Chapter 13 Who?

"Guangdu Chenlun Tianzun, a Celestial Worthy summoned in Daoist rituals. It has no specific form and is one of the formless Celestial Worthies. Its main duty is to deliver living beings from hell, aid wandering souls, and entrust them to be reborn in a celestial realm. It is a Celestial Worthy who saves from suffering and rescues from calamity."

"There are many Celestial Worthies like this, without a specific form but possessing a divine position..."

Ji Xiang picked up the decayed divine tablet. A trace of power still lingered on the tablet, perhaps the very power that opened the gate to this desolate wilderness.

At this moment, the Vajra form on his body spoke:

"Little friend, this humble monk is Ksitigarbha. I have taken the liberty of using your body to deliver souls from the Drowning Hell. It is truly a transgression. If we two can meet again after this matter, this humble monk will do three things for you, without any regrets. If I violate this vow, may I never hear the sound of thunder, never enter the Holy Mountain, never touch the Pure Land, be entangled by karmic fire, and forever fall into the Vajra Hell."

The sudden opening of the Compassionate Vow Vajra did not surprise Ji Xiang. He said calmly, "You're the one who's been interfering with me from the beginning?"

"First you inflict the three poisons on me, then you give me the protection of the Vajra. Clearly, you want something from me, but you can't show yourself to meet me. But you claim to be Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva? Hasn't Ksitigarbha disappeared from the six realms of Dharma?"

"What, you know!"

The Compassionate Vow Vajra was still wondering how to say it without losing his dignity, while also making Ji Xiang understand why he wanted to borrow his strength to enter hell. Now, Ji Xiang's words caught him off guard. He immediately revealed a stunned expression, but his form was superimposed on Ji Xiang's body, so Ji Xiang couldn't see his expression.

However, Ji Xiang was able to sense this emotion, so his tone was teasing, "The person harmed by Yuan Huang appeared in front of me, do you think I would believe you? But this Buddhist vow power is indeed real. Even if you are not Ksitigarbha, you have some relationship with Ksitigarbha."

"The divine position of the Six Paths Ksitigarbha, and the divine position of the Unsurpassable Bright King, aren't they both on Yuan Huang's proxy?"

Prince Lu once built the Great Repayment Temple in Yingtian in order to suppress the curse given to him by the Uncleanly Vajra, so he used the divine position of the Six Paths Ksitigarbha to set up a Dharma array in the Great Repayment Temple. At the same time, he also possessed the divine position of the Unsurpassable Bright King, who, like the Compassionate Vow Vajra, was an incarnation of Ksitigarbha.

"This humble monk is Ksitigarbha, truly!"

The Compassionate Vow Vajra spoke, "Since little friend knows the name of Yuan Huang, and also knows that the Six Paths Dharma Realm has changed hands, and is even well-versed in the whereabouts of the Six Paths Ksitigarbha and the Unsurpassable Bright King, then it will be much easier to talk."

"This humble monk will explain it briefly."

"Now, Yuan Huang has taken down many underworld Dharma Realms, using folk myths, with popular novels as the foundation, widely collecting vows, creating a true hell. The Six Paths Dharma Realm has also been taken by him, and this humble monk has a liberation technique, abandoning the Bright King and the Six Paths body, and was able to hide within the human path of the Six Paths Reincarnation."

"Among the six paths, the human path cycles endlessly. If the soul enters it and is not reborn, it will never be liberated, suffering all kinds of hardships and enduring the punishment of eternal reincarnation. Therefore, this humble monk's true body has lost the power of the Six Paths Ksitigarbha and cannot escape from the human path. It can only rely on little friend in the form of the Compassionate Vow Vajra."

"And to take back the Dharma Realms seized by Yuan Huang, the divine position of the Netherworld Master needs to be used, but this divine position has long been lost... It's hard to say where it was lost, however, recently this humble monk learned some things, that divine tablet, perhaps it is within the Crow Mourning Kingdom."

"This is the underworld beneath the underworld..."

The Compassionate Vow Vajra's words were not finished when Ji Xiang interrupted, "Let me interrupt for a moment."

"Little friend, please speak."

Ji Xiang: "That is to say, if there is no hell, after the soul dies, according to the different ways of death, and the different people who perform the super度 (chao du, deliverance ritual), it goes to different Dharma Realm Pure Lands. Now, there is a real hell, which accepts all souls. Isn't this considered standardized management? Why take back the power from hell?"

Compassionate Vow Vajra: "Little friend... are you testing this humble monk?"

Ji Xiang laughed: "Why do you say that, Master?"

Compassionate Vow Vajra: "How much disaster has that true hell brought to the human world? Little friend knows Yuan Huang, how can you not have heard of Jingling and Wanshou Two Immortal Palaces!"

