Chapter 63: Containers
Regarding how the Tuyumen Stream Onmyoji escaped from this place, Qi Xuansu couldn't make up his mind early for the time being. However, why did he leave Tuyumen Zhongxiao here, and put another seal on him before leaving, Qi Xuansu had some guesses.
Perhaps the key to the time loop lies in the body of Tadashi Doomon.
If this speculation is true, then how can this cycle be broken?
Killing is definitely not going to work.
Qi Xuansu split the Earth Imperial Gate Zhongxiao in half during the first cycle, and its internal structure was obviously different from ordinary people, not like a living person, but like some kind of insect, not flesh and blood, but mucus. However, it failed to stop the time loop, and after the bright moon appeared, Qi Xuansu still entered the second cycle.
Could it be that the way to kill is wrong?
How can we connect the Tadashi of the Earth Imperial Gate with the bright moon?
Thinking of this, Qi Xuansu's heart moved.
Tuyumen Tadashi said that on a moonlit night, he saw that he had descended divine power here. He is the moon god among the three main gods, maybe there is some connection between the moon and the moonlit night? In other words, the moon is the embodiment of the divine power of the moonlit night.
Based on Qi Xuansu's understanding of divine power, although divine power is almost omnipotent, it has a great shortcoming, that is, it needs a container. Because divine power is not a thing that naturally exists in heaven and earth, but is forcibly condensed and created by manpower. If there were no containers, the divine power would be constantly flowing.
Divine power is like water, if you pour water on the ground, it will evaporate quickly, but if you put water in a pot, it can be stored for a long time.
For example, the divine power of the Kingdom of God is actually constantly flowing, but the divine power gathered by the Kingdom of God is too large to see any changes in a short period of time. If the kingdom of God has no new divine power replenishment, one day it will run out of divine power, and eventually the kingdom of God will collapse. The "Thirty-Three Days" built by the Daomen, commonly known as the Tower of Babel, is the world's largest storage vessel for divine power, and most of the spiritual officials receive their divine power from this place, and most of the divine power of the various Taoist governments are also transported here.
The reason why the formation of the Dao Gate can exist for a long time is because it is connected to the earth qi, and the earth qi is endless, and the formation will exist for a long time. Therefore, many immortals often choose to directly interrupt the leylines when they break the formation, which is essentially to cut off the root of the earth.
Divine power and earth qi are two completely different things, which are difficult to transform into each other, and naturally cannot exist for a long time by colluding with earth qi. Under normal circumstances, if you want to make the divine power work in a certain place for a long time and reduce unnecessary loss, you need a container.
Divine power is extracted from the power of incense, incense power is the Eastern saying, the West calls it faith, whether it is the power of incense or the power of faith, it is from people, so people are the best containers.
So Daomen chose to use people as the foundation and created the Lingguan armor, instead of turning the Lingguan armor into a more obedient Lingguan puppet.
The best choice for the gods to descend is also to find a person as a container, which can minimize the loss of divine power and prolong the time of divine descent.
[In view of the general environment,
This basic principle is the same in ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad.
If you want to make the divine power exist for a long time and last for decades or even hundreds of years, it is best to choose a container to avoid the natural loss of divine power, and the divine power will also extend the life of the container until the divine power is completely exhausted.
In short, the formation is rooted in the earth's qi, so it needs to be in harmony with the surrounding environment, and the most common is to rely on the topography of mountains and rivers, such as the "Taishang Sanqing Dragon and Tiger Great Array" in Yunjin Mountain, which is to connect the eighty-one peaks of Yunjin Mountain and the thirty-six rocks and earthly qi, which is the means of qi refiners. Divine power relies on people, and the key to breaking the formation lies in people.
Speaking of the "Taishang Sanqing Dragon and Tiger Great Array", we have to mention the rebellion of the Abolition Heavenly Master, when the Xuansheng broke the formation, not to flatten the eighty-one peaks one by one, but to interrupt the leylines hidden deep underground, so the great array was broken, causing the ground to move, which destroyed the original shape of Yunjin Mountain.
Using this line of thought, it is speculated that if the Tuyumen Tadashi is the container chosen by the Moonlit Night Zun, and the time loop here is regarded as the "Taishang Sanqing Dragon and Tiger Great Array", then the Tuyumen Tadashi is equivalent to a cloud
Geumsan Eighty-one Peaks. If you want to break the formation, the key is not the eighty-one peaks, which are just appearances, but the earthly qi circulating in the mountains. In the same way, the key to breaking the time loop is not the person of Tadashi Tugomon, but the divine power that exists in his body.
Thinking about it further, Qi Xuansu seems to have killed Tuyumen Zhongxiao, but after entering the next cycle, Tuyumen Zhongxiao will go back to the original state, strictly speaking, Qi Xuansu did not really kill Tuyumen Zhongxiao, and naturally he can't talk about destroying the container.
If all the inferences are true, then the earth and the gate as a container continue the existence of the divine power, and the divine power in turn to protect the earth and the door from being easily erased, and a perfect closed loop is formed between the two, just like yin and yang complement each other.
Then there is another question, how did the Onmyoji of the Earth Imperial Gate Stream escape?
