Chapter 37 The Emperor Wu's Letter!

“It’s Emperor Wu’s secret letter!”

The moment Ji Xiang saw the gilded bamboo slip, he immediately tried to retrieve it. The Tongtian Mingyan (Heaven-Reaching Bright Smoke) on his body surged out like a vast ocean, sealing the sky. However, when the smoke reached the location of the gilded bamboo slip, it couldn't touch it at all.

The gilded bamboo slip shone brightly, and within this hell, the hollow and grand voice continued to echo.

“The Five Elements flow and revolve, never ceasing since ancient times; the sun, moon, and stars never lose their positions. All of creation relies on the nature of the Five Elements and Yin-Yang to harmonize and generate. The human world and the heavens should not have calamities.”

“If disasters arise, it is because the Five Elements are out of order and all things are abnormal. At this time, the heavens do not revolve, the earth does not bear, mountains and rivers are inverted, humans transform into demons, spirits understand etiquette, gods descend to earth as ghosts, and rivers and seas rise to become ruins.”

“Therefore, to maintain the normal operation of heaven and earth and the human world, and to prevent disasters, there must be the ability of ‘Heaven-Human Connection’.”

“When the order of the human world is disordered, draw upon the power of heaven to compensate; when the order of heaven is disordered, use the power of the human world to correct it.”

The voice in the gilded bamboo slip gradually weakened.

“The method of drawing upon the power of the Heavenly Emperor is to reach the realm of ‘Heaven-Human Connection’. Later generations may not be able to reach this realm, so I have left behind a method of drawing upon the awe-inspiring power of the Heavenly Emperor. After reaching the realm of Heaven-Human Connection, you can hold this letter and enter the Kunlun Path...”

“The art of replenishment borrowed from heaven must have a time of return. The dynasty will collapse at that time, and the Heavenly Dao will also descend at this time. A new era will begin, and the old dynasty will end. The Qin dynasty had no heavenly fortune and perished in a hurry, while the Han dynasty does not know how long it can last.”

Buzz—

The voice of the gilded bamboo slip stopped abruptly at this moment. Then, the golden light burst forth, shining on Ji Xiang and the Bixia Yuanjun (Azure Cloud Primordial Goddess), as if checking who the “Han Dynasty descendants” calling it were!

“This is not a letter written to the Heavenly Emperor, but a method of reception left to later generations.”

Ji Xiang spoke. At this moment, a wave spread from within him. Ji Xiang's image began to change autonomously, and the Guangdu Chenlun Tianzun (Vast Rescue from Drowning Celestial Worthy) actually manifested. The power on Bixia Yuanjun's body also gradually spread outward, which surprised her greatly, because she sensed that the power of the Mount Tai divine position she held was increasing. An ancient aura emanated from the Mount Tai divine position, as if it was gradually growing strong from the root.

Tracing back from the Bixia Yuanjun's divine position, Mount Tai Prefecture Lord, the Great Emperor of the Eastern Peak, and even the Mount Tai Lord of the Eastern Peak among the Five Peaks Lords, their origins were all the same divine position.

Who was the earliest god of Mount Tai?

Was the earliest face of the Tongue-Pulling Hell the Haoli Ghost Country?

The images of these divine positions gradually blurred. In the most ancient times, the image of the Lord of Mount Tai was originally blurred, but it represented the origin. In the era of the Warring States, to the period of the Qin Dynasty, it was called the "Heavenly Qi God", the master of heaven and earth!

Thus, outside the image of the Bixia Yuanjun, in addition to the blurred Heavenly Qi God, another one appeared.

The master of the underground, the Lord of Haoli Ghost Country, the Ghost Earl.

"This... this is? The divine position has changed, but the original image has not changed, but new images have been added to the original divine position, this is....!"

Bixia Yuanjun was shocked!

Since ancient times, the same gods may have different images. And like Mount Tai, it is also quite common for other gods to be constantly derived from one god, or multiple gods. This is not only in ancient times, but also in folk customs, in court temples, and in various religions.

"It doesn't seem like a return, it's more like tracing back to the source, receiving the images of past gods from distant years."

Within Ji Xiang's brow, the Compassionate Vow Vajra was also observing this scene, which shocked him greatly.

Just like the Compassionate Vow Vajra's own image, which is the incarnation of Ksitigarbha, and the self-awareness is a thought of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, relative to Bixia Yuanjun, Bixia Yuanjun's identity is probably the "incarnation" of the ancient Mount Tai God in the current era!

"What is the origin of sacrifice? Is it really the wishes of the world? Are the later gods all incarnations of the previous generation of gods? We think we are the main body, but in reality, we are just the separation of others' spirits or thoughts?"

"Then what is the origin of the gods, the many heavenly god positions in the Dafuli Land, are they transformed after the death of the gods, and not the accumulation of the wishes of the world? The images of past gods have long disappeared in the river of history, without the sacrifices of the world, just a letter from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty can recall them?"

"Then after they come back, who are the incarnations, or are we the incarnations?!"

The Compassionate Vow Vajra's thoughts fluctuated violently. What he was thinking about traced back to the root of self and incarnation, and if the origin of the gods was not the wishes of the world... then the divine system since ancient times would be overthrown.

Because in that case, maybe wishes are not the means for the world to create gods.

But the means for the gods to use the power of the world to condense incarnations for themselves, in order to break through to a higher realm.

Are the gods unliving wooden sculptures and clay figures, or truly existing ancient supreme beings?

Ji Xiang could hear the Compassionate Vow Vajra's muttering to himself, and this made Ji Xiang seem to discover something.

If that's really the case.

The image of the Guangdu Chenlun Tianzun resonates with this letter, perhaps... this ancient Taoist Celestial Worthy, who was killed in the Eastern Underworld of Japan during the Tang Dynasty, a great god who has been sleeping for hundreds of years, is also the incarnation of an even more ancient supreme god.

"Perhaps, among the divine tablets of the Dafuli Land, those ancient divine tablets are themselves the condensation of the wishes of those gods... As for the divine tablets of later generations... are they really their incarnations?"

Ji Xiang doesn't think so.

Because Ji Xiang himself had stayed in the Dafuli for a long time, and had also seen the emergence of new divine tablets. And even now, the power of wishes is still a very mysterious force even in the hands of immortals. It is born from all beings, and has infinite wonderful uses, and even the Western Christian God is driving it.

The relationship between the gods and wishes needs to be looked at for a long time.

The reason why folk gods can condense divine positions is that their bodies are generally some ghosts or spirits, who have been worshiped by the world or conferred by the court, and then become gods. And heavenly gods do not apply to this law, that's the essence of it. After all, since ancient times, heavenly gods and earthly gods have been different paths.

The image of the Guangdu Chenlun Tianzun is also gradually changing, while on the other side, the changes on Bixia Yuanjun's body have stopped. The gilded bamboo slip seems to think that she does not have the qualifications to obtain the art of Heaven-Human Connection, and interrupted the light on her body.

"Who... is it?"

Ji Xiang looked up, watching the expanding Heavenly Venerable phantom outside his body, which was gradually becoming dim at this time. An even larger phantom appeared from outside the Heavenly Venerable image, wearing black imperial clothing, like those monarchs in the early Han Dynasty.