Chapter 1 A Silent World

Silence!

Silence!

A deathly silence!

No one understood what Lu Changsheng meant by this.

Wasn't the Great General the Yellow Nether Ghost Emperor?

Why did Lu Changsheng call him Crown Prince?

What was going on?

Could it be that the Yellow Nether Ghost Emperor wasn't the Great General, but a reincarnated Crown Prince?

That was impossible, right?

In the Underworld.

Lu Changsheng looked at the Yellow Nether Ghost Emperor, his eyes utterly calm, while the Yellow Nether Ghost Emperor's were filled with mockery.

"Absurd, you're talking nonsense here."

The Yellow Nether Ghost Emperor sneered, believing that Lu Changsheng was raving mad.

However, Lu Changsheng seemed very calm, looking at the Yellow Nether Ghost Emperor and saying,

"Yellow Nether Ghost Emperor, perhaps this story is incomplete. Would you like me to tell you the complete story?"

Lu Changsheng said like this.

The latter didn't believe a word Lu Changsheng said, but after seeing Lu Changsheng's clear and unwavering gaze, the Yellow Nether Ghost Emperor pondered for a moment. In the end, he sat down in front of Lu Changsheng, wanting to hear what Lu Changsheng had to say.

Soon, Lu Changsheng's voice slowly rang out.

"In the mortal realm, there was a Great Ying Dynasty. This dynasty had an invincible Great General, and the Great Ying Dynasty's future successor, the Crown Prince, admired this Great General immensely since childhood."

"He hoped that one day, he could be like this Great General, standing tall, sweeping across ten kingdoms, quelling turmoil, revered by the people, and becoming the true Son of Heaven of the Great Ying Dynasty."

"This continued until the Crown Prince was about to come of age, when the turmoil of the ten kingdoms was completely quelled, and the Great General returned in triumph. Countless people in the entire capital went to welcome him, and even the Great Ying Emperor greeted him personally."

"The Great Ying Crown Prince saw all of this, and he admired the Great General even more. But after the ten kingdoms were quelled, the Great Ying Emperor was already old, and the Great Ying Crown Prince, though weak, understood many things because he lived in the palace, more than others of his age."

"He knew that he would succeed to the throne, and he also knew something else: if the Great Ying Emperor died, and the Great General coveted the throne, then he would never be able to defeat the Great General."

"But the admiration that had grown since childhood prevented him from treating his Great General with ordinary logic. However, the Great Ying Emperor also thought of this step. In order to allow the Crown Prince to succeed safely, he had the Great General handle the affairs of the nobles of the ten kingdoms."

"The Great Ying Emperor knew deeply that the Great General advocated peace and did not want war to break out. Therefore, once the nobles of the ten kingdoms were handed over to him, they would surely be doomed. However, the Great General was also clear about his own situation."

"He fully knew that the turmoil of the ten kingdoms had been quelled by him. In the Great Ying Dynasty, he was a god in the hearts of the people, but there could only be one god in a dynasty, and that god must be the Emperor."

"He knew what he was facing, but just when the Great General was hesitant, the Crown Prince found him and dissuaded him from interfering in this matter. However, at that moment, the Great General understood that his Great Ying Crown Prince was ostensibly telling him not to interfere, but in reality, the Great Ying Crown Prince wanted him to take over this matter."

"So, the Great Ying Dynasty's Great General was disheartened. He was willing to take over this matter, but he had only one request, which was not to harm his clansmen. So, the Great General faced the weak Crown Prince and spoke his heart, but the Crown Prince panicked. The secret in his heart had been seen through by the Great General."

"At that instant, the Crown Prince felt dirty, felt despicable, felt shameless, and was filled with shame, but the Great General did not reprimand him, nor did he scold him. He simply went to the capital and took over the affairs of the nobles of the ten kingdoms."

"A few days later, the heads of the nobles of the ten kingdoms fell to the ground, and the Great Ying Dynasty's Emperor also passed away. This was divine wrath, but the Great Ying Dynasty's Emperor left behind an imperial edict, the content of which was roughly to preserve the Great General's bloodline."

"But after seeing the imperial edict, the Crown Prince chose to replace it with another imperial edict. He was afraid that if he didn't eradicate the roots, it would leave future troubles. What he wanted was the dynasty to last for thousands of generations, so he changed the imperial edict and ordered the execution of the Great General's entire family."

"But after the Great General's entire clan was executed, the Crown Prince became increasingly gaunt. Even though he ascended the throne and became Emperor, even though he brought peace and prosperity to the country, this matter in his heart could never be erased and became a nightmare."

"Because every time he closed his eyes, he could see the Great General's eyes, those eyes that could devour people."

"In the end, he lived as the person he hated the most, and the faith in his heart was constantly collapsing, finally giving rise to a demon."

"Finally, one day, the Crown Prince died. After his death, he could not close his eyes."

"However, in the Underworld, there was one more vengeful spirit. When a person dies, it's like a lamp going out. Vengeful spirits don't have memories, but this vengeful spirit did have memories. He remembered that he was the Great General, he remembered that he was framed to death, he hated, he hated to the point of madness."

