Ancestor Star, Kunlun Mountain.
The boundless Kunlun rises and falls, mountain ranges like divine dragons radiating in all directions, even extending into the depths of the void.
Various anomalies appeared on the peaks, a scene of breathtaking beauty. Day and night, Taoist Soldiers, demons, and Abnormal Soldiers on duty, propped up the four corners of Kunlun's framework, each peak with a Divine Dragon resting with eyes closed.
The four Divine Dragons breathed out the essence of heaven and earth, with their necks adorned with four colored spheres.
They governed the rotation of the four seasons, and due to the expansion of territory, each of the four Divine Dragons also gained Primordial Spirit Cultivation.
In addition, at the foot of the mountain, there were various tribes of demons guarding the gate.
Occasionally, cultivators could be seen entering and exiting the city gates of Zengcheng.
In times of peace, there wasn't much conflict, and the speed at which cultivators earned merit slowed considerably. Nowadays, most were improving cultivation techniques, creating new techniques, or carrying out guard duties and various mundane tasks.
Such were the rules of the Heavenly Court; apart from meeting cultivation requirements, one must also not neglect merits and assignments.
At the mountain's base, there lay a ten-acre spirit field, a clear stream flowing past the fields, then sprinkled evenly upon the fields through a device.
Sitting in the middle of the field was a handsome young man, beneath him an Array outlined in gold and silver threads, surrounded by dharma light. The light fell upon the field, and sprouts grew tall, soon becoming three-foot tall fruits brimming with red fire.
"Phew... finally succeeded," the young man wiped the sweat from his face.
Shortly thereafter, a few Taoists flew over.
"Hmm? Red Fire Snake Fruit? Senior brother, are you doing assignments?"
A baby-faced man asked in surprise.
"Making money."
"Senior brother, are you crazy? A single Fire Fruit takes ten years to mature, and forcefully cultivating it costs ten dharma coins worth of Mana and materials, while the warehouse currently buys them for only nine coins."
"What do you know? If you factor in the blessing from the Water Element Blessed Land and the Spirit-Boosting Array, quite a bit of material is saved."
"What about the cost? The blessed land costs fifty dharma coins a day, the Array twenty-five dharma coins a day."
"That's because your volume isn't large enough!"
"Even with volume, you can't sell them."
"Just wait, the Heavenly Court's army is mobilizing again. With a force of ten million, the world must be vast; there will be no worry about having nothing to sell."
As soon as he finished speaking, a majestic voice echoed in all directions.
"Congratulations to Taishun Star, Taiyuan Star, Taiyan Star, Taihao Star... Eight Stars are aligned, Donghua Heavenly Court's immortals, and the Three Realms' beings, celebrate for ten days!"
"Won!!"
The person immediately jumped up.
The demand for medicinal herbs for eight stars at once would undoubtedly be immense.
"On the fifteenth of August, at the Heavenly Court grand ceremony, all departments should prepare in advance."
Yujue Demon Country.
At the Ghost Gate, a gigantic black hole floated in the void, tightly bound with golden chains, impenetrable and indestructible.
The Sun Jade Car hovered here.
At close distance, one could still see quite a bit of yin energy and demons slipping through a crack, fleeing, while the nearby stationed army was responsible for hunting them down.
The Commander tasked with guarding here was Xiangling.
"Divine Lord..." Xiangling nodded slightly upon seeing Song Lin approach.
"How's the situation?"
"There are more and more ghosts, the yin energy inside the gate is getting heavier. I have an ominous feeling," Xiangling's expression became grave as she spoke.
As cultivators of the Yin Spring Demon sect, they were more familiar than anyone with the Netherworld Demon, which came from the same origin.
Once the Netherworld Demonic Energy surged up, it would quickly assimilate a world, turning it into a ghostly land.
"Release it."
"Release it?"
"Mm, I have a way to solve it."
Soon, Xiangling lifted the seal.
"Roar!!"
"Hehehe!"
Countless bizarre and ferocious evil ghosts surged forth.
Song Lin extended a finger, and a drop of water flew out.
Splash!
The drop of water transformed into a monstrous waterfall, then rushed down upon the ghostly creatures.
The water flow turned into a long river flowing eastward.
The ghostly creatures fell into it, as if stuck to glue, unable to escape regardless of how shallow the water level was.
The pitch-black yin energy and ghostly aura on them were washed away, revealing a semi-transparent white soul body, their ferocious expressions became serene.
They looked at Song Lin with grateful eyes.
They were finally liberated.
Transformed from ghosts into soul spirits.
With the influence of the ghostly creatures, the Innate Water became a Death River, serving the same function as the Netherworld, absorbing and purifying ghosts.
With a thought, Song Lin produced a gourd, a Dragon Mansion Jade Gourd, into which the purified soul spirits were collected.
"This is the Death River."
