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

Chapter 179: Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches Determine Time

The underworld.

Huang Long floated in the air, took out a scroll, and his voice spread throughout the world again.

"The Great Dao is above, I am the Yellow Dragon, and now I feel that the netherworld is lacking, so I have specially established the Twelve Earthly Branches."

"They are Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Ri, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu and Hai, corresponding to the twelve zodiac animals such as Rat, Rabbit, Ox... Pig."

"Divide it into Yin and Yang branches, and use them to sort out the earth veins, assist the operation of the Netherworld's time sequence, and perfect the order of Yin and Yang transformation. From now on, twelve years will be a cycle, and it will repeat over and over again. I hope the Great Dao will take notice."

As the words fell, the Netherworld was divided into twelve veins. Each vein was filled with extremely rich earth avenues and part of the time avenue. On each earthly branch, the shadow of one of the twelve zodiac animals appeared.

next moment.

Twelve figures flew out from the underworld. They were all creatures who died in the witch-demon calamity. They all had the perfect cultivation of Taiyi Golden Immortal during their lifetime.

Either the leader of a clan or the elder of a clan, both can represent the will of the clan.

Although they all carry some karma, after all, in this environment, no living being is truly clean.

However, in comparison, they have less karma than many living beings.

Plus their ethnicity fits the image of the twelve zodiac signs.

It is for this reason that Huang Long found them one after another and asked them if they were willing to help do something. In return, Huang Long could help them eliminate the karmic debts in their bodies.

Although they didn't know what Huang Long wanted them to do, none of them chose to refuse, and no one even hesitated too much.

Now that they have lost all their cultivation, only their souls remain in the underworld. What they have to face next is to survive the punishment of the eighteen levels of hell and successfully reincarnate.

Helping Huang Long to do things can at least eliminate the karma in their bodies and save them from going to the eighteen levels of hell. For them, this is a hundred benefits with no harm. How could they refuse?

What's more, Huang Long has always had a good reputation in the prehistoric world, and there might be some benefits in working for him.

Until just now, when Huang Long made the declaration to establish the Twelve Earthly Branches, they became convinced of this conjecture and believed that helping Huang Long would indeed be beneficial.

At the same time, they also understood what Huang Long needed them to do.

This is to make them representatives of the twelve Earthly Branches and important beings in the netherworld.

This is not about helping them eliminate their karma, it is clearly about giving them a huge amount of merit, which will not only allow them to restore their previous spiritual practice, but even give them the hope of making further progress.

Without the slightest hesitation, they immediately transformed into streams of light and flew high into the sky, responding loudly:

"I am the leader of the Golden Eyed Rat Clan under the command of Saint Huanglong. Today, I wish to use the power of my clan to assist the operation of the twelve earthly branches, guide the direction of the terrain, and promote the operation of the time sequence of the netherworld, forever suppressing the earthly branches from generation to generation."

"I am the master of the Black Water Buffalo under the command of Saint Huanglong. Today I wish to..."

As their voices fell, the Netherworld shook violently, the tunnels sensed the movement, and a huge amount of merit was bestowed, the amount was so large that there was no end in sight.

Even Jie Yin and Zhunti would make them jealous.

They have worked so hard for so many years, but their results are not as good as a casual remark from Mr. Huang.

About 30% of these merits fall on the map of the twelve Earthly Branches, allowing this acquired spiritual treasure to be promoted to an acquired merit spiritual treasure.

From now on, with it suppressing it, the fortune of the Twelve Earthly Branches will be as stable as a mountain.

Forty percent fell to the twelve Earthly Branches races, especially the race leaders, who seized the opportunity to not only restore their previous cultivation, but also achieve Daluo Jinxian and escape from the long river of fate.

Filled with great freedom and ease, the twelve Earthly Branches become more stable as a result.

And with the return of the spirits of the twelve Earthly Branches, the Avenue of Time that had just appeared in the Netherworld became more perfect, the Netherworld became more complete, and the authority of the underworld was further enhanced.

The underworld is also a part of the ancient world, and it occupies a very large part.

The establishment of the twelve Earthly Branches in the Netherworld has made the time sequence power of the prehistoric world more perfect. The prehistoric world has become more powerful, its origin has grown, and the evolution of heaven and earth has become more perfect.

The remaining three merits fell on Huang Long. Without much hesitation, he inserted them into the twelve Earthly Branches diagram, making them more agile, their aura more terrifying, and their quality reaching a higher level.

In order to refine the map of the twelve zodiac signs, Huang Long consumed a large amount of precious spiritual objects. Nearly half of the demon spiritual objects that Di Jun had sent him were used on the map of the twelve zodiac signs, which was itself a top-grade acquired spiritual treasure.

After gaining three merits, it evolved into a top-grade merit spiritual treasure. Now, with another three merits, it was instantly promoted to a merit treasure.

