Drawing the Yellow Springs, Opening the Sea of Suffering!
Along the Yellow Springs flowed downward—as though countless souls surged forth from within.
Terrifying wails spread—as though to explode the entire Nine Prisons Nether Soil.
In the Yellow Springs' flow—at this moment, it seemed not water—but skull after skull of souls.
These—all spirits from countless worlds in the Lower Three Heavens, drawn after death.
Dense souls flooding in—made Nine Prisons Nether Soil ever more eerie; every corner filled with death aura from spirits.
Yellow Springs rushing sounds—soul power collisions.
Many spirits followed Yellow Springs into the Sea of Suffering.
Souls struggled rising and sinking in the Sea.
Some floated upward; others sank ceaselessly.
Resentment, anger—myriad emotions intertwined in the Sea of Suffering.
Dantai Xuan and the nine Nether Spirit City lords in Nether Soil—gazing this scene; expressions grave.
Yet faintly exhaled in relief.
Yes…
At first—they nearly terrified.
Young Master Lu said Nether Soil might change—but never imagined change so vast.
Such massive soul quantity—far stronger than mortal souls; far more numerous—flooding in; immense test for Nether Soil.
Dantai Xuan even feared—Nether Soil burst by these spirits!
Even if not—such workload divided per city—likely crush them.
Fortunately—this new Sea of Suffering seemed filtering function.
“Trouble Holy Lord Beigong lead team Dividing God realm yin envoys; drive escaped Yellow Springs spirits back; let them cross Sea of Suffering—avoid becoming lonely wild ghosts.”
Dantai Xuan looked at nearby Beigong Holy Lord.
“Good.”
Beigong Holy Lord agreed; led team eerie yin envoys; holding cold chains; rapidly shot out.
Yellow Springs rushed; constant struggling spirits—but some stubborn spirits escaped.
Snap!
Beigong Holy Lord whipped chain; struck one spirit—drove back into Yellow Springs; surging toward Yellow Springs.
“Magnificent… too magnificent.”
“So many souls flooding—Nether Soil future; how terrifying!”
Dantai Xuan immensely感慨.
Raised head—gazed Sea of Suffering end abyss.
Gazed abyss-embedded half Buddha statue; and that great terror back.
Body and mind quivered.
Primordial era supreme?
Dantai Xuan deep breath; heart ever more wary—unsure good or bad.
But more—excitement.
So many spirits—provided soul energy how vast…
This soul energy—for yin envoys and Nether Spirit City lords’ cultivation—immense boost.
…
Origin Lake; central island.
Lu sat; gaze flickering myriad lights; seeming pierce void.
Constantly placed pieces on board.
Each piece—like stirring void terrifying star.
As pieces placed—faintly silver-gray spatial profound energies surged.
Pingyang Heaven, Blood Evil Heaven, Yuan Magnetic Heaven—three skies; seemed installed receiver-like arrays.
Making countless high-martial worlds in Lower Three Heavens spirits—follow receiver arrays; surge into Five Phoenixes; into Nine Prisons Nether Soil.
Truly grand stroke; Lu in preaching platform deduced full three days; attempted nearly thousand array deployment methods—finally succeeded.
Most importantly—these receiver-attracted spirits—not ordinary mortal souls.
But from major high-martial worlds—uniformly Nascent Soul above; below mighty expert cultivator death souls.
Once condensed primordial spirit—tied to entire Nine Heavens heavenly Dao.
If drew mighty expert and above spirits into Nether Soil—not competing Upper Realm business; but robbing entire Nine Heavens heavenly Dao business.
Of course—most importantly; current Lu unable draw mighty expert and above spirits into Nether Soil.
Required effort and energy too vast.
In fact—Five Phoenixes needed no such powerful spirits; needed precisely below mighty expert; above Nascent Soul spirits.
After Nine Prisons Nether Soil reincarnation to Five Phoenixes—provide many cultivation geniuses.
This Lu’s clever calculation.
Under time catalysis; Nether Soil aid—Five Phoenixes only grow stronger…
Of course—Lower Three Heavens and Nihility Heaven many low-martial and mid-martial worlds—Lu not overlooked.
Similarly designed soul traction receiver arrays; but energy thin; only low and mid-martial worlds true top geniuses could sense.
