"Sure enough, this world is in extreme chaos. The way of heaven is constantly broken, the way of humanity is declining, and the way of demons is flourishing. The whole world is shrouded in resentment, and the breath of catastrophe cannot be diffused. It is really a chaotic world!"
The moon was sparse, and the cold moonlight shone down on the earth. It was surrounded by a dark forest, with the sounds of wolves roaring and tigers roaring one after another. Solitary graves scattered in the forest could be seen everywhere. It was a terrifying scene.
This is the world that Zhong Yu has traveled through again since returning to the small world. He has a resounding name, Liaozhai.
This is a world where people are not human, ghosts are not ghosts, monsters are not monsters, loyalty is difficult to distinguish between good and evil, love and hatred are difficult to distinguish.
Judging from the mainstream of today's world, the orthodoxy of the human world is still humans in name. Humans with an infinite population are scattered across this extremely vast land and firmly occupy the identity of the ruler.
However, humanity is so powerful, but it does not always have the upper hand. The principle of victory and defeat has been common sense since ancient times.
Especially in the past few years, as the dynasty's rule in various parts of the continent has become more and more obsolete, the livelihood of low-level civilians has become more and more difficult. There are corrupt officials everywhere, who are constantly plundering the people's wealth.
Under this situation, the imperial army became increasingly weak, and military pay had not been paid for a long time, making the army's combat effectiveness uncomplimentary.
Coupled with the internal disputes among Taoists, Buddhists, and other cultivators in various places, they became entangled with each other and it was difficult to work together.
It can be said that now, the power of humanity in the entire world has declined to the extreme, and it cannot even control the vast basic territory of mankind.
News came from every state and county that a powerful demon was causing trouble, occupying one area, and causing harm to the surrounding area for dozens of miles.
More powerful demons directly lead their demon soldiers to attack cities and territories. Every time they appear, there will be a loss of life in a house and a place, not even a hundred people. They can be said to be the life and death enemies of humanity.
Faced with the chaos caused by demons in various places, the governments of more than a dozen dynasties on this continent were unable to quell them. They could only order the defenders from various places to stick to the city and not to attack wantonly to avoid causing catastrophe.
Although this can ensure the stability of areas with strong city walls and preserve the main strength of the entire dynasty. But for some other towns, or remote areas with low walls, it is fatal.
Nowadays, the entire occupied territory of mankind has been reduced by 1/10. Most of the bitter and cold frontier areas have been abandoned, or sparsely populated areas have been abandoned. Even officials are not willing to take up their posts, and they are gradually becoming deserted.
These lost places became the paradise of those demons. Countless demons gathered here and gradually grew stronger relying on the resources of these places, forming a more powerful force to plunder other human areas.
In addition to these powerful demons, there are dozens of powerful demon kings and ghost kings in the underworld who are causing trouble in the underworld, blocking the communication between the human world and the underworld, and preventing countless innocent souls from being reincarnated, leaving them behind in the human world, causing trouble for one side.
Even in prosperous places where humans gather the most powerful power, demons often appear to cause trouble, but they are not powerful and their numbers are not large, so they cannot cause much impact.
This is also the source of legends in the Liaozhai world where scholars often meet fox fairies or are entangled with ghosts.
"In general, this is an extremely chaotic world with no order at all and a complete chaos."
In a small county town, Zhong Yu finally had such a general understanding of the world after reading all the books in the city.
The way of heaven in this world seems to be broken for some unknown reason.
Not only are they unable to fulfill the basic responsibilities of heaven, such as the normal operation of heaven and earth, and the reconciliation of yin and yang between the human world and the underworld, but they are also unable to achieve true manifestations.
I don’t know when it started, whether it was thousands of years ago or thousands of years ago, all the great powers in this world gradually discovered that they could no longer communicate, or could not feel the breath of heaven.
After the initial trepidation, ecstasy followed.
Without the suppression of heaven above my head, there were many things that I dared not do before, or could not do, for fear of being punished by heaven, but now everything is possible.
Even the life-killing pass for cultivators and the heavenly catastrophe to settle all causes and effects disappeared along with the way of heaven.
At this point, the entire Netherworld has ushered in a golden age of cultivation.
After thousands of years of evolution, the strength of the two realms of Yin and Yang is much deeper than before. Genius masters emerge in an endless stream, leaving countless legends in the two realms.
By now, the strength of the Yin and Yang Realms is more than ten times what it was before the disappearance of Heavenly Dao, which is terrifying.
Among them, under the Heavenly Dao, there are two meanings: human nature and demon Dao. After the withdrawal of the Heavenly Dao, the power has grown exponentially.
In order to compete for the inheritance left by the law of heaven, these two animals followed their instincts and fought openly and secretly with each other, setting up one disaster after another, just to compete for the authority between heaven and earth and make themselves stronger.
In this struggle, the evil spirit finally won.
It can be seen from the fact that demons are now flourishing in various places and are constantly causing trouble in the human world. Even the Netherworld, the basic territory of humanity, has intervened and plundered 1/3 of the area, blocking the communication between Yin and Yang.
On the contrary, humanity is in constant decline, destiny is scattered, and cultivators in various places in the world are constantly arguing with each other, and there are endless vendettas.
Facing the attack of demons, they were helpless and fell into a disadvantage. As a result, the territory of human beings continued to shrink, and there was a gradual trend of extinction.
"However, in such a chaotic situation, I can use my hands and feet without too much restraint."
Zhong Yu felt a little surprised.
Often in times of peace and prosperity, people's hearts are stable, people are happy with their work, and everything is maintained in order. Even if he wants to raise a flag to rebel, it is not certain how many people will follow.
And if you don't have the power to crush a world, it would be unwise to step forward rashly and easily lead to a siege from the whole world, and even attract the attention of collective consciousnesses such as heaven and humanity.
But things are different now. The entire world is divided into more than a dozen dynasties, each occupying a corner of the world. The entire world is divided into dozens of regions, and it is difficult to unify each other.
Even within the dynasty, there is a scene of the end of the dynasty. Chaos is everywhere, people's minds have changed, and everything is promising.
For example, the small county he is currently in is Hecheng County under the Guide Prefecture of Dongjiang Province under the rule of the Ming Dynasty. It is located southeast of Guide Prefecture and is the frontier of the Ming Dynasty.
To the north and west of Guide Mansion is the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty. Although it has reached the end of the dynasty and the chaos is getting worse, it is basically stable and there is no major chaos.
However, there are vast mountains and forests from east to south, stretching for thousands of miles. They are filled with monsters, monsters, poisonous insects and beasts, and it is impossible for mortals to cross. It is a dangerous place.
(End of chapter)