Is the cultivation world now only populated by demonesses?

Chapter 95, Section 94: The Sixteen Moons and the Flower Needle (Total 5.7k words)
The Underworld Palace is surrounded by countless colossal objects.

In silence.

Xiao Qingfeng stood on the throne, silently waiting for the arrival of three days later.

suddenly.

He opened his eyes.

The aura belonging to "feather" is moving.

Not only that, the three people in that courtyard were all moving. One man was rushing towards the city outskirts, while the two women were heading towards the west side of the city.

"court death?"

Xiao Qingfeng narrowed his eyes slightly.

His gaze was fixed on the man. He couldn't understand why Yu had come out. He could have lived two more days in the courtyard, but now that he was out, he could go and kill this man directly.

Never mind, no need to think too much about it.

Xiao Qingfeng immediately stood up, the winds of the Underworld howling and shaking behind him, bringing an aura of world destruction.

He picked up the sundial and left the palace in an instant, heading towards the place where he sensed the name of Yu.

Now that he controls most of the underworld, he can descend at any time.

"Ok?"

Things did not go as smoothly as he had expected. The numbers still did not match up, and the spirits of the underworld that had mysteriously disappeared were now appearing one after another, blocking his way.

One, ten, a hundred—they roared, finally intertwining and coalescing into a massive, twisted, pitch-black shadow that loomed before him.

Xiao Qingfeng stopped and looked indifferently at the struggling shadow, as if it were a swarm of ants.

“Perfect,” he said coldly. “It saves me the trouble of looking for it again.”

He didn't even make any extra movements, he just gently waved the sundial in his hand.

boom!
The devastating explosion did not originate from an external impact, but rather erupted suddenly from within the enormous black shadow. Fragments of the dark spirit body were torn apart as if by an invisible force, accompanied by countless shrill screams, and shot out in all directions.

The spirits struggled and scattered, their man-eating mouths contorted as they charged at Xiao Qingfeng one after another.

Xiao Qingfeng's gaze swept over the distorted faces in the shadows. He did recognize some of the spirits. He remembered the spirit with horns on its head. In the cold fog of the Underworld, this spirit had knelt beside him several times, praying together in a trembling but devout voice, begging for the return of the Underworld King.

But now he is the King of the Underworld, and those spirits are no longer his companions.

The sundial turned slightly in his hand, and a sound like air leaking out of a bursting bubble could be heard continuously.

One spirit after another, including the horned spirits, vanished instantly under the power of the Half-Step Yao Guang, leaving not a trace.

Xiao Qingfeng wasn't in a hurry. In his eyes, the other party was no different from an ant, just a fourth or fifth realm cultivator. Why was he so weak?

He finally realized that something was wrong.

Yu was someone who arrived in the Underworld earlier than him. He transformed into the spirit of the Underworld and obtained the spirit's memories.

When Yu left the Underworld Kingdom, he was already at the sixth realm. Otherwise, he would not have been able to escape death. But now, many years have passed, and Yu has returned to the Underworld Kingdom. How could he possibly be at the fifth realm?
Based on the opening time of the Underworld Kingdom, the time Yu entered the Underworld Kingdom was more than 1,700 years ago. Only someone at the Six Realms Opening Yang stage should have such a lifespan.

Why is it that only people far away can reach such a level?
Xiao Qingfeng immediately realized that he might have been tricked. The power was activated again, and black spirits emerged one after another, making the already gloomy sky of the Underworld even more oppressive.

The other two were running in another direction.

No.

That's even more wrong.

The other two were also at roughly the same level.

What the hell is going on!?
Xiao Qingfeng frowned.

But things don't seem to be that complicated. Regardless of why Yu reached his current level, and regardless of which of the three is Yu.

Just kill them all.

His dark spirits swarmed out, and colossal creatures left over from the ancient times emerged from the Underworld Palace, their wings so large they almost covered the entire sky. This group of spirits, born from him, headed straight for the place where the other two women had gone.

Xiao Qingfeng turned his head and continued to look at Yu not far away.

Without further hesitation, he took a leap and left the Underworld in an instant, chasing after Yu.

Outside the massive city, the ancient stone bridge remained unaffected by the River Styx, still dilapidated and decaying, as if it did not exist in the present or the past.

