A technologically powerful nation: The national treasure is actually myself.

Several days later.

Lin Yang has finally figured out a bit of the ins and outs of the rules and power of the entire underworld.

There are no normal rules of the Great Dao here, and the rules here cannot be used for comprehension and cultivation.

To be precise, it is not a normal resource for practitioners to study and practice.

However, this is possible for wandering spirits.

The same applies to the power of heaven and earth that permeates the entire underworld; it cannot be provided for cultivators to absorb and utilize.

This means that if a normal cultivator expends their power in the underworld, they are basically unable to replenish it from the outside world; their own power diminishes with each use.

Fortunately, Lin Yang had a lot of pills in his spatial ring that could replenish his strength. Otherwise, he might have been worn down to death after a great battle, even if he wasn't killed by the Yin spirits.

In addition, the power of the rules of the underworld is constantly eroding normal cultivators.

Lin Yang needs to continuously gather his strength to resist this erosion, which is an additional burden on his power consumption.

Moreover, although this corrosive force was not very fierce, it had a tenacious quality like water dripping on stone, so Lin Yang dared not be careless at all.

During these few days, he also encountered several original Yin spirits from the Yin realm, which were born from the power of the Yin realm's rules.

It was something completely devoid of intelligence, wandering the underworld on instinct alone.

Although he mostly encountered low-level, native spirits of the underworld, these spirits possessed exceptionally keen perception.

He had been very careful to conceal himself, but the ghost could still detect him and then attack him on instinct.

He didn't expend much effort dealing with this low-level Yin spirit, which was equivalent to the Dao Fire Realm.

However, this situation still surprised Lin Yang.

Because the number of original Yin spirits generated by the power of the Yin Realm rules is extremely large, it is equivalent to being able to mass-produce Yin spirits with the strength of the Dao Fire Realm.

Moreover, these spirits can devour each other to improve themselves, and they don't need to comprehend the various Daos like normal cultivators. They can improve simply by absorbing the power of other spirits, and they will not encounter any bottlenecks.

That's a bit scary.

The lowest level of Yin spirits born from the power of the Yin realm is equivalent to the Dao Fire Realm, and these low-level Yin spirits can also grow and improve by devouring the power of other Yin spirits without any bottlenecks.

This means that the underworld can give birth to some extremely powerful spirits at an extremely fast pace.

In terms of growth rate, they truly surpassed the cultivators of the Primordial Ancient Continent.

If the two realms collide, the underworld might even gain the upper hand.

"The power rules of the underworld are ridiculously strong."

Lin Yang whispered.

What he had witnessed in the past few days gave him a direct sense of the power and terror of the underworld.

The cultivators of long ago were able to resist and even seal off the invasion and erosion of the underworld, which is truly remarkable.

"It's just a pity that the boundary rules seem to be about to break. At that time, the Netherworld will probably invade the Primordial Ancient Continent again."

The thought that even the Great Venerable of the Underworld had managed to abduct him to the Underworld despite the suppression of the boundary rules came to mind.

It's easy to imagine that the boundary rules established back then probably won't last long.

In this day and age, if the rules of the realm were truly broken and the underworld were to invade, the consequences would be absolutely unimaginable.

Because he could sense that the Yin Soul Grandmaster was stronger than the ordinary Ancient Realm Palace Master.

And there are countless such wandering spirits in the underworld.

But there are definitely more than just one or two.

Moreover, there are also alien creatures knocking on the gates of Dingbian Ancient Pass, attempting to invade the Primordial Ancient Continent.

If the boundary rules are broken and the underworld invades, the current strength of the Primordial Ancient Continent will probably only be able to barely cope, and it will be powerless to deal with the alien creatures at Dingbian Ancient Pass.

Conversely, the same applies. Whether it's the alien creatures from Dingbian Ancient Pass or the Netherworld, the Primordial Ancient Continent can currently handle just one of them. However, if two appear simultaneously, the Primordial Ancient Continent will likely be in danger.

Thinking of this, Lin Yang couldn't help but feel a greater sense of urgency.

Suddenly.

Suddenly, another ordinary ghost appeared nearby.

Lin Yang collected his thoughts and swiftly killed him.

