“What kind of demons and monsters do we have here! Aren't these just the weak, rich people from the old Song Dynasty?”

“No! That's not quite right either! Strictly speaking, you haven't accomplished anything. Your father, the 'Shenxiao Eternal Life Emperor Lord,' doesn't seem to have been born!”

Ji Xiang, upon hearing the other party announce their title, didn't panic but laughed instead.

Tianluo Wang was taken aback, his face suddenly stiffening, appearing somewhat unsightly.

As for the wandering cultivators and the fox demon passersby, they were all in a state of blank stupidity. At this moment, Tianluo Wang glanced at them, and they immediately fainted.

"How can the conversation between the demon of heaven and the Son of Heaven of the underworld be heard by mere rats?"

Tianluo Wang used magic to knock them unconscious, then looked at Ji Xiang: "I am, at the very least, a former king."

"How can you insult me with such vulgar language? It is most inappropriate!"

Ji Xiang sneered, took a step forward, and roared like a thunderclap: "If you truly stood here as a king, why only call upon the divine title and not the imperial title!"

"Having done such despicable things, can you still maintain the face of a king? Today, you have主动现身here, I don't know if you've come to kill me, or to be killed by me?"

Towering demonic energy surged up, Ji Xiang's killing intent was revealed, Tianluo Wang's chest rose and fell slightly, but he maintained his smile:

"Tit for tat, it's true that we are foolish rulers, but the Ming Dynasty had its share of heroic lords. The Tumu Crisis will surely be passed down through the ages, and the years of turmoil during the Jiajing era were not much better than us."

He thought such sarcasm would embarrass Ji Xiang, but Ji Xiang said calmly, "Indeed, there aren't many wise rulers in this world. It's more accurate to say that a wise ruler is a mutation in the position of emperor."

"A foolish ruler laughs at a foolish ruler, dogs fighting over a bone."

Tianluo Wang's purple face could barely contain his anger: "Vulgar language, cease insulting me!"

Ji Xiang laughed: "Whoever is anxious is the one being insulted. There have been so many foolish rulers throughout history. Why are you so anxious!"

Tianluo Wang's eyebrows shot up, but after a long while, he still didn't make a move. The anger on his face gradually subsided. Tianluo Wang took a deep breath for a long time, the surrounding black energy fluctuating, allowing his heart to gradually calm down:

"I, was not previously someone who was good at expressing anger."

He opened his eyes, as if seeing the humiliation of his past life again.

"But... after experiencing capture and humiliation, that anger has gradually taken root in my heart."

"Listen to me, I don't want to be your enemy today, I just want to tell you that there's no need for us to hate each other. Our two sides can turn hostility into friendship."

Tianluo Wang's purple face, that angry face gradually became peaceful. Ji Xiang was also looking at the Inner Vision Divine Tablet.

However... large sections of black smear made Ji Xiang's expression slightly gloomy.

However, there were still things that could be seen.

By using those black energies, not only could a second worldly incarnation be obtained, but it would also lead to the regression of compassion, possess indestructible nature, make it easier to understand the Dao, influence the wishes of many mortals, and even sublimate the very way one's life exists. However, there was also an unseen consequence.

This was the information obtained from devouring part of the black energy from Chen Taichu.

And whether it was the positive result of that devouring of black energy.

After a brief pause, the characters that appeared on the Inner Vision Divine Tablet, the black areas also began to dissolve, and some viewable "content" appeared.

【Tianluo Wang: Posthumous title—Emperor Gongwen Shunde Renxiao.】

【One of the Jade Emperor's three incarnations!】

【State: Chaotic Immortal (altered)! His Immortal Upper World is unheard of, but his foundation originates before the Qin and Han dynasties (altered)! This Immortal reverses yin and yang, abandons good and evil, with no distinction between right and wrong, yin and yang, light and darkness. The punishments of heaven and earth cannot be applied to this body, the poisons exerted by the wishes of the masses cannot invade this body, and even the power of merit sufficient to obtain the Great Dao cannot fall upon this body.】

【The ruler who commands all intangible ghosts in the world, has one hidden name, five special immortal incantations, and three special divine powers.】