With such a meritorious treasure to suppress the Twelve Earthly Branches, there will be no problems unless a saint takes action.

Huang Long's two consecutive actions attracted the attention of many powerful people in the prehistoric world.

They were immediately filled with emotion. Every time Huang Long did not take action, it would be fine. But once he did, it would definitely be a shocking event in the world.

The ten golden crows transformed into ten dark suns, which not only allowed Di Jun's bloodline to continue, but also allowed it to appear in the world openly and become an important part of the underworld and even the prehistoric world.

With the appearance of ten Golden Crows, the Netherworld will become the first target for the remnants of the demon clan to seek refuge in the future.

Although during the Lich and Wizard Calamity, many demons died or were injured, suffering great losses.

But in their heyday, they were no weaker than the dragon, phoenix and unicorn tribes.

As the saying goes, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. Even though the demon clan suffered heavy losses, they are still a powerful force.

If the remaining members of the demon clan can be subdued, the strength of the Netherworld will be greatly enhanced.

More importantly, the appearance of the Ten Dark Suns has eliminated the imbalance between yin and yang in the underworld.

Moreover, with the rotation of the sun and the moon, the Avenue of Time appears in the underworld.

It makes the Netherworld have a proper balance of yin and yang and orderly time, making the Netherworld more perfect and further enhancing the authority of the underworld.

As authentic saints, Huang Long and Hou Tu's cultivation level was greatly improved.

Just when everyone thought that the matter had come to an end, Huang Long unexpectedly established the Twelve Earthly Branches.

It gives us a more intuitive concept of time. From now on, a cycle lasts for twelve years, which repeats over and over again in an endless cycle!

Not only did it further stabilize the time order of the underworld, but it also affected the entire prehistoric world.

The Avenue of Time is the most basic avenue in the prehistoric world. Even a slight change will affect the entire world.

The appearance of the Twelve Earthly Branches makes time more orderly and makes the time avenue of the prehistoric world more complete and mysterious.

The strength of all living beings who practiced the Avenue of Time decreased significantly, and a layer of fog appeared before their eyes.

But this is only temporary. As long as they break through this fog, their control over time will be improved and their strength will become even stronger.

This result made the people of the prehistoric world even more afraid of Huang Long. At least the other Heavenly Dao saints did not show the ability to influence the underlying rules of the prehistoric world.

If Honghuang can influence the avenue of time today, will it be able to influence the avenue of space and the avenue of life and death tomorrow?

Will it be difficult for even the Golden Immortal to travel through space in the future? Will there be a limit on their lifespans and they will also need to go through the six realms of reincarnation?
"It should finally be over this time..."

Many powerful people in the prehistoric world couldn't help but sigh, thinking that this matter was almost over. If it continued like this, their spiritual heart would probably be affected.

However, this is not over yet!

Wait until the twelve Earthly Branches become stable and the ten dark suns hang high in the sky.

Huang Long took out another scroll and said loudly:

"The Great Dao is above, I am the Yellow Dragon, and now I feel that the netherworld is lacking, so I hereby establish the Ten Heavenly Stems."

"They are Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, and Gui. Among them, Jia, Bing, Wu, Geng, and Ren are Yang stems, and Yi, Ding, Ji, Xin, and Gui are Yin stems."

"Perfect the changes of Yin Yang and the Five Elements, stabilize the order of time, from now on every twelve years is a circle, every sixty years is a cycle, repeating over and over again, endless reincarnation, I hope the Great Dao will learn from it."

Rumble——!
As soon as the words fell, the underworld shook violently again.

A vein appeared in the sky of the underworld, and every vein was filled with extremely rich Yin and Yang, Five Elements, and part of the Avenue of Time.

next moment.

The ten Dark Crows felt something in their hearts, and they manifested their true forms in the Dark Sun, leading the Dark Sun to fly into the four Heavenly Veins, and said several times in unison:

"I am the three-legged dark crow under the command of Saint Huanglong. From now on, I am willing to use my body to assist the operation of the ten heavenly stems and promote the operation of the netherworld's time sequence. For eternity after eternity, I will forever suppress the heavenly stems!"

Rumble——!
Heaven was moved and once again bestowed a huge amount of merit.

About 60% of it fell on the ten three-legged dark crows, allowing the sun's essence fire and the innate death energy to initially merge, transforming into the Nine Netherworld Fire, which still represented the extreme yang but contained the power of death.

From now on, as long as they fulfill their mission of illuminating the underworld and following the rising and setting of the sun and the moon on schedule, they will be able to gain endless merits. Sooner or later, they will be able to completely merge the sun's essence and fire with the innate death energy.

You no longer have to worry about the solar essence fire and the innate death energy restraining each other, causing an imbalance between the two great ways.

The remaining four merits still fell on Huang Long, and were also included in his record of the Ten Heavenly Stems.

