Chapter 44 Where!

The purple-robed miko looked around, including the sea of clouds floating from another world, but no matter where she looked, she could neither see nor sense Ji Xiang's presence.

But what was that voice just now?

It certainly did appear.

"Did you all hear something?"

The purple-robed miko immediately asked the other Shinto priests. To her surprise, they all looked blank, saying that the Heavenly Demon had already been banished by you, so how could there be a voice appearing in this world?

The old priest came forward, his face full of flattery, and said:

"High Priest has eliminated the Heavenly Demon, a great achievement for the world, but that demon was indeed fierce. Perhaps the High Priest's mind was shaken by the demon just now, so you heard the demon's voice."

"It's just the result of being too nervous."

The purple-robed miko felt that what the old priest said was wrong, but she couldn't find Ji Xiang's whereabouts at this time, so she temporarily put aside this strange situation and ordered the others to immediately capture the old abbot of Honnoji.

Those Shinto priests with blood-red eyes immediately obeyed the order and surrounded the old abbot.

"If we can't kill the Heavenly Demon, we can still kill you!"

"Abbot of Honnoji, we want to ask you, what exactly happened that made you betray our country and associate with that Heavenly Demon!"

The old abbot put his hands together and didn't say a word.

After all, what's the point of saying anything?

Toyotomi Hideyoshi was definitely going to kill him. Now that he knew the secret under Honnoji, his life was coming to an end.

Why associate with the Heavenly Demon? Of course, it was to save his life. If he didn't embrace such a strong thigh, would he go and throw himself into the net?

"Everyone, don't worry."

"The Heavenly Demon will break out of the formation soon, so be careful."

The old abbot opened his mouth to deceive them, and the surrounding Shinto priests all sneered at him with ferocious expressions: "Don't even think that Heavenly Demon can come to save you."

"He was imprisoned in the terrestrial cloud sea realm of Kuninotokotachi-no-Mikoto. His primordial energy, magic power, flesh, and soul will all be gradually annihilated by the torrent of divine power in the sea of clouds. In the end, not even ashes will remain, and he will completely perish!"

"He's dead, and so are you."

"Sealed by the High Priest with multiple layers of magic and dragged into the world of Kuninotokotachi-no-Mikoto, there is absolutely no chance of survival!"

"Don't waste any more words with him. I'll take this old monk's head!"

Shinto and Buddhism have had long-standing grudges. After all, being largely incorporated into Buddhism was a very shameful thing. This was not like Buddhism actively affiliating with Taoism in China for the sake of spreading its teachings, but rather that Japanese Shinto was forcibly incorporated because of its own weakness. If it hadn't been incorporated, then the era of evangelism would have ended before Nara.

"I am deeply moved that you have all survived to this day for the sake of inheritance."

Seeing that these people were about to attack, and not knowing if he could wait for Ji Xiang to come out, the old abbot took a jab at them before his death.

He was a person who relied on the Heavenly Demon to survive.

And all of you are people who rely on Buddhism to survive!

As expected, as soon as these words came out, the surrounding priests were immediately furious. Their blood-red eyes wished they could transform into fierce beasts and tear the old monk into pieces. The purple-robed miko even said:

"Today, you brought the Heavenly Demon here, betraying Lord Kanpaku and His Majesty Emperor Jinmu. You must already know that your death...."

Before she could finish her words.

In front of her, the wisps and strands of the sea of clouds that permeated from another world suddenly stirred. The ground of the shrine rumbled and shook!

At this time, within the terrestrial cloud sea realm.

The primordial energy rushing towards him was like an unhindered and frantically surging torrent. No power could stop its advance. Everything that dared to stand in its way would be crushed!

Even the sound disappeared, and the dust was swept away and swallowed. In his eyes, only that sea of clouds remained. The divine shadow in the divine palanquin was high above, and at this moment, it seemed to be the only true god of the past and future. The divine might it released was incomparably solemn and vast!

In the beginning, when heaven and earth were created, one thing was born in the middle of heaven and earth, shaped like a reed shoot, and it transformed into a god, named Kuninotokotachi-no-Mikoto.

