Chapter 16 Disturbance in Shuntian

On Jade Spring Mountain, a quarter past You hour (5:15 PM).

Ji Xiang had just finished drawing a talisman when a sudden, ominous premonition arose in his heart.

Someone was praying to him, the pull of their wish originating from within Shuntian City.

The little fox was lying on the talisman paper, painstakingly tracing the Golden Light Spell. Seeing Ji Xiang lift his head to gaze into the distance, it couldn't help but ask curiously, "Senior brother, are you looking at the sky, thinking it's getting late, so you want to go back?"

Ji Xiang narrowed his eyes, not answering the little fox's question. The uneasy feeling in his heart grew stronger!

Immediately following, another wish pulled at him. Ji Xiang knew that disaster had struck within Shuntian!

"Something's happening in Shuntian, I must go ahead!"

Ji Xiang collected the finished talismans around him, took out the Bright Light Heavenly Book, and pinched a wisp of incense between his fingers. It burned with a raging light, and he quickly wrote the method for operating the spell on the wordless heavenly book.

The little fox was a little flustered, looking around with its ears twitching, "What's wrong? What's happening?"

"You stay here and draw talismans yourself. Find Zhang Zhenren tomorrow. Don't forget the things I taught you!"

"Remember to study hard! Do more good deeds!"

After Ji Xiang finished writing the Earth Travel spell, the heavenly book immediately cast its magic. Ji Xiang turned into a wisp of white smoke and burrowed into the ground, heading straight for Shuntian Prefecture!

"Senior brother, senior brother, wait for me! You haven't told me yet, should Zhang Zhenren walk over, or fly over!"

The little fox clutched a handful of talismans in its paws, wagging its tail, staring blankly at the distant mountains and fields.

"Perhaps... Zhang Zhenren will also tunnel through the earth to get here?"

.........

In the City God Temple in the southwest capital of Shuntian, when the "earthquake" occurred, the thirteen City God statues tilted and swayed, and the entire ground of Shuntian Prefecture began to slowly sink.

Due to national defense concerns, ordinary people were not allowed to take over the position of the City God of Shuntian Prefecture. After all, if someone with ulterior motives took the position of City God, all it would take would be someone knocking at the door, and they could open the gate for the enemy, which would be disastrous.

Of the thirteen City God statues, only the central one held the true divine position. This City God was called "Chengtian Jianguo Simin Shengfu Mingling Wang" (Bearing Heaven, Overseeing the Nation, Governing the People, Ascending Blessings, Bright Spirit King), known as the "Universal City God", meaning the supreme leader of all City Gods in the world, a position that only two City Gods could hold.

At this time, the gate of the City God Temple was broken open, and Yin soldiers and generals entered to seize the divine position of the Bright Spirit King.

"Lord... Lord Secretary of the Precepts, you... it's not yet time for the Yin Division to patrol, and what are you doing at the City God Temple..."

The temple keeper looked at the faces of the Yin generals in terror, while a strange voice came from the mouth of the "Secretary of the Precepts":

"Your skin looks quite good, the temple keeper who serves the Bright Spirit King also carries a bit of divine incense..."

"I am not the Secretary of the Precepts, I am the Bright Spirit Zhaohui Great King... Look, my divine name is so similar to your Great City God. Tell me, can I borrow its divine position for a bit?"

Shuntian Prefecture was sinking into the ground!

This deity, who called himself the "Bright Spirit Zhaohui Great King," needed to borrow the divine position of the Bright Spirit King of Shuntian City. The City God Temple was hindering the sinking of Shuntian City, although, of course, it wasn't particularly important.

The main thing was, to avoid complications, the sooner the "capital" of the Yang world and the "heavenly palace" of the Yin world were reversed, the more completely the orthodoxy of the past era could return to the world.

........

Under normal circumstances, when the Yin Division killed someone, it had to strictly abide by the rules of the Three Law Registers. The will of the Three Law Registers was the will of the overall Yin Division. If any living person's lifespan was not exhausted, and they were killed randomly, this behavior would be recorded by the Three Law Registers. At the same time, the divine power of the person who acted recklessly would be revoked, and the news would be directly reported to the Northern Garrison Office.

However, now....

On the ground of the First Red Shop, two of the Three Law Registers had been torn apart.

In the Eastern Peak Temple, the divine generals also saw that the great ghost in the black mist held a small yellow book in his hand.

The Yellow Register, which governed the ultimate fate of people, had fallen into the Eastern Peak Temple, while the other two Registers of Life and Death, used to restrain the Yellow Register, had been turned into dust by unknown forces.

