Chapter 198 On July 15th, a Hundred Demons Parade at Night!

A thousand years later.

Huang Long successfully refined a top-grade innate spiritual treasure, named the Hundred Ghosts Picture.

This volume of atlas consists of two parts.

The upper volume records the various ways of death of innate creatures.

The lower volume records the various ways of death of acquired creatures.

On the day when the magic weapon was formed, infinite innate Yin Qi and innate death Qi flowed into Guixu along Youdu Mountain, just like hundreds of rivers flowing into the sea, and entered the innate Ten Thousand Ghosts Picture.

The Hundred Ghosts Picture shined brightly and evolved into various mysterious visions, including a bright moon in the sky, a dark river running across, and the gates of ghosts opened wide...

Among these visions, there were 128,600 different creatures who died in different ways, wailing miserably, making people feel the despair before death.

Such a picture is really weird and creepy, making people feel despair when they see it.

The reason why Huang Long refined such an innate spiritual treasure was to wait until Emperor Shun came to power, and then use it to set off a night parade of hundreds of ghosts that swept the entire prehistoric world.

This will further enhance the prestige of the Netherworld, increase the status of the Netherworld in the hearts of the human race, and also strengthen the authority of the Earth Official.

As long as this feat can be accomplished, even if the status of the Heavenly Court and the Chan Sect in the hearts of the human race has been greatly improved over the years.

In the end, they will be suppressed by the Netherworld, or at least have equal status.

Huang Long took a step forward and first came to the Netherworld Palace and handed the Hundred Ghosts Map to the Nine Yin Ghost Mother.

Then, he came to the underworld and summoned the underworld officials such as Shenlong and Tu Bo to explain their next tasks.

Under Huang Long's order, the entire Netherworld began to take action.

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Emperor Yao did not know about the movements of the Netherworld, and he was still governing the human race in an orderly manner.

In the territory of the human race, city-states gradually began to replace tribes, and the Wen Dao and Jindan Dao developed rapidly.

Strong men from all over the country emerged in an endless stream, and the benefits brought by the protagonist of heaven and earth became more and more obvious.

Farming, culture, crafts, military, musical instruments, medicine and other aspects have all been systematically inherited within the human race.

At the same time, the connection between heaven and human race became closer and closer.

The gods often appeared to help human race slay demons and eliminate disasters.

Shun also thrived in this environment and gradually showed some talent.

Youyu tribe.

As Shun grew up, his talent gradually emerged.

He created more convenient and efficient farming tools and increased the yield of grains.

He had high artistic attainments and created a variety of musical instruments to improve the quality of life of his people.

He was generous, filial to his parents, and friendly to others, and was deeply respected by the people of Youyu tribe and surrounding tribes.

After hearing this, Emperor Yao specially ordered people to invite Shun to be an official.

He first asked Shun to be an agricultural official, and then asked his nine sons to farm with Shun to observe his character.

After a hundred years, he found that Shun was indeed consistent in his words and deeds, and was born with a convincing charm.

Later, Emperor Yao promoted Shun's official position according to his achievements.

Shun did not disappoint Emperor Yao. He was very capable and could make achievements that satisfied Emperor Yao no matter what position he was in.

After testing Shun for another hundred years, Emperor Yao married his two daughters, Ehuang and Nvying, to Shun and trained them as his successors.

After serving as a close minister of Emperor Yao, Shun, on the one hand, rectified the ritual system, simplified it, and brought forth new ideas, making the ritual more in line with the heaven and earth and more in line with people's hearts.

On the other hand, he reduced the punishment, increased the intensity of education, and used morality to restrain the human race.

Under the combination of kindness and power, more people were convinced of his policies.

In this way, Shun's achievements became more and more, and the human race became more and more polite. He stood out from a group of competitors and truly became the successor of the common leader of the human race.

After Emperor Yao had been in power for more than 8,000 years, he gradually began to hand over the affairs of the human race to Shun and carefully trained him.

This process continued until Emperor Yao abdicated.

On this day, the ancestral land of the human race.

The three ancestors of the human race and the great sages of the human race gathered here to hold an abdication ceremony for Emperor Yao.

The three ancestors of the human race and many great sages have long been familiar with this process.

Build an altar, wait for Emperor Yao to go up, and after offering sacrifices to heaven, earth and people, summarize his achievements, and then hear a loud "boom".

A large amount of merit fell from the sky and landed on Emperor Yao, which made his cultivation constantly improve, and finally stopped at the half-step quasi-sage.

At the same time, the luck of the human race increased again, and many human races broke through with the blessing of luck.

There are thousands of Taiyi Jinxian and dozens of Daluo Jinxian near Kongtong Mountain alone.

The three ancestors of the human race, Suiren, Youchao and Ziyi, after experiencing the Three Emperors, Zhuanxu, Emperor Ku and Emperor Yao, won the industry.

Their cultivation finally broke through again and reached the half-step quasi-sage realm, comparable to the Five Emperors.

