Chapter 1 "I Vow Not to Become a Buddha Until the Underworld is Empty"

"I vow not to become a Buddha until the underworld is empty."

A resounding voice echoed.

Spreading throughout the six realms.

Moreover, this voice nearly broke through this plane, but in the end, this grand vow only resounded within the six realms.

This was a grand vow of heaven and earth.

All living beings in the entire six realms heard Lu Changsheng's voice.

I vow not to become a Buddha until the underworld is empty.

This voice resounded throughout the six realms, shocking countless cultivators.

And among the six realms, the Buddhist realm cultivators were the most shocked.

They deeply understood how terrifying Lu Changsheng's grand vow was.

A so-called grand vow is a magnificent wish. Once made and recognized by the Heavenly Dao, you must bear the karma.

Making a grand vow can obtain immeasurable merit, but after obtaining merit, you must fulfill your grand vow. It's not like you can make a grand vow and act like nothing happened.

Lu Changsheng was a special case. He made many grand vows in the lower realm. Theoretically, he was burdened with karma. Even a Celestial King would have to pay a huge price.

It's just a pity that Lu Changsheng couldn't be described with common sense.

"This is impossible!"

Within the Buddhist sect, an ancient monk at the Celestial Emperor level spoke. This was a true Buddhist master. He was old and resided in the Great Thunder Ancient Temple.

His voice rang out, filled with shock and disbelief.

"The beings of the five realms, all who die because of love, hate, and passion, leaving behind attachments, will inevitably transform into vengeful spirits. The underworld cannot be completely purified. This grand vow...is impossible to complete."

The Celestial Emperor of the Buddhist realm spoke, saying in disbelief.

Not to mention him, no one in the entire five realms could believe that Lu Changsheng could complete this grand vow.

An endless stream of vengeful spirits appeared, and they could never be completely purified. Lu Changsheng making this grand vow was simply courting death.

Within the underworld.

After hearing Lu Changsheng's words, the ten Ghost Emperors were also shocked.

They knew better than anyone how terrifying the underworld was. This was where the world's resentment gathered, and vengeful spirits could never be completely purified.

Because as long as someone died, there would be vengeful spirits, and once there were vengeful spirits, then this grand vow could not be completed.

This kind of grand vow was too terrifying. Even that monk from the Great Thousand World dared not make such a grand vow.

But the grand vow had been made.

Golden lotuses涌ed from beneath Lu Changsheng's feet, and the music of the Great Dao resounded. After the Heavenly Dao of the six realms sensed Lu Changsheng's magnificent grand vow, a terrifying dragon of merit appeared.

Dragons of merit floated in the sky above the underworld.

One! Ten! A hundred! A thousand! Ten thousand! A hundred thousand! A million!

A full million dragons of merit appeared. These dragons of merit gathered together, evolving into a five-clawed golden dragon of merit. Its body was enormous, and just one dragon claw could grab a sun.

And it wasn't just one.

A second five-clawed golden dragon of merit.

A third, a fourth, a fifth, a tenth.

A full ten five-clawed golden dragons of merit appeared, surrounding the ten directions of the underworld.

Buzz buzz buzz!

The Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda shook. In an instant, the five-clawed golden dragons of merit rushed into the Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda.

This was Lu Changsheng's innate treasure of merit, but its quality was only that of a Celestial King artifact.

It only needed to devour merit to transform.

Now, boundless merit appeared.

A five-clawed golden dragon of merit descended from the sky, covering a large domain. The entire domain was submerged by the sea of merit. Those vengeful spirits were directly delivered in an instant, and specks of merit涌ed into Lu Changsheng's location.

Boom boom boom!

The Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda devoured a massive amount of merit at this moment.

This merit was too terrifying.

The Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda was shaking violently, seemingly unable to withstand so much power of merit.

But this was the Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda's own good fortune, and Lu Changsheng could not interfere. Nor did he want to interfere.

"Fellow Daoist, you are too impulsive to do this, to make such an supreme grand vow."

A Ghost Emperor spoke, believing that the grand vow Lu Changsheng made was almost impossible to complete.

