"Even the distant relatives who came knocking were taken care of by people I hired in secret. If you talk about ancestors, I'd rather acknowledge the people of this world as my ancestors."
"This incense, you should enjoy it while you can, day by day. As for this seal, I shall accept it on behalf of the people of this world."
"When you return, there will still be many matters to attend to!"
"..."
With the new emperor's ascension, the ancestral hall originally in Shangjing City was naturally to be moved out of the capital and returned to the ancestral land.
To the old emperor, this was a "demotion".
But no one expected that when the Ming King ascended the throne, he would promote the relocation of the Hu Family Ancestral Hall, keeping it in the capital to enjoy the incense offerings of the world.
He was appointed as the "Master of the World"!
At the same time, using the vast Shangjing City as the domain, the sacrificial altar for the Luotian Festival had already been constructed.
On the auspicious day, the King of Mingzhou, Yang Gong, along with his generals, prince state preceptor, and merit ministers, opened the gates of the imperial city and entered the Chengtian Hall, holding the Heaven Suppressing Treasure Seal, ascended the throne as the emperor.
Likewise, in the north of Shangjing City, at the site of the Luotian Festival altar, Hu Shanchuan, Master of Ghost Walking Sect, set up the Magic Altar on the stage, placing five stone weights around as altar corners, with an offering table and an incense table in front of him.
On the offering table were cut pieces of black, white, blue, red, and gold Tai Sui, all shaped square, and a jar holding Purple Qi, placed above the five Tai Sui.
This was the Longevity Fruit, one of the Five Guardians.
On the incense table, three incense sticks were burning, and in front of the incense burner lay a piece of human skin covered with writing.
This was the old emperor's skin, also the Tai Sui ledger.
The Yin General stood in the shaded area behind the Magic Altar, and an iron coffin stood there, wrapped in various chains.
Outside the altar, on each step, stood skilled people from different paths, and the assistant priest was the previous Main Sacrificial of the Daluo Dharma Sect, National Master Dongxuan.
By his side, on the First Tier, were the Big Senior Brother of the Not Eating Beef Path, skilled people from Ghost Walking Sect, Inquiry Aunt Zhang, Reason Seventh Aunt, the Li Family's Housekeeper and young lady Li Xiangyu, Life Nourishing Zhou, and members of the Divine Hand Zhao Family.
On the Second Tier outside the altar were Impermanence Li, Mountain-viewing Zhu, and members of the Sun Family, and the Sect Leader of the Niuba Sect.
On the Third Tier were skilled and extraordinary individuals from all over the world, including the Undying King, various sword catching sects, and people from different paths who contributed significantly in the Mandate of Heaven battle, lined up layer by layer, each one a formidable figure renowned across the world.
As Er Guotou lit the incense, everyone became solemn. The wisps of blue smoke ascended to the sky, and the world fell into silence, awaiting the new emperor's words.
At this moment in the imperial city, Yang Gong, between two rows of civil and military officials, walked towards the throne, holding the last of the Five Guardian Seals, the Heaven Suppressing Treasure Seal, with Purple Qi swirling on it, and the words "Bestowed by Heaven, Longevity and Prosperity" blazed on it, capable of seizing the world.
Then he raised the seal high above his head, looked towards the world, and shouted: "With Douyi as a guide, Tai Sui descends, invades our land, sacrifices our people. Now, I am emperor, and I bow to serve all the people."
"This seal shall testify, rejecting Tai Sui, never again shall we offer sacrifices!"
"..."
Boom!
With these words, all the people bowed in worship, and the precious seal in his hand, its divine light shot straight to the sky.
Dark clouds rolled and surged, uprooting heaven and earth. In an unseen realm, wails transmitted, remnants of the Evil Sky and Ghost Land.
Sensing the new sky approaching, struggling in vain.
On the sacrificial altar, when Er Guotou heard the emperor say that sentence, he stood up, picked up the piece of old emperor's skin, and in the middle of the altar, burned it in flames, representing the contract between the human world and Tai Sui, at this moment, turning into ashes, no longer existing.
Boom!
The changes in heaven and earth became more significant, endless ghostly wind suddenly blew from all directions.
Ghostly gods were startled, as darkness covered the heavens and the earth.
In the various Ghost Caves of this world, monstrous creatures were simultaneously frenzied, eager to rush into the human world, while from all around, countless pieces of flesh and blood squeezed out from the depths of the earth.
Originally silent and dormant, waiting to be slaughtered, but in the instant when the piece of the emperor's skin was burned away, they suddenly discovered earth-shattering roars, swollen flesh surging, growing tentacles and faces, seemingly about to engulf the world.
"The time has come, set up the altar!"
Facing the changes in heaven and earth, even the state preceptor beside couldn't help but reveal some solemnity, yet Er Guotou at the altar suddenly sneered and stood up, holding altar flags, and suddenly offered them into the air.
He formed seals with his hands and shouted fiercely:
"Yin and yang unite, the world submits, I on the altar, command all the ghostly gods of the world, heed my command!"
"Drive away the Evil Gods, leave the world, assure my people a disaster-free life!"
"Those who do not obey, shall be slain!"
"..."
Once the altar was set, even the experts of different paths who offered themselves to the altar only felt fear in their hearts.
Even if they had known beforehand, seeing the altar in person now still felt somewhat crazy.
The Hu Family did not enter the underworld before, so the mother form within the Hu Family was unrelated to the Eight Sceneries of Netherworld, the previous mother form was named the Commanding Altar of Eight Directions of Soldiers and Horses, actually the universal altar.
With one command, all the Yin Ghosts in the world follow the order.
But now, the altar set by Er Guotou was the last form recorded in the Age Suppressing Book, and also the new Walking Ghost Mother Form after the branch, the Commanding Altar of Eight Directions of Ghostly Gods.
This altar penetrates yin and yang, commands all the ghostly gods in the world, and all who hear this order dare not disobey, otherwise, they shall be slain!
As the altar was known, as the Ghost God Altar, Tai Sui had been considered by the world as "Evil God," so even Tai Sui must obey the order.
Disobedience results in death!
"Whirr..."
Divine light burst forth from the altar, and the altar flags flew to the four directions, into the various blood food mines that were running amok.
