Sin Lord sat on the ground, the crow feathers in his black robes were like ashes from burning, his long pointed fingers were his pens, and complex spells were being drawn on his fingertips.
Ning Jiujiu also sat down in front of him. He stared at the symbols drawn by Sui Jun.
It was a circle, and in the center of the circle were two intertwined, embryo-like humans. The humans were full of fangs and had lizard-like tails.
"What is this?" Ning asked for a long time.
The King of Sin replied: "This is the source of sin for mankind."
Ning Jiujiu thought for a while and said: "In a certain creation myth, the ancestors of mankind offended the supreme divine emperor, so the human race from birth to death is a process of atonement. Because humans are guilty, so Death is certain, but man can never atone for his sins, so death is an inevitable result."
Sin Lord temporarily stopped drawing the talisman and said, "Do you believe this?"
Ning Jiujiu shook his head and said, "I think it's ridiculous."
Zui Jun said: "I once had no doubt about this."
Ning Changjiu said: "I would like to hear the details."
The gray mist shrouded in black robes billowed, and the crow feathers continued to wither. Those feathers turned into real crows. They flew above the temple and screamed noisily. In the temple, scenes of dark images emerged.
That was the experience of Sin King before he became a god.
The picture showed a dark forest. In the depths of the forest was a simple tower made of stones. On the tower, the full moon cast a pale light.
This forest is called the Corpse Forest, and it is located in a large rift valley. The corpses and remains produced by the demon wars in the world will be thrown into this rift valley, and the animals in the Corpse Forest will feed on these corrupted flesh and blood.
Although there is poisonous miasma and plague everywhere, life is also born from this dank and dirty crack.
They were snakes, insects, centipedes, and rustling rats.
Many of these humble beings at the lowest level have developed spiritual intelligence. Some of them climbed out of the Great Rift Valley and went to the chaotic world. Most of them lived in the Rift Valley, feeding on corpses thrown from the walls. .
Tonight is the night of the full moon, and all the lives in the corpse forest gather towards the stone tower in the center.
A crow stands on a stone tower.
The crow was very big and looked more like a vulture. It had lost a lot of hair and its flesh was rotten and sore. The crow's green bean-like eyes stared at the corpse forest furtively. It looked at the cold creatures gathering over and nodded.
Today is the night of the full moon, and according to tradition, crows have to perform rituals here.
"You are born with a heavy burden of sin."
The crow put on himself a crown made of black copper and began his monthly narration.
"You are the beings born in the corpse forest, feeding on the rotting corpses. These corpses nourish you, and the corpses are covered with sin. I have told you before that death and sin are connected, and you are burdened with sin. Those who live in the world will inevitably die, but those who are pure will gain eternal life.”
"When you feed on the corpses of sin, you become infected with their sin, and you will never be able to escape them forever."
Under the stone tower, there were bursts of gunfire.
A little mouse walked out tremblingly and asked: "Master Wu Wang, where did the evil of these corpses come from?"
The crows screamed: "Their evil is inherent in them!"
"Innate?"
"Yes, in ancient times, the ancestors of all spirits offended the supreme God Emperor. They committed crimes, so their descendants had to atone for their sins life after life. Those who atone for their sins will be called saints. They He will be immortal and become a perfect existence like the God-Emperor, while the creatures that cannot atone for their sins will be erased by death."
The sharp tone of the crow spread throughout the corpse forest, and no one among the creatures dared to speak, as if they were repenting for their innate sins.
But the little mouse asked again: "The newborn spirits are extremely pure. Are they also guilty? If not, then according to your statement, wouldn't they directly become immortal saints?"
The crow stared at the little mouse. It was a little angry, but in full view of the crowd, it suppressed the anger in its heart and explained patiently.
The crow said: "Sin is a river that has been passed down from the ancestors to the present. Children are the flesh cut off from the mother. Of course, they inherit the mother's corrupt body. How can a filthy life give birth to a pure spirit? A young spirit All they have is false innocence and kindness. When they gain power, they will show their innate sinfulness! What's more, many young spirits die when they are born. According to the will of the God Emperor, they are innocent Their lives are immortal, but young spirits can die, which just shows that they are burdened with sin!"
The little mouse was glared at by the crow and shrank back in fright. It could not refute the crow's words. It felt that a filthy life could not give birth to a pure spirit, just as it had imagined the appearance of the God Emperor, but such a humble life could not give birth to a pure spirit. It is impossible to imagine the existence of a perfect god emperor.
The crow looked around and found that no one refuted it. It was satisfied and began to continue preaching.
