Chapter 870 The War with the Grand Duke Jupiter

The heroes of the land submit, and millions of fierce soldiers suppress evil.

The struggle for dominance amongst the heroes has subsided, the land is pacified. Within the sects, the ten schools of extraordinary individuals have all recognized the general trend and no longer dream of seizing wealth and status with their individual abilities.

Therefore, many people believe that the greatest wish during the new emperor's enthronement and the grand Luo Tian ritual is to expel the Grand Duke Jupiter (Taisui) looming overhead as soon as possible.

After all, this seems to be the only opportunity to drive away the Grand Duke Jupiter. This was the result of discussions between the Hu family and the otherworldly beings. The hearts of the people are scattered, so if there is a moment when all people are of one mind and the power of their vows surges, it will only be during the new emperor's enthronement.

"Bullshit!"

At this moment, Yang Gong, the King of Ming Prefecture who had entered the capital, directly denied this.

Facing countless sect members with amazing abilities, he frankly replied, "What new emperor enthronement, all people of one mind?"

"Others don't know, but I know that the new emperor's enthronement only makes me happy, and the brothers who followed me in the pursuit of wealth and status. What does it have to do with the common people?"

"They won't care who becomes emperor. The new emperor's enthronement is worthless in their eyes. If you really want to see that all people are of one mind and the grand ritual, you have to wait until the crops are strong, the rain is sufficient, and the granaries are full!"

"Only when people are fed and can see surplus grain can we truly usher in the time when the hearts of the people suppress evil."

"..."

In terms of sect abilities, Yang Gong hadn't even touched the threshold, but now this remark surprised many capable people and strangers, even the Erguotou reincarnator. However, they were awakened by his words and asked questions one after another.

"I'm not in a hurry to become emperor. What's mine is mine."

"Therefore, the Luo Tian grand ritual will be set after autumn, when the people can see food in their mouths."

"Before that, if you submit to me, let the extraordinary people of the world travel the land, suppress evil and pacify the people, and dispel evil spirits and comfort ghosts."

"If there is not enough rain, help them pray for rain. If the land is not fertile, help them bless the land. If people are uneasy, help them cure diseases and eliminate plagues. If the world is not peaceful, help them eliminate disasters and resolve difficulties."

"Ensure that tillers have their land, the young are cared for, and the old have their grain. Why worry about not gaining the hearts of the people like a dragon?"

"..."

After awakening the sect members, he immediately ordered: "Farmers return to their fields, fierce soldiers disarm, open up wasteland for cultivation, and exempt from taxes to encourage grain production."

Because of this order, the world ushered in good times.

The world was in the transition between spring and summer, a time of scarcity, but because the Lord of Evil Suppression from Mount Da'ai seized the Purple Qi, causing the Black Grand Duke Jupiter to turn white, the people had food to eat.

Seeing that the disaster of war had been eliminated, they had the strength to cultivate. As the Purple Qi returned to the world, the weather was favorable everywhere, and the crops grew vigorously, which made the farmers happy just by looking at them.

For the people of the sects, the past six months had been somewhat astonishing.

Seeing the rolling Purple Qi returning to the world, they realized that the weight between heaven and earth should be light. They all thought that the Grand Duke Jupiter was extracting marrow, taking away the weight of the world. In the end, most of the weight was taken away by Du Yi. How much could the Grand Duke Jupiter occupy?

The Disciples Who Do Not Eat Beef, the Ghost Walkers of the World, and the people of the Ten Surname Sects traveled the land, suppressed evil, and pacified the people.

With the Wang's decree from the capital exempting taxes and encouraging grain production and suppressing the heroes of the world, more and more people were seen cultivating in the fields from the south to the north.

By the time summer passed and spring arrived, the fields nourished by the Purple Qi were full of grain, and the people of the world were filled with joy.

Hearing that taxes would be exempted for three years and that these fields would be stored in their own granaries, that joy and security were beyond words.

A skilled observer of qi, watched the world from the capital.

Seeing the rise of fortune, many times stronger than when Yang Gong had first entered the capital, he confirmed that the Ming King, who was half outside the sect, had a more accurate eye for the fortune of the common people.