That divine shadow opened its hands, and its divine light could be seen outside the palanquin, as if it were accepting the worship of all spirits. At the same time, even more ethereal sounds were transmitted, chanting ancient myths in the vast sea of clouds world. The initial myriad things all worshiped him, because he was the first god after the creation of heaven and earth, governing the land of the world, but not the god who governed the earth, but the supreme god who controlled the concept of the four poles of the earth, and can be said to be the root of all the gods on earth.

Solemn and majestic divine music was played in the dark, and the myriad spirits transformed from the sea of clouds were all piously worshiping him.

Therefore, within the myriad spirits and music, voices were heard, accompanied by the powerful divine power that disturbed the soul and kneaded the spirit, warning Ji Xiang to kowtow to the ancient god in front of him!

Everything that stands on the earth cannot escape his judgment!

Ji Xiang sensed his own state.

His primordial energy was being eroded, his magic power was flowing away, and everything was returning to the earth, nourishing the divine shadow in front of him.

But!

"Ah... I see..."

Ji Xiang wasn't flustered at all, but instead showed a look of "as expected".

In his eyes, words floated.

And that divine shadow was still releasing its own power.

Therefore, it should accept the worship of all living beings on earth, and even non-living things, such as mud, quicksand, dust, and flowing clouds. Everything, all the myriad phenomena, everything that stands on the earth, is subject to its worship....

Boom!

A long spear suddenly cut through the torrent, extending from not far away, unstoppable forward.

Those surging seas of clouds automatically separated when they encountered the tip of the spear, as if they were inherently unable to touch this spear. The vast torrent of divine power was thus scattered to both sides, until the spear shattered the barrier of the divine palanquin and pierced through the divine shadow inside!

"Hoo!"

A clear wind swirled around Ji Xiang, and then turned into a raging storm. It was the primordial energy between heaven and earth that was being disturbed for the second time, but there was no respect for this divine shadow in Ji Xiang's eyes and face.

That spear was the "Ama-no-Sakahoko!" (Heavenly Jeweled Spear) obtained from the land of the Yellow Springs!

One strike to break open the world!

The Ama-no-Sakahoko shattered the divine palanquin, and then Ji Xiang swung the golden hammer, chanting the Pu Du Tian Ren (Salvation of Mortals) mantra, breaking through the divine power cloud sea blocking him in front, and hammering the divine shadow on the spot, causing it to explode!

The divine shadow shattered at the same time as the explosion of the zhenqi (divine artifact)!

A huge amount of incense poured out from the palanquin!

Ji Xiang opened his mouth wide, and all the incense was swallowed up. The sea of clouds rolled, and a sky-reaching bright smoke rushed out of Ji Xiang's body!

The white sea of smoke collided with the sea of clouds that devoured primordial energy and flesh. The power of the sky-reaching bright smoke was even stronger, and it captured all these seas of clouds and pulled them into Ji Xiang's body!

Boom!

At this moment, all the power of flesh and blood that had been dissolved in the sea of clouds surged into Ji Xiang's body, and began to fill his limbs and bones through the blank divine tablet as a transfer medium, until blood gushed out of his seven orifices in the purple-golden dan!

Primordial energy, blood energy, soul power!

"The incense accumulated over thousands of years, as well as the creatures that have been transformed, their lives, primordial energy, flesh and blood power, soul essence and spiritual souls, are all in these seas of clouds, and now they have all become my food."

The sea of clouds dissipated and rushed towards the eight directions of the earth!

The illusion shattered!

Black clothes appeared in the eyes of the purple-robed miko. Her expression was first stunned, then fearful!

"Four Symbols!"

The purple-robed miko quickly activated her magic.

The four symbols of the heavens and the earth, mountains and rivers, trees and grasses, formed a great formation, and began to erase Ji Xiang's existence. After entering the encirclement of the four symbols, the thing that the caster regarded as an enemy would be completely refined and returned to the energy of mountains and rivers, trees and grasses!

From heaven and earth, return to heaven and earth. All things come from nothingness, and finally return to nothingness!

Those who cultivate pure yang qi to become immortals are listed as Lie Xian (Ranked Immortals). Those who become immortals through merit are Gong De Xian (Merit Immortals). Those who become immortals by taking pills are Dan Xiang Xian (Pill Image Immortals). Those who become immortals by qi are the Dao of the Pre-Qin Dynasty.

