Myriad Paths

Li Qi looked at Mo Hu, stretched his body, and said to Shen Shuibi: "Then I'll go first."

Shen Shuibi looked at Li Qi and sighed: "Go."

Mo Hu bowed his head and saluted Shen Shuibi, but didn't say much.

It's really not appropriate to say more in this scene.

Li Qi and Mo Hu left, passed through the gate, and went to the underworld.

Shen Shuibi watched them leave, and finally shook her head.

What can I do? Cry and make a fuss to tie Li Qi here, and never let him do anything dangerous?

No, Shen Shuibi will never do this.

So, wait for him to come back at home now, at least from now on, he comes back every time.

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On the other side.

Li Qi followed Mo Hu to the underworld, where he met the Demon Prince again.

Theoretically, he and the Demon Prince should be considered brothers.

They were all created by the demons during the process of destroying Buddhism. In the outside world, they are generally called "sons of the demons", and the name of the demon prince also comes from this.

At this moment, the scenery of the underworld is very scary.

But below, countless ghosts are running in panic, seeking to save themselves. They are dragged by their past sins and suddenly arrive in hell.

A hot wind blows up, blowing hot black sand to their bodies, and their whole bodies are black, like black clouds. The hot sand burns the skin and flesh through the bones. Black flames rise from the sinners' bodies, circling around the body and returning to the body, causing all kinds of suffering, burning and scorching.

There are also sinners lying in iron mortars, pounding with iron pestles from feet to head, their skin and flesh are shredded, pus and blood flow out, pain and bitterness, and all kinds of poisons come.

In another hell, the jailers take the sinners and throw them into a large iron urn. The hot soup boils and boils the sinners, who scream and cry in pain.

This cycle seems to be endless.

This is "retribution".

To be precise, this is part of paying off karma when you are reincarnated.

Before everyone reincarnates, they must pay off karma. Only when the karma of their life is clear can they be alone and reincarnate safely.

Good karma leads to good results, and bad karma leads to bad results. All of these end here.

Of course, there is no such thing as good or evil, because what you get is what you have done.

Everything you do in your life will get almost perfect feedback here. If you treat others kindly when you are alive, you will also be treated kindly here.

If you kill people without reason throughout your life, you will also get endless killing here, but this time the target of killing has changed to yourself.

The good and bad of it all depends on oneself. A completely perverted person thinks that being tortured is pleasant, and being treated kindly is a torture, so he is kind to people in this life.

Then, when he comes to the underworld, he will also be treated kindly.

Regardless of your deeds, no matter what you think, here you will only get retribution for everything you have done in your life. This is a manifestation of "karma".

In the underworld, you will be helped to eliminate all the karma on your body. As for how to eliminate it... of course, you will eat up all the karma yourself.

Whatever you have done will be perfectly fed back to you, no matter what you think.

What you have done will determine what you will receive, because karma is essentially directional. When the "combined force" of karma is zero, it means that you have paid it off and can be reincarnated.

And the ones who control all this are the many sects of the lineage of cultivating karma, such as Buddhism, the hell, the ghost, and the lineage of karma demons. They are all good at controlling karma, and they are also responsible for maintaining the normal operation of reincarnation.

Now that the karma demon is dead and the Bodhisattva has disappeared, the operation of the underworld has essentially stopped, resulting in the basic non-existence of the "retribution after death".

Fortunately, this situation did not last long, and soon someone came to take over.

The person who took over was the Demon Prince.

Li Qi saw that the Demon Prince was presiding over the reincarnation, and the karma he controlled was eliminating all the karma for each reincarnated true spirit.

This reveals a fact more clearly-

The reason why this universe is like this is because the powerful people want it to be like this.

This is also true for reincarnation.

Li Qi is a leisurely person, but including the sun in the world, there are people on duty in many places. Obviously, this is also paid, and the reward is the corresponding "authority".

If you don't care about this authority, it doesn't matter, but if you want it, you have to come to work.

Just like the sacrifices of witches and shamans, many things with symbolic meanings have magical powers, and the "authority" from the existing order of the universe is naturally the same. Therefore, for many powerful people, they are very happy to do such a job, and even form a competitive situation for the job.