The great ghost in the black mist dipped his finger in ghost blood and frantically smeared it on the Yellow Register!

The names of the people in Shuntian were being erased by him.

At this time, the divine generals, including Liu Mengyin, who was frightened out of his wits, understood that the chains around their necks were a sign of the dead whose names had been crossed out!

The great ghost in the black mist frantically crossed out names, a smear of ghost blood covering an entire page, but among these pages, there were also some names that could not be erased. Apart from the names of the Wanli Emperor and others, which were difficult to erase, the great ghost also saw a name.

No matter how it smeared, that name could not be tainted by even a speck of filth!

"Ji... Xiang?"

The great ghost's actions, and strange emotions, made the strange figures deep within the Eastern Peak Temple feel unusual.

What was so special about this name?

Some of the ancient, strange figures took action, attempting to perceive and spy, but they discovered shocking circumstances.

"What's going on with this person?"

"He only has a name, no birth date, no death date, no lifespan, no heavenly fortune, and no past experiences can be found!"

.......

The employees of the Han Jing Printing Factory, located a street away in the Western Market, discovered the chaos within the Western Market. Seeing the Yin Division appearing on the streets as early as the You hour, and even slaughtering civilians, they were immediately frightened out of their wits!

He hurriedly notified the eunuch in charge of the factory and dispatched people to seek help from the Yin Division Red Shop, but he had not gone far from the Western City when he was pounced upon by a spotted tiger and eaten alive!

"How could a soul-reaping divine tiger eat people indiscriminately!"

The eunuch in charge of the factory turned pale with fright. At this time, several fierce tigers rushed into the Han Jing Printing Factory. These spotted giant tigers were soul-reaping messengers of the Yin Division, and had never killed people indiscriminately. In ancient legends, encountering a soul-reaping tiger was actually better than encountering a normal soul-reaping messenger.

These tigers would sometimes show kindness, helping you escape a calamity by feigning death, and when transformed into human form, they would appear as Hu monks.

But now, these great tigers' faces were covered in blood, adorned with strange, twisted wooden and clay faces!

The Han Jing Printing Factory was being slaughtered. The eunuch in charge of the factory hugged a pile of gold, trying to climb over the wall and leave, but he was caught by the great tigers, dragged down, and devoured. After he died, the pile of gold that Tian Fengyu had given him turned into dry cow dung. Truly, money was like dirt.

The shelves in the printing house were overturned, and a bundle of finished talismans rolled into the courtyard.

.......

The Xuanwu Great Emperor Divine Spell revolved around the child's chest, pushing the Yin Division general back to the side, where he fell to the ground.

Blood splattered all around, and the entire Western Market was already a sea of red!

"Dad, Dad, I'm scared!"

The child with the Nezha hairstyle was pale and trembling with fear, at a loss in place. The craftsman father tore open his chest, revealing the talisman that Ji Xiang had written that morning.

The craftsman father knew that whether he and his son could survive depended on this talisman!

"That was a true immortal with real skills!"

But the Yin Division deities in front of them were densely packed, blocking the entire Western Market!

Most of the Yin Division in the seventy-two Red Shops had problems. And earlier, the Xuanwu Great Emperor talisman had pushed away a Yin Division general, a situation that caught the attention of the other Yin Division generals.

Instantly, the Yin Division generals surged towards the craftsman father and son like a tide, the weapons in their hands radiating divine light, capable of killing swathes of common people with just a sweep.

The number of Yin Division generals continued to increase, and the surrounding civilians, filled with fear, were crying and being slaughtered.

A great Yin Division deity stepped out from the crowd, it was none other than the Night Wandering God.

He raised his leg, and his black boots suddenly became as tall as a small mountain!

The Night Wandering God stomped down with one foot, intending to crush all the people here into mincemeat!

Rumble!

A wisp of white smoke suddenly appeared on the ground!

A strong arm gently propped upwards, directly overturning the black giant boot into the distance!

Ji Xiang walked out of the white smoke. Seeing that all the Yin Division deities in front of him were stained with the blood of civilians, he was shocked. His pupils contracted violently, and then his face gradually turned into an expression of angry defiance.

Perhaps now was the time to use anger, in order to save all the people who were still alive here!

Ji Xiang gazed at all the Yin Division generals, and spoke in a heavenly voice, his voice vast and awe-inspiring:

"You have committed a great crime! According to the Heavenly Law, all righteous gods who dare to steal and kill living beings, and bring misfortune upon the people, shall have their souls scattered and their forms destroyed!"