"Even if you really want to create a hell, you shouldn't hand it over to this scoundrel, Yuan Huang! In the end, living matters in the world cannot be fair and just, so how can you pray that he will be just in the world after death?"

Ji Xiang's tone suddenly became deep: "What you said is also reasonable, but you only intend to let me believe, with just the oath you made earlier, that you are not someone like Yuan Huang or Prince Lu?"

The Compassionate Vow Vajra was silent for a while, then sighed, "My true body has fallen into the six paths, I cannot meet with you face to face, I cannot prove myself."

Ji Xiang laughed, "Not bad, that at least shows that you still have the virtue of honesty. Being able to directly say the four words 'cannot prove myself,' I believe you a little."

"Ksitigarbha, Prince Lu has already dismembered himself. I have done something to him, removing his temple strongholds, so it will take a long time for him to descend again. And assuming Yuan Huang has other proxies, he will not be able to interfere in human affairs for at least three months."

"I will also tell you directly, the underworld slaughters countless living people in the human world, repeatedly creating karmic obstacles, which is indeed not a good thing. I have already met with one of the underworld emperors and had a detailed conversation. Their goal is to replace yin and yang and reshape the dynasty. I don't like dynasties, but I like them even less, so I will help you."

Compassionate Vow Vajra: "!"

He wanted to say a lot of things for a while. He originally thought that the person he possessed was a genius, a celestial talent of the current human world, but he didn't expect that the person in front of him seemed to have a great background?

"Little friend looks young, but he has already been ranked among the immortals. His talent can be described as unprecedented, unheard of in previous lives!"

The Compassionate Vow Vajra considered it and asked, "However, the underworld emperor actually met and talked with little friend without a major conflict? Under whose tutelage is little friend?"

Ji Xiang responded indifferently, "Azure Heavens of Biyou, Great Floating Limbo Earth, Yuanshi Tianzun."

The Compassionate Vow Vajra was stunned, thinking that Ji Xiang was unwilling to reveal his true sect, and immediately laughed, "Little friend is joking, could it be that little friend is a cultivator of Yuqing Heaven..."

The Compassionate Vow Vajra stopped halfway through his words, stunned.

Ji Xiang smiled slightly.

The atmosphere was tense for a while, but the Compassionate Vow Vajra quickly adjusted his expression.

"In short, this is not important, just treat me as an outstanding immortal of this world. I know the things you want to know, and I may also know the things you don't know."

"Now, you can continue to say those things that I don't know." Ji Xiang said so.

The Compassionate Vow Vajra was silent for a while, then nodded slowly.

"Since you are a Yuqing cultivator, and you are walking side by side with this humble monk, then there is already a 98% certainty in this journey to the Yellow Springs."

"Please hold up the divine tablet and continue forward."

Ji Xiang held the divine tablet and continued to move forward, and on the big stone in front, decayed divine tablets appeared one after another. These divine tablets, like the first tablet of the Drowning Celestial Worthy, only had a trace of power left, like ancient tombstones abandoned here.

Tianzun Who Cuts Off Evil Obstacles. Not bound by form, not afflicted by evil obstacles.

Tianzun of Golden Countenance and Jade Appearance. Incarnation of Miro, radiant compassion for the three realms.

Tianzun Who Opens the Yellow Path of Heaven. The gate of heaven opens wide, walking towards the Jade Capital.

"These are all formless Celestial Worthies in Daoist legends, how could their divine tablets appear here?"

Ji Xiang expressed his doubts, naturally wanting the Compassionate Vow Vajra to solve them, and the latter did not procrastinate, opening his mouth simply and directly: "Ahead of this place is the Crow Mourning Kingdom. This humble monk once wanted to obtain the divine position of the Netherworld Master, so I came here with extraordinary means, leaving a mark. The various underworld Dharma realms are interconnected, and the gate of the Yellow Springs Country can be opened and closed at will with the power of the Compassionate Vow Vajra."

"These Celestial Worthies were all lost in the past Tang Dynasty. In the past, the divine position of Mount Tai was divided into three. Among the great cultivators, those who were damaged by the Yuqing cultivator, Bo Dao Shangren, holding the divine position of Yuanshi Tianzun, their divine positions fell into this place, to stabilize the Yellow Springs turmoil, and since then they have slept in this land of catastrophe, forever falling into the evil earth, never rising again."

"And since little friend is a Yuqing cultivator, then the ant-like methods that this humble monk originally prepared are not enough to be used! The Celestial Worthies suppressed by Yuqing cultivators, now, please the little friend who came from Yuqing to take out the divine tablets of these three Celestial Worthies! For this evil land, reopen the opportunity for good!"