Chapter 2563: Eternity

Finally, only a few strands hanging on the wall, dripping green traces on the ground, proved that She Di Sheng once existed.

Yan Luo Great King Zhuan Lun Wang, although he entered the underworld, he also inherited the tradition of "no door to hell" very well, gloriously handing over his position, leaving the opportunity for those who needed it more.

He didn't sit on the throne of Yan Luo for a full lifetime. Although his body had vanished, the remaining warmth was still there.

Of course, he also thought of many ways to protect himself, such as absorbing yin gods and ghost soldiers to form the forces of Zhuan Lun Hall. For example, making friends with various yang gods, outlining the so-called "Yin Heavenly Emperor" concept. For example, contacting the Mo family...

Zhuan Lun Wang could naturally serve as an important entrance for the Mo family to develop in the underworld, and the grudges and entanglements between She Di Sheng and the Mo family therefore had the possibility of being re-discussed.

It's a pity that all these operations required time.

And after the battle against Chi Di Zang, Yin Guan basically did not rest, and directly charged into the underworld, breaking into the Yan Luo Treasure Hall.

Of course, there was She Di Sheng's most important reliance—

He thought the super-transcendent level Di Zang would protect the Yan Luo Treasure Hall, protect him, this strongest, most important Yan Luo Great King, and he indeed felt Di Zang's grace.

But the true Di Zang and Chi Di Zang were already completely different. The latter was a specific, already eliminated existence, while the former, although it also had specific manifestations—"walking on the underworld earth, with hands and feet, covering all corpses, ferrying lost souls"—was already a rule-like existence.

For the true Di Zang, the only important thing was order.

"Zhuan Lun Wang" was very important, "She Di Sheng" was not important.

Jiang Wang, who participated in ending Chi Di Zang, had rich experience in dealing with such existences and easily "advised It away."

Although Zhuan Lun Wang was sitting in the Yan Luo Treasure Hall, titled as a great king of one side, above Di Zang, and below countless divine soldiers and ghost troops, when Yin Guan came to kill, he was actually naked and alone, with absolutely no reinforcements!

Yin Guan was quite calm throughout the entire killing process, and felt no emotion after killing She Di Sheng, only glanced at the green traces before turning around and saying lightly: "I clearly saw She Di Sheng send a message to them, but they didn't take the opportunity to act and fight to the death. It seems I overestimated their courage."

The Monk of All Living Beings naturally knew who 'they' were, and said with a bit of amusement: "They probably betrayed you, and also betrayed She Di Sheng, right?"

"It's 'betrayed us'," Yin Guan corrected.

The Monk of All Living Beings lightly flicked a palm, brushing away the dust in the Su Ying Palace, and said casually: "I guess they are no longer in the underworld."

Yin Guan closed his eyes and sensed for a while, then pursed his lips: "They even abandoned their divine positions."

In some sense, the Yan Luo Treasure Hall was to the underworld what the Tai Xu Pavilion was to the Tai Xu illusion realm.

If someone could truly completely control the Yan Luo Treasure Hall and gain the support of the true Di Zang, then they could suppress all sides and unify the underworld, and the concept of "Underworld Heavenly Emperor" would not be entirely empty talk.

In this situation, the position of Yan Jun in the Yan Luo Treasure Hall was a clear and visible great path of the yang god, and it would inevitably occupy a key position in the future structure of the underworld.

If Yin Guan were in this position, he would definitely fight to the death.

Endure this period, and it would be a vast sea and sky, with infinite possibilities in the future.

She Di Sheng had ideals that had to be realized, and a yang god position that he could not abandon, so he stayed to gamble.

But Wu Guan Wang and Cheng Huang, were still as cautious as ever. They abandoned the divine positions they had painstakingly sought in the earlier period, rather having nothing than being on the same gambling table as Qin Guang Wang.

"With your current power, as long as you have a name, no matter where they escape to, they shouldn't escape your curse kill, right?" the Monk of All Living Beings asked.

"How to put it... Our organization is still quite talented. They know me very well and have long been on guard against my methods. Just like She Di Sheng earlier, I didn't curse him to death the first time because he used a rune puppet to substitute his life."

Yin Guan said without waves: "Those two guys also used some unknown means, and I can't find any traces for a while."

