The Twenty-Four Histories of People Receiving Punishment

  The demon clan retreated because the ancestor of the witch clan, according to the original plan, led hundreds of millions of witches to attack the heavenly court when the demon clan launched a large-scale attack on Mount Buzhou. The Demon Emperor Jun and the Eastern Emperor Taiyi believed that with only Kunpeng's strength, it was easy for the demon clan to win, so they were fighting a quick battle, so even though the scouts reported that the witch clan had a major move, they didn't care, leaving only Bai Ze, Ji Zhao, Ying Meng and other ten great demon generals to guard the heavenly court.

  But what they didn't expect was that Kunpeng's cultivation far exceeded their imagination, and the two sides fought to a stalemate. Just as Kunpeng was locked in a standoff with Emperor Jun and Donghuang Taiyi, hundreds of millions of Wu soldiers and generals, led by the Nine Great Ancestors (Houtu transformed into the Six Paths of Reincarnation, while Huoshen Zhurong and Shuigong Gonggong had already fallen), launched a direct attack on the Heavenly Court. The main forces of the Heavenly Court were all at Mount Buzhou, so how could the remaining small fries resist? Bai Ze, Ji Zhao, and other ten great demon generals were only in the Golden Immortal realm, how could they be a match for the Nine Great Ancestors who were in the Quasi-Saint realm? They were instantly killed, with seven spirits and eight souls scattered. Fortunately, at this time, another Quasi-Saint of the demon tribe, Fuxi, arrived just in time to barely hold off the attack, but how could one person be a match for the Nine Great Ancestors? He was beaten until he spat blood, but fortunately, Fuxi had the Pre-Heavenly Spiritual Treasure, the Fuxi Zither, protecting his body, which managed to protect his life. The demon tribe retreated step by step, all the way back to the gates of the Heavenly Court. Such a huge change in the Heavenly Court shocked Empress Changxi.

  The Queen of the West, Xihe, and the Emperor Jun, the Eastern Emperor Taiyi, all transformed on the sun star. However, after marrying Emperor Jun, she no longer appeared in public, but instead taught her ten golden crow princes in the palace every day. Therefore, although Xihe also had a cultivation that was close to sainthood, it was not known to the people of Honghuang.

  Changxi heard the commotion outside the palace and thought it was not good, so he ordered the Ten Golden Crows to stay in the palace. The witch queen came out of the palace, but it turned out that she had replaced Fuxi who was covered in scales and wounds. The ancestors were naturally violent and at this moment they were even more bloodthirsty, regardless of who the person was. Soon, Changxi could not withstand it and was punched by Xi Bi's corpse on the heart, letting out a mournful cry.

  The Emperor Jun and the Eastern Emperor Taiyi arrived just in time to see Changxi lying on the ground, with a huge hole in his chest, bleeding profusely, and it seemed unlikely that he would survive. The Crown Prince of the Golden Crow was kneeling beside him, also crying uncontrollably. At this point, the two of them couldn't care about those ancestral witches anymore, and they rushed to Changxi's side in a hurry.

  Changxi relied solely on her vital energy to protect her spirit, all for the sake of meeting Emperor Jun and Taiyi. The three had grown up together on the sun star, all embodying the true fire of the sun. From a young age, they were like childhood sweethearts, but both Emperor Jun and Taiyi fell in love with Changxi at the same time. However, one woman cannot marry two men, so Taiyi could only bear the pain of unrequited love. Emperor Jun and Changxi often felt guilty towards Taiyi. Now that Changxi was about to die, Taiyi couldn't care about anything else anymore.

  Changxi only pulled Emperor Jun and Taiyi's hands, saying: "I'm afraid it won't work out for me. Please take care of my child morning and night, don't let him provoke trouble, otherwise he will suffer a terrible fate."

  Changxi finished speaking, raised her eyes to look at the Ten Golden Crow Prince beside her, and tears flowed down. It turned out that Changxi knew she was going to die, so she used her own life as a price to calculate the fate of the Ten Golden Crow, but unexpectedly calculated that the Ten Golden Crow Prince would have a great disaster in the future, how could she not be heartbroken and painful?

  As soon as Changxi finished speaking, she could no longer suppress her own injuries. In an instant, her body transformed into a golden flame and flew towards the Sun Star. Emperor Jun, Taiyi, and Changxi were all incarnations of the true fire of the sun, but they did not expect that after Changxi's death, not even a single thread of her true spirit was left behind. The two men looked at each other in sorrow, slowly stood up, and gazed angrily at the nine great ancestral witches in front of them. In fact, all of this was caused by Changxi using her life as a substitute to perform that calculation method. If she had not been injured when performing this method, at most she would have died and her spirit would have entered the cycle of reincarnation, but she happened to activate such a secret method just before her death, burning her own soul, so she turned into flying ashes without even leaving behind a single thread of her true spirit.