When the Three Emperors and Five Emperors all returned to their positions, the position of the protagonist of the human race in heaven and earth was completely finalized, and their cultivation could be further improved, and quasi-sage would not be a problem.

In the Fire Cloud Cave.

The cultivation of the human race leader and his subordinates also broke through. With the help of huge luck, Fuxi, Shennong and Xuanyuan also improved to varying degrees.

When the Five Emperors return to their positions, they can achieve the peak of the late Quasi-Sage, and then merge with the Three Emperors to truly achieve the fruition of the Supreme Man.

But even now, the number of Daluo Jinxian, half-step Quasi-Sage and Quasi-Sage in the human race is not comparable to that of the entire prehistoric world.

Today's human race, even if it has not yet firmly established its position as the protagonist of heaven and earth, is worthy of the name in terms of high-end combat power.

As an imperial teacher, Xuandu also gained merits, and with the peak cultivation of the late Daluo Jinxian, he still firmly holds the position of the first of the four Western religions of the Jiechan people.

However, thinking of the disciple sitting under Huang Long, he suddenly felt mixed emotions in his heart, and was not satisfied.

During Emperor Yao's reign, the immortals in the Heavenly Court often appeared and also gained considerable merits.

When all the merits fell, when everyone thought that the ceremony was over and Emperor Yao was about to take his subordinates to the Fire Cloud Cave Heaven to suppress the luck.

A large amount of immortal light suddenly descended from the sky, and Emperor Haotian came in person, giving enough face to the common leader of the human race.

"Human Emperor Yao came forward to listen to the title. I, as the Lord of the Heavenly Court, canonize Yao of the human race as the Heavenly Official Emperor, enjoy the throne of the Heavenly Court, and rank above all the immortals!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After thinking for a while, Emperor Yao agreed.

Whether it was for him personally or for the human race, this was a win-win situation.

For the Heavenly Court, it could expand its influence and improve its reputation.

For Emperor Yao, it was beneficial to his practice to obtain some of the blessing of the Heavenly Court's luck.

For the human race, it can deepen the cause and effect with the Heavenly Court, making the title of the protagonist of heaven and earth more legitimate.

Then, Haotian set the fifteenth day of the first lunar month of each year as the Lantern Festival, when the Heavenly Official Emperor needs to come to the world to bless and eliminate disasters for all living beings.

This is not a big deal for Emperor Yao.

Although he needs to sit in Huoyun Cave Heaven to suppress the luck before the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors return to their positions.

But coming out once a year, with the authority given by the Heavenly Court, to bless and eliminate disasters for all living beings, that is not a problem at all.

Moreover, blessing and eliminating disasters are also beneficial to the human race, so how could he refuse?

When his cultivation is further improved and he kills the good corpse, he can even let the good corpse be responsible for this matter.

No matter how you look at it, this is a good thing with only one benefit and no harm.

Haotian is also quite satisfied with Emperor Yao's happy agreement.

Emperor Yao and the Heavenly Court had always cooperated happily. It was his decision after careful consideration to let Emperor Yao take the position of Heavenly Official Emperor, and it was also an opportunity for the Heavenly Court to further integrate into the human race.

After doing all this, the matter was truly settled. Haotian drove away, and Emperor Yao retired to Huoyun Cave with his subordinates.

Shun took over the position of the co-leader of the human race, and the human race entered the era of Emperor Shun.

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Since Shun became an important minister of Emperor Yao, the Youyu tribe has risen with the tide, gradually developing from a tribe to a city-state.

And when Shun successfully took over the position of the co-leader of the human race and the heavy burden was behind him, the Youyu city-state went up a level and was promoted to the Youyu Kingdom, becoming the new center of the human race.

As a disciple of the Guixu lineage, Shun naturally knew Huang Long's next plan and the purpose of this matter from Minghe.

He knew that this matter was of great importance, not only had a huge impact on the tunnel, but also was closely related to the human race.

If it is not handled properly, the human race will suffer heavy losses, and even the human ancestors who worked in the underworld will be implicated.

If it can be handled properly, the human race will benefit from it and have a closer relationship with the netherworld.

There are many uncertainties for the human race to become immortals and serve in the heavens. It is destined to be extremely difficult and the number will not be too large.

Even if you just become a heavenly soldier, there will be many obstacles.

But death is different. No matter who it is, even Taiyi Jinxian, there will be a day when they will die.

Even Daluo Jinxian dare not guarantee that he can live forever.

It is for this reason that Shun believes that the underworld is more important to the human race.

Since death is inevitable, as long as the relationship with the underworld is closer.

After the death of the clan members in the future, they will be able to get more preferential treatment in the underworld.

Even if the punishment of the eighteen levels of hell is inevitable, reincarnation can also get some convenience.

If the human race wants to serve as a ghost soldier in the underworld after death, it will be easier.

So, Emperor Shun immediately sent his subordinates to convey the message and ordered all city-states, tribes, and villages to prepare for the response.

From now on, no matter what noise you hear at night, you must not go out, nor can you go out to check at will.

If you really have to, there must be a reason for you to go out.