Precisely because he couldn't find any traces, and the curse had no target, he started from the Bi Zhen Palace and Tai He Palace, trying to follow the vine to find the melon through Cheng Huang and Wu Guan Wang's divine positions—but these two had completely cut off their connection with their underworld divine positions. They had fled before the danger.

Exactly how did they escape their divine positions in She Di Sheng's eyes, throwing She Di Sheng here alone to take the blame?

He was even a little curious!

Too talented.

"It's really not that surprising," the Monk of All Living Beings said.

"Count them lucky," Yin Guan retracted his slender fingers and hid them back in his sleeve.

He had long been aware of betrayal and did not demand loyalty from anyone.

For Wu Guan Wang and Cheng Huang, he did not even have the word "hate"—what could he not know about them? If they were truly loyal and unwavering, Yin Guan would instead be wary of himself.

The only difference between these two scoundrels and She Di Sheng was that they didn't need to be responsible for Chu Jiang Wang's death.

So if he could conveniently kill them, he wouldn't mind. If it wasn't convenient... Then he would see how he felt.

There were Brahma inscriptions in the main hall, and the Monk of All Living Beings quietly looked for a while.

After he finished looking, Yin Guan asked: "Since you've come, aren't you planning to sit in your Ming Chen Palace?"

The Monk of All Living Beings said: "If you really need me to, I will."

The grievances between Yin Guan and Jing Guo had ended when Lou Jiang Yue mediated peace. With Lou Jiang Yue's death and Lou Yue's fall into demonhood, both sides had even more common enemies.

Now, today's Yin Guan no longer faced difficulties in forming the "no door to hell," and he had also contributed a strike to opening the path against Chi Di Zang. But after killing She Di Sheng, he still had two truly terrifying enemies.

One was called "Shen Ying," and the other was called "Qi Hen."

Shen Ying was the peak of the derived path in the present world, and Qi Hen was an even more transcendent supreme existence.

For the current Yin Guan, transcendence was still a distant matter. But there was indeed a path in front of him—

The Underworld Heavenly Emperor that She Di Sheng had spoken of.

No matter who it was, no matter what path they had taken before, if they could conquer the underworld in one fell swoop and rule the yin world forever, they could naturally achieve transcendence through this.

But they both understood that in this era, no one could achieve this in the underworld.

Even someone as strong as Hong Jun Yan faced a thousand difficulties and obstacles on the path to establishing Li Country's hegemony. Although the underworld was vast, it could not accommodate a powerful force.

The Underworld Heavenly Emperor was indeed a piece of delicious meat, and the two people standing here were willing to help each other try, but they themselves had no appetite for it.

Yin Guan yawned: "Your dharma body is quite boring. Can't even crack a joke."

The Monk of All Living Beings said: "No need to force it."

Yin Guan glanced at him: "See you next time."

Saying this, he walked directly forward, pushed open the main door of the Su Ying Palace—

Vaguely, gods and ghosts were all in the distance. In the square outside the palace, only two figures in coronet robes were standing.

One was Ping Deng Wang, and the other was Yan Luo Wang.

When Zhuan Lun Wang was in danger, he naturally sought help from his dear colleagues. His colleagues couldn't bear to see his miserable state and silently closed the palace doors. Only now did they come out.

Ping Deng Wang bowed his head: "Boss..."

Yan Luo Wang knelt down directly and prostrated, knocking his forehead heavily on the ground with a thud: "Your subordinate pays respects to the leader!"

At this moment, only Yin Guan was left inside the Su Ying Palace, in a black robe with long hair, a thin and lonely figure. He walked out of the hall, looked up at the underworld sky, said nothing, and walked past between the standing Ping Deng Wang and the kneeling Yan Luo Wang.

As if they had never met, and would never be related in the future.

Ghosts and gods were like a tide, parting a path for him.

The boundless sea of clouds merged again, and sorrow was a mustard seed on Mount Sumeru.

Great Master Yong De, who was born with a smile, rarely had a few points of worry hanging on his face again. He stood in the high and spacious Tian Wang Hall, holding a razor in his hand, about to fall but not falling, hanging there for a long time.

