Six Realms, Heavenly Dao, Heed My Command! Establish the Six Paths of Reincarnation and the Ten Halls of Yama
"I will not become a Buddha until the underworld is emptied."
A loud voice rang out.
It spread throughout the entire Six Realms.
Moreover, this voice almost broke through this plane, but in the end, this grand ambition only resounded within the Six Realms.
This is a grand aspiration of heaven and earth.
All living beings in the entire Six Realms heard Lu Changsheng's voice.
I vow not to become a Buddha until the underworld is emptied.
This voice resounded throughout the Six Realms, shocking countless cultivators.
Of the six realms, the Buddhist cultivators were the most awestruck.
They understood all too well how terrifying Lu Changsheng's grand ambition was.
A grand aspiration is a magnificent wish. Once it is made and recognized by the Heavenly Dao, you will have to bear the consequences.
Making a grand vow can bring immeasurable merit, but after you have gained merit, you must fulfill your grand vow. It is not that you can make a grand vow and then pretend nothing happened.
Lu Changsheng is a special case. He made many grand vows in the Lower Realm, and theoretically he would be entangled in karma. Even Immortal King would have to pay a huge price for it.
Unfortunately, Lu Changsheng cannot be described by common sense.
"That's impossible!"
Within the Buddhist community, an ancient monk of the Immortal Emperor level spoke up. This was a true peerless master of Buddhism, who was already old and resided in the Great Thunder Ancient Temple.
His voice rang out, filled with shock and disbelief.
"All living beings in the Five Realms who die because of love, hatred, and grudges will inevitably become vengeful spirits, and the underworld cannot completely redeem them. This grand ambition is simply impossible to fulfill."
The celestial emperor of the Buddhist realm spoke up, saying in disbelief.
Let alone him, no one in the entire Five Realms can believe that Lu Changsheng can fulfill this grand ambition.
The endless stream of vengeful spirits could never be completely eradicated. Lu Changsheng's grand ambition was tantamount to courting death.
In the underworld.
The ten Ghost Emperors were also shocked upon hearing Lu Changsheng's words.
They knew better than anyone how terrifying the underworld was; it was a place where resentment from the world gathered, and vengeful spirits could not be completely exorcised.
Because as long as someone dies, there will be vengeful spirits, and once there are vengeful spirits, this grand ambition cannot be fulfilled.
Such a grand ambition is terrifying; even the monk from the Great Thousand World wouldn't dare to make such a vow.
It was just a grand ambition set forth.
Golden lotuses bloomed beneath Lu Changsheng's feet, and celestial music resounded. After sensing Lu Changsheng's grand ambition, the Heavenly Dao of the Six Realms unleashed a terrifying Merit Dragon.
Merit Dragon appeared in the sky above the underworld.
One! Ten! One hundred! One thousand! Ten thousand! One hundred thousand! One million!
A full million Merit Dragon appeared, and these Merit Dragon gathered together to evolve into a Five-Clawed Merit Golden Dragon with a huge body. One of its claws alone could grab a sun.
And it's not just one.
The second is the Five-Clawed Merit Golden Dragon.
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Ten Five-Clawed Merit Golden Dragon appeared, encircling the ten directions of the underworld.
Buzz buzz buzz!
The Heaven and Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda trembled, and in an instant, the Five-Clawed Merit Golden Dragon rushed into the Heaven and Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda.
This is Lu Changsheng's innate merit Law Treasure, but its quality is only that of Immortal King Artifact.
Only by absorbing merit can one undergo transformation.
Now, an overwhelming amount of merit has appeared.
A Five-Clawed Merit Golden Dragon descended from the sky, covering a vast area. The entire area was submerged by the sea of merit, and the vengeful spirits were instantly liberated. Drops of merit flowed into the location where Lu Changsheng was.
Boom boom boom!
At this moment Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda of Heaven and Earth was devouring a massive amount of merit.
These merits are terrifying.
The Heaven Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda was shaking violently, seemingly unable to withstand so much merit.
But this is the creation of the Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda itself, which Lu Changsheng cannot interfere with, nor does he want to.
"Fellow Daoist, your actions and the making of such a grand ambition are far too impulsive."
