Lord of the night.

Chapter 1456 The Curse of Ten Thousand Souls! The Wrath of the East! [Two-in-One]

This was the first time Yan Beihan had ever been poisoned, and it was a poison that affected his consciousness.

As people say, even the strongest and most resilient person becomes as vulnerable as a child when faced with major events, especially in front of the person they trust and rely on most.

It's not that they can't solve their problems, but rather that they are emotionally dependent.

It's like a daughter who, even after she's grown up, successful in her career, married, and has children, still can't control herself in front of her father when faced with major events like divorce or bankruptcy, because he's her emotional support.

It's not that she can't solve the problem, but she instinctively relies on others when she sees them.

And that is exactly what Yan Beihan is doing now.

Shenjing.

Fang Che, who was engrossed in researching the case of Yin Mo and others who were murdered years ago, was shocked to receive the news.

He dropped everything in an instant and rushed back to his study to reply: "What happened?! What on earth happened? How could someone suddenly be poisoned?"

“I don’t know how I got poisoned… but I’m certain I was poisoned, and this poison is one that directly affects the divine consciousness and primordial spirit. We are still investigating it.”

Seeing Fang Che's instant reply, Yan Beihan felt her mood improve. A gentle smile appeared on her face as she replied, "But for now, the problem isn't too serious. Aunt Bing and the others are looking for the cause. Don't worry, it's nothing."

"How can you be alright!"

Fang Che asked anxiously, "What kind of poison is it? Tell me the details, and I'll see if I can find out anything here."

Fang Che was genuinely a little panicked.

He knew Yan Beihan's temperament; unless it was really serious, this girl Yan Beihan always reported good news and not bad.

If she can confide in me, then the poison must be very serious.

The slight bewilderment Yan Beihan felt after being poisoned slowly disappeared under Fang Che's concern, replaced by a warm feeling in her heart. She sent a message: "Well, let me tell you... This poison is very strange. Even Aunt Bing and the Plague couldn't figure out how they got poisoned..."

"Yunyan and Fengxue have also been poisoned. It turns out that everyone who came this time was poisoned without anyone noticing."

"What's even stranger is that, logically speaking, if they poisoned someone, they must have had a backup plan... but the underworld didn't have any backup plan at all, and was completely destroyed..."

Yan Beihan frowned: "I still don't understand. I always feel that this wave of splitting the underworld was successful in a rather muddled way."

Fang Che also felt strange after hearing this.

"Let me ask."

This method of poisoning is unheard of.

Yan Beihan's words are quite correct: If you're going to poison someone, you have to have a purpose, right? If you don't have a purpose, and you don't have a backup plan, what kind of poison are you going to use?

But this ingenious poisoning method really had no backup plan!
Fang Che racked his brains trying to figure out the reason, but he still couldn't come up with it.

So he took out his communication jade and sent a message to his father, explaining the situation: Urgent help needed!
Naturally, they couldn't just rely on one side, so they simply took Ning Zaifei and went to the Poison Demon's place, who had been suffering from qi deviation for a long time.

If Yan Beihan hadn't instructed him not to let his grandfather and father know about this for the time being, Fang Che would probably have already dragged the two old men over.

Fang Che was really anxious, as almost all of his wives and concubines had been wiped out in this wave.

How can we not be in a hurry?
And on the other side...

My daughter-in-law has been poisoned!

And both daughters-in-law were poisoned!

Fang Laoliu dared not delay and immediately forwarded the message to Dongfang Sansan, urging him anxiously.

"Quickly ask Yin Enchou! What kind of poison is it! Damn it, is Yin Enchou courting death?!"

Dongfang San San also dared not be negligent.

Regarding why the entire underworld was poisoned, including Yan Beihan and others who were also mysteriously poisoned, Dongfang Sansan only needed to think for a moment before she understood the general idea.

"This Yin Enchou is too ruthless and vicious! Even if there were no underworld, the guardians would still be wary of such a person..."

However, Dongfang San San didn't understand why the Earthly Venerable had to be so ruthless. Because from any perspective, by stepping down as Earthly Venerable and being banished from the Underworld, and with a new Earthly Venerable taking over, he could escape the cycle of karma by living in anonymity.

What Dongfang San San couldn't understand the most was: what use was it for him to destroy the Underworld if no new Earthly Lord had been appointed? Even if it had been destroyed, Yin En Chou would still be the last Earthly Lord!

Why would someone act out of a sense of personal vendetta?

