Although the underworld is an independent realm among the three realms, it is closely related to the mountains and seas of the world of the living. There are four continents in the mountains and seas, and there are four lands in the underworld. There are four seas in the world of the living, and naturally there are four abysses in the underworld.
The entire underworld can be regarded as a projection of the world of the living. It is the place that manages the world of the living and the reincarnation of the three realms.
However, at this moment in the underworld, only the Eastern Underworld and the Southern Underworld showed order, with gods managing the dead souls, while the Northern Underworld and the Western Underworld were still in desolation and chaos.
The most chaotic place is naturally the Ming Sea. After some powerful aquatic creatures died and fell into the Ming Sea, the Ming Sea devoured all the souls that fell into this place. Over time, a large number of terrifying ghosts and evil spirits appeared in the Ming Sea.
Fortunately, although there are many living beings in the four seas, there are not many who have awakened their spiritual intelligence and have three souls and seven spirits. Most of them are transformed into true spirits and integrated into reincarnation as soon as they enter the underworld.
The most terrifying place is naturally the sea area of the East Ming in the Yin World. It is rumored that the former Dragon Mother Qingli was unwilling to enter the cycle of reincarnation after falling into the underworld, and turned into a thousand-foot-long ghost dragon without intelligence in the East Ming of the Yin World, foolishly devouring the residual souls that could not naturally enter the cycle of reincarnation.
At this moment, in the vast and magnificent Central Yintianzi City, inside the bronze temple guarded by billions of ghosts and gods, an emperor wearing a black ghost dragon crown robe sat high above the temple, took out a white jade pen and added an entry to the open book of life and death.
Immediately, one could see an island ghost palace rising from the abyss of the underworld, or a water palace divine realm condensing into it.
Although there are many living creatures in the world, there are not many souls that really need to be managed, so four priesthoods are enough.
Four important positions in the underworld were then born above the Ming Sea, but these positions were different from the Lord of the Four Seas and the Dragon King in the legends. They were only the duties of the underworld and could not control powers such as controlling rain, floods, droughts, thunder and lightning, and calling the wind.
But they belong to the gods of the underworld.
After Fang Xiu left, the Mermaid Kingdom in the South China Sea once again established close contact with the cultivators in Dongzhou and Nanzhou. There are many islands in the South China Sea, and there were originally many cultivators and hermits practicing on the major islands in the South China Sea. Some sects, schools, and families moved from the continents to the sea because of failure in struggle or fleeing.
This place is isolated from the world, and most families and sects live a paradise-like life on those small islands, never contacting outsiders.
At this moment, the Mermaid Kingdom, by holding a sea market on the sea, not only attracted these overseas practitioners to come, but also attracted a large number of practitioners from Nanzhou and even the distant Dongzhou to rush to the Mermaid Kingdom in the South China Sea.
The Mermaid Kingdom put up top treasures such as life-extending pills and phoenix-immortal fruits for auction, which attracted a large number of alchemists and alchemy sects. The appearance of the Nine-Sky Cold Iron also attracted many sword cultivators to fly to the sea on their swords.
Treasure ships came across the sea, and cultivators rode on flying swords or controlled magic weapons across the clouds to participate in the sea fair held by the Mermaid Kingdom.
The venue for the sea market was chosen at the border of the Mermaid Kingdom close to Nanzhou. It was not too deep in the dangerous sea and some powerful cultivators could even fly over directly.
After arriving at Haishi, one can see from afar palaces and pavilions built on a black tortoise that is dozens of miles wide and has the blood of Xuanwu. There are also more than a dozen third-order ships guarding it nearby, and thousands of powerful aquatic creatures in armor patrolling and guarding it.
The ship is crystal clear and reflects dreamy light on the sunlight and sea water. Tall palaces are built on the ship, and you can also see charming and beautiful maids from foreign races walking among them.
A huge dragon mirage was circling the sea city, and all sorts of illusory visions appeared in the mist it emitted. Fairy mountains and pavilions appeared on the sea, as if a goddess had descended from heaven.
At first glance, this doesn't look like a mirage at all, but rather a peach banquet in heaven.
The Mermaid Kingdom showed off the wealth and power of the South China Sea to the overseas countries, which also gave a different understanding of overseas countries and the Mermaid Kingdom to a large number of cultivators.
And under the sea, there is a magnificent and dreamy underwater palace. Everyone thinks that overseas is a wild place and mermaids are a barbaric alien species. Who would have thought that the prosperity of the mermaid country is far beyond their imagination. The mermaids can speak human language and understand etiquette, and they are not like the barbarians they imagined.
