True Immortal of the Netherworld

Golden Buddha Temple, Tathagata Hall, the main hall is like a forest.

The midday sun shines on the towering gilded roof of the hall, splashing out a dazzling golden curtain.

Upright, golden country.

But the back side of the tall building covered a large area of ​​gray space.

In the shadow, a stone Buddha about ten feet tall stood alone, with his hands clasped together and his eyes slightly closed.

In a corner not far away, four little mice got in from nowhere.

Suddenly, these mice began to twist wildly as if they were possessed by an evil spirit, and their bodies were pulled to exaggerated angles by invisible strange forces.

And suddenly, silently, a few twinkling golden threads flashed out of thin air, and then disappeared.

In just a moment, the heads of several mice were cut off from their bodies by gold wires.

The next scary thing is that there seems to be some kind of power secretly absorbing the rat's corpse.

The corpses of these rats quickly turned into white bones, and then the white bones blackened and collapsed, leaving a rotten smell in the air.

The stone Buddha is silent.

It seems as if they are quietly passing on the few little lives that have just passed away, or they are watching indifferently.

Whoosh—whoosh—

Several figures landed not far away opposite the stone Buddha.

The four people who came were standing still. They were all wearing red brocade cassocks flying around their bodies. Judging from their backs and bald heads, they should be four monks.

"It smells so bad. Why are there so many dead rats here? I hate rats living in black holes." One of the monks pinched his nose and said.

"This place is managed by the Housiyuan under the Tathagata Hall. It is one of the forbidden areas in the temple. Any living being who enters this place will first fall into the ban on illusions. Even rats are not immune. Several of them grasped the soul-stabilizing charms in their hands. Okay, otherwise even we will be trapped in the illusion formation and unable to extricate ourselves."

Their pupils turned golden almost at the same time, and then a number of gorgeously dressed flying fairies were reflected.

Those flying fairies rushed over, trying to tease him.

"The hallucination has come, this is not the real paradise." A monk reminded loudly.

The four monks clenched the Soul Stabilizing Talisman in their hands and activated their bodies.

Golden light rolled out of their palms, their chaotic heartbeats returned to stability, and the illusion in their eyes receded.

"Amitabha, good, good."

The monks chanted the Buddha's words in unison and walked quickly towards the stone Buddha.

As they approached the stone Buddha, interlaced golden threads appeared in the originally empty void.

The surface of the golden wire flashed with the light of illusion, connecting into pieces, reflecting a huge golden spider web.

As the four monks continued to approach the stone Buddha, the appearance of an eight-eyed golden spider the size of a millstone appeared.

The golden beast was coiled on the golden net, crawled out along the golden wire, and made a fierce gesture of grinding its teeth towards the monks, making a strange squeaking sound.

"This eight-eyed golden spider is out again. It's so troublesome every time we come here."

"It is an evil spirit imprisoned in the formation, specializing in devouring the physical power of living beings. As an eye of the formation, this evil beast is still qualified."

"Do this quickly, otherwise we will be in trouble when this evil spirit attacks."

The four great monks quickly performed the exercises, and one after another magic spells fell on the surface of the stone Buddha.

Golden Sanskrit characters flashed between the stone Buddha's brows.

Immediately afterwards, the heavy stone Buddha began to rotate in place.

Not long after, a dark secret passage was revealed on the ground where the stone Buddha originally stood. The four monks were speechless, and their figures quickly disappeared.

The stone Buddha returned to its original place, and the golden spider and its web formation quietly disappeared.

At the end of the secret passage is a secret room made of fine iron.

In the secret room.

On the east side of the wall, several gilt lamps shaped like Buddha's hands were lit.

Four monks in red were sitting around a square table.

Side light illuminates half of their faces, while the other half is hidden in shadow.

"I announce that Tathagata Hall's first highest-level secret meeting of executive elders this month has officially begun. The first topic is to talk about the former Jinyu Holy Son."

"The former Golden Jade Saint left for the Western Regions and never returned. It has been ten months and twenty-eight days since the day he left our Golden Buddha Temple. A few days ago, intelligence came from the Western Regions, saying that the former Golden Jade Saint The child has become one with the Demonic Dao Xuantian Lingbao Tianmo Spear, and has completely fallen into the realm of Yuan Demon."

