The Heaven-shattering: Starting from Simulating Becoming an Emperor

Chapter 13 The truth from thousands of years ago
"The underworld is in a period of transition right now. It is a wise choice for you to come here and surrender. I promise that you will be no worse than those quasi-emperors in the outside world."

In the land of disaster, a saint king-level Hades general was enthusiastically helping Zhang Huan register his identity.

More than ten years have passed since Zhang Huan threatened Taoist Qingniu to hand over the coordinates of the ruins.

During this period of time, Zhang Huan first borrowed the Jidao Emperor's soldiers to quickly come to the star field near the underworld, checked the news of the underworld, and found that it was indeed as Xiaota said.

Then he slowly flew to the underworld, stated his purpose, and was immediately treated well.

The registration place is on a cliff a million miles away. On weekdays, missions, collection of contributions and other related matters are handled here.

If you want to become a member of the underworld, coming here to go through the formalities is the first condition.

"It seems that the underworld is indeed short of people."

In Zhang Huan's eyes, this boundless land of disaster was indeed sparsely populated. Even ghost soldiers were rarely seen. One could only occasionally see a few flying ghost generals. It was surprisingly quiet.

The Hades had a look of envy on his face, but he did not shy away from suspicion. He probably thought that Zhang Huan would soon become a member of the underworld, so he started chatting with him in a casual manner.

He told us that the underworld offered many generous rewards to recruit people.

Great saints like Zhang Huan enjoy excellent benefits. Once they join the underworld, they will have privileges that are even richer than those of some quasi-emperors in the underworld in the past.

What is the primordial life essence, the quasi-emperor's enlightenment, and the fragments of the Dao?
In addition, the dazzling cultivation resources are enough to attract all the great saints. If the underworld was not so badly known, it would have been crowded with powerful people from all sides.

After hearing the specific benefits, Zhang Huan was secretly amazed.

No wonder this Hades general was so confident. The quasi-emperor's perception alone was attractive enough. Coupled with other rare treasures, Zhang Huan had no doubt that other great saints had already joined the underworld.

It’s really generous, but are these things really that easy to get? Zhang Huan thought of the rotten little tower.

On the way, for the sake of caution, Zhang Huan mentioned the rumors about the underworld circulating in the outside world.

The Hades General didn't care about this at all. In his opinion, it was just that outsiders found it difficult to understand the greatness of the underworld, and the rumors were just a slander against them.

Zhang Huan nodded and asked about the reason why the underworld was short of people.

When exploring the surrounding star fields, the information obtained was incomplete. It always felt like an invisible hand had cut off all clues, and the truth could not be revealed.

I guess the answer can only be found in the underworld.

When General Ming heard Zhang Huan's question, he suddenly fell silent. His abnormal behavior caused Zhang Huan to be puzzled.

As if a taboo had been touched, General Ming changed his attitude and became cold, with the enthusiasm in his eyes being extinguished a lot.

Is this something you are afraid of?

Zhang Huan remained calm and observed his words and actions, guessing that he might have been given a gag order or something, which was why he had such a reaction.

After that, Ming Jiang never chatted like he did at the beginning and deliberately kept his distance.

Zhang Huan tactfully ignored them upon seeing this, and the two of them sped along quietly.

Although he didn't show it on his face, Zhang Huan couldn't help feeling doubtful.

What did I trigger that caused the other party to distance himself from me so deliberately?
Even the Saint King is so timid. Is the underworld really as promising as he said?

After bringing Zhang Huan to the destination, Zhang Huan frowned as he watched General Ming fleeing. He couldn't help but become a little more cautious.

He had a hunch that this underworld was even more bizarre than the rumors had said, and that there was a truth that could not be told.

After completing the formalities, Zhang Huan officially became a ghost general and had his own mansion. He was officially assigned a mission fifty years later.

"This underworld is quite straightforward. It is very clear when distributing benefits."

