Section 1429: The Land of Transformation

In the Taoism of the Central Plains, there is an abundance of gods and demons.

And the ancients had a penchant for the numbers six and nine, for in the "Book of Changes," six and nine represent the ultimate Yin and Yang.

Not only does the game of fighting landlords feature doubling and super doubling, the various Yin and Yang techniques of the ancients also mentioned a concept of doubling, as some believed they could deduce the entire cosmic mystery from the ultimate truths found in ancient texts by using a method of doubling.

Thus, the Thirty-six Heavenly Spirits and the Seventy-two Earthly Fiends were derived to encompass all the gods of the universe.

But this is similar to the Buddhist scriptures being distorted by later generations into a grotesque representation of worldly ugliness, the profound truths of Daoism were also filled with the desires of later generations, having long lost their original appearance.

Shen Yue deeply understood this.