"He wore armor, imitated the Great General's every word and action, imitated everything about the Great General, but he wasn't the so-called Great General. It was because of a demon and obsession that he became possessed. He imagined himself as the Great General, wanting to indirectly avenge the Great General through slaughter."

"Later, he became a Ghost Emperor, using the Great General's name, calling himself the Yellow Nether Ghost Emperor, right?"

Lu Changsheng's voice stopped here.

At this moment, the Yellow Nether Ghost Emperor was stunned.

At this moment, Shan Ting was stunned.

At this moment, the beings of the Buddhist realm were stunned.

Everyone was stunned. No one would have thought that this story would have such a secret.

People marveled, this story was thought-provoking.

But upon closer inspection, it made people feel highly credible.

Because ordinary vengeful power could not be so terrifying.

Although such things sounded upsetting, countless similar events had occurred in the world's vicissitudes and dynastic struggles.

However, if the Yellow Nether Ghost Emperor was the Crown Prince, everything would be much easier to explain.

The Great Ying Crown Prince, admiring the Great General, was like every young boy having a dream of wandering the world with a sword. In those youthful years, there was not so much deceit and trickery, only purity.

He admired the Great General, determined to become a person like the Great General.

But as he grew older, he still respected the Great General, but for the sake of power, he shattered the faith in his heart.

He became the kind of person he hated the most.

He killed the Great General, even going so far as to spare not even his entire clan.

In that execution ground, the Great General's final angry cry was not hatred, but a kind of despair. The person you admire the most would never have thought that you would go back on your word, he trusted you so much.

And you never thought that one day, for the sake of so-called power, that ethereal power, you would betray the person you admired the most.

Those devouring eyes, lingering in your mind.

You can't forget them.

Day and night, you suffer torment, and finally you die.

Turning into a vengeful spirit, you forget that you are the Great Ying Crown Prince, but because of this terrifying obsession and demon, you regard yourself as the Great General.

This story was truly something that people didn't know what to say about.

It was too tortuous.

As the saying goes,

Demons have hundreds of forms, all clearly divided into good and evil.

The human heart is but one, yet it is infinitely difficult to fathom.

At this moment, the Yellow Nether Ghost Emperor came back to his senses.

"No! No! No! This is impossible. You're fabricating it."

He roared heart-wrenchingly, his Emperor's might spreading in an instant, the blood-colored firmament rioting, countless vengeful spirits roaring, ghosts wailing and gods howling.

Boom, boom, boom!

One after another Emperor fist strikes came, destroying the heavens and the earth, countless stars were shattered, billions of ominous auras permeated, and the Yellow Nether Ghost Emperor almost went mad as he bombarded Lu Changsheng.

However, the Xuanhuang Linglong Pagoda (Mystical Yellow Exquisite Pagoda) blocked all attacks.

At this moment, Lu Changsheng shook his head, he was incomparably calm, and the Bodhi Divine Tree behind him rippled with billions of Bodhi divine lights.

A storm of attacks rained down on the Xuanhuang Pagoda.

Lu Changsheng shook his head, then slowly opened his mouth and recited a scripture.

"The Dao says, once in the Green Beginning Heavens, the Blue-Green Sky sang, the Great Floating Li Earth."

"Received the Primal Lord's salvation, immeasurable superior grades, the Primal Heavenly Lord, should speak this scripture."

The scripture came out of Lu Changsheng's mouth.

At this moment, with Lu Changsheng as the center, golden light instantly unfolded outward.

A hundred li, ten thousand li, a hundred thousand li, a million li, ten million li, a hundred million li.

As the Scripture of Salvation was spoken, every true spirit in the Xuanhuang Linglong Pagoda began to recite.

One by one, the vengeful spirits were liberated by the Scripture of Salvation, they returned to their true selves, understood the past, listened to the ancient scripture, awakened to their own enlightenment, everything in their lives, like passing clouds and smoke, love, hatred, and all obsessions, were completely put down.

More importantly, after the vengeful spirits were liberated, they even sat cross-legged on the ground and began to recite this Scripture of Salvation.

Shan Ting on the side, with a hundred-zhang Dharmakaya, stood behind Lu Changsheng, the holy elephant reciting the scripture, suppressing all evil, and at the same time setting off Lu Changsheng as a savior who relieved suffering and rescued the needy.

Boom!

Golden light filled the Underworld, and its speed of liberation was simply boundless.

The entire Buddhist realm sensed the terror of the Scripture of Salvation.

The ancient monks were shocked, not knowing what scripture Lu Changsheng was reciting, how it could have such terrifying power.

"What scripture is this, instantly liberating billions upon billions of vengeful spirits?"

"Amitabha, Benefactor Changsheng is indeed unparalleled in the world. This kind of liberation scripture is a supreme scripture."

"It is ten thousand times stronger than the liberation scripture of Bodhi wisdom."

The ancient monks were shocked.

The monks from the Great Thousand World could not help but reveal an unbelievable expression.

He instantly realized the terror of this scripture.

