Honghuang: I, Huanglong, refine the heavens and do not join the Chan sect

Chapter 166 Human Sacrifice, Nine Nether Ghost Mother

The primitive sky.

The ancient stars suddenly shone brightly, and the stars twinkled and rotated along mysterious trajectories, forming a mysterious formation.

The stars bloomed and countless starlight fell from the sky, shining through the black umbrella of the sky and falling on the vast earth.

Looking up, you will find that the dark sky is lit up by countless stars, which is magnificent, dreamy and beautiful.

But in the eyes of the human race and other people who were slaughtered, the appearance of starlight not only did not give them hope, but instead extinguished the hope they saw.

Even with the protection of the Nine Nether Soul-Calming Umbrella, the power of the Zhoutian Star Array should not be underestimated.

As the stars fell, the projections of the five ghost gates and the Nether River were severely suppressed. The coverage area was reduced a lot, and the power to absorb souls was also reduced a lot.

The demon clan that was suppressed by the Nine Nether Soul-Calming Umbrella also resumed its actions, and more and stronger demon clans joined in the slaughter and soul collection.

Unfortunately, facing the Zhoutian Star Array, the human race is helpless, and the survivors can only flee for their lives in the hope of saving their lives.

The dead tried their best to float towards the Yinchai, Ghost Gate and Youhe River, hoping to enter the underworld and have a chance of reincarnation.

With Huang Long's cultivation and preparation, if he uses all his strength, he can block the starlight for a considerable period of time.

But he looked at the sky and finally gave up the plan. His goal had been achieved. Continuing would only result in a lose-lose situation, which was not worth it.

As if sensing Huang Long's decision, the pressure that only a saint could perceive also weakened a lot.

Heaven beyond heaven, Zixiao Palace.

Daozu Hongjun withdrew his gaze, and his aura returned to calm.

He has been planning for so many years just to make the human race the protagonist of heaven and earth and let humanity appear in the world.

The catastrophe that the human race is experiencing now is not only a test they must go through, but also the prelude to the war between the witches and the liches.

No matter what, the human race must go through enough tests, and the demon race must refine the Witch-Slaying Sword to make the strength of the two races almost the same.

Only in this way can the human race transform and possess the potential to become the protagonist of heaven and earth.

Only in this way can the two races of wizards and liches suffer mutual defeat, completely withdraw from the prehistoric world, and leave the stage to the human race.

Hongjun could tolerate Huanglong's involvement in the great calamity of the human race on the grounds that the soul should return to the underworld.

But if Huang Long continues to take action and destroys the catastrophe of the human race, causing the demon race to be unable to refine the Witch-Slaying Sword, which will affect future wars between wizards and demons, he will not be able to tolerate it. This is his bottom line!

Fortunately, Huang Long saw his bottom line and did not continue to attack, which made him feel relieved.

With the strength of Hongjun Daozu, he was not afraid of Huang Long. It was just that at his current level, the Dao was everything to him. As for other fights, he didn't care.

Once you take action, it will affect many future plans, it's not worth it.

The two top powerful beings in the prehistoric world had a tacit understanding with each other and avoided a fight.

……

Wild land.

Huang Long did not continue to attack, which made the demons feel relieved. They seemed to have not noticed the evil spirits around them, either collecting souls or slaughtering living beings.

But now, they are no longer as calm as they were before, and they dare not continue to find ways to increase the resentment of the human race.

Their goal has changed from collecting the wronged souls of the human race to collecting as many human souls as possible.

The Styx, the Five Ghost Emperors and many ghost messengers, they followed Huang Long's orders carefully, as if they did not see the demon clan, and performed their duties of capturing and guiding souls.

Huang Long has two purposes this time.

One is to take this opportunity to demonstrate the strength of the underworld, publicize the authority of the underworld, and tell all living beings in the prehistoric world that no matter who they are, their souls should return to the netherworld after death, and they should follow the underworld messengers to the underworld to be judged!

The other is to express the attitude towards humanity which has not yet been truly born. When humanity is in trouble, the underground will not sit idly by.

Next, there will be a struggle between the demons and the underworld to see who can capture more souls.

However, compared to the demon clan's urgency, the underworld seemed much calmer.

But even so, there are still about 30% of human souls, either sucked away by the Ghost Gate and the Nether River, or captured by the underworld.

Such results were within Huang Long's expectations. His goal had been achieved, and 30% was enough.

As for the casualties of the human race, it did not cause much emotional fluctuation in him.

He has one thing in common with Hongjun, and that is the heart of pursuing the great way.

His Tao heart is extremely strong. Apart from the Tao, there are not many things that can cause him emotional fluctuations. The deaths and injuries of the human race also have no effect on him.

……

Another twenty years later.

When the human race was reduced to tens of millions out of the trillions, Saint Taiqing walked out of the Bajing Palace.

