Chapter 39: The Netherworld and the Earth, Discussing the Dao "Netherworld, Hou Tu, nice to meet you, Brother Dao." With a smile on her bright face, Hou Tu looked at Fuxi, bowed and said. "The netherworld? Daoist friend was able to pass through the barrier between the two worlds. That's amazing." "Donghai Cangli, nice to meet you, Taoist Hou Tu." When Fuxi heard the name Hou Tu, his brows frowned. He had never heard of this name before. However, when he heard that Hou Tu came from the underworld, Fuxi understood. The Netherworld is located on the dark side of the prehistoric world. It is boundless and vast. Even though Fuxi had lived in the Netherworld for a period of time in the past, he did not know much about this world, which is no less large than the prehistoric world. Or it could be said that there are few people in the vast world today who understand the Netherworld. Even the vast majority of cultivators, gods and demons have probably never even heard of the name of the Netherworld. If Fuxi had not been in the netherworld when he was immersed in the dream of the universe in the past, he would not have known about the existence of the netherworld. "Brother Dao knows about the underworld?"
Hou Tu looked at Fuxi with a hint of surprise in her eyes. Since she entered the ancient world, Fuxi was the first innate god and demon to know about the underworld. "I have also entered the netherworld in the past, and after a near-death experience, I managed to escape from the netherworld. This vast world has left a very deep impression on me." A hint of reminiscence flashed in Fuxi's eyes. In the past, he had just emerged from the dream world and transformed into an innate pure yang god and demon. Naturally, he was very proud of himself. However, he did not expect that the netherworld was still evolving, and it was naturally evolving for four hundred million kalpas! All living beings will experience a small catastrophe every hundred years, a medium catastrophe every thousand years, and a large catastrophe every ten thousand years. Fuxi lived in the netherworld for millions of years, experiencing a hundred major calamities, a thousand medium calamities, ten thousand minor calamities, and was seriously injured more than ten times. Fuxi had the most miserable life in the netherworld, so naturally he had a deep impression of it. "It seems that Brother Dao doesn't have a very good impression of the netherworld." Hou Tu smiled, she naturally knew what the Netherworld was like now. Not to mention ordinary innate creatures, even innate gods and demons would be at least seriously injured once they stepped into the Netherworld. Many innate gods and demons even died in the Netherworld. There is a barrier between the Netherworld and the great universe. Either the cultivator finds the loopholes in the barrier, or holds an innate treasure in his hand, or is nurtured by the origin of the Netherworld like her, so that he can freely travel between the two worlds. Otherwise, once anyone enters the underworld, it will be extremely difficult to leave. "It's not good or bad. I did suffer a lot in the netherworld, but that great world was also the beginning of my clarification of my true heart and establishment of the path. If the Heavenly Dao could temporarily open the barrier between the two worlds, I would like to go back and take a look." "There will be a chance." Hou Tu looked at Fuxi, and a hint of joy flashed in her eyes. Hou Tu, as an innate god and demon born from the origin of the underworld, was already ahead of almost all creatures in the prehistoric world at the beginning of her birth. Hou Tu can be said to be the natural ruler of the underworld. It’s a pity that the Netherworld has been experiencing endless calamities for four hundred million years, and the living beings, gods and demons in it are extremely rare. It does not have a large share of the luck in the prehistoric world, which is extremely unfavorable for the future development of the Netherworld. If Hou Tu can pull Fuxi into the netherworld, then with Fuxi's cultivation and foundation, the fortune of the netherworld will naturally rise. "I see that there is some dragon energy emanating from you, brother. Are you the Dragon King of the East China Sea?" Hou Tu's eyes flashed, and she saw a faint green dragon formed by the gathering of wind and cloud energy behind Fuxi. She had roughly guessed Fuxi's origins in her heart. Of course, this was also the reason why Fuxi did not hide it. "Yes, I joined the Dragon Clan not long ago and became the Azure Dragon King of the Dragon Clan. Daoist friend has great luck and a faint appearance of a great bear. I believe you are the leader of the Mountain Bear Clan." Fuxi looked at Houtu, and felt a trace of the extremely powerful aura of a great clan from Houtu. He also understood Houtu's identity in his heart. The two looked at each other, there was silence at first, and then they suddenly smiled. Each of them is the leader of a major clan. In the future, when many clans fight for the royal throne, conflicts are bound to occur. However, that future is too far away for them.
Currently, there is no conflict of interest between Fuxi and Houtu. The dragon clan has not yet occupied the East China Sea, let alone going ashore to conquer the Eastern Continent. The Shanpi clan founded by Hou Tu was only one of the twelve clans in the Eastern Continent. It was surrounded by many other clans and could not even conquer other clans. How could it consider the affairs of the East China Sea Dragon clan? "Meeting is fate. Brother Dao, the two yin and yang of life and death are in a cycle, harmonious and self-consistent. It just so happens that I also have some understanding of life and death. I wonder if you are willing to teach me." Hou Tu pointed her jade hand at the surrounding sea of clouds, and golden light fell, splitting into life and death. The life and death energies rotated around each other like spirit snakes, and a mixed hole of life and death appeared, with wisps of Netherworld energy faintly emerging from it. "Since you are interested, I am willing to accompany you." Fuxi chuckled, and the source of his Taoist spiritual light connected heaven and earth. The power of life and death of heaven and man turned into a vast green dragon. The slender dragon body was like a Tai Chi string. The left side was full of vitality and green light, while the right side was dead and dark, with all sounds quiet. Hou Tu looked at the green dragon that appeared behind Fuxi, smiled, and waved her right hand. Golden light spread above the sea of clouds, the essence of the earth and the pure air of the sky merged, and an octagonal jade tower appeared in the sea of clouds. Fuxi and Houtu entered the Jade Tower, clear air rose behind their heads, and their spirits evolved into many strange visions. Hou Tu wanted to discuss the principles of life and death, which was exactly what Fuxi wanted. The source of Fuxi's dragon body itself is the two energies of life and death evolved from the spiritual light of Taoism that draws on the power of heaven and earth. The great way of life and death is what Fuxi is best at at this time when he is in the state of Dragon Emperor. Fuxi used the Great Dao of True Dragon to carry the two energies of life and death. The pure energy of his primordial spirit behind his head evolved into a blue dragon that resided in the void. With a stroke of the dragon's tail, a huge and majestic wheel of life and death slowly turned, operating the heaven and earth and sorting out all things. Hou Tu looked at the Azure Dragon and the Great Wheel of Life and Death evolved by Fuxi, and the profound and vast power of the Netherworld was revealed in her eyes. The magnificent Netherworld rose and fell in front of Hou Tu. It has a human body and a snake tail, with seven heads behind it like blooming lotus flowers, and in front of it, its two hands embrace the sacred Dharmakaya of the underworld. The grand truth of operating life and death, sitting in the underworld, and maintaining the order of heaven and earth poured down, and almost instantly the great wheel of life and death evolved by Fuxi was shaken to the point of collapse. Fuxi looked at the smile on Houtu's face and knew that it was a joke from Houtu, but no matter what, Fuxi had no intention of falling into disadvantage. (End of this chapter)