I was the Heavenly Emperor in ancient times

Chapter 49 Falling into Hell

Before entering the Yellow Springs to carry out that plan, Li Jun finally came to see Xi Mu one last time.

Regardless, he had a special affection for the Ximu clan, the first clan to discover him and worship him.

From the moment he came to earth, he has been with him through the long years.

Li Jun walked through the large house.

He looked around at the colorful murals of himself and felt that they were like the painted pottery he had seen in museums before, only on a much larger scale.

These murals were created based on oral accounts or by the hands of some elderly members of the Ximu clan, so some of them are quite authentic.

However, the painting techniques of this era were certainly not sophisticated, and what was sought was more of an artistic conception than a true likeness.

Looking at himself in the painting, Li Jun felt that the emperor's image in the painting was more like a hazy deity. To be honest, Li Jun himself didn't think it looked like him.

Li Jun: "I heard you recognized me?"

Xi Mu: "I come here often, so I naturally recognize the Emperor."

Li Jun: "Do you think this looks like me?"

"I can feel it," said Ximu.

Li Jun wandered around the house, occasionally taking out some jade artifacts or looking at the hanging banners, feeling as if they were familiar.

Xi Mu knelt on the ground, and wherever Li Jun went, she turned her head in that direction.

Li Jun didn't say much, and Xi Mu remained silent as well.

Suddenly, Li Jun asked, "Is the Jade of Ascension still there?"

The Queen Mother immediately presented the jade artifact from her bosom: "I have kept it here with me at all times, and it never leaves my side."

The Jade of Feather Transformation was the sacrificial jade that Li Jun commissioned Shao Li to create to worship the Bluebird. As a sacrificial object that could communicate with the Bluebird, it was naturally a symbol of the Emperor Shaman and the most important treasure of the Western Mother Clan.

After Li Jun took it, he looked at it in his palm.

He said, "In the past, the young lich used it to sacrifice to the bluebird, offering himself as the bluebird's corpse. It's time to change that now."

Xi Mu: "Whatever the Emperor says, Xi Mu will do."

Li Jun: "The demons and gods from all directions have descended upon the world. Only by establishing the Mountain and Sea Kingdom can we protect ourselves. Use this Jade of Ascension as a sacrificial vessel and establish the Mountain and Sea Kingdom in this capital of the Emperor!"

According to the current trend, the power of various demon gods is gradually increasing, and their influence and coverage are also growing.

Let Xi Mu establish this capital of the Emperor into the Kingdom of Mountains and Seas, which can also be considered as spreading the secret arts of the Kingdom of Mountains and Seas to all directions from here.

The Emperor slew the Candle Dragon at Zhangwei Mountain, but in the end, the Candle Dragon's power still inevitably influenced everything in another way.

Perhaps, coexisting with demons and gods is the only future that humanity can choose.

Xi Mu: "I am young and cannot even control a trace of the Bluebird's power. I can barely become the Bluebird's corpse, so I am afraid I cannot become a Great Witch."

Although she was already a lich, she had never asked the bluebird to possess her.

Li Jun said, "You can summon the bluebird by performing a sacrifice. The most difficult step in becoming a great shaman is the backlash from the power of ghosts, gods, and demons."

“You are the Emperor Witch. As long as you have my approval, the Bluebird will not dare to turn against you.”

"However, do not use its power lightly before you have fully grown up."

Subsequently.

The entire Ximu clan, as well as all the people of each neighborhood and clan in the capital, were mobilized to begin constructing the entire capital in the style of the Mountain and Sea Kingdom.

The entire capital city was completely transformed, inside and out, and the spirit shamans residing beneath the altars were mobilized as a result.

In the east of the city, a shaman with two heads and a snake's body flattened the ground and spewed mud to fill the ditches.

In the west of the city, a man spewed water and created a moat out of thin air.

In the north of the city, a human-faced beast-like shaman, ten feet tall, carrying a huge stone on his back, walked through the middle of the street.

In the south of the city, a creature with a monstrous head hovered low in the sky, occasionally grabbing giant trees with its sharp claws.

From afar, this imperial capital truly resembles a city from mythology.

The entire Ximu clan devoted almost everything to this sacrificial ceremony.

Although there wasn't a sacrifice of three thousand people, this transformation still came at a great cost.

This day.

Everyone in the city gathered at the foot of the altar, and the Queen Mother herself ascended the platform to offer sacrifices to Heaven and Earth.

Then, golden light shone from the sky, and peach blossoms fell from the heights.

When everyone looked up, they could see another world shining through the golden light above.

