Chapter 1 The Present

It was the time when auspicious clouds appeared and all was silent. Hu Ma's deep shout immediately shocked everyone around him.

They all turned their heads and saw a man in black cloth robes, wearing a smiling face mask, striding onto the roof of the Yan family mansion beneath the rolling auspicious clouds.

Then, the soul light gathered within his body, and a dharma appearance with a blue face, fangs, and a fierce, evil appearance, with four arms, appeared. It was surrounded by rolling evil energy, and did not look like a good person at all.

In one hand, he held a *shà* (evil) energy-filled Punishing Official's Blade, and in the other, he held a white seal. He stepped in the air above the roof ridge and charged straight into the auspicious clouds, snatching at the ethereal Old Master Yan in the middle.

"Light in form and qi, a celestial's bearing..."

"I am a celestial, transcending the Three Realms and beyond the Five Elements. Why don't you mortals kowtow and bow your heads to receive celestial blessings?"

At the same time that Hu Ma jumped into the auspicious clouds, Old Master Yan seemed to finally realize his existence, looking down from above.

He didn't speak, but a voice rang in Hu Ma's heart, a voice that struck his soul directly, carrying a celestial's superiority, looking down on everything, with heaven and earth at his disposal, and a contempt and even pity for mortals from the bottom of his heart.

Even in this haze, Hu Ma seemed to really see him reach out his hand, pressing down on his head, as if to bestow a celestial blessing upon him.

In that instant, his body and his consciousness began to lighten. Rather than him charging into this auspicious cloud, it was as if the auspicious cloud was attracting him, as if to completely melt him.

The strength in his body, the *shà* qi on his blade, the cultivation within him, the thoughts in his mind, all faded away at this moment. Only a blank joy remained in his heart, willingly submitting to the celestial led by Old Master Yan, full of joy, accepting the celestial blessing he bestowed.

"Celestial your grandpa..."

It was also as he was rapidly sliding into this blank joy that his natal spirit temple vibrated, barely protecting the spiritual awareness in his heart. Then, he raised his left hand high, holding up the Heavenly Duke Unnamed Seal.

In an instant, the endless noisy and chaotic sounds retreated, the dharma appearance rolled, solidifying like a real entity, and the left arm above the four arms had also been raised high, holding the increasingly heavy treasure seal in its palm.

On the seal surface, originally a blank space, golden light began to flicker, stroke by stroke, forming heavy seal characters.

Majestic, radiant, outlined with golden threads and silver hooks, each stroke had a heavy, immeasurable artistic conception, causing the surrounding heaven and earth to tremble:

"Entrusted by Heaven!"

……

……

"Shua!"

Seeing this seal, Old Master Yan, with his detached expression, high above, untouched by any earthly mundane affairs, his joyful and ethereal face suddenly changed. Even the ethereal cloud qi seemed to suddenly lighten a lot.

As the first character appeared on the seal surface, the rolling auspicious clouds and ethereal celestial qi around Hu Ma suddenly solidified. The attraction to this Guazhou Prefecture City, and even to Hu Ma, who was closest to this cloud of auspiciousness, suddenly disappeared inexplicably.

This cloud of auspiciousness, which was originally becoming lighter and lighter, and Guazhou was also becoming lighter and lighter with it, stopped changing. The ethereal celestial music in the air also stopped abruptly, and only a light breeze remained between heaven and earth.

Immediately afterward, the second character "Destiny" had already appeared on the seal.

As this character appeared, those with subtle and joyful expressions within the rolling auspicious clouds, those celestial and Daoist figures all over the sky, suddenly woke up. The celestial intent on their faces faded, replaced by a look of fear and unwilling resentment.

But at this moment, Hu Ma held the seal even higher in his hand, and the third character "By" had already appeared on the seal.

At this time, the auspicious clouds were still changing, originally ethereal, turning this dark night into daylight. Every wisp of cloud qi was pure white and translucent, incomparably pure.

But at this moment, rolling black qi began to churn out of the pure white clouds, one团 after another, with a gloomy yin qi and a蕩蕩 evil qi. The celestial figures in the clouds had already become rotten, with a pungent stench, crying and wandering, like demons dancing in a frenzy.

Then, the fourth big character appeared on the seal: "Heaven."

These four characters only occupied half of the seal surface and did not fill it up, but the weight of just these four characters was already indescribable.

This celestial qi was extremely light, but it needed something with such extreme weight to suppress it.

And this ordinary unnamed seal suddenly seemed to possess endless weight with the appearance of these four characters, directly affecting the surroundings.

The so-called auspicious clouds and ascending celestials had already let out a series of miserable cries, constantly shrinking in mid-air. Even Hu Ma, who was holding the seal high, felt a huge weight, as if it would directly crush him.

"This is the true meaning of the Great Might Heavenly Duke General Seal?"

"No wonder such a door-guarding *rù fǔ* (enter mansion) technique is named after a seal..."

"The ultimate purpose of cultivating this technique is to hold up this seal..."

"..."

Now only four characters have appeared on the seal, but its weight is already indescribable. Hu Ma has already felt that his dharma appearance is more solid than ever before. Under this weight, everything comes naturally and reaches perfection.

