Is the cultivation world now only populated by demonesses?

Chapter 97 96. Defeat Buchen

Mei Zhaozhao arrived at the palace at the fastest speed she had ever traveled.

The place had been blown open by Xiao Qingfeng, so Mei Zhaozhao could only have her spirit servants move the rubble at the entrance before she could slip into the Prison of Sin.

Having received permission from the King of the Underworld, she naturally had no scruples and soon saw the dark and empty prison cell.

Mei Zhaozhao waved her hand, opening all the prison doors, and then went straight into the innermost part of the cell.

There is an hourglass stone sculpture here, but the very center of the sculpture is empty. Xiao Qingfeng has already stolen the sundial, so naturally nothing is left here.

But Mei Zhaozhao didn't come here for the things.

She wants to open the door to a dead end.

Where does the River Styx, which comes from the heavens, go?
The answer is a dead end.

Coming from the heavens, exiting through the path of death, and as one leaves the River Styx along the path of death, an exit from the underworld will also appear.

Xiao Qingfeng blocked the Styx River in the sky, closing the dead end and making it impossible to leave the Underworld.

But as long as the gate to the dead end is opened, and the River Styx is commanded to fall by the decree of the King of the Underworld, the true opening of the gates of hell and the appearance of the River Styx can be accomplished.

Mei Zhaozhao pushed the hourglass over, and the biting cold and ghostly energy that rushed in quickly filled the entire prison of sins.

"cough!"

She dispelled the ghostly aura.

"It actually exists?"

Lu Changyuan told her that there was a symbol belonging to the King of the Underworld under the hourglass, and what she had to do was to awaken this symbol.

Mei Zhaozhao didn't recognize the symbol, yet she could strangely understand its meaning.

"deep!"

She didn't have much time to react, so she bit her finger.

"The gates of hell open, the River Styx appears, the path to death is open, and the king returns!"

Blood dripped onto the symbol, and the blood of the psychic instantly stained the symbol crimson.

Mei Zhaozhao is determined to force open the door to a dead end.

Boom!

The violent shaking made Mei Zhaozhao feel like she was about to collapse, and the entire prison was trembling.

"Open it for me!"

A deep blue light instantly filled the entire prison.

Behind the stone carving, in the place corresponding to the character "冥" (ming), space was ripped open.

The sound of chewing was heard, and soon, ripples appeared in the surrounding space, revealing a door filled with a sinister aura.

The Gate of Death.

Entering this gate leads to the road to death; those who complete the road to death will receive a pardon from the King of the Underworld.

Mei Zhaozhao finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She completed the task that Lu Changyuan had given her.

"Is this place going to collapse? I'd better get out of here right now!"

The prison was still trembling, looking as if it were about to collapse.

Mei Zhaozhao had no intention of taking the path to her death, where there was no chance of survival.

So she darted back to the front of the palace and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

And then she witnessed a scene that would shock her for the rest of her life.

A river came from the sky and rushed to the royal palace.

That seemingly destructive power was enough to terrify everyone, and Mei Zhaozhao felt she would never forget that scene for the rest of her life.

The River of the Underworld comes from the heavens, passes through the line between the east and west cities, and ends at the dead end; this is its complete route.

The gate to the dead end was beckoning the underworld, so Xiao Qingfeng could no longer stop the Styx River.

"I wish you good luck, Mr. Lu."

When the River Styx appears, the exit of the Underworld will also appear. At the edge of the western city, space twists and turns, and a huge black gate appears, the interior of which cannot be seen.

Entering the gate at this point will allow you to leave the Underworld and return to the Void Sea.

Now, only Mei Zhaozhao, Su Youwan, and Lu Changyuan are able to leave through the door; everyone else has been transformed into Xiao Qingfeng's spirit.

Xiao Qingfeng was tied up by Lu Changyuan and had no time to deal with her. She was also able to temporarily command the spirits of the Underworld, which presented her with an excellent opportunity to escape.

Mei Zhaozhao didn't linger for a moment and headed straight for the West City.

She has not yet fulfilled the orders left by her master and cannot die here.

