"Ju Liubu! You died so easily, without even leaving behind a Demon King Tribulation, and you didn't have any impact on that immortal!"

"I'm so angry! I tied you to a clay temple, wanting you to transform into a Divine King, but you have disappointed me so much. What use are you to me!"

Chen Taichu was extremely annoyed and angry. This yellow-faced demon king was a product he had painstakingly cultivated for a long time, precisely to satisfy the emergence of a Dao-testing demon. After all, he wasn't sure if those small demons under his command would still obey his orders after becoming Dao-testing demons.

In the mortal realm, there are also demons who are "recruited" and become Dao-testing demons, belonging only to the jurisdiction of the Five Heavens and Eight Emperors Great Demon Kings. The Five Heavens Demon Kings frequently manifested in the past era when there were more pure Yang cultivators. Of course, not everyone could pass the Five Heavens Demon Kings' test, and naturally, there were those who couldn't.

What Chen Taichu feared was the lack of a corresponding "Demon King" class in his "demon ecological chain," which would allow the small demons he created to be directly recruited by the Five Heavens and Eight Emperors Demon Kings. If that happened, he would have wasted his efforts.

"Ju Liubu is dead, and the remaining demon kings are probably not enough..."

Chen Taichu was about to set off when he felt another strange sensation!

The demon kings seemed to be restless!

"What's going on again!"

He was truly furious, not knowing what had stimulated these demon kings, causing them to gather together, seemingly to kill that Yue family girl!

Hadn't he told them that the Yue family girl was a spirit transformed from Yue Fei's descendant, and that she should be used to refine azure liver and emerald blood!

How dare they defy his orders!

"You have disappointed me completely!"

In a fit of anger, he unleashed the power of the Ascension Realm, splitting off a Yang God avatar!

But not one hundred and twenty-nine thousand six hundred.

Only nine thousand rays of Yang God light appeared on his body, dividing into nine thousand Yang God avatars, which ultimately merged into nine avatars.

"Tsk! I still didn't have enough time. Things happened too fast. I just took the alchemist's immortal medicine to restore my form and spirit in this world. Complete recovery will take at least three days."

"Moreover, when I created those Dao-testing demons, I borrowed the heretical methods of black miasma from the heavens, greatly damaging my foundation."

"Furthermore, I was originally not supposed to exist in this world. After ascending, if I don't go to the Inner Mountains and Rivers, then it's fine, but once I enter and return to the mortal realm again, this kind of rejection will occur. I must take the alchemists' immortal medicine to exist for a long time, but this immortal medicine is made from the essence of the sun, and the cost of obtaining it is too great. Moreover, after taking it, it often prevents my Yang God avatar from fully condensing."

"As a result, now I only have nine thousand Yang Gods, which ultimately only combine into nine avatars. But these nine avatars, although they don't possess the strength of a Taiyi Scattered Immortal, are still enough to be on par with the Ranked Immortals."

"You all stay here to refine the elixir!"

"I'll be back soon!"

He used a遁術 (dùn shù - escape technique) and disappeared from the Jade Dragon Taoist Temple in an instant.

Within the Jade Dragon Taoist Temple, there were still vengeful warrior spirits left behind by the Dragon Roaming Merchant Band. One of the warrior's heads suddenly moved, and the lifeless gaze gradually fluctuated.

Xu Fu's consciousness returned from the Great Floating Li and heard some things from Chen Taichu.

He conducted a brief and joint deduction.

"Chen Taichu, I'm sorry, this time I'm going to terminate our cooperation."

"Because the person on the opposite side can bring me even greater benefits."

That person could break the heavens once, and there would surely be a second time.

This was crucial for the current stalemate on the Korean battlefield.

"The Azure Candle Elixir that you took, this immortal medicine, wasn't given to you by those alchemists from the Inner Mountains and Rivers. I added some small things to the medicine. After all, although my strength is certainly not as good as Dongfang Shuo's, in terms of seniority and drug techniques..."

"I dared to seek immortal medicine for Qin Shi Huang and gain his trust. You shouldn't doubt my alchemical methods based on that alone."

.......