Yu, dressed in a black robe, was hurrying towards the bridge outside the city.

Is there something on that bridge?

Xiao Qingfeng thought the same as Lu Changyuan. He didn't believe that the Underworld King had abandoned his country. He only felt that the Underworld King was trapped and unable to return to his country.

It's highly likely that the Underworld Queen retains some authority within the country.

The spirits didn't know that Xiao Qingfeng had been searching for so long but still hadn't found it.

Yu... knows?!
That bridge?
Because this bridge is outside the West City, and Mei Zhaozhao crossed this bridge to enter the West City, and this bridge is not within the Underworld, and spirits do not leave the Underworld, so Xiao Qingfeng, who was transformed into a spirit, did not have much of an impression of this bridge.

Xiao Qingfeng couldn't help but recall some rumors he had heard many years ago when he was cultivating Taoism.

A bridge is a link between people and death; crossing a bridge can bring back the dead.

Is Yu going to summon back the Underworld King?

Xiao Qingfeng was greatly shocked; this was indeed the most likely guess at the moment.

He suddenly looked up, and it seemed as if a star was shining from beyond the underworld, piercing through the void and appearing in the sky above the underworld.

The Dao of the Underworld Lord has never gone far away; it has always existed within the Underworld Kingdom. Xiao Qingfeng knew this perfectly well. But the Dao of the Underworld Lord had previously been in a state of being without a master. Why would it suddenly tremble now?
"Ridiculous! Do you think I'm just a decoration?!"

Stone bridge!!!

Xiao Qingfeng immediately snapped back to his senses and reversed the sundial at top speed, causing his laws to erupt completely.

The devastating power of the half-step Yao Guang arrived in an instant.

That was the ultimate power of the cultivation world, the power that lit up the Dao Star in the sky. It was immense, as if it could turn the entire Underworld upside down. Carrying an unparalleled death aura, it forcefully broke through the cage and drew a straight line.

boom.

The sound was very soft, yet it resounded throughout the entire River Styx.

Xiao Qingfeng cultivates the Dao of Rebirth, which is not unparalleled in attack, nor is it like the Illusionary Moon Dao of the Red Phoenix Ancestor, which refines the illusory into the real. It only has extremely powerful resurrection methods, but he is ultimately a half-step Yao Guang, and his methods are not something that the fifth realm can resist.

Yu's black robe fluttered in the raging wind, his body frozen in mid-air by an invisible force. It wasn't that he didn't want to move, but rather that his entire being was completely solidified. So he could only watch, watch the crimson arc representing Yao Guang surge towards him.

The pain immediately swept over him; he was like a shot-down crow. The stone bridge was not far ahead, but he didn't have time to get on it.

A brief distance felt like an eternity.

The feather finally fell, crashing onto the cold, shattered Netherworld earth. Its aura was as faint as a candle flickering in the wind, as if it had never existed.

The Buddha said that if the woman were to be transformed into a stone bridge, and subjected to five hundred years of wind, five hundred years of sun, and five hundred years of rain, the scholar would have the opportunity to meet the woman who sells tofu.

However, the scholar drowned while clinging to the stone bridge.

The King of the Underworld said that after five hundred years of wind, five hundred years of sun, and five hundred years of rain, he will eventually return.

The book died on the stone bridge. Death is the way of the underworld, and the bridge is the link between life and death.

Xiao Qingfeng had already concluded that his guess was correct. Yu wanted to summon the Underworld Lord back from the stone bridge, which was why the Underworld Lord's Dao was flashing in the sky. The spirits that did not match the number came to stop him because of the call of the Underworld Lord's Dao.

"You underestimate me."

Xiao Qingfeng slowly stood in the sky, and a bone blade suddenly appeared in his hand.

He wanted to cut off Yu's head, kill the crown prince, completely seize the Underworld, and complete the final step.

"Ok?"

Xiao Qingfeng suddenly sneered. He reached out and slowly lifted Yu's body, but he did not rush to cut off Yu's head. Instead, he turned the sundial around again.

The ancient stone bridge exploded in response.

"No matter what methods you use, the Underworld King will never return."