After seeing the ghosts of the underworld, you must not disturb them rashly, but you must get out of the way as soon as possible, don't look up and wait, and wait for the ghosts of the underworld to leave.

Otherwise, once you disturb the underworld, your life will be in danger and you will bear the consequences.

The status of the human leader is lofty, and Emperor Shun has always won people over with virtue. This is the first time that he has taken it so seriously.

Whether it is the men, women, old and young of the human race, or the ancestors of the human race who have achieved success in cultivation, they all attach great importance to his instructions, and they have a little more awe of the underworld.

Of course, what Emperor Shun did could not be as simple as just notifying in advance.

After issuing the notice, he sent people to build temples in various places.

The big city built the underworld temple, the small city built the city god temple, the village built the land temple, the mountain god built in the mountains, and the water god built by the rivers and lakes.

In addition, the human race now has blood-related families, and each family must build a clan temple to worship their ancestors.

This is just the first step.

Next, under the guidance of the Styx, Emperor Shun made the earliest ghost money with animal skins, leaves and other materials.

He ordered the human race to burn ghost money and provide food when worshiping the souls of their ancestors.

Not only that, Emperor Shun also ordered people to worship the land and crops, praying for a good harvest in the coming year, and ordered each household to paste peach charms and carve door gods on the door.

After arranging the affairs of the tribe, Emperor Shun also sent messengers to inform other surrounding tribes of this matter. As for whether they listen or not, it is their business.

Time flies, and it is already three hundred years later.

During this period, the human race completed the construction of temples in various places, went out less at night, and defeated the customs of burning ghost money and offering food to ancestors, which had also spread among the human race.

This year, on the night of July 15th.

The bright moon hung high in the night sky, brighter than ever before.

But for some reason, the moonlight tonight was particularly cold, which made people shudder.

In addition to the customs of these years, many human races returned home early and closed the doors.

However, after returning home, these people were not blindly afraid.

According to the instructions of Emperor Shun, grand sacrificial ceremonies were held in various places of the human race on this day.

After returning home, these people began to sacrifice to the souls of their ancestors, offer incense, place offerings, burn ghost money, and pray for peace.

Officials from all over the country organized to worship the gods of the underworld and seek shelter.

As the common leader of the human race, Emperor Shun was not idle.

He led his subordinates to personally go to the largest underworld temple in the territory of Yu State, and first bowed to the two authentic saints Pingxin and Huanglong, praying for their blessings and protection.

Then he bowed to the underworld officials such as Shenlong and Tubo.

Finally, he looked at the center of the hall, and the statues standing in front of Huanglong and Houtu bowed to him.

Interestingly, except for Pingxin, Huanglong and the statue in the center.

Whether it was the ancestor of earthly immortals, Shenlong, Tubo and other local underworld officials, the statues slightly turned away and only received half of the courtesy from Emperor Shun.

The statues of the Five Ghost Emperors, the Five Underworld Lords, the Four Underworld Lords, etc. turned their backs to Emperor Shun until he finished the courtesy.

This is the common leader of the human race. Even if Emperor Shun's cultivation is not very high, even Yin Shuai can defeat him head-on.

But Emperor Shun has the blessing of the human race's luck and his status is extremely high.

Except for the saints, there are not many creatures who can receive his courtesy.

Emperor Shun knew this very well.

But when he thought of the upcoming action in the underworld, he still insisted on bowing to show respect.

I just hope that what I have done can help the human race get the blessing of the gods in the netherworld and reduce some losses.

After the sacrifice was unlocked, all the human races returned home regardless of their cultivation level, closed their doors and went to sleep early.

No matter what happens tonight, don't go out rashly.

Even other races around, feeling the surrounding Yin Qi at home, also had a bad premonition.

Some races remembered the reminder of Emperor Shun in the early years and ordered their people to return home and not go out.

But some races did not take Emperor Shun's words to heart, so they didn't know what was going on and how to deal with it, so they became panic.

It was late at night.

The moonlight became brighter and colder, and the prehistoric land was filled with Yin Qi and ghosts.

The Yin Qi in the netherworld was even more dense and liquid, and the ghosts cheered.

Many Yin spirits were in it, madly absorbing the power of the nether moon, refining the surrounding Yin Qi, and their strength increased greatly.

Many ghosts with less karma, even good souls, led by the ghosts of the underworld, headed for the nearby Ghost Gate.

A large number of ghost soldiers wearing armor and holding soul-binding ropes gathered, obeying orders and heading for the Ghost Gate under the leadership of the ghost commander.

Even the Five Directions Underworld Lords and the Four Underworld Lords began to move.

The Underworld Palace.

Eight Daluo Jinxian ghosts carried a black sedan chair and walked out, surrounded by a group of ghost soldiers and ghosts, passing through five wide-open Ghost Gates.

This was the first time that the underworld entered the human world on a large scale, enjoying the human world's fire offerings, allowing the dead souls to reunite with their descendants for a short time.

At the same time, it was also to allow the underworld to add another strong man...