Chapter 1 The Nether Shadow

A black shadow rose from the Great Yin Realm, originating from that ancient imperial city. The entire Yin Realm and its myriad realms trembled. The "Below Mount Tai," an incredibly dark mountain reaching ten thousand zhang in height, began to twist and deform, releasing the immense ghostly power accumulated from ancient times at the call of the massive black shadow!

All the hells shook simultaneously.

"Mount Tai governs ghosts, as it has since the ancient pre-Qin era. The people of Qilu are buried south of Mount Tai, in a wilderness known as Hao Li. Sacrifices to the Celestial Emperor are performed on the east side of Mount Tai, connecting to the Celestial Court above and governing the underworld below, extending to myriad ghosts and gathering hundreds of spirits."

"The master of Mount Tai is the grandson of the Celestial Emperor."

The three Celestial Venerables chanted the prelude to the Han dynasty's text for sacrificing to Mount Tai. Empowered by the chanting, the towering black shadow grew even larger and more majestic. The divinity of the Great Emperor of the Eastern Peak also contained other powers; this was not Mount Tai's final form.

Among the three Celestial Venerables, Tian Luo Wang gazed at the pitch-black Below Mount Tai, his eyes filled with distant memories.

Back then, the immortals of Li Shanhe acted wantonly in the human world, manipulating the court. Even if the fall of the capital was partly his fault, could the immortals of Li Shanhe claim to be blameless?

Of course, they were not!

"The Six Sky Lords of Luo Feng...."

Guo Jing, Yang Shi, Liu Wuji... they also possessed the ability to summon celestial soldiers and underworld troops. Although in ancient times, Mount Tai was the place that governed all ghosts under heaven, it was not the only one. There was the Youdu Mountain in the far north, the Dushuo Mountain in the East Sea, and the Luofeng Mountain in the northern Gui region, all destinations for thousands of souls and myriad spirits after death.

To transform this Below Mount Tai into its ultimate form, all these ancient soul-gathering places had to be integrated into Mount Tai.

Luofeng Mountain was naturally one of them. Regardless of whether it was in Li Shanhe, regardless of how powerful the Six Sky Lords of Luofeng were now, Tian Luo Wang vowed that they would pay the price.

The Buddha-ghost Kumbhanda King, the Six Sky Lords of Luofeng... As for Mr. Jin Han, although he betrayed him and established Zhao Gou as emperor, still...

Tian Luo Wang couldn't help but glance slightly at Guang Yao Shou Sheng Tianzun beside him, then turned his gaze back, looking high into the sky.

Revenge must be taken, but not now.

Rumble—

"W-what's happening?"

Guang Yao Shou Sheng Tianzun didn't notice Tian Luo Wang's gaze. At this moment, all three Celestial Venerables were looking at the upper world of the Great Yin Realm.

The sky began to spin, the dark clouds of the underworld making thunderous sounds, and the black Qi of Below Mount Tai began to converge, even suppressing the power of the Great Emperor of the Eastern Peak!

"Too far away, can't see what's happening up there. This power is definitely not that of an ordinary cultivator!"

"There must be a Tianxin realm intervening by force!"

The level of a Chaos Immortal was the same as that of a Flying Immortal, but they possessed many special powers that Flying Immortals found difficult to master. After altering cause and effect, their roots became pre-Qin ancient, gaining ancient divine powers.

Therefore, the three Celestial Venerables did not believe that ordinary immortals of the world could pull up a hell, even after they summoned the power of the Great Emperor of the Eastern Peak and used Below Mount Tai as a source of power to stop it, someone was still continuing to pull up a hell.

This was definitely not something a Flying Immortal could do; there must be a Tianxin realm abandoning cause and effect and using brute force to come and transcend!

"I'll go to the Jingling Palace to ask our ancestors to take action!"

Lai He Tianzun was somewhat flustered. He transformed into a cloud of black Qi and instantly appeared in the tallest ancestral temple in the imperial city of the underworld, standing before the five statues. Among the five statues, it was still the statue of Wei Quan Zi Zai Tianzun on the far left that questioned:

"Three Chaos Immortals, unable to stop the power of transcending hell from the human world, urging the Eastern Peak yet still failing, leading to coming here for aid?"

"Truly useless things!"

Wei Quan Zi Zai Tianzun's scolding made Lai He Tianzun look ashamed. He quickly bowed respectfully:

"The Eighteen Hells are about to be completely swallowed. It must be that Bixia Yuanjun discovered the clues. I don't know where the flaw is. Now, if one hell is pulled out, it will take a lot of time to rebuild the bridge. For the sake of the great plan of the underworld, please help us."

