Zheng Wenjie sat cross-legged on the cushion with his eyes closed, facing the golden statue of the blood talisman. Wisps of incense power like golden flames flowed from the golden statue into Zheng Wenjie's hands.

Not until he had exhausted the power of decades of incense and vows did Zheng Wenjie open his eyes and look at the dazzling light in his hand.

Those who are worshipped are gods. Zheng Wenjie also has a method of practicing Shintoism, which was given to him by the Hades A'cha. However, Zheng Wenjie has always regarded this method as his last resort. He would never switch to practicing Shintoism unless it was the last minute.

Shinto, immortals and Buddhism are different. The foundation of immortals and Buddhism is one's own realm of cultivation, while the foundation of Shinto is the power of incense and vows.

The power of incense and vows is the source of Shinto's strength, just like people eating grains. Without the power of incense and vows, Shinto will starve to death, and will not be able to get involved in other methods of practice.

The more sacrificial beliefs there are, the stronger the power of Shinto will be. This means that if gods want to be immortal and call the wind and rain, they must develop believers. As long as they are alive, they must be controlled by the believers and cannot do whatever they want.

Now that Zheng Wenjie has broken through the red eyes, especially after he has confirmed that Miao Shan's magical powers have no effect on him, the incense and vows are no longer of any use to him.

However, she had to trouble Pluto A-Cha to plant a mark on all the ghosts who had reincarnated in the area that Zheng Wenjie was responsible for. This was what she had promised at the beginning.

As long as those who have been marked hear news about the Sun God Cult, they will develop a sense of trust. Otherwise, how could Tang Xue and her group achieve this in just a dozen years when the Cult was still ownerless?

The incense and vows gathered by the blood-talisman golden statue alone are enough to make an ordinary person become a god instantly, which is equivalent to having a hundred years of magical powers. Although he cannot call the wind and rain, he can perform simple miracles.

Although Pluto wanted to control Zheng Wenjie's thoughts after he practiced Shintoism, Zheng Wenjie didn't care. Instead, he thanked her for giving him a way out and for helping him a lot now.

Zheng Wenjie raised his head and looked up into the air. Tong Min came flying with the injured white snake and green snake and landed behind Zheng Wenjie. Zheng Wenjie turned around and made sure that Tang Xue was on the way before nodding to Tong Min.

Seeing this, Tong Min bowed and left the square, leaving the White Snake and the Green Snake to face Zheng Wenjie.

Bai Su Su covered her aching chest and looked at the incense in Zheng Wenjie's hand: "What do you want to do by bringing us here?"

"It seems that you are in a bad mood. I understand." Hearing Bai Suzhen's unfriendly tone, Zheng Wenjie replied with a smile without caring. He then looked at Xiaoqing, who looked behind her nervously from time to time, and his tone was a little strange.

"It seems that all of you together are no match for Fahai. Then how did you trap him eight hundred years ago?"

Bai Su Su coughed a few times to ease the pain in her chest, and calmly held Xiao Qing's hand: "In the beginning, Fa Hai was trapped by trickery, this is not worth mentioning."

"Now, what do you want me to do?"

Although Zheng Wenjie was curious, he didn't care much. He raised the light formed by the power of incense in his hand to Bai Susu and said, "Now you only have one way to go. I will teach you how to become a god through incense and become the sun god for me."

"Practicing the way of the gods can indeed break the five decays of the gods, but I am still no match for Fahai. What's more, I am a disciple of Lishan Laomu, and I will not switch to practicing the way of the gods."

Bai Suzhen looked determined and rejected Zheng Wenjie's proposal without hesitation, but Xiaoqing beside her grabbed Bai Suzhen in surprise as if she had seen a life-saving straw.

"Sister, even if you don't switch to Shintoism, these incense and vows can delay the Five Deteriorations of the Celestial Beings! These are all ownerless incense and vows. Refining them will not have any effect, and they will not be contaminated by the aura of Shintoism."

Lishan Laomu? Zheng Wenjie knew that Lishan Laomu was also called Lishan Laomu, and she was mentioned in many legends, including Journey to the West.

But it’s not important now. Xiaoqing said that the power of incense and vows can delay the five signs of decline of the heavenly beings, which made Zheng Wenjie ask: “What exactly are the five signs of decline of the heavenly beings you are talking about?”

Xiaoqing and Bai Suzhen looked at each other, both of them were surprised that Zheng Wenjie didn't know about the Five Degenerations of Heavenly Beings. Bai Suzhen and she were able to be so relaxed now because they found that Fahai was no longer in their sight.

If she was right, Fahai would not have noticed the evil spirit on them anymore. Zheng Wenjie must have cast a spell here.

Xiaoqing also heard from Bai Susu that Bai Susu thought Zheng Wenjie was mysterious and unpredictable and didn't want Xiaoqing to negotiate with him. Logically speaking, Bai Susu had been practicing for nearly two thousand years, so Zheng Wenjie's magic power should be even stronger. How could he not know about the Five Degenerations of Heavenly Beings?