A large number of practitioners came from thousands of miles away to see the dazzling treasures, the precious spiritual weapons never seen before from the bottom of the sea, the exotic creatures, the refining materials and elixir ingredients that are hard to find on land, all of which can be found here.
They came to have fun, and at the same time brought more legends about overseas mirages and the kingdom of mermaids to distant places, attracting more monks from land to come.
The Mermaid Kingdom also discovered that the benefits they gained from their open sea market model far exceeded their imagination.
The spiritual objects and materials on the seabed that were originally not needed, as well as the things that were used as building materials and consumables, can be exchanged for a large number of magical instruments, magic weapons, and various inheritances that can only be found on the continent.
With a large amount of wealth and treasures gathering in the Mermaid Kingdom, more powerful people and demon generals and guards can naturally be cultivated. Various magical inheritances from Dongzhou and Nanzhou bring all kinds of powerful spells.
However, more importantly, with the arrival of a large number of cultivators, humans and monsters, people began to appear on overseas islands and they began to connect with each other. The Mermaid Kingdom, through its own power and its share of the profits from the sea market, connected the owners of these islands, cultivators from sects, and immortal cultivation families with itself.
The Mermaid Kingdom is the master of the South China Sea, so these families and sects naturally became dependent on the Mermaid Kingdom.
Under the deliberate control of the Mermaid Kingdom, mountain gods and water lords naturally appeared on these islands, large and small. However, unlike the gods of East Continent and South Continent, their powers were more limited to water gods.
Moreover, most of the gods are aliens or aquatic creatures, and are managed or conferred by the Mermaid Kingdom. The Mermaid Kingdom, which originally had no influence on the samsara underworld, also began to have some influence on the underworld.
They are planning to use this method to gradually increase their influence on the underworld reincarnation, and then seek the position of a true god or even a higher god.
As the neighbor and mortal enemy of the Mermaid Kingdom, the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea is most concerned about the movements of the Mermaid Kingdom. Naturally, the purpose of the Mermaid Kingdom has also been passed on to the Dragon Palace.
Later everyone knew that the Mermaid Kingdom wanted to seize the throne of god bestowed by the underworld in order to increase its influence and control over the South China Sea.
The East China Sea Dragon Palace is not good at management and trade, but their greatest strength is that they have many dragon sons and grandsons. Moreover, in Dongzhou, a large number of the Jiaolong clan serve as water masters and river gods. Even in Nanzhou, there are dragons that escaped from the East China Sea Dragon Palace.
This is the greatest influence of the East China Sea Dragon Palace. Under the order of this generation's Dragon King Ao Hong, they began to contact the dragon sons and their descendants who had fled the Dragon Palace hundreds of years ago.
They wanted to bring these dragons scattered across the world back under the management of the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea.
However, this is not easy. These dragons fled from the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea and rushed to the land. Now they have established their own territory and have close relations with the human race. The Dragon Palace in the East China Sea will inevitably be in opposition to the Dapan Dynasty in Dongzhou.
The Dragon Palace in the East China Sea and the Mermaid Kingdom in the South China Sea both started their own big moves. For a moment, the originally desolate and cold sea became bustling and lively.
In the Dapan Dynasty of Dongzhou, the ancient Que City of Dongli County is located close to the border of the Shiwan Mountains and is the territory of the Dapan Dynasty.
The name of Guque City comes from the ruins under the city that are wrapped in clouds and mountains. The overflowing clouds make the mountain and the city seem to float in the sky. Legend has it that in the cloud mountain that is like a wall, there is a corner of the heavenly palace that fell down.
The city is full of cultivators, there are no ordinary people. All major sects have their bases here. This is even a world-famous cultivator market. Large and small shops can be seen everywhere on the streets, as well as groups of cultivators in the innate and Qi training realms setting up stalls.
However, until now, this relic fairy palace has not been fully explored. Legend has it that it contains secrets about heaven and endless treasures. A large number of corpses of heavenly soldiers and generals are still guarding the door of a corner of this fairy palace.
At this moment, Fang Xiu had planted a seedling in the depths of the Immortal Palace ruins, in a core point shrouded by a killing array restriction. It was cultivated from the seed of the Tree of Youth that Fang Xiu had brought in.
However, Fang Xiu later discovered that this tree was very magical. It needed a specific power to grow, and another kind of power to bear fruit. It had no effect in his hands.
Fang Xiu had no way to deal with it, and he was reluctant to destroy the core of the tree, otherwise it would lose its function of extending life by two hundred years. Finally, he decided to bury the seedling in this place where spiritual energy gathered to see if there would be any changes after hundreds of years.
The Immortal Palace ruins are filled with killing formations and restrictions, and as time goes by, the restrictions and killing formations within the ruins are constantly reviving and becoming stronger and stronger. This is the reason why generation after generation of practitioners have not been able to crack the entire ruins.