They hoped that Lu Changsheng could retract the grand vow, otherwise, if you accepted all the Xuanhuang Qi of merit, it would be impossible to regret it later.

"No, I have already made this grand vow, and I naturally have a way to deal with it."

Lu Changsheng said calmly.

Before coming to the underworld, he had already thought of a way to solve this matter. Besides, it wasn't the first time he had made a grand vow.

Anyway, he wasn't afraid of being weighed down by debt. He would just pay it back slowly.

"A way to deal with it?"

The ten Ghost Emperors were all surprised. They knew the underworld better than Lu Changsheng and naturally knew how terrifying Lu Changsheng's grand vow was.

"The underworld is the place where the world's vengeful spirits gather. Fellow Daoist, if you make this vow, you will have to stay in the underworld for all eternity. If the underworld is not empty for a single day, you will never become a Buddha."

Another Ghost Emperor spoke, believing that Lu Changsheng was still overestimating himself.

However, Lu Changsheng smiled lightly and said, "Everyone, I want to establish the Ten Halls of Yama. I wonder if you are willing to take on the role of the Ten Kings of Hell, managing the life and death of heaven and earth, and establishing the Six Paths of Reincarnation, judged by you. What do you think?"

Lu Changsheng opened his mouth and said his biggest plan.

I vow not to become a Buddha until the underworld is empty.

The reason why Lu Changsheng dared to make this grand vow was not for the sake of merit. On the contrary, when Lu Changsheng was observing the underworld, he had already thought of the plan for the Six Paths of Reincarnation and the Ten Halls of Yama.

"Ten Halls of Yama?"

"Managing the life and death of heaven and earth?"

"Establishing the Six Paths of Reincarnation?"

Apart from the Huangdu Ghost Emperor, the other nine Ghost Emperors were all shocked. They did not expect that Lu Changsheng would have such a big plan.

But soon, one of the Ghost Emperors couldn't help but ask.

"Uh, may I ask what the Ten Halls of Yama are? What is the Six Paths of Reincarnation?"

One of the Ghost Emperors asked, not ashamed to ask.

Lu Changsheng then directly explained.

"The so-called Ten Halls of Yama are where each of you will manage one Hall of Yama. The beings of heaven and earth have good and evil. Goodness has hundreds of kinds, and evil also has hundreds of kinds. Divide them into ten halls to manage different kinds of good and evil."

"And the Six Paths of Reincarnation are the place where vengeful spirits are delivered, divided into the path of Immortals, the path of Humans, the path of Ghosts, the path of Buddhas, the path of Beasts, and the path of Asuras."

"Those with small good deeds can enter the human realm and enjoy wealth and glory in the next life. Those with great good deeds can enter the realm of Immortals and Buddhas and attain the Golden Immortal in the next life."

"Those with small evil deeds enter the human path and become slaves and beggars in the next life to eliminate karma."

"Those with great evil deeds enter the ghost path and receive extreme punishment in the underworld to repay karma."

"Those with extreme evil deeds enter the Asura path."

"This is the Six Paths of Reincarnation for the beings of heaven and earth."

"And the Ten Halls of Yama are the place to judge karma, in charge of the supreme power of the underworld."

Lu Changsheng opened his mouth, explaining the use of the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

At this moment, even the Huangdu Ghost Emperor was shocked.

The Ten Great Ghost Emperors did not expect that the Six Paths of Reincarnation would be such a thing.

"This is impossible to do."

"Yes, how is this possible?"

"All beings under heaven have their own destiny, their own karma. How can we judge the life and death of others?"

"It's still okay to judge human cultivators, but how can the demon realm, the devil realm, the Buddhist realm, and the immortal realm allow us to determine life and death?"

The Ten Great Ghost Emperors were incomparably shocked in their hearts.

If the Six Paths of Reincarnation were established, then the ten of them could be said to be in control of supreme power. In a sense, it would be even greater than the Heavenly Court of the immortal realm.

After all, everyone dies. Wouldn't you want to be a rich person in the next life, or be born into a noble family?

Then all beings under heaven would have to be respectful to Yama, offering incense year after year. At that time, I'm afraid countless powers of faith would be generated.