"It is the celestial realm."

"The real Kunlun."

“It’s a sacred peach tree, a big peach tree, I see it.”

Beneath the altar, everyone immediately knelt in worship, and just as they knelt, a shrill cry was heard.

The bluebird flew down, its body gradually expanding, its wings covering the sky and the sun.

But then the bluebird slowly shrank to a size of no more than three feet and landed on the altar.

The bluebird looked at the Western Mother and then spat out something—the Jade of Ascension that the Western Mother had given to the Emperor earlier.

The feather of transformation merged into the body of the Western Mother, and immediately, witch runes appeared on her body, covering her entire back.

Then, a pair of azure divine wings broke free from Xi Mu's back, and her figure began to rapidly mutate.

The feathers piled up layer upon layer, gradually becoming so numerous that they didn't resemble a bird spreading its wings, but rather a cluster of tightly packed flowers blooming.

"what!"

Ximu let out a long howl, and then the entire altar emitted light that spread throughout the city.

Next, many people in the Ximu clan throughout the city began to experience abnormal changes in their bodies.

Their bodies began to become slender and elongated, and their hair color changed, becoming translucent and hollow.

These are the less severe cases. Some people are more severely affected; some even develop feather-like patterns on their skin, and their eyes and pupils also show changes.

This marks the birth of a completely new ethnic group.

Their birth, aging, illness, and death will all follow a different path.

At that moment, Xi Mu suddenly flew up into the sky, soaring over the clouds and past the golden light.

She seemed to have lost her mind, turning into a real bird, wanting only to fly to the heavens.

By the time she came to her senses...

The Queen Mother has already taken human form. She is not in the heavens, but in the large house to the east below the altar.

Mother West: "How could I have done this?"

She just felt as if she was no longer herself, but had become someone else.

Xi Mu raised her head and saw a figure standing under the mural to the side. She quickly knelt down and spoke.

"Your Majesty, why do I suddenly feel out of control and desperately want to fly to the Heavenly Realm?"

The Emperor said, "Your power is inherited from the Qingyu of the past. The Qingyu has been through the lives of two generations of Emperor Witches, Da Li and Shao Li. Their wish was to enter the Heavenly Realm."

"It seems you were influenced by their past obsessions just now."

Mother West: "Then in the end..."

The Emperor did not answer, but simply told her.

"The obsessions of Da Li and Shao Li are just that—obsessions. Although you have obtained this Azure Feather and become an Imperial Witch, as long as you have no worries, you will naturally be unaffected."

"Now that this matter is settled, I should be leaving."

Xi Mu: "Is the Emperor going back to Heaven?"

The Emperor said, "I need to go to the Yellow Springs."

Xi Mu raised her head: "Huang Quan?"

If the Emperor is neither in the mortal realm nor in the heavenly realm.

So what will they offer sacrifices to in the future, and will the Emperor still respond?

Furthermore, if the Emperor is not in the Heavenly Realm, then what is the point of the ascension to the Heavenly Realm pursued by successive Emperors and Witches?

The Emperor seemed to have read the Queen Mother's thoughts and spoke to her.

"You are not only offering sacrifices to me, but also to heaven and earth and all living beings."

"Do what you can do, and if we really need to meet, I will naturally come back."

After speaking, the emperor's shadow slowly disappeared beneath the mural, as if merging into the emperor's image on the wall.

The branches of the large peach tree in the painting slowly drooped down, obscuring the emperor's shadow.

After it transformed into a country of mountains and seas.

The capital city under the emperor's rule has undergone earth-shattering changes.

From all corners of the vast wilderness, tribes flocked to the capital of the emperor, making the place even more prosperous and bustling.

Witches from all over came to worship the Queen Mother, who truly became the head of all the witches.

This refers to the so-called Emperor Witch.

Through this system of tribute and sacrifice, Xi Mu controlled a large number of shamans and further established the system of the Mountain and Sea Kingdom. This capital under the emperor became more and more mysterious, and the city was inhabited by real humans, shamans, monsters and ghosts.

It is becoming less and less like a city on earth.

On this day, a special shaman descended from the plateau and arrived at the capital of the emperor.

That was the Great Witch Chou of the Hanhuang Clan. She had heard the legends about the Emperor and the Bluebird, and came from the plateau to this fertile wilderness.

"This is the capital of the Western Mu Clan!"

The female clown walked around the city, and the city's wealth indeed exceeded her expectations.

However, the characteristics of the former Ximu clan are completely unrecognizable here; it seems that they have completely integrated into the multitude of tribes and shamans in this great wilderness.

