Chapter 943: First Invite Nezha the Third Prince

Fire God Temples are extremely common in Zhigu.

Every street and alley has a Fire God Temple, large or small. The large ones, such as those at the southwest corner of the city, outside the North Gate, and at the Embroidered Uniform Guard Bridge, all have a courtyard.

The largest Fire God Temple in the Drum Tower West Board Bridge Hutong even has plaques bestowed by two emperors and is a three-courtyard complex.

And the small Fire God Temples, or those set up at street corners or under eaves, only have a tile to cover them, with a statue inside, but the incense is also prosperous, and citizens often worship to avoid fire disasters.

The Fire God worshipped in the temple also has various origins.

Some say it is the Fire Virtue Star Lord, some say it is the Fire God Huilu, and others go along with performing arts novels, worshipping Luo Xuan, Wang Lingguan, and Nezha.

The small temple worshipping the Fire God in the Fire God Temple village at the Sanchahe He Kou worships a three-headed, six-armed god statue stepping on wind-fire wheels!

The Nine-eyed Fire Demon scattered thousands of fire seeds in mid-air, and fire heads started as soon as they landed.

The fire stars all over the sky fell like rain, sprinkling on Zhigu City and the nearby villages, and even the distant port fell with many demon fires!

Those fire seeds contained demon Qi, and after taking root, they turned into scorching fire demons. Thus, fire heads were everywhere, and demon shadows were heavy.

The entire Zhigu City had already fallen into a sea of fire.

Water societies everywhere beat gongs to gather people and went to rescue.

And every time a fire started, the water society crowd, besides opening canals and uncovering wells to get water, first had to worship the Fire God and offer prayers for a body that is immune to water and fire...

But at this moment, Qian Chen stood in front of the Fire God Temple, staring at the three-headed, six-armed god statue worshipped in the temple. His expression was a bit strange, with a point of sigh, half a point of hesitation, and seven points of nostalgia in his eyes.

"Come to think of it, although I've mixed into the sect leader of the Xuanzhen Sect and am rumored to be a fourth-step pill-realm body, in reality, I haven't even opened the Ouroboros Gate. I am a genuine extraordinary apprentice in the mysterious world!"

"I've been able to do big things repeatedly, all relying on some secret methods, extraordinary secrecy..."

"With my own spirituality, even lighting a lamp is difficult!"

Saying that, Qian Chen flicked his hand, and a row of long-burning lamps in the Fire God Temple were suddenly lit. The pitch-black small temple lit up a path of lamps, shining on the ancient and simple god statue, which was even blackened by incense smoke.

A red cloak was tied to the god statue's shoulders, and the lotus battle skirt and shawl were all covered under the cloak. Only the wind-fire wheels under its feet, the red-tasseled fire-tipped spear in its hand, and the universe ring hanging on its body...

Could be vaguely distinguished!

"Lotus Dharma body, spiritual pearl reincarnation... Li Nezha, actually I haven't done it for a long time!"

Qian Chen stared at this Dharma image, which he had manifested several times, and was truly familiar with. The firelight in the distance illuminated his face, casting a struggle of light and shadow on his face...

"I am not Nezha!"

"However, when I came out of the Tianhou Palace the day before yesterday and walked here, I accidentally saw this god statue, saw you. But it gave me... no, it should be said it gave the millions of people in Zhigu a chance."

"In this world, there seems to be a path called 'Inviting Gods'!"

Just then, many people behind him beat copper gongs and leather drums, shouting slogans of fighting fires and gathering people, rushing toward the Fire God Temple.

"Fire God! Open your eyes..."

Someone beside him looked at the fire head and howled.

Qian Chen turned his head slowly, standing at the entrance of the Fire God Temple, but still one step away from entering the temple. Behind him was the crowd rushing to worship the Fire God and prepare to fight the fire, and looking far away was Zhigu City, where dots of fire heads were now burning into a sea of fire, a fire-house purgatory.