Interestingly, many people were dissatisfied with Yang Gong becoming emperor, and many hated him. If the Luo Tian grand ritual had been rushed when Yang Gong first entered the capital, there would have been outward unity, but in reality, many people would have hidden evil intentions.

But at this time, with the hearts of the people returning to him, even their dissatisfaction was drowned out.

Even in a certain place, an ambitious person saw that Yang Gong had entered the capital but had not ascended the throne for a long time, so he believed that his mandate was not from heaven. Therefore, he spread rumors:

He claimed that Yang Gong was a demon descended from heaven who wanted to eliminate the Grand Duke Jupiter and seize the jobs that the people relied on for survival. He incited the people to protect the Grand Duke Jupiter and eliminate the Ming King. There was no need for the capital to send troops, as the Disciples Who Do Not Eat Beef eliminated him.

The green fields of the world turned yellow in the blink of an eye.

The cycle of Jiazi (60 years) had arrived, the azure sky had been changed to the imperial sky, and it was time for the Ming King to officially ascend the throne and for the able people of the world to gather for the Luo Tian grand ritual.

When the new emperor ascends the throne, he must establish an ancestral shrine, and it is time to move the Hu family's ancestral shrine out of the capital.

Ming King Yang Gong, the day before, only took the lame little ghost to the ancestral shrine. The lame little ghost sniffed and was now sure he smelled the familiar scent, but after kowtowing a few times and shouting "Good fortune to Old Master Hu," there was no response.

Finally, tilting his not-so-smart head, he quietly took out a piece of blood food from his sleeve and placed it in front of the hemp.

"Brother, if I delay for a while longer, you can enjoy the incense here for a while longer. I hope it can help you."

Yang Gong looked at the hemp under the green tent. This time, he didn't kneel, but chatted equally, like when they first met: "Everyone says to move the ancestral shrine and replace it with my family's tablet, but I grew up without any ancestors."

"Even the distant relatives who came to the door were secretly taken care of by me. If there are any ancestors, then I, Yang Gong, would rather recognize the people of the world as my ancestors."

"Enjoy this incense well, one day at a time. I will take this seal for the people of the world."

"When you come back, there will be many things to do!"

"..."

When the new emperor ascends the throne, the ancestral shrine in the capital must be moved out of the capital and returned to the ancestral land.

For the old emperor, this is a "downward move."

But no one expected that when the Ming King ascended the throne, he would make an "upward move" of the Hu family's ancestral shrine, keeping it in the capital to enjoy the incense of the world.

Revered as the "Teacher of the World"!

At the same time, with the vast capital as its domain, the altar for the Luo Tian grand ritual had long been built.

On that auspicious day, the King of Ming Prefecture, Yang Gong, led his generals, princes, national preceptors, meritorious ministers, opened the gates of the imperial city, entered the Cheng Tian Hall, held the Zhen Tian Treasure Seal, ascended the throne as emperor.

Also at the altar of the Luo Tian grand ritual in the north of the capital, Hu Shanchuan, the Lord of the Ghost Walkers of the World, erected a Dharma altar, with five stone weights placed around him as the corners of the altar. In front of him was an offering table and an incense altar.

On the offering table were black, white, azure, red, and gold Grand Dukes Jupiter that had been cut into square shapes, and a jar containing Purple Qi, placed above the five Grand Dukes Jupiter.

This was the Longevity Fruit, one of the Five Suppressions.

On the incense altar, three incense sticks were burned, and in front of the incense burner was a human skin covered with writing.

This was the Old Emperor's Skin, also the Grand Duke Jupiter's ledger.

The Yin General stood in the shady place behind the Dharma altar, with an iron coffin standing upright, covered with various chains.

Outside the Dharma altar, on layers of steps, capable people from various sects stood in circles, with the last generation's presiding priest of the Great Luo Dharma Sect, the National Preceptor Dongxuan, serving as the assistant priest.