"The Ximu clan is no longer the same Ximu clan as before."

“The shaman no longer seems like a shaman.”

Hanhuang and Nüchou did not like this change made by Ximu.

They still cherish those ancient traditions passed down through generations; guarding that Kunlun Hill is more important to them than anything else.

Therefore, the Hanhuang clan and the Ximu clan were always at odds.

It wasn't just because of past grievances, but also for this reason. However.

The Chou woman did not come to fight the Ximu clan this time; she only came to verify the legend.

Also, the search for the Emperor's whereabouts.

Within the capital city of the Emperor, Nü Chou met other shamans, some of whom had previously followed the Western Mother in her campaign against Yu Jiang and returned alive.

The other party said, "Yu Jiang was taken away by someone in a wine vessel. Some people say that the figure was the emperor's incarnation on earth."

The female clown quickly asked, "What exactly does that wine vessel look like?"

"And what does the Emperor look like?"

The man said, "That's too far away, how could I possibly see it? As for calling it a wine vessel, that's just something I heard from people who are closer and can see it."

"Actually, I saw that person wave his hand, and the wind in the sky, the river on the ground, and even Yu Jiang were all taken away together."

"I thought I was dreaming."

"If other people around hadn't seen it, I wouldn't believe it now."

The female clown then found another person, who vividly described the appearance of the wine vessel.

Upon hearing this, the female clown immediately realized what was going on.

That was the very wine vessel he had presented to the emperor.

At this moment, she was completely certain that what appeared at the foot of Zhangwei Mountain and in the Northern Sea was the true Emperor.

At that moment, she suddenly remembered seeing that figure from behind during the sacrificial ceremony.

Lately, she kept thinking about that figure, and at this moment, she suddenly felt that it must be the Emperor.

At that time, the Emperor was no longer in the Heavenly Realm.

Instead, it was right beside her.

The female clown said, "So, when the Emperor said he was leaving, he wasn't going back to heaven, but coming to the human world."

However, the ugly woman looked into the distance.

This vast wilderness, its depths and distances unknown, who knows where the Emperor has gone?
the other side.

This time, in order to experience what the cycle of life and death is like in this world, Li Jun personally walked the path of life and death and went through the cycle of reincarnation.

He set off from the capital, following a recently deceased ghost.

This is an old man, though he is actually not yet forty years old, but he looks like he has white hair.

He fell seriously ill that night and died.

The man's clan dug a large pit and buried him directly in the courtyard where he lived.

However, to Li Jun's surprise, the other party's clansmen even performed a simple soul-summoning ritual.

It seems they're afraid this person won't become a ghost after death.

The idea of ​​becoming a ghost after death is not only something that other clans and tribes in the Great Wilderness do not resist, but even the capital city under the emperor does not have much resistance to.

It could even be said that the idea of ​​becoming a ghost is something they flock to, and many of them do it willingly.

Compared to becoming a ghost wandering the wilderness, suffering the cold and loneliness, or falling into the Northern Darkness.

The thought that nothing would be left after death only intensified their fear.

It didn't take long.

Li Jun then saw a figure walk out of the courtyard and then walk along the long street out of the capital city.

Even the tightly closed city gates couldn't stop him; his shadow emerged from the gaps and headed north.

The night wind blows from the north, and the moon rises from the west, drifting past the treetops.

The ghost seemed to be still alive, wearing its old clothes and even carrying a bag that its people had prepared for it.

At first glance, it looks like a long trip.

The ghost that Li Jun followed watched him hide by day and go out at night, and finally arrived at the border of the Northern Sea, which was Zhangwei Mountain, which was gradually being worn down by the demonic winds from the Arctic.

The cold wind comes from the Northern Sea.

The mountain used to have some trees, but now they have all turned into black water, leaving only jagged rocks.

The ghost climbed over the mountains where black water flowed freely, felt the black ice and snow drifting from afar, and finally arrived at an extremely cold place.

It's strange. It's clearly colder further away, but the black water there hasn't frozen. It's clearly warmer here, but there's floating ice everywhere.

The vengeful spirit fell from the floating ice into the black water, transforming into a "floating corpse" that drifted away into the distance.

Li Jun wasn't in a hurry and sank directly into the black water.

He drifted with it into the depths of the Northern Sea. During this process, he gained a deeper understanding of the power of the demon god Xuanming and the Northern Sea, and learned how they lured these yin spirits.

In the extreme cold and darkness, it seemed as if something was pulling him toward some distant place.