Those who become immortals with the energy of flesh and blood?

Ji Xiang sensed that this massive amount of blood energy had reached an extremely high level. If he were not in the stage of sun refinement, ordinary Pure Yang Realm existences would probably not be able to swallow such a massive amount of blood energy in one breath!

It seems that there has never been a person in ancient times who completely did not cultivate magic power and simply became an immortal with blood energy!

The existence of blood energy to become immortals has never existed. This is because polishing blood energy to a certain extent is itself the threshold to enter the path of cultivation. The early stage of the Earth Immortal Dao is to cultivate the body, but when the golden core is completed, the golden core is followed by the primordial spirit, and the power of blood energy also stops here and cannot continue to move forward.

It is unimaginable to simply become an immortal with blood energy. How massive would the blood energy have to be to achieve qualitative change?

At this time, the voice of the purple-robed miko sounded:

"How could you possibly escape from the terrestrial cloud sea realm!"

"You actually.... killed Kuninotokotachi-no-Mikoto?!"

Her tone was full of disbelief, but Ji Xiang sneered and told her that she was too stupid!

"A shadow transformed from the divine power left by a zhenqi (divine artifact), you dare to take out this kind of thing?"

"Although my primordial energy is destroyed, the aura on my body comes from the First Azure Heaven. Even your master, Emperor Jinmu's Penglai Immortal Magic, cannot control me. A small god on the ground, relying on a zhenqi as a carrier, dares to act presumptuously in front of me?"

Ji Xiang raised his head, saw the palanquin full of cracks, and transformed a giant palm, smashing it towards the sky! The zhenqi was completely destroyed!

The 御神轿 (Goshinkyo, Imperial Palanquin) shattered in this world, turning into dust. The power in the zhenqi was drawn away by Ji Xiang. This thing was only left with an empty shell and was easily destroyed. The purple-robed miko glared angrily, holding the Five Peaks Bright Staff and activating the Four Symbols Magic. The four phantoms simultaneously projected the four forces of wind, thunder, water, and fire onto Ji Xiang!

"Wu Fire hides Si, Wu's wealth is in Si, the divine fire of Li Ming is emitted! Refine!".

Among the Great Mountain-River Four Symbols Magic, the Vermilion Bird is the leader, not the Azure Dragon. This is because the avenue in front of the Tang Dynasty imperial palace that leads directly to the Heavenly Palace is called "Vermilion Bird Street", and its gate is called the Vermilion Bird Gate. The rise and fall of the dynasty can be seen in this gate. The empire was founded in order to seek the prosperity and continuous growth of the dynasty, so the Vermilion Bird is the master of the formation.

Seeing that Ji Xiang was surrounded by the Four Symbols energy and fiercely refined by the Vermilion Bird Fire, the purple-robed miko's pale face slightly recovered some primordial energy and became a little rosy. The other Shinto priests had already been frightened silly by the scenes just now, and the old abbot had already run away in time.

"The Heavenly Demon, the Heavenly Demon is dead!"

"This is a great victory for the High Priest!"

The Shinto priests discovered that Ji Xiang in the Four Symbols Fire had completely disappeared and there was no movement. They could only see the vigorous qi and flames, and they all thought that the Heavenly Demon had been eliminated. After all, their magic that summoned divine power could not kill the opponent, so could it be that this supreme magic from the ancient Central Earth could not refine him to death?

How could there be such a thing in the world!

The Shinto priests all thought so.

There is no such thing as someone who will never die, even a Heavenly Demon is the same. The ancient Four Symbols Magic used by the peak of the human world with the help of divine weapons can even refine the immortals of this country and make them surrender and admit their guilt. Could it be that the immortals of foreign countries cannot be sealed and refined to death?

"Immortals from foreign countries are also immortals, how can they not be killed? The Heavenly Demon is also an existence at the immortal level, and can also be refined to death."

"Our country's immortals, it is said that they are not true immortals.... They are only half a body into it...."

"What if it's only half a body? The difference is only the other half! Now this Heavenly Demon must be completely dead. He is so weak, he can destroy the divine shadow of Kuninotokotachi-no-Mikoto, I'm afraid he has exhausted all his strength, right?"

"Yes... ah! Yes! That's right! It is only right that a spent force dies!"