Ghost Emperor spoke up, believing that Lu Changsheng's grand ambition was almost impossible to fulfill.
They hoped that Lu Changsheng would retract his grand ambition; otherwise, once he had absorbed all the Profound Yellow Merit Qi, it would be impossible for him to regret it later.
"No, I have already made this grand vow, so naturally I have a way to deal with it."
Lu Changsheng said calmly.
Before coming to the underworld, he had already thought of a way to resolve this matter, and besides, this wasn't the first time he had made a grand vow.
Anyway, I'm not afraid of being burdened by debt; I can pay it off slowly.
"Is there a solution?"
The ten Ghost Emperors were all astonished. They knew the Underworld better than Lu Changsheng and naturally knew just how terrifying Lu Changsheng's grand ambition was.
"The underworld is a place where resentful souls of heaven and earth gather. Fellow Daoist, if you make this vow, you will stay in the underworld for all eternity. As long as the underworld is not empty, you will never become a Buddha."
Another Ghost Emperor spoke up, believing that Lu Changsheng was still overconfident.
However, Lu Changsheng chuckled and said, "Gentlemen, I wish to establish the Ten Kings of Hell. I wonder if any of you are willing to assume the role of the Ten Kings of Hell, to govern life and death in the world, and to establish the Six Paths of Reincarnation of Reincarnation? I would like to leave the judgment to you all. What do you say?"
Lu Changsheng spoke, revealing his biggest plan.
I vow not to become a Buddha until the underworld is emptied.
The reason why Lu Changsheng dared to make this grand vow was not for the sake of merit. On the contrary, when Lu Changsheng looked at the underworld, he had already thought of the plan of the Six Paths of Reincarnation and the Ten Kings of Hell.
"The Ten Kings of Hell?"
"Controlling life and death in heaven and earth?"
"Establish the Six Paths of Reincarnation?"
Apart from the Ghost Emperor Huangdu, the other nine Ghost Emperors were all shocked. They had not expected that Lu Changsheng would have such a grand plan.
However, soon enough, one of the Ghost Emperor couldn't help but ask.
"Uh, may I ask what the Ten Kings of Hell are? And what is the Six Paths of Reincarnation?"
The Ghost Emperor, not understanding, humbly sought his guidance.
Lu Changsheng then directly offered his explanation.
"The so-called Ten Kings of Hell means that each of you controls one King of Hell. All living beings in the world are divided into good and evil. There are thousands of kinds of good and thousands of kinds of evil. The ten kings are divided to govern different kinds of good and evil."
"The Six Paths of Reincarnation are the places where vengeful spirits are exorcised, divided into the Path of Immortals, the Path of Humans, the Path of Ghosts, the Path of Buddhas, the Path of Animals, and the Path of Asuras."
Those who perform minor acts of kindness can enter the human realm and enjoy wealth and honor in their next life; those who perform great acts of kindness can enter the realm of immortals and Buddhas and attain the status of a Golden Immortal in their next life.
"Those who commit minor evils will enter the human realm and be reborn as slaves or beggars to eliminate their karmic burdens."
"The most wicked will enter the realm of ghosts, suffer extreme punishments in the underworld, and repay their karmic debts."
"Those who are extremely wicked will enter the Asura realm."
"Heaven and earth, all living beings, this is the Six Paths of Reincarnation."
"The Ten Kings of Hell are the place of judgment, and they hold supreme power over the underworld."
Lu Changsheng spoke, explaining the purpose of the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
Even the Ghost Emperor Huangdu was shocked at this moment.
The Ten Ghost Emperor never imagined that the Six Paths of Reincarnation would be something like this.
"That's impossible."
"Yeah, how is that even possible?"
"All living beings under heaven have their own destiny and their own cause and effect. How can we possibly judge the life and death of others?"
"It's one thing to judge human cultivators, but how could the demon realm, the fiend realm, the Buddhist realm, or the immortal realm allow us to determine their life or death?"
The ten Ghost Emperors were utterly shocked.
If the Six Paths of Reincarnation were established, these ten people would wield supreme power, and in some ways, even greater than the Heavenly Court of the Immortal Realm.
After all, everyone dies eventually. Would you like to be reborn as a rich person or into a powerful family?
