Chapter 228: Zhenyuan Daxian and the Earth Book!

Chapter 228: Zhenyuan Daxian and the Earth Book!

[Nezha: The Book of Life and Death is one of the Three Great Books. Its power is immense, especially in the underworld, where it controls the life and death of all beings. This isn't just some minor ability!]

[Giant Spirit God: While that's true, it's in the hands of the King of Hell. You don't need to worry—he is upright and won't misuse it!]

[Erlang Shen: The ten Yamas of the underworld hold critical positions, and the King of Hell's control over the Book of Life and Death shows he is among the most powerful of them. As for his character, there's no need to question it. This book can't be used recklessly.]

[King of Hell(King Yama): You needn't worry. The Book of Life and Death is not something I can casually use. While I manage it and can control life and death, it only pertains to ordinary human beings. As for the powerful ones, unless no one cares for them after their death, the underworld won't intervene to take their souls to the Six Paths of Reincarnation.]

Even if powerful beings die, they aren't easily sent into the Six Paths of Reincarnation. They each have their methods, or stronger kin to preserve their souls, with the possibility of a chance at rebirth.

The underworld usually doesn't act directly, but the Book of Life and Death plays a crucial role. If it's a normal death, the book can detect it immediately. However, if it's due to battle, the book doesn't sound an alarm.

Even though only the soul remains after a powerful person dies, and theoretically, they should enter the Six Paths of Reincarnation to be reborn and cultivate again, in the vast wilderness (Honghuang), many methods exist to reconstruct a body.

Take, for example, Nezha, the disciple of Taiyi Zhenren, who has a body made of lotus roots. While such cases are rare in Honghuang, they aren't unheard of. Therefore, the underworld doesn't directly collect the souls of such powerful individuals.

The Book of Life and Death isn't necessarily terrifying; it's just that ordinary people or those who are unfamiliar with it fear it greatly. A slight change to the book can mean immediate death for them.

When Sun Wukong first saw the Book of Life and Death, he felt a sense of disdain, especially after hearing what others said.

[Sun Wukong: You all make it sound so impressive. What's so great about this Book of Life and Death? Back in the day, I descended to the underworld alone and erased the names of myself and my monkey subjects from the book. No one in the underworld dared stop me.]

[Erlang Shen: How dare you even mention it! Do you know how serious your crime was? Disrupting the order of the underworld and altering the names in the Book of Life and Death? You deserve to be torn apart, limb from limb!]

[Jade Emperor Haotian: This should never have happened! It violated all the rules!]

[King of Hell: If you had only come to visit, it wouldn't have been a big deal. But altering the Book of Life and Death? You were a spiritual monkey born from heaven and earth, so it was natural that your name wasn't in the book. But erasing the names of your monkey subjects was utterly wrong!]

[Sun Wukong: It was just a few names—what's the big deal?]

The Book of Life and Death maintains the order of the Six Paths of Reincarnation. Without it, the sheer number of souls entering the underworld daily would cause massive chaos.

Thanks to the existence of the Book of Life and Death, the Yamas in the Ten Courts of Hell can easily judge whether the souls before them are guilty or not.

However, after Sun Wukong's actions, others may be tempted to follow his example. Yet not everyone has the background or strength of Sun Wukong. Still, it's possible someone might try.

If a slightly more powerful individual disrupts the underworld, it would be disastrous. After all, the underworld thrives on balance.

In fact, the underworld's strength is not weak. Every Yama in the Ten Courts of Hell is formidable, with countless ghost soldiers under their command. The 18 levels of hell are guarded by Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, and Houtu, the Saint of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, is present, though she is currently with the Wu Tribe.

While the underworld's strength is immense, its power structure is complex, which makes unity difficult.

[Sun Wukong: So what? Adding or erasing a few names from the Book of Life and Death didn't cause any problems. After I raided the underworld, everything remained intact!]

[King of Hell: The Book of Life and Death is one of the most critical treasures of the underworld. Anyone who dares to target it is doomed. Yet, you still don't reflect on the chaos you've caused!]

[Guanyin Bodhisattva: Sun Wukong, even trapped under Five Elements Mountain, you can't control your mouth. What you did was clearly wrong—how dare you argue about it?]

After all the discussions regarding the Book of Life and Death, the next ranking on the list was revealed.

[Weapon List, 48th place: Earth Book, Mid-grade Innate Spirit Treasure. Owner: Zhenyuan Daxian]

[The Earth Book is one of the Three Great Books and can suppress earthly energy.]

Few have heard of this item. Although the Earth Book is one of the Three Great Books, its fame is far lesser than the Book of Life and Death (the Human Book) or the Heaven Book. Moreover, Zhenyuan Daxian, its owner, is not widely known either.

Zhenyuan Daxian's name is less famous than one of the treasures he guards—the Ginseng Fruit.

The Ginseng Fruit is legendary. Just a whiff can prolong life, and eating a piece can significantly increase one's lifespan, no matter the cultivation level.

But because Ginseng Fruit ripens so rarely, its significance is unknown to most.

Guarding the Ginseng Fruit at Wuzhuang Temple demonstrates Zhenyuan Daxian's great power, likely reaching the Grand Supreme Golden Immortal or even Quasi-Saint level.

The Earth Book is one of his most important treasures. It can survey the terrain of all of Honghuang and suppress the earthly energy at Wuzhuang Temple, allowing the Ginseng Fruit tree to thrive safely.

Only Zhenyuan Daxian's great strength, combined with his treasures, could protect the Ginseng Fruit. Even powerful beings aware of the fruit wouldn't dare act rashly but would humbly request it instead.

However, only a select few have managed to take the Ginseng Fruit from Wuzhuang Temple, proving its immense rarity.

[Sun Wukong: First, the Book of Life and Death was referred to as the Human Book, and now here comes the Earth Book. It seems the Three Great Books are similar in rank. The next one must be the Heaven Book!]

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