Since the bridge was the link connecting the Underworld Lord, he simply blew it up. In this way, the link was directly severed, and even if Yu had any other means, such as holding some ceremony on the bridge, he would no longer be able to do anything about it.

So next.

Xiao Qingfeng felt a long-lost sense of excitement; his centuries-long plan was finally about to succeed.

He could certainly crush Yu directly, but that wouldn't be perfect.

To seize the kingdom, the crown prince must be beheaded to establish the new king's prestige. So he drew his bone blade, and Yu's body was bound before him.

He let out a terrifying, morbid laugh.

"Four hundred years of planning have finally come to fruition! I can attain enlightenment!!!"

The Pluto star in the sky seemed to have fallen silent, no longer shining brightly, and in its place was a red, phantom star.

Transformation into the Dao!
"The old king should be swept into the dustbin of history!"

Xiao Qingfeng brandished the bone blade, but suddenly felt a great shock in his heart, let out a startled shout, and then abruptly turned to the side.

A silver needle shot out from Yu's chest, grazed his ear, and quickly solidified into a phantom.

Yu's black robe slowly faded in the wind, revealing long silver hair in the darkness, like a ray of light in the darkness.

Blood trickled from the corner of Su Youwan's mouth, but despite her serious injuries, she remained completely calm: "Master, this disciple is incompetent and needs to rely on you."

Su Youwan, the first disciple of Cihang Palace, did not have a master who was the Palace Master of Cihang Palace. Instead, her master was another terrifyingly powerful figure who had long resided in Cihang Palace. As his only direct disciple, he not only passed on his mantle to Su Youwan, but also gave her one of his silver needles to keep safe.

The needles transformed into phantom images, and countless needles appeared in the phantom's hand. Then, the needles slowly condensed and transformed into a slender spear.

The illusory voice was even colder than Su Youwan's. She looked at Xiao Qingfeng and said disdainfully, "You're incredibly audacious."

Needle out.

The sky of the underworld seemed to be illuminated. There should have been no sun or moon here, but at this moment, a piercingly cold moon appeared in the sky.

The black and white sun in the sky is the sun and moon of the Underworld, but now there is an extra round of clear light, making it seem as if the sun and moon are in the same sky. Moreover, although that round of clear light is in the away game and is only used by a phantom, it seems to be able to cover the light of the sun of the Underworld.

No one knows how powerful the owner of this phantom is; only a glimpse can be gleaned from it.

Su Youwan softly recited: "Sixteen bright moons and flower needles, embroidering fading stars, splitting the Milky Way."

Xiao Qingfeng's shrill and incredulous voice pierced the sky: "Sixteen Moon Flower Needles of the Sun and Moon Palace, who exactly are you!"

Before the words were even finished.

The needle has arrived.

Under the moon's gentle glow, Xiao Qingfeng's body was utterly destroyed.

Su Youwan's expression didn't improve much; instead, she stared intently at the spot where Xiao Qingfeng had disappeared.

stab.

Something was ignited, and the fragmented black shadow slowly coalesced. Xiao Qingfeng actually condensed and wriggled from nothingness, slowly reforming himself.

He glared at Su Youwan with resentment.

"You won't get a second shot."

Su Youwan's silver hair was stained with blood, and the girl looked utterly broken: "It's hard to say, but even without a second injection, it's enough."

Is that enough?
That's enough.

Xiao Qingfeng then noticed that the person in front of him, Yu's status had disappeared.

Life-Swapping Method!
This is the law of destiny!

Su Youwan smiled, her smile the widest she could muster: "The scholar drowned on the stone bridge. The bridge is the link between life and death, but the Underworld King never died."

A beam of light shot into the sky from afar.

Xiao Qingfeng clutched his chest and turned around abruptly. Yu's aura was located in the center of the East and West City.

Damn.

cheated!
Although he survived the attack from that person's Sixteen Moon Flower Needle, he was injured and is now hesitant to act rashly.

Since the girl in front of us is not Yu, there is no need to gamble on whether she has a second needle.

Xiao Qingfeng then snorted coldly and soared into the sky.

Su Youwan fell from mid-air with a muffled groan, leaning against the shattered remains of the stone bridge, and said softly, "This is all Youwan can do."

(End of this chapter)