Ch 169: Heroic Spirit Awakening: Netherworld Emperor! Anya’s Arrival

Jiangning Domain City.

Jiangning Academy.

An unremarkable secret room.

Chu Mo slowly opened his eyes. He scanned the familiar yet unfamiliar surroundings, his gaze dazed for a moment. Decades… he was back!

Accompanied by a sigh, a dazzling, scorching, pure golden light condensed on his forehead, unprecedentedly brilliant and intense. With a terrifying roar, it suddenly erupted, piercing the sky…

Fa Hai, who was meditating at the door, suddenly opened his eyes, staring at this scene in astonishment. “Damn, he can really awaken???”

Although that nasty woman had ordered him to take care of Chu Mo and said that Chu Mo might awaken the next Heroic Spirit, he had always felt that the nasty woman was talking nonsense!

After all, his relationship with the person opposite him could only be described as “if you know, you know!”

Heroic Spirit Awakening… how could it be so easy? Especially for this one, who had already awakened several! After each Heroic Spirit’s awakening… the difficulty of awakening the next one increased exponentially!

After all, the second awakened Heroic Spirit was almost always stronger than the first. If it were weak, it would be rejected by the first Heroic Spirit’s natural repulsion…

Moreover, there were only so many powerful Heroic Spirits to begin with. Since the beginning of the Heroic Spirit Era, six hundred years had seen far too many powerful Heroic Spirits awakened. Now, the remaining high-quality Heroic Spirits that had not yet been awakened were already very few…

If you want to awaken one, you can only wait for those powerful ones to die and free up a spot.

In fact, apart from this period being rather strange, with many brand-new Heroic Spirits being awakened… the number and quality of Heroic Spirit awakenings each year were constantly declining! But…

“So, what is it that awakened this time?!” Fa Hai found it difficult to remain calm, pacing back and forth on the spot. He wasn’t shocked by the awakening of a golden Heroic Spirit. After all, according to the information he got from that nasty woman, this one’s previous one was also a golden Heroic Spirit.

According to the principle of getting stronger with each awakening… this must also be golden! He just didn’t know which grade of golden it was!

“Jiangning Domain City had just been upgraded from a fifth-level city to a sixth-level city not long ago… and the sixth level corresponds to the Sui and Tang dynasties!”

Expectation appeared in Fa Hai’s eyes. “Although it is said that in Jiangning Domain City, one can awaken all Heroic Spirits from the Qing dynasty to the Sui and Tang dynasties… the golden grade itself naturally excludes a large portion! It’s almost impossible for it to be after the Tang dynasty.”

After all, there were too few golden Heroic Spirits after the Tang dynasty, and many of them were still alive… Most importantly, it was almost impossible for those golden Heroic Spirits after the Tang dynasty that could still be awakened to surpass that Great Demonic Lord in quality!

That was the ruler who truly unified the entire known world in different time periods! The person with the highest world authority.

The last emperor of the Yuan dynasty, the founding emperor of the Great Demonic Empire. The more he inquired about him during this period… the more he could appreciate that person’s terror and dreadfulness.

It could even be said that the Heroic Spirit awakened by that one was definitely the highest level of that era… Only that Great Ming Preceptor might be comparable? But that was only a possibility.

Fa Hai pondered that no matter how high-ranking and powerful the Great Ming Preceptor was, he was, after all, not a terrifying existence who had once unified the known world! Perhaps in that era, his power and strength were not inferior to a Divine Lord… but considering various reasons, perhaps the quality of his awakened Heroic Spirit didn’t necessarily have to be higher than that of the Great Demonic Lord? Of course, there was also a very small chance that it could be higher… who knew?

If you want to suppress this one…

“Before the Sui and Tang dynasties, it might only be the Great Ming Preceptor… but after the Sui and Tang dynasties, it must be a true God or Buddha!” Fa Hai was very certain. “It shouldn’t be a naturally born God or Buddha, right…”

He racked his brains, recalling the targets in his mind that he could match. “Sui and Tang… Sui and Tang! Could it be a character from Journey to the West?”

“Sun Wukong? No, this one has already been awakened… Pig… this shouldn’t be the case! But it could also be Sandalwood Merit Buddha…”

Fa Hai’s body trembled at the thought of this. That Great Tang Sanzang was his idol.

