The punishments of the Heavenly Law were indeed fierce, but the underworld deities present were no longer the gods of the past. They turned a deaf ear to Ji Xiang’s warnings, their divine weapons flashing, radiating killing intent towards him.
Ji Xiang truly hadn't expected that with just one day’s difference, Old Zhang would arrive, and everything could have calmed down. He never imagined the underworld would be the source of trouble. Seeing their faces, they were all like wooden carvings and clay figures, as if their faces had been sewn on, terrifying and bizarre.
Looking back, the craftsman and his son had been protected, but around them, corpses lay strewn everywhere, blood flowing like streams. In this West Market, it felt as if one could hear the wind weeping!
At this moment, the setting sun was like blood!
At this moment, all things mourned!
The child with the Nezha hairstyle, in his eyes, held only hope and surprise. All children fantasize that when they are in danger, a deity will descend from the heavens to save them.
Ji Xiang didn't mind being that deity!
"You all stay behind me, do not move."
He shielded the craftsman and his son, along with some surviving civilians, behind him. Glancing at the sky, he understood. Since the underworld deities were all righteous gods, the national prestige remained silent.
This was a targeted premeditation. One instance could be the opponent seizing an opportunity; two instances meant the opponent had prepared in advance, knowing under what circumstances national prestige would be useless.
He then looked at the abnormal underworld deities in front of him.
"What is going on with you? Do underworld gods wear masks? Do they kill people indiscriminately? Where are the Three Registers? Must all these people die today?"
"Divine generals and ghost soldiers actually raise their butcher knives against unarmed mortals?"
Ji Xiang asked with a hint of testing, already sensing something was wrong with these individuals. The feeling of unease was exactly the same as what Tian Fengyu had given him!
Ahead, the Night Roaming God heard Ji Xiang’s question. His head shook, and a strange sound emanated from his body:
"What kind of master are you, to be able to block a kick from the Night Roaming God?"
"Your magic power seems not weak, and you appear to have also received a divine position. You still have a good physical form..."
From beside the Night Roaming God, another underworld divine general’s strange voice emerged:
"His physical form is good, not to be taken alone. You are not allowed to have it, we do not agree."
Ji Xiang stared at them. Within his inner spiritual tablet, a large amount of text appeared, all of it blacked out, just like when he had spied on Tian Fengyu!
【Night Roaming God (▊▋▊▋▊▋): Righteous God, Underworld Roaming God! Human Department, Middle Rank, Twenty-eighth Grade! A deity who patrols at night, observing good and evil deeds in the mortal world!】
【Chanting "Creeping by day, roaming by night, stealing and pilfering, all under heaven, none but the sage minister," can break the Night Roaming God's magic…!】
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【Great Bandit General (▊▋▊▋▊▋): Righteous God, Underworld Divine General! Human Department, Middle Rank, Thirty-second Grade! During the Song Dynasty, there were five in total, collectively known as the Five Bandit Generals, subordinates of the Great Emperor of the Eastern Peak, in charge of the life, death, honor, and prosperity of mortals!】
【Chanting "North of Xin Feng County, Great General Zhang Hong has arrived, capture the Five Bandits," the Great Bandit General is immobilized on the spot…!】
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As for the strategies and methods to deal with them, Ji Xiang only glanced at them briefly. The strength of these two deities was not great. For him now, dealing with these fellows didn't require a strategy!
Ji Xiang already had a plan in mind. Since the underworld righteous gods before him had problems, it meant he didn't need to be concerned about their identities and could fight freely?
If he hit too hard, he wondered if the Ming Dynasty had regulations for work-related injuries...!
"If I ask you what you are, you probably won't answer me, right?"
Ji Xiang raised his left hand. The cultivation of the Ascension Realm flowed through him. Upon descending to the mortal world, the maximum power he could unleash was reduced to that of a Golden Core Earth Immortal:
"Similar to the things in the Eastern Peak Temple. The Dharma Eye cannot discern the problem. I find it strange, how can so many Dharma masters, Buddhist monks, and divine generals all fail to understand your illusions?"
"Then I can only beat you to death and see what you are. Now that you've come out on your own, it suits my intentions!"
Among the underworld divine generals, the Night Roaming God and the Great Bandit General were momentarily stunned by Ji Xiang's words, and then burst into laughter!
"A mere Fifth Manifestation Divine Realm dares to speak so arrogantly here?"
"It seems this little master has lost his mind, but the way he lifted the Night Roaming God's boot just now carried considerable force! This master still has some skill!"
The Night Roaming God commanded the surrounding underworld divine generals to attack Ji Xiang!
A dense mass of underworld divine generals and ghost soldiers swarmed forward. Ji Xiang stopped wasting words and slowly exuded his Ascension Realm Dao cultivation from his fingertips!