On the same level as him were the eldest brother of the Disciples Who Do Not Eat Beef lineage, the various capable people of the Ghost Walker sect, Aunt Zhang who asked questions, Grandma Seven who reasoned, the masters of the Dongzi Li family, and Miss Li Xiangyu, Yang Ming Zhou, and the Shenshou Zhao family.

On the second level outside the Dharma altar were Li the Impermanent, Zhu of Guanshan, the Sun family who created fortune, and the sect leaders of the eight Disciples Who Do Not Eat Beef.

On the third level were the various capable people and strangers of the world, as well as the Undying King, the great executioners of each sect, and the sect members who contributed greatly in the battle for the Mandate of Heaven. Layer upon layer, one by one, each was a famous and powerful figure in the world.

Erguotou lit the incense, and everyone was solemn. The green smoke curled up, soaring into the clouds. The world was silent, waiting for the new emperor to say that one sentence.

At this time in the imperial city, Yang Gong walked towards the throne between two rows of civil and military officials, holding the last of the Five Suppression Altars, the Zhen Tian Treasure Seal. The seal was surrounded by Purple Qi, bearing the eight characters " 受命于天，既壽永昌" (Granted mandate by Heaven, may he enjoy longevity and prosperity), capable of seizing Heaven and Earth.

Then, he raised the seal high above his head, looked at the world, and shouted in a deep voice: "Du Yi as the guide, the Grand Duke Jupiter descends, invading our Heaven and Earth, sacrificing my people. Now I am emperor, kneeling to serve the people."

"With this seal as proof, reject the Grand Duke Jupiter, no longer offer sacrifices!"

"..."

Rumble!

As soon as these words were spoken, the people paid homage, and the divine light of the treasure seal suddenly shot straight into the sky.

Rolling dark clouds surged, overturning the earth. In the invisible, there came cries of sorrow, the remnants of the demon heaven and ghost earth.

Sensing the coming of the new heaven, they were struggling to the death.

On the altar, Erguotou, hearing the emperor say those words, stood up, held up the Old Emperor's Skin, and burned it in the middle of the altar. This represented the contract between the human world and the Grand Duke Jupiter, which at this moment turned to ashes and no longer existed.

Rumble!

The changes in the world were even greater, and endless yin winds suddenly blew from all directions.

Ghosts and gods were terrified, and the sky and earth were darkened.

Various ghost caves in the world, and the calamities within went crazy at the same time, eagerly wanting to rush into the human world, and from all directions, countless flesh and blood squeezed out from the depths of the earth.

Originally, they were only dormant, waiting to be slaughtered, but at the moment when the emperor's skin was burned, they suddenly let out earth-shattering roars. The flesh and blood swelled and surged, giving birth to tentacles and faces, as if to engulf the world.

"It's time, start the altar!"

Welcoming these changes in the world, even the national preceptor beside him couldn't help but show a hint of solemnity. However, Erguotou in the altar suddenly stood up with a cold smile. The altar flags in his hand were suddenly raised into the air.

With a hand seal, he shouted sternly:

"Yin and Yang unite, the world returns to the heart. I am on the altar, ordering all ghosts and gods in the world to listen to my command!"

"Drive away the fierce gods, leave the world, and bring peace to my people without disaster!"

"Those who do not obey the order will be executed!"

"..."

As soon as this altar came out, even the masters from various sects serving at the altar felt shocked.

Even though they had known beforehand, seeing the altar set up now, they still felt it was too crazy.

The Hu family had not entered the Yin realm before, so the Hu family's archetype was not related to the Eight Views of the Yellow Springs. The previous archetype was called the Altar of the Eight Armies of the World, which was actually the Altar of the World.

With one order, all the yin ghosts in the world obeyed the order.

Now, the altar that Erguotou was setting up was the last formula recorded in the Book of Suppressing the Grand Duke Jupiter, and also the new Ghost Walker archetype after the division, the Altar of Ghosts and Gods of the Eight Directions of the World.

This altar pierced through Yin and Yang, commanding the ghosts and gods of the world. Those who listen to this order dare not disobey, otherwise, they will be executed!

