Volume 2 Plane Battle, Chapter 274: Pre-Battle Plans (II)
It can be seen that the ancient sages regarded the place of day and night as the place where life is reborn. Therefore, the three-body or three-faced people at the sunset in the northwest, and the feathered people and the immortal people at the sunrise in the southeast can all transcend life and death.
Then he said: "The extreme of the west, from Kunlun to the quicksand and Shen Yu, to the west to the country of three dangers, the stone city and the golden room, the people who drink gas, and the immortal wilderness." It can be seen that drinking air guidance is one of the characteristics of the dead people. And the air drinking guide is also a characteristic of the turtle!
And many immortal countries, such as the Tsuhiro no Ye and the Xuanyuan Hill, are depicted as the burial places of the emperor gods. It can be seen that the so-called "immortality" refers to the immortality of life in the underworld or black life.
Later, almost all of these countries came to the "Great Plane of Space" through the Gate of the Sky Canopy. There is almost no trace of their life left on Huanyu Huaxia!
According to later accounts, the reason for this is that the black water is regarded as the water of the sun's resurrection, and the Northwest Wilderness is regarded as the place where the sun is reborn! This situation is linked to a peculiar understanding of death by the ancient sages.
In their view, death is a return to the gods, a life of union with the gods, and therefore a truly eternal life.
This concept of life worship that transcends death and pursues eternity has crystallized into the myth of Black Water due to the turtle's character as a god of the underworld and the concept of the sun, which represents the alternation of life and death with the alternation of day and night.
Taoism believes that gods are high-level ghosts, and ghosts are low-level gods, that is, "gods and ghosts". Therefore, these people who carry the Netherworld, whether they are undead or ghosts, are all low-level "ghosts and gods"!
And when the Great God of Houtu founded the Netherworld, he opened up this place as a world independent of the outside world! It does not belong to the heavenly realm, let alone the human realm.
It is precisely because of this that the Great God of Houtu can be recognized as one of the great gods of creation in this world, just like the great god Nuwa, who created people and made up the sky!
And the "Houtu" in the word "Huangtianhou Earth" is also used to refer specifically to our Houtu god. She is also the lord of the underworld, the god of heaven and earth who governs the underworld.
This Netherworld Mansion was well governed by the Houtu God from the beginning, and then our Houtu God discovered a secret by accident! This secret is actually that there is a secret place under this Netherworld.
This hidden place is called the "Nine Shadows". This is also the name given to it by the great gods of Houtu! and we generally call it "the land of the nine secluded places".
These nine secluded places are deep and dark, and there is some mysterious power hidden in them! Generally, after entering, it is rare to be able to come out unharmed, so it was set up as a forbidden place for the Netherworld by the Great God of Houtu back then! Unrelated people are not allowed to enter and exit at will.
Of course, ordinary people can't find its entrance, let alone how to get in! So in the past 10,000 years, few people have ever entered it. My hopeless brother and I were only fortunate enough to accompany the Emperor of Beiyin to go there once!
But that time I was too impressed! Although we were ghosts, we could be said to be quite big in terms of courage, but after entering this Nine Shadows Land, we were completely frightened.....
Because we actually found that after the "ghost" or "spirit" died again, it should be "people die as ghosts, and ghosts die as "deaf", and the fear of ghosts is like the fear of ghosts by people!"
I have also discussed this statement with the immortals, and "people die as ghosts, ghosts die as deaf, deaf death as "Xi", and Xi dies as "Yi". "The immortals have also known about it, but this situation is basically rare! Generally speaking, after the ghost dies, most of them disappear directly and turn into nothingness.....
But in those nine secluded places, there are all kinds of immortal "monsters" such as Deaf, Xi, and Yi! They seem to have some kind of power, and they will not perish, and they have gained eternal life!
The immortals must know that we are just ghosts in the Netherworld, and we don't have the ability to control so many monsters that have become "evil ghosts among ghosts" for us! So my helpless brother and I were very frightened at that time.....
After Xie Bi'an looked at everyone, he stopped talking! Yang Zhuochao saw a hint of clues, and said with a smile: Lord Impermanence seems to have something important to say, there are no outsiders here, and it doesn't hurt to say it!
After Xie Bi'an cautiously glanced at the people present, he seemed to have the courage to say: Because this is related to the secret of the Netherworld, I also teach you to laugh! If you are offended, I hope to forgive you.
Everyone knew that the next words were related to the secrets of the Netherworld, and immediately made a gesture of listening attentively. For this reason, Ge Lao also deliberately used a protective shield to block the sound and movement, so as to show that the conversation behind would not be heard by outsiders!
Seeing that the matter had come to this, Xie Bi'an sighed slightly and said: Since the immortal can wear the "Thousand Miles of Sun Chasing Boots" of the father, he should know that this artifact is one of the ten great artifacts of ancient times. In fact, this artifact was originally owned by the Great God of Houtu.....
Because that great witch is a descendant of the Great God of the Later Earth! And the original identity of the Great God of the Later Earth is the co-master of the Ancient Witch Clan and the Netherworld!
After speaking, Xie Bi'an was surprised to see that there was no trace of surprise on everyone's faces, but as if they had known about this for a long time. I can't help but ask: Aren't you all curious?
Yang Zhuochao patted Xie Bi'an on the shoulder and said: "Lord Impermanence doesn't need to be surprised, in fact, we already know this! Not only do we know that the Great God of the Houtu is the co-master of the Netherworld and the Ancient Witch Clan, but we also know that she also used her identity to resurrect the already dead Kuafu!
Xie Bi'an nodded and said: It turns out that everyone already knows about this, so it will be much simpler!
Clearing his throat, Xie Bi'an continued: The Great God of Houtu not only resurrected her descendant Kuafu, but also strengthened his physical strength, transforming him into an invincible and invincible true "god"!
Unexpectedly, the temperament after "Kuafu" suddenly changed greatly! It completely became a cruel and bloodthirsty "demon god" ..... who killed like crazy!
Yang Zhuochao nodded and said, "We also know this!" Xie Bi'an glanced at everyone in disbelief, and continued: "Then do you know how the Great God of Houtu resurrected that Kuafu? And how did that Kuafu become a "demon god"?
At this time, Xingtian said: "I am the great witch of the ancient witch clan with my father, and I also know that the great god of Houtu is one of the co-masters of the witch clan! After the death of my father, I have never heard of him being saved by the great god of Houtu! And he has become a "demon god." What the hell is going on?