NCCnovel Chapter 193 The Exaggerated Treatment Received by the Human Race
Chapter 193 The Exaggerated Treatment Received by the Human Race
The Witch King was dressed in a dark black crown robe.
This was designed by Tianqi based on his memory of Qin Shi Huang's clothing.
Compared to other instances of donning the yellow robe,
He still thinks the black one looks cooler!
The color is also significant, derived from the phrase "black as the earth".
In addition, the emperor wore a flat-topped crown with twelve white jade beads hanging from the front.
It symbolizes ruling over all directions and having keen insight.
The leaders, elders, and meritorious individuals of the various human tribes lined up in order, following behind the shaman.
At the very front of the procession, eight innate human beings carried a massive bronze cauldron.
The flame burning inside the cauldron was the very first flame since the birth of humankind.
This flame has never gone out since the day it was born!
When the golden staircase stretched from the mountaintop to the front of the human group,
The Witch King first bowed to the golden steps.
Then he said loudly:
"The Human Emperor, leading all people, ascends the mountain to offer sacrifices!"
As the voice faded, the golden steps of merit shone brightly.
At the same time, Pingxin's voice came from afar in the underworld.
Solemn and compassionate:
"The emperor's utmost sincerity resonated with the earth."
The sacred path to the mountain has been opened; any human being with a sincere heart may ascend the steps.
Upon hearing this, the shaman took the lead and stepped onto the golden steps, ascending one step at a time.
His steps were steady as a mountain.
A procession of ten thousand followed behind, orderly and disciplined.
No one made a fuss throughout the entire process.
Pingxin set up nine small platforms along the way for the human race to offer sacrifices on the path to the summit of Buzhou Mountain.
It can be considered a place to rest briefly.
These nine small platforms also symbolize "access to the nine netherworlds".
Meanwhile, on both sides of these golden steps...
The spirits of the underworld manifest to maintain order.
Further away, the true forms of the Ancestral Witches stood on either side of the void.
A malevolent aura surged skyward, yet it continuously mingled with the energy of Mount Buzhou.
It appears very harmonious.
Such a magnificent sight,
All the powerful figures who were secretly watching from the sidelines held their breath, utterly shocked!
"My goodness!"
Merit paves the way, spirits protect the path, and ancestral witches guard the place...!
Has the Witch Clan's Underworld really brought out all its resources?!
With this kind of ostentation,
"I'd believe you if you said the Human Emperor was the ancestral witches' biological son!"
In the void, the Tongtian Sect Leader stroked his chin.
Amazing! I could hardly believe what I was seeing!
The Primordial Celestial Venerable's face was also ashen.
He attempted to probe the mountain peak with the divine sense of a Heavenly Sage.
After all, he is a direct descendant of Pangu!
However, it was discovered that as soon as the divine sense approached the core area of Buzhou Mountain...
They were repelled by a heavy, vast force!
Like looking at flowers through the fog, you can't see them clearly!
Although Apocalypse had planned to show everyone some rather grand and impressive scenes.
However, it won't show the entire situation at the top of the mountain!
Lao Tzu, with his eyes closed, continuously sensed in the void.
After a long while, he said softly:
"The mountaintop has become the 'Pangu Daocheng,' where the origin of the earthly cycle of reincarnation and the legacy of Pangu intertwine."
At this moment, even we, the Three Pure Ones, can only glimpse a fraction of it.
It's not impossible to get in!
only......!"
Lao Tzu had a feeling that something was amiss.
He didn't finish his sentence!
"It feels like they were deliberately waiting for us to go in!"
"Is it that you can't get in?"
Daoist Duobao was surprised.
"Master, you are a Heavenly Saint!"
Moreover, they share the same origin as the great god Pangu, how could this be...!
"Wow! The methods of the Wu Clan are truly remarkable, you have to admire them!"
And even if he is a Heavenly Saint, so what?
Lao Tzu opened his eyes, a complex expression flashing within them.
