Chapter 1 The Beginning

The golden seal vibrated, and a halo emanating from it directly suppressed the large number of swords in Ji Xiang's hand!

The swords suddenly became extremely heavy, and he couldn't swing them at all!

This was somewhat dangerous. Ji Xiang soared into the sky, his eyes flashing.

A Han Dynasty treasure. Ji Xiang took note. To this day, the Great Han, which had vanished in smoke thousands of years ago, seemed to be constantly restoring its presence in the world through some of the treasures it had left behind: the Dew Collecting Plate of Emperor Wu of Han, the Qingping Sword of Emperor Guangwu, the elixirs of Dongfang Shuo, and the many Corpse Dissolution Immortals resurrected from the time of Emperors Huan and Ling.

He never expected to see a Han Dynasty artifact in the hands of Japanese false immortals.

The golden wind and thunder contained not only the national prestige of Japan, but also a force similar to that of the Ming Dynasty entrenched within it. That was probably the power left over from the Han Dynasty. He didn't know how it had been preserved, but it was said that the one who controlled all the Japanese artifacts was Xu Fu. As a pre-Qin magician who was proficient in the arts of ghosts and gods, a servant of the First Emperor of Qin would surely have his own extraordinary methods.

Moreover, he had learned some information from Zhang Sanfeng that Xu Fu seemed to greatly despise Dongfang Shuo from the time of Emperor Wu of Han.

Perhaps the great feat of a magician entering the inner mountains and rivers to transform into a high heaven was not accomplished by him, but by a Han Dynasty junior, who became the leader of all magicians in the world, while he, the orthodox pre-Qin magician, became a heretic. This might be the thing that made him the most angry.

The reason why it could resist the large number of swords was the Han Dynasty's power left behind in the golden seal. After being mixed with the national prestige of Japan, it formed a mysterious power that was different from both China and Japan.

He had seen records of this golden seal in the Book of the Later Han. The country formed by the merger of Ito and Na dispatched envoys to the Han Dynasty and received this golden seal to protect their country.

However, this golden seal later disappeared. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Himiko of Yamatai rose up and briefly unified some tribal states with sorcery, including this Han-Wa-no-Na state.

Ji Xiang stared at this golden seal. This was a good thing. Things left behind by the Han Dynasty were bound to be extraordinary. If necessary, he would have to snatch it.

A hundred thousand thoughts flashed through his mind in just a few breaths.

"A remnant immortal?"

Uesugi Kagekatsu was stunned when he heard his two immortals say such a thing.

However, the two false immortals did not explain much to him, but simply said "not a true immortal" to stabilize the fear in Uesugi Kagekatsu's heart. However, Ji Xiang flew up and deliberately spoke to disturb his mind:

"Yuan Shan Castle has been breached, and Shimazu Yoshihiro has been captured alive by our army. He can neither live nor die. After this battle is over, he will be escorted to Shuntian to be executed!"

"You should also take a walk on the execution ground, but don't be captured alive by me!"

His words provoked the other party, and Uesugi Kagekatsu was indeed shocked!

"The commander of the Shimazu army has been captured alive by you!"

His spirit wavered, but the two false immortals threw out a fairy power to stabilize Uesugi Kagekatsu's spirit. It seemed to be a kind of incantation, and several phantoms of ghosts and gods appeared on Uesugi Kagekatsu's body, which made his expression slightly缓和, changing from pale to rosy.

He didn't exchange many words with the two false immortals. They all knew what they had to do now!

It was extremely dangerous, and they had to treat it with caution. A little carelessness would lead to eternal damnation!

At this time, Ji Xiang was also looking at the several artifacts on the other party's body. The Inner Vision Divine Tablet showed many words!