Such seedlings—if thus entered Five Phoenixes reincarnation; reborn Five Phoenixes—surely astonish.
Boom!
Lu dispersed silver-gray spatial profound.
Slowly exhaled.
Lu sensed depleted internal spiritual energy and primordial spirit power; wryly shook head.
Indeed—opening Nether Soil; crafting Heavenly Gate—no easy tasks.
But for Five Phoenixes—all meaningful.
…
Boom!
Nine Prisons secret realm.
Many Golden Core Heavenly Lock Five Phoenixes cultivators adventuring within—all felt heart fear.
Then—faintly saw realm skies; great river rushing past; rivers endless冤 souls.
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Even boundless vast sea.
Sea—corroded skeletons.
Massive black bamboo raft slowly sailed vast sea; seeming raft from primordial; filled deathly silence and death aura.
Yet before these Golden Core Heavenly Lock gazed carefully—discovered Nine Prisons secret realm unleashed powerful expulsion force; drove them out.
Boom!
Void-breaking sounds constant.
Beiluo City—Nie Shuang; Luo Cheng Luo Yue father-son rapidly arrived.
Nie Shuang entered Nether Soil; thus understood what occurred; narrowed eyes; brilliance flickered.
“Nether Soil also changing.”
“Seems truly must cultivate diligently; force open Heavenly Gate—otherwise pulled away.”
Nie Shuang clenched fists; flesh rumbled; vital blood surged; battle spirit soared.
Nine Prisons secret realm changes immense.
Five Phoenixes continent hidden many cultivators—all stirred.
One after another cultivators; rapidly streaked over.
Vast sea closed seclusion Du Longyang, Ye Shoudao, Ni Chunqiu, Young Master Tianxu and others stepped waves arriving.
Blade light crossed void; Nie Changqing hands clasped; blade-riding arrived.
Jing Yue, Tang Yimo and others also appeared successively.
Distant gazing Nine Prisons secret realm.
Nine gates stood Wolong Ridge; faintly eerie auras spread.
Every cultivator unleashed primordial spirit probing.
Faintly—saw visions; rushing rivers withered bones spread; boundless vast sea; spirits ferried.
“Never thought… Nine Prisons secret realm within; another universe!”
“That what? Realm within realm?”
“Dead nation; seeming dead world.”
Many great cultivators sighed.
Boom boom boom!
Unity realm mighty experts unleashed auras; seeking enter Nine Prisons secret realm probe.
Yet so many experts—completely unable break Nine Prisons secret realm rules; unable enter.
Pfft!
Some even backlash force; injured primordial spirit; coughed blood.
“Dead Nether Soil; living halt.”
Ten cities emerged.
Ten figures seated massive chairs; unleashed mighty auras.
Fortune Venerable?!
This aura continuous; many wary.
Nie Changqing, Tang Yimo and others though fearless—but… not rashly entered; because half-step Heavenly Human them—sensed death crisis.
This day—Five Phoenixes heaven-earth phenomenon.
Sun moon lightless; heaven-earth dim.
As though ghost gates wide open; countless spirit wails filled heaven-earth.
Commoners trembled; mortals terrified; knelt ground.
Great Xuan dynasty new Human Emperor—at Tai Ridge summit sacrificed heaven-earth; seeking peace.
…
Ancient tomb.
Ancient coffin quietly sat tomb depths.
Creak creak…
Coffin lid lifted.
Lying coffin Gu Mangran suddenly opened eyes; deeply sunken orbits several astonishment.
“So dense spirit aura; many not belonging Five Phoenixes spirits—why also drawn?”
“Dare plunder Lower Three Heavens spirits… this reshape Nine Heavens chaotic death rules?! Who such audacity?!”
Boom!
Vast sea rose fell; waters surged.
Ancient tomb violently quaked.
Assisting Lu Changkong Bu Nanxing body quivered.
“No fear; hold steady.”
Lu Changkong narrowed eyes; gravely serious; ignored outside all; focused hybridizing two top spirit herbs.
Bu Nanxing face twitched.
Elder truly elder—this mindset… best possible.
Coffin streaked; floated mid vast sea.
Creak…
Gu Mangran sat up from coffin.
Skeletal him; leisurely orbits gazed Nine Prisons secret realm direction.
Hm?
Saw Yellow Springs; saw Sea of Suffering…
Also saw abyss.