This kind of scripture is a Grand Luo-level scripture.

But he didn't say anything, and soon hid this shock.

"Amitabha." At this moment, the Garan Sangharama (guardian god of Buddhist monasteries) put his hands together. He opened his mouth and followed along to recite the Scripture of Salvation.

As the sound rang out, the culture of the Scripture of Salvation turned into beams of golden light and entered the heaven and earth.

There was a sense in the dark.

The terror of this Scripture of Salvation was manifested.

Ordinary Buddhist scriptures, if recited, only protect oneself, but reciting the Scripture of Salvation can eliminate endless karmic forces. In the dark, it cannot be seen, but it actually eliminates karmic forces.

At this moment, voices rang out.

One by one, the monks began to recite the Scripture of Salvation. They were liberating the vengeful spirits of the Underworld and also eliminating the karmic forces of the world.

In the Underworld.

An unquantifiable number of vengeful spirits were liberated.

The other nine Ghost Emperors also appeared here one after another.

They were originally responding to the call of the Yellow Nether Ghost Emperor.

But after arriving here, the Scripture of Salvation rang out, and they had no resistance. On the contrary, they had an unspeakable feeling.

The Scripture of Salvation does not tell you to let go of your attachments, but to understand the cause and effect.

The Ten Great Ghost Emperors all sat cross-legged in front of Lu Changsheng.

The Yellow Nether Ghost Emperor's eyes were filled with guilt.

He had already woken up.

Lu Changsheng was absolutely right.

He was the Crown Prince.

The Great Ying Crown Prince.

He was not the so-called Great General.

Guilt struck.

Cries rang out, the Yellow Nether Ghost Emperor crying heart-wrenchingly, but under the Scripture of Salvation, Lu Changsheng looked at the Yellow Nether Ghost Emperor, and then slowly opened his mouth and said,

"Yellow Nether, the obsession you can't let go of is because of guilt. The Great General has already let go of his obsession, because he knows that this is fate. Although he hates you, he has already chosen to forgive you when you were senile in your later years."

"He understands you, understands you, so he let go of his obsession, but you have never let go of your obsession."

Lu Changsheng spoke, he said like this.

"Let go, let go, it's always saying let go, but how to let go, what to let go with?"

The Yellow Nether Ghost Emperor cried like a child, he did not understand, so he hated, his resentment was monstrous, but after understanding, it was pain, boundless pain.

Lu Changsheng did not answer.

He just quietly recited the Scripture of Salvation.

The power of the Scripture of Salvation was indeed terrifying. The supreme wonderful words appeared, allowing the nine Great Ghost Emperors other than the Yellow Nether Ghost Emperor to wash away their hostility and understand the past.

Although they were in pain and uncomfortable, they were not as painful as the Yellow Nether Ghost Emperor.

But it must be said that the Scripture of Salvation had a miraculous effect.

Once a vengeful spirit is liberated, it will immediately recite the Scripture of Salvation to liberate other vengeful spirits. At this rate, it will not be long before these vengeful spirits will be liberated.

Just at this moment.

One of the Ghost Emperors spoke. He was not liberated, but he understood everything. The resentment and hostility in his heart were greatly reduced.

"This fellow Daoist, the Underworld is difficult to completely liberate. Even if the Underworld is now completely liberated, there will be a steady stream of vengeful spirits appearing every moment. And although we are now awake, as the Underworld's resentment becomes deeper, we will still fall into obsession."

"You should have come in response to the Buddhist seal, right? We will not go to the Buddhist realm, at least not for ten epochs."

He spoke, telling Lu Changsheng, and dissuading him from leaving.

Although Lu Changsheng's Scripture of Salvation was indeed very effective.

But the problem is that the Underworld will constantly absorb a large number of vengeful spirits.

You can't stay here forever, the Underworld will eventually be that Underworld, there will be no change.

However, Lu Changsheng shook his head.

What the other party said was the truth.

But he had already come up with a perfect solution before he came.

"I once made a vow, so I cannot leave this place."

Lu Changsheng spoke, he smiled calmly.

Hearing this, the curiosity of several Ghost Emperors was aroused.

They were the Ghost Emperors of the Underworld.

However, there were also many restrictions. There was not a single Immortal Emperor in the Immortal realm, but there were Ten Great Ghost Emperors in the Underworld. This was because the Ghost Emperors of the Underworld could not go to other worlds. They were trapped here for generations.

And because they had died once, although they were Ghost Emperors, five of them combined could only defeat one true Immortal Emperor at most.

"What vow?"

They were curious, not understanding what vow Lu Changsheng had made.

At this moment.

Lu Changsheng glanced at the countless vengeful spirits in the Underworld.

Then, he slowly opened his mouth and said.

"If the Underworld is not empty, I vow not to become a Buddha."

As the sound rang out.

In an instant.

The Six Realms trembled.

All the stars trembled.

From the depths of the universe, a terrifying sound came.

In the Great Thunderclap Temple.

The monk who came from the Great Thousand World.

Also revealed an unparalleled look of shock.

Even more shocking than before.