Fried Salted Fish

Chapter 399 Five Mountains True God

Then, his expression twisted, and his entire demeanor changed drastically. Even his voice became a triple harmony:

"I knew it. The Ming Dynasty would never sit idly by and watch our rise. That dog Wanli wants to use our national fortune to replenish the decline of your Ming Dynasty's fortune. Your Ming Dynasty is no good, and the Netherworld is no good either. I'm using one evil to combat another, but do you think I don’t know that?"

"Reversing the rules of heaven and earth? I don't understand those things. I only know that without these children, my country would now be reduced to your puppet."

"I am so incompetent that I can only sell my own country, sell the existence of this nation, and use it as a bargaining chip to obtain unmatched power from those willing to help me! As long as I am still here, as long as these blood fetuses are still here, the common people of Korea have never truly died!"

"Even if they die, they can be reborn! You fear this power, which is why you want to take it away! The people of the world are not the original people, and the rulers of the world are not the original rulers. You talk about Heaven sending down thunder as a warning, but if this matter fails, then let me and the entire country perish together. Wouldn't that be exactly what you want!"

"I am indeed a wimp, but even the biggest wimp gets pushed to the limit! I just want to be a monarch, a monarch not controlled by others! What's wrong with that! I don't want to die, don't want to be deposed, don't want to become your puppet. I am a vassal, that's true, but does your Ming Dynasty really deserve the title of 'Superior Nation'!"

"Heaven and earth don't agree? What is heaven and earth? When my country was invaded, I didn't see it sending down thunder to annihilate the Japanese pirates. Now that I want to revive my country, it sends you down to obstruct me. In that case, it seems that the sky above Korea, like me, like this country, is a wimp!"

"It's a wimp itself, and it doesn't allow me to do great things!"

"Rules set by Heaven? What right does it have to set rules, and what right do you have to speak for the rules of Heaven and Earth? Who are you?"

"Immortal, Immortal! You are only an Immortal after all! An Immortal is not Heaven!"

Five enormous black shadows suddenly rose from the Korean king's body!

A mortal body could not bear such power, so it quickly collapsed into a mass of rotten flesh, replaced by the unrestrained laughter emanating from the five black shadows!

Ji Xiang pondered for a moment, listening to his crazy words, and was somewhat moved.

He said in a rather emotional tone:

"Indeed, even if you are a wimp, you are still a king after all."

Although it was the influence of black qi that caused him to change from the previous wimp to this state of madness, these words must be the most truthful words in his heart.

"But you are wrong about one thing."

"I am not an Immortal!"

Vast demonic qi roiled in Ji Xiang's eyes, and waves of demonic clouds rose from his body. The laughter of the five terrifying black shadows came to an abrupt halt, replaced by loud rebukes issued in unison:

"You are a Heavenly Devil, disrespecting Heaven and Earth, disloyal to the monarch, and bullying divine principles. Therefore, after your death, you will be eternally condemned to hell, where you will be tormented by starvation and demons, your limbs will be dismembered, you will be boiled in a cauldron, and you will suffer in freezing ice. After countless eons, you may escape reincarnation, only to be reborn as livestock, still subject to slaughter and injury. All kinds of karmic retribution will have no end!"

The five humanoid black shadows also began to twist, transforming into bizarre forms without definition, impossible to describe in words. Immediately following, five vast realms of power appeared out of thin air, sealing off the five directions!

Ji Xiang originally wanted to use demonic qi to sweep across, but suddenly sensed something was wrong. He immediately grabbed the blood child and flew away. In the next moment, this Korean land seemed to come alive, and all the spirits of the mountains and rivers fell into evil. Only the mountain and forest spirits, rarely seen on weekdays, were awakened, each with a thick black qi rising from their bodies, and their forms gradually turned into black shadows, emitting waves of sinister howls like thousands of ghosts!

"Heaven and Earth are peaceful, Capture!"

