The ancient and mysterious bronze temple, the dim oil lamps, the long jade table, and the book of life and death that records the reincarnation of all living beings.
In the darkness where no lights could reach, an emperor dressed in a black ghost dragon robe sat on a heavy and gorgeous dragon throne. He was a terrifying white-bone ghost emperor. Coupled with the weird and gloomy bronze palace, ordinary people would probably be scared once they stepped in here.
There are long stairs and vast halls under your feet. Standing here, you can overlook the entire layout which is like a temple of gods.
The lights flickered and swayed, and at this time, the outline of a standing figure appeared behind the dragon throne. A silver-haired Taoist wearing a white robe finally showed up. His slender figure stood behind the dragon throne, and the emperor in front of him looked like a puppet.
"tread!"
"tread!"
The sound of footsteps echoed in the huge bronze hall. Fang Xiu slowly walked down the stairs, and Chen Jin, who was carrying a long sword on his back, also walked out behind him. The two of them walked one after the other, across the spacious hall, through the many copper pillars with coiled dragons, and stood outside as a gap appeared in the gate.
This place is under the land of the Mountain and Sea Realm. The evil spirits and spiritual energy of the entire Mountain and Sea Realm gather here to form this dark land.
With the continuous expansion of the world of mountains and seas and the cycle of death and reincarnation of life, this dark land will become larger and larger. It is like the shadow of the world of mountains and seas.
But at present, there is nothing except this bronze palace.
What happened in Xuanyuan country was beyond Fang Xiu's expectations. The divine corpse was originally a part of Fang Xiu's plan. When he was born, it should be the time when the underworld was truly opened. With powerful cultivation and soul, he was qualified to control an area and would be the first mountain god in the mountain and sea world.
The time when the underworld is truly opened should be the stage when humanity has completely stabilized and the path of spiritual practice has flourished.
At that time, the reincarnation of the underworld will begin from Siqiong Mountain. In Dongzhou, a series of beings who will receive the secret edicts of the underworld will appear, such as the City God, Land God, Mountain God, River God, etc. Many powerful practitioners, demons, and strange beasts will be eligible to compete for this opportunity.
From here, the foundation of the reincarnation of the underworld is built step by step to maintain the operation of the reincarnation of the entire mountain and sea world, even the most basic one, and then from it is built the underworld that is truly like the legends in ancient times, controlling all reincarnations of life and death, and judging past and present lives.
However, Fang Xiu had not expected that the divine corpse of the Xuanyuan Kingdom would be born so early. It disrupted Fang Xiu's plan and appeared ahead of time.
"But it's no big deal, there's nothing wrong with the plan!"
"The fire of humanity has been ignited, the Great Huan Dynasty has been established, and this journey into the mountains and seas should be almost over!"
“It’s time to go back!”
Fang Xiu stood at the gate of the Bronze Palace, grabbed Chen Jin, turned around, and left.
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Mountain and Sea Boundary South Continent—
Three figures like savages shuttled through the jungle, one had black hair and black eyes, the other had brown hair and black eyes, and the other had blue hair and blue eyes. The three were wrapped in animal skins, and two of them were extremely strong and could easily tear apart the branches and bushes blocking the way with a dog-leg knife.
It was Zhang Heming and his two companions. There were five of them when they came in, but now there are only three left. Several years of living in the jungle have made them almost completely disconnected from civilization. Each of them exudes a primitive and barbaric smell, as well as naked murderous intent.
Zhang Heming practices Taoism and has the ability to deal with many strange and unpredictable situations, while the other two practice demonology and have strong bodies and supernatural powers. The three of them work together very skillfully.
In this jungle, they had no idea how many fights they had endured, how many times they had faced monsters, demons, and strange beasts, and how many times they had struggled out of despair and death.
Only this time did Zhang Heming realize how lucky he was to have fallen directly into Youdu last time. He also understood why Qingyang and the other two were so envious of his experience at that time.
When they fell from the mountains and sea, they landed directly into a valley of fire crows. The fire crows burned the entire valley, blocking the five of them and almost roasting them. One of them died immediately after falling down.
Next, they encountered a monster with a cow-like head and sharp claws crawling on the ground. Once their eyes met, no one could move.
A golden crocodile dozens of meters long leaped out from a lake that was as big as a heavenly pond. It chased them all the way and cleared a path through the forest. The vengeful crocodile chased them for three full months before they set a trap to kill it and devoured its flesh. The cultivation of the remaining four people also skyrocketed to the current level.