"Heavenly spirits, earthly spirits, respectfully invite the Bright Venerable to manifest!"

"First invite Nezha the Third Prince, with ten thousand soldiers under his command. Wearing lotus leaf armor, holding a red-tasseled fire-tipped spear. Wrapped in ten thousand zhang of universe silk, shoulders wearing a universe ring. Stepping on the wind-fire wheels, manifesting the three-headed, six-armed power. The Three Altars Sea Meeting has heavenly power, manifesting the Lotus Prince body!"

Xuanzhen Sect disciples had already set up altars and sacrifices in front of every Fire God Temple.

In every Fire God Temple in Zhigu City, even the small temples on the street, there were several Xuanzhen Sect disciples wearing jackets, black towels tied around their heads, armor-horse tied to their feet, armor made of talismans wrapped around their bodies, and holding ghost-head broadswords.

They prostrated themselves, burned talismans, and chanted spells, gathering the endless secret power accumulated by the sacrifices of the Fire God Temples in Zhigu City, and passing it to Qian Chen who was standing in front of the temple at this moment.

In the chaos, their actions gave some people a spiritual sustenance, and many common folk also knelt down and kowtowed to seek the gods.

And another part of the people thought of the Boxer Rebellion in the north in the past.

That mixed and chaotic spirituality, mixed with the spiritual wish power accumulated by the Fire God Temple sacrifices, the secrecy of the secret incantations held by the Xuanzhen Sect disciples, and the myths and legends that have circulated in this world for thousands of years—these various powers were transmitted along with the god altar, turning into a chaotic spirituality around Qian Chen.

This kind of spirituality without direction, without faith constraints, and even without ritual control, could only manifest a vague, three-headed, six-armed god statue.

But as Qian Chen walked into it, at that moment, the god statue suddenly became vivid...

Two points of spiritual light fell, and the fire demons in the two fire heads closest to the Fire God Temple were wiped of their spirituality in an instant. The rolling flames were drawn, and for the two points of spiritual light in mid-air, they were swallowed, forming two flame vortices.

Then a pair of fire wheels, intertwined with infinite burning wind, fell from the vortex and were stepped on by Qian Chen.

As Qian Chen kicked the wind-fire wheels, they circled Qian Chen once, and then flew toward Zhigu City.

Wherever the wind-fire wheels went, the flames soaring on the ground seemed to be attracted by a huge vortex.

The flames turned into fire dragons and flew up, swallowed by the two wind-fire wheels, and the fire demons manifested by demon power in the flames were often turned by the wind-fire wheels and beheaded.

Over Zhigu City, countless common folk saw the pair of fire wheels flying in mid-air.

The two fire wheels chased each other, one in front and one behind, moving forward in an

The fire starters everywhere were all swallowed by the two fire-wheel-like fire meteors; only the fires ignited by the direct shooting from the nine fire eyes, with emerald flames condensing within, manifested into individual fire demons.

About sixteen fire demons were each entrenched in Zhigu's coal plants, timber yards, ironworks, and gunpowder shops.

With sufficient fuel, they each transformed into hundred-zhang-tall fire demons, like small hills!

The Wind-Fire Wheels darted like meteors in mid-air, piercing into the chest of the huge gold-melting fire demon at the ironworks, then penetrating the fire demon cast from molten iron, and drilling out from its back carrying infinite firepower.

Then it rushed into the nearby warehouse storing giant timber from the Northeast, severing three heads of the nine-headed fire snake inside.

But in an instant, the fire snake grew three more heads and remained as rampant as before!

The fire wheels darted, extinguishing hundreds of fire scenes and absorbing thousands of fire starters in an instant.

Now only sixteen great fires remained, each entrenched in one place; even though the Wind-Fire Wheels had slashed the fire demons several times, they were restored in the blink of an eye.