The five black shadows twisted, simultaneously transforming into five all-encompassing black hands. In an instant, the mountains and rivers of Korea all transformed into black sea waves, and the soaring black qi pierced through the clouds. The entire central wilderness of Korea was violently shaking!

A major earthquake erupted, affecting several cities. The common people and garrison troops, whether Korean or Ming, or those Changbai Mountain guardian immortals who were trying to run away, all sensed the drastic changes occurring in the world.

This earthquake was not natural, but man-made!

Someone was shaking the mountains and rivers of all of Korea with their own power, and using this as a means to overturn the universe!

The Changbai Mountain guardian immortals looked terrified. Lord Huang even cried out in dismay. After the black-clothed scholar appeared and claimed to be the master of ghosts and gods, they had already submitted an application to the Ming Dynasty's war commissioner to return to the mountains. The other party readily agreed, but they did not expect that only one day after leaving, something big seemed to have happened again on this Korean land.

During the previous war, they didn't see it, but this land was actually so full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers?

Lord Huang led his people away in a panic, not daring to stop for a moment, while the mountain and river qi surged violently, causing the mountains and earth to transform into black sea waves, spreading and affecting all directions!

Ji Xiang flew in the sky, stepping on seven-colored clouds, looking at the five all-encompassing black hands, not understanding:

"Who are you? When did the Netherworld have this kind of power? Could it be the immortals of the Hidden Mountains and Rivers?"

"Hidden Mountains and Rivers? Hahaha, those guys are unreliable. The five of us are just gods created by the Heavenly Lord extracting the power of the Five Song Ancestors. What, did you also leave a name in the years of the human world? Now that times have changed, dynasties have changed, and no one here recognizes us anymore?"

"Don't talk nonsense, this immortal is an ancient immortal from the Han Dynasty. It's normal that he doesn't recognize us Song Dynasty gods."

Ji Xiang: "Heavenly Lord? Is it Laihe Heavenly Lord?"

"Laihe Heavenly Lord? He's not enough! Although he also bears the name of Heavenly Lord, just like in Taoist scriptures, there are so many Heavenly Lords, does that mean each one is comparable to the Primordial Heavenly Lord?"

"There is only one Primordial, and in the Netherworld, the highest Heavenly Lord is always only one!"

Among the five black hands, one of them revealed its appearance. The black shadow entrenched in the heavens and earth disappeared briefly, revealing the cultural stone carving on it!

"The Feng Chan ceremony at Mount Tai, yet you don't even recognize the power of Mount Tai!"

The cultural stone carving was written with "Inscribing the Merits of the Two Sages in the Book of Thanks to Heaven upon Ascending Mount Tai"!

"Lord of the Eastern Peak is here!"

The true appearance of the black hand was like five fingers transformed from a giant mountain peak, and as it revealed these words, the words twisted and transformed into "Eastern Peak Mount Tai"!

The other four black hands also revealed their true appearances!

"The True Gods of the Five Peaks!"

Ji Xiang's first reaction was that it was impossible.

But immediately following, as if struck by lightning, scenes from the past emerged. The reason why the statues of the Eastern Peak Great Emperor and the Eastern Peak Empress had abnormalities, spewing black qi, now seemed to be explained.

The Bixia Yuanjun was still in Mount Tai, and the Lord of Mount Tai was still in Japan. The divine seat of Mount Tai was divided into three, two parts remained in the Central Plains, and one part was cut off by the monk Bodao during the Tang Dynasty and taken to Japan, controlling the Eastern Underworld. The Four Great Heavenly Lords in Ji Xiang's body were also killed by Bodao during that time, falling into the depths of the Eastern Underworld and sleeping in the depths of the Land of Roots until now.

"The power of the True Gods of the Five Peaks, the divine seat of the Eastern Peak Great Emperor, I wonder when it fell into your hands."

"We have had this suspicion from the beginning, and now it is just a final conclusion."