【Heavenly Fawn Bow: Artifact! Withered grass fills the autumn fields, and the mountain wind blows incessantly!】

【Driven by wishes. The stronger the wish on the bow, the greater the power unleashed by the bow, until it can break all laws. It has two powers.】

【Two powers: The first is annihilation. Any arrow fired from this bow will eliminate the three souls and seven spirits of the person hit; the second is breaking laws. Any arrow fired from this bow will destroy all the spells of the person hit.】

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【Heavenly Feather Arrow: Artifact! You have been traveling for a long time, and I have not seen your return!】

【Driven by wishes. The stronger the wish on the arrow, the greater the power of the arrow, until it can break all laws. It has three divine properties.】

【Three divine properties: The first is sure hit. The person targeted by the arrow cannot escape the arrow's pursuit; the second is piercing divinity. The divine power of those with a divine position will be assimilated by the arrow, so that they can be pierced and killed by this arrow; the third is return. If this arrow is stained with the enemy's blood, then this arrow will turn around and kill the bow holder on our side. When the bow holder on our side is killed, the fatal injury will be fed back to the enemy who stained the blood in an instant (similar to a life-changing curse)!】

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【Golden Seal of the King of Han Wa Nu, Granted by Emperor Guangwu: Artifact! A quiet room floats and sinks without short shadows, and Yin Ju neighbors have lingering light! An object bestowed by the Han Dynasty to suppress the national fortune. In the Himiko era, Xu Fu taught the secret arts of the pre-Qin Dynasty, and used the power of the Killing Stone to temporarily eliminate the power of this object. After the Han Wa Nu country was destroyed, this seal could not display its full power and was hidden by Xu Fu. It has four protections.】

【Four protections: The first is national fortune protection (unavailable after the destruction of the Han Wa Nu country); the second is rank protection. Objects whose existence rank is lower than the golden seal (duke level) will be suppressed by the golden seal (e.g., the emperor suppresses the duke, the duke suppresses the ministers, the ministers suppress the grand masters, the grand masters suppress the scholars), and the same objects that have been officially recognized in the same country will be completely suppressed; the third is life protection. The holder of the seal is shrouded in the Han Dynasty's aura in the golden seal. If the aura is not destroyed, the holder's life cannot be harmed in any way; the fourth is wish protection. The wishes and traces and residual influence that have been affected by the golden seal cannot be eliminated by any conventional means.】

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【《Scroll of Hungry Ghosts》: Immortal Artifact! Six Paths of Reincarnation, Five Directions of Hungry Ghosts! The Six Paths Dharma Scroll drawn by Emperor Shirakawa in the Kamakura era, after being promoted to the level of immortal Buddhist artifact by the wish sacrifices of successive high monks of the Lotus King Temple he created! It has five terrors!】

【Five terrors: The five terrors are one, that is, the personification of the five directions of hungry ghosts. According to the order in which the scroll rotates, the entrance to the Six Paths of Reincarnation is opened with powerful sacrificial wishes. Those who are locked by the Six Paths of Reincarnation will bear the rules and punishments of the five paths other than the Heaven Path!】

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As well as the divine positions possessed by Uesugi Kagekatsu and the two false immortals. For the false immortals, although the power given to them by the divine position was not as powerful as the power of their own immortal artifacts, the divine position came with its own form and spirit, which could delay the decay of their form and spirit.

"So that's how it is! I was granted the title of 'Minister' by the Emperor, but in terms of rank, the holder of this golden seal will be judged as a 'Duke', which is one level higher than me. Moreover, this golden seal can be used in both China and Japan. Objects from the same country whose rank cannot surpass the rank of the golden seal will be suppressed. In other words..."

"The Large Number of Swords is useless now."

The Mountain Cutting Sword he had just obtained was suppressed all of a sudden, and Ji Xiang was very unhappy, after all, he hadn't swung it enough!

When he returned to China, he had to reforge the Large Number of Swords to make it an immortal artifact that conformed to the domestic style!