Wouldn't it be no worse than the Buddhist realm?

And this was only the human race. If all beings under heaven were included...

Hiss!

This was simply unimaginable.

So, under such circumstances, would the five realms agree?

Would they be willing?

Not to mention anything else, the immortal realm would definitely not be willing.

However, Lu Changsheng shook his head and said.

"This matter affects the beings of heaven and earth. There are too many vengeful spirits in the world, and the resentment in the underworld is even more endless. If we let this go unchecked, it will eventually lead to a滔天disaster."

"The Six Paths of Reincarnation must be established. However, those who prove the仙君 can be free from the suffering of reincarnation. Below the 仙君, regardless of whether you are a demon, a ghost, a god, or a Buddha, you are all in the cycle of reincarnation."

Lu Changsheng spoke, his expression firm.

And this scene was watched by the entire Buddhist realm.

Countless ancient monks frowned. They instantly realized that if Lu Changsheng established the Six Paths of Reincarnation, it would be a great act of kindness, but at the same time, once the Six Paths of Reincarnation were established, he would share the incense offerings of the beings under heaven.

More importantly, everything in heaven and earth would have to enter this cycle of reincarnation. Wouldn't that be an invisible restraint?

But the Buddhist monks did not speak, because this was a great merit, which could eliminate the resentment of the underworld. Anyone could object, but only Buddhist disciples could not object.

After all, Buddhist disciples themselves were meant to benefit the beings under heaven. If they objected, wouldn't that be going against their original intention? That would be even more troublesome.

But just at this moment.

A magnificent voice rang out.

From the Heavenly Court of the immortal realm.

"The Six Paths of Reincarnation is really a big boast. I can say clearly that the beings of the six realms will never agree."

This was Di Tian's voice.

He sat in the Heavenly Court, surrounded by the universe and stars, supreme and unparalleled. Now he had become a Celestial Emperor, and in the God Sea, he had also obtained corresponding good fortune and opportunities.

More importantly, in the four months that Lu Changsheng was in seclusion, he vigorously developed the power of the Heavenly Court. Countless sects and dynasties had submitted to Di Tian.

Now Di Tian's prestige in the immortal realm was extremely high. After all, this was the first Celestial Emperor of the immortal realm. More importantly, he himself was the Lord of the Heavenly Court, naturally making people afraid to resist.

At this moment.

Di Tian had already sensed Lu Changsheng's grand vow. As for the remarks about the Six Paths of Reincarnation, he had also heard them. So, at the first moment, he chose to speak out, directly denying Lu Changsheng's establishment of the so-called Six Paths of Reincarnation.

In fact, everyone knew that establishing the Six Paths of Reincarnation was indeed a good thing.

Especially for the human race, it was a huge good thing. Once there was reincarnation, the resentment of the six realms would gradually decrease, and some disasters would not be born. For the Celestial Kings, it could avoid some trouble.

And for the beings under heaven, it was also a good thing.

The so-called good is rewarded with good, and evil is rewarded with evil. In front of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, the world would be kind, thus the world would be peaceful.

This was a principle that everyone understood.

But the world understood another principle even more.

The beings of the six realms, all those who had a bit of strength, did not want to enter the cycle of reincarnation. Once they fell into the cycle of reincarnation, they would have their fate controlled by others in the future. The good and evil deeds you did would all be settled.

They naturally did not want to.

And more importantly, establishing the Six Paths of Reincarnation was immeasurable merit. This kind of merit was enough to make people become Celestial Emperors.

Who didn't want this泼天merit?

Who was willing to give it away?

Especially Di Tian. As the first Celestial Emperor of the immortal realm, he ruled the Heavenly Court. In just four months, he had expanded his power to the entire immortal realm. As long as he was given another three years, he could completely unify the immortal realm.

At that time, he would establish a new order, obtain immeasurable merit, and control the Heavenly Dao imprint of the immortal realm, so that he could truly be reborn and obtain supreme good fortune.

But he had a huge flaw. This flaw was that he did not become a Celestial Emperor in the six realms.