Then all the people in the world would have to be extremely respectful to Yama, and burn incense every year and every month. At that time, countless forces of faith would probably be generated.
Is it any worse than the Buddhist realm?
Moreover, this only applies to the human race; if we include all living beings in the world, this is even more true.
Hiss!
This is simply unimaginable.
So, under such circumstances, would the Five Realms agree?
Are they willing?
Putting aside everything else, the Immortal Realm would absolutely never agree to this.
However, Lu Changsheng shook his head and said...
"This matter affects all living beings in the world. There are too many vengeful spirits in the world, and the resentment in the underworld is endless. If we let it go unchecked, it will cause a great disaster sooner or later."
"The Six Paths of Reincarnation must be established. However, those who attain the status of Immortal Lord are exempt from the suffering of reincarnation. Below the level of Immortal Lord, no matter if you are a demon, monster, god, or Buddha, you are all subject to reincarnation."
Lu Changsheng spoke, his expression resolute.
This scene, however, was witnessed by the entire Buddhist community.
Countless ancient monks frowned. In an instant, they realized that if Lu Changsheng established the Six Paths of Reincarnation, it would be a great act of kindness. However, once the Six Paths of Reincarnation were established, he would also have to share the incense offerings of all living beings.
More importantly, since all things in the universe must enter this cycle, wouldn't that mean they are being constrained invisibly?
However, the high-ranking Buddhist monks remained silent, because this was a great act of merit that could eliminate the resentment of the underworld. Anyone could object, but Buddhist disciples were not allowed to object.
After all, Buddhist disciples are meant to benefit all living beings. If they were to oppose this, wouldn't they be going against their own conscience? That would be even more troublesome.
But just then...
A magnificent voice rang out.
From the Immortal Realm Heavenly Court.
"Six Paths of Reincarnation? That's quite an arrogant statement. Let me be clear: the beings of the Six Realms will never agree to that."
This is the voice of Di Tian.
He sat in the Heavenly Court, surrounded by the stars of the universe, supreme and unparalleled. He had now become the Immortal Emperor, and in the God Sea, he had also obtained corresponding fortune and fortuitous opportunity.
More importantly, during the four months that Lu Changsheng was in seclusion, he vigorously developed the Heavenly Court's power, and countless sects and dynasties submitted to the Di Tian.
Di Tian now enjoys extremely high prestige in the Immortal Realm. After all, he is the first Immortal Emperor in the Immortal Realm, and more importantly, he is the Lord of the Heavenly Court, so naturally no one dares to disobey him.
Right now.
Di Tian had already sensed Lu Changsheng's grand ambition. As for the talk of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, he had also heard it. So, he spoke up immediately, directly denying Lu Changsheng's establishment of the so-called Six Paths of Reincarnation.
In fact, everyone knows that establishing the Six Paths of Reincarnation is indeed a good thing.
This is a great thing, especially for the human race. Once there is reincarnation, the resentment in the six realms will gradually decrease, and some calamities will not occur. For the Immortal King, this can avoid some trouble.
And for all living beings, it is also a good thing.
The saying goes that good deeds bring good rewards and evil deeds bring evil consequences. Faced with the Six Paths of Reincarnation, people turn to good, thus bringing peace and harmony to the world.
This is a truth that everyone understands.
But people understand another truth even more clearly.
In the six realms, anyone with a bit of power does not want to enter the cycle of reincarnation. Once trapped in reincarnation, upon death, one's fate will be controlled by others, and all the good and evil deeds one has done will be settled.
They naturally didn't want to.
More importantly, establishing the Six Paths of Reincarnation is an immeasurable act of merit, enough to enable one to become an Immortal Emperor.
Who wouldn't want such immense merit?
Who would be willing to give it up so easily?
Especially Di Tian, as the First Immortal Emperor in the Immortal Realm, who rules the Heavenly Court, expanded his power to the entire Immortal Realm in just four months. If given another three years, he can completely unify the Immortal Realm.
When the time comes, a new order will be established, immeasurable merits will be gained, and the Heavenly Dao Mark of the Immortal Realm will be in control, allowing for a true transformation and the attainment of supreme fortune.
However, he has a major flaw: he did not become a Celestial Emperor in the Six Realms.
