Su Yun floated in front of Zhong Jinling and finally understood the secret of the pure land in this world of fire.
At first, Su Yun and Yingying had some resentment towards Zhong Jinling. Zhong Jinling buried himself and the Immortal Court together, and so many immortals fell into the Forgotten River and turned into Ashes. It was too cruel.
Now, seeing Zhong Jinling burning himself in exchange for this piece of pure land, the two of them couldn't help but feel mixed emotions.
"Zhong Jinling burned himself so that the immortals under his command could survive until now."
Su Yun sighed secretly. From the First Immortal Realm till now, he had seen too many people who were willing to sacrifice themselves, such as Tie Kunlun, Zhong Jinling, Yu Yanzhao...
Emperor Jue back then was one of them.
"Has Mr. Onlooker arrived?" Zhong Jinling could no longer speak. Only his spirit was left. His spirit flew out of his body and floated in front of Su Yun, looking at them with some confusion.
Su Yun greeted him and said, "Long time no see, Di Jinling."
Zhong Jinling's spirit returned the greeting and said, "Forgive me for my duty and for not being able to meet you in person."
Ashes kept floating out of his soul, which were then ignited by the fire of catastrophe and burned fiercely.
Zhong Jinling's spirit was extremely weak, no longer as strong as before. It was obvious that he had been burning himself for a long time and had sacrificed most of his cultivation.
He was the first immortal in the Second Immortal Realm. When he was in power, he was called the Benevolent Emperor. The reason why he was called the Benevolent Emperor was because Emperor Jue was too ruthless and his rule was extremely harsh, causing all races to suffer. After Emperor Jue abdicated the throne to Zhong Jinling, Zhong Jinling implemented benevolent policies, and both the old gods and the gods and demons were given important positions. That era was unprecedentedly prosperous!
Even from the third fairyland to the current seventh fairyland, no era can compare with it!
Su Yun smiled and said, "Back then I became ugly and turned into a short and fat boy, but I didn't expect Brother Dao to still recognize me."
Zhong Jinling's spirit smiled and said, "I was born with a strong sense of spirits, so I was able to sense your entry into this world. Your demeanor is even better than before."
Yingying's eyes lit up, and she was inexplicably excited: "You are also a necromancer? So, we are the same kind of people!"
Zhong Jinling asked, "What is a spirit summoner?"
Yingying hurried to explain.
Zhong Jinling suddenly realized and said with a smile: "So there is such a skill. However, I have a very high talent in spirituality, so I use it to cultivate my own spirituality and have not created other magical powers."
Yingying was full of envy: "Your spirit is so strong that it has been burning for 30 million years and it is still not completely burned out. I want to cultivate to your level in the future!"
Zhong Jinling was surprised and asked, "Why do you say that, young lady? It has only been a few hundred thousand years since my immortal court fell into this place. Why do you say it has been thirty million years?"
Su Yun and Yingying were confused and puzzled, but their souls would not lie to them.
Su Yun probed, "Brother Dao, what you mean is that only a few hundred thousand years have passed since you sealed the Second Immortal Court?"
Zhong Jinling said: "Less than 300,000 years. Now it is the third fairyland, right? However, after we opened up this place, many Jiehui Immortals were thrown in. Some Jiehui Immortals claimed to be from the third fairyland, some claimed to be from the fourth fairyland. Some even said they were from the fifth or sixth fairyland..."
He looked strange and had no idea what was going on.
Yingying was confused and didn't know what was going on.
Su Yun was in a daze, and suddenly said: "I know! Wangchuan is independent of the eight immortal realms, so for Wangchuan, the time of the eight immortal realms flows at the same time!"
Yingying came to her senses and said hurriedly, "The time of the eight immortal realms flows forward at the same time, without any order. But because the formation of Wangchuan is the end of the second immortal realm, Wangchuan will experience the end of the third to the eighth immortal realm!"
Zhong Jinling was confused and didn't understand what was going on.
Su Yun asked, "Brother, have you seen the Jiehuixian from the seventh fairyland? What about the eighth fairyland?"
Zhong Jinling shook his head.