Di Jun knew that this had touched the bottom line of the saint. After thinking for a moment, he ordered the troops to withdraw.

Enough materials for the Witch-Slaying Sword!
The massacre that lasted for nearly a hundred years caused heavy losses to the human race and also made them understand what true despair is.

Under this despair, all the surviving humans underwent a transformation.

Reborn from the inside out, with a strong body, a strong will, and a greatly increased level of cultivation, they will become the next elite of the human race and the foundation for the future.

During this catastrophe, the three ancestors of the human race all achieved a breakthrough in their cultivation and achieved the state of Hunyuan.

Youchao, in particular, created burials, worshipped Huanglong and Houtu, and his cultivation level even broke through to the middle stage of Daluo Jinxian.

Although his tribe also suffered huge losses, under Huang Long's special protection, the number of souls from this tribe that came to the underworld was the largest among all the tribes, and they had more hope of reincarnation.

In addition to the three ancestors of the human race, the number of Taiyi Golden Immortals of the human race increased from a few dozen to several thousand, and the number of Golden Immortals and Xuan Immortals increased to tens of thousands.

But the price was too high. All the surviving humans grew up stepping on the corpses of 99% of their fellow tribesmen.

Faced with the demons' relentless pressure, the human race rose up to resist.

Finally, faced with numerous blood debts and deep hatred, the three ancestors of the human race spoke with tears in their eyes.

"God and earth are above us. From now on, the human race and the demon race will never reconcile and will fight to the death!"

Rumble!
Thunder roared, the earth and the sky shook, and the way of heaven and earth responded to the oath of mankind at the same time.

The karma formed by the tragic deaths of hundreds of millions of human beings is like a long black snake, tightly entwined around the fortune of the demon race, like a maggot attached to the bones, constantly eroding the fortune and blessings of the demon race.

Many demons were furious. They had never imagined that the weak human race could have such bloodiness and courage.

Many powerful demons suggested continuing to take action to eradicate the human race.

The human race is just a newly born creature. They should feel honored to be the blood food of the demon race and to be a helper of the demon race in defeating the witch race. How dare they fight to the death with my demon race? Don't you even look at your own weight?

Even some powerful demons who had not yet emerged in the ancient land were leading their troops towards the surviving human tribes.

But now that the catastrophe is over and humanity has successfully passed the test, there is no reason for the saints to stand idly by.

Just when the demon army was approaching the human tribe, a Tai Chi diagram suddenly fell from the sky, surrounded by black and white colors. As the diagram unfolded, millions of demon soldiers were turned into dust and died.

Among them are not only thousands of Taiyi Golden Immortals, but even more than a dozen Daluo Golden Immortals.

The meaning of Saint Taiqing was very clear. He was also warning the Heavenly Court that if they dared to take action again, he would not be polite anymore.

This result was within Di Jun's expectations, but his expression was still grim. At this point, he suddenly realized what was going on.

It turns out that the reason why the demon clan discovered the Tuwu Sword and made such a decision was all the calculation of heaven and earth and the general trend. It was just a tool to test the human race.

If the wizards and liches were defeated, the human race, with the support of the two saints, would surely take their place and occupy the position of protagonist of heaven and earth.

No matter it is for the Great Dao or for the demon race, in the upcoming war between wizards and liches, Heaven can only win and cannot lose!
If he succeeds, he will rule the world and become the real Emperor of Heaven. The demons will also become the eternal protagonists of the prehistoric world, and the saints will bow down before the Heavenly Court.

If they lose, everything will be in vain. After experiencing this, there is no turning back for the demon clan.

The only thing he could do now was to refine the Witch-Slaying Sword and prepare a retreat for the demon clan in advance.

The Demon Clan and the Witch Clan have been fighting for so many years that Di Jun may know the other side better than the Witch Clan itself. Facing such an enemy, no matter how conceited he is, he does not think that he can win with the Witch-Slaying Sword.

……

After Saint Taiqing took action, Emperor Jun ordered the demon army to retreat.

The souls of the human race floating between heaven and earth, as well as the souls of other living beings who died tragically during this period, have now either been taken away by the demons or sent to the underworld.

Now that everything had come to a destination, Huang Long stopped moving and closed the Nine Nether Soul-Calming Umbrella and returned to the Yunyin Taoist Temple.

at the same time.

The black umbrella that covered the entire ancient sky also disappeared at this time, and the sky was bright again.

This was also a signal. Seeing this, Minghe and others dispersed from the formation.

The projection of the dark river that spread all over the vast wilderness disappeared, and the five towering ghost gates returned to peace.

All the black fog in the ancient world dissipated, and after the ghosts returned to the underworld through the projections of the Ghost Gate, these projections also disappeared.