Dongfang San San sensed there was another reason, pondered for a moment, and immediately said, "Everything."

"exist."

"Let's see if the Earthly Venerable has returned. If he has, I want to see him immediately."

"Yes."

A moment later, Feng Wanshi rushed back: "He's back. He escaped with serious injuries. He had just taken some medicine when I arrived."

"Oh?"

Dongfang Sansan frowned: "I'll go take a look."

He felt there were still things he wasn't sure about. In other words, although the Earthly Venerable and the Heavenly Emperor had been hoping for his guidance, they still had too many hidden agendas.

And this hidden thing can't be left unsolved.

Dongfang San San immediately arrived at the elegant guest room.

"Lord Earth Master."

"No, no! Strategist Dongfang, please don't address me like that again."

The local official hurriedly issued a statement declaring his position.

For Di Zun now, the safest place is Kanke City.

The description of the Earthly Venerable is rather tragic. Although he has tried his best to remedy the situation and has taken elixirs, the injuries inflicted by the holy power of a super expert like Gui Changge will require a long period of recuperation.

At such a high level of cultivation, there is no longer any such thing as 'instant recovery'.

"What happened? He was even injured? Is the battle in the underworld that serious?"

Dongfang Sansan asked with a smile.

"Don't mention it..."

Upon hearing Dongfang San San's words, the Earthly Venerable realized that Dongfang San San already knew everything about the Underworld. Although he didn't quite understand why Dongfang San San knew so quickly, this was the strategist Dongfang, so it wasn't surprising that he knew so much.

"Nothing happened in the underworld. When I came out, I ran into Gui Changge and Jiang Shuyue..."

The Earthly Venerable smiled bitterly: "After a great battle, these two chased me all the way to Sanchuan City before they stopped."

He gestured to his body, and the Earthly Venerable's smile was somewhat grim: "I was struck by swords in forty-five places from head to toe, and by fists and feet in thirteen strikes. I was just a hair's breadth away from being killed by being split in two."

What exactly is happening in the underworld?

Dongfang San San asked, "Lord Earthly Venerable, how many methods did you use to destroy the Underworld like this? I won't feel at ease until you explain these things clearly."

Although Dongfang San San spoke with a smile, the look in his eyes clearly told Di Zun: You must explain yourself.

The Earthly Venerable coughed and hesitated.

"And what exactly is the poison in the underworld?"

Dongfang San San asked.

"poison?"

The Earthly Venerable finally understood: "Does the Eastern Military Advisor mean that someone on our side has been poisoned?"

Dongfang Sansan remained unfathomable, saying, "Such a large-scale operation naturally warrants my presence, as both division and annihilation are of paramount importance. However, the people I sent in have mysteriously been poisoned. Surely the Earthly Venerable wouldn't claim ignorance?"

The Earthly Venerable smiled wryly: "So that's how it is."

"Moreover, the Earthly Venerable must have had his reasons for choosing to destroy the Underworld and sit in the position of the last Earthly Venerable."

"As expected, nothing can be hidden from the Eastern strategist!"

The Earthly Venerable sighed: "The Eastern Military Advisor has clearly come here to get to the bottom of things?"

Dongfang San San stared at Di Zun without speaking for a moment. As Di Zun grew increasingly uneasy, Dongfang San San finally said, word by word, "Yin En Chou! If you don't explain yourself clearly, I can't help you with anything! Moreover, I won't trust you to do anything!"

The Earthly Venerable remained silent.

After a long silence, he said, "This is a long story. The ancestor of the Underworld, Wang Chuan, did not create the Underworld on a whim, as has been said all along. Rather, the ancestor received a treasure bestowed by heaven. After you reminded me last time, I used the thought that 'the divine way must exist' and the idea that 'the backlash will inevitably come' to go to the place where the ancestor was in seclusion. I communicated with him entirely through divine thought and that's how I discovered the secret chamber that had been sealed for tens of thousands of years."

"That cave looks ordinary, but it is the place where the ancestor secluded himself. Entering it gives you a strange feeling. Countless people have secluded themselves inside for countless years, but none of them have discovered anything; simply because they do not believe in ghosts and gods. Strategist Dongfang, you must know that some things exist if you believe in them, and do not exist if you do not believe in them."

"The Eastern strategist must still remember that I was skeptical of what you said before, but after that trip, I believed you without a doubt! My attitude completely changed."

Dongfang San San nodded slowly.