This acquired spiritual treasure was promoted to an acquired treasure of merit and virtue, and was used to suppress the ten heavenly stems.

For all living beings in the ancient world, the changes in the Three-legged Crow and the Atlas of the Ten Heavenly Stems are certainly enviable, but what they really care about is the impact brought about by the Ten Heavenly Stems.

Although Emperor Jun also created the Ten Heavenly Stems when the Demon Clan's Heavenly Court was still there, his cultivation and vision were limited. He only designated a method of timekeeping and let Xihe be in charge of the rising and setting of the sun and the moon, giving him the magical power to master the great way of time.

However, the Ten Heavenly Stems established by Huang Long are not so simple. He uses the Ten Heavenly Stems as the underlying rules of the underworld and lets the Ten Heavenly Stems influence the Moon, Sun and the innate Five Elements.

And combined with the twelve Earthly Branches, it further improves the Avenue of Time and makes time more vivid.

Moreover, the ten heavenly stems established by Huanglong also interacted with the ten heavenly stems timekeeping established by the demon clan's heaven, which affected the entire time avenue of the prehistoric world.

The cultivation level of creatures practicing the Avenue of Time is further reduced, and the time loopholes in the prehistoric world become fewer.

This has already harmed the interests of many creatures in the prehistoric world, but no one dares to say anything.

Huang Long's actions showed that even if he had no understanding of the Avenue of Time before, he was already standing on the Avenue of Time.

As long as he is willing, the Avenue of Time can be comprehended and manipulated by him. Who dares to cause trouble for him?

Regarding the establishment of the Ten Heavenly Stems, many powerful beings in the prehistoric world had different reactions; even the Sage of Heaven could not remain indifferent.

But the one with the biggest emotional changes was the remaining soul of Xihe.

Lunar star.

With the help of Chang Xi, Xihe saw what happened in the Netherworld. She saw the ten three-legged golden crows transform into three-legged dark crows, which turned into the dark sun hanging high in the sky of the Netherworld, and moved into the ten celestial stems to assist their operation.

From now on, as long as the ten three-legged crows perform their duties without making mistakes, there will be no danger, and they will be able to gain merit continuously, and their future practice will be smooth.

Seeing this scene, Xihe knew that Huanglong had not lied to her. He not only restored her nine children to consciousness, but also paved the way for the ten three-legged crows in the future.

"I feel relieved to see that you are all right..."

Xihe cried with joy, tears of happiness flowing from the corners of her eyes. As for meeting her ten children, she never dared to think about it.

Although her residual soul was saved by Chang Xi and she can now move freely in her soul body, she is still a sinner, carrying a huge amount of karma, and is a thorn in the flesh of the saints of heaven.

If he stayed honestly on Taiyin Star, the saints of Heaven would not say anything. But if he entered the netherworld and met his children, he would probably be personally punished by them.

At this moment, Xihe suddenly discovered that Huang Long had raised his head and looked towards the Moon. His expression did not change at all, and he said calmly:

"The three dark crows are still young, and it is difficult for them to take on the task of patrolling the sky. Are you willing to enter my Netherworld, forever suppress the ten heavenly stems, and assist the three-legged dark crow in patrolling the sky?"

Xihe was slightly stunned, then overjoyed, but before she could say anything, Jade Purity Sage appeared outside the Taiyin Star holding the Pangu Banner.

"Huang Long, you've crossed the line!"

"Oh? How did I cross the line? Whose line did I cross?"

Huang Long's expression remained unchanged, except that his eyes narrowed slightly, emitting a dangerous light. The flow of time outside the Yin Star became extremely chaotic.

The face of Yuqing Saint changed, but he did not retreat at all, and it was even more impossible for him to retreat.

Xihe had the power to control the sun in the demon clan’s heaven. Now that the Xuanmen heaven has not yet been established, this power is still in Xihe’s hands.

If Xihe were allowed to enter the Netherworld, she could use the power of the Sun Controller to bring the Sun Star under the control of the tunnel.

Once Huang Long obtains the Sun Star, with the abilities he has demonstrated now, the Great Avenue of Time in the ancient world will fall into his control, which will cause huge losses to the Heavenly Dao. Yuqing must not let this happen.

Huang Long naturally understood what Yuqing was thinking, and he had no intention of falling out with Tiandao, at least for now.

His purpose this time was to establish the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, to make the Netherworld orderly in time, to master a part of the ancient time avenue, to leave an opportunity for the resurrection of Donghuang Taiyi, and to give Di Jun a glimmer of hope.

Now that these goals have been achieved, it is not too important for him to control the Sun Star.

"My target is not the Sun Star. Are you satisfied with this, fellow Taoist?"

"I hope you will keep your word!"

Yuqing snorted coldly and disappeared outside the Yin Star. As long as Huanglong did not reach out to the Sun Star, he could pretend not to see Xihe entering the underworld.

(End of this chapter)