At the same time, Ji Xiang took a step forward, and a thick white smoke emanated from his body!
The Tongtian Mingyan erupted instantly. Driven by his Ascension Realm Dao cultivation, the vast white mist was imbued with great magical power, rolling up to the nine heavens and covering the ten directions. In an instant, it dispersed all the underworld divine generals!
A colossal wave of energy swept through the long street, stirring up a tremendous storm!
*Whoosh!*
Houses swayed, bricks and tiles crumbled, dust flew, and retreated violently! All the underworld deities were engulfed and enveloped by the white smoke! Following that, the Tongtian Mingyan began to seize gods in large numbers!
The Great Bandit General was hit by the white smoke. He waved his hand, and suddenly felt his strength drain away. The divine light in his "eyes" vanished, and his physical body crashed to the ground with a thud!
The next moment, countless divine generals and ghost soldiers fell to the ground, their divine power gone. They reverted to mortals, and all over the West Market’s long street, divine lights shot up to the sky!
*Bang!* Countless physical bodies toppled onto the long street!
Without the control of their divine positions, the connection between their physical bodies and the black energy encountered problems!
The Night Roaming God had intended to retreat, but where could he escape? Hit by the Tongtian Mingyan, he also fell on the spot!
The Tongtian Mingyan instantly seized a large number of underworld divine positions. The divine tablets within Ji Xiang's inner realm flickered with countless explanatory texts!
Meanwhile, the mortal bodies lying on the ground began to twitch. Strange mists floated up from them, so ethereal that they were almost invisible to the naked eye. Strange cries came from within the mists, directly targeting Ji Xiang!
"Who are you, and what is that magic!"
"This master is not right!"
Ji Xiang waved his hand, his voice seeming to shake the nine heavens and reach the highest firmament:
"Underworld deities of all lands, enter my palm!"
The Tongtian Mingyan grasped all the underworld divine positions and returned them to Ji Xiang's palm. The countless divine lights gathered into one. These divine positions lost their function, and those ghostly apparitions became terrified and fearful!
Ji Xiang then drew the Beidi Tianpeng Ruler from his waist and pointed forward! With this ruler pointed, evil spirits and ghosts immediately revealed their true forms!
*Buzz!*
Invisible magical fluctuations radiated from the tip of the Beidi Tianpeng Ruler. Those ethereal mists immediately became clear, turning into a dense black. The illusory forms within the black mist let out sharp shrieks:
"Quick, seize his physical body, otherwise something might happen!"
Within the ethereal mists, several indistinct "forms and spirits" rushed towards Ji Xiang. Ji Xiang now saw the clue, and in his inner spiritual tablet, the previously blacked-out content was finally revealed!
【Black Blight Form and Spirit (Beimang Immortal Official—Yang Huahu): Yin Spirit (Obtained a Righteous God's Divine Position), Immortal Official of the Longevity Palace! Appointed Immortal Official, teaching mortals! Human Department, Middle Rank, Twenty-seventh Grade!】
【Black Blight Form and Spirit (Middle Realm Direct Order Emissary—Huang Jie): Yin Spirit (Obtained a Righteous God's Divine Position), Immortal Official of the Longevity Palace! Direct Order Emissary, manifesting divine power! Human Department, Middle Rank, Twenty-sixth Grade!】
"So that's how it is. Yin spirits are transformed bodies, in the form of spirits. No wonder mortal Dharma eyes cannot reflect them. You attached yourselves to divine positions and had not yet fully fused with these people's physical bodies. Without possessing them, as soon as the divine positions disappeared, you immediately appeared..."
Ji Xiang was enveloped by the black mist but still spoke calmly, completely fearless. Instead, he bared his teeth and smiled coldly:
"Foolish! The primordial true nature, a single spirit shining brightly, is what is called the 'nature' of life and destiny! However!"
"Cultivating only nature, not destiny, it is difficult for a thousand kalpas of Yin spirits to enter sainthood!"
The Vajra Bell and the Zhengyang Bell at Ji Xiang's waist rang out loudly. The sounds of the Dao and Buddhist teachings for expelling evil and purifying defilement spread outwards. He flicked the crimson whisk in his right hand forward!
The whisk’s purpose is to sever evil and eliminate defilement; a single sweep of divine power makes ten thousand ghosts vanish!
Ji Xiang unleashed the first of the three divine abilities of the Ascension Realm! A void-shaking sound echoed between heaven and earth!
The Great Dao begins with life and destiny!
"Shatter the Void!"
Ji Xiang clenched his palm, as if mountains and rivers rose from flat ground. The sun, moon, and stars vanished within the great cosmic boundary. Those Yin spirits that rushed forward, their forms and spirits merging with heaven and earth, then all disintegrated inch by inch, turning into dust!