  Jiudazuzhou Rao had clashed with the Demon Emperor Jun and Donghuang Taiyi multiple times, and at this moment, he was also feeling a chill in his heart. Things having come to this point, both sides naturally wanted to have it out once and for all.

  Just as both sides were ready to fight, nearly a million witches and demons cracked their knuckles in preparation for the impending battle. However, two young boys suddenly appeared from afar, shouting: "The Daozu has issued an edict, ordering the witches and demons to cease fighting!" They then continued to recite towards the Heavenly Court below: "Ordering the demon master Kunpeng to immediately report to the Heavenly Court to receive the proclamation!"

  When Kunpeng arrived at the Heavenly Court, he saw that the two tribes of witches and demons were on high alert, as well as the demonic emperors Di Jun and Dong Huang Taiyi, who had a hungry gaze. It turned out that Emperor Di Jun and Dong Huang Taiyi deeply hated Kunpeng, for if it weren't for him blocking the demons, how would the Heavenly Court have suffered disaster, and Changxi lose his life? Seeing this, Kunpeng couldn't help but understand their intentions, and could only secretly sigh in his heart. This time, he was afraid that he had made a big enemy of these two demonic emperors, but the demon tribe had harmed several tens of millions of innocent people of the human race, all of which was simply their own doing, so who could be blamed? At this point, he couldn't care about many things, and walked to the front of the two children, cupping his hands: "I am Kunpeng, I don't know what orders you have?"

  Two children saw that everyone had arrived, and then said: "The Daozu has an order, you all listen to the declaration: The two tribes of witches and demons violated the Daozu's command, and in the specified time, they made a big move, killing several thousand people. The demon emperor Di Jun and the Eastern Emperor Taiyi killed millions of people, causing the human tribe to almost become extinct. The crime is unforgivable, and the punishment is for two people to be closed for a hundred years! The nine great ancestors of the witch clan secretly attacked the heavenly court, killing the demon Hou Yi again, triggering the Hongyuan Great War, resulting in the suffering of all living things. I order you to return to the Zuwu Temple to reflect, and not to go out for a hundred years! Within this hundred years, the two tribes of witches and demons are not allowed to cause any more trouble, otherwise, they will be severely punished!"

  Although the Taoist master had given his orders, Emperor Jun Taiyi and the nine great ancestor witches were all unruly people, and the current situation was not going to end well. How could they swallow their pride? However, Emperor Jun Taiyi had just fought a battle with Kunpeng and was still recovering from his injuries; while the nine great ancestor witches couldn't form the "Twelve Heavenly Gods' Great Formation" because Hou Tu, Zhu Rong, and Gong Gong were not present. Both sides had their own concerns and were thinking that they would make the other side suffer in a hundred years. For now, they just pretended to obey the order and ignored the two children, each going their separate ways.

  Two children had no choice but to continue: "Although Kunpeng Daoren has made great contributions to the human race by saving them on Mount Buzhou, he insulted the saint and recklessly discussed heaven and earth, which is not right. Therefore, he was punished to reflect for a hundred years to atone for this cause and effect, and within a hundred years, he will continue to guard the development of the human race and cannot leave the place where humans live half a step."

  Kunpeng heard that the Taoist ancestor wanted him to stay inside for a hundred years, and he also understood that he had scolded Nüwa Niangniang and Taishang Laojun, two sacred people, on Mount Buzhou. Those sacred people were good at saving face, and in the future, they would definitely not give themselves good fruit to eat if they caught an opportunity. The Taoist ancestor only punished him to reflect for a hundred years to repay his karma, and he was still protecting himself. At this moment, he bowed to the void and said, "Kunpeng thanks the Taoist ancestor here!"

  Kun Peng immediately returned to the human residence, Buzhou Mountain. Wu Dao saw Kun Peng return from the Heavenly Court and hurriedly came to pay his respects. Wu Dao's appearance was no different from before he closed his cultivation, still with the same appearance as before.

  Kunpeng inquired about the development of human affairs. After this catastrophe, the humans who survived were all young and strong, and for the next hundred years, there would be no more harassment from the witch and demon tribes, and with Kunpeng's protection, they would naturally develop rapidly again.

  After arranging all the affairs of the human tribe, Kunpeng returned to the cave mansion on Buzhou Mountain and checked Wu Dao's cultivation. At this time, Wu Dao's cultivation had improved a lot compared to 100 years ago, and he was already in the early stage of the Golden Immortal realm. Seeing this, Kunpeng secretly sighed and thought that entering the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm from the Golden Immortal realm was no longer just a matter of time. In addition to talent, personal destiny was also indispensable. Wu Dao's personality would determine his future progress, and it might be much more difficult for him.