Song Lin decided not to call it Netherworld.
The name Netherworld had been used before.
As time passed, the river grew larger, and as the Ghost Gate's power waned, it also diminished.
A black river lay before Song Lin.
The river was about thirty zhang wide, extending a thousand li long, and its length continued to increase as the number of purified ghosts grew, the river continued to expand.
Boom!
Several days later, the Ghost Gate closed.
The Netherworld River officially formed.
And the Dragon Mansion Jade Gourd was filled to the brim with semi-transparent soul spirits.
Song Lin did not plan to release them; once released, these soul spirits would either dissipate or transform back into ghosts.
"They can be reborn instead."
Song Lin thought.
Reincarnation was relatively simple, just cleanse impurities and memories, then place them in the womb.
The difficult part was the first step; among the Ten Thousand Realms, besides the Netherworld, treasures capable of turning ghosts into soul spirits were exceedingly rare.
Now that the first step was completed.
Memories could also be washed away using spells, or the Death River could be used again.
As for reincarnation, doing it one by one would waste time and resources, while using manpower would likely lead to corruption.
With this thought, Song Lin planned to create another river.
Takes the Sun Jade Carriage to the mountain's base.
Soon, a river meandered westward.
Its waters were crystal clear and filled with vitality.
This river was named Life River.
Song Lin created a Teleportation Array at the riverbed, operated through Earth Energy, and it transmitted the soul spirits away, with the river nurturing the soul spirits, helping them recover to full state.
After all, most ghostly creatures didn't die naturally, inevitably missing limbs or having ailments.
If soul spirits reincarnated in such conditions, they would certainly have congenital disabilities.
With everything in place, Song Lin informed everyone to set up the venue.
After waiting sixty-plus years, it was finally time to conclude an era with a final verdict.
From now on, there would no longer be formal beliefs like Sanmao Heavenly Court, Primordial Emperor Heavenly Court, Witch God Heavenly Court, Netherworld Heavenly Court, etc., though the founding ancestors of those magic veins would not change.
On the morning of August 15th.
Dozens of golden giant gates opened over Kunlun, with humans, demons, and even Abnormal Soldiers occasionally flying out.
All Eighteen Stars of Core Formation and above came here to attend the grand gathering.
The world that the other Song Lin called Nine Yang and Eight Star World also arrived one by one.
"Amazingly, there exists such a magnificent mountain in the world,"
Xuanji exclaimed.
The Red Flame Divine Phoenix transformed into a handsome man with red hair and eyebrows, silently gazing at the insurmountable Kunlun.
"Is this the Ancient Kunlun?" The voice of Lady Qing from the Divine Lady Sacred Mountain trembled.
With the Heavenly Court's pills, Lady Qing also changed from a white-haired old woman to a graceful beauty.
Everyone seeing Kunlun for the first time couldn't help but marvel and be awe-struck.
A peak soaring ten thousand miles high.
This transcended the laws of the Real World, describable only through mythology.
No one could describe the entirety of Kunlun; even if asked by future generations, they could only answer with fragments.
"Everyone, please follow me."
Each group had specifically assigned representatives.
The Demon Clan received by the Demon Clan, Human Clan by the Human Clan, Abnormal Soldiers by Abnormal Soldiers.
First, they visited their areas, observing their current environment, then they walked from the mountain's base, gradually passing through the nine levels of Zengcheng.
This process lasted ten days.
Every day featured songs, dances, and banquets, with countless exotic treasures at the feasts.
The Eastern King made a hundred flowers bloom, made the spring wind warm, let the stars shine brightly, let fish and dragons dance, let ghosts and gods sing praises, allowed all birds to fly, brought peace to the seas and rivers.
The Three Realms experienced quite a scenic transformation.
The Immortal Realm was open.
Pavilions and terraces, trees aflame with silver flowers.
Tables of jade arranged a thousand zhang long, surrounded by red water, enveloped in immortal energy.
Everyone sat according to their designated positions, arranged by rank from inside to outside, and those Core Formation Purple Mansion Cultivators saw many figures they had only heard of in myth.
"This is the Three Realms Demon Emperor... Grand Ancestor Hua Gai Star Lord of the Xia Dynasty, and Taiyue True God, the Demon Emperor..."
The attendees whispered amongst themselves.
At this moment, the void lit up with gold in all directions, and five-colored clouds appeared.
Rivers swelled, mountains trembled.
A young Taoist dressed in white garments, with black hair draped over his shoulders, clad in simple attire, stood in mid-air, seated upon the glow of clouds, his visage radiant as the sun, crowned with seventy-two beams of light, donning the Seven Luminaries star crown, clothed with Morning Light and Moon Essence, draped with a cloak of nine colors.
This individual's presence gathered the attention of all under heaven.
With an extraordinary divine demeanor, he was indeed the Supreme of the heavens.
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