Even the large number of corpses of heavenly soldiers and generals who died outside the ruins and formed a formation gradually underwent strange changes as they revived.
After Fang Xiu planted the sacred spiritual root tree in the deepest part of the Immortal Palace ruins, he decided to leave. Fang Xiu transformed into Juntian Pot and broke out of the formation. Just as he was about to go outside, he discovered that there was something moving inside the ruins that had not been opened yet.
Fang Xiu lowered his head and saw that it was a refined corpse. There were dozens of refined corpses lying in the large formation outside. They were all made from the bodies of soldiers who died in battle. They were filled with a strong bloody aura, but the others had been pulverized to pieces. Only this refined corpse was lucky enough to slip in from outside. This was because the corpse was a dead object, so it was able to bypass most of the killing bans.
Fang Xiu's gaze penetrated more than ten miles away and saw a young man sitting cross-legged in the clouds, controlling the refined corpse. This was already the farthest distance. If it was any farther, he would probably lose control of the refined corpse.
The corners of Fang Xiu's mouth curled up. He didn't expect that he would encounter someone who took advantage of a loophole in this way, and took advantage of it right in front of him. Fang Xiu did not intervene. He just wanted to see how this kid was going to sneak out.
"A corpse-driving buddy?"
"No, the difference in cultivation and age is too great. His disciple?"
At this moment, the corpse was sneaking into the restriction, then picked up a half-corpse standing under the collapsed palace gate and ran out. His original intention was to pick up some corpses of monks who died in the ruins, but the corpse's vision was not very good, so he simply picked up the corpse of a heavenly soldier and ran away.
Suddenly, thousands of intact bodies of heavenly soldiers on the ground began to move at the same time, and pairs of horrified eyes looked outside. The half-body that was carried on the back of the corpse refiner also began to twitch.
The huge pressure instantly locked onto the corpse and tore the thief apart. Then they all looked at Zhong Wen, the second-generation disciple of the Corpse-Driving Sect who was controlling the corpse outside.
"Curse? I'm dead now!" Zhong Wen spat out a mouthful of blood, and his face turned as pale as a zombie.
The bloody curse instantly wrapped around Zhong Wen, and black air covered his face. However, Zhong Wen was proficient in corpse refining. He instantly inserted several golden needles into several major acupoints, suppressed the curse, and ran desperately out of the clouds.
At this time, Fang Xiu glanced at the half-body on the ground that was about to return. He waved his finger and saw the half-body of the heavenly soldier flying towards Zhong Wen.
"If you don't die, this opportunity is yours, and you can also lift the evil spell." Fang Xiu took a look at the interesting Taoist priest of the Corpse-Driving Sect. Once he was hit by the evil spell, there was basically no solution. If he couldn't subdue this half-corpse soldier, there would be only two possible results, death at the hands of the corpse soldier, or death under the spell.
Fang Xiu stepped onto the clouds, sat on a crane and rushed towards the Lingshu Mountain in the distance. The 380th birthday banquet of Jia Yi, the founder of Lingshu Mountain, would be held there. It was heard that Jia Yi had also deduced the fifth-level Tongtian Taoism, so Fang Xiu prepared to go and take a look.
The entire ancient city exploded in an instant, and only a Taoist with a deathly face was seen running out from the ruins.
But what was even more terrifying was that a corpse wearing divine armor was following behind him, flying in the air with only half of its body remaining. It still exuded an extremely terrifying aura, with evil spirit spreading for dozens of meters and a foul stench filling the air.
"The corpse of a heavenly soldier? How is this possible?"
"How did these things get out? How did they get out?"
"Where's the guy who led this corpse out? Find him for me!"
Guque City was in chaos. A large number of cultivators from Guque City flew out quickly to intercept the half-corpse soldier. Various spells exploded and rolled towards the sky. Even a cultivator at the third level of Dan Realm could not break the defense of the divine armor, not to mention the overwhelming evil spirit. Even the cultivators would fall dead immediately if they were fumigated.
However, the corpse soldiers of the Immortal Palace followed Zhong Wen closely all the time, chasing him to the headquarters of the major sects.
"Kill that boy for me!"
"It's this guy! He lured the corpse of the heavenly soldier out!"
"Kill him! Kill him and the heavenly soldiers will go back!"
In the end, the entire Guque City was in an uproar. The half of the god's corpse in the sky was like a peerless demon, and it beat the defenders of Guque City so hard that they could not fight back.
Finally, a bronze coffin flew from the sky and took the half of the god's corpse into it. An old Taoist fell into the ancient Que City, picked up Zhong Wen and disappeared.