"Although there is no soul-reaper in this initial cycle of life and death, this power is still responsible for taking souls."

Gradually, Li Jun arrived at his destination.

Just as he had predicted, he got up and saw Youdu City in the distance. The city gate was engraved with the totem and stone carvings of the demon god Xuanming. The people of Xuanqiu stood on the shore like ghost messengers summoning souls.

Li Jun had already witnessed what would happen next.

Further ahead, he saw the One-Eyed Ghost Kingdom, but this time Li Jun stopped.

He took out the bottle that the Great Witch Ugly had given him and pointed it at the One-Eyed Ghost Kingdom below.

I don't know what influenced him, but even though he didn't have to recite anything, he still couldn't help but say one.

"receive!"

Subsequently, he captured the entire One-Eyed Ghost Kingdom.

At the same time, he also released Yu Jiang from the bottle.

Li Jun didn't say anything, neither why he released Yu Jiang nor why he had arrested him before.

He simply poured Yu Jiang out of the bottle, and the other rolled down, his figure gradually transforming from a grain of rice into the size of a normal person.

Then he turned and followed the ghosts toward the gates of the underworld.

Yu Jiang knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Li Jun repeatedly.

Li Jun stepped onto the water and entered the deepest part of the Northern Underworld. The surrounding demonic winds enveloped the heavens and earth, and the chill seemed to freeze the space itself.

The sky and water are indistinguishable here; the demonic wind and black water seem to be mixed together.

It was here that Li Jun saw the door at the deepest part of the bottom.

He pushed open the door and entered the underworld.

He fell from the highest heavens to the deepest hell.

Li Jun had some understanding of how high the sky was, but this was the first time he had ever felt like he was falling into the Yellow Springs.
Li Jun had no idea how long he had been missing, and even had a feeling of traveling through time.

at last.

He saw a huge yellow dragon appear below, winding its way in from a distance.

"Yellow Spring!"

Li Jun fell for a long time, and when he came to his senses, he was already standing on the Yellow Springs.

This was the first time he had seen the Yellow Springs, but upon first glance, Li Jun felt as if he were seeing the passage of time itself.

His double pupils gazed into the depths of the underworld, where he vaguely saw many scenes from the past.

He saw the Kunlun Mountains of the past, and saw people crossing the valley, gazing at the sacred stones on the mountain.

He saw that before Zhangwei Mountain was corrupted by the Zhulong, a tribe below was leisurely herding their livestock, passing beneath the snow-covered peaks.

"It stores everyone's memories."

"No, it's not just human memory, but also information about people and things."

"It has not been around long enough, and its power is not strong enough yet. If given time, could the Yellow Springs store all the secrets of this world?"

"By then, will the Yellow Springs still just be the Yellow Springs?"

Standing above the Yellow Springs, on the surface, Li Jun appears to be standing on a luminous yellow river, but from his perspective, he feels as if he is standing above the very fabric of time.

This made him unable to help but have all sorts of associations.

It was at this moment that Li Jun suddenly remembered a figure.

He wanted to see if the young lily had already begun its reincarnation, but after searching for a long time in the Yellow Springs, he found nothing.

I don't know if it has entered the cycle of reincarnation or sunk to a deeper level.

The Yellow Springs are vast and boundless, and the place where Li Jun stands can only be considered a section of it, neither its source nor its end.

and.

Shao Li's situation is more unique than other souls who sank into the underworld; part of her was taken by the Bluebird, and part was taken by the underworld.

Li Jun didn't know if he could find any information about the other party in it.

However, after walking along the Yellow Springs for a long time, Li Jun suddenly discovered something.

"found it."

Li Jun raised his hand, and something floated up.

That wasn't information about Shao Li, but it was indeed something related to the other party.

He found the sacrificial jade that Yimu and Zhuyin had used to worship Zhulong.

With Zhuyin's death, the sacrificial jade fell into Shaoli's hands.

Then, Shao Li brought it here.

The sacrificial jade slowly rose up; it was a black jade carving resembling an eye, which Li Jun held in his hand.

At this moment, the bottle hanging from Li Jun's waist suddenly began to move.

The spirits of the One-Eyed Ghost Kingdom inside seemed to sense something.

Li Jun opened the bottle and released all the wandering ghosts and spirits from the One-Eyed Ghost Kingdom.

In an instant, these things, along with the ghost cities and strongholds they had created, all fell to the other side of the Yellow Springs.

Li Jun looked at them and began another plan.

Regarding how to create a kingdom of mountains and seas to influence and partially control the special demon god Huang Quan,
(End of this chapter)