The Vajra Wrathful Deity's ghost face suddenly closed, leaving behind only a lot of high-quality Jambudvipa gold. These demonic energies were used by Ji Xiang to create forms and spirits using the *Central Jade Book*, giving them tangible bodies.

In the punishment of the reverse demonic tribulation, not all demonic heads and resentments were willing to receive this kind of punishment. After all, most of them were the resentments of ordinary demonic heads, unable to withstand the torment of the Demon King Tribulation.

Thus, the gates of the Avici Hell opened to them. The masses of demonic resentments with forms and spirits rushed into the Avici Hell as if they had been liberated, landing beside the Jambudvipa River in the Avici Hell.

And the Peacock King, who could be contacted ever since Ji Xiang opened the hell mark, was not in this area at this time.

By the river, countless evil ghosts were scooping gold dust from the bottom of the water. Five large ghosts stood on the riverbank, discussing the Peacock King's affairs.

Ever since the Peacock King fell into the Avici Hell, he had been thinking about getting out, repeatedly slamming against the hell gates for this purpose.

But they couldn't be opened.

These few evil ghosts who looked like ringleaders were discussing this matter.

One looked like a Buddhist master, with red eyes and a bald head, a fierce appearance, and clouds of mist spewing from his mouth.

Vaisravana Wind Venerable: "The Peacock King is looking for new doors again."

The second was covered in karmic fire, without a face, carrying a fine gold great sword.

Tanmiluo Sword King: "This is a seal placed by the Vajra Wrathful Deity. Above the Avici Hell are seventeen other hells, and above the seventeen hells is the Vajra Lotus Platform. Only by breaking the Vajra Lotus Platform can one return to the mortal realm. Layer upon layer of hells, seals upon seals, the Peacock King has been doing useless work all along."

The third was two zhang tall, with scarlet hair, carrying a seven-foot white knife.

Red Canopy Great Ghost: "That's because the master behind this door seems to be very wary of the Peacock King and is unwilling to help him."

The fourth was nine zhang tall, with two heads on his neck, a hideous face.

Dāngjìn Great Ghost: "That's right, there are no good people who fall into the Avici Hell. Like me, I am the world's number one swindler. All the fools in the world are troubled by me. Even the Taoist scriptures mention my name."

"Red Canopy, you are the same. In the past, you wielded a ghost-slaying knife and killed living people indiscriminately. Only after death did you fall into this Avici Hell. Even if you killed many evil ghosts and demons, merit and demerit cannot offset each other."

"If you could give your wife a dream and tell her that you have fallen into the Avici Hell, think about what her reaction would be."

The fifth was one zhang tall, with vertical eyes and a black face, wearing tattered yellow clothes.

Jiang Nü: "She won't have a reaction. Red Canopy's wife is already dead, but I haven't heard her name in the Nüqing Hell, so she must have been reincarnated."

The other four great ghosts were all startled. The Red Canopy Great Ghost held a white ghost-slaying great knife, shaped like a Han Dynasty horse-chopping knife, and hurriedly asked, "Jiang Nü, the Avici Hell is a Buddhist hell, and the Nüqing Hell is a Taoist hell. How can you know what's happening in the Nüqing Hell?"

Jiang Nü said, "I originally had immeasurable merit. Among the immortals of the Immortal Dao, those who become immortals through merit are called 'Merit Immortals,' above the Corpse-Releasing Immortals and below the Taiyi Scattered Immortals. But in those days, I did not serve the Three Heavens Great Saints or respect the Taoist Three Pure Ones. I overturned their altars and disrupted a Heavenly Heart Daoist Temple... Afterwards, I was thrown into this Buddhist Avici Hell. But my merit is still there, so I suffer a little less sin than you. I only need to endure three hundred and ninety billion tribulations in this hell to leave."

"Therefore, I have a merit-based perception. I only need to call out a ghost's name to know its state..."

Although three hundred and ninety billion is an extremely outrageous number, there is still a difference between a fixed-term sentence and a life sentence.

And Jiang Nü stopped talking after saying this.

Vaisravana Wind Venerable seemed thoughtful and suddenly asked:

"So, you were transferred from another hell."

He had an idea in his heart, but he didn't know whether to say it or not, so he didn't say it.