"The day this son left the Golden Buddha Temple without authorization, I expected this ending. The inherent demonic root in his body is difficult to eradicate. Now that the power of the demon has awakened, a big demon has been added to the world. It is really a big sin."

"He is no longer the Holy Son of Gold and Jade, but the Demon Son of the Western Region."

"He is the devil from the Western Region, and he is our enemy."

"I didn't expect that the genius saint that our Golden Buddha Temple Tathagata Hall had trained for twenty years would eventually become a world-shaking devil. This is really a great irony to our Golden Buddha faith."

"This incident has been widely spread, which has destroyed the majesty of our Golden Buddha Temple. Now that the matter has come to this, Tathagata Hall, as the deliberative council of the Golden Buddha Temple, has an unshirkable responsibility."

"If I had known this, it would be better to attack him while he was under house arrest in Tathagata Hall."

"With Master Jiu Ku's support for this son, even if our Tathagata Hall Elders Association has the right to speak, it will be difficult for us to take action directly."

"After merging with the Heavenly Demon Spear, Jin Yu's power has greatly increased and it is really difficult to deal with him. If he starts killing our Golden Buddha Temple in the future, Master Jiu Ku will have an unshirkable responsibility."

"I suggest that the assassination of the former Golden Jade Saint be launched immediately in order to correct the Golden Buddha's method of eliminating demons."

Having said this, several monks nodded in unison, looking at each other with a cold light like knives in their eyes.

"Next, let's talk about the second topic, which is also the most difficult one at the moment. An express report came from the direction of the Lost Soul Valley. There is a big problem with the Tathagata Demon Subduing Array we set up in the Lost Soul Valley. We have lost contact now."

"Could it be that the demon formation at the other end of the Valley of Lost Souls launched an attack? Even so, with the power of Tathagata's Demon-Conquering Array, they will not be defeated in a short time. What's more, I am the Tathagata Hall who is responsible for defending the array. The three martial arts guardian monks. Each martial arts guardian has a cultivation level above the second level of the Void Immortal Realm. They are the strongest combatants directly under the Tathagata Hall."

"Don't forget, that golden jade devil has read all the scriptures in the Tathagata Hall, including the highest-level martial arts scriptures such as the Tathagata Demon Subduing Formation. If the demons of the Western Regions send him to take the lead to break the formation, our Tathagata will The Demon Subduing Formation is greatly reduced."

"Your guess is reasonable, but it is not the whole truth. Because the intelligence also mentioned that the demon formation deployed by the Western Region demons on the other side of the Valley of Lost Souls is also out of control.

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In Zhongyuan Continent, at the junction of the Western Region and the Northern Region, there is a huge and narrow valley.

There are steep mountains on the east and west sides of the valley, and the valley is relatively flat.

The terrain here is as long and narrow as a dragon. It is one of the key roads between the Western Region and the Northern Region. It has always been a battleground for military strategists.

In the valley, there is often the sound of howling wind, so it is commonly known as the Gale Valley.

In the war between humans and demons thousands of years ago, this place was an important battlefield, and tens of thousands of soldiers from both sides died in it.

After the war, in the low-lying areas of the valley, large masses of dark evil energy lingered, and the wind moved like a group of ghosts wailing.

Some people try to explore into the valley, and sometimes they get lost, or sometimes they go crazy on the spot. Since then, this valley has become a forbidden place of confusion.

In order to demonstrate Buddhism, the Golden Buddha Temple specially sent a team of eminent monks from the temple into the valley to perform rituals in order to save the souls of the dead.

The eminent monks set up a Buddhist salvation formation, but were counterattacked by the evil spirit in the valley and returned home defeated.

Then the Golden Buddha Temple came forward and invited the ghost master of the Tiangui Sect to enter and inspect the scene before finally coming to a conclusion.

The corpses of soldiers in the valley decayed, and the rotten air accumulated to produce corpse poison. Coupled with the huge power of resentful spirits generated by the killings on the battlefield, the two merged into the terrifying power of the underworld.

Coincidentally, the location of the valley is extremely special and resonates with a certain space node in the distant underworld, forming a natural ghost formation.

After that, the valley was renamed the Valley of Lost Souls, and no one dared to enter it.