In this way, the existence of this golden seal was to prevent these military generals from harboring rebellious intentions with artifacts, which was indeed in line with the rules of the imperial power suppressing the subjects, but from another perspective... there was important information!

"Are you two Xu Fu's confidants?"

Ji Xiang's sudden soul-stirring question caused the pupils of the two false immortals to shrink! In an instant, they each held immortal and divine artifacts, raising the two treasures against Ji Xiang!

The world suddenly became dark and lightless, and the concepts of heaven and earth disappeared in an instant. All things were obscure, and only the 《Scroll of Hungry Ghosts》 floated to the sky, with five hungry ghosts walking out of the painting, wanting to fill the entire world!

And the golden seal also emitted a halo in the shape of wind and thunder at the right time!

The golden seal was affecting the 《Scroll of Hungry Ghosts》. The intensity of the wishes on the latter's scroll instantly increased by one level, and there were also the powerful wishes left behind by the previous holders of the seal in the golden seal!

With the blessing of the golden seal, the wishes on the 《Scroll of Hungry Ghosts》 could not be eliminated by any means at this time!

The gate of the Six Paths of Reincarnation had been opened!

A phantom of a Netherworld Dharma Realm appeared in the void. In the center of the six huge revolving wheels were all engraved with卍symbols, representing the entrance to the Six Paths of Reincarnation. At this time, one of the revolving wheels suddenly stopped, the卍character shattered, and its entrance had been opened to Ji Xiang!

The two false immortals exchanged glances.

"Hungry Ghost Path!"

Ji Xiang stretched out his hand!

"Imperial Heaven's Retribution!"

The Six Paths of Reincarnation door that was about to open suddenly stopped!

Looking at the two stunned false immortals, Ji Xiang smiled!

"Then I just won't use weapons! The weapon that seals my powerful fists has been controlled by you!"

"The Scripture of the Cavern Heavens!"

Three Capitals Great Seal!

The huge seal that appeared out of thin air could also destroy mountains and shatter seas. Ji Xiang pinched the seal and stretched out a towering giant finger. The sky collapsed where it touched, and the Dharma Realm retreated. The two great immortal and divine artifacts emitted halos, cooperating with the power of the two false immortals, and stalemated with Ji Xiang in an instant!

The expressions of the two false immortals also changed drastically!

"Just a mere remnant immortal! How can he have such power!"

The fear in their hearts greatly increased, and they were also frightened in the confrontation!

A remnant immortal who had been rebuilt from a true immortal, possessed such power by virtue of his earthly immortal body. Once his full Daoist cultivation was unleashed, the gap between a false immortal and a true immortal was so great!

Falling from the immortal level to the mortal level was only one rank, but the gap between them was extremely huge!

The two of them were somewhat flustered. Ji Xiang's finger suddenly changed, and the Three Capitals Seal became the Three Sovereigns Seal, and its power increased several times. The vitality between heaven and earth and the power of the mountains and rivers were mobilized, and the three talents and three treasures gathered together. The forms and spirits of the two false immortals began to gradually decay because they unleashed a large amount of fairy power, making it difficult to maintain the existence of their forms and spirits!

In panic, they took the Green Candle Fluid to temporarily stabilize the existence of their forms and spirits, colliding with Ji Xiang's fairy power in one place. Because of the move of the Imperial Heaven's Retribution, they could not successfully open the door to the Six Paths no matter what!

Suddenly, Ji Xiang was chasing after the victory, but the karmic obstacles of the mortal world on his head suddenly shook, as if reminding Ji Xiang that a dangerous moment was about to come! Ji Xiang dodged quickly, and a breath of death suddenly appeared with the help of that Six Paths of Reincarnation door.

The illusory images of the Five Directions of Hungry Ghosts filled the world, and Ji Xiang's five senses were affected. At this moment, Uesugi Kagekatsu had already shot the Heavenly Feather Arrow!

But Ji Xiang was also prepared!