The tall golden statues of the Four Great Heavenly Kings, with exaggerated lacquer colors outlining their majesty, stood on both sides, quietly overlooking the hall, as if watching the world for the Buddha.

"Do you really want to shave?" Yong De asked.

In front of him was a meditation cushion, and the person sitting on the cushion, who should have entered the empty door with a silent posture, was instead laughing brilliantly and wantonly: "Great Master, if this one knife doesn't shave it off, what did I come here for?"

Zhao Wu beside him opened his mouth: "Your Majesty—"

"Watch your words!" Xiong Ji raised his palm to cut off his words: "The current Emperor of Chu is Xiong Zi Du! I have already abdicated, Zen Master cannot call me Your Majesty again."

The relationship between Mount Sumeru and Chu Country had always been harmonious. Although their respective interests were different and they occasionally had conflicts, the general direction was still consistent. Historically, they even had intimate periods. It was not a new thing for the Zen practitioners of Mount Sumeru to make friends with the strong ones of Chu Country.

For example, Zhao Wu had always been very respectful to Huang Wei Zhen.

At this moment, he also said: "You have just abdicated, and the Great Chu National Teacher has just been captured there. If it weren't for the three emperors jointly hunting, the Shan Hai Dao Lord following and observing, and the Zhen Jiang True Lord seizing the bell, the consequences would be hard to predict. The future days are still long, and who knows how many more waves there will be... Are you really just watching?"

"Facing this battle just after ascending the throne may be an unfortunate thing for him, but it may also be a kind of fortune. The Son of Heaven claims to be lonely and widowed, this is a test that an emperor must face."

Xiong Ji shook his head and laughed: "I will not comment on how he did. Since I have entered the empty door, everything in Chu Country naturally has nothing to do with me."

His words were only to deceive himself. Before the dust settled on the East Sea side, he was not seen walking towards Mount Sumeru.

But given his identity, status, and past merits, reaching this level was enough to show his determination to shave and become a monk.

Chi Di Zang stirred up waves in the East Sea, and the World Honored One's three bells shook, giving Chi Di Zang support. An explanation was certainly needed. Later, supporting Jiang Wang with three bells was considered a declaration of position, but it didn't mean that this matter was just over.

Tu Hu's side was still okay to say, after all, there was Mu Country behind him.

Suspended Empty Temple and Mount Sumeru needed to be carefully considered.

Xiong Ji, whose governing career ended with the title of "Chu Lie Zong," suddenly came to the door, wanting to shave and become a monk in Mount Sumeru.

This itself was a kind of transaction.

The birth father of the current Chu Heavenly Son, shaving and becoming a monk in Mount Sumeru, how could the people of Chu hold Mount Sumeru accountable again?

How could Chu Country not protect Mount Sumeru?

How could Mount Sumeru not pass on some true skills to this ordained emperor!

Yong De lowered his worried brows: "This old monk's Zen cultivation is not refined, and I really can't understand it clearly. When the donor was emperor, he was a world hegemon. After abdicating, he is also a hero of ancient and modern times. A character who can be a historical example, why enter the empty door? Although the Buddha's dharma is boundless, who can ferry you?"

"Of course, the abbot will shave me on behalf of the master," Xiong Ji said with a smile: "How about it, Great Master Yong De really wants to be my master?"

"No, no, no." Yong De hurriedly shook his head: "This old monk does not dare!"

When he was emperor, Xiong Ji was the most powerful person in the present world. After abdicating, Xiong Ji was also a countable True Lord in the present world. Even without the blessing of Chu Country, he was not worse than Yong De in all aspects.

If a character like Xiong Ji truly bowed down and became Yong De's disciple, then the "Maitreya Descent Sutra" must be passed on, and there could be no other choice for the next abbot of Mount Sumeru.

Even if Xiong Ji could put down this face, Yong De would absolutely not have this intention.

Xiong Ji smiled: "Abbot asked me the reason for shaving. Since I want to enter this door, I still need to give the abbot a sincere answer."

He sat there in the posture of receiving precepts. But he spoke and laughed at ease, his demeanor noble, the prestige he once held over the world was hard to completely shed for a time.