For thousands of years, the evil spirit in the Valley of Lost Souls has gradually become dormant. But with the reappearance of the demon clan in the Western Region a few months ago, this place has become a key battleground for military strategists.

As a result, the Demon Clan in the Western Region and the Golden Buddha Temple in the Northern Region sent heavy troops to both ends of the Valley of Lost Souls.

The two sides set up a large formation to confront each other.

On the northwest side of the valley, the Demon Clan of the Western Region sent thousands of demon soldiers headed by the Three Demon Lords to set up a Yuan Demon Killing Formation.

In the Yuan Demon Killing God Formation, the demonic energy rolled, purple lightning and living snakes appeared, and the gods and men retreated.

On the southeast side of the valley, the Golden Buddha Temple sent three eminent monks from the Tathagata Hall to lead a thousand well-trained warrior monks to set up a Tathagata-Conquering Demon Array.

In the Tathagata's Demon-Conquering Formation, there are sparkling golden lights and golden electric flying dragons, which prevent evil spirits from invading.

The two formations faced each other dozens of miles apart, guarding the only passages at both ends of the valley.

The reason why the two sides set up a large formation was simply distrust of each other, and they were both afraid that the other side would launch a surprise attack through the Valley of Lost Souls.

It can be said that the purpose of both sides setting up a large formation is not to attack, but to defend their own end.

Therefore, after the completion of the two large formations, both sides were at peace with each other.

But on this day, before dawn, there was a sudden earthquake centered in the valley.

For a moment, the light suddenly appeared, the earth collapsed, the wind roared, and the evil spirit boiled.

The violent change lasted for a full hour.

After the mutation, the space in the valley changed, and a huge bottomless pit appeared.

There was dark black evil energy coming out of the huge pit, and accompanied by a rumbling sound, it seemed like an underworld ghost dragon appeared.

Due to the distortion of time and space, the large formations originally arranged at both ends of the Valley of Lost Souls fell out of control.

The two large formations, which were originally separated by tens of miles, moved toward each other due to the spatial misalignment, and eventually collided together.

Both sides, who were unaware of the situation, thought that the other party had suddenly launched an attack, and the power of the formation was fully activated.

In the Tathagata Demon-Conquering Array, thousands of monks headed by three guardian monks worked together to control it, and countless golden streamers spun out of the array.

Each golden streamer has a Sanskrit imprint, connected to form a chapter, and the Sanskrit sound sounds like the roar of the angry river.

"The magical skill of Buddhism—Tianzong King Kong!" The three eminent monks sitting on the throne shouted in unison.

Next, those golden ribbons intertwined together like obedient golden dragons, transforming into a Buddhist Vajra Dharma image that was a hundred feet tall and wearing golden armor.

In the Yuan Demon Killing God Formation on the other side, thousands of demon warriors blew the magic flute in unison, using the sound of the magic flute as a guide to trigger a day of purple thunder.

In the middle of the purple thunder wave, a huge magic swirling formation appeared.

The three demon lords merged into three heads and six arms, and sat at the center of the formation, exerting all their strength to use psychic techniques.

The Demon Lord stood in a stance and pushed his six palms towards higher places.

"Demon Spiritualism - Yuan Demon War God!"

The magic swirling formation in the sky was instantly activated.

The magic whirlpool rolled, with streaks of purple energy rolling out from the center, and then turned into a terrifying snake shape.

Several huge hundred-foot demon snakes coiled together and finally transformed into a hundred-foot-tall Yuan Demon War God.

The two Baizhang Dharma Figures summoned by both sides each absorbed the power of the formation and began to fight.

"Buddha's Dharma—Demon-Conquering God's Palm!"

The golden Buddha pushes his palms, the golden curtain is lit, and the thunder rolls from the sky.

"Magic curse - Dou Tian Zhan Fist!"

The Yuan Demon raised its arms, the purple lightning dragons gathered, and the strong wind hunted.

The power of the two behemoths' spells collided with each other, erupting into dazzling golden and purple light balls, followed by a huge shock wave that swept across like a divine blade.

The surrounding mountain peaks were harvested by divine power, and the broken rocks were directly shattered by the exploding wind.

In just a moment, a hundred miles in radius collapsed into powder.