A glazed brilliance turned into a shield. When the Heavenly Feather Arrow hit this glazed halo, Ji Xiang had already left his original position, and after a short pause, the Heavenly Feather Arrow penetrated the Miro Treasure Light, which had been passed down from the Mysterious Truth Temple since ancient times and was known for its defense!

Divine power assimilated with the other party in an instant. The reason why the arrow could penetrate the treasure light was not essentially to break through the force with force, but to return the other party's way to the other party's body!

Ji Xiang narrowed his eyes, unsure whether this thing could be blocked by the Taixu Treasure Light.

The activation of the Taixu Treasure Light itself would consume a lot of mana. There was no problem in using it normally, but when it was used in a life-and-death battle with masters at the immortal level, it had to be used as a one-hit kill ultimate move, and it had to be confirmed that the other party had no tricks to use it.

But if this arrow could assimilate the Taixu Treasure Light...

Then it would be over.

"Golden Light Barrier!"

Hundreds of Golden Light Charms flew out from Ji Xiang's sleeve, and a golden light barrier rose from the ground, covering the sky. After the Heavenly Feather Arrow pierced through the Miro Treasure Light, it turned back and hit the Golden Light Barrier again. Taking advantage of the gap when Ji Xiang was attacked, a Six Paths gate had already been opened!

The Hungry Ghost Path turned past, and the Human Path opened wide!

"It's the Human Path!"

Ah, A, Xia, Sa, Ma, Ha!

"Padmasambhava's Six Syllable Vajra Mantra!"

The false immortal holding the Hungry Ghost Scroll, at this time, his body was glowing with golden Buddhist light, and he unleashed the unique magic of the immortal Buddha level!

This mantra has immeasurable merits. Those who hear the mantra, see the mantra, or touch the mantra with their hands, their karmic obstacles of the three lifetimes will be eliminated, and they will be forcibly saved and reborn. Even hellish ghosts will be dragged out of hell and forcibly saved!

The Human Path is one of the three good paths. When the gate is wide open, reciting the Six Syllable Vajra Mantra will forcibly bring the person blessed by the mantra into the three good paths, annihilate their form, and reincarnate them!

Ji Xiang sensed the call of the Human Path gate, and for a time, there were signs that his three souls and seven spirits were about to leave his body. His celestial soul and earthly soul were about to be taken away, which made Ji Xiang's pupils shrink, and he recited the curse breaking incantation!

"Seeking the supreme Dao, or those who retreat, create evil karma again, enter the stream of birth and death, no longer think about the wonderful heart, return to evil paths, and have no time to come out. How can such sentient beings be subdued!"

After saying this, the call to the soul in the Human Path gate immediately stopped! The expression of the false immortal holding the Hungry Ghost Scroll immediately changed drastically, and his heart was shaken like he had seen a ghost: "《Vairocana Buddha's Separate Practice Sutra》! Impossible! How could you know the solution to my mantra!"

Of course Ji Xiang would not answer, but pressed his palm down, and the Three Sovereigns Great Seal crashed down, once again shaking the mountains and earth like a sea wave! Then, a breath popped out of his body, and Ji Xiang pointed that breath towards the Heavenly Feather Arrow that was chasing after him!

Azure Firmament Heavenly Astral Wind!

The Azure Firmament Heavenly Astral Wind, one of the Nine Heavens Astral Winds, rolled out, blocking the Heavenly Feather Arrow. Ji Xiang drove the seven-colored clouds and took out the Revolving Wheel Cannon, aiming it at Uesugi Kagekatsu!

Buzz! The golden seal exerted its power, and the Revolving Wheel Cannon was also affected. Only then did Ji Xiang remember that this weapon had been conferred by Emperor Wanli. He immediately cursed inwardly that the Sixth Child was unlucky. He could interrupt the other party's spells, and the other party also had the power to interrupt his magic weapons.