For example, the Five Ghost Emperors, the Ten Kings of Hell, etc.

But there are also those who are unwilling to work and are forcibly captured. There is a magic weapon called "Investiture of the Gods", which is responsible for this. Many powerful people who are unwilling to work will be captured to work. It all depends on the specific situation and cannot be generalized.

Li Qi walked to the side of the Demon Prince and saw that he was busy.

So he reached out and provided some help.

As a second-grade practitioner, Li Qi was not proficient in the law of karma, but he had some knowledge of it, so it was easy for him to help the Demon Prince with some odd jobs.

Therefore, this group of people was dealt with quickly, and the Demon Prince separated a Dharma body, and while the main body was still dealing with the reincarnation matters, let the Dharma body talk to Li Qi.

"Thank you." The Demon Prince nodded slightly to Li Qi.

Li Qi's eyes widened. !

Shocked!

So the Demon Prince actually knew how to say thank you?

It was really rare for the Demon Prince to say thank you.

Really, it was so rare that Li Qi felt that he should thank the Demon Prince for this "thank you".

He had to thank the Demon Prince for letting him see such a rare scene.

Seeing Li Qi's appearance, the Demon Prince's expression turned cold, and he brushed his sleeves and went straight to the topic: "I have basically mastered the karma. Now the power in my hands is also considered superior in the second grade. It's time to move on to the next step."

"It's not enough. The situation in the formless realm is not very good. It can't maintain the state of "nothingness". "Li Qi said.

"There are some things that need to be clarified about this." The Demon Prince said, and began to explain some problems.

While speaking, Li Qi looked at the sky, the dim sun in the underworld.

Is that also the sun?

The underworld has also changed. It has changed from the original "plane" to a planet.

These are all changes that are in line with the changes in the universe.

The outside world that Li Qi knew at first was a variety of independent worlds and world groups. What the world looks like depends entirely on the evolution process. The entire world is completely isotropic.

The outside world now is composed of various galaxies, and the underworld is the same.

Li Qi looks at the sun, which is actually judging what the current underworld is like.

This can be seen from the trajectory of the sun.

If there is an orbit around the sun, and it is round, and the earth's axis has no inclination, the sun's path is a point.

The orbit around the sun is round, the earth's axis has an inclination, and the sun's path is a symmetrical figure eight.

The orbit around the sun is elliptical, the earth's axis has no inclination, and the sun's path is an elliptical, and it is a straight line in the east-west direction at the equator.

The orbit around the sun is elliptical, the earth's axis has an inclination, and the sun's path is an asymmetrical figure eight.

You only need to take a quick look to judge what the underworld is pretending to be.

Li Qi could also use True Knowledge to scan it, but using True Knowledge in this place was not polite and offensive. It would be bad if he attracted the attention of other second-grade people.

You know, although Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is gone now, the reincarnation cycle has not stopped, and the Lord of Mount Tai is not someone who is easy to provoke. King Yama has to bow his head in front of them.

The golden monkey was able to make a big fuss at the beginning, and no one in the Ten Halls of Hell could control it. In fact, it was because the Ten Halls of Hell were only third-grade, and Ksitigarbha and the Lord of Mount Tai did not show up directly.

Li Qi quickly got the answer. This is an immovable planet, and the sun will not move. The two are in a static state. It is a permanent dusk here, and the dim red halo will continue forever.

"Are you listening?" The Demon Prince suddenly asked at this time.

"Oh, I see. They are all small matters. They are not a problem." Li Qi came back to his senses and said, "Compared to these, how to get the Desire Realm from Wu Xian is a bigger problem."

"Then it depends on you." The Demon Prince said, "With the help of the entire reincarnation, the cultivation plan of the Formless Realm is not difficult, but I can't get involved in the Desire Realm... I have no connections in Wushen Mountain."

"Okay, then let's divide the work like this." Li Qi expressed his understanding, and then said, "Are you the one who led the current state of the underworld? There are only three second-grade ones in the underworld now, right?"

"I haven't touched it." The Demon Prince shook his head, "I am only responsible for dealing with karma. This part was originally handled by the Karma Demon. To be honest, I have no intention of taking over the underworld."

