Chapter 763: Three Disasters of Immortality, Five Declines of Heaven and Man

Another ten thousand years.

The ancient world has undergone earth-shaking changes.

The new ruler of the four seas came to the throne, and Gonggong selected a great god from the rivers on land to inherit the four seas.

But now the new masters of the four seas are no longer called Dragon Kings, but Sea Lords. They are no longer the Daluo Daozun like the former Dragon Kings of the Four Seas, but only Taiyi Daojun, and thus are called this.

The four seas have become Gonggong's private property, and no one can interfere now.

However, Gonggong gave the control of the East China Sea to Jiejiao, that is, he appointed a king of the sea, and handed over the authority of other affairs to Jiejiao.

If Jiejiao still wants to divide the East China Sea and assign the islands, water palaces, and caves that are already being nurtured to its disciples, the King of the East China Sea cannot interfere in the slightest.

The East China Sea Lord has only one duty, which is to monitor the situation of the East China Sea Eye.

In addition to the changes in the four seas, the pattern of the prehistoric land has also been undergoing drastic turbulence in the past 100,000 years, and various major forces are migrating from the earth to the vast universe.

Even the Golden Immortal Taoist Master who had ascended from the Great Thousand Universe in the past had to bring his fellow Taoists from his faction and "ascend" back to the Great Thousand Universe together.

This is also the reason why the Wu Clan's rule over the earth has become increasingly strict. Now there are four Hunyuan in the clan, and they are no longer restricted on the earth. If any force dares to compete with them, they will only meet in the underworld.

If such tyrannical means are used for a long time, one force after another will have no choice but to withdraw from the wild land.

But even in the vast universe, the Witch Clan still pursued them relentlessly, wanting to take over every part of the vast universe.

The witch clan's pursuit naturally made many forces unhappy.

But what can be done now? The best ways are to become a vassal of the witch clan or to join the demon clan. No, there are two more options. One is to go overseas and seek refuge from the Jiejiao sect, and the other is to go to the west and hope to enter the Pure Land of Bliss.

But now both the wizards and liches are intentionally or unintentionally downplaying the existence of the saints, preventing the creatures in the ancient world from turning to the saints.

Of course, they didn't dare to do so blatantly. Directly modifying the rules of the ancient world was absolutely impossible, but they could quietly set a new rule and make an impact by stepping on the vague boundaries.

This is feasible.

Besides, the wilderness is vast, and many creatures cannot travel across mountains and rivers measured in light years in their entire lifetime. Even a piece of land one or two hundred light years away would require dozens of generations of descendants to continuously pass through, and then result in it being impossible to cross.

Even when they face a vast lake created by a giant beast, they will think that this is the "Four Seas".

Therefore, there were many more "oceans" in the ancient times, and they were all inland seas, and the water was not salty at all.

Of course, this only applies to mortal civilizations. For civilizations that have already produced true immortals or above, distances of hundreds or thousands of light years can still be opened up in one’s lifetime.

But now there is a big question. There are more so-called disasters below the Golden Immortal, and compared with previous disasters, in the past, there were inner demons below the Xuan Immortal. Later, because of Luo Zu, even Taiyi had inner demon disasters. And below the Golden Immortal, there are various kinds of immortal disasters. Those who have not obtained immortal spirituality will encounter such disasters.

In the past, this disaster was mostly a disaster of decline, which included decline of body, mind, Dharma, and Tao.

But now there is also the decline of the soul (primordial spirit) and the decline of life.

When these misfortunes befall one, one's spiritual level will not increase, but most of the time it will decrease.

In addition, there will be the catastrophe of the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth. Anyone who still has a physical body will have to go through this.

If one abandons the physical body and only leaves the soul (primordial spirit), or if the physical body is integrated into the soul, one will have to go through the four calamities of earth, wind, water, and fire.

These are just the big problems that those below the Golden Immortal level have to face.

Those below the level of True Immortals have another calamity, which is the Three Disasters: wind, fire, and thunder. These are the heavenly thunder, yin fire, and bi wind mentioned in Journey to the West.