Su Yun walked back and forth and guessed: "The Sixth Immortal Realm and the Seventh Immortal Realm overlapped for a period of time, which resulted in Wangchuan not experiencing the end of the Seventh Immortal Realm, but only the early stage! The same is true for the Eighth Immortal Realm."
Yingying smiled and said, "It is also possible that we won and saved Emperor Hundun, so there was no catastrophe disaster in the Seventh and Eighth Immortal Realms!"
Su Yun smiled: "Maybe so."
Neither he nor Yingying mentioned another possibility, which was that they failed, Emperor Hundun died, and the entire universe and the eight fairy realms were all buried in the Chaos Sea!
Su Yun tried his best to avoid this possibility, so he could only think about it in his heart but could not say it out loud.
Zhong Jinling still didn't understand what they were talking about. Su Yun had a request from him, so he told the story of Emperor Hundun and the stranger, and then explained the origin of the eight immortal realms and the source of the calamity ashes.
Zhong Jinling was stunned and couldn't recover for a long time.
"In other words, the Dao realm we cultivate is actually our own Dao realm."
Zhong Jinling tried hard to digest this information. After a moment, he tentatively said, "The Dao Realm actually has more than nine levels. There is also a tenth level. When one cultivates to the tenth level, one's Dao Realm will be complete, and one will become a Dao God in one's Dao Realm. Because the Immortal Dao is imprinted between heaven and earth, and heaven and earth are the secret realm of Emperor Hundun, the Dao we cultivate is imprinted in Emperor Hundun's Dao Realm, and Emperor Hundun has obtained our Dao."
He calmed down and continued, "When Emperor Hun Dun fought with the outsider, the Dao was broken. He forced himself to move forward for eight million years in order to find someone who could open up the Dao realm to the tenth level. As long as someone breaks through to the tenth level, he can use this person's Dao method to prolong his life."
Su Yun nodded: "That's right."
Zhong Jinling said: "Back then, I accidentally saw that there was another Dao Realm above the ninth Dao Realm, but unfortunately I had no opponent at that time."
He said sadly: "I was already invincible at that time. Without enough pressure, it would be impossible to go any further."
Yingying whispered to Su Yun, "This Di Jinling is just like you, he always says things that deserve a beating."
She paused and added, "Of course, he has the qualifications to say such things, but you don't. You simply deserve a beating."
Su Yun remained calm and flicked her buttocks quietly. Yingying screamed and became angry and turned into a book, hitting Su Yun's head with it.
Su Yun was completely unaware and asked, "Brother, do you know what's going on with Di Hu outside?"
"Di Hu, it was Teacher Jue who imprisoned him here."
Zhong Jinling's spirit flew out with them and said, "Teacher Jue nominally exiled Di Hu, but in fact he captured and suppressed him. The reason why he resigned from the throne was because he knew that Di Hu would not give up and would cause a big mess sooner or later. He couldn't throw Di Hu into the eighteenth floor of the underworld to suppress him, because if he did that, Di Hu and Di Shu would join forces. So he could only suppress Di Hu himself."
They came to the prison terrace.
On the Prisoner's Terrace, the immortals from the Second Immortal Realm were still trying their best to reconnect the broken chains and suppress Emperor Hu again. However, Emperor Hu was too powerful to be dealt with by them.
"The Prisoner's Terrace is the place where Master Jue sat when he was refining and suppressing Emperor Hu."
Zhong Jinling's spirit said: "I sealed the Immortal Court and turned it into the Forgotten River, which fell outside the universe, leaving only the Forgotten River Stone Gate. Teacher Jue found me and scolded me."
He looked up and recalled the past, his face was sad, and he said bitterly: "Teacher Jue blamed me for being selfish, sealing the Immortal Court myself, escaping from responsibility, and leaving the burden of taking care of all living beings in the world to him."
Su Yun couldn't help but smile when he thought of Jue at that time. Emperor Jue at that time was truly extraordinary and brilliant. It would be impossible to find such an outstanding person again!
It was at that time that Emperor Jue ascended the throne again, turned the tide, and once again saved the people and all living things from danger. On the eve of the destruction of the Second Immortal Realm, he led people to cross the Northern Crown Wall.