【One hidden name: Hidden within the Song Divine Heavenly King's divine position, named Fandu. Reciting this hidden name will cause the reciter's own qi and blood to cease circulating within half a quarter of an hour, while the divine qi of the one suppressed by the hidden name will completely dissipate within half a quarter of an hour, and both ears will develop deafness, unable to hear the flow of Dharma sounds, damaging realm and power. Calling out its hidden name to the owner of the hidden name can make its form and spirit disappear in the world, unable to condense, and drive it away (requires the use of the Song Divine Heavenly King's statue as a medium to perform).】

【Five Immortal Incantations: Mirror Reversal Incantation; Tianluo Disaster Incantation; Tianque Incantation; Dispersing Saint Incantation; Heart-Loss Incantation.】

【Three Divine Powers: Mirror of Retribution; Heavenly Yin Calamity; Divine Observation.】

The rest could not be seen. The descriptions of the Five Immortal Incantations and Three Divine Powers were also largely blacked out. Only the Tianluo Disaster Incantation was clear, because it was the source of the ancestral resentment ghosts, the human-faced mist, and the soul-shedding method. Ji Xiang had already seen it when he was processing Feng Xiucai's soul.

"As for the Shenxiao Eternal Life Emperor Lord... yes, my father has not yet been born, because your and Longhu Mountain's Zhang Tianshi's actions interfered with Grand Sage Yuanmiao's process of taking away the Jade Emperor's divine tablet. This last Shenxiao Eternal Life Emperor Lord was originally meant to be transformed by borrowing the Jade Emperor's empty shell."

"Three hundred years after the fall of my dynasty, for three hundred years, day and night, hundreds of millions of people have revered the Imperial Heaven, and the immense faith generated has created the path for the three of us to return, and a portion of it was extracted by the Shenxiao Sect, and another portion..."

"In the past, we sought help from many immortal saints... in the end, all we got was a grand deception and transaction."

"Grand Sage Yuanmiao entered the court as a national teacher, Dragon Lord鸠盘茶王 predicted that Bianjing would be destroyed by the Jin army to threaten us, Daoists and Buddhists fought, alchemists took advantage of the situation, Luo Feng's Six Lords, led by Guo Jing, Yang Shi, and Liu Wuji, deceived us, using the Six Jia Heavenly Soldiers as bait to open the gates of Bianjing, it's laughable that I was so confused at the time..."

"And the Confucian Jin Han先生established Zhao Gou as emperor, regarding us as discarded pawns..."

"All three teachings are like parasites on the dynasty, greedily controlling us and sucking our blood."

"Therefore, the fall of Bianjing is not our fault, but the fault of treacherous people who deceive the heavens. We are puppets of the immortals. You descendants have only read a few history books and biographies, what do you know?"

"The foundation accumulated over these three hundred years, one-third belongs to us, one-third is obtained by the immortals and Buddhas of the four directions, and the remaining one-third is all in the Jade Emperor's empty shell, now it has been obtained by your Ming Dynasty. Your Ming Dynasty is strong, you still need to thank our gift."

Ji Xiang mocked: "Isn't that stolen goods? Why should we thank you? Let those accumulated foundations be compensation for repairing the disasters in Shuntian City, even that's not enough!"

"Because the cultivators who put in great effort on our side didn't get any benefits from you! The Ming Dynasty's things belong to the Ming Dynasty, our things belong to us! The country having benefits doesn't mean I can get benefits, the things that should be taken from you are still owed."

Tianluo Wang's eyes shook, anger surged, but he forcibly suppressed it, and praised Ji Xiang through gritted teeth: "Good! You speak well!"

This ability to suppress anger stunned Ji Xiang for a moment, and then he stopped talking.

Seeing that Ji Xiang was silent, Tianluo Wang's face, which had been suppressing great anger, finally became a little happier at this moment.

After all, not speaking meant a slight retreat. Since there was a retreat, there was room for negotiation.

Enduring insults in exchange for the conditions for negotiation and dialogue, no one understood this better than him, especially since the other party was not a barbaric scum like the Jin people. Your Ming Dynasty is also orthodox, and our Song is also orthodox. After three hundred years, why should there be such great hostility?

