell me what you think."

Jiang Sheng smiled and said, "My Immortal Lord, my idea is very simple. I will build a temple for you in the human world, create a golden body, and use the power of incense to rebuild a body for you."

"Then the Immortal Lord will go to the netherworld to establish the law system, and I will open a Taoist temple in the human world. With the power of the Immortal Lord and I, we may be able to compete for the luck of the Mountain and Sea Realm. As long as we can take a little luck from the Mountain and Sea Realm, the rest of the things will be much easier."

"Moreover, if the Immortal Monarch can really establish a netherworld underworld in the Mountain and Sea Realm and gain some luck, then when the Mountain and Sea Realm returns to the Primal Chaos, the Immortal Monarch will also have a place to stand."

Xiang Yu Xianjun no longer hesitated: "Just do as you said!"

The next day, southeast of the mountain and sea boundary.

Outside the county of Jinhua in Lingyouzhou of the Yu Dynasty, a large number of craftsmen began to build temples.

Although the spiritual energy in the mountain and sea world is thin, there is no shortage of monks. Building a temple takes years for ordinary people, but it is much simpler for monks.

Jinhua County Magistrate Gao Bo personally supervised the progress of the temple construction, and at the same time took out the blueprints to explain to Jiang Sheng the scale of the temple and the various types of incense.

"My Lord, once this temple is completed, it will definitely be the largest temple in Jinhua County and even in the surrounding counties. It can enshrine more than ten gods, have more than a hundred sacrificial attendants, and can accommodate a thousand people to worship and burn incense."

Jiang Sheng listened to Gao Bo's explanation and looked at the temple that was beginning to take shape in front of him, his eyes full of smiles.

"Ghosts and gods of the mountain and sea world, I will come to see you soon." (End of this chapter)