  In the past hundred years, Kunpeng has seen the vast wilderness of Honghuang, where humans are everywhere, and the ghosts who refuse to enter reincarnation. This has left a deep impression on Kunpeng. He can't help but think of the "Rebirth Mantra" from later generations. So he opened an altar in Mount Buzhou, reciting the "Rebirth Mantra" to transcend the spirits of the dead. At that moment, those ghosts who refused to go to the underworld for reincarnation went to the underworld one after another, and according to their merits, they were reborn into a new life. Most of the human ghosts were kind-hearted people, so most of them were reborn as humans. The human race is about to usher in a new peak period of population growth, which also conforms to the trend of the great prosperity of the human race.

  The Heavenly Way was moved by Kunpeng's merits and once again bestowed upon him a multitude of virtues, which made Kunpeng overjoyed. Not only had he gained great merit for himself, but also earned a good reputation. Kunpeng stored up these virtues to be used when needed. The various saints outside the Nine Heavens saw that Kunpeng had obtained such immense merits once again and felt that the Heavenly Way was unpredictable.

  But in the blink of an eye, a hundred years have passed, and the Demon Emperor Jun and Dong Huang Tai Yi, who were ordered by the Daozu to close the door for reflection, returned to the Demon Palace, and the demons above and below were all cheering. It turned out that although they had been ordered not to provoke each other for a hundred years, the two tribes had been fighting for thousands of millions of years, and it was impossible to stop just by saying so. Although there were no big battles, small frictions were inevitable. However, after the battle at Mount Buzhou, the demons failed to steal the chicken and lost a handful of rice instead. Their main base, the Demon Palace, was almost captured by the Wu tribe, and the Demon Queen was beheaded. The Demon Emperor Jun and Dong Huang Tai Yi were forced to close the door for reflection, and the demons naturally became the laughing stock of their old enemies, the Wu tribe. Among other demon saints, the Holy Mother Nuwa remained in seclusion in the Wa Palace, Fuxi needed to recover from his injuries, the Demon Master Kunpeng had formally turned against the Heavenly Court, and the Ten Golden Crows' Crown Prince was unable to make a name for himself. The Ten Great Demon Generals could only contend with a few of the Wu tribe's great witches. Therefore, for a hundred years, the demons were forced to tuck their tails between their legs, and their days were extremely difficult. Now that the Demon Emperor Jun and Dong Huang Tai Yi have returned to the Heavenly Court, the demons naturally have hope for revival.

  The Demon Emperor Jun and the Eastern Emperor Taiyi returned to the Heavenly Court, without fanfare or mobilizing troops. Instead, they continued to restrain the demon clan from engaging in internal conflicts, entrusting all major and minor matters of the demon clan to the Great Sage Fuxi. Afterwards, both of them announced to the outside world that they would be closing their doors for cultivation, leaving a group of demons bewildered and whispering among themselves.

  The two, Emperor Jun and Donghuang Taiyi, had been thinking about the miserable death of Queen Xiwu during their hundred-year retreat. They deeply resented the Witch tribe for ambushing the Heavenly Court and spent every day thinking about seeking revenge against them after they left seclusion. However, the two tribes, the You and the Wu, had been fighting since the time of Pangu, and were well aware of each other's strengths and weaknesses, so neither could gain the upper hand over the other. They feared that even if they left their retreat, they would still be deadlocked, and the two of them were filled with frustration.

  Di Jun and Tai Yi were indeed people of great willpower, for over a hundred years they observed the celestial phenomena every night. Under such perseverance, they finally figured out the operating rules of the 365 stars in the sky. The two were overjoyed, and only then did they completely understand the 'Zhoutian Star Big Array' set up by Kunpeng. Di Jun used the pre-heavenly spiritual treasures 'Hetu' and 'Luoshu' to absorb the power of the stars in the sky, using it to suppress the core of the 'Zhoutian Star Big Array', thereby fully controlling everything about this array.

  After the Witch tribe lost three great ancestral witches, the 'Twelve Heavenly Gods' formation was already very difficult to make progress. With the complete 'Zhou Tian Star Big Formation', they no longer need to fear the Witch tribe's 'Twelve Heavenly Gods' formation. Moreover, with Dong Huang Tai Yi having the pre-heavenly treasure 'Hun Dun Bell' in hand and assisting from the side, as long as they can defeat the nine great ancestral witches of the Witch tribe, the rest of the witch crowds will naturally be nothing to worry about.