At the same time, there was a slight fluctuation in the [boundary] deep within the soul, as if it had absorbed some power.

Yes, these past few days, the [realm] has reacted whenever he kills a spirit, as if he can draw some power from these spirits.

However, when he tried to communicate with it, [Jie] did not respond.

Then, Lin Yang quickly left the spot and headed elsewhere.

He can't stay in one place for too long.

The senses of a ghost are too sharp.

Of course, it's also possible that for a normal living person like him, the perception of ghosts is too acute.

Even the lowest-level ghosts can always accurately detect his location and then approach him.

This made it impossible for Lin Yang to stay in one place for long.

Once a ghost is attracted, even if he kills it, it seems that due to the special and strange rules of the underworld, some traces that he cannot detect will still be left behind, attracting other ghosts to come.

Therefore, he can only keep moving.

If a ghost appears even once, you must leave immediately.

In just a few days, he has changed locations countless times.

At the same time, Lin Yang was also curious about how the battle between the Yin Soul Grandmaster and Yi Ling was going.

Logically speaking, if even these lowest-level spirits could easily detect him, then the powerful spirit who abducted him should also be able to detect him easily.

However, after several days, no one came to chase after him, which suggests that something unexpected probably happened between that guy and Yiling.

The fighting might still be ongoing.

This is certainly good news for him at the moment, but not by much.

It's unlikely that Yi Ling could defeat that Yin Hun Da Zun.

So he doesn't have much time left.

He needs to find a way to leave the underworld before that powerful spirit comes to capture him again.

It was difficult, but he never gave up hope.

Several more days passed.

Lin Yang has already traveled to countless places.

Most of them are very desolate and remote places.

However, one can occasionally sense the presence of powerful spirits from afar.

In addition to the spirits born of the underworld itself, there are also a large number of spirits that transform themselves in the underworld.

In that infinitely distant era, countless people transformed themselves into ghosts.

After being transformed into a ghost, their lifespan increases significantly, and they no longer need to undergo the cycle of reincarnation in the underworld.

This has led to the fact that even today, there are still many powerful spirits in the underworld that can transform themselves.

He even sensed a small town-like place in the distance while he was on his way.

A large number of ghosts live there.

He certainly wouldn't dare approach.

The moment they sensed the small town, they were so shocked that they immediately turned around and ran away in the opposite direction.

The fact that the spirits in that city could gather together in such a large way suggests that they were likely self-transformed spirits.

It is conceivable that there are no weaklings among the self-transforming spirits that have survived countless years to this day.

Lin Yang didn't dare risk going over to find out what was going on.

This is also one of his biggest pain points in the underworld.

He needs to find a way to leave the underworld.

However, they cannot enter any place where spirits live.

Otherwise, it will inevitably be discovered.

The senses of a ghost to a living person are far too acute.

This has put Lin Yang in a dilemma.

He needed more information about the underworld, but he couldn't go to the places where spirits lived to inquire.

In this contradictory state, Lin Yang went on the run for a period of time.

During this time, the Yin Spirit still did not come to capture him.

It's possible that the Yiling really caused that guy a lot of trouble.

During this period, Lin Yang also killed many native Yin spirits from the Yin realm.

Among them are some quite strong ones.

They killed several Dao Wulou-level individuals, and even one Hengjing-level individual.

Fortunately, that Hengjing Yin Soul had only recently ascended by devouring other Yin Souls, which made it relatively easy for Lin Yang to deal with it.

Otherwise, he really wouldn't dare to cause any big commotion here.

Furthermore, that lingering spirit seemed to have developed a certain level of intelligence. It was also the first time it had seen a living person, and it had the idea of ​​taking it all for itself, so it did not immediately send out a distress signal unique to spirits.

Otherwise, Lin Yang certainly wouldn't have been able to escape so easily.

The events that unfolded along the way made Lin Yang's mood increasingly heavy.

The power of the spirits in the underworld is indeed too great.

Take the seven major clans of the Primordial Ancient Continent as an example.

In any race, those who can reach the state of perfect enlightenment are among the most outstanding, and are extremely rare.

In the underworld, while not every soul can be found everywhere, there are quite a few that are comparable to those who have attained perfect enlightenment.