"Teacher Jue gave me the responsibility of suppressing Emperor Hu. He said that since you have abandoned all living beings, you must take on other responsibilities. This is the responsibility of an emperor."
Zhong Jinling said with a gloomy face: "Over the years, we have been suppressing Di Hu, and everything was going well before. Until one day, Di Hu suddenly took himself off."
Su Yun and Yingying were listening intently. Suddenly, they were startled when they heard this sentence. They cried out, "Take yourself off? You are not clothes, how can you take them off?"
Zhong Jinling's soul looked up at the giant god Dihu in the sky. This giant god was frantically attacking the Second Immortal Court with fierce and overbearing means, and was extremely powerful.
"The current Emperor Hu is just a shell."
Zhong Jinling said something shocking, "He opened a wound on his chest and back, and sloughed off his flesh and blood piece by piece. Just like an ant moving house, he gradually emptied himself out, leaving only a piece of skin."
Su Yun looked up at Emperor Hu in the sky and was horrified.
The current Emperor Hu is fierce and domineering. His every move is powerful and every blow is equivalent to an attack from a treasure. It is impossible to tell that he is just a shell!
"He shed his flesh piece by piece, and Master Jue's arrangement could no longer hold him down."
Zhong Jinling sighed and said, "I failed to complete the task entrusted by Master Jue, and Di Hu escaped."
Su Yun suddenly asked: "Then how did Di Hu cut off the chains on his hands and feet?"
Zhong Jinling said, "It was burned off with the calamity fire. Back then, Emperor Hu used the method of a cicada shedding its shell like an ant moving house to allow his flesh and blood to escape piece by piece. How powerful was he? The flesh and blood were highly active and transformed into powerful lives. One of these lives bewitched many calamity ash immortals and burned them with the calamity fire, burning off the gold chain."
Yingying asked, "Then why didn't he run away?"
Zhong Jinling said: "He needs more Jiehuixian. He wants to obtain Wangchuan."
Yingying was puzzled: "What can he do with Wangchuan?"
Su Yun's face was solemn, and he said softly: "An army that knows no pain and is not afraid of death."
Yingying suddenly shuddered and looked around Wangchuan. In this land outside the domain, there were floating continents and planets, being devoured by the fire. The calamity fairies there roared and wailed, and there were calamity fairies being burned to ashes all the time!
They could not get out of Wangchuan because the stone gate was guarded by Jingxi.
Jingxi received an order from Zhong Jinling that he could only enter Wangchuan but not leave!
Anyone who tries to escape will face the stone sword that can cut through anything!
And Emperor Hu provided a way for the calamity fairies suppressed here, which could prevent them from being burned by the calamity fire and even allow them to come to the colorful world outside!
You can imagine how great this temptation is!
Yingying smiled and said, "But Di Jinling is the great emperor who rules the Second Immortal Realm. He has many powerful people under his command. He can definitely rule Wangchuan, right?"
Zhong Jinling sighed and said, "If it was in the past, I could still do it. But now, I am increasingly unable to do so."
In order to protect the immortals of the Second Immortal Court, he burned his own Taoism and turned himself into ashes to give these immortals room to survive. It was already quite remarkable that he could persist until now.
His ruling power gradually declined, while Di Hu's influence became stronger and stronger, so much so that more and more Jiehui Immortals flew out and defected to Di Hu.
Emperor Hu was indeed very powerful, he could actually suppress the calamity fire on these calamity ash immortals!
What worries Zhong Jinling is that sooner or later he will burn himself to death.
At that time, Di Hu will become the ruler of Wangchuan!
Su Yun thought for a moment and asked, "What if I can cure your disease?"
Zhong Jinling's body trembled slightly, his eyes fell on him, and he asked in a hoarse voice: "Can you cure the Jiehui disease?"
Su Yun raised his palm and caught a piece of calamity ash that floated out from Zhong Jinling's soul. The calamity ash was not ignited by the calamity fire, and after being nourished by the innate qi, it turned into Taoism and returned to Zhong Jinling's body.
Zhong Jinling immediately felt the revival of that part of the avenue, and asked with a trembling voice: "You want me to stop Di Hu?"
Su Yun shook his head and smiled, "I want you to lead the Jiehuixian and fight your way out of Wangchuan!"