Between countries, there is an emphasis on the exchange of benefits. Problems that can be solved with benefits are not problems. It's just a mere replacement incident in the Forbidden City. Did many people die in Shuntian Prefecture? So what if they died? In every dynasty, how can there not be deaths surrounding the struggle for benefits?

"What I mean is! The things you snatched are all yours! These can all be conceded!"

"When the first replacement of the Forbidden City was unsuccessful... when the second revenge against you was unsuccessful... Longevity Immortal Palace has already changed its target. We thought that the best result would be to divide the world with the Ming Dynasty."

"Above us, there is the Lord of the Heavenly Dao, and you know who the Lord of the Heavenly Dao is. Yuan Huang's subordinate is the Lu Prince of the Ming Dynasty, the Lu Prince is his proxy. Sun and moon are divided in half. Originally, the Lu Prince's land was the place we traded, but the Lu Prince wanted to become an immortal, he was not even willing to interact with us anymore."

"However, these are all personal ambitions. Having ambitions and wanting to become an immortal is a good thing, but this kind of good thing cannot be discussed without Yuan Huang. So the Lu Prince was killed by you. Although Yuan Huang tried to rescue him, he ultimately failed to save him."

"However, we don't hate you for this, nor do we feel grateful."

"However, we can still coexist."

"Isn't your Ming Dynasty resisting Li Shanhe? Coincidentally, we also want to take revenge on Li Shanhe. This body, the hatred accumulated over these three hundred years, from now on, will be transformed into a resentful ghost, like the karmic fire of Avici Hell, until those people in Li Shanhe are completely burned to ashes."

"And the Lord of our Heavenly Dao, Yuan Huang, will surely replace one of the three teachings."

Ji Xiang: "The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Speaking of which, there really are common interests, but... just Yuan Huang, a mere Daluo? Within Li Shanhe, among the forces of the three teachings, there are probably no less than twenty people who can match him!"

"Well said, the script for Havoc in Heaven should be given to your leader. One against twenty at the same level, Daluo against Daluo, Wu Cheng'en wouldn't dare to write like that."

Just the Shangqing Sect has two Heavenly Hearts. Ji Xiang only roughly estimated that the immortal Dao passed down from ancient times, not counting the Tang Dynasty immortals who are now dead and only have seven unknown figures, most of the immortals and Buddhas in Li Shanhe today are probably from the Two Hans, Three Kingdoms, Song-Liao-Jin-Western Xia, Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Northern and Southern Dynasties... how many sects were founded in these periods, and how many people ascended to the Heavenly Heart?

The Tianshi Dao must have about two, after all, even the Taiping Dao of the Great Virtuous Teacher can produce one, the Tianshi Dao, as the first force of Daoism to enter Li Shanhe, can it not have two Heavenly Hearts?

Two more from the Shangqing Sect, and at least one of the Five Yang Emperors of the Quanzhen Dao.

Among the alchemists, alchemists of the level of Dongfang Shuo are still active in later generations and have always maintained the four major forces, so there must be at least three Heavenly Hearts.

Buddhism, the largest force in Li Shanhe, four or five is probably a small number.

Although Confucianism is unknown, since it can be ranked among the four major forces and is extremely mysterious, there must be at least three or four.

Counting the three or two unknowns, twenty is already a conservative estimate.

Tianluo Wang laughed: "Twenty, that's about right! But it is precisely because of the existence of these Heavenly Hearts, who extensively use the means of 推衍天机 and倒果为因, and spread disciples widely in the mortal world, that they have stirred the entire world into such a rotten state!"

"However, Yuan Huang naturally has a way to deal with these Heavenly Hearts. The outer world is a place they cannot interfere with, and there are still twenty years left before the deadline for them to interfere!"

"This is to express sincerity that I am telling you the deadline, but maybe you already know some of the situation."

"I'll just tell you this."

Tianluo Wang's tone was as decisive as cutting nails: "Sometimes, paying tribute and wagging your tail is a good way to preserve strength, and it has been tried and tested repeatedly. Humiliating oneself to gain the enemy's trust is an act that has existed since the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods."

"What is the point of not ceding land or paying reparations? If you can't even protect yourself, what use is land and money? Can righteousness be eaten, or can it be used to govern a country?"