Uesugi Kagekatsu saw Ji Xiang flying over and had already retreated among the forty vengeful spirit warriors. The powerful resentment was like a curse and poison. Ji Xiang pinched the Peacock King Divine Mantra and smashed several vengeful spirit warriors with one palm. Then, he aimed at Uesugi Kagekatsu and suddenly blew out a breath!

Qi turns into white light!

Purple Gold Pill Sword!

One sword to behead!

The white light fell, and Uesugi Kagekatsu's head soared into the sky, the Heavenly Fawn Bow fell to the ground, and the Heavenly Feather Arrow flew over, as if it had lost control, and hit Uesugi Kagekatsu's chest!

The arrow was stained with blood!

"But it should be useless. The blood that was stained was his own, not mine. His head has flown eight hundred feet into the sky. What other changes can there be?"

This was what Ji Xiang thought. In the Inner Vision Divine Tablet, he was warned that the divine position possessed by the other party was the Daofanshin, and that this god was the god who suppressed the Land of the Dead and the Land of Humans...

"The Ming Dynasty immortal has fallen into the trap! He killed Master Uesugi!"

The two false immortals looked at the killed Uesugi Kagekatsu, but they were not surprised but happy!

The gate to the Land of the Dead was about to open! The two of them, with the determination to be shattered jade, began to show their divine positions!

Ōkuninushi, Master of the Hidden World!

Hayatsuchi, God of Drowning!

Immortal power surged, turning into a tide. The Six Paths of Reincarnation became a heavenly cover. Under the cooperation of the two divine positions, this world was isolated from the original real world, and the gate of the Six Paths of Reincarnation began to spin frantically, and the golden seal also emitted a great halo!

The protection of life and wishes, the pushing of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, the opening of the gate of the Land of the Dead! The karmic obstacles of the mortal world were about to be fulfilled here!

A sudden pressure!

Ji Xiang realized at this time that the Daofanshin was just a stone. When the person holding the divine position died, it meant that the stone had been moved away?

Could it be operated like this? The divine body was truly magical!

"Peacock King Divine Mantra!"

"Uchchhusma Vajra Divine Mantra!"

Ji Xiang was not ambiguous, and directly sacrificed the Peacock King and Uchchhusma Vajra mantras to remove all poison and pushing, so the four vast forces stalemated here. The two false immortals and the Land of the Dead were desperately trying to pull Ji Xiang into the world of the dead!

At this time, among the gates of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, the gate of the Human Path began to rhythmically, once again wanting to extract Ji Xiang's three souls and seven spirits for reincarnation. Among the Six Paths, the Human Path was a good path, but it was the most painful. Those whose souls entered the Human Path would be reborn within the Human Path after death from the Human Path, and so on, endlessly. This was the "suffering of reincarnation".

Ji Xiang sat cross-legged on the seven-colored clouds, the surrounding mana whistling, like a great tide of rivers and seas, turbulent, but he could be patient and unmoving in it, like a Vajra sitting on the ground. At this time, it was a competition of whose mana was more majestic!

In the Human Path gate, a shadow suddenly appeared. It looked at Ji Xiang through the Human Path gate and emitted an unheard sound that could only be heard in the world of ignorance.

In Ji Xiang's body, in the Inner Vision Divine Tablet, words suddenly appeared:

【Three Poisons Harm: All suffering must have a root. Greed, anger, and delusion, what are the three poisons!】

Ji Xiang was stunned, and then the mana on his body subsided, and he was suddenly pulled towards the Land of the Dead!

This sudden change was unexpected by Ji Xiang. In the next instant, he had been sent to the entrance of the Yellow Springs. He decisively used the accumulated Christian miracles to reverse the situation at this time, and the Lord's small window immediately shone brightly!

Seeing Ji Xiang being pulled into the Yellow Springs, the two false immortals thought they had succeeded and did not have to die, but in the next instant, Ji Xiang suddenly appeared in a divine light, returning from the Yellow Springs in reverse, which frightened them to the point that their spirits flew away!