Also, because there was an altar called the Ghost and God Altar, and the Grand Duke Jupiter was considered a "fierce god" by the world, it was equivalent to even the Grand Duke Jupiter having to obey the order. Those who do not obey will be executed!

"Whoosh..."

The divine light on the altar suddenly rose, and the altar flags flew in all directions, rushing into the blood food mines that were going crazy.

Those disciples and followers who had received the orders of the various sects, the Ghost Walkers of the world, took this order and went to suppress the evil.

The people were the suppression, the golden armored soldiers drew their swords, and the Grand Dukes Jupiter of various places were all killed as demons!

...

...

Now, Hu Ma was too far away from the human world.

He originally had the opportunity to take that one step into the human world, but it was not enough to reach the Grand Duke Jupiter. However, the reincarnators sent him on one journey after another, finally allowing him to get closer and closer to the Grand Duke Jupiter in this dark void.

He didn't know how deep he had gone, he only knew that the deeper he went, the slower time passed. He didn't know how long it had been in the human world, or what had happened to his body.

But this was a road of no return, so he didn't think about the human world. He only thought of the faces that brought hope to this world, remained steadfast, and strode forward, finally arriving at the end of the endless darkness.

Here, he seemed to pass through a vague barrier, as if finally stepping on the ground, as if seeing a different world. He didn't know if he was truly seeing it.

At this time, he was only a wisp of spirituality. Any force that polluted this spirituality could make him see all kinds of illusions. He could only use his own cognition to construct everything he understood.

So in his eyes, he seemed to have come to a mountain, a mountain that was infinitely high, and under his feet was all flesh and blood.

Wriggling, dormant, as if there was endless vitality, but there were no signs of life.

If he had to describe his feeling, it was as if he was standing on a mountain of meat, having arrived at an extremely huge blood food mine.

"This is the Grand Duke Jupiter?"

"This is the source?"

His heart stirred, and every step was a surprise. Compared to the endless nothingness and darkness, being able to come here was already a victory.

But that was not enough, he had to get closer and try to understand the deeper source.

Just then, he suddenly heard a voice: "What took you so long?"

"Holy crap!"

Even though he was now a wisp of spirituality, Hu Ma felt a shiver all over his body.

He had already left the human world too far, too far to describe. Even the reincarnators who had sent him on his way seemed to have left him a long time ago, the last one.

He had almost adapted to the endless darkness and loneliness, but he didn't expect that when he came to the end of this road, in this place closest to the source of the Grand Duke Jupiter, he could actually hear a familiar voice...

He turned his head and saw a man in a white robe standing quietly on the flesh.

His knees were already sunk into the mountain of meat, but the robe on his body was still white, his hair hung down, and his eyes still looked clear.

"Brother Monkey Wine?"

Hu Ma was almost about to crack.

He had taken this step too far, and he had paid endless courage to take this step.

He didn't even know how many reincarnators had helped him to get here.

How could someone still be ahead of him?

"You are visiting the Grand Duke Jupiter with an equal identity, following the bridge and arriving directly here."

Monkey Wine seemed to know what Hu Ma was surprised about and explained directly: "I am different. I found the roots of the Grand Duke Jupiter in the human world and came back as a return to the body, so I am faster than you."

"I took this shortcut just to come over and see what the Grand Duke Jupiter is, and to wait for you to come while watching it. In fact... I have been waiting for you here for twenty years."

"Twenty years..."

Hu Ma couldn't describe the horror in his heart for a moment, feeling that this guy was completely crazy...

Tie Guanyin and others were willing to help him because they wanted to avoid this eternal punishment, having made preparations to be annihilated in advance.

But this guy directly returned to the Grand Duke Jupiter?

He hesitated for a moment before hurriedly asking: "Aren't you afraid of being completely swallowed, or even... enduring eternal punishment?"

"A soul undergoing eternal punishment is also a way of existence."

Monkey Wine slowly opened his mouth and said, "Thought is existence. Human thought is not afraid of torture, only afraid of confusion."

"...I don't understand very well!"

Hu Ma only felt more and more amazed: "But what you say always seems to make sense."

"Simply put, it's just that I have prepared myself to undergo eternal punishment."