This is the calamity of becoming an immortal.

Only after experiencing these three disasters can one be considered complete and achieve true immortality.

Therefore, after so many calamities, many practitioners in the prehistoric times probably had to go to the underworld before becoming Golden Immortals, and then practice for many lifetimes before they would have a chance to become Golden Immortals.

However, in this way, it would be difficult for practitioners below the Golden Immortal level to explore the entire prehistoric world in their lifetime.

This also greatly limits the understanding of many creatures about the prehistoric world, and can strengthen the Wu clan's rule over the prehistoric land. The Wu clan uses this to promote Wu cult, and many lower-level creatures join Wu cult without having to directly become vassals of the Wu clan.

That's why Luo Zu sighed that the Wu Clan has become smarter, and they have corresponding recruitment policies for the three levels of creatures: high, medium and low.

Moreover, when Luo Zu learned about the changes in the disasters during the past 100,000 years, he could not help but sigh in his cave: "A new official takes office with three fires, and the whole prehistoric world is in turmoil."

He is indeed a new official. He is the one who took control of the Sea of ​​Bitterness after the ancestor witch Gonggong took control of the Sea of ​​Bitterness and used the Sea of ​​Bitterness to carry out his actions.

Under the drastic reforms and iron-fisted enforcement, even the witch clan was not spared.

Fortunately, this fire cannot burn those above the Golden Immortal level now. The inner demon calamity that the Golden Immortals used to be so afraid of has now disappeared without a trace, but everyone has memorized the Tao Te Ching by heart.

Therefore, nowadays, big figures above the Golden Immortal level have also developed a favorable impression of Gonggong, the ancestor witch, and no longer express anger and disgust towards him as before.

In addition to such a big change, the reform of the Netherworld is also progressing rapidly under the leadership of Hou Tu Niangniang, the suggestion of Luo Zu, and the concerted efforts of the great gods who are willing to assist.

The Netherworld and Yellow Springs were once the place where the true spirits of the dead were drawn into the Netherworld and randomly and disorderly fell into the ghost realm ruled by various ghosts and gods. After a simple examination and introduction by them, they were directly teleported to the Naihe Bridge, where they drank a bowl of Mengpo soup, erased their memories of their previous lives, and were reincarnated as a new true spirit.

Nowadays, various ghosts and gods in the underworld have established institutions to reward the good and punish the evil. After the true soul of the deceased falls into the underworld, it will first be evaluated for good and evil, and then distinguished according to the unified good and evil rating of the underworld.

As for the rating of good and evil, it was the result of much discussion, suggestions from various ghosts and gods, and 30,000 years of research and discussion, before finally coming up with a set of relatively strict regulations.

The reason why it is a standard is that it cannot be completely determined whether it is accurate, and it still needs to be judged during the implementation process. If it is almost accurate, then it is not a standard, but a rule that implements the entire Netherworld.

Unfortunately, the standard for rating good and evil is still a standard today, because the prehistoric land is changing with each passing day, and thousands of new species of creatures are added every day. In addition to geographical factors and the increase and decrease of the great way, this rating of good and evil is really difficult to fully establish.

Therefore, during the 70,000 years of its implementation, it has been a specification that has been modified day by day, rather than being turned into a rule and directly integrated into the rules of the Netherworld Avenue.

However, the levels of good and evil are based on the ten-level standard suggested by Luo Zu in his early years. There are ten levels of good, ten levels of evil, and a total of twenty levels.

The good ones will go directly to reincarnation, while the extremely good ones will have the opportunity to be hired by various ghosts and gods.

Those who commit the ten evils will undergo various punishments, and the most evil ones will have their body and soul destroyed and their true spirit wiped out. This was not proposed by Luo Zu, but by other great gods.

Therefore, there are actually twenty-one levels of good and evil.

In short, the discussion on the criteria for assessing good and evil during those 30,000 years broadened Luo Zu's horizons. It turned out that everyone was playing with such tricks.

So what does Luo Zu, the one who sets the level of good and evil, understand about good and evil? The true level of good and evil still depends on these "most virtuous people in the prehistoric world".