"Now, without our help, with just the immortals in your outer world, in twenty years, you will only be reduced to a medicinal farm for Li Shanhe to plunder. There will be great changes in the world, and joining forces with us is the best choice. You don't even have other choices."

"We cooperate, and then, we will give you black energy. These ancient forces, originating from a time when the ancient Heavenly Dao was unheard of, will strengthen your power and enable you to obtain the great power to contend with Li Shanhe!"

"The Heavenly Dao of the outer world is not obvious. Now we have another Dao here, reaching out to you, you should accept it with a grateful heart. This is a good way to save the world."

"And once we successfully resist Li Shanhe, the result we want to obtain is also different from yours. At that time, the world will be ruled by you, the heavens will belong to Yuan Huang, and the underworld reincarnation, the death and transformation of all living beings, will be managed by us. You will build temples and worship us, just like treating ancestors who have ascended to heaven, only needing a little incense."

"I believe that the dynasty will still be that dynasty, and without the control of various forces, the dynasty will no longer be divided. This time, it may be able to continue for more than a thousand years. I believe that no king can resist this temptation. Even if he can, his descendants will not be able to."

"However, we don't have time now. Within twenty years, we must make a decision and integrate the strengths of both sides."

Speaking of this, Tianluo Wang's tone suddenly became lighter:

"And this is also the only way you can kill those disgusting things. If you don't agree, we don't have to force it. We will still be our lords of the underworld, bowing our heads and serving as vassals again, which is not shameful."

"We are cooperating with you now, but only because of the hatred of the past."

Ji Xiang stroked his chin, as if deep in thought. Tianluo Wang thought that Ji Xiang was seriously considering it, so he advised: "Go back now and tell your king... I believe he will make the right decision..."

"Wait a minute, soft, rich man."

Ji Xiang used a disrespectful term, and reminded him as if he understood something:

"I have listened to all your words, but one thing makes me strange."

"I wonder if I heard you wrong."

"Bowing your head and becoming a vassal is a good strategy to survive and continue to live better, and Yuan Huang is regarded as an enemy by the three teachings... Although, I did learn some news from the Lu Prince, it seems that Yuan Huang and some forces in the three teachings have lingering connections, and there is also a split within the Shangqing Sect. From a glimpse of the leopard, I can conclude that the three teachings themselves also have internal strife."

"In that case, can I interpret it as you are ready to betray Yuan Huang and establish your own territory?"

"I think you still have ambitions, right? Because you were constantly humiliated by the Jin Dynasty three hundred years ago, now that you have obtained power, of course you want to take revenge, right?"

"Could it be that you, or rather, the Song Emperors, can still endure being stepped on with shoes?"

After the words were spoken, there was silence in the temple. Tianluo Wang put his hands behind his back and muttered to himself: "Three hundred years have been endured, what harm is there in enduring for a moment longer."

Ji Xiang laughed: "Well said."

Tianluo Wang looked up. Suddenly, he didn't know when, Ji Xiang had actually walked under the statue of the Song Divine Heavenly King, in front of the incense burner.

Ji Xiang's tone was strange: "Speaking of which, Emperor Qinzong was also a master of advocating peace negotiations, entering the Jin army camp alone, truly a heroic spirit."

"I will tell the current Son of Heaven your words, please retire here."

The statue of the Song Divine Heavenly King, and the incense fire of the incense burner, were all completely wrapped and eaten by the towering clear smoke that rushed out from behind Ji Xiang!

"You?!"

Tianluo Wang was shocked, not knowing what Ji Xiang was doing, and Ji Xiang smiled slightly.

"Making money without capital is my favorite thing to do. If you have good things, please take them out and share them generously."

"And regarding your exam, I didn't feel any demonic energy on you. Remember to come to me for a makeup exam in the future."

"And also, and also, and one last thing. Whether you are actively cooperating or coming to the mortal world to cause trouble, it is best not to think of the world's cultivators as too weak. To be honest, arrogance is not a good character, I suggest you restrain yourself."

Ji Xiang's lips moved:

"Fandu!"

Amidst the shock, Tianluo Wang's ears burst out with a huge roar! His form and spirit collapsed and dissipated in an instant, and even this Taiping Ancient Town disappeared without a trace!