The Earthly Venerable said, "Then we discovered the Divine Sense Chamber, which contained the Ancestor's notes, left behind by the Ancestor before his passing. Only then did we understand everything."

"The progenitor obtained... the Blood River Sword, the Three Lives Stone, the Yama Seal, the Judge's Pen, the Yellow Springs Blade, the Fengdu Flag, and seventeen other treasures. He himself did not know how he obtained them; he only knew that when he woke up, he had these things."

"And knowing what he needed to do, he created the underworld."

"Therefore, the framework of the underworld was not gradually built up by the second and third ancestors as legend has it, but was completed by the first ancestor from the very beginning. However, after completing the framework, the first ancestor discovered that those treasures were disappearing one by one."

"Disappeared without a trace."

"The last remaining Three Lives Stone was placed by the Ancestor in front of the Looking-Home Terrace in the Underworld, and buried deep there, transforming into a corner of the mountain range."

"The Ancestor left a message in his notes: When the true Underworld is rebuilt, all those treasures will reappear. Because our Underworld is fake now, the treasures will not appear."

"Then I also deduced something from that manuscript: once the real Heavenly Palace and Underworld are established, they will inevitably take their anger out on the current fake Underworld, so this Underworld must not exist."

"It must be completely non-existent!"

"Or rather... transforming into a true ghost realm and merging into the new underworld."

"However, I may still have a chance, because those cultivation techniques are all within me; they are divinely bestowed techniques. Divinely bestowed techniques can connect to those divinely bestowed objects; it's just a matter of waiting for the right opportunity. I think that opportunity will be when the true Underworld is established."

"And by then, I'll be all alone, with the original Netherworld inheritance... It won't be difficult to obtain a divine position in the true Netherworld. That's a real chance to join the ranks of immortals! So I must live on, I must live on alone, unburdened and safe!" The Earthly Venerable sighed: "I know you, Strategist Dongfang, look down on people like us, too selfish, too ruthless. But I have no choice. There are other people living in the Netherworld, and they will all be my competitors in the future!"

"And for me to compete with those people for the last Earthly Venerable position would actually be a disadvantage! If those people are left alive, I will die very quickly in the future, because it is impossible for two Earthly Venerables to appear in the new Underworld. And I, the imposter, will become a thorn in their side after I lose my usefulness."

"Therefore, everyone in the underworld except me must die! Not a single one of them should be left alive!"

"So after that last time, I started to arrange for all the people outside to return, and the underworld was completely closed off."

"And it was from that time that I began to force the Grand Elder to rebel, making him my weapon. Before that, I set up a cyclical array and cast the Ten Thousand Souls Curse at the source of the River of Oblivion. The poison that the Eastern strategist mentioned should be the poison of the Ten Thousand Souls Curse."

"The Ten Thousand Souls Curse is made by taking the souls of a million living beings and refining them into a poison. It is then circulated through the River of Oblivion to form the mark of the earth's soul. All the blood and energy of all living beings return to the underworld... well, return to the earth and give back to the continent. Under the guidance of the Ten Thousand Souls Curse, they will become the pioneers of the future underworld."

"This is my pledge of allegiance to the new underworld, while the Earth Soul Seal and the only remaining Three Lives Stone will be my talisman and my advancement gift."

"The entire underworld's drinking water and spiritual springs all come from the River of Oblivion."

"In less than three days, the water imbued with the Ten Thousand Souls Curse will cover the entire underworld!"

"Normally, it won't show any signs and won't interfere with cultivation, but once the Grand Elder activates it, the Ten Thousand Souls Curse will be activated as well."

"Once the scramble team of the Sovereign Cult arrives, the Grand Elder will activate the spell, and the Sovereign Cult team, which will be entertained by the Underworld, will immediately be poisoned by the Ten Thousand Souls Curse!"

There will be no exceptions.

The Earthly Venerable said calmly, "At that time, I had already escaped through the secret passage and crossed the White Wave River to reach the entrance to the Underworld. Only the people of our righteous sect enter from here, and when they come out, they will surely come out from here as well."

"If I strike head-on, I can annihilate Yan Beihan's team, who are already under the Ten Thousand Souls Curse. Then I can enter the Underworld through the main gate, kill all the survivors, and take the Three Lives Stone. Then everything will be accomplished. The Three Lives Stone is the only treasure that still exists among the treasures obtained by the Ancestor, and it is indispensable to the true Underworld in the future."