Being able to know the names of the ghosts of many hells and control them by calling their names, and even sense them.

Only one deity possesses this ability.

That is the master of the Nüqing Hell, the Nüqing Great Goddess herself, who was once one of the drafters of the Heavenly Laws.

It seems that everyone has a great background. Although they have each spent thousands of years in the Avici Hell, they have not gathered together many times. If it weren't for a suddenly appearing hell mark recently, stirring up trouble in this Avici Hell, these few ghost kings wouldn't have appeared on this riverbank because of the Great Bright King's summoning.

Of course, some have lost their memories. Vaisravana Wind Venerable looked at the Sword King, who had lost his memories and did not remember the past, only often reciting some Buddhist scriptures, but all in the tone of another monk, and with some hatred for this "monk."

The five great ghost kings sighed endlessly. Vaisravana Wind Venerable then turned to discuss that if they could get out of the Avici Hell, it would be considered a resurrection from the dead.

"The hell realm itself is a very good place for resurrection. It can preserve our form, spirit, soul, and vows, only losing our physical body. When we enter hell, our vows are taken away by the hell realm, leaving only our souls and forms, so we can constantly die and be reborn, suffering eternally in this hell."

Jiang Nü said, "Now, the only hope for getting out is the opened hell mark. The hell mark can only be passively sacrificed, but now someone can actively open it. This is the key to turning the Vajra Lotus Platform above the eighteen hells."

"It's a pity that the Great Bright King is too proud. He didn't even think about having a good conversation with the owner of the hell mark. He broke a finger, and when he went to help him the second time, he still carried his pride and was unwilling to bow his head, missing a good opportunity."

The five ghosts had not seen that hell mark.

Gu Tanmiluo Sword King snorted: "According to the Great Bright King, the owner of the hell mark is even more arrogant than him."

"This is just the Great Bright King. If I could talk to that person, I would definitely..."

Dāngjìn Great Ghost's two heads laughed: "You would definitely be砸死 (zá sǐ - be smashed to death) by the garbage he throws!"

"That guy has thrown in a lot of garbage, but there hasn't been any garbage recently."

Tanmiluo Sword King said coldly: "Hundreds of people as arrogant as him have died under my sword."

Hell is under the Vajra Lotus Seat, and the Vajra Lotus Seat is under the Jambudvipa Continent of the Inner Mountains and Rivers.

And countless rivers flow in hell. The river where the Jambudvipa trees grow is the Jambudvipa River. Jambudvipa gold is also in this river, as sand gold on the riverbed. The gate of Avici Hell opens here. There is no distinction between day and night in hell. Evil ghosts gather by the river, and their only job is to dig river sand.

When the Vajra Wrathful Deity's mark opened the door, the demons rushed in as if they had been liberated, colliding head-on with the evil ghosts.

"This is Avici Hell!"

"I never thought that falling into hell would be the beginning of our liberation!"

They had no tears, but they still made tearful expressions. This was a kind of rejoicing!

It was congratulating themselves on "rebirth"!

Even living in hell was better than being entangled by demonic tribulations in the mortal realm!

Was it better to die refreshed and decisively at the end, or to die in agony and resentment, unpeacefully?

The evil ghosts were bare-legged, disheveled, and scantily clad. Their outward appearance was skin and bones, like living corpses. They stood in the river, their feet treading on the sand gold, watching the demons run back from the gates of hell, shouting "It's good to be alive."

This behavior, which contradicted the laws of nature, was watched by evil ghosts from other areas.

And the five great ghost kings were all stunned, and then extremely shocked!

"The Vajra Wrathful Deity's hell mark!"

"The door is open! Go and communicate with the owner of the mark outside! Who's going? Dāngjìn, Dāngjìn, go!"

Dāngjìn Great Ghost is the cheating ghost god in the Supreme Cave Abyss Divine Incantation. His social skills are naturally the strongest.

Several great ghosts pushed Dāngjìn Great Ghost out, but when Dāngjìn Great Ghost shouted at the opened hell mark, he received no response. It seemed that those outside could not hear his voice.

Why was this?

Clearly, the Great Bright King didn't need any medium to talk to those outside.