The temple of the Eastern Peak Great Emperor has always existed, and the world has always thought that the Bixia Yuanjun was a subordinate of the Eastern Peak Great Emperor. The divine seat of the Bixia Yuanjun was only conferred during the Jiajing era. In the past, this divine power of Mount Tai had many names, with different titles since the Tang Dynasty.

And the remaining last portion of power was in the hands of the Song Court.

"There are several Lords of the Five Peaks, and the people who hold the power of the Five Peaks have different names throughout the generations. In the Yunji Qiqian and the Longyu Hetu alone, there are two completely different schools of True Gods of the Five Peaks, and above them there are the so-called Kings of the Five Peaks."

Ji Xiang's voice reached the ears of those black hands, and the black hands emitted earth-shattering sounds:

"Since the Song Dynasty's Feng Chan ceremony. The power of the Five Peaks is no longer something that later generations can obtain! And the Yuan Dynasty was in turmoil, and the Ming Dynasty was self-proclaimed. You have fallen to this state, and the power of the Five Peaks mountains and rivers is not controlled by you, which is really regrettable!"

"Since the five brothers have appeared here today, this Korean mountain and river has been completely under our control! Northern Dipper True Man, follow us to the Netherworld and meet the Five Ancestors and Three Kings together!"

The five great black hands transformed into mountains and rivers, instantly appearing in five directions, pressing down towards the center. They stirred up the qi of the mountains and rivers, locking this place firmly, completely disregarding the damage caused to this world!

"All spirits of the earth, transform into Nether Soldiers!"

The True Gods of the Five Peaks issued a divine decree, and all the wild beasts and spirits of heaven and earth nurtured in this Korean mountain and river were transformed into yin creatures. They were born from the qi of the mountains, rivers, trees, and grass, and now they were also controlled by the qi of the mountains, rivers, trees, and grass. The True Gods of the Five Peaks displayed terrifying power, and their voices stirred up the flying sand and stones between heaven and earth:

"Such an easy transformation of yin and yang, abandoning life and death, all rely on the various trials done before! The thousands of wild beasts and spirits in this mountain and river exist with us, like our incarnations!"

As the words fell, the thousands of mountain and river spirits instantly turned into countless black hands, surrounding the entire central region of Korea, covering the sky and blocking the sun, so that not even a trace of light could fall!

Ji Xiang turned around and stopped escaping.

The surrounding thousands of voices burst into laughter, like thunder shaking the sky!

"Run, why don't you keep running! In the heavens and the earth, where else can you escape!"

Ji Xiang did not respond, but turned around and took a step at the same time.

The Bitter Sea world instantly unfolded!

The scenery of heaven and earth changed drastically, and the thousands of black hands were also included in it, while a vast ocean of demonic qi rushed from afar, and hundreds of thousands of lost demons flew to the sky, emitting deafening and soul-shaking terrifying roars!

Ji Xiang reached out and pointed to the sky!

In this Bitter Sea world, a bright light suddenly appeared, a heavenly gate opened, and Ji Xiang manifested the appearance of a Heavenly Lord, using the power of the Four Sages of the North Pole!

"The Heavenly Gate is wide open, Heavenly Soldiers assist me!"

Boom!

Three hundred and sixty thousand heavenly soldiers poured out from the heavenly gate, and the invisible heavenly soldiers, with heavenly swords, divine swords, dragon umbrellas, and flying spears, gathered with the lost demons. The four hundred and sixty thousand divine and demonic army collided with the thousands of black hands!

The true bodies of the True Gods of the Five Peaks manifested, transforming from the appearance of black hands into five huge black shadows. Ji Xiang also drew his sword at the same time, and with a wave of the sword in the air, a piece of the Bitter Sea was immediately split open by the sword!

The power of the sword directly pierced the sky and cut off the mountains and rivers. Among the True Gods of the Five Peaks, one black shadow resisted with bare hands, but had an arm cut off in an instant!

"This is a divine sword that can split mountains and rivers with one strike, don't resist it head-on!"