Even a Yin spirit comparable to the Eternal Realm can be encountered in the wild.

This already demonstrates the seriousness of the problem.

After all, he had been operating in relatively remote areas during this period, and compared to the entire underworld, he probably hadn't gone very far.

Yet they had already encountered so many powerful Yin spirits.

One can only imagine what the gathering places of those wandering spirits, the cities inhabited by so many of them, must have been like. The number of powerful wandering spirits was far beyond imagination.

If such a force were to invade the Primordial Ancient Continent, Lin Yang even felt that the Primordial Ancient Continent might not be able to offer much resistance.

This was not an exaggeration on his part, nor was it intended to bolster the spirits of the dead.

But that is the truth.

The underworld is a very special existence, and it has been isolated for so many years. Heaven knows how many powerful spirits have been born in the underworld during these countless years.

In short, the situation is very unfavorable for the Primordial Ancient Continent.

"Sigh, I don't even know if I'll be able to return to the Primordial Continent alive, so why think about all this..."

As his thoughts drifted, Lin Yang let out a sigh.

Lately, he has become increasingly aware of his declining health.

This is the corruption of him by the power of the underworld.

If he remains stationary, the effects of erosion will not become noticeable in the short term.

But he had to keep on the run, hiding from the ghosts and avoiding being discovered.

During this process, he continued to fight. Although he had pills to replenish his depleted strength, each time he fought, the erosion of the Yin Realm's power would invisibly deepen and affect him further, which could not be offset by replenishing his strength.

Therefore, over this period of time, Lin Yang has been able to clearly perceive the profound impact of the corrosive force on him.

If we cannot return to the Primordial Ancient Continent as soon as possible, and if we delay any longer, even if we eventually return, our cultivation foundation may suffer irreversible damage.

But going back...

He truly saw no hope of returning.

During this period of dealing with various evil spirits, if it weren't for the power-restoring pills in his spatial ring, he would probably have almost no power left, let alone be able to improve under such circumstances.

He also tried to sense the existence of the boundary rules, but he couldn't sense them at all.

This is a direct manifestation of insufficient strength.

He simply couldn't break through the barrier directly.

I want to return to the ancient land of the Primordial Era.

Difficult, difficult, difficult!
Time passed, and several more years went by.

Lin Yang's condition is already quite poor.

In the years that followed, it seemed that some special rule of the underworld also became aware of his existence as a living person.

Wherever he was, many ghosts would always appear.

This forces him to take action frequently.

He had lost count of how many ghosts he had killed.

Anyway, the pills in my spatial ring are almost all used up.

On one hand, he has to deal with the pursuit of evil spirits around the clock, and on the other hand, he also has to resist the erosion of the underworld itself.

This has led to Lin Yang's current situation deteriorating at a visible rate.

During this period, he even encountered several powerful ghosts that were clearly beyond his control, and he barely managed to escape by relying on the stage.

These incidents have placed a tremendous burden on him.

"If this continues, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on for more than a few years."

That day, Lin Yang sat cross-legged in a desolate mountain, trying his best to regulate his breathing.

Years of intense tension and excessive exertion had left him feeling somewhat fatigued.

The increasingly hopeless prospect of leaving is also a source of pressure.

He even considered turning himself into a ghost if all else failed.

This is driven by an instinctive survival instinct.

After all, even when transformed into a spirit, one still retains their own soul, thoughts, memories, and so on. Although they will be assimilated into the underworld more severely, they can at least temporarily maintain their immortality and wait for the rules of the realm to be lifted so that they can find an opportunity to enter the Primordial Ancient Continent and make their final arrangements.

Unfortunately, he didn't know how to transform into a ghost.

The transformation of oneself into a ghost also requires certain conditions, but this method of self-transformation has been completely cut off since that distant era, which was deliberately done by those ancestors.

Since he couldn't even walk down this road, Lin Yang was truly in despair.

[Jie] This guy has absorbed a lot of power over the years, but he has remained silent and cannot be communicated with.

In fact, Lin Yang did not place his hopes on [Jie].

Even if he could invoke the power of the [boundary], it wouldn't be enough to allow him to break through it.

He just wanted more people to talk to.

After all, the [realm] was able to transmit consciousness to him before, and in this hopeless underworld, it would be good to have someone to talk to.