According to the crow, the soul of a living being is immortal, and the body is the punishment given by the God Emperor to the ancestor of all spirits, and is the thing that carries sins. The soul controls the cumbersome body to walk in the world, and the rest of his life is a process of atonement.
The God-Emperor sympathized with all living beings, and while punishing them with death, he also created a path of atonement—cultivation.
Cultivation can prolong life and delay the arrival of death, so it can be considered the only way to atone for sins. Crows have wings. They have visited the outside world and know that ascetics like to live in high mountains. They also do this to stay away from pollution. In this world, keep your body clean.
Someone else asked cautiously: "But we have already carried so many sins and cannot wash them away in our lifetime, so what should we do?"
Crow was quite satisfied with this problem.
It finally began to express its core concept: "The God Emperor gives all souls the ability to practice Taoism and makes them atone for their sins, but what are the creatures outside doing? They are killing each other! Killing is the greatest sin, and the creatures have violated the God Emperor. They have no repentance and continue to commit heinous crimes. The God Emperor does not like this kind of world."
The crow took off the black copper crown and said: "Last night, I dreamed of the God Emperor, and it is difficult for me to describe its perfection to you. The God Emperor gave me two things, one is this black copper crown, and the other is this Bottle of Purity!”
The crow told them that this black copper crown is the embodiment of sin. When the sin is redeemed, it will turn into the texture of gold, and this pure bottle can hold all pure souls. It will be sanctified and then take them with it. To go to the land of eternal life, all they need to do is believe in it.
In the following period, every full moon night, the crow would fly up with a head in its mouth. It told them that this was the head of the leader of the tribe outside and that he was the culprit.
It puts the black copper crown on the head of the criminal. Everyone can clearly see that the black copper crown draws black blood from the head like a sponge.
A long time passed like this, and every time a head was brought back, the crows would tell how powerful the owner of the head was, but they had committed a crime by killing, and they were commissioned by heaven, so they killed them easily.
The beings in the corpse forest have never seen the outside world, and they are far less powerful than crows. Therefore, over time, their curiosity about the world and their worship of power have made them believe in the words of crows. The very few who do not believe, They were all burned to death by crows in public.
The crow also sells its feathers to them. It is said that if you eat its feathers, you can atone for part of your sins. The feathers were exchanged for magical weapons such as inner elixirs and flying swords found in the corpses.
A few years later, the stone tower was filled with bones and skulls. All living creatures believe in the crow as the Holy Son. The crow devoured the power of their faith and became more and more powerful.
Even the little mouse, which has always been wavering, has become convinced of the crow after several years of baptism. It believes that the crow god is a saint who can lead them to eternal life.
Another full moon night.
At this time, the crow was taller than the stone tower.
Tonight, it took back another head, which was a human head. The crow told them that this was the king of mankind, and it had killed all the evil leaders outside. Tonight, it would become a saint and lead everyone. Go to the kingdom of the God Emperor.
The life in the corpse forest enthusiastically surrounded it, giving out cheers like a mountain roar and a tsunami.
The purification ritual is very simple, that is, burning. The fire will burn away their sinful bodies, leaving only pure and eternal souls.
Crows have been describing to them over the years the joy of returning to heaven after the body is burned, and describing the beauty of the Kingdom of God. Therefore, everyone is full of expectations for such things as burning, and do not think there is anything wrong with it. They are grateful to the crows for giving them Their wisdom leads them out of this rift valley that will never see the light of day.
The fire burned, and the little mouse crowded in the crowd. The moment it saw the fire burning, it suddenly felt a sense of clarity, but this sense of clarity was quickly drowned by the fanatical and neat slogans and cheers of all the creatures around it.
It couldn't make any sound and could only cheer along with them.
The flames began to burn from the edge, and the life of the limbs crackled in the flames. The soul was separated from the body, flew into the crow's bottle, and turned into flesh.
The crow stared at the bottle and prayed to the god in a murmur, with an equally fanatical expression.
The flames spread toward the center, and many creatures had already passed out. The little mouse had pretty good magic power and could barely hold on.
Just when this grand baptism is about to be completed, and the lives in the corpse forest are about to be purified by the God Emperor in the holy scriptures.
A sudden change occurred!
On the cliff next to the corpse forest, a monster jumped down.
It was a blue-gray wolf, holding something in its mouth and running wildly.
It is on the run!
The giant blue and gray wolf ignored this sacred ceremony and ran towards here.
The crow looked at it in horror, and it began to loudly rebuke its sins in the name of the God-Emperor.
But the wolf ignored it. It jumped over and stepped directly on the holy son who was supported by all souls. It trampled his body to pieces, and then fled forward without stopping.
The crow was trampled until its intestines were broken.
