Only at the Mahayana Stage Does the Reversal System Appear - Chapter 515

Chapter 513 The Emperors

King Qin Guang glanced at Jiang Li, then at the smiling female ghost messenger following behind him, then silently rolled up the banner.

“When the female ghost messenger said you were still in the human realm, I thought she was joking, but it turned out to be true,” Jiang Li grinned, genuinely happy.

“It’s customary in the Underworld to have immortals serve as ghost messengers. Unfortunately, immortals who die in the celestial realm have their souls dispersed, preventing them from entering the Underworld. The number of ghosts in the Underworld is increasing rapidly, making it difficult to manage. Considering that all the Human Emperors of your Nine Provinces have battled the Earth Immortals in mortal form, barely reaching the level of ‘immortality,’ we’ve made an exception and allowed them to remain in the Underworld as ghost messengers.”

The female ghost messenger continued, “However, not all Human Emperors can remain in the Underworld. Some have their souls burned clean in battle with Earth Immortals, leaving them no longer in the world. Some, less fortunate, arrive in the Underworld with incomplete souls. If they don’t quickly reincarnate and complete their souls, they’re in great danger. All in all, only these dozen or so Human Emperors remain in the Underworld.”

Jiang Li felt a pang of sadness upon hearing this. Of the seventy-one Human Emperors, only a dozen had intact souls.

The other Human Emperors swarmed around Jiang Li, discussing him with great interest in this unprecedented junior.

Human Emperor Lu, unable to squeeze through the crowd of elders, remained obediently at the outermost edge.

Why didn’t you welcome me so well when he first came to the underworld?

“I’ve seen you before, before the ladder to immortality was broken!” Yuan Shang pointed at Jiang Li, excited.

The Human Emperors are only interested in the deeds of their descendants, not their appearances. The Immortal Realm doesn’t care about handsomeness or ugliness, and Emperor Lu never showed them the appearances of Jiang Li, Bai Hongtu, Yu Yin, and the others.

“First Human Emperor, we meet again. I once traveled the River of Time and met Emperor Shun. To help me see the truth, Emperor Shun took me back nine thousand years. Originally, I shouldn’t have shown my face, but seeing you, I felt the opportunity was rare, so I couldn’t help but greet you. If I had known we’d meet again in the underworld, I wouldn’t have shown my face.”

The First Human Emperor was a key figure in the Human Emperor system.

“Traveled the River of Time? Little Lu, see what I said. The souls from the Nine Provinces unanimously believe that Emperor Jiang’s methods are unparalleled, and that the simple art of time can be easily mastered. And you said it was absolutely impossible.”

Successive Human Emperors would often consult souls from the Nine Provinces for information.

“Look, Xiao Li said it himself. He can travel through the River of Time, even back nine thousand years. If that doesn’t count as mastery of the River of Time, then what does it mean to be master?”

“Xiao Lu, you’re just being stubborn. I told you to change this habit when I was alive, but you refused to change.”

Human Emperor Lu was the youngest among the other Human Emperors, and everyone could call him Xiao Lu.

Jiang Li laughed dryly. It wasn’t true that he knew the ways of time, but it wasn’t true that he didn’t.

“Human Emperor Gong, I’ve heard of you for a long time. Commander Liu has spoken to me many times, and he still holds a grudge against me for not saving you.”

The 27th Human Emperor’s surname was Gong. It was he who sought out Commander Liu and persuaded him, still a young sapling, to become the Commander of the Human Emperor Palace.

It was later proven that Human Emperor Gong had a unique vision. Commander Liu was the longest-serving Commander, and all subsequent Human Emperors were under his care.

“Little Liu, you’re such a fool! I told him before I died that choosing him as commander wasn’t just a trick. I died on the battlefield, perishing alongside the outer demons. It was a worthy death. Why didn’t he listen?”

“Never mind. Wait a few thousand years, and he should be in the underworld. I’ll talk to him in person then.”