He did not become a Celestial Emperor in the immortal realm.

But if Lu Changsheng obtained this泼天merit, Lu Changsheng would definitely become a Celestial Emperor. Once he became a Celestial Emperor, Lu Changsheng would be his biggest competitor on the road to compete for the Heavenly Dao imprint of the immortal realm.

So, he opposed it without hesitation.

Di Tian's voice rang out.

In the underworld.

Lu Changsheng smiled lightly. He looked at the sky and then slowly opened his mouth.

"Are you worthy?"

Three words, simple and straightforward, but this retort was full of gunpowder.

People were shocked, not believing that Lu Changsheng dared to challenge a Celestial Emperor.

However, the current Lu Changsheng was already a Celestial King. Naturally, he did not have any fear of this Celestial Emperor.

In an instant, in the immortal realm, in the Heavenly Court, in the palace where Di Tian sat, a calm and arrogant look appeared on his face, and then his voice spread throughout the six realms.

"I am Di Tian, in the realm of the Celestial Emperor, the Lord of the Heavenly Court, the Son of the Heavenly Dao. If I am not worthy to represent the beings of the six realms, then are you worthy?"

Di Tian was very proud.

Especially the four words "Son of the Heavenly Dao" were full of pride, although this was what he had given himself.

But it had to be said that Di Tian was indeed qualified to be proud.

However, just at this moment, in the Buddhist realm, a magnificent voice rang out.

"If Benefactor can truly establish the Six Paths of Reincarnation, this monk will do everything in my power to help Benefactor."

This was the voice of the Celestial Emperor of the Buddhist realm.

The Six Paths of Reincarnation involved the beings under heaven and was an supreme merit, worthy of being called泼天merit.

"舍骨神僧(She Gu Shen Seng), are you going to be an enemy of my immortal realm?"

Di Tian's voice rang out, and he was a little angry.

However, 舍骨神僧(She Gu Shen Seng) slowly opened his mouth and said.

"If the Six Paths of Reincarnation can be established, this monk will naturally do everything in my power to help bring this about, after all, for the sake of the beings under heaven."

舍骨神僧(She Gu Shen Seng) spoke.

But in an instant, Di Tian understood the other party's meaning.

At the same time, he realized that he was a little impulsive.

How easy was it to establish the Six Paths of Reincarnation?

Although this was泼天merit.

But the problem was that the Six Paths of Reincarnation also involved one thing, and that was karma.

And who controlled karma?

It was the Heavenly Dao that controlled it.

In other words, this was someone fighting with the Heavenly Dao for power.

The karma of all beings was determined by heaven.

But if there were Six Paths of Reincarnation, the Heavenly Dao would not have the supreme power of karma.

So, the Six Paths of Reincarnation would probably not be established successfully.

Thinking of this, Di Tian realized that he was a little impulsive.

But it didn't matter much, after all, he would never agree anyway. It was just that he had expressed his position too early.

However, in the underworld.

After Lu Changsheng heard these words, he couldn't help but smile lightly.

He instantly understood what 舍骨神僧(She Gu Shen Seng) meant.

Thinking of this.

In an instant, the Human Realm Heavenly Dao imprint, the Devil Realm Heavenly Dao imprint, and part of the Immortal Realm Heavenly Dao imprint in Lu Changsheng's body flew up.

Floating in the sky.

Then a voice rang out.

"Today, I, Lu Changsheng, want to establish the Six Paths of Reincarnation and the Ten Halls of Yama. Heavenly Dao of the six realms, listen to my orders. All beings under heaven, regardless of kind, all living beings, all karma, shall enter reincarnation. Those who do not attain the仙君 shall not escape reincarnation."

In an instant.

The cultivators of the six realms heard this voice.

And at this moment.

The Heavenly Dao imprint of the Buddhist realm burst out with a boundless divine light and submerged into the underworld.

Soon, the Heavenly Dao imprints of the demon realm, the immortal realm, and the underworld also emerged, and the Heavenly Dao imprints of the six realms burst out with unparalleled divine light at this moment.

And in the underworld, huge palaces appeared.

The Six Paths of Reincarnation appeared!