HLnovel Chapter 452 The Origin of the West
Chapter 452 The Origin of the West
Chapter 452 The Origins of the West
The Netherworld Blood Sea in the early primordial era.
The churning blood waves were even darker in color. At this time, Houtu had not yet occupied a part of the Blood Sea and transformed into the Six Paths of Reincarnation. The Styx River was born in the Blood Sea and became the Lord of the Blood Sea, at the peak of its power.
In the boundless waves, the only two living beings were him and the mosquito.
"How should I raise it?" Styx murmured.
"Hey, Styx."
On the shore sat a child with delicate features, who looked to be around ten years old. His fair hair was styled in two buns, each adorned with a flower.
She has fair and tender skin, and is elegant and cute.
His robes were adorned with numerous magical treasures, and even the necklace hanging from his waist was made of precious threads, making him appear radiant with jewels.
His innocent eyes sparkled as he curiously shouted at the youth in the sea of blood:
"What are you looking at?"
Yang Jiao looked at the little baby and said in confusion, "Hey? This child looks so familiar."
Master Yu Ding glanced at it a few more times, then replied indifferently, "Children all look the same."
"At this time, there are no humans yet, so this child in front of us must be a demon beast?"
After Yun Zhongzi finished speaking, Ksitigarbha and Maitreya, who were standing to the side, turned pale.
“Your master is the demon beast.” Maitreya snorted, then looked at the child with a hint of a smile in his eyes: “This is my master, Daoist Zhunti.”
"He cannot be called a Taoist yet."
This was the early primordial era, not long after Pangu transformed into all things, and even the ancestor Hongjun had not yet attained enlightenment.
Yang Jiao's eyes widened upon hearing Maitreya's words. "This is the Daoist Zhunti?!"
That pale and thin Taoist priest, wearing an old, yellowish-brown robe, with withered yellow hair adorned with flowers?
How revolutionary!
But if you think about it, it's about right. The Styx Ancestor is still so handsome now.
Indeed, every era has its own aesthetic. At this moment, Styx exuded a cold aura, and with his blood-red eyes, he looked eerily and demonically like a god from beyond the realm.
This aloof and arrogant demeanor bears a resemblance to that of the Mosquito Taoist.
He looks much better with his long beard than when he fought Zhen Yuanzi's uncle in the sea of blood with the Abyss Sword.
Ksitigarbha looked at his master, Cundi, dressed as a wealthy young master, and envy flashed in his eyes. He gritted his teeth and complained:
"Western religions...were they this wealthy before?"
Zhunti's robes were brightly colored and dazzling. Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva remembered when he was a child, he cried in Zhunti's arms, wanting a new robe. He said with a stern face: "These material things will only increase your greed. Pursuing these things will make you burdened and unable to make progress! Don't mention it again."
From then on, the young Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva endured hardship and worked tirelessly, patching his robes with patch after patch.
The reason why Master had no desire for material possessions was because he had already possessed everything!
The spiritual energy in the western region was so abundant that even Maitreya was momentarily disoriented. He murmured in a daze, "..."
"Ksitigarbha, help me up, I'm a bit drunk."
Accustomed to the Western religion's breath that requires holding one's breath, which could lead to a depletion of spiritual energy and chest pain in the next second, the sudden surge of such rich spiritual energy was almost overwhelming for Maitreya.
They weren't even born when Western religions flourished.
The Western religion has declined, but he and Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva have happened to be born in the same era!
Yun Zhongzi patted their shoulders reassuringly, "Your luck wasn't too bad. Back then, during the Lich War, humans were like ants."
Master Yu Ding sighed repeatedly when he recalled that time.
"Many members of the Jade Void Sect died while saving the human race. Taiyi was quite thin back then, but he became fat due to overwork."
Yang Jiao could hardly imagine what Taiyi Zhenren would look like if he lost weight.
However, after listening to their complaints, he remained silent and minimized his presence.
She just happened to be in the right place at the right time.
These people seem to have been born in the 1970s, and now they're reminiscing about their hardships.
With his sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, Styx was focused only on the tiny mosquito in his palm, showing no interest in the talkative boy, Zhunti.
Zhunti wasn't disappointed at being ignored. He squatted down on the bank, picked a bunch of flowers and plants, and tied them into a bouquet. The colorful flowers made his tender face look even more adorable, and his mouth never stopped moving.
"Styx, I heard those demon gods are fighting again."
Aren't you worried that they'll invade the West?
"Minghe, what are you looking at?" Zhunti kept talking: "Let me see next time, I have to go back to find my brother."
Looking at Zhunti's appearance, Yang Jiao secretly cried out in her heart.
Damn it, what kind of experiences turned this talkative little Zhunti into a withered old man!
She had just finished thinking,
The entire western region was thrown into turmoil. Mountains collapsed as if the sky had fallen and the earth had caved in, and waves of blood spread for hundreds of meters, submerging everything around them.
Styx raised his brow sharply and carefully protected the small mosquito in his hand.
"What happened?" Zhunti shouted.
The sky was ablaze with fiery clouds, which connected with the crimson sea of blood, forming a line that resembled a gaping maw of abyss, swallowing the heavens and the earth within.
None of them knew what was going on, so they hid themselves even more deeply.
Before long, the booming sound of magic grew closer and closer.
Zhunti stumbled and ran quickly in the other direction, shouting anxiously, "Brother, brother, where are you?"
In the west, shrouded in red, demonic beasts scattered and fled in terror at the powerful fluctuations of magic.
Even plants that have developed sentience used their leaves to support their branches, forcefully pulling their roots out of the soil, and then ran wildly.
With tears welling in his eyes, Zhunti watched helplessly as his former home was reduced to chaos in an instant, and cried out:
"Don't go! Don't you want a home anymore?"
Several enormous figures emerged from the glow of the sunset.
"These people possess such powerful auras." Ksitigarbha's voice shifted: "No, these auras do not belong to the Three Realms!"
As the encyclopedia of the Three Realms, Jade Cauldron True Man frowned, thinking to himself, "This is bad! This is the time of the great war between the Dao and the Demons!"
"You mean Hongjun and Rahu?!" Yang Jiao exclaimed in surprise, "When the western earth veins were damaged!"
She exclaimed in surprise and immediately summoned the Chaos Bell.
A dim, bronze-colored light enveloped the five people.
The moment the barrier was formed, the entire western region was leveled by an arc of light.
Even Styx, the lord of the Blood Sea, was overturned into the sea. His face was grim, his long hair was soaked with blood and stuck to his back, and he lowered his eyes and looked up.
"A few shameless scoundrels, unable to defeat me, can only join forces?" This voice, as resounding as a great bell, pierced through the entire West.
The glow of dawn gradually became clearer.
On the twelfth-grade world-destroying black lotus, which was emitting wisps of black mist, stood a person who was completely wrapped from head to toe in a black robe, with not a single hair showing.
Demon Ancestor Rahu!
Standing before him were none other than the Grandmaster Hongjun, the Great Immortal Yangmei, and the Daoist Shichen, all of whom had not yet attained Dao...
Master Yu Ding gripped Yang Jiao's shoulders; the trembling chill seeped through the fabric, and his teeth chattered.
"Young friend, do you think these people have even broken through the earth's ley lines? Will we be able to break through them?"