Monkey Wine slowly said, "Even if I undergo eternal punishment, I have to see clearly what it is. Of course, I also thought in advance that since the human world could invite us souls down to become gods, then it also shows that we all have a certain power to resist the Grand Duke Jupiter."

"So I believe I can last for a while. In that period of time, it will be enough for me to see its appearance clearly."

"Even find its weakness..."

"..."

He paused before sighing, looking at his legs submerged by the Grand Duke Jupiter, and sighed: "However, I am ultimately limited by the body of the reincarnator."

"I once broke away from it, and returning is also in the way of returning to the body, so its influence on me is stronger day by day. I know I can't defeat it, but fortunately, I know you will come, and I have been waiting for you here."

"So..."

Hu Ma understood what he was saying, and finally couldn't help but ask that question: "Can we win?"

When he took that step, Hu Ma didn't know the answer.

When he embarked on the journey with all the reincarnators, he still didn't know the answer.

Although everyone had agreed on many things, no one had the answer in their hearts as to whether they could win...

After all, that was an indescribable thing that could bury even a civilization from the other world...

He originally planned to face this problem alone, but he saw Monkey Wine, who had arrived here twenty years earlier than him. So Hu Ma believed that he must have learned a lot in these twenty years, so he directly asked him this question.

In fact, there was a moment when he worried that Monkey Wine would give a despairing answer.

But as a result, Monkey Wine listened to this question, suddenly smiled slightly, and asked instead: "Why can't we?"

Hu Ma looked at him.

Monkey Wine laughed. He had already been swallowed by half of the Grand Duke Jupiter, but the smile still looked as clean as when he was in the human world.

There was no decadence in his eyes, only full of expectation: "Actually, in the beginning, I didn't think we could win, because our world, in terms of technology, culture, cognition, philosophy, all aspects, are more advantageous than this world, but we lost completely."

"Since we have no ability to resist, then it is also difficult to place all hope on this world..."

"Until I found..."

He paused before suddenly laughing: "We didn't lose."

This unexpected answer made Hu Ma a little surprised, but hesitated: "Then what they said..."

"The old home was stolen, right?"

Monkey Wine chuckled softly and said, "Our world does no longer exist!"

He slowly raised his finger. On this mountain of meat, there was Purple Qi everywhere, even this mountain of meat seemed to be transformed by Purple Qi. He just pointed lightly and revealed the endless starry sky in front of Hu Ma.

Hu Ma saw a withered land, where there were ruins everywhere, and life was extinct, without a trace of living things.

He knew where this was, the previous life that the reincarnators dreamed of.

This desolation further confirmed the answer given by Da Hongpao and Tie Guanyin, but Monkey Wine opened his mouth at this time:

"But our war has not been lost!"

"As long as there are still us these consciousnesses, not completely disappeared, this war will always exist."

"..."

He slowly raised his head, looked at Hu Ma, his voice was extremely rational, but it made people feel surging: "Because we are too far away from the Grand Duke Jupiter, we embarked on a path of seeking knowledge of the truth."

"But the Grand Duke Jupiter belongs to the product of the spiritual world, the shadow of the soul. Therefore, when the Grand Duke Jupiter descended, we were caught off guard, and we had no time to construct understanding, and we were destroyed by this incomprehensible existence."

"But we haven't seen it, it doesn't mean we don't have enough will."

"The Grand Duke Jupiter devoured our civilization, but our will still exists, and it has become a demon, starting a war with it."

"In fact, Du Yi summoning the Grand Duke Jupiter to the human world is also a good thing to some extent."

"..."

When Monkey Wine said this, he couldn't help but smile, as if he found this discovery very interesting: "When we were still fighting this war with the Grand Duke Jupiter, the Grand Duke Jupiter descended into the human world."

"This is actually its most vulnerable time."

"..."

Hu Ma listened to his analysis, and his heart moved, giving birth to great hope: "So, this is the best time to kill the Grand Duke Jupiter?"

"Why kill it?"

Monkey Wine gave an unexpected answer and laughed, "Why do people kill lightning?"