Thinking like this.

"Saint!"

Is someone calling her?
Mei Zhaozhao turned around and found that it was Wang Lian, who was now looking at her with a menacing glint in his white teeth.

Wang Lian said, "Take me with you."

"You are dead, Wang Lian."

Mei Zhaozhao waved her hand, and a huge gust of wind cut Wang Lian into several small pieces. The twisted black flesh still hissed, "Take me with you too, Holy Maiden."

Wang Lian seemed to have regained some of her former consciousness.

This shows that the Dao of the Underworld Lord has resumed its function, allowing the thoughts of the deceased to be preserved, rather than being transformed by Xiao Qingfeng.

Mei Zhaozhao didn't linger for a moment, and soon the West City stood before her.

No one stopped her, and she proceeded smoothly.

Once she passes through the door, she can return to the Void Sea and escape danger. As long as she is careful in the future, Xiao Qingfeng will be unable to do anything to her.

but
Mei Zhaozhao, who hadn't stopped along the way, stopped in front of the door.

Should someone leave?
Mei Zhaozhao gritted her teeth and stood in front of the door, but couldn't take a single step out.

It was only a few moments.

Her voice suddenly changed, becoming several times more captivating than when she spoke with Lu Changyuan. This voice was excessively melodious and seductive, its allure enough to destroy any man's reason and make his blood boil.

Just by listening to that charming voice, one can imagine what an unparalleled beauty lies beneath that black robe.

Mei Zhaozhao gave a soft snort: "I'm not leaving, I'm going to do you a favor!"

She gritted her teeth, quickened her pace, and headed towards the stone tablet in the center of the east and west city.

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When Mei Zhaozhao used her spiritual powers to illuminate the mark of the underworld.

A bright light suddenly appeared on Lu Changyuan's left hand.

冥！
This is a piece that Lu Changyuan cut off when Xiao Qingfeng shattered the stone tablet, and on this piece is the main part of the character "冥" (Ming) on ​​the stone tablet. This place is a necessary passage for the River Styx, no, to be more precise, wherever there is the character "冥", it is a necessary passage for the River Styx.

The Styx River, which had been suppressed for a long time, surged faster than ever before, almost instantly hanging upside down above Lu Changyuan.

come down!

The river that destroyed everything was reflected in Lu Changyuan's eyes, the dark water almost blending into the color of his pupils.

Just as the Styx River plunged into the abyss, Xiao Qingfeng abruptly retreated.

Only the long road lying on the ground remained, which was soon submerged by the river.

In Xiao Qingfeng's view, Lu Changyuan was doomed. The Netherworld energy brought by the River Styx, coupled with the impact, was enough to make even him feel terrified. A fifth-realm cultivator was certain to die.

Xiao Qingfeng didn't understand why Lu Changyuan wanted to open the River Styx and then wait here for it to kill him.

Did Yu not know that if he died, Xiao Qingfeng would be able to ascend to Yao Guang?

Yes, he had asked himself if he had no feelings. Could it be that Yu was a sentimental person, and opened the exit so that his two little lovers could leave?

Xiao Qingfeng scoffed, showing utter disdain for Lu Changyuan.

He closed his eyes and opened his arms, embracing the sky; from a distance, it looked as if he were embracing the River Styx.

The surging, turbulent river seemed to become the music for his coronation.

The time of the attainment of the Way will be at this moment!
can.

half an hour.

Without any movement, the Heavenly Ladder had not yet been completed, and Xiao Qingfeng had not sensed the Dao Star of the Transformation Path.

what happened?

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It seemed that only the sound of the River Styx remained between heaven and earth.

You are about to die

Lu Changyuan remembered many, many things.

When he first came to the Underworld, he was still an extremely naive cultivator.

That year, many geniuses entered the Underworld.

The mountain village road was long and unremarkable, with nothing that would attract anyone's attention.

Lu Changyuan's initial plan was to enter the Underworld, not take the Three Lives Fruit, and just survive until he could see the River Styx, since seeing the River Styx was free.

But opportunities are often given