Junior Uncle is too cunning.

Li Shundao stayed in Mingyue City for another three days. He toured the entire city, but only found one top-grade acquired ghost artifact on Mingyue. Although it had four ghost patterns on it, for Li Shundao, it only added some experience. If he wanted to break through his current realm by studying ghost patterns, Li Shundao estimated that he would need at least a hundred more.

It should be noted that there are three thousand divine runes, ten thousand ghost runes, and even if there are more human runes, there are only 129,999 of them. It sounds like a lot, but if you count the population of the entire prehistoric world, these six runes are really too few.

Li Shundao has only managed to recognize a little over a thousand divine runes so far, which is extremely rare in the entire prehistoric world and is a sign of being learned and talented. It's not that he doesn't want to learn anymore, but rather that the entire Heavenly Court has only collected so many divine runes.

However, Li Shundao's ability to recognize so many divine runes is largely thanks to the Jade Emperor, the Queen Mother, and the Heavenly Court behind them. If it weren't for them, it would be quite impressive if Li Shundao recognized more than a hundred divine runes.

It's important to understand that divine runes are not like human runes. Not only are their numbers much larger, but they are also much more complete. Most importantly, they have been selflessly spread by the human race. It can be said that the fact that human runes were able to surpass ghost runes and other runes so quickly and rank after divine runes is largely due to his decision.

Divine runes are different from other runes. Basically, a clan, a country, or a power can only master a dozen or so runes. To comprehend all the ghost runes, you must first collect them before you have the opportunity to comprehend them. Otherwise, even if you have extraordinary talent, you still can't do anything without divine runes.

As Li Shundao walked out of Mingyue City, he sighed inwardly. He hadn't expected that the Mingyue Ancestor would be so poor. A powerful Golden Immortal like him didn't even have a single innate spiritual treasure. This completely ruined his plan. Otherwise, he might not have stayed a few more days.

As they walked, they came to see a vast ocean in the distance. Even Li Shundao couldn't see the edge for a while. Every time he tried to explore it with his primordial spirit, he would suffer a direct loss. Li Shundao tried it once and then stopped.

Looking at the color of this vast ocean, red tinged with black, it seemed to be composed of blood, which was the "Blood Sea," the Daoist temple of the Styx Ancestor.

Styx is a primordial deity born from the Blood Sea in ancient times. After the primordial world was shattered, it led a large number of vengeful souls to the Blood Sea to create the Asura race, thus having the merit of establishing the race.

With the help of the merits of establishing the clan, the Styx Ancestor successfully broke through to the Quasi-Saint realm. However, because the Asura clan was born from the combination of a large number of vengeful souls and the sea of ​​blood, the Asura clan, regardless of age or gender, were all bloodthirsty.

In truth, the Styx Ancestor's origins are no less profound than those of the Three Pure Ones. In the beginning of chaos, all living things existed, and heaven and earth were one. Within this vast expanse, a primordial blue lotus was nurtured. This lotus had five leaves, twenty-four petals, and formed a single lotus seed. After countless eons, the lotus seed split open, and the great god Pangu, wielding the axe that cleaved the heavens, was born. Dissatisfied with the endless oppression within the chaos, Pangu used the axe to cleave heaven and earth apart.

After the creation of heaven and earth, the world was unstable. Pangu, the great god, stood with his head touching the blue sky and his feet on the earth, growing one zhang taller every day. This caused the sky to grow one zhang taller and the earth to thicken by one zhang every day. After 18,000 years, the world was finally formed.

Afterwards, the great god Pangu, feeling that all things in the world had vanished, transformed himself into the primordial chaos: his left eye became the sun, his right eye the moon, and his hair became countless stars; his blood became rivers, lakes, and seas, his muscles became fertile plains; his bones became grass and trees, his veins became roads; his teeth became metal and stone, and his essence became pearls; his breath became wind and clouds, his voice became thunder, and his sweat became rain and dew; when the great god Pangu fell, his head and limbs became the Five Sacred Mountains, while his spine became the Buzhou Mountain Range, the fulcrum of heaven and earth... His belly, however, became a sea of ​​blood, which spanned tens of thousands of miles, with rolling waves of blood, where fish and shrimp did not thrive, and birds and insects did not come. All the malevolent energy of heaven and earth gathered here, and the people of the primordial world called this place the Netherworld Blood Sea.

