The scroll for the Lord of Heaven is now complete. It will be presented to the underworld for processing.
Dianzang glanced at Dianling for a moment, but finally said nothing more. With both hands joined together, he bowed and took leave. Deng Chanyu should also go back now.
Mengpo said, "Take this little girl, Daji, back to the world of the living. The old woman has made an arrangement with her that she will come to help me as an assistant every Mid-Autumn Festival. Don't be so startled."
Deng Chanyu looked at Daji with a strange expression. Daji smiled seductively back at her, implying that she had also experienced something extraordinary.
Even though the two were very familiar with each other, Daji's seven parts of charm that leaked out unintentionally mixed with three parts of naughtiness still made Deng Chanyu feel dazed. It was as if her bones had softened by two liang, what a demoness!
"Student understands."
"That's it, stop standing there. Have you seen the path behind the old woman? It connects to part of the blood sea. You should walk through this way, and you'll quickly return to the world of mortals. Don't waste time; get going."
The separation of yin and yang is not something to be trifled with. Nowadays, the underworld does not provide the service of "reviving in the place where one dies." In other words, it is necessary to "run one's body" oneself.
Daji needs to run back to her body to reunite her soul, and Deng Chanyu has to accompany her all the way.
This is one of the reasons why only a few people in the underworld can return to life. Without any skills, even if the underworld grants permission, it is impossible for ordinary people to run back to the world of mortals through the blood sea.
Before leaving, Deng Chanyu apologized to the black-faced judge who had been following her, "Chanyu is young and inexperienced. If I have caused any offense, please forgive me."
The judge was quite fond of Deng Chanyu's act of advocating for the spirits and presenting their cases for reincarnation. At this moment, he was taken aback for a moment, and he solemnly bowed, "...... Next time when you are editing the death register, please don't be so excessive. Remember, it's the surname Lu."
As soon as the words were spoken, he realized that he had made a mistake.
Deng Chanyu bowed his hands in return and laughed, "Is there another time? Hahahah...... Jiaodan, take care."
"May the honored Deng Master also travel well."
Daji and Mengpo whispered their farewells on the other side, then, holding the little white dog in her arms, followed Deng Chanyu as they walked onto a road shrouded in red mist.
"......"
Qin Guangwang was very fast. As soon as Deng Chanyu and Daji entered the blood sea, he brought the scroll to the heavenly palace with great speed.
The Emperor of the Heavens had no official business to attend to. Upon hearing that King Yan of the underworld had arrived, he immediately summoned him for an audience.
When he saw the name on the scroll, Deng Chanyu? His first reaction was a question mark. Who is this person? Can just any cat or dog write a memorial to me? I don't want it! The second reaction was only realized that she was a disciple of Nuwa, and he quickly took the scroll over, carefully examining it word by word.
After reading it carefully, the matter was very complicated!
Zhu Tianlin is a disciple of Jie School, and now both the disciples of Nuwa and those of Futi claim that he doesn't deserve to be on the List of Deification. However, the List of Deification is currently in the hands of the Saint Yuan Shi Tianzun of Chuan School.
The actions of the disciples of the sages cannot represent the sages. For example, Tong Tian Zhou, the leader of Taoist Teaching, cannot tell his disciples to go out and burn and loot, to do as much bad as possible, and if something goes wrong, he will bear the responsibility!?
He couldn't say that, nor could he think like that. The Jie School became what it is today simply because they don't want to manage it.
The other disciples of the sages are the same. Broadly speaking, they each have their own path, and the sages don't need to interfere unnecessarily. Narrowly speaking, people have different destinies and karma; one cannot force things.
Even so, the Emperor of the Heavens still felt like a chaotic mess.
This is not a big deal, but it has drawn the involvement of the several sages, the heavenly court, and the underworld.
If he doesn't handle it well, he could offend three or four sages in a single breath, and even with the support of the Taoist Immortal, it would be useless.
The List of Deification only needs 365 supreme gods, and it's not missing Zhu Tianlin. If the Emperor of the Heavens is willing to put aside his dignity and personally intervene like Western Two Saints, 365 empty positions? Even 3650 empty positions can be filled.
This involves the issue of the fates of the three schools of thought. The deification is just a superficial matter. Zhu Tianlin's deification is a problem, but it's not entirely about deification!
After sending off the "courier" Qin Guangwang, the Emperor of the Heavens immediately convened Taibai Xing to discuss matters.
"What is your highness's opinion?"
According to the true intention of the Emperor of the Heavens, he would naturally hand over the matter to Yuan Shi Tianzun. Since Huanjiao and Jie School are incompatible, and there is an opportunity to undermine the face of Tong Tian Zhou Main, Yuan Shi Tianzun will never hesitate.
But this matter cannot be handled too obviously. He doesn't want to provoke Yuan Shi Tianzun, nor does he want to anger Tong Tianzun.
Taibai Xing rubbed his beard, deep in thought about a solution.
After a while, he whispered softly, "The only way to untie the bell is to tighten it first. Perhaps we can invite this immortal to the heavenly court and give her a moderately sized position, having her take charge of this matter specifically?......"
The Emperor of the Heavens lightly shook his head to indicate that this method of passing the buck was not acceptable.
He also wanted to summon Deng Chanyu to the heavens, and then simply pass the buck once she arrived. However, a prerequisite for going to heaven is that one must be an immortal. Deng Chanyu is not an immortal now, as she has only been practicing for ten months. Even if her progress is rapid, it would still not reach the standards for becoming a deity.
He implied the key issue, leaving Taibai Xing stunned.
I thought you must have had a profound cultivation to cause such a big trouble, but it turns out you've only practiced for ten months?
The heavenly court does have assets. It's not difficult for Deng Chanyu to become a deity quickly by being granted two peaches. However, the problem is that doing so would be too obvious, making the heavenly court look weak and lacking in responsibility. The Emperor of the Heavens still needs face.
After much discussion between the sovereign and his ministers, they were unable to come up with a good solution. The Emperor of the Heavens had no choice but to issue a decree himself, summoning Nanxia Immortal, also known as Nanxia Daoist, who is a disciple of Huan School, to discuss matters.
"......"
Legend has it that the blood sea was transformed from the navel of the Great Sage Pan Gu. It is said to have accumulated almost half of the impurities from all three realms.
To cross the entire blood sea, not to mention Deng Chanyu, there are very few in the Xuanmen (mystic sect) who could do so, excluding the sages.
Now they don't need to cross the entire blood sea. They only need to follow the edge of the blood sea and enter the mortal world from a nearby location.
The distance is not too far, but it is not too close either.
In the blood sea, above their heads is blood-red clouds, below their feet are solid blood blocks that emit an odor, and all around them is a mist of blood red. Among the mist, there are also faint, chilling screams.
"Ayu, the mist here is so blinding....." Daji has been biting her teeth and struggling on. However, the mist keeps floating into her eyes, and in just a few breaths, her eyes are red and she exudes a faint, slightly evil red light in her soul body.
She said a bit sadly, "Ayu, how about you go first? I really don't want to drag you down."
"You don't even eat mooncakes?! We've been best friends for a lifetime, how can I abandon you? Why don't you rest for a while? Or ride your TiTing (a spiritual dog) on the way?" Deng Chanyu came up with an idea. The little white dog bared its teeth at her, riding what? I'm still young!
Daji had an idea.
"Ayu, take out your weapon. You walk in front, walk a bit slower, I'll hold onto your axe handle. Does that sound good?"
Deng Chanyu: "...... It's a bit thick, hold on tight."
Daji nodded vigorously: "Oh oh."
