Primordial Era: This Heavenly Emperor is Too Powerful

Chapter 23 Ksitigarbha Finally Enters the Underworld

Suppressing his anger, Jieyin glared fiercely at Pingxin and Haotian.

It then vanished from its spot.

Seeing the guide leave, Lady Pingxin's expression shifted.

He said to Ksitigarbha, who was still in a daze, "Now that the agreement has been reached, Ksitigarbha, you should go to the Nine Netherworlds!"

Remember the rules of the underworld!

Otherwise, you'll have a place on the Execution Platform in Heaven.

Startled by Lady Pingxin's words, Ksitigarbha finally came to his senses.

This "negotiation" had a significant impact on him.

When did even sages become so frustrated?

It seems I should be more cautious in my future actions.

Coming to his senses, Ksitigarbha said in a deep voice, "This humble Taoist will depart now!"

Ksitigarbha then withdrew from the main hall.

Seeing that the matter had been resolved, Haotian prepared to take his leave.

Unexpectedly, Consort Pingxin presented him with the Eight Treasures Merit Pool.

"Fellow Daoist Haotian!"

My witch clan was unable to use spiritual treasures in the past, so there are not many spiritual treasures left in the clan.

Your previous suggestion to establish the Underworld, and your assistance this time.

Both I and the Witch Clan have benefited greatly.

All I can do is express my gratitude with this Eight Treasures Merit Pool.

I hope you won't find this objectionable, fellow Daoist.

Upon hearing this, Haotian merely glanced at the spiritual treasure before him.

He then replied, "Fellow Daoist Pingxin, there's no need for this. Our visit was also orchestrated by the Western Sect, which would disrupt the order of the Underworld."

As for the previous matter in the underworld, both I and my fellow Daoists have gained something from it.

Hearing Haotian's words, Consort Pingxin was pondering in her heart.

Yes!

How could Haotian possibly care about a mere top-grade innate spiritual treasure?

That cannot offset the favor he did for me on the two occasions.

After a moment of contemplation, Lady Pingxin had no choice but to say, "Fellow Daoist Haotian, please accept it."

I also know that this magical treasure cannot offset the two causes and effects.

Consider this my way of repaying the debt of karma for appearing in front of you this time.

Otherwise, I would find it difficult to feel at ease.

Seeing that Lady Pingxin said this, Haotian had no choice but to put away the Eight Treasures Merit Pool.

That's enough!

Since you've said so, it would be inappropriate for me to continue refusing.

"I will accept this magical treasure."

After carefully putting away the magical treasure, Haotian said to Consort Pingxin, "If you have nothing else to say, I will take my leave now."

Upon hearing this, Lady Pingxin called out to Haotian.

"Fellow Daoist, wait a moment!"

Upon hearing this, Haotian asked, "Is there anything else, fellow Daoist?"

After organizing her thoughts, Lady Pingxin said, "It's nothing major, I just wanted to ask you, fellow Daoist."

If it were a Western religion, or another great religion founded by saints, and they continued to send disciples, how should we respond?

Upon hearing this question, Haotian replied, "This matter is simple."

Fellow Daoist, you only need to refer to Ksitigarbha's arrangements.

We are the ones who control the underworld.

Other forces may intervene, as long as they follow the rules.

Actually, it doesn't have much impact on us.

In particular, the important positions in the underworld have almost all been occupied by the witch clan.

Fellow Daoist, you may use the remaining positions to exchange for benefits.

As long as the cultivators entering the underworld abide by the rules of the underworld, that's fine.

Under the rules, no matter how well the disciples of those great sage sects perform, they will still be subject to the consequences.

It's just that it shares our trivial matters.

"Does that make sense, fellow Daoist?"

Empress Pingxin nodded upon hearing this.

"If Fellow Daoist Haotian says so, I understand."

"In that case, I shall take my leave!"

Goodbye! "

After saying this, Haotian left the Underworld.

After leaving the underworld, Haotian found a place and took out the Eight Treasures Merit Pool.

After studying it for a while, Haotian also had an idea.

This magical treasure might be of some use if it were in the hands of another power.

It is more likely to become a useless or even worthless thing.

However, in Haotian's hands, it was a rare treasure.

Cleansing the physical body and washing away karmic debts?

Are these two powers weak?

That's alright!

With a ten-thousand-fold increase, all problems will be solved.

Even something useless can become a treasure.

Especially its power to wash away cause and effect.

It couldn't be more perfect for Haotian.

As the Heavenly Emperor, Haotian was tasked with sorting out the cause and effect of the primordial world and slowing down the frequency of calamities.

This is also why he would have to go through many trials and tribulations in the future.

However, after experiencing numerous tribulations, some of the primordial causes and effects have been sorted out.

However, the karma on Haotian's body is also increasing.

Tribulations, whether big or small, are always intertwined with cause and effect.

It's just a matter of how much.

But with countless calamities accumulating, what will be the fate of Haotian?

"Extremely long and illusory, that sounds pretty awesome."

But the entanglement of cause and effect is truly heavy.

The entanglement of cause and effect is precisely what cultivators fear most.

There's a saying that goes, "It's easy to accumulate good deeds, but difficult to eliminate karmic debts."

Now that we have this Eight Treasures Merit Pool, the potential future problems have been eliminated.

Thinking of this, Haotian nodded in satisfaction.

This was definitely a worthwhile investment!

As for offending the saint who guides us?

It's alright!

If we let him get away with it so easily, we will inevitably offend him again because of this matter in the future.

After putting away the magical treasure, Haotian continued his journey north.

However, as Haotian moved further north, he "incidentally" took away more and more demons.

Nuwa, the goddess in Nuwa's palace, gradually realized that something was wrong.

At this moment, in the Nuwa Palace, the goddess Nuwa looked solemnly at the round mirror before her.

I hadn't paid attention to Haotian before, and I didn't think there was anything wrong with him.

But recently, on a whim, after some calculations...

However, they discovered that the demon race's fortune was waning.

Although the reduction in number is not significant at present.

But that was enough to raise her alarm.

After some calculations, the goddess Nuwa finally found the culprit.

She also wanted to see how Haotian managed to damage the fortune of the demon race.

After watching for a while, Nuwa seemed to have grasped the key.

But upon closer examination, it seems unlikely.

Continuing to observe became Nuwa's only option.

Since this matter concerns the fate of the demon race, Goddess Nuwa naturally dared not be careless.

This observation, however, has lasted for nearly ten thousand years.

During this time, whenever she saw Haotian's actions, Nuwa would frown deeply.

Those with heavy karma, you can kill them if you want.

but.

Even those minor demons with shallow karma, you, Haotian, didn't spare them; you simply packed them up and threw them back to the Heavenly Court.

What does this mean?

This is not the point.

The key point is that she still hasn't figured out the evidence that Haotian killed the demon race.

Heavy karma?

However, what is puzzling is that Haotian did not kill all the demons with heavy karma.

It felt like that guy was just randomly selecting a lucky audience member based on his mood.

It was precisely Haotian's unpredictable actions that made Nuwa unable to figure out his purpose for a while.

From what she observed, Nuwa felt that she was about to grasp Haotian's purpose.

But something is still missing.

soon.

In the image reflected in the round mirror, Haotian stopped again.

Nuwa knew what Haotian was doing just by looking at his actions.

This means another demon clan is about to fall victim to Haotian's wicked schemes.

Moreover, the ones who suffered were the demon race, whom they had entrusted with such an important task.

It's unclear whether Haotian's goal this time is to kill or to capture.