After Pangu created the world, he died of exhaustion, his body transforming into all things. As he transformed, a mass of foul blood fell from his body, which became the Netherworld Blood Sea. Within the Netherworld Blood Sea, a placenta was conceived, and the Styx Ancestor was born within it. He was born with two swords, Yuan Tu and A Bi, two top-grade innate spiritual treasures, which were also top-grade innate spiritual treasures that could kill without incurring any karmic consequences.

Later, he obtained the Twelve-Grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus and the Northern Profound Origin Water Control Flag from the Five Elements Flags in the Blood Sea. These are both top-grade innate spiritual treasures. One person possessing four top-grade innate spiritual treasures shows the great fortune of the Styx Ancestor.

Actually, the creation of the underworld is inseparable from the Styx Ancestor. During the era of the witches and demons, Houtu Niangniang was influenced by heaven and earth and developed a sense of compassion. She wandered aimlessly to the Blood Sea. It was only after seeing countless wronged souls being swallowed by the Blood Sea that she truly made up her mind to transform into the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

The underworld was built on the foundation of the sea of ​​blood, and eventually it encompassed the sea of ​​blood, forming the Yellow Springs of Hell, which also contains the Netherworld Sea of ​​Blood.

The Styx Ancestor possessed great supernatural powers. After evolving into the Asura race, he directly accepted several members of the Asura race as his disciples. Mara, Kasyapa, Brahma, and Shiva were among his disciples. Mara was also the Asura Demon King, and his wife was the goddess Uma. Other disciples included Indra, Vishnu, Ruthora, and the Demon Mother.

Although the Asura race is small in number, few ghosts dare to provoke them. This is because the Asura race is truly capable of suppressing ghosts. They can even devour the souls of living beings in the Six Paths of Reincarnation to enhance their own strength. If it weren't for the protection of the Goddess Pingxin, the entire Underworld would probably have become the Asura race's dining hall.

Besides the two swords Yuan Tu and A Bi, and a twelfth-grade blood lotus platform, the Styx Ancestor also possesses innate spiritual treasures such as the Yuan Tu and A Bi swords. He has also cultivated 480 million blood god clones, four demon kings under his command, and thousands of Asuras. He can set up the Blood River Formation. It can be said that apart from the ten Yama Palaces founded by Lady Pingxin, they are the undisputed tyrants in the Underworld.

However, as the saying goes, all things in the universe are mutually reinforcing and mutually restraining. The Asura race completely restrained the Oni race, and Buddhism can also be said to be the nemesis of the Asura race.

Not long after the establishment of the Underworld, before the Asura race could become arrogant and domineering, Buddhism took action. Not long after, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva appeared beside the Sea of ​​Blood and settled down on a mountain not far away.

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva did nothing but spend his days copying scriptures and chanting Buddhist mantras by the sea of ​​blood, converting the Asura race. Seeing the Asuras constantly joining the Buddhist path, the two Western Saints were overjoyed. But just when Buddhism was happy, the Asura race's good days were coming to an end.

Although the Styx Ancestor possessed four top-grade innate spiritual treasures and was a quasi-saint, he knew that a direct confrontation with Western Buddhism, which had two saints, would not work. After thinking for a long time, he finally chose to compromise.

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva made the great vow "I will not become a Buddha until hell is empty," but his goal was very clear: to go straight to the sea of ​​blood. He did nothing but spend his days converting the Asura race. At first, Styx Ancestor was a little angry, saying that he had no conflict with Western Buddhism. It wasn't until later that Western Buddhism established the Eight Legions of Devas and Asuras, most of whom were Asuras.

By this time, the Styx Ancestor understood that Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's arrival at the Blood Sea must have been premeditated, entirely for the sake of the Asura clan behind him.

Although the Asura race was only a temporary creation of his and he didn't pay much attention to it, the fact that Western Buddhism was so forcefully trying to convert the Asura race was a complete slap in the face to him, the creator ancestor.

However, when faced with the unfathomable Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Styx Ancestor carefully considered the matter. Although he appeared to be only at the Bodhisattva level, he felt a series of palpitations once he harbored any malicious intent. This made him suspicious: was Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva really as simple as he seemed?