Simultaneous travel: I am proving the great way in the heavens.

Chapter 614 A Lame Underworld God! A Special Being Born from the Heavenly Laws of the Three Realms!
The underworld itself is deathly silent.

The moment Luo Fu coated his Wood Release with a layer of golden light, even the souls outside the range of the masculine energy caused by his appearance began to surge towards Luo Fu.

Countless powerful beings from the underworld are now paying close attention to the location of Luofu.

Although Yan Chixia harbored the idea of ​​throwing the troublesome Luofu into the underworld.

But it cannot be denied that he did indeed dutifully leave Luofu not far from the City of the Wrongfully Dead.

This is not to say that Yan Chixia had good intentions; quite the opposite, it is because once Yan Chixia entered the underworld, he could only lock onto a certain uncertain coordinate around the City of the Wrongfully Dead.

Indeed, the City of the Wrongfully Dead is the place where those human cultivators are most closely connected with the underworld.

There is only one normal way to enter the underworld: after death, the soul passes through the Gate of Hell, embarks on the Road to the Underworld, and crosses the Bridge of Helplessness.

This is the standard procedure, but for cultivators in the mortal realm who open the passage to the underworld, this standard procedure cannot be followed.

The standard procedure is the rule of Heaven, and for a living soul to enter the underworld is itself a practice that goes against Heaven's will.

The City of the Wrongfully Dead naturally became the only special place closest to the human world.

Why is it that the City of the Wrongfully Dead, despite its frightening name, is actually the closest to the human world in terms of order and other aspects?
The City of the Wrongfully Dead is for souls who died unjustly, unable to return to the human world to be reborn. They are forced to exhaust their remaining lifespan in the underworld, waiting for their next reincarnation.

When Yan Chixia opened the passage to the underworld with the Xuanyuan Sword, he did not lock the Heavenly Dao order of the underworld. In a sense, the City of the Wrongfully Dead was like a bug in the great law of life and death in the Three Realms.

According to the Book of Life and Death, the souls of those who died unjustly should be in a state of being alive, but in reality, they are indeed dead, and this cannot be undone.

This resulted in the City of the Undead becoming a special realm between life and death.

Yan Chixia's Xuanyuan Sword is anchored to the life-giving attribute of the City of the Unjustly Dead.

Even without specific coordinates, once he opens the passage to the underworld, his location will be within the area of ​​the City of the Unjustly Dead.

As a powerful figure in the underworld who had seized control of the City of the Wrongfully Dead, the Black Mountain Demon inevitably noticed the commotion that was happening in Luofu.

Inside a deep, dark hall.

Perched high on the throne, yet barely resembling a human, was none other than Luo Fu's target this time: the Black Mountain Demon.

At first glance, the Black Mountain Demon looks more like a half-finished cliff carving, a rough human figure with limbs and facial features, but it is closer to the original essence than a human figure.

He is a mountain, and also a demon.

The voice of the Black Mountain Demon was filled with an inexplicable malevolence.

"How dare a living person enter the City of the Wrongfully Dead? No matter who he is, arrest him."

“Lu Zhidao.” The Black Mountain Demon mechanically looked at a figure wearing a bright red robe, with a greenish-blue face, red hair and beard, and a ferocious appearance.

"Your subordinate is here." A figure named Lu Zhidao stepped forward from the crowd.

"Go yourself and capture this scoundrel," the Black Mountain Demon said, his voice slurred and broken.

"Your subordinate obeys." Lu Zhidao bowed respectfully, his face expressionless.

He then led many ghostly soldiers from the City of the Wrongfully Dead straight toward Luofu.

On Luofu's side, these dead souls were no match for the wood-based magic that was coated with a layer of golden light. In fact, the moment the golden branches approached the dead souls, the vibrant life force and protective yang energy they brought caused the dead souls to vanish in an instant.

Luo Fu didn't take these numerous souls seriously at all.

It doesn't matter to him how many more die.

Naturally, he wouldn't have any regrets, nor would he show any mercy whatsoever.

The Yin spirit that had narrowly escaped Luofu's first wave of attacks and was bound by chains was not so lucky this time.

The moment it was entangled by a branch that resembled a serpent, there was no longer any chance to maneuver or dodge.

However, he was different from other dead souls.

Other souls would be melted by the vibrant life force and intense masculine energy of this golden-plated Wood Release technique, let alone make contact with it.

Only this guy knew whether the problem was with him personally or with the chains binding him.

Despite being entangled by Wood Release, it was able to completely withstand the Wood Release attack, which was coated with golden light and contained yang energy to ward off evil.