Seeing that Bai Su Su had no intention of explaining, Xiao Qing then explained, "The Five Decays of Heaven and Man are calamities that all gods, Buddhas, and demons will experience. Once you survive, you will have to wait for the next one. No matter how powerful your magic is, you cannot avoid it."

"Unless you hide in Kunlun or the Buddhist world, it can only be postponed. It will come one day. If you cannot survive the Five Degenerations of the Celestial Beings, you will fall directly into the Six Paths of Reincarnation and be reborn. Your magical powers will also make up for the heaven and earth."

"And what you have in your hand is the pure incense power of the ownerless. After refining, it will not be tainted by the aura of the gods. It can be regarded as a treasure from heaven and earth."

"My sister just doesn't want to, otherwise there have been people who have been offering sacrifices to us sisters all along, but by refining the incense and vows offered to us, we will naturally be transformed into Shinto."

Zheng Wenjie finally understood that it was not that Kunlun and the Buddhist world did not want to interfere in the human world, but that they were all avoiding the Five Degenerations of Heaven and Man and therefore sealed themselves off from the mountains.

"Then why don't you go back to Kunlun? Lishan Laomu is not an ordinary immortal in Kunlun, right? Are you just waiting for Xu Xian? Even if the celestial being is about to fall into reincarnation due to the Five Decays, you don't care?"

Bai Su Su and Xiao Qing sat casually on the futon in the square. They didn't want to answer Zheng Wenjie's question, so they asked, "Let's talk business. What do you want to do?"

"It doesn't matter if you don't want to convert to Shintoism. I'll give you these incense and vows. Since they can delay the five decays of the gods, I think you can also restore your heyday."

Zheng Wenjie casually threw the condensed incense power to Bai Susu: "I want to help you resolve the grudge between you and Fahai. It's been nearly a thousand years, why bother to keep entangled?"

Bai Suzhen received the incense power, but did not refine it immediately. Instead, she frowned and looked at Zheng Wenjie thoughtfully. Why would Zheng Wenjie help her resolve the grievances between her and Fahai for no reason?

Zheng Wenjie looked at Bai Su Su with a half-smile: "Why? If it weren't for me, you would have been subdued by Fahai and beaten to death long ago. Now that I saved your lives, are you still on guard against me?"

Xiaoqing gritted her teeth. Right now, it was indeed only Zheng Wenjie who could help them. If her sister really angered Zheng Wenjie, the consequences would be something she did not want to see. Moreover, now with the power of the incense and vows, her sister could delay the five signs of decay, and they could continue to be together.

"Sister, listen to me and don't think too much. First refine the incense and vows to delay the five decays of the heavenly beings. This way, you will still have the strength to fight against Fahai."

"If sister doesn't want to, I won't force her, but I will be with her whether we live or die!"

Xiaoqing had no choice. Bai Suzhen had always been the one making the decisions on everything. Now she had no choice but to retreat and force Bai Suzhen to make a decision.

Looking at Xiaoqing helplessly, Bai Suzhen sighed in her heart, opened her mouth, and used her magic power to swallow the power of incense and wishes into her stomach. The demonic power and the power of incense and wishes intertwined together, and a hazy light emanated from her body.

Xiao Qing finally breathed a sigh of relief and turned around to see Zheng Wenjie looking at her with admiration: "You did a good job, but has your sister always been so defensive? Is she suffering from paranoia?"

"Ahem, my sister wasn't like this before." Xiaoqing continued with a depressed look on her face, "At the beginning, she was suppressed by Fahai under Leifeng Pagoda because of the unfaithful man Xu Xian. After I rescued her, she changed."

"My sister used to be gentle and considerate, always smiling, unlike now when she has a cold face all the time." "But even so, she is still waiting for Xu Xian and still can't forget about him. This damn human, I don't know what to do to make my sister forget him."

"Hmph!" Xiao Qing became angrier and angrier as she thought about it. She glanced at Bai Suzhen who had already entered a state of meditation and could not control her anger. "It was all caused by that nun named Miao Shan. She said that my sister would definitely be able to see Xu Xian again, otherwise we would have returned to Kunlun long ago!"

Zheng Wenjie suddenly realized the most important thing: "You mean, Miao Shan let your sister stay in the human world and didn't return to Kunlun?"

"That's right!" Xiao Qing nodded bitterly, "Those who have achieved success in cultivation have all ascended to Kunlun. Although cultivation in the human world is very fast, it is incomparable to cultivating in Kunlun like a turtle, but the five decays of the celestial beings come even faster."

"My sister has stayed in the human world because Miao Shan was able to see Xu Xian. If it weren't for you, she would only have one or two years to live."

"But where's Xu Xian? He's still nowhere to be found. Damn human!"

Zheng Wenjie looked at Xiaoqing thoughtfully, and asked with a strange look on his face: "I remember that in the story of the Legend of the White Snake, you and Xu Xian got along pretty well."

Xiaoqing's face changed and she snorted coldly: "I am a demon and he is a human, how can we get along well? Everything I did was just for my sister."