In the next instant, a figure suddenly appeared beside Fa Hai, wearing white clothes, with a hair crown, an oval face, and a peaceful face, as clean and gentle as white jade, with an unimaginable charm.

This was Anya!

She glanced at Fa Hai, said nothing, and cast her gaze on the secret room in front of her again, frowning tightly. “It really is…”

Even though Chu Mo had emphasized it several times before and given her a heads-up, Anya still felt that it was somewhat outrageous at this moment when it was confirmed to be true.

“Have the preparations been completed?” Fa Hai’s emotions changed instantly, all expectations disappeared, and he opened his mouth expressionlessly.

“Nüwa had already made preparations before the lockdown! It was sealed as soon as it broke out here. But…” Anya shrugged. Although her relationship with Fa Hai had always been bad, at this moment, when it came to serious matters, the two did not hold each other back.

She sighed and said, “Too many people are paying attention to Jiangning… This kind of lockdown is itself a very important signal! Moreover, the people at the bottom may be able to hide it… Even ordinary Demonic Cultists can hide it… But the people at the very top! At most, within a day, they will be able to realize what happened.”

“…I know.” Fa Hai said concisely.

“So… what awakened?” Anya murmured, as if talking to herself, and as if asking someone.

“If nothing else happens, it should be Sandalwood Merit Buddha!” Fa Hai said softly, “Before the Sui and Tang dynasties, it could only be the Great Ming Preceptor, but the adversarial relationship between the Great Ming Preceptor and the Divine Lord… it’s unlikely to awaken in the same person!”

Anya frowned even more tightly.

“During the Sui and Tang dynasties,” Fa Hai’s fists gradually clenched, “Sun Wukong has already awakened, Sha Wujing has already awakened, and White Dragon Horse has also awakened… I don’t think that kid could possibly awaken Pig, right?”

Anya was silent for a moment, glanced at Fa Hai with a strange expression, “I’ve written down these words… If you really said it with your crow’s beak! Pig… tsk tsk. If he resents you in the future, it definitely has nothing to do with me! It’s your own fault for being so mouthy!”

“You, this inherently evil snake demon,” Fa Hai couldn’t hold back, he gritted his teeth, summoned his alms bowl with his backhand, and said with a grimace, “This monk will…”

Anya just glanced at him with disdain, and didn’t even react, obviously looking like “if you want to do it, go ahead.”

After a brief silence, Fa Hai silently put away the alms bowl. After all, this was no longer the era of subduing demons and eliminating evil. If he really dared to attack the Prefect without the other party’s consent, that could be regarded as a terror●ist attack…

This matter would be reported by Nüwa… Even if he was the acting headmaster, he would still have enough to drink afterwards.

“Cowardly and timid stupid woman! She must be afraid of me.” Fa Hai didn’t forget to mock in the end.

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“Actually, it is also possible that it is another forbidden existence.” Anya suddenly murmured, “Not an immortal transformed from a human into a god… but…”

“…A god?” Fa Hai suddenly fell silent, staring at the front with some worry, “If it is Sandalwood Merit Buddha, or Tang Sanzang, a celestial being created by humans, that would still be considered good… If a true God Heroic Spirit awakens, then the danger will be great.”

God Heroic Spirit! Or rather, a naturally born God Heroic Spirit!

This was a classification that could almost be called a taboo in the Heroic Spirit domain.

In terms of strength, it was naturally incomparably powerful… True pure-blooded gods were almost all golden!

However, almost half of the Heroic Spirit Awakeners in this field… defected from humanity!

This ratio was so high that it could even be called outrageous!

Gods were a Heroic Spirit Awakening classification that was even more feared by the Divine Province, and even the official authorities of various countries, than demons and Demonic Race…

The most terrifying thing was that those God Heroic Spirits who had not defected… all firmly occupied high positions in various countries because of their strength.

Therefore, the Heroic Spirit textbooks in various countries could not even say bad things about gods!

Almost everyone treated the God Heroic Spirits like grandfathers… fearing that if they said something wrong, it would directly detonate their anger, and they would run away without saying a word! Although it was outrageous, there were not a few God Heroic Spirits who ran away directly because of a momentary dispute of honor…

Gods were born arrogant!

Compared to the demonized demons and Demonic Race, no one had ever been able to, or dared to say bad things about God Heroic Spirits… Even if the proportion of their defection and the casualties caused to humans far exceeded those of the two. This was a Heroic Spirit Awakening classification that was born with a full value of united front!