Is there anyone there!

Bang!

The door of the hell mark closed, stopping the transportation of demons. Dāngjìn Great Ghost wailed instantly, while the other four great ghosts no longer looked at the hell mark, because the demons who had entered were cheering and dancing.

Red Canopy Great Ghost stretched out his withered finger, pointing at the group of reveling demons. His voice seemed to carry the kind of doubt and thought that could not be unraveled for three lifetimes:

"Are these things sick?"

But, normally speaking, even demons are afraid of eating something bad if it's sick. But for evil ghosts, they can't eat normal food. If it enters their stomachs, it will turn into karmic fire, molten copper, and molten iron.

It is precisely these sick things that they might be able to eat normally.

"I've been dead for I don't know how many thousands of years, and this is the first time I've seen someone so happy to fall into Avici Hell."

"We should really let the Peacock King take a look, and stop thinking about getting out every day. Aren't there still people looking forward to coming in?"

The battle between demons and evil ghosts began, naturally ending with the evil ghosts winning. However, the expressions of joy on the demons' faces when they died made the evil ghosts begin to doubt their ghost lives.

"Something doesn't seem right. These demons don't seem to be real demons."

"But the demonic energy is real, so that's enough."

"No, I mean, these demons seem to be Dao-testing demons."

Red Canopy Great Ghost and Dāngjìn Great Ghost looked at each other in confusion.

"Eating Dao-testing demons? We will be punished by the will of heaven!"

"Defying the heavens? I'm talking about the owner of that hell mark! How could he throw Dao-testing demons in here!"

This....

Defies the heavens!

"This kid is really狂 (kuáng - wild, arrogant)!"

Tanmiluo Sword King suddenly slapped his thigh: "He's really got guts! I like him!"

Jiang Nü said faintly: "But you just said that he was too狂 (kuáng - wild, arrogant), and you weren't happy, and you wanted to fight him."

Tanmiluo Sword King: "Fighting him doesn't affect my appreciation for him now. It turns out that he is also like me, not considering the consequences of his actions, and even daring to kill Dao-testing demons. His personality is almost the same as mine, and he suits my taste."

"Venerable Shengyi, the things I once did are also being done by later generations!"

Tanmiluo Sword King often mentioned a monk named Shengyi, and used this monk's name to say some strange things.

The five great ghost kings each had their own origins, but the only thing they understood about each other was that they all had illustrious pasts, whether as heavenly gods or Buddhist masters.

The Shengyi you're talking about.

Is probably yourself.

Jiang Nü smiled and looked again at the demons who had died in liberation, and then became a little worried: "However, I heard that you were disrespectful to the Buddhist Dharma and killed the good intentions of the Buddhist and Taoist sages... But the Buddha is not the will of heaven, but the Dao-testing demons are true tribulations in cultivation. Throwing them into hell, the will of heaven may define us as the murderers of the Dao-testing demons..."

"To hell with the will of heaven, I've already fallen into Avici Hell, why should I care about this!"

Vaisravana Wind Venerable suddenly shouted loudly. He didn't care at all, and said to the other ghosts: "What if they are Dao-testing demons? No matter how big the demonic tribulation, no matter how big the will of heaven, it can't enter Avici Hell."

"Eat with peace of mind. To be honest, if the will of heaven really came to Avici Hell, that would be a good thing, meaning we could get out, right?"

Red Canopy and Dāngjìn, the two great ghosts, also nodded: "That's right, that's right. These demons are the best food for evil ghosts."

They even gave Ji Xiang a thumbs up.

Since the Gusu Ghost City incident last time.

The owner of this hell mark has finally stopped throwing garbage into hell. The "food" he's throwing in now is top-notch!

The Avici evil ghosts will not praise a person's good deeds.

But they will still say thank you.

So.....

Thank you, great villain!

When we get out of Avici Hell, if you're dead, we'll burn incense on your grave!

Why say "if you're dead"?

Because in the eyes of the ghosts, Ji Xiang has been constantly courting death and seems to be constantly chased by some people.

So, everyone will die eventually. Ji needs a little help.

"The owner of the hell mark seems to have a lot of enemies."

........