Although the start was not good, at least there are resources to compensate.

Zhang Huan nodded secretly, checked and confirmed that there was no problem, then flew alone to a vast mountain, which would be his future residence.

It was like a small cave. Spiritual energy continuously flowed into the void, which was very abundant, and the environment was pleasant, without any sign of death.

The spiritual spring flows in the mountain stream, rushing like a waterfall. It is rich in essence and has many spiritual herbs, including rare plants. The spiritual energy here has been accumulated for at least tens of thousands of years, making it an excellent place for cultivation.

Zhang Huan thought it was more like a place for living people to practice cultivation, which was incompatible with the air of death. It was specially opened up in the underworld for beings like Zhang Huan to practice cultivation.

When claiming the mansion, Zhang Huan remembered that there were many patterns similar to this one marked on the map.

If everyone was a great saint who came to surrender, they would have the same benefits as Zhang Huan. It is worthy of being the underworld, with a large family and wealth, so generous.

A few days later, Zhang Huan digested the resources he had obtained and his cultivation level reached a new level.

He still remembered the abnormality of the Hades General and was very concerned about it. He planned to use the power granted by the underworld to look up the secrets of ancient history.

However, before he could set out, a great sage from next door came to visit him. He said that he lived a hundred miles away in the same cave, and came to visit him after observing it for a few days.

During the conversation, the great sage called himself Kunsheng, who was also recruited and entered the underworld to avoid his enemies. He was born in an unknown star field.

In his perception, the traces of martial arts revealed by the other party were exactly the spiritual magic skills that he was practicing, which were completely consistent with the aura of the magic skills that Zhang Huan remembered!
"No wonder he wanted to join the underworld. He must be afraid that the master of the magic power would come and eat him alive."

The first great sage he met in the underworld was so special. Zhang Huan didn't know whether he should feel lucky or not.

This group of people who practiced magic were destined to be nutrients, fish raised by the people behind the scenes, and sooner or later they would be found and eaten.

It is a wise move for the other party to seek refuge in the underworld. At least the master of the technique will be cautious and dare not really attack the underworld. Living here for a long time in the future, he can be safe in his later years.

I’m afraid that in trying to avoid wolves, I might end up falling into a tiger’s den, which would result in an even more miserable end.

Zhang Huanyin had already switched to practicing Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art and had not revealed his true colors.

Just as he thought, the other party came with a request. After a few words, he mentioned that the foreign great sage was weak and offered to help each other.

He said that at least they could help each other if they got into a crisis, so as not to lose their foothold in the huge underworld. According to him, three great saints from outside had already agreed to the proposal.

This Great Sage Kun is determined to stay in the underworld, and wants to form gangs and factions and develop power in the underworld.

Zhang Huan's purpose of coming here was just to devour various origins to help him practice the Immortal Heavenly Art. Joining them would be a thankless task and contrary to his original intention.

Taking advantage of the fact that he had just arrived in the underworld, Zhang Huan suggested that he consider it. Dasheng Kun did not make it too difficult and agreed enthusiastically. In his opinion, Zhang Huan was alone and weak, and if he wanted to develop in the underworld in the future, he needed to form an alliance.

Taking this opportunity, Zhang Huan mentioned to the Great Sage Kun the reason why the underworld was recruiting people, but did not mention his magic skills, intending to find out secretly.

The other party did not know much about the details in this regard. Although he had arrived several decades earlier than Zhang Huan, he still did not know many secrets.

Dasheng Kun recalled carefully and said that he only knew part of the story. After Zhang Huan provided the rumors he had collected over the years, he pieced together a plausible truth.

Perhaps too much was lost ten thousand years ago, and now the gap needs to be filled.

At that time, the Supreme Beings appeared frequently, and the great roads were wiped out in battles, making it extremely difficult to conduct business in the underworld.

On the other side, Void fought bloody battles to stop them from harming all living beings.