"When you took over the underworld and cultivated the Formless Realm as the destination of all reincarnation true spirits, you were already taking over the underworld. It might cause disputes. You should be careful." Li Qi reminded.

"Then, it's settled. You go get the Desire Realm, and I'll continue to cultivate the Formless Realm." The Demon Prince seemed unwilling to waste too much time on this topic.

"Okay." Li Qi nodded, then turned and left.

Li Qi quietly left the underworld. Now he was going to start his new chapter of destroying demons, and join forces with the Demon Prince... to get both opposing heavens.

The Formless Realm and the Heaven of Transformation.

From now on, all the three grades of Qi Palace have been temporarily put aside by Li Qi. The plan for the Demon Prince to be promoted to the second grade has ended. He doesn't need Qi Palace for the time being, so he can let them continue to operate.

This made Li Qi sigh.

His approach is actually very similar to... the witch god.

The attitude of the witch god towards Li Qi should be the same, right?

When they need it, they will meet Li Qi in person and let him join one of their plans. When they don't need it, they will just leave it there and wait for it to be used when needed.

As for how to get the Desire Realm... this is actually a bit troublesome.

The value of the Desire Realm is well known. It is an important trophy of the Wu Dao in the war between humans and witches, and is currently in the hands of Wu Xian.

Li Qi is walking in the universe.

To be honest, Li Qi was a little suspicious halfway through the journey...

He suspected that Wu Xian had expected this day when he took the Desire Realm from him.

Wu Xian expected that Li Qi would want to take the Desire Realm back, so he took the Desire Realm away in the name of trophies in advance, causing Li Qi to have to ask Wu Xian for the Desire Realm now.

If he wants to take it back... I'm afraid it's not that easy.

Thinking in this way, Li Qi has returned to Wushen Mountain, and this time, he went straight to Wu Xian's residence.

As the actual leader of Wushen Mountain, Wu Xian's residence is not a secret, and he himself is not so high and mighty. He often preaches on Wushen Mountain, and when he is free, he will study and ponder some methods and spread them out.

Many rural witches, those witches who do not belong to Wushen Mountain, were born in this way.

Wu Xian is very close to the people, and he even studies medicine and music. His medical skills are also well-known to be brilliant. In ancient times, when humans and witches had not yet separated, Wu Xian created the instrument "drum", which was played to please Haotian.

It is well known that Haotian likes music, and there is even such a thing as "the echo of creation", and Wu Xian was once the chief priest of Haotian.

From these aspects, it can be seen that Wu Xian is not a difficult person to get along with.

However, after all, he is a first-class, and no matter how easy it is to get along, it is based on the "other party's initiative and willingness".

Just like all witches, Wu Xian is not a good guy. His good relationship does not mean that he will help you, nor does it mean that he will not plot against you.

In fact, Wu Xian and Wu Geng, two witch gods, have made great contributions to divination.

The divination invented by Wu Xian is a metaphysical divination, called "divination", and Wu Geng invented "calculation", which is a prediction through the method of calculation. The combination of the two is the origin of the lineage of divination.

As the saying goes: "The name of divination is Wu Geng and Wu Xian."

And Wu Geng is the witch god promoted by the lineage of divination, and also the teacher of Zhu Fengdan.

It is a very strange thing that Zhu Fengdan, the divination master, is actually a divination master.

However, thinking of Zhu Fengdan's usual heresy, this is also very normal, and for the witch gods, they have long been not bound by the Taoist lineage.

While thinking about Wu Xian in his mind, Li Qi also came to where Wu Xian was.

It can be seen that a group of young people are surrounding Wu Xian and asking questions in an orderly manner.

Li Qi took a glance and saw that all these young people were the sons of Wushen Mountain.

These young people were full of energy and vigor, and they were obviously very handsome. Both men and women were full of confidence.

If Li Qi had not gone to Chang'an, but had returned directly to the headquarters of Wushen Mountain, he might have become one of them, a group of people gathered around Wushen to ask questions, practice, and grow.

So, Li Qi walked behind this group of young people and watched them in class silently.