"Hey, so you have only been with your sister for nearly two thousand years? You don't have any other friends? No human or monster?" Zheng Wenjie asked curiously. He only lived for about a hundred years in his two lives, and he found a family to accompany him.

Xiao Qing shook her head indifferently, and looked at Bai Su Su who was meditating with her eyes closed with true feelings: "She is enough for me."

Zheng Wenjie was stunned. Xiaoqing's reaction made him a little dumbfounded: "You... like your sister?"

Xiaoqing had also been with Bai Suzhen in the human world for more than a thousand years and had seen everything. She also understood what Zheng Wenjie meant and explained it without any concern.

"I am a male snake and my sister is a female snake. Why can't I like her?"

"She wanted to send a letter to Xu Xian. At that time, young ladies all used maids. I had no choice but to disguise myself as a maid."

"Later, every time I transformed into a male body, my sister would find fault with me, but slowly I got used to it."

What I mean is that there is not just one time when a man dresses like a crossdresser, but countless times.

"You really have deep feelings for Bai Susu..."

Xiao Qing said calmly, "It's a pity that she likes men, humans, that unfaithful man Xu Xian."

"One time I couldn't help wanting to kill Xu Xian, but she stopped me. What happened? If I had killed him directly, there wouldn't have been so many problems."

Looking at Xiaoqing who keeps complaining more and more, with a personality completely different from Bai Suzhen, she has no defense against me at all. Can the power of incense and vows I offer delay Bai Suzhen's five signs of decay?

But it’s okay this way, Zheng Wenjie also likes Xiaoqing’s personality.

"Xiaoqing, I have a guess after listening to what you said." Zheng Wenjie remembered that in the original plot, it was Vairocana Tathagata who brought Fahai back with a lotus.

The prerequisite for returning is that Fahai’s merits are complete, worldly ties are severed, and one returns to the true Buddha.

"Fahai is a disciple of Buddhism and the most famous monk in history for exorcising demons and monsters. He is the reincarnation of an arhat who has cultivated himself again in order to attain the status of a bodhisattva."

"And Miaoshan is the incarnation of Guanyin Bodhisattva. It seems that you and your sister are used by the Buddhist sect as a whetstone to help Fahai practice."

"How is this possible? My sister is the true disciple of Lishan Laomu. If this is true, Lishan Laomu would not just ignore it."

Xiaoqing shook her head. She didn't believe what Zheng Wenjie said. The Mother of Lishan was not someone to be trifled with. She was very protective of her children and raised them as if they were her own daughter.

Zheng Wenjie deduced this conclusion because he knew the plot, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt it was right.

"Think about it, your sister was suppressed under Leifeng Pagoda. How did you, alone, allow Fahai to fall into the trap and be sealed in the crab?"

"Also, how do you know that Lishan Laomu didn't interfere? But how can you interfere in such a love affair? Didn't you fail? What's more, this is also a love tribulation for immortals and a way of cultivation."

Xiaoqing's expression changed and his teeth squeaked. Could it be that it was really as he said, that all this was controlled by Buddhism behind the scenes? No wonder it was so easy to trap Fahai and they trapped him for eight hundred years.

"So, Fahai broke the seal and came out now because my sister is facing the Five Degenerations of Heaven and Man, and can only exert 50% to 60% of her magic power, so that he can help us resolve our obsession!"

Looking at Xiaoqing's appearance, Zheng Wenjie knew that he had begun to believe in himself.

Zheng Wenjie also felt that Xiaoqing was right. Miao Shan possessed the ability to see the world from the perspective of heaven and earth. She could see the future clearly even if there were no people at the same level as Guanyin. Even if she couldn't break the crab herself, she still had Ma Xiaoling.

Zheng Wenjie calmly glanced at Bai Suzhen who was in a state of meditation to refine the power of incense and vows, wondering if she had heard the conversation just now.

His pupils turned blood red, and he paid attention to Bai Su Su's refining progress, then returned to normal.

Zheng Wenjie looked at Xiaoqing, whose expression kept changing, sometimes angry and sometimes excited, and asked curiously, "What are you thinking about?"

Xiaoqing looked at Zheng Wenjie with a sharp gaze: "Sir, thanks to you, my sister can now barely survive the catastrophe of the Five Decays of the Celestial Beings as long as she returns to Kunlun."

"Since both Fahai and Xu Xian are conspiracies of Buddhism, then all of this is fake. My sister is not really in love with Xu Xian. This is just a love disaster!"

Zheng Wenjie didn't understand at first. Since it was a love tribulation, then of course she had fallen in love with Xu Xian. How could this be fake?

But seeing that Xiaoqing was more happy than angry, Zheng Wenjie didn't want to say anything to spoil his fun, so he shook his head.

"Xiaoqing, I think it will take at least three or four days for your sister to improve her incense and vows. There are several villas over there, you can stay wherever you want."

"As for the rest, you don't have to worry. I have isolated this place, so Fahai won't be able to find you. Just rest and recuperate. When your sister succeeds, we can settle the grudge between you and Fahai." (End of this chapter)