"It's not too humble to say that when I was in office, I still had some prestige. Now returning to myself with great power, being able to retreat from the peak is also the country's support and trust. However, Great Chu already has a new king. If I, the former king, continue to exist prominently, it will inevitably make some people's hearts unstable. Whenever there are some domestic incidents, someone comes to ask what Lie Zong means, then how can the Son of Heaven position himself?"

"One dynasty's Son of Heaven, one dynasty's world. For his good, for my good, for Chu Country's good, I can only avoid it."

"From ancient times to the present, wise lords and benevolent kings mostly avoided death or avoided to the various heavens."

Xiong Ji stirred his hand: "I don't want to die, and I'm not willing to wander in the various heavens, so I can only become a monk."

Yong De said with a bitter face: "Chu Country also has royal temples, why don't you seek near but far?"

Xiong Ji laughed heartily: "Who believes in Buddha there? They don't take it seriously!"

"In my life, I either don't do things, or if I do, I do them to the best. Governing is like this, cultivating Buddha is also like this. Since I want to shave, I will only enter a great sect. Now if I abandon Mount Sumeru and enter Suspended Empty Temple, that is seeking near but far—" He sat there, pressing his knees with both hands, and raised his head: "Great Master Yong De hesitates to raise the knife, aren't you afraid that my Buddha's dharma will progress and surpass yours?"

Yong De immediately joined his palms: "The Buddha's dharma has no high or low. He who is superior benefits me, and he who is wiser enlightens me. The vast Bodhi shades my blessings, and I wish for it."

"I have been taught." Xiong Ji lowered his head and said: "Now receiving guidance from Senior Brother, I, Junior Brother, am overjoyed."

Saying this, he reached out and took Yong De's razor, and with a single stroke towards his head, he shaved away all his troubles. All the green hair turned to ashes, leaving only a shiny bald head, like a halo of Brahma's glory.

Xiong Ji shaved himself.

Yong De sighed: "Donor has always done things himself in his life, and even shaving is not done by others. A true hero!"

"This is not entirely true. The Heavenly Son of the Six Harmonies I just handed over to the new Heavenly Son, waiting for later generations with the state and society of Chu Country." Xiong Ji said indifferently: "There are things that can and cannot be done, and destinies that should and cannot be exhausted. Only the things I can do well, I do well myself. Why trouble others? Although this razor is light, the troubles are heavy. I will bear them myself."

With all this green hair shed, Xiong Ji addressed Yong De as "Senior Brother." His entry into the door of Mount Sumeru was already a settled fact.

And it was received by Yong De on behalf of his deceased master Zhao Chen.

Since entering the door, the wood was already a boat, and Yong De also accepted it gladly.

A smile bloomed on his fat face again, and he looked at Xiong Ji warmly: "Since Junior Brother has entered the Zen door, it is also a great joy for Mount Sumeru. The first master has already entered nirvana. Since I am receiving a disciple on behalf of the master, I should also, on behalf of the master, give you a dharma name. The dharma names of Mount Sumeru are 'Liao Xuan Qing Ji De Ming Xing, Zhao Yong Pu Zhen Ji Shi Yuan'. We are the 'Yong' generation. Junior Brother's words... Let me see, which character suits Junior Brother."

Xiong Ji laughed and interrupted his thinking: "Which characters can be chosen?"

"Theoretically, as long as no one in the past five generations has used it, any can be used." Yong De saw that he wanted to choose his own, so he raised his fat palm. There was a vast universe in his palm, in which countless Brahma characters floated and sank: "Our generation cultivates Zen and values fate. I also want to see which character Junior Brother has a fate with."

"No need to be so troublesome!" Xiong Ji said with a smile on his face, stood up, raised his hand, and took the Brahma characters universe from Yong De's palm. He lightly closed his five fingers, then opened them again, and had already pinched out a character.

This character had a red-gold light and stood in Xiong Ji's palm, with a heavy feeling!

He laughed: "How about getting a 'Heng' character?"

Yong De said solemnly: "This name... is too big."

"My secular family's 'Ji' character is also very big. It cannot be unloaded from my shoulders, and I can only move forward with a hard head—force the impossible, then I can step over ancient and modern times." Xiong Ji raised his palm in a ritual to him, calm and distant: "Heng Yong has seen Senior Brother."