Ji Xiang saw the two false immortals and thought that they should also be at the end of their rope. Now that the bows and arrows were also temporarily useless, thinking that the other party had no means of blocking them, the Taixu Treasure Light was about to fly out, when the Harm of the Three Poisons suddenly arrived again!

Boom!

The shadows of the Yellow Springs Country attacked again, and Ji Xiang was shocked!

"There are still two miracles left. If I had known, I shouldn't have killed too many Japanese soldiers with those two swords just now!"

"Who is the rat!"

Ji Xiang was now furious and even more frightened! Where did that harm come from? Why couldn't he perceive the position of the other party the moment the hostility appeared?

Fortunately, there was the Lord's small window! The facade of the Christian law was all supported by miracles.

The Inner Vision Divine Tablet also arrived late, showing the incantation to resist the harm of the three poisons. Ji Xiang still encountered the poison that the Peacock King and Uchchhusma Vajra Dharma could not remove for the first time, and immediately chanted the incantation!

The Tathagata has left, and the three realms are on fire. Silently living alone, safely dwelling in the forest wilderness.

Now these three realms are all mine. All the sentient beings in them are my children.

Now here, there are many hardships. Only I alone can be a protector.

The Incantation to Break Hell!

The Harm of the Three Poisons was shattered, and the vague shadow within the Human Path of the Six Paths seemed to be stunned for a moment, but soon, it did not give up, and the Harm of the Three Poisons continued to descend, making Ji Xiang annoyed!

The two false immortals were also terrified at this time!

People who fell into hell could still rush back!?

Did you think you were Izanagi!

Did you think the Land of the Dead was your home? Come as you please, leave as you please! It would be a disgrace to the majesty of the Yellow Springs if we didn't drag you to die together!

"Quick, drag him to die together! We must not let this Ming Dynasty immortal live!"

They had already developed great terror in their hearts, and had already unleashed all their divine power, sacrificing their lives to drag Ji Xiang to the Yellow Springs together!

The two immortals flew up, carrying the two immortal artifacts, wanting to suppress Ji Xiang into the Yellow Springs once again!

Ji Xiang frowned. He couldn't perceive the position of the harmer, but at this time, the Inner Vision Divine Tablet suddenly showed words.

【Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's Sacrifice: Homage to the compassionate Vajra blessing, liberation from hell, karma fire does not stain.】

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What was that?

Suddenly Ji Xiang realized something, so he no longer resisted, and was dragged into the Yellow Springs by the two false immortals. However, after entering the Yellow Springs, their fairy power remained, but there was darkness on all sides, and the three of them entered the Yellow Springs but were not in the same world.

Immortal power flowed, and the Six Paths descended.

Ji Xiang's brows were deeply furrowed. It was the sudden appearance of the Harm of the Three Poisons that made him waste a miracle, but it seemed that it was not the means of the two false immortals. After that, it had been interfering with him, but wanting to let himself enter the Yellow Springs, why did it give him a Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva blessing?

Outside his body, Ji Xiang discovered that a layer of Vajra phantom seemed to be gradually appearing, so that the deathly cold air of the Yellow Springs Country could not invade it.

Compassionate Vajra... Ksitigarbha.

Was there something in the Yellow Springs Country? What was this going to do?

Ji Xiang looked at the dark world around him. Suddenly, he seemed to see a glimmer of light. Ji Xiang walked towards that place, and the glimmer of light shone brightly. The compassionate Vajra was operating the Buddhist Dharma. The glimmer of light in front suddenly shook greatly, as if opening up a brand new world. In the blink of an eye, Ji Xiang entered it and found himself in a decayed and dilapidated wilderness.

Izumo Yin World, Ifuyazaka?

No.

At Ji Xiang's feet, there was a rotten divine tablet.

It read: "Great Savior of the Sinking, Heavenly Venerable!"