It was as if Huang Long had never taken action, and the forces of the underworld had never come to the human world.

Just as it appeared, everything disappeared just as suddenly and without any warning.

……

The ancestral land of human beings, Kongtong Mountain.

Under the leadership of the three human ancestors, Suiren, Youchao and Ziyi, it took the human race hundreds of years to collect the remains of their own people.

They built a huge tomb at the foot of Kongtong Mountain and set up an altar, on which were placed the heads of many monsters, as well as the spirits of the dead, to offer sacrifices to the underworld.

Suiren remained silent, walked to the front of the tomb, and used flint to burn the corpses of his tribesmen.

The desolate and low sound of the sacrifice echoed in Kongtong Mountain and gradually drifted away. This was the first and largest fire sacrifice in the history of the human race!
In the hearts of human beings, the underworld has become the most revered place, and its status has risen by leaps and bounds!

The most important affairs of a clan are sacrifices and wars!

From then on, worshiping ancestors and the underworld became a major priority for the human race, and the fortune of the underworld grew at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Huang Long smiled at this scene.

In this way, all the hard work of the underworld will not be in vain.

As long as nothing major happens, the status of the underworld among the human race will be stable.

When the human race becomes the protagonist of heaven and earth in the future, the fortune of the underworld will continue to grow. In the long run, the status of the underworld in the human race will not be weaker than that of the future Xuanmen Heaven.

Huang Long also responded to the human race's sacrifice in a timely manner, and an unspeakable voice echoed in the ears of the human race.

Although they couldn't express it in words, they heard the meaning clearly.

"The souls of the human race who died tragically will be given priority to reincarnate as humans..."

Youchao and others were delighted upon hearing this, and hurriedly paid homage in the direction of the yellow dragon statue.

"The Great Emperor Jiuyou Wusheng who saves the suffering and the distressed is merciful!"

Huang Long's status in the hearts of the human race increased again.

……

After finishing this, Huang Long came to Youdu Mountain.

Before we knew it, three thousand years had passed.

this day.

The huge Youdu Mountain trembled slightly, attracting the attention of many creatures in the underworld.

Before they could notice anything, they saw a huge black umbrella floating in the sky above Youdu Mountain, which calmed the restless Youdu Mountain and blocked the attention of outsiders.

No one knew what exactly happened in Youdu Mountain, but no one was panicked. This was the underworld, and with Saint Huanglong in charge, what accidents could there be?
Even if a saint from heaven comes, he will have to lie down obediently!

Seeing that there was nothing to be seen, all the creatures withdrew their gaze and went about their own business.

At the same time, in Youdu Mountain, Nether Palace.

Huang Long sat cross-legged by the Yin Lake, watching a beautiful figure gradually emerge from the water.

She had a proud and well-proportioned figure, and was wearing a long black dress. Her two white jade-like feet were barefoot. She stood on the water, looking around in a daze.

"I'm……"

Her brows were slightly furrowed, and a look of pain appeared on her face. After a long time, her brows finally relaxed and a gleam of light flashed in her eyes.

"I am... the Nine Nether Ghost Mother!"

She figured out many things. She knew who she was, her experiences in the ancient times, and her...

Resurrected!
She looked at the yellow dragon on the shore with gratitude in her eyes.

"You saved me... Gurgle Gurgle..."

But just as she took a step forward and was about to go over to express her gratitude, she suddenly missed a step and fell into the cold lake. The cold water wet her clothes, further highlighting her proud figure.

But at this moment, she didn't care about her miserable appearance. Her eyes were full of confusion and fear.

"Where is my cultivation?"

She is the Nine Nether Ghost Mother, an innate sacred being from the same period as Hongjun.

But now, she couldn't even stand on the water. She had Taoism skills but no magical power. She was just like an ordinary person.

Seeing this, Huang Long waved his sleeves gently, pulled her out of the water, and shook his head helplessly.

"Don't worry, my friend. Let me explain it to you in detail."

The Nine Nether Ghost Mother was suppressed by Hongjun and Tiandao together. Even with Huang Long's current cultivation level, he could not bypass Tiandao and Hongjun and rescue her.

During the great calamity of the human race, Huang Long deliberately covered the entire prehistoric world with the Nine Nether Soul-Calming Umbrella, expanding the scope of influence of the Ghost Gate and the Nether River as much as possible and increasing the influence of the tunnel.

One of the unknown secrets is that when the power of the tunnel covers the entire prehistoric world, it can cause a wisp of true spirit of the Nine Nether Ghost Mother to resonate and thus rescue her.

The Nine Nether Ghost Mother was the original underground agent, so she was able to use this method to bypass the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun and restore her true spirit to freedom.

In other words, the current Nine Nether Ghost Mother is just a wisp of true spirit and is not truly resurrected.

(End of this chapter)