In a sunless jungle in the west of Nanzhou, a spider with densely packed eyes was seen. The silk spun by the spider was impervious to water and fire, difficult to be cut by knives, and even had a certain restraint on magic.
Another person died there, and they finally used the fat of the Golden Crocodile to ignite the spider's nest, burning it and a terrifying number of its offspring to death. Under the burned cave, they found a road and a relic underneath.
However, after spending so much effort, they found that they could not push open the door of the ruins. It was a huge stone door, flowing with magical and forbidden light, which was far beyond the ability of the remaining three people to open.
After staying there for a month and trying every possible means, they finally gave up. However, they did gain something. The restrictions, talismans, readable spiritual texts and incomprehensible words on the stone gate were all recorded by them.
They sealed the nest with stones and covered it with mud, hoping to try to open the door next time they were able to enter.
In this way, they spent five or six years wandering, surviving, and struggling in the mountains, jungles, wilderness and swamps. The three even forgot that they came from the human world to the mountains and seas, and even forgot their own names.
Or, forget that you are a human being.
They are like three wild beasts, switching back and forth between the roles of the survival of the fittest in these mountains and seas.
But at this moment they were running fast, each carrying a backpack made of branches and vines on their backs.
The three people ran very fast, even though they were barefoot, they ran like monkeys among the mountains and forests. However, at this moment they ran very quickly, as if something was chasing them from behind.
Then they saw thousands of mountain ghosts pouring down from the mountain like a tide, searching for their traces everywhere. Not only that, traces of demons could be seen everywhere, holding torches to illuminate the entire mountain.
And in the sky, a terrifying monster, emitting a thick black aura, was flying in the sky, looking down at the earth.
It was a demon rat with long mane, and it was the owner of the demon city. At this moment, it was searching for their traces in extreme anger.
There were man-eating monsters everywhere in the sky and on the ground. If ordinary people were here, they would have been scared to death, but the three of them seemed to have already gotten used to this kind of scene.
A few days ago, they came to a mysterious place, which looked like an ancient capital, but it was actually a demon city built by demons, called Flying Squirrel City. Demons were rampant in the city, and all kinds of inhuman beings were dressed up as monkeys.
But what they noticed was not this, but the spiritual root vine that was about to bloom and bear fruit above the Flying Squirrel City.
The three of them planned for a long time, and finally on a night of the Silver Moon, they looted several spiritual root fruits and even took away the offspring of a spiritual root vine. At this moment, the mountain ghosts and monsters that were moving in full force were none other than the beings in the Flying Squirrel City.
Zhang Heming held a pill bead in his right hand. It was dug out from the body of the Golden Light Divine Crocodile. He used the forbidden talisman obtained from the ruins to refine it into a magic weapon.
As long as he uses this bead, he can avoid disaster and seek fortune, and conceal his own aura. He named this bead the Dayan Divine Bead. This bead can calculate the most reasonable result through his eyes, memory, and collected information. It is precisely relying on this magic weapon that he can survive again and again in this harsh mountains and seas.
"Go this way!" After walking for a while, Zhang Heming closed his eyes. The talisman inside the beads in his hand kept spinning, flashing a faint light.
"Turn right!"
"Stop, don't go any further! Turn around!"
Going back and forth, every time, Zhang Heming could find the right way to escape and avoid all the people who were searching for them. When daybreak came, they had walked out of the mountains and appeared beside the sea. Around them, there were no longer any traces of the mountain ghosts and demons that were searching for them.
The lord of the demon city, who exudes a terrifying evil aura, cannot be seen in the sky either.
By the sea, the three of them looked at the blue sea and sky. For some reason, they felt like they were redeemed. Two of them knelt on the ground involuntarily, tears streaming down their faces.
Even Zhang Heming stood there in a daze, letting the sea breeze blow his dirty long hair and beard without blinking.
“Chiu!”
At this moment, a roar suddenly came from the sky by the sea. The sound was like thunder filling the ears and shaking people's hearts.
Just by listening to the sound, one could tell that it was definitely not the sound of an ordinary bird or beast. The three of them raised their heads at the same time and saw a strange creature in the sky that looked like a human and a bird, and was wearing clothes.
Suddenly, Zhang Heming seemed to remember something, and in that memory, he found the name of this existence.
"Featherman?"
"Yumin Nation!"