Only at the Mahayana Stage Does the Reversal System Appear - Chapter 91

Chapter 91 The Indifferent Immortal World

Bai Hongtu stared at Jiang Li in disbelief. “You’re not even human! You’re God’s eldest son!”

He had been worried about what to do if there were a celestial demon. He wondered if you could win. Seeing Jiang Li’s deathly expression, he’d assumed he was prepared to die in battle.

What a waste of emotion!

He—tui!

“If it is said that the celestial demon of the immortal level came to Jiuzhou three hundred and eighty years ago and has been operating in secret, what do you think?”

“You were only in the fusion stage at that time, but you were already a threat to the celestial demon,” said Immortal Changcun in surprise, “…Okay, don’t look at me like that, I don’t know the reason either. After all, I’m just a small earthly immortal, not omniscient and omnipotent.”

Seeing that Immortal Changcun really didn’t know the reason, Jiang Li thought of the tragic death of Daozu, and asked again: “Is there really nothing wrong with the immortal world? Otherwise, the demons could find Jiuzhou, but the immortal world couldn’t find it. Moreover, the old man Daozu also said in the stele that the immortal world is in chaos…”

“You’d better not count on the immortal world to help Jiuzhou.” Immortal Changcun’s face was a little ugly, “Why do you think I returned to Jiuzhou and didn’t stay in the immortal world full of immortal power?”

“Immortals are very indifferent. After living for a long time, they even lose their humanity. They only care about the immortal world and don’t care what other worlds are like. I hate such an immortal world.”

“As for the chaos in the Immortal Realm Master mentioned, it’s probably not an invasion by the Outer Realm Demons. You see, there’s no mention of the Outer Realm Demons on his stele. I think it’s more likely a fight between the Immortal Realm’s leaders. Master chose the wrong side, was expelled from the Immortal Realm, and then encountered the Outer Realm Demons.”

Immortal Changcun said this with indignation. If Master had returned to Jiuzhou to retire like him, how could he have encountered such things?

“Does the Immortal Realm also have internal strife?”

“Of course. The Immortal Realm experiences internal strife more often than you can imagine. One of the reasons is that you’ve seen it, Fairy Hongchen.” Immortal Changcun, upon mentioning this name, felt a surge of urges, but was held in place by Jiang Li.

“Besides that, there are also disputes over orthodoxy, power, and so on. Anyway, the extraterritorial demons can’t threaten them, so they’re not afraid of internal friction.”

“It’s just that Jiuzhou is more united now.” Changcun Xianweng thought of the past and said with regret, “Before the Immortal Stairway disappeared, Jiuzhou had the Immortal Realm as a backer, and the number of internal fights was only slightly less than that of the Immortal Realm. Now we have the demons and your Human Emperor Palace, so no one dares to fight internally.”

Changcun Xianweng said again, “I didn’t want to tell you all this. What’s the use of knowing it? It’s better not to know it, and then you can still hope that the Immortal Realm will come to save Jiuzhou.”

“What exactly are the extraterritorial demons? The earth-immortal-level demons have no reason. How did they cultivate to the tribulation period?” Jiang Li asked again.

“The celestial demons’ cultivation system differs from ours. They don’t draw energy from spiritual energy, but rather from negative emotions like anger, fear, loss, and anxiety. Death is the greatest source of negative emotions, and this is why they kill. Some in the immortal realm speculate that the celestial demons are born from the negative emotions of living beings, but that’s just speculation.”

“Do you think it’s possible to gain merit by killing people?”

“Kill the bad guys?”

“Kill anyone.”

“That sounds a lot like what the extraterritorial celestial demons do.”

“How so?”

Immortal Changcun shook his head. “I’ve only heard about it, never seen it myself. People who came back from the battlefield secretly told me that the extraterritorial celestial demons have their own deity, who is responsible for distributing merit. Anyone who believes in this deity and kills others will gain merit.”

Bai Hongtu’s eyes widened, unable to imagine that such a deity could exist.

“Do you know the title of this deity?” Jiang Li looked directly into Immortal Changcun’s eyes.

Immortal Changcun shook his head. “The immortal realm has strict regulations on this, I don’t know.”

Jiang Li nodded in understanding. Whether in the Nine Provinces or the immortal realm, the idea of gaining merit by killing people was incredibly attractive to cultivators. It was a legitimate and upright path of the demon.

He didn’t tell Immortal Changcun about the Shenzang Sect and its Venerable Shenzang. With only immortal power, he might have resorted to the same tactics as the Xumi Buddha, killing people for merit.

Jiang Li didn’t dare calculate the merit needed to support a terrestrial immortal.

As long as Jiang Li was alive, Immortal Changcun wouldn’t have to fight the extraterritorial demons, and his immortal power wouldn’t be depleted.

…

Yelang was a remote, small nation, surrounded by mountains on three sides and a river on one side. Its scarce resources limited its interaction with the outside world and its attention. What made

this small nation unique was its monarch, a gifted ruler who, in just a few decades, had ascended from the Qi Training Stage to the Spiritual Transformation Stage, despite lacking any natural resources.

The people of Yelang knew their monarch wasn’t inherited, but rather usurped.

Yelang’s monarch, Zhang Han, was originally a burly executioner, fierce and menacing. Those who knew him knew his true character: while he appeared fierce, he possessed a kind heart, constantly helping others and endearing to his neighbors.

Gradually, people noticed that Zhang Han’s cultivation was slowly improving. He had previously been hopeless at the Foundation Establishment stage, but he had actually broken through.

When asked why, he simply scratched his head and smiled, saying, “Lucky, lucky!”

People thought it was pure luck, but then they discovered that he seemed to have found his way, reaching the late Foundation Establishment stage in just a few years.

Upon learning of Zhang Han’s talent, his superiors decided not to waste it and offered him a promotion, even offering him their daughter in marriage. However, Zhang Han shook his head, saying he was a perfect executioner. Seeing his determination, his superiors dismissed the idea of marrying their daughter to him.

Neighbors noticed a change in Zhang Han’s personality. After each beheading, he would become depressed for days. But after breaking through the Foundation Establishment stage, he became cheerful, as if beheading wasn’t such a bad thing, even expressing his enjoyment.

The neighbors were somewhat frightened of Zhang Han.

One day, a righteous hero appeared in Zhang Han’s city. He killed the unkind and wealthy at night and distributed their wealth. Coincidentally, Zhang Han broke through to the Golden Core stage, and his elixir was of the highest quality.

The legend of the righteous hero lasted for a long time, and the evildoers in the city became fewer and fewer. Zhang Han also reached the late Golden Core stage.

However, after reaching the late Golden Core stage, Zhang Han’s cultivation level slowed down, and there were no longer any people he could kill.

Zhang Han was a little anxious. Coincidentally, his boss had promised his daughter to a talented man. Zhang Han also liked his boss’s daughter and disagreed with the marriage. He wanted his boss to marry his daughter to him instead.

Although the boss’s daughter also likes Zhang Han, the boss thinks that although Zhang Han is talented, he is neurotic and only wants to be an executioner. He might even be addicted to killing. It would be dangerous for his daughter to marry him, so he rejects Zhang Han’s proposal.

Zhang Han is furious and kills Cai Jun’s family on his wedding day and takes the boss’s daughter away.

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