Of course, because there were indeed problems in itself… so it was impossible for the Heroic Spirit textbooks to deliberately praise God Heroic Spirits! This led to this extremely powerful Heroic Spirit classification… being in a category that was almost ignored worldwide…

Fa Hai, whose worries had been revealed, was now worried.

And Anya just stared quietly at the secret room in front of her as always, her heart turned a thousand times, waiting for that person to come out with worry and trepidation.

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Inside the secret room.

Chu Mo calmly sensed the situation in outer space connected by the divine light on his forehead, sensing the continuous influx of that dazzling and scorching divine power. He smiled silently…

Soon, the dazzling golden divine light completely converged, and the Heroic Spirit Awakening was successful.

After savoring it for a moment, Chu Mo then unhurriedly summoned the Doors of Space and Time and projected his intelligence information.

【Heroic Spirit Information】

【Name: Xu Xian】

【Era: Confucian Song Era】

【Quality: Heaven. Divine Realm（Golden Grade）】

【Title: Scholar——Buddha’s Disciple——Three Confucian Sages——Ming Taizu Sage Ancestor Emperor/Netherworld Emperor】

【Awakening State: Can Awaken Three Times（Three Times Have Been Awakened and Completed）】

【Heroic Spirit Skills:

Skills in Unawakened State: Scholar（Red Grade）

Skills Obtainable After the First Awakening: Buddha’s Disciple（Blue Grade）

Skills Obtainable After the Second Awakening: Heart-Mind Study（Purple Grade）, Principle Investigation Studies（Purple Grade）, Neo-Confucianism（Purple Grade）, Supernatural Power: Purifying Altar（Human.Gold）, Supernatural Power: Vast Power（Purple Grade）

Skills Obtainable After the Third Awakening: Great Power: Formation（Earth.Gold）, Great Power: Space Ancestral Sorcery（Earth.Gold）, Great Power: Buddha（Earth.Gold）, Great Power: Heavenly Court Puppet Show（Earth.Gold）, Netherworld Emperor（Heaven.Gold）, Six Paths of Reincarnation（Heaven???.Gold）】

【Xu Xian Heroic Spirit Profile:

The Sage Ancestor Emperor of the Great Ming, the Three Confucian Sages, the Netherworld Emperor of the Underworld, the Destroyer of the Gods! The gravedigger of the mythological era…

The co-lord of all countries outside the Great Ming, the first existence in history to truly expand the vassal system to the whole world. The thing he was most proud of was that Yue Fei led thousands of Yue Family Army soldiers and almost penetrated the vast West…

He was originally a scholar who was favored by the Great Thunderclap Temple in the Western Paradise and could have become a generation of Buddha’s Disciple, but he scoffed at this. With a single thought, he woke up and became a Confucian Sage on the spot!

He originally had no intention of competing for the world, but he couldn’t bear to see the suffering of the common people. After the Jingkang Humiliation, he traveled all over the world, swept away the Great Jin, pacified the various countries, and finally overthrew the Great Song, creating the Great Ming! He became the first Sage Emperor in history!

He was the master of the Underworld, the Netherworld Emperor revered by all ghosts, the emperor of the human world and the Netherworld Hell! He relied on his own strength to re-establish the order of the ghost world.

He, who could have lived for countless eras, dragged the lofty immortals, gods, and Buddhas down to the human world for the sake of the world! And annihilated them all.

In the end…

He transformed his body into the Six Paths of Reincarnation, making up for the heaven and earth, unprecedented.】

【Emperor Huizong of Song, Zhao Ji, once said on the execution ground: The thing I regret the most is being an enemy of Xu Xian!

Emperor Qinzong of Song, Zhao Heng, once said: Before the Great Ming Taizu Emperor, the symbol of the emperor was Emperor Wen of Han and Emperor Taizong of Tang. But after the Taizu Emperor, only he could be called a standard Eternal Emperor. His civil and military achievements were amazing throughout the ages! All the emperors of the Great Song combined were far inferior!

Ming Taizong Martial Emperor Xu Shilin: When I first became emperor, I looked at my father like looking at the moon in a well, not very clearly. As I grew older and realized the extraordinary, and swept through the world where immortals and gods stood, the awe in my heart grew deeper. When I think of my father again, it’s like a mayfly seeing the blue sky.】