This is a scene that the little mouse will never forget.
It deeply remembered the appearance of the giant green-gray wolf. It had never seen such a powerful creature, and the great Holy Son was actually killed by it like this...
The little mouse felt like it was stuck in its throat, and then, several more black shadows fell from the high cliff.
They ran wildly, stamped out the encircling fire, and killed countless lives.
A life as powerful as a giant wolf is actually being hunted by other lives!
They trample through here.
These powerful beings were just chasing and escaping, not caring about what they were doing or their life or death.
This was a sudden disaster.
Powerful beings came and went, leaving corpses everywhere.
The little mouse miraculously survived. It looked around, and all it could smell was the smell of burnt fish. Its hands were also covered with the blood of its companions who had been trampled to death. It retched for a long time before getting up and walking forward in a daze.
The crow whose body was trampled to pieces was not completely dead yet.
It used its wings to support itself and crawled in the muddy plasma, getting closer to the clean bottle.
Most of the soul** in the bottle has been knocked over, and only a small amount is left at this moment.
It saw the little mouse coming and said with difficulty: "Bring it... give it to me... to drink!"
"Yes, Holy Son." The little mouse obediently picked up the bottle and brought it to its mouth.
The crow saw a glimmer of light. It stretched out its beak with difficulty to drink water, but its beak was stuck in the mouth of the bottle, and it could not touch the soul at the bottom.
The crow's eyes were red, anxious and angry.
The little mouse sat down cross-legged and said, "Lord Holy Son, does this look like the story you told us before about the crow drinking water?"
The crow opened its mouth wide and asked hoarsely: "You... what are you going to do?"
"Don't worry, I will help Lord Shengzi." The little mouse still looked humble. It took the pebbles from the ground and threw them into the bottle.
The crow stretched out its beak again, but it could only touch the hard stone. The water was hidden in the cracks of the stone, and it still couldn't drink it.
The little mouse looked at the wreckage on the ground and said slowly: "The stories are all lies. Lord Holy Son, ignorance is the source of sin..."
The crow couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to stab it to death with its beak, but the mouse deftly avoided it.
The little mouse drank the soul water in the bottle, and then put the crown on his head.
It looked at the crow and delivered its first judgment word for word: "You are guilty."
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"The black copper crown and the purification bottle are both precious magic tools. One can absorb the power of faith, just like the golden body of the mountain god and water god, and the other can refine souls and refine them into pure and powerful spiritual power. Very Unfortunately, this crow is only one step away from the Five Paths.”
Sin Lord raised his hand, and those scenes faded away.
Ning Jiujiu and others also withdrew their gaze.
He looked at Sin King and said, "You no longer believed in original sin at that time, so what are you judging now?"
Sin Lord said: "After that, I suddenly gained great power, ate crows, climbed out of the cliff, and entered the world's war. For a long time, I scorned the idea of original sin and believed in the victory of man over nature. It makes sense, but now, I believe in original sin."
Ning Jiujiu asked: "Why?"
Sin Lord said: "Because people need to survive. Survival is the most powerful desire of living beings. All other desires are based on survival. Survival is the source of sin! In order to survive better, living beings will definitely squeeze other In the survival of living beings, killings and disputes have never stopped since the birth of life - this is the best evidence.”
Ning thought seriously for a while and said, "This is something that cannot be changed, so intelligent creatures have established morals and rules."
Sin Lord shook his head and said: "It's useless. Life cannot suppress the desire for survival. Even in a specific order, mutual oppression is still unavoidable. The winner among them will become the oppressor, and the loser will become the oppressed. Winner Once the winner has power, he also has the power to interpret the rules. From now on, the rules can only be used to rule the losers and cannot restrain the winners. Does that still make sense?"
When Sin Lord said this, he sighed quietly and said: "This is something that cannot be changed in the kingdom established by living beings. People cannot suppress their desires, so they are destined to be corrupted."
Ning Jiujiu asked: "In that case, how do you think we can change everything?"
The King of Sin said: "Let those who are absolutely kind and righteous maintain order."
Ning Jiujiu shook his head and said, "You just said that this is impossible."
Zuijun said: "It was impossible before, but now it is possible."
Ning stared at him quietly for a long time.
Sin Lord stretched out his withered and long finger and pointed upward, "The person who is absolutely kind and just is the God Emperor. In the past, the God Emperor was an illusory thing, but now... it is in the sky!"
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"Do you want the Dark Lord to dominate this world?" Ning Jiujiu asked.
"Yes!" Lord Sin said: "Back then, Crow described a world in which people were born guilty. Once people did evil and exposed their sins, they would be condemned by the God Emperor, or receive punishment, or Accept death and do everything with absolute justice... This is my ideal world."