His primordial spirit immensely powerful—far stronger than Nie Changqing, Tang Yimo and others.
Thus—saw more.
Saw Sea of Suffering waters endless; like waterfall plunging; surging into abyss; raising dreadful waves.
Waves—wailing sin-entwined spirits.
Abyss seeming bottomless.
But opposite abyss wall—embedded massive half ten-thousand-zhang Buddha statue.
What Buddha…
Gu Mangran only felt; spirit impacted.
Most importantly…
Saw Buddha statue palm held figure.
That majestic; profound; unfathomable aura—identical dreadful as glimpsed beyond Heavenly Gate!
“Could… another ancient Great Emperor?!”
“Master life death spirits; perhaps… Death Great Emperor?!”
Gu Mangran deeply sunken orbits light overflowed.
Next—gradually quieted.
“Interesting… too interesting…”
“Emperor traces appear; imperial weapon clues likely surface soon; I must hasten recovery.”
Gu Mangran seeming smile non-smile muttered.
Whoosh; seemed slid into coffin.
Coffin lid abruptly closed.
Returned ancient tomb depths palace.
…
And this moment.
Pingyang Heaven, Yuan Magnetic Heaven, Blood Evil Heaven.
Lower Three Heavens—thoroughly stormed.
Countless deceased cultivators’ kin, old friends—all seemed sense different aura; as though river from sky; sweeping souls.
These souls followed river; swept into vast ocean…
Completely different sensation.
One after another cultivators opened eyes.
Little Thunderclap Buddha Realm—Joyful Venerable opened eyes; full incredulity.
“This… appeared death destination?”
Once death—souls dissipated heaven-earth; fed back Nine Heavens.
But now cultivator death—seemed mysterious force drawn away.
Joyful Venerable gazed Nihility Heaven direction.
Suddenly—pupils contracted; because… unknowingly; Five Phoenixes continent became colossal.
Occupied tenth Nihility Heaven.
Though Nihility Heaven since primordial war severed—area shrunk much; but compared birthed countless worlds one heaven.
Five Phoenixes occupying tenth—sufficient show vastness.
“Nearly approaching Yan Four high-martial…”
Joyful Venerable murmured.
Once weak high-martial; now… blink became colossal.
Little Thunderclap Buddha Realm before Five Phoenixes—like little brother.
“Amitabha…”
“Great Venerable ascended; now Little Thunderclap leaderless… this poor monk—flee join Five Phoenixes?” Joyful Venerable eyes bold idea.
Of course—besides Joyful Venerable odd thought; other many experts horrified.
“New ascension land appeared; now opened death destination; these omens—could vanished primordial ancient Great Emperors returning?”
Many experts pondered.
But whether ascension land or reordered death destination—for Lower Three Heavens—all beneficial.
Though world filled curiosity.
Yet no probing or blocking.
Of course—they wished block; couldn’t.
…
Vast Upper Realm.
Undulating mountains between.
Figure rapidly streaked; landed before massive crater; crater seeming tore Black Magnetic continent size; filled shock.
Faintly—crater within; seemed clouds floating.
This person stood; gazing crater; eyes full reminiscence; of course… all not good memories.
“Five Phoenixes… high-martial born Nihility Heaven; never thought wield such slaughter.”
“No wonder Qi Liujia invested such confidence.”
This person precisely Qi Liujia’s disciple; Ye Bei; mastering “Travel” Array Word Immortal Ascension expert.
“Humiliation… I clearly hold true ‘Travel’ Array Word; yet deceived by that Five Phoenixes Lu Ping’an! Nearly thought my array word fake…”
Shook head; Ye Bei heart stifled anger.
If not Dao Clan Sacred Ancestor informed his “Travel” Array Word true—he nearly stripped it.
“Sacred Ancestor judgment; absolutely no error…”
But more so; greater anger.
“Lu Ping’an… fake ultimately fake!”
Paced long around crater.
Ye Bei sat cross-legged; condensed heaven-earth energy; formed immortal energy coiling like dragon.
“Hm?”
Suddenly—seemed recall something.
“Upper Realm severed Lower Realms ascension path; Pingyang Heaven, Blood Evil Heaven, Yuan Magnetic Heaven Immortal Transformation and Ascension unable condense immortal energies… prior visits always heard Lower Realms unwilling wails; why this visit so quiet?”