The divine sword that has been passed down from ancient Japan, the Lord of the Eastern Peak among the True Gods of the Five Peaks, issued a voice: "Don't easily touch this sword! The First Emperor of Qin once had the Tai'a Sword. The Tai'a Sword first showed its power in the hands of a certain King of Chu, one strike caused flying sand and stones, heaven and earth to collapse, and the Jin army to be routed. This Da Liang Sword is said to have referenced the shape of Tai'a, and one strike can split mountains and rivers and break ten thousand armies."

The sword qi in the sky trembled, and the Ame no Habakiri and Totsuka-no-Tsurugi fell down. Although these two divine swords did not have the momentum of the Da Liang Sword to cut off mountains and rivers with one strike, in terms of rank, they were even above Da Liang. The two swords broke through the two Peak Gods, and the True Gods of the Five Peaks retreated at the same time, withdrawing to one place, and suddenly formed a formation!

"Five Peaks True Form Diagram!"

The True Gods of the Five Peaks shot at the same time. Each of the True Gods manifested a divine talisman in their hands. The rays of light were brilliant, and together they transformed into a heaven-supporting and earth-standing illusory giant talisman. As the five gods acted, they pushed forward together, and the illusory giant talisman pressed towards Ji Xiang!

Words manifested in Ji Xiang's eyes!

[Five Peaks True Form Diagram (Talisman): Cultivators who live in valleys must wear the Five Peaks True Form Diagram, so that the mountain goblins, tigers and insects, and all kinds of evil poisons cannot approach! Wearing this diagram to cross rivers and seas, enter mountains and valleys, travel at night in the wilderness, or stay in ominous houses, all demons, goblins, monsters, mountain spirits, will all hide and dare not harm, and evil will not arise!]

[Received from the Queen Mother of the West on the seventh day of the seventh month of the third year of the Yuanfeng era of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, since then, this talisman has spread in the human world!]

[This talisman has the power to break all the demon kings in the world!]

"Supreme Purity Thunder Formation, Arise!"

Ji Xiang also simultaneously activated the formation. The Triple Thunder Tribulation Formation fell from the sky of the Bitter Sea with a stomp of his foot. The rumbling thunder blocked the Five Peaks True Form Diagram, but the True Gods of the Five Peaks were now increasing their mana output, and the Thunder Formation was gradually showing signs of breaking!

"Demonic qi is mixed into the thunder method, Northern Dipper True Man, don't you even understand this!"

"Heavenly Thunder breaks demons. Heavenly Thunder mixed with demonic qi is demonic thunder. Since demonic thunder is tainted with the word 'demonic', how can it block the Five Peaks True Form Diagram! If a Supreme Purity Dharma Master were to use it, although the power would be far less than yours, he could at least resist for a while longer!"

One of the True Gods mocked, and the Five Peaks True Form Diagram broke through the Thunder Formation in the next moment!

Arriving in front of Ji Xiang!

"Your lifespan has come to an end, come with us!"

The True Gods of the Five Peaks saw that they were about to succeed, and exerted their strength together to capture Ji Xiang back, but at this critical moment, Ji Xiang flipped his palm and the Buddha Sword manifested!

"Vajra Wisdom can break everything, and not be broken by anything!"

"Manjushri's Great Wisdom Divine Sword! Illusory Samadhi, Sever!"

With the Buddha Sword's strike, the Five Peaks True Form instantly turned into foam and collapsed!

Only the Buddha fire burned fiercely, surrounding the heavens and the earth, like the bright light of the sun! Illuminating all the darkness in all directions, making it impossible to hide!

The Lord of the Eastern Peak was shocked when he saw the sword: "Manjushri's sword, should have disappeared with Manjushri's fall into the Avici Hell, how could it be in his hands?"

The Netherworld did not know of the existence of the Ucchusma Vajrapani Mudra, and Ji Xiang's past conversations with the Peacock King stopped in his mind.

"It's just a Buddha sword. Watch me break it!"

One of the True Gods of the Five Peaks stepped forward and transformed a mountain and river sword in his hand, striking forward!