Perhaps it was the Onmyoji of the Tsuchigomon-ryu who fled before the "ring" was completely closed at this time, and before leaving, he put a seal on him to prevent Tadashi from escaping, and the unknown Dogomon Tadataka thought that he had been abandoned by his companions and began to go crazy.
So where did Suzuka Gozen go? Escaped like an onmyoji of the earth royal gate? Or are you stuck somewhere too? Does Suzuka Gozen have anything to do with this time "ring"?
Qi Xuansu only felt that he had a lot of trouble, so he had to put aside the question of Suzuka Gozen for the time being, and began to concentrate on how to completely kill the Tadashi of Tuyumen.
If you can't solve the problem, just solve the person who raised the problem, and it seems that the same applies here.
However, Qi Xuansu is quite self-aware, it is difficult to do this only with his realm cultivation at the leisurely stage, no matter what, the divine power descended by the moonlit night is at least at the level of a pseudo-immortal, and the gap between the two sides is too big.
Having said that, the priests of the Divine Palace can descend to the gods, and Qi Xuansu can also ask the three major yin objects to take action. The realm is not enough, and the helper will make it up.
It's just that this place is in a closed state, and the yin qi is insufficient, and Qi Xuansu can't communicate with the ghost country cave sky.
Qi Xuansu had no choice but to look at Xiao Yin beside him, thoughtful.
Xiao Yin was a little hairy by him, and couldn't help but ask, "What do you want to do?"
Qi Xuansu said, "Xiao Yin, when we were in Anong County, you deliberately misled me and tricked me into opening the seal."
"Didn't you get the benefit in the end?" Xiao Yin said confidently, "Do you want to cross the river and tear down the bridge? Don't forget, that head is still in my belly, and if you dare to break the contract, I will digest it immediately."
Qi Xuansu waved his hand and said, "I didn't mean that, I want to say, when you misled me, you used to create a lot of Yin Qi, now can you create some more Yin Qi?" I'd like to invite Mr. Yin to come over."
Xiao Yin said vigilantly, "Do you want Grandpa to take me back?"
Qi Xuansu shook his head and said, "It has nothing to do with you, it's just that there are strange things here, maybe only Mr. Yin, who is proficient in spells, can crack it."
Just as the two were talking, a colorful light appeared in the air again.
Qi Xuansu sighed, "It seems that we have to wait for the next time."
"What the hell do you mean?" Xiao Yin didn't know why.
Qi Xuansu looked into the air, and a bright moon quietly appeared, and the moonlight engulfed everything again.
After a moment of trance, Qi Xuansu appeared in front of the shrine for the sixth time.
Qi Xuansu didn't waste any more time, and directly explained the situation to Xiao Yin.
Xiao Yin was a little confused: "You said that the reason why you were able to retain the memories of the previous cycles was because you had the Heart of the Immortal Stone, what is this?" Can you eat it?"
Qi Xuan said succinctly, "The main reason why your three elders value me so much is because I have this thing."
"Understood." Xiao Yin no longer dwelled on this matter, "In other words, you want me to create Yin Qi, and then ask Grandpa to help us break this time loop."
Qi Xuansu asked, "Can you do it?"
Xiao Yin said: "The reason why I was able to deceive you at that time was mainly because Ise's yin qi was too heavy, and the time and place were favorable, and I was more likely to gather yin qi.
I can't do it on my own, but don't worry, we've got this."
After saying that, Xiao Yin grew his mouth, put his hand into his throat and groped for a while, and then took out a head that was still dripping blood.
Wine swallows the head of a boy.
This is the head of the three demon kings, and the yin energy emitted by it can even pass through the seal and turn into rain.
Xiao Yin grabbed the hair of his skull, shook it gently, and said something in his mouth.
Soon, the billowing yin qi escaped from the broken neck of the skull and the gap between the seven orifices.
The head at this time resembles an incense burner.
Qi Xuansu did not hesitate and directly began to communicate with the Ghost Country Cave Heaven.
Rolling yin, like a sea of clouds and foggy mountains, like the ebb and flow of the tide.
Countless black mist converged towards Qi Xuansu like a vortex, and finally turned into a portal.
I saw the black mist rolling inside the door, which seemed to lead to the Nine Yin Netherworld.
A dying old man paced out of the portal, like a teacher who had never been able to make a name for himself in his life.
Xiao Yin lifted the head in his hand and pounced.
Mr. Yin hugged Xiao Yin: "Be careful, don't splash blood on your body."
Qi Xuansu bowed and said, "I've seen Mr. Yin."
Mr. Yin looked at Qi Xuansu, and immediately discovered the abnormality in this place, and said in a word: "Are you in trouble?"
Qi Xuansu told Mr. Yin all kinds of speculations.
After Mr. Yin listened, he generally agreed with Qi Xuansu's guess, but he didn't panic: "Let's go, let the old man see the methods of this exotic god."
The three of them walked through the cave and saw the wandering Tsuchigomon Tadashi again.
Mr. Yin just glanced at it and concluded, "There is indeed a divine power, as Xiaoyou said, the best way is to destroy the container of divine power."
Before the words fell, Mr. Yin stretched out his hand and wiped it.
The whole person is like a stain on the glass, which has been wiped off directly, leaving no trace.
From beginning to end, there was no change in the Tadashi of the Tsuchimon, as if it had never existed.