The Shinto priests forced a smile, and of course, some people sincerely felt that Ji Xiang was already dead, after all, there had been no movement.

"Dead...."

The purple-robed miko also thought so, and then she found that the Four Symbols Qi began to dissipate. As the situation inside was revealed, there was a burst of cheers after a brief silence!

He's really gone, disappeared, doesn't exist anymore!

That Heavenly Demon was refined to death!

They laughed loudly, and the purple-robed miko showed a smile. The breath that was hanging in her heart was finally released.

Whoosh—

"Buzz—"

A sword suddenly appeared in front of the purple-robed miko.

In an instant, everyone around her was plunged into a fire barrier. This Four Symbols Formation was suddenly activated again. The purple-robed miko held the Five Peaks Bright Staff and struck Ji Xiang, but she didn't expect Ji Xiang to reach out and smash towards her!

With one palm, half of her body was turned into mud!

Her entire right body was destroyed. The Pure Yang body was as fragile as tofu. Ji Xiang snatched the Five Peaks Bright Staff, and used the Northern Divine King's Purifying Magic to erase the original owner's aura from the staff, turning it into an unowned object!

"Stay in your land for a thousand years, today the Five Peaks Brightness is taken back to its homeland."

Ji Xiang did not show any mercy, and swept her lower body into ashes with one kick. The surging blood energy could destroy the other party's flesh even if it only touched a little, and even the primordial spirit would be damaged!

Reversing qi and blood in her body, the purple-robed miko regenerated her body with Pure Yang magic, but her heart was already terrified, and she understood the gap between the two sides at this time!

One casual blow can harm both the body and the primordial spirit?

What a joke!

The purple-robed miko still wanted to struggle, but was suddenly frozen in place. She lowered her head, her face suddenly turned violently white, and let out a terrified scream!

The Four Symbols Qi was wrapping her up, trying to refine her, the caster!

"What's going on! How could this be, how could I be refined by my own magic, what exactly is happening!"

"Stop it! Activate.... Give me back the Buddhist artifact!"

Death was right in front of her, and the purple-robed miko's terrified soul was splitting, and she raised her head to see that five auras were actually appearing in Ji Xiang's palm, rotating endlessly.

Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth.

The Five Elements generate each other!

"The Mountain-River Four Symbols Magic. A lost immortal art from the Tang Dynasty, it is indeed very powerful."

"But you should also know that the energy of mountain-river, trees and grasses comes from the Five Elements generating each other in the world."

"The Five Teeth Heavenly Book, manipulates the Five Elements."

"I will take all the incense of the Heian Shrine here, thank you for your contribution to me. May you fall into the eighteen levels of hell and never be reincarnated."

The Five Elements Qi in Ji Xiang's hand rotated, and finally merged into one.

The purple-robed miko was at a loss. In the midst of great doubt and life and death, she could no longer think, and death came in the next moment. The Four Symbols Qi completely wrapped her head!

Refining her in the raging flames!

Ji Xiang moved forward, unimpeded. The Shinto priests were all destroyed in the flames, leaving only one person, who was caught in Ji Xiang's hand, until he came to the last shrine. Ji Xiang sucked in all the incense energy, and the magic power around his body surged, and he couldn't help but let out a long roar!

Heaven and earth rumbled and shook!

Ji Xiang turned around, and a flash of golden light flashed under his feet.

In the next instant, he had returned to Honnoji with the Golden Escape Technique. Looking forward, Oda Nobunaga's corpse appeared outside the pit at some point, his eyes closed tightly, as if he had come back to life.

In Ji Xiang's right hand, a scarlet divine banner appeared.

"All the demons in the world, knowing that I have come, will be terrified."

In Ji Xiang's left hand, the Shinto priest who was caught was thrown to the ground, and at this moment, he began to be demonized.

The appearance of a Rakshasa had been completely formed, but in the next moment, Ji Xiang pierced his chest with his left hand, and at the same time, the mark of hell was opened.

"Danmira."

Ji Xiang recited the name of the great ghost.

The voice from Avici Hell reappeared.

A cyan treasure sword, along with the gold sand of Jāmbūnada gold, surged out from hell, and fell to the ground with a clang.

Ji Xiang just glanced at it, and his eyes suddenly shook!

"This sword is.....!"