With a thought, Luo Fu pulled the ghostly spirit in front of him.

Only after approaching the spirit in person and seeing the chains on its body did Luo Fu realize that his previous judgment was correct.

This guy may not be a Yin spirit left behind by the underworld a hundred years ago after the great changes in the Heavenly Dao, but he is definitely related to the Yin spirits of the underworld. The chains on his body are not fake.

Those are real soul-snatching chains.

Don't assume that just because many underworld spirits wear soul-snatching chains, the soul-snatching chains of the underworld are nothing special.

The Soul-Hooking Chains of the Underworld are different from the magical treasures crafted by cultivators in the mortal realm. They are born from the Heavenly Laws of the Three Realms. While their power may not be comparable to the magical treasures crafted by cultivators in the mortal realm, in terms of their wondrous uses or the authority of the Heavenly Laws, the Soul-Hooking Chains symbolize the Heavenly Laws themselves to some extent.

Life and death are clearly opposing forces, yet only the laws of Heaven can perfectly encompass them.

This is why this spirit, because it is bound by chains, was able to resist the powerful life force of Luofu Bixie's Wood Release.

It wasn't that he himself, as a spirit, was truly able to resist Luo Fu's methods, but rather that the Heavenly Law represented by the Soul-Hooking Chains made him immune to the conflict caused by the two opposing forces, preventing it from directly affecting him.

After capturing this Yin God who was suspected to be the legitimate successor of the underworld a hundred years ago, Luo Fu showed no mercy to the other dead souls.

With his mind focused on two things at once, the power of Wood Release seemed to have experienced an acceleration of time in an instant, growing wildly and rapidly occupying a larger territory.

Wherever it passed, all the souls of the dead were instantly pulverized by the Wood Release: Shredder, which was plated with golden light and contained the power to ward off evil and possess masculine energy. Their souls were completely scattered, regardless of their strength, without exception.

Meanwhile, Luo Fu continued to expand the area covered by his Wood Release technique while interrogating the spirit he had captured.

Unfortunately, although this guy was clearly bound by soul-snatching chains symbolizing the orthodoxy of the underworld, he was like an NPC, unable to give Luo Fu any positive feedback except for instinct. He just kept struggling, but did not respond to any of Luo Fu's questions.

“Sir.” Even Su Su noticed something was wrong and said, “It…it seems to have no self, it’s just a puppet.”

Even Su Su could tell that this ghost was just a puppet.

How could Luofu not sense it?

In fact, this was all because of the soul-snatching chains wrapped around his body.

The Soul-Hooking Chains are not magical artifacts in the ordinary sense, but rather a derivative of the laws of Heaven.

While it may not be as effective as magic weapons in terms of practical application, its absolute value is undeniable.

Even Luo Fu, because this guy was bound by soul-snatching chains all over his body, was unable to realize at the first moment that he was a puppet without self-awareness.

I originally wanted to interrogate this ghost to find out what had happened in the underworld.

It seems I'll have to find a new target. He tossed the suspected puppet aside.

Unable to gather intelligence, he has now chosen to confront the Black Mountain Demon directly.

The Black Mountain Demon has not yet appeared.

Luo Fu was the first to arrive, greeted by a figure dressed in a bright red robe with a ferocious face.

In this life, he had been a monk since childhood, and the moment he saw this figure, a name popped into Luo Fu's mind.

Lu Pan.

Upon recognizing the judge in the crimson robe, Luo Fu's eyes lit up.

Compared to a ghost that has become a puppet and has lost all self-awareness.

Even a hundred years before the great changes in the world, Judge Lu was already considered a high-ranking and powerful figure in the underworld.

However, after the great changes in the world a hundred years ago, the Heavenly Court and the Underworld were completely cut off from the human world. Even an important place like the City of the Wrongfully Dead in the Underworld was occupied by the Black Mountain Demon.

There's no reason why Lu Pan, a high-ranking and powerful underworld deity, could survive, and now it seems he's even become a subordinate of the City of the Wrongfully Dead.

That's incredible.

First, we can make a conjecture: a hundred years ago, all the gods and deities disappeared from the Three Realms due to a great change in the world.

Why did Judge Lu stay?

Even if he survived the great upheaval a hundred years ago through unknown means, given Lu Pan's status and position, he shouldn't have become a subordinate of the Black Mountain Demon.

Unless... unless the Judge Lu in front of me is not the real Judge Lu from a hundred years ago.

It's not surprising that you'd encounter Lu Pan in this world.

After all, Lu Pan was in the mortal realm and had exchanged heads for Zhu Erdan's wife.