He did not become an Immortal Emperor in the Immortal Realm.
However, if Lu Changsheng obtains this immense merit, Lu Changsheng will surely become an Immortal Emperor. Once he becomes an Immortal Emperor, Lu Changsheng will be his biggest competitor on the road to vying for the Heavenly Dao Mark of the Immortal Realm.
Therefore, he opposed it without hesitation.
Di Tian's voice rang out.
In the underworld.
Lu Changsheng chuckled softly, looked up at the sky, and then slowly spoke.
"You dare to challenge me?"
Three simple words, yet this rebuttal was full of gunpowder.
People were shocked and couldn't believe that Lu Changsheng dared to challenge a Celestial Emperor.
However, Lu Changsheng is now Immortal King, so he naturally has no fear of this Celestial Emperor.
In an instant, in the Immortal Realm, the first sound heard was of Di Tian sitting in the main hall, his face showing a calm arrogance, and then his voice spread throughout the entire Six Realms.
"I am Di Tian, a Celestial Emperor, the Lord of the Heavenly Court, the Child of the Heavenly Dao. I am not worthy to represent all living beings in the Six Realms, so are you?"
Di Tian was extremely arrogant.
The title "Child of the Heavenly Dao" is particularly proud of him, even though he bestowed it upon himself.
But it must be said that Di Tian does have the right to be proud.
However, at that moment, a magnificent voice resounded from within the Buddhist realm.
"If you are truly able to establish the Six Paths of Reincarnation, I will do my utmost to help you."
This is the voice of the celestial emperor of the Buddhist realm.
The Six Paths of Reincarnation involves all living beings under heaven; it is an unparalleled merit, worthy of being called an immeasurable merit.
"Shed Bone Divine Monk, are you trying to make an enemy of my immortal realm?"
Di Tian's voice rang out, and he sounded somewhat angry.
However, the Shed Bone Divine Monk slowly spoke.
"If the Six Paths of Reincarnation can be established, this humble monk will naturally do everything in his power to make it happen, for he cares about all living beings under heaven."
The Shed Bone Divine Monk spoke.
But in an instant, Di Tian understood what the other party meant.
At the same time, I realized that I had acted impulsively.
The Six Paths of Reincarnation is not something that can be established so easily.
Although this is a great act of merit.
The problem is that the Six Paths of Reincarnation involves something else: cause and effect.
But who controls cause and effect?
It is controlled by the Heavenly Dao.
In other words, this means someone is vying for power with the Heavenly Dao.
The causes and effects of all living beings are determined by Heaven.
However, if there were Six Paths of Reincarnation, then the Heavenly Dao would lose its power over cause and effect.
Therefore, it is feared that the Six Paths of Reincarnation will not be successfully established.
Thinking about this, Di Tian realized that he had acted impulsively.
However, it's not a big deal, since he would never agree to it anyway; it was just that he expressed his opinion too early.
However, in the underworld...
Upon hearing this, Lu Changsheng couldn't help but chuckle.
He understood the meaning of the Shed Bone Divine Monk in an instant.
Thinking about this...
In an instant, the Heavenly Dao Mark of the Human Realm, the Heavenly Dao Mark of the Demon Realm, and a portion of the Heavenly Dao Mark of the Immortal Realm within Lu Changsheng's body soared into the sky.
Floating above the Azure Sky.
Then a voice rang out.
"Today, I, Lu Changsheng, wish to establish the Six Paths of Reincarnation, the Ten Kings of Hell, and the Six Heavenly Dao of Heaven. Heed my decree, and all living beings under heaven, regardless of their race or nature, will be subject to reincarnation. Without attaining the status of an Immortal Lord, one cannot escape the cycle of reincarnation."
In an instant.
All cultivators from the six realms heard this voice.
It was at this moment that...
The Heavenly Dao Mark of the Buddhist Realm burst forth with boundless divine light, which then entered the Underworld.
Soon, the Heavenly Dao Mark of the Demon Realm, the Immortal Realm, and the Underworld also appeared together, and the Heavenly Dao Mark of the Six Realms erupted with unparalleled divine light at this moment.
Meanwhile, in the underworld, enormous palaces appeared.
The Six Paths of Reincarnation has manifested!