Schemes of Gods and Demons

Legends of the Netherworld Underworld continually flashed through Zhou Jun's mind, intertwining and colliding within his thoughts. Yet he always felt that some crucial element was missing. So he decided to calm himself, sit cross-legged, and use his magical power to connect with the Eighteen Leyline Pearls, beginning to simulate the evolution of the Netherworld Underworld within them.

He imagined the formation of the underworld, beginning with Houtu transforming into reincarnation. The Ten Palace Yama Kings each performed their duties, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva held compassion in his heart, the Yin Heavenly Son stood in solemn majesty, and Ghost Gate Pass loomed grimly... Zhou Jun's thoughts unfolded before him like scroll after scroll of paintings. But when he waved his hand to halt the underworld's evolution and opened his eyes, he frowned slightly.

"Something's wrong," he murmured. "According to that deduction, the underworld seems to still be operating normally, but it gives me a feeling of incompleteness. This isn't a problem with the Six Paths of Reincarnation, so where exactly did things go wrong?" Zhou Jun racked his brains and scratched at his head, yet could not figure it out.

Just as he was troubled, he suddenly felt a tremor rise from underground. He immediately collected his thoughts and focused on the blood river beneath his feet. The blood river churned, its waves surging as though something was about to erupt from its depths.

Zhou Jun stared intently at the blood river. He could sense that the tremor did not originate from the river itself, but from beneath it. Sure enough, before long, a powerful surge of Resentful Energy erupted from beneath the blood river like a black torrent.

This Resentful Energy came with fierce momentum, carrying endless resentment and hatred, making even Zhou Jun feel immense pressure. Yet at that instant, a flash of understanding struck him—this was the Resentment of Chaos Gods and Demons!

Although the Chaos Gods and Demons had already fallen, their essence remained on the same level as the Heavenly Dao. That was why it placed such enormous pressure upon Zhou Jun. His expression turned grave as he secretly remained on guard, afraid that his arrival had stirred the resentment of the gods and demons, turning it into one of their contingencies.

At that moment, the resentment of the gods and demons suddenly appeared within the blood river. Zhou Jun looked closely and saw that the blood formed from the blood of Innate Lifeforms in the river surged toward the Resentment of Chaos Gods and Demons like raging waves. This blood seemed to possess a certain instinct. Drawing upon the power of the blood vitality of Primordial Wilderness lifeforms, it tightly enveloped the resentment, attempting to merge with it.

As time passed, more and more blood fused into the resentment of the gods and demons, while that resentment, wrapped in this powerful blood vitality, slowly drifted westward. Yet some blood that failed to merge gradually separated from the blood river and fused into the surrounding Netherworld Stone.

Astonishingly, the Resentful Energy carried by the blood that entered the Netherworld Stone was also absorbed by it bit by bit. Watching this process, a flash of inspiration suddenly crossed Zhou Jun's mind. It seemed he had thought of some crucial clue or method.

Many novels from his previous life had mentioned that the blood of powerful beings contained immense energy. Such energy could even become a great medicine capable of bringing the dead back to life and regrowing flesh on bare bones, regarded as a precious cultivation resource. Beyond that, if a person possessed vigorous blood and qi, they could suppress and kill demons, devils, and evil spirits, displaying incomparable might. Even more astonishingly, the blood of powerful beings possessed the miraculous ability to regenerate their bodies from a single drop of blood. This undoubtedly proved that blood contained a person's will and vitality.

Because powerful beings possessed formidable physiques and abundant yang energy, their blood was considered to have a yang nature. In contrast, the resentment of those Chaos Gods and Demons belonged to yin. By the principle of yin and yang joining together, this explained why the blood river was used to suppress the corpses of gods and demons. The blood within it contained yang energy, which could counterbalance the yin energy within those corpses, thereby achieving suppression.

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At this thought, Zhou Jun's heart jolted. He suddenly realized that the Blood Sea might not be as foul and filthy as people believed. On the contrary, it might be a place brimming with creation. The Blood Sea having become what it was now was very likely due to the influence of the Resentment of Chaos Gods and Demons. This resentment caused the baleful qi and Resentful Energy between heaven and earth to continuously gather in the Blood Sea, changing its nature.

Yet Zhou Jun's thoughts did not stop there. A new question surged into his mind: since the Blood Sea possessed such potent yang energy, why could it not deal with this baleful qi on its own? This question plunged Zhou Jun into deep thought, and he began to reassess the essence of the Blood Sea and the power contained within it.

Minghe possessed the Karma Red Lotus, an exceptionally formidable treasure capable of burning karma and sins. Logically speaking, Minghe could have used that tremendous power to burn away the Resentful Energy in the Blood Sea, allowing it to regain its vitality and once more reveal its creation. Yet that was not the case. The Blood Sea of later generations remained a dead and lifeless expanse, devoid of all vitality.

Zhou Jun could not understand it no matter how much he thought about it. He truly could not comprehend the reason behind this. No matter how he looked at it, this went against the natural laws governing heaven and earth. Moreover, from his observations of Minghe's actions in later generations, Zhou Jun discovered that Minghe was not a foolish man. On the contrary, he should have been extremely intelligent. As an Innate Sacred Being, Minghe had borne specific responsibilities from the moment he was born into the world. He could not possibly have known nothing about these matters.

The more Zhou Jun thought about it, the more wrong it felt. He shook his head and mused inwardly, There must be some hidden reason behind this. Otherwise, Minghe could never act this way. He began to reexamine the matter, considering every possible cause.

"Could something have blinded his eyes?" Zhou Jun suddenly considered this possibility, but immediately rejected it. "Even if he was blinded at first, after obtaining so much merit, he should have been able to part the clouds and mist and see clearly where his duties lay."

Moreover, Postnatal Reincarnation was clearly beneficial to Minghe, yet he had insisted on obstructing it. It was truly incomprehensible. Zhou Jun could not help sighing. "Yin and yang have their order, good and evil receive their recompense, karma turns in cycles... Everything in this world should operate according to certain laws, yet Minghe's actions run completely contrary to them. What exactly is going on?"

Just as Zhou Jun agonized over the problem without any clue, a thought flashed through his mind like lightning: "Cycle?" The word was like a key, instantly opening the gates of his thoughts. He narrowed his eyes, seeming to catch several crucial clues that flickered in and out of sight within his mind, as though veiled by a thin layer of gauze.

"Blood circulation? The heart?" Zhou Jun's thoughts galloped like a horse breaking free of its reins. He abruptly rose to his feet, his face grave as he stared at the blood river below, as if he could see through its scarlet liquid and into the hidden secret within.

"Is this the scheme of you Chaos Gods and Demons?" Zhou Jun murmured, his voice carrying a trace of fear and shock. "Truly terrifying! Impossible to guard against! Such a simple matter, yet I could never remember it. If I hadn't accidentally seized that flash of inspiration this time, I'm afraid I would never have discovered this secret!"

He shook his head and sighed inwardly. Sure enough, some things are shrouded in fog, making the truth impossible to see clearly. Is this the power of karma and Fate? Zhou Jun could not help feeling profound awe toward this mysterious and mighty power.

However, just these two Chaos Gods and Demons likely could not have arranged such a flawless scheme. Zhou Jun frowned slightly and continued reasoning. "There must be more to it. Even if they could seal the spiritual senses of us Innate Beings, with the strength of just the two of them, they could never possibly blind the entire Heavenly Dao! Then they must possess other methods... one skilled at tampering? Another at deception? Or perhaps there is another god or demon capable of concealment!"

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