A dignified god of the underworld, merely because a human student took care of his statue, became friends with the human student and even abused his power for personal gain.

This seems a bit too ridiculous, almost like an emperor becoming friends with a beggar because of his praise.

It's even more surprising that they would do something like abusing their power for personal gain so blatantly.

In Lu Pan's story, everything he did for Zhu Erdan didn't seem like that of a truly high-ranking and powerful underworld deity; rather, it made him seem like a nouveau riche.

But if the real Lu Pan from a hundred years ago also disappeared along with those righteous gods of the Three Realms, and is now just a guy with the same name, then everything makes sense.

Of course, to find out the truth, Luo Fu needs to capture Judge Lu and verify it himself.

Lu Pan, who arrived with a large army of ghost soldiers, saw the golden forest shimmering in the distance. With a wave of his hand, he commanded the ghost soldiers to swarm towards Luofu.

The intensity of the battle has increased once again.

Or rather, what just happened wasn't a major battle, but rather a process of Luo Fu crushing the weak. If it weren't for the special circumstances of the underworld, Luo Fu could have easily swept away these souls with just his powerful and masculine Wood Escape technique.

Now, facing these ghostly soldiers, it finally looks like we're really in the middle of a real battle.

Seeing that these Yin soldiers, relying on the special nature of the underworld, were able to hold their own against Luofu's golden-plated wooden escape technique for a short period of time.

Su Su couldn't help but say, "Sir, let me help you."

The moment the words fell, an ancient bronze round mirror appeared out of thin air above Su Su's head.

On the mirror surface, iridescent light flows.

As if gathering strength, the mirror light grew brighter and brighter, transforming from a pale moon into a dazzling sun in an instant.

A burst of intense golden light suddenly shot out.

Following Su Su's command, wherever the mirror light passed, countless ghostly soldiers and spirits vanished in an instant.

Although it was already known that Su Su's true form, Jing Yuanying, was incredibly powerful, it also had a strong backlash.

However, at this moment, Luo Fu was still somewhat surprised by Jing Yuanying's destructive power against the ghostly soldiers.

Su Su's burst of energy only lasted three seconds.

The mirror light, which had been gathering strength for so long, dimmed again in just a short breath.

However, this astonishing destructive power also brought considerable help to Luofu.

A thick branch, like a nimble snake or lightning, flew swiftly towards Lu Pan.

Despite Lu Pan's struggles, even splitting some branches, the vibrant Wood Release still managed to completely overwhelm him, binding him tightly and carrying him all the way to Luo Fu.

Luo Fu glanced at Lu Pan but didn't rush to interrogate him, after all, there were still so many dead souls and ghost soldiers waiting for him to deal with.

Of course, Luo Fu did not intend to eliminate all these ghostly soldiers and wandering souls in one fell swoop.

A hundred years ago, after a great change in the world, the underworld began to operate in a state of instinct.

Heaven knows how many souls have gathered in the underworld right now? Even in the human world, once night falls, all sorts of wandering ghosts and demons roam freely.

Not to mention a place like the underworld.

Luo Fu activated the golden-plated Wood Release technique, instantly clearing out all the dead souls and Yin soldiers within a radius of several miles. He then manipulated the trees to grow into an inverted semi-circular space.

Only then did they allow the dead souls and ghost soldiers to continue their futile struggle against the growing Wood Release.

He glanced in Su Su's direction and said, "You've expended a lot of energy? Do you need to return to the cave to recuperate?"

The so-called "grotto-heaven" is naturally the divine space of Luofu.

Jing Yuanying's attack did indeed take a heavy toll on Su Su. You must know that if she hadn't been refined by Luo Fu, an attack like that would have caused Su Su to vanish into thin air due to Jing Yuanying's backlash.

At this moment, the fact that he is only slightly weak is enough to prove the extent to which Jing Yuanying's essence has been strengthened by Luo Fu.

"Thank you, sir." Su Su took a deep breath and said, "I'm fine."

Nodding, Luo Fu then looked at Lu Pan, who had been brought over bound. He asked, "Lu Zhidao? Are you a judge of the Underworld, or a judge of the City of the Wrongfully Dead?"

As Luo Fu inquired, the branches that had previously bound Lu Pan gracefully receded from his face, giving Lu Pan space to breathe and speak.

"How dare you cause such a disturbance at the City of the Wrongfully Dead! Lord Black Mountain will surely..."

Lu Zhidao had barely finished speaking when a branch crackling with electricity lashed out at him like a whip.

(End of this chapter)