Not long after the battle began, both sides discovered that the power of the underworld was invading, causing the formation to go out of control.

However, because the formation was out of control, the two parties in the fight could not stop at all.

The summoned Baizhang King Kong and Baizhang Demon God were infected by the power of the underworld, and began to turn black, with their bodies turning black and multiple bone armors appearing outside their bodies.

The Buddha is not a Buddha, and the devil is not a devil, but more like ghosts and gods.

The two blackened giants continued to forcefully consume the power of the formation, causing everyone on both sides to control the formation to be exhausted.

One side of the Yuan Demon Killing God Formation.

The three Demon Lords who control the formation sit at the center of the formation in the form of Yuan Demon with three heads and six arms.

"Our formation is completely out of control. If we continue to fight like this, we will be buried with the Yuan Demon Killing Formation." The Purple Shadow Demon Lord among the three heads said with a solemn expression.

"Since you fight, fight with your life. At worst, you will die together with those bald donkeys on the opposite side." One of the heads of Zifeng Demon Lord said through gritted teeth.

"We, the Three Demon Lords, are protected by the power of the Yuan Demon and are immortal beings. Even if the body collapses, as long as the spirit remains, we can be reborn. What are we afraid of?" Although the Purple Blood Demon Lord's head spoke forcefully, his head was twitching. The cheek muscles revealed the fear in his heart.

In fact, the three Demon Lords all know that once the Yuan Demon Killing God Array collapses, they will be completely destroyed.

fruit.

One side of the Tathagata Demon Subduing Formation.

The three martial arts protector monks from the Tathagata Hall were radiating golden splendor, and their bodies were like golden Buddha statues.

But as time went by, vein-like cracks began to appear on their golden bodies.

"I, Buddha Tathagata, subjugate demons and defend the Way!"

"The right path of Buddhism cannot be retreated!"

"Everything comes as it is!"

Although the words of the three guardian monks were categorical, they could not change the situation of the body's imminent collapse, and the corners of everyone's mouths overflowed with bright red.

The next strange thing is that the two formations did not collapse, but gradually merged under the pull of the power of the netherworld, turning into a brand new ghost formation.

All the people involved in the formation on both sides were trapped in the formation of ghosts and gods. Their life and death were unknown and they lost contact.

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The news soon spread to the Golden Buddha Temple and the Western Region Demon Clan respectively.

Both sides sent their men to check, but they never returned after entering the formation of ghosts and gods.

After that, the Tathagata Hall of the Golden Buddha Temple immediately sent out a Northern Territory Hero Post to seek help from the other three sects of the Northern Territory, Qinglian Dojo, Yu Daomen and Tiangui Sect.

After Tiangui Sect received the hero's post, they immediately held a meeting of elders headed by the sect leader Yu Cheng.

"If something goes wrong in the Golden Buddha Temple, the portal of the Northern Territory in the direction of the Western Territory will be wide open, and the war will soon spread to the entire Northern Territory. Our Tiangui Sect cannot be alone." Sect leader Yu Cheng explained.

"Urgent information has just been sent. The evil spirit in the direction of the Valley of Lost Souls is surging like sea water pouring in. The stars in the sky are dim and the pits are boiling. It is probably a sign that Fengdu is here." Ning Tianqi frowned.

"Fengdu appears!"

After hearing the news, the sect leader Yu Cheng and all the elders of the Tiangui Sect expressed surprise in unison.

"There are various signs that it is likely to be the incident in Fengdu." Ning Tianqi affirmed.

"If this is really the case, this will be a big trouble. Although our Tiangui Sect believes in the divine power of heavenly ghosts, except for a few disciples with special physiques and special ghost ways, they are completely unable to deal with the power of the netherworld that really comes from the underworld. Accepted. To put it bluntly, we are a human race, not a ghost race.”

A hunchbacked, gray-haired elder spoke emotionally as his trembling fingers flipped through a yellowed ancient book.

"It's Fengdu who appears in this world, it's Fengdu who appears in this world. It's recorded in the classics in my hand. You can read it clearly here."

The white-haired elder with a hunchback took a breath first, and then read carefully: "In extremely rare circumstances, the space nodes in the underworld will resonate with the space nodes in the Zhongyuan world, causing space chaos. If a space channel appears, it will This is the change of Fengdu, also known as the disaster of Fengdu."