Unfortunately, [Jie] didn't respond at all, and just kept absorbing some kind of power from the slain spirits.

suddenly.

A familiar voice immediately reached my ears.

"Lin Yang, it's time to hand over this body to me."

With a sudden movement, Lin Yang stood up instantly, his expression changing.

That Yin Spirit Venerable actually transmitted his voice directly to him.

Yes, the sudden sound was from the ghost that had abducted him earlier.

"It seems that after all these years, this guy has finally dealt with Yiling and remembered to come looking for me."

Lin Yang's eyes shifted.

He wasn't surprised that the spirit could communicate with him directly.

It seems that the other party must have used some kind of method to possess him when they abducted him to the underworld.

Otherwise, they probably wouldn't have let him escape from that palace so easily in the first place.

This simply confirms that fact.

As long as he is in the underworld, he can never escape the control of this Yin Soul Venerable. The other party can find him at any time if he wants to.

"It sounds like this ghost will come looking for me soon. In my current state, even with the stage at my disposal, I probably won't be able to hold out against it for even a moment."

With his life hanging in the balance, Lin Yang tried his best to remain calm and quickly began to think.

He didn't want to give his body to this guy for free.

Now, he only has one path to choose from.

That is, to self-destruct before the enemy arrives.

However, Lin Yang believed that he might not even have the chance to self-destruct, as this ghost would definitely have a way to stop him from self-destructing instantly.

The fact that the other party allowed him to remain in the underworld for so many years suggests they couldn't have been completely unprepared.

"Perhaps there is another path we can try."

In a flash, Lin Yang had a bold idea.

That is, to set up a spirit communication array again in this underworld.

Yes, that's right.

This idea wasn't something he came up with on a whim; it was something he had been thinking about for many years.

Over the years, he had considered the worst possible outcome.

Of all the possibilities, if one doesn't want this ghost to monopolize one's body, then attracting other ghosts of the same level to discover his existence might be the best way.

In the early days of the ancient continent, a spirit communication array was set up, which connected with this spirit.

Now, in the underworld, setting up a spirit communication array might allow one to connect with other spirits.

Of course, there is a risk of failure involved.

For example, the spirit communication array might not connect to other spirits as he wished, or the spirit communication array might be completely ineffective in the underworld.

However, these risks are not worth considering in the current situation.

Even if various failures occur, he will actively release his aura to attract the attention of other powerful spirits during the process of setting up the spirit communication array.

Over the years, he has become confident that as long as he actively releases his aura, the powerful beings in the underworld will notice him immediately.

Therefore, he has been waiting for the right opportunity.

Now, this opportunity has arrived.

He had anticipated from the beginning that although the barbarian spirit could cause some trouble for this vengeful spirit, the vengeful spirit would eventually be able to deal with the barbarian spirit before coming back to find him.

The time is now ripe.

If used too early, it might be abducted by other powerful evil spirits.

Now is the perfect time; let them fight each other for their own bodies.

Here, there is no possibility of not fighting for his physical body!
The body of a living, powerful cultivator is inherently irresistibly alluring to a wandering spirit.

Since death is inevitable either way, let these vengeful spirits pay the price.

At least, it won't be that easy to get his body.

call.

With a thought, Lin Yang, who was already prepared, instantly summoned the array flags he had prepared over the years.

The spirit communication array was formed instantly.

At the same time, he also began to emanate his own aura.

The aura of living beings surged into the sky in an instant.

"Hmph, you laughable ant, do you think you can have any effect on me by doing this?"

The voice of the Great Yin Spirit Venerable rang in my ears.

Although that's what he said, Lin Yang still sensed a hint of insincerity in his words.

Clearly, this guy wasn't as calm as he claimed.

Lin Yang smiled slightly:
“You kidnapped me and brought me to that palace filled with all sorts of suppression methods. You were clearly prepared to prevent my presence from escaping, and you won’t give me that chance.”

"But Yiling's appearance clearly disrupted your plans. So, you've known all these years that from the moment I escaped from your palace, you were powerless to stop me from revealing my existence."

"I'm curious, what price would you pay to deal with other spirits of the same level in order to obtain my physical body?" (End of Chapter)