"On the spine of the great god Pangu, where the Pangu Daoist Temple and the Netherworld Daoist Temple overlap,
Even the Heavenly Saints... are just outsiders!
It's already quite good to have glimpsed even a little bit!
"Let's go in and take another look!"
These words shook all the Xuanmen disciples who heard them.
The Witch King would stop to rest and recuperate at each stop along the way.
Incidentally, a sacrificial text was read aloud, informing the earth of the power of a certain level of the tunnel:
The first place is to pay homage to the earth's great virtue, the second to the mountains and rivers' spiritual beauty, and the third to the rivers' nourishment...
Until the eighth location, the cycle of offerings is reincarnated.
When the human group finally arrived at the eighth location, they were already towering high in the clouds.
Apart from the Emperor, no one else could see the scenery at the foot of the mountain clearly anymore!
The sounds of this sacrificial ceremony were deliberately orchestrated by Apocalypse.
The news spread throughout Buzhou Mountain:
"The earth is vast and boundless, yet it carries all things with its profound virtue."
Reincarnation is orderly, and good and evil are rewarded accordingly.
"I, as emperor, bear the trust of countless people. Today I offer this prayer to the netherworld—I beseech the underworld to have mercy and assist humanity, and that reincarnation be just and protect the virtuous!"
As soon as the voice fell, Mount Buzhou suddenly trembled slightly.
It's not the destructive infrasound vibration like an earthquake.
Rather, it has a sense of great weight and depth.
It felt like the beating of the earth's heart.
"Holy crap! Earth ley line resonance!"
The True Man Du'e, who was secretly observing the ceremony from a distance, felt the great earthquake.
His expression changed instantly.
"This human emperor can actually trigger a response from the earth's ley lines!"
Grand Master Xuandu also said with the same expression:
"It seems that the underworld has made very thorough preparations for the human race's Fengshan ceremony!"
The veins of Buzhou Mountain have been completely connected to the Netherworld.
Further away, Guang Chengzi and the other members of the Jade Void Sect also looked grim.
They could sense that the star barrier was incredibly sturdy.
Moreover, the surrounding space-time was also suppressed by the Ancestral Witch Dijiang and the Eastern Emperor Zhong.
Cultivators of their strength,
It is absolutely impossible to force your way in and disrupt the ritual!
Perhaps their master and other Heavenly Saints might still be able to enter!
However, with all the Ancestral Witches present...
Unless they're in a bad situation, no one would willingly go and offer themselves up for death!
After all, the example of the two Western saints is right there for all to see!
As time passed, the Witch King led his people to the summit.
Even with the assistance of the witch clan and others, it still took the human race three whole days.
This shows how difficult it is to climb Buzhou Mountain!
The moment when the human race reached the end of this seemingly endless golden staircase,
Everyone felt as if a clear view had suddenly appeared before them.
The summit of Buzhou Mountain has been completely transformed by Pingxin and the Ancestral Witches with their supreme magical power.
This is no longer a precipitous peak, but a vast platform stretching for hundreds of miles.
The platform's surface is as smooth as a mirror, reflecting the sky and the sea of clouds.
In the center of the platform, a strange nine-tiered altar appeared before everyone's eyes.
The altar was built from the mysterious stones of the underworld, mined by the happy laborers of the eighteen levels of hell.
Each stone is engraved with authentic runes and cyclical patterns.
At the top of this altar, there is no statue of any person.
Instead, they are two intersecting vortexes:
The vortex on the left is as deep as an abyss, and is the original passage of the underground tunnel.
The swirling vortex on the right is a vast and chaotic expanse, the core of the Buzhou Mountain's geological veins.
The two vortexes slowly rotated, forming a strange, intertwined area in the middle.
There, the faint silhouette of a giant standing tall and imposing can be seen.
That was a rough manifestation of the legacy of Pangu!
Around the altar,
At this moment, all the Earthly Saints and Ancestral Witches of the Underworld were in place.
We're just waiting for the Human Emperor to start his performance!