Finally, the Wind-Fire Wheels, like two meteors carrying long trails of fire, returned to the sky above the Fire God Temple and back to Qian Chen's feet.

At this moment, the raging flames across the sky converged, transforming into a roll of long ribbon tied to Qian Chen's shoulder.

Above Zhigu City, one could only see the fire dragon dyeing half the horizon red like a sunset glow.

In that crimson, infinite raging flames converged into a human figure, stepping on two fire meteors, with the fire clouds across the sky like red ribbons draped over him; he grabbed the tail of the fire glow with one hand and danced it, and the fire clouds and red glow across the sky fell, rolling up the ten-plus remaining fire scenes in Zhigu City...

The sky-high flames were like mountains, visible to practitioners from all sides; the fire nature inherited from the Nine-Eyed Fire Demon condensed into demons, roaring toward the sky amidst the volcanic flames.

But the red glow was like a silk ribbon, falling from the sky, coiling and winding, circling around them.

Accompanied by the figure in the sky whose divinity seemed to render the sky, pulling the red ribbon tight, the nine-headed fire snake's heads were bundled together, the chest-beating fire ape had its neck strangled, the gold-melting iron man had its shoulder blades pierced by the red ribbon, and was bundled up like a trussed pig...

Immediately, infinite fire nature converged, transforming into a point of golden light that appeared in front of the figure.

Then a point of fire light pierced through the ten-plus fire demons.

The golden light was like a spear tip, hanging the ten-plus fire demons on the spear shaft formed by the red ribbon like a string of gourds.

At this moment, the spirituality of the fire demons finally collapsed, and nine points of fire light escaped from the bodies of the fire demons, transforming into emerald fire beads, darting toward outside the city.

The red ribbon across the sky, following the person's waving, rolled up again; in the sky, the red ribbon rose and fell, fire clouds swirled, and red glow circled.

The flames across the sky converged, transforming into a huge, rising and rotating whirlpool, circling and winding toward the nine emerald fire beads.

Until the emerald fire beads fled again toward the Sanchahe estuary, falling into the large iron boat that had crashed through the pontoon bridge but was held back by the red thread.

The next moment, the Bagua on the iron boat's deck shattered, and the huge iron Bagua splashed toward the surroundings, creating huge splashes on the river surface.

Emerald fire burned the iron boat; beneath the deck, a furry, huge arm covered in red hair like burning flames braced itself on the deck, and then a figure as tall as the nearby Zhigu city wall darted out from the iron boat, with emerald fire and red hair intertwined on its body, looking just like a world-destroying demon!

With an ancient and simple face, half-human and half-ape, three eyes arranged in a triangle opened.

The nine fire eyes drilled into it, three pupils rotated in the eyes, shooting out fire light that extinguished everything...

Accompanied by the Fire Demon finally breaking free from the iron boat, emerald fire on the canal was like ghost flames, spreading to the entire river surface; the demonic fire burned on the water, reflecting the entire canal into a sea of fire.

The flames were still burning toward both banks...

But Qian Chen, holding the Fire-Tipped Spear and stepping on the Wind-Fire Wheels, had already flown to the Sanchahe estuary, and with one scoop of the Universe Ribbon, he circled the demonic fire spreading to the entire river channel within it.

The Universe Ring smashed toward the head of the Nine-Eyed Fire Demon; the gold ring set, strangling the throat of the corpse-demon Fire Demon.

The Fire Demon shot demonic fire from its nine eyes, burning the lotus dharma body.

And in Qian Chen's six pupils, red lotuses bloomed; in his eyes was a world shrouded in endless karmic fire. He held the Fire Demon's head and stared at the head he himself was wearing; the three heads each stared at one of the Fire Demon's eyes, and the karmic fire burned within the red lotuses blooming in the pupils, burning the Fire Demon until it squeaked.

Immediately, one arm was raised, flames condensed into a golden brick, and it slapped toward the Fire Demon's face...