"Hmph! You and others had your roots altered by Yuan Huang, returning to pre-Qin, yet you are still restrained everywhere and constantly have your clues discovered by human immortals. This change must have been caused by that Tianmo!"

Lai He Tianzun was shocked: "How is that possible? How could that Tianmo have such power to do such a thing?"

"It's because he can do it that your hell is being pulled up by him now! You foolish thing, others have already attacked your doorstep, yet you still don't know their capabilities!"

Wei Quan Zi Zai Tianzun roared angrily, and Lai He Tianzun quickly prostrated himself.

Wei Quan Zi Zai Tianzun said, "The divine power of the Eastern Peak can be eliminated. My half-body is not his opponent... This Tianmo has a great restraint against the sacredness of our underworld ghost path. The demons of heaven and the ghosts of the earth are inherently opposed, let alone that he has the cultivation of the Yuqing Heaven, making him difficult to deal with."

Dong!

Suddenly, the second statue on the left, the statue of Song Shen Tian Wang wearing a black robe and imperial crown, began to shake. The jade axe in the statue's hand detached from the statue, emitting a thunderous sound, broke through the Jingling barrier, and flew straight towards the sky of the underworld!

"Emperor Taizong is above!"

After being stunned for a moment, Lai He Tianzun was overjoyed!

Wei Quan Zi Zai Tianzun's voice also paused, and then continued:

"However, relying on a divine weapon alone may not be enough to stop him."

"If hell is truly transcended, then we can only use backup measures."

Lai He Tianzun was stunned and looked up.

Wei Quan Zi Zai Tianzun sneered:

"We foresaw long ago that you fools would have such difficulties today! The entrances to the human world are not just Mount Tai!"

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Rumble—

"Hmm?"

The Celestial Venerable's Dharma body seemed to have grasped something, but it stopped before pulling it up too high. In the darker place below, there was a powerful pulling force. A black shadow climbed up along that beam of light, seemingly trying to compete with the Celestial Venerable.

"It's the Yin Court!"

This familiar power was the power of the Great Emperor of the Eastern Peak. Ji Xiang would not mistake it; it was extremely similar to the incense Qi in the Eastern Peak Temple!

The ghost immortals of the Wanshou Immortal Palace were moving, and the three Chaos Immortals were also acting, trying to stop him from dragging something out of the depths of hell.

"If one hand can't hold it, then use ten."

The Dharma body of Guang Du Chen Lun Tianzun began to transform. On the basis of this Dharma body, a larger image appeared!

With the blessing of the power of a nation, both the Dharma power and divine power soared to a peak. The form and spirit of the Ghost-Slaying General gradually appeared, and dozens of arms emerged from the Dharma body like thick tentacles, reaching towards the beam of light in hell that had not yet been erased!

"Is it a Yin Court cultivator?"

In the swastika between Ji Xiang's eyebrows, the Compassionate Vow Vajra also sensed a familiar aura and decisively took action to assist. The Kshitigarbha Dharma incantation spread down from the darkness, and when Wangtianhou was touched by the golden light words transformed by those Buddhist incantations, it immediately felt like it had been burned, causing the world to shake violently and causing it great pain!

"——!"

Seeing that the Buddhist Dharma was effective, Ji Xiang chanted the Dharma incantation in his mouth. As the incantation was chanted, a Buddhist Dharma phantom appeared outside the form and spirit of the Ghost-Slaying General. The phantom of the Thousand-Light King Still Abiding Tathagata manifested, extending downward with the power of a thousand hands to assist!

At the same time, a blue Buddhist sword appeared in the hand of the Thousand-Light King Still Abiding Tathagata.

Manjushri's Great Wisdom Divine Sword!

The Vajra Mystical Dharma can break everything, but is not broken by anything!

"Not enough."

The hell below was clearly beginning to be pulled out, and the light was getting brighter and brighter. After coming into contact with the power of the Ghost-Slaying General, all the filthy black Qi was eliminated. This change seemed to greatly shock the Yin Court below, the resistance gradually weakened, and hell gradually rose!

But at this moment, the light below surged.

A great axe, carrying the force of splitting heaven and earth, suddenly appeared before the Celestial Venerable's Dharma body!

The aura on this great axe was indescribable. Ji Xiang only saw it for the first time, and all kinds of illusions appeared in his eyes!

Gods were killed, earth gods were destroyed, and even emperors could not escape death. All kinds of influences were like dreams and illusions, constantly changing!