At this point, the Earthly Venerable sighed with infinite frustration: "But I never expected that the Ghost Changge couple, after being reborn in the mortal world, would actually choose the Underworld. A riot in the Underworld directly killed their incarnations... interrupting their rebirth! The two of them guarded the gates of the Underworld to cause me trouble, and a great battle disrupted all my subsequent plans... I didn't succeed in any of them, and I didn't even have time to implement them."

The Earthly Venerable's frustration was boundless: "All my plans and arrangements in this life have been ruined by Gui Changge and his wife. Even my final schemes and arrangements were ruined by them. Moreover, all my plans in this life have actually benefited them!"

"Everything I've done in this life, as long as it involves the name Gui Changge, has become a lifelong source of frustration!"

have to say.

Even with Dongfang San San's wisdom, he was completely stunned upon hearing these words.

The Earthly Venerable Yin Enchou had actually considered such a long-term perspective, even the reconstruction of order after the God War; he had already figured out how to scheme and plot!

This...this is absolutely terrifying!

He used the lives of a billion people as a stepping stone to elevate himself to godhood!

Moreover, they were all his disciples and old friends, including all his relatives and friends, and even his own bloodline descendants!
Such behavior is not even enough to be described as insane!

The so-called "human beings owe me seven parts of kindness, and I owe ten billion people in the Yellow Springs" of the Heavenly King Xiao of the Only Righteous Sect is currently just the last two lines of a poem!

But with this one move, Di Zun has settled all of Ning Zaifei's debts!

Dongfang San San took a deep breath: "Why should we deal with Yan Bei Han's team?"

As he asked the question, he understood it himself.

This is... to destroy the underworld so he can be freed, and then to prevent the Heavenly Palace from splitting up, so that the Heavenly Emperor can continue to suffer without relief!

Sure enough, the Earthly Venerable looked at Dongfang Sansan with a strange expression and said, "...If the Heavenly Palace is rebuilt, its rank will be much higher than that of the Underworld... How can we allow that old codger Jiang Shuhan to be so smug!"

Dongfang San San sighed. Sure enough, with the split of the True Sect, the Earthly Venerable had no intention of going to the Heavenly Palace at all.

It really is a thought that everything will end in the underworld!
Once my business is done, let the Heavenly Palace suffer on its own! —That's what the Earthly Venerable thought!
Dongfang San San felt an indescribable disgust and aversion to the Earthly Venerable's schemes.

I don't even want to comment!

"How do we cure the poison of the Ten Thousand Souls Curse?"

Dongfang San San asked bluntly.

"The Ten Thousand Souls Curse is a divine technique, and there is no cure for it!"

The Earthly Venerable said it very simply.

"There's no cure!?"

Suddenly, an extremely dangerous aura emanated from Dongfang San San. His eyes instantly turned cold and devoid of any emotion as he stared intently at the Earthly Venerable's face, slowly uttering each word: "There is no cure!"

In an instant!
The Earthly Venerable felt as if he had lost all his cultivation and been thrown naked into the icy wilderness!
Even the soul is completely frozen!

It was as if a prehistoric beast was staring at him intently.

An indescribable chill ran down my spine. My heart pounded, my mouth went dry, my eyes glazed over, and the pores on my face opened up instantly!
“Don’t be impulsive!!”

The Earthly Venerable nearly wet himself, and hurriedly exclaimed, "I have a way! I have a way!"

He had always thought that Dongfang San San was at most a sage of the ninth rank of Saint King, but when this aura came, the Earth Venerable clearly felt that he had no power to resist.

If the other party wanted, I could be turned into mincemeat in an instant!
The frenzy of that murderous intent was simply earth-shattering!
The Earthly Venerable had never seen such a dangerous person before. He felt that even Duan Xiyang was far inferior to Dongfang San San in front of him!

The Earthly Venerable was instantly paralyzed!
Damn it!
How are you so strong!
At that moment, Dongfang San San truly harbored murderous intent.

My hand almost came up.

Upon hearing the Earthly Venerable say that there was a solution, he took a deep breath and calmed down.

The Earthly Venerable immediately felt a gentle spring breeze on his face, like a spring rain, and felt completely comfortable. His murderous aura vanished instantly.

The Dongfang San San in front of him transformed once again into a gentle, refined, and harmless figure, even regaining his calm and serene demeanor.

The Earthly Venerable's heart pounded wildly, and a cold sweat suddenly broke out on his forehead.