In such an environment, all spirits rarely share the same hatred and fight against the Forbidden Zone Supreme, with a common belief in their hearts.

Naturally, the ghost soldiers and generals of the underworld are no longer taken seriously by the outside world. They are not afraid of the supreme being of the forbidden area, so how could they be afraid of you, a ghost thing?
Although there are immortal treasures like Tongtian Mingbao guarding the place, no one dares to violate it. But the evil soldiers and generals from the outside world are miserable. As long as they dare to show their heads, they will die one by one. Sometimes they are killed by the strong ones, and sometimes they are surrounded and eliminated.

Although there are strong people in the underworld, they can't run around the universe for these ant-like minions.

As a strong man, it is naturally impossible for him to do such miscellaneous work by himself.

The situation outside was complicated, and the underworld had to retreat for a while. Several quasi-emperor high-ranking officials discussed and decided to act cautiously. From then on, the ghost soldiers began to avoid people, for fear of being found and skinned alive.

Also, because there are always supreme-level wars in the universe, many powerful people are not extradited to the underworld after their death. A group of ancient corpses from long ago have not yet become spiritual.

In addition, as time passed, those strong men from ten thousand years ago could no longer bear it and began to pass away. As long as they were not corpses or puppets, as long as they had consciousness, they would be disturbed by their lifespan.

Due to various factors, the core forces in the underworld are now scarce.

This is also the reason why objects like the Decaying Little Tower appear, and anyone above the level of a Saint will be accepted.

After a thorough analysis, Zhang Huan also felt that there was some truth in it. He talked with Great Sage Kun for a while, and the other party left with an excuse. Perhaps he had achieved his goal and did not want to stay any longer to attract attention.

Deliberately avoiding suspicion, the situation of this group of foreign great saints does not seem to be as good as their treatment claims.

Zhang Huan hesitated for a moment.

He had no interest in what these people were thinking, and if anyone came to mention it again, he would still shirk it.

However, this topic, which even the underworld gods avoid, still has many unknowns to be explored, and we have only pieced together a small part of it now.

What is hidden in the truth that makes him so afraid?
It couldn't be that he did it to maintain the face of the underworld. Thinking carefully about the words and deeds of the Hades general, he felt that it might be closely related to Zhang Huan and other foreign great saints in this world.

The underworld is very mysterious. It is a place where people are reborn from the dead and take away all the luck. The various methods are not something that a mere sage can understand.

Traveling along the way, Zhang Huan stepped through endless evil lands and saw many huge monuments. On them were records passed down from generation to generation throughout all the eras of the underworld, as well as countless biographies of characters.

Some of the ancient steles date back to an unrecorded antiquity, and contain secrets that few people know about.

"Who dares to enter the vicinity of the monument?"

A quasi-emperor who was feared by all directions woke up from under a monument with an expressionless indifference.

This is a war slave who was refined into a puppet, to be dispatched by the underworld forever, to perform duties mechanically.

Zhang Huan quickly responded upon seeing this.

"I am a great sage who has just joined the underworld. I have a mark of identity. I have admired the underworld for a long time. Now I hope to learn about the great achievements of the underworld, so I came here specially."

"Newcomers are not qualified to view the ancient monument. Please leave this place."

Zhang Huan's heart sank and he flew back quickly without any delay.

Wasn’t it said that the power was comparable to that of a quasi-emperor? Even the history of his own forces could not be understood. Zhang Huan did not believe that the natives of the underworld also had this limitation.

Moreover, from what the war slave said just now, he also knew that there were new creatures, and Zhang Huan was not the first one to encounter them.

Deliberate restrictions make people feel that there are bad intentions, and the truth is always confusing.

"Once we have collected most of the essence, we will find a chance to escape."

Zhang Huan said to himself that if the underworld had not collected so many dead bodies and he could easily obtain the origins of various sources, he would not be willing to stay in the underworld for a moment.

(End of this chapter)