Having said this, the elder's eyes were already straightened, as if he had seen the terrifying future of the invasion of evil spirits from the underworld.

After hearing this, all the senior officials of Tiangui Sect present were stunned.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Ning Tianqi took over the words and said bluntly: "The world in Fengdu is experiencing serious interface chaos, and the next step is likely to be a large-scale invasion from the underworld."

Sect leader Yu Cheng placed a hand on his long beard, which was shaking a little under his cheek, and his face was ashen.

He took a long breath and then said slowly: "In the early days when the Tiangui Sect was founded, there was an interface channel between the underworld and the Zhongyuan world.

The original intention of the creation of the Tiangui Sect at that time was to avoid the scourge of the Netherworld. Only those who were good at ghost ways could survive in an environment where the power of the Netherworld was rampant.

And now, if the real power of the underworld comes from the direction of the underworld, it will definitely be a catastrophe. "

Ning Tianqi said: "Fengdu appears in the world. If it is not stopped in time, the consequences will be disastrous. The only person in the entire Tiangui Sect who can deal with this matter head-on is the Yaksha Dragon Snake Master who is in retreat at the Ghost Tomb."

Sect leader Yu Cheng's eyes lit up and he said: "I will go to personally invite Master Yaksha Dragon Snake immediately."

Early the next morning, a group of senior officials from the Tiangui Sect, headed by Yu, appeared outside the gate of the Tiangui Sect.

The atmosphere is mysterious and solemn.

A black python more than ten feet long was coiled there, like a black mountain.

Standing firmly on the black python's nose was an old man in black who was as skinny as a skeleton.

There was also a group of carefully selected elite disciples from the Heavenly Ghost Sect standing neatly behind.

There were two people in the team who were familiar to Xu Yang, one was Guigu Zan and the other was Li Zhen.

Guitani Zan has a ghost body with three fates.

Li Zhen used the Soul Burial Treasure Mirror as a matchmaker and practiced pure ghost ways, and his body became half-ghost under the influence of the Soul Burial Treasure Mirror.

"Fengdu is here, hehe."

Yaksha Dragon Snake's vertical pupils looked at the northwest direction, thoughtfully.

"More than a thousand years ago, by chance, I obtained the Ghost Way method left by Master Master in the Tiangui Sect, and I was fortunate enough to become his last disciple.

Although I have never seen Master Master in person, I have always admired his great achievements. The disciples of the Tiangui Sect all know that their master's name is Zang Wuya, and that he single-handedly founded the Tiangui Sect, but no one knows their master's name, Fengdu Ghosts and Gods. "

Thinking of this, a sly smile appeared on his face.

"Fengdu is here, and I, Yaksha Dragon Snake, am here." He tapped his toes, "Xiaojiu, let's go."

The huge black python under his feet seemed to understand his words, twisting its body and turning into a ball of black wind.

"I go first."

In the distant black wind, the voice of Yaksha Dragon Snake came out.

"Let's follow Ancestor Dragon and Snake quickly." Li Zhen greeted loudly while unfolding the Soul Burial Treasure Book in his hand.

The soul-burial treasure mirror lit up with golden light, and a flying-winged ghost beast with the body of a harpy and a grimace emerged from it.

Li Zhen jumped on it and chased after him.

Guigu Zan's face was expressionless, with his hands clasped in front of his chest, but the skeleton man lying on his back became excited, twisting and turning into a pair of ghost armor covering the surface of his body.

"Ghost Escape - Skeleton Earth Walk!"

Guigu Zan's body sank into the soil and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Several other people cast spells in a panic, but could not catch up with the shadow of Yaksha Dragon Snake.

The leader of the clan, Yu Cheng, smiled awkwardly and said: "Yaksha Dragon Snake Ancestor never plays his cards according to the routine. I didn't even say a word of blessing for the expedition, so he left first."

Ning Tianqi, who was standing next to the sect leader Yu Cheng, was silent and murmured in his heart: "Yaksha Dragon Snake Ancestor may act erratically on the surface, but he has his reasons. If these people can't even keep up with his pace, how can they be capable?" Those who can keep up with the current disaster in Fengdu will follow, and those who can't keep up may have a life left."

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