“Well, Palace Emperor, you might not know this, but Commander Liu has already become an immortal. You probably won’t see him for a few thousand years.”

The Palace Emperor was stunned. “Immortal? When?”

“This morning.”

“I killed a celestial immortal and gained some merit. I converted that merit into immortal power and sent Commander Liu to immortality.”

“Killed a celestial immortal?!” The Emperor was astonished.

This young man was so fierce! It was agreed that only those in the Mahayana stage could fight celestial immortals.

And he was even going to fight back?

The female ghost servant chimed in, “Not only that, he just knocked down King Chujiang with a single punch.”

Upon hearing this, King Qin Guang felt the urge to unfurl the banner again.

“Okay, okay, okay.” Yuan Shang laughed heartily. This junior had truly given them a huge surprise.

As long as Jiang Li was strong, that was all that mattered. As for the reason, it didn’t matter.

“If you think about it, Commander Liu should be the first immortal in Jiuzhou.” One of the Human Emperors stroked his beard and said with a smile in his eyes.

“No, you forgot to count Senior Xumi.”

Speaking of Old Buddha Xumi, all the Emperors fell silent.

The female ghost messenger was the first to break the silence: “Xumemi in Jiuzhou was the only cultivator who became an immortal after the ladder to immortality was broken, and he was also the only cultivator who came to the underworld.”

“Senior Xumi…he…how could he, ah——”

Except for Yuan Shang, who was older than him, all the other Human Emperors were descendants of Old Buddha Xumi. From their standpoint, it was not convenient for them to comment on Old Buddha Xumi. They had all kinds of thoughts in their minds, but in the end, they all turned into a long sigh.

Yuan Shang said, “Xumi fought dozens of bloody battles for the Nine Provinces. Even his advancement to the Tribulation Crossing Stage was achieved in battle against the Extraterritorial Demons. I had assumed he, like Senior Long-Eyebrowed Buddha, would see through the mundane world and grasp the true meaning of Mahayana Buddhism. I never imagined he would remain trapped in the Lifespan Tribulation and attack mortals.”

Among the past Human Emperors present, some were capable of defeating the Extraterritorial Demons, with

Old Buddha Xumi playing a crucial role. Having survived three Immortal Tribulations and mastered the ways of space, his power was undeniable.

Conversely, without Jiang Li, there would be no one who could check and punish the immortal Old Buddha Xumi. Slaughtering

the common people for the sake of cultivation was a permissible offense, and no one was exempt.

Yuan Shang closed his eyes, recalling the scene. “I still remember that after Xumi died, he wanted to come to the human world to see the Long-browed Buddha. He hesitated at the entrance to the human world,

and that’s when we met.” “At that time, I just thought his lifespan had come to an end, and he had come to the human world to reincarnate. With his good deeds, he was enough to stay in the underworld as a ghost messenger.” “

I warmly invited him to the human world and helped him lead the way to the Long-browed Buddha, but Xumi burst into tears and refused to take a single step. He sank to his knees and kowtowed repeatedly, crying and saying that he had failed his master’s teachings, had let him down, and had let all living beings down, and he dared not meet his master.”

“I never thought that a person could cry like that. I couldn’t bear to see it.”

“I went up to comfort him, saying that the Long-browed Buddha has the world in his heart and will forgive you no matter what you do wrong. Unexpectedly, when he heard me say that, he cried even harder. No matter how I pulled, I couldn’t move him.”

“I had no choice but to pull the Long-browed Buddha over to him and let him see what was going on with this disciple.”

“When the Long-browed Buddha and I returned to the intersection, Xumi was gone.”

“Later, we asked the ghost messengers on Yama’s side and found out that Xumi had secretly set up a formation to kill nine million people in order to survive.”

“After hearing the news, the Long-browed Buddha cried all night, crying for Xumi’s unforgivable mistake and for the lives of nine million people.”

(End of this chapter)