The soul that had been terrified returned to its place. After taking a few quick breaths, it said, "There is a way. Your people obviously only entered during this incident. All told, they were only in there for two days. The poisoning is extremely mild. Although there is a faint miasma poison in their souls, it is not a big deal."

"Moreover, anyone who can detect that they have been poisoned is definitely a master. So, there is no immediate danger to their life."

Dongfang Sansan said coldly, "What I want is not temporary."

"Not for long."

The Earthly Venerable said, "Since you can discover that you are poisoned, you must be either a genius or a master. As for the poison of the Myriad Souls Curse, it will naturally dissipate when a peak Ninth-Rank Saint King takes half a step into the Divine Path."

"..." Dongfang San San was speechless.

A sage ruler of the ninth rank, a half-step into the divine path!
How can it be so easy?

However, considering that Yan Beihan and Bi Yunyan are both talented enough that taking that first step wouldn't be difficult for them, they should be able to achieve it.

As for the other righteous cult leaders... Dongfang San San can't control them.

As long as my niece-in-law is alright.

"Normally, it wouldn't have no impact, would it?"

Dongfang San San asked.

"The impact is minimal, and it can be suppressed with top-grade rare and precious materials. As long as it doesn't spread within the divine consciousness and soul, it's fine. If one has a righteous soul yin-yang root that is over 500,000 years old, one bite can suppress it for ten years!"

The Earthly Venerable hurriedly said.

"Five hundred thousand years!!"

Dongfang Sansan was furious: "Does this continent even have a spiritual herb that's 500,000 years old?! Yin Enchou, have you ever seen one?"

"cough……"

Yin Enchou said, "If all else fails, there is a secret place in the underworld where a 200,000-year-old Three Lives Other Shore Flower grows. Even a single petal is enough. Although it's not as good as a 500,000-year-old True Soul Yin-Yang Root, it can still suppress the evil spirit for ten or eight years..."

As the Earthly Venerable spoke, he pondered in his heart.

Who's been poisoned? Even Dongfang San San is so worried! If they really die from the poison, then... can I still survive?
Thinking of this, Yin Enchou shuddered.

"Show me the record of the Ten Thousand Souls Curse."

How could Dongfang San San easily believe Yin En Chou's words? This matter is of great importance. Without seeing the original evidence, she would not believe it at all. If Yin En Chou is lying about this matter, then she will expose him now!
Yin Enchou was speechless, sensing that Dongfang San San was brewing a powerful killing intent in his heart.

I really want to remind them: Your role is that of a strategist! Not some reckless general like Xue Fuxiao!
You need to figure out your own position!
Why do they always have to shout for war and killing...?

Is this still something a strategist should be doing?

With unprecedented speed, the Earthly Venerable pulled out a soul jade slip: "It's recorded inside!"

He spoke quickly: "In such a rushed situation, I wouldn't have time to fabricate anything..."

Dongfang San San grabbed it.

Immediately use your divine sense to read it.

Only then did I feel relieved: What the Earthly Venerable said was true!

The Ten Thousand Souls Curse has no cure, but it can be temporarily suppressed with top-grade rare and precious materials! Two of them are listed: the Yin-Yang Root of a True Soul that is over 500,000 years old and the Three Lives Other Shore Flower.

For the Yin-Yang Root of the True Soul to have such an effect, it must be transformed into jade-like substance, and there must be True Soul Jade Liquid forming in the middle.

The Three Lives of the Other Shore Flower requires its stamens to have a deep, ink-like color reminiscent of a starry sky.

As for other rare and precious materials, you'll have to figure that out for yourself...

Dongfang San San was somewhat melancholy: she still had quite a few of the True Soul Yin-Yang Roots that she had brought back from the Yin-Yang Realm last time, but... they had not turned into jade, much less into jade liquid.

How to fix it?
The only option is for Fang Che to tell Yan Beihan to look for resources from the Weiwo Zhengjiao sect.
Or perhaps in a few days, we'll force the Earthly Venerable to retrieve the Three Lives Other Shore Flower.
Dongfang Sansan frowned, deep in thought. How should this be handled?

The Earthly Venerable watched Dongfang San San pacing back and forth, his heart filled with unease.

I can't help but feel like my life is in a constant cycle of being 'lifted up and put down'.

I didn't even dare to take a breath.

Who would have thought that Dongfang San San's martial prowess was so terrifying? Before this, even a supreme being would never have believed it!

Brother, you are a wise man, you are a strategist!
Your positioning must be clear!
That's not how you should act...

(End of this chapter)