Ye Bei pondered awhile.
Next—primordial spirit quaked.
“Travel” Array Word hovered overhead; greatly radiant; lights flickered.
Then—silver-gray spatial profound tore crack.
This person drilled through.
Ye Bei arrived outside Yuan Magnetic Heaven.
Hands clasped; floated void.
Appeared extremely concealed.
Yet soon—horrified; because primordial spirit released; discovered…
Lower Three Heavens Immortal Transformation and Ascension… many vanished into thin air!
“This… these Immortal Transformation and Ascension; because severed ascension path; despair suicide?”
Ye Bei deep breath.
Primordial spirit swept.
Suddenly…
Discovered Blood Evil Heaven Yan Six high-martial.
Immortal Transformation brewing aura!
Boom!
This Immortal Transformation eyes bloodshot; already desperate madness; soared; primordial spirit flower and golden body flower bloomed; like two starlights in darkness!
Deafening thunder let Ye Bei body quiver.
Then—incredulous scene appeared!
Ten-thousand-zhang bronze gate emerged.
Bronze gate etched myriad rare beasts; seeming alive beasts; vivid; faintly Ye Bei felt these giants roaring at him.
“This what?!”
Ye Bei immensely horrified.
Lower Three Heavens when such gate appeared; why Upper Realm utterly unaware?!
Most horrifying to Ye Bei.
As this Immortal Transformation resisted thunder penalty; thunder-struck charred tender; blood pillar; nearly dying—finally pushed open gate.
Beyond gate; seemed distant aura released.
Dragon-like immortal energy; shot from beyond gate.
Ye Bei instantly body as though thunder-struck; stiffened.
“Immortal energy?!”
“Beyond that gate… exactly where? Why brewing immortal energies? Lower Three Heavens vanished Immortal Transformation and Ascension; all entered this gate?!”
Ye Bei hurriedly tore silver gleam.
Next—appeared Blood Evil Heaven.
Gazed massive gate; felt as though mountains oppressed body.
“Upper Realm severed ascension path; yet… Lower Three Heavens cultivators found another ascension method! Beyond gate what? Immortal energies so dense…”
Ye Bei felt major event.
Upper Realm sealed period; Lower Realms what happened?!
These Immortal Transformation and Ascension; though Upper Realm disdained; but if drawn ascend—considerable force.
“Upper Realm… wall corner dug!”
Ye Bei swallowed saliva.
Continuously tore silver gleams; while that Immortal Transformation ascended Heavenly Gate.
Rapidly neared.
Boom!
As gate slowly closed.
Ye Bei fleeting glimpse; faintly saw beyond gate vast world; immortal energies surging.
Even saw black mountains; immensely majestic seated back.
Ye Bei expression drastically changed; as mastering “Travel” Array Word cultivator—how not know this back who!
“My heavens!”
“This this this…”
Ye Bei terrified; hurriedly averted gaze.
“Hm? Upper Realm person?”
Suddenly.
Sound waves spread.
Next.
Ye Bei felt surrounding void; covered crisscrossing chessboard patterns.
Faintly; massive figure; seemed outside board; holding piece observing him.
“Lu Ping’an!”
Ye Bei hair stood on end.
Of course not fear Lu Ping’an; feared Blood-Robed Gu Mangran!
Lu Ping’an appeared; Gu Mangran likely nearby.
Blood-Robed General Gu Mangran—could contend Sacred Ancestor; he mere Immortal Ascension; likely instantly crushed.
Mind stirred; “Travel” Array Word hovered overhead; constantly spinning above.
Yet Ye Bei perhaps unsettled; or terrified; continuously urged several times; unable execute spatial profound.
Fortunately—finally urged.
Like street rat; drilled in; fled vanished.
Boom!
Instant Ye Bei vanished.
Hundred-thousand-fold spiritual pressure formed beam abruptly smashed down.
This region suddenly distorted; boom boom ceaseless collapse.
“Hm—sensed fake ‘Travel’ Array Word aura…”
“No—my array word fake.”
So used to fooling; nearly believed myself.
Spiritual pressure beam dispersed; crisscrossing chessboard slowly vanished; void collapsing rumbling; Lu’s faint voice mixed rumbling gradually dissipated.