Ning didn't speak for a long time. He looked at Sin Lord's dark robe and the crow feathers that continued to fall, and said, "This is just a fantasy."
The guilty king asked: "Why?"
Ning Jiujiu said: "The Dark Lord is not your ideal God Emperor at all. All it wants is to take away the 'evil'. In the process, it will destroy all living creatures."
Sin Lord was silent for a long time, and he said: "But the Dark Lord created the stars and the Kingdom of God. It has the power and methods to maintain order. You can transform it and make it a qualified God Emperor."
Ning Jiujiu shook his head and said, "I can't do it."
Zuijun said firmly: "If you can't do it, no one can do it."
Ning Jiujiu said calmly: "The risk is too huge and it's not worth it."
"Isn't it worth it?" Zui Jun said: "Building an ideal world, where the good are immortal and the evil are destroyed. Isn't such an ideal worth the risk?"
Ning Changjiu said: "That is the paradise in your eyes, but it is also the hell in my eyes, not to mention..."
Ning looked at Sin Lord for a long time and said: "You just said that the desire to survive is the source of sin for mankind, and I cannot get rid of this source of sin. In order to survive, I cannot take any vain risks, let alone , that’s not the world I want at all.”
Sin Lord looked at the talisman he drew on the ground and said, "That creature will always be ugly."
Ning Jiujiu said: "This is the price of survival... Besides, in my eyes, most of them are beautiful."
Although Lu Marian on the side couldn't understand what they were talking about, she felt that the negotiation seemed to have broken down.
Sin Lord unfolds his mythical form.
The terrifying body pierced out from the pitch-black cloak, and the sin-like body was ruggedly exposed. The bone wings unfolded, the wing membranes were exposed, and the entangled lightning condensed in the palms, turning into a bright thunder spear.
Ning Jiujiu's eyes were always calm.
He looked straight at the mythical form of Sin Lord and spread his hands.
Liu Xiwan turned into a snow-white sword and flew over in an instant.
Just like in the Boundary City, this battle started in the Kingdom of God.
Intertwined thunder and lightning streaked across the sky, entangled elements formed a vortex, and the sound of thunderstorms was endless.
Swords and spears vibrated in the sky, and the hurricane generated by their battle was like an indestructible knife, splitting the Kingdom of God directly from the middle!
This is a huge battle, but there is still no suspense.
The battle lasted all day and night.
When Ning Jiujiu was cut off from the Boundary City, he was cut to pieces and turned into a human figure. Now, his sword accurately penetrated into the sinful king's mythical body.
At the moment when Suijun was completely defeated, Si Ming and Lu Jiaoyou flew out at the same time, drawing smart curves in the air, and cut off Suijun's wings one on the left and the other on the right!
The sinful king fell into the kingdom of God where the earth was cracked.
Ning Jiujiu fell in front of him.
The Sin King slowly climbed up from the ground and walked to his grave.
His throne has disappeared, leaving only a dark cross.
He walked to the cross, opened his hands, and closed his eyes.
Ning Jiujiu did not stop him.
The flames burned, and he was like dry wood, igniting at a moment's notice.
This is a fire that has been delayed for 3,700 years. This fire did not take his life in that 'Holy Scripture'. Now, he will return to the flame after all.
In Sin King's understanding, the soul is not pure, the body is not sinful, and the flames also have no ability to purify everything. He believes that existence itself is doomed to evil, and he is destined to die. Rather than being killed by Ning Chang, it is better to destroy his own existence himself.
Death is the way to eliminate everything, whether you are evil or good.
The fire burned brightly.
The King of Sin opened his eyes and said, "I have judged the original sin of mankind. They will continue to kill each other from generation to generation and will never stop."
Ning Jiujiu said: "Without your judgment, the killing and oppression will not stop. This is inevitable and I cannot change it."
Like a child who succeeded in playing a prank, Sin Lord smiled triumphantly: "So my trial will last forever."
Ning looked at Zuijun's face twisted in the fire for a long time and did not answer.
The guilty king seems to be dissatisfied.
He stared at Ning for a long time and said: "I will also sentence you to death. You will be killed by something from the sky!"
Ning Changjiu's eyes were extremely calm: "I know."
Sin Lord frowned and said, "Do you really know what I'm talking about?"
Ning Jiu nodded: "I know."
"But I will not die. Just as I leave, so will I return."
Ning Jiujiu turned around.
The fire completely engulfed Sin King, thick smoke rose into the sky, and the temple collapsed.
The Kingdom of Sin King was annihilated.
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