The third mansion gate rumbled open.

However, the impact of opening this third mansion gate at this moment seemed insignificant.

"Hua la la..."

As this seal was held up, the surrounding area was filled with rolling, majestic, and dark qi. The fluttering celestial qi just now disappeared without a trace.

And the yin injustices and evil *suì* that had been sucked up, the roof beasts and stone pillars, also seemed to suddenly have weight, piece by piece, falling from the air, only smashing and cursing.

"Destroying my celestial path, deserving ten thousand deaths..."

And in this air, led by Old Master Yan, the rotten and decaying yin souls and evil *suì* no longer cared about being high in the clouds. Their faces were full of resentment and unwillingness as they grabbed at the seal in Hu Ma's hand, as if they would never rest until they died.

"Hmph!"

But at this moment, with the three mansion gates open and Hu Ma holding the Heavenly Duke Treasure Seal, he clenched his teeth. The dharma appearance grew four arms, one hand holding the seal and pressing it down fiercely.

A sound of squeezing and shattering instantly rang out in the air. The faces that rushed in front of him, along with the cloud qi that seemed to have its own life, were all squeezed by this heavy weight, suppressed, and scattered, shattering one by one in front of Hu Ma.

Hu Ma, holding the Heavenly Duke General Seal in one hand and the blade in the other, with a radiant and fierce might, scattered the wailing souls all over the sky, daring not to touch him in the slightest. Even the rolling dark clouds quickly dissipated.

In the next moment, his other two hands, one of which originally held the General's Order, but because the Yin General was not in front of him now, there was no need to hold up the order, and they were empty. Both hands reached out and grabbed the wailing Old Master Yan.

He pressed him down with both hands and stepped on him with one foot.

"Grandpa, spare my life..."

Old Master Yan wailed and begged for mercy, but the blue-faced and fanged dharma appearance only had a fierce look, not leaving any affection. He just smiled grimly, raised the Punishing Official's Blade high in his hand, and with a fierce light in his eyes, slashed down heavily.

"Old Master Yan, it's time to go!"

"..."

"Chi!"

Whether it was the generous man, the White Wine Miss in the alley, the Monkey Wine who had arrived in front of the mansion gate, or even further away, the Divine Hand Zhao and the Demonic Chen in front of the Guazhou Prefecture Lord's Temple.

It was too far away, and the celestial qi was荡荡,迷人, and they couldn't really see what Hu Ma was doing, let alone the Heavenly Duke Seal he was holding in his hand when he condensed his dharma appearance.

They only saw that Old Master Yan had already ascended to heaven in broad daylight, covering the vast prefecture city, and only felt the so-called celestial qi蕩蕩,夺人心魄, which made them confused and difficult to control despite their own abilities.

But also between the飘飘 celestial qi and the auspicious clouds, the originally inconspicuous Ghostcatcher suddenly rushed into the auspicious clouds, and without saying a word, he pulled Old Master Yan down from his high position, shouted sternly, and raised his blade high.

The next moment, Old Master Yan's head rolled down.

Immediately afterward, the auspicious clouds dissipated all over the sky, and the sky returned to the pitch-black darkness of before.

In the midst of a rumbling sound between heaven and earth, the weight returned to its place, and the entire Guazhou Prefecture City trembled. Houses collapsed, pillars overturned, and ponds surged. The entire Guazhou Prefecture City seemed to be startled by this sound, and jumped at the same time, also waking up countless confused people.

"Ah ya..."

The Yan Master in front of the Yan family mansion had just distributed the grand marshals of all the roads, and had just sealed the twenty-eighth one when he suddenly woke up: "My throne..."

He opened his eyes blankly, looked at the mess in front of him, and cried out, with blood and tears flowing.

Those people who were kowtowing to this Yan Master and shouting long live were also awakened, and looked at each other awkwardly, not knowing what to do.

And with this Yan family mansion as the center, the ghosts, gods, and demons in the entire Guazhou Prefecture City all opened their eyes in embarrassment with this loud noise, and there was a mess around them that had fallen to the ground.

"What the hell..."

"Ah?"

"Huh?"

"Fuck..."

"..."

Similarly, when the weight of Guazhou returned and the entire Guazhou Prefecture City was like an earthquake, the shock that the various masters around received seemed even greater than the return of the weight of Guazhou.

"What the fuck is going on?"

"Inverted the heavenly principles, inverted the heavenly principles, this is..."

The Old Abacus in the front yard, the White Wine Miss in the outer alley, the Red Wine Miss who presided over the overall situation at the door, and even the little Ghostcatchers scattered around the Yan family mansion, all widened their eyes and even forgot to speak.

Monkey Wine in front of the Yan family mansion also frowned slightly, retracted the foot he had stepped out, and sighed almost imperceptibly: "Waste."

And in front of the Guazhou Prefecture Lord's Temple, Divine Hand Zhao and Demonic Chen, who had widened their eyes to see, kicked over the Guazhou Prefecture Lord's palanquin fiercely. Their voices were a little distorted: "Is this fucking kidding me?"

"That's something that has already ascended..."

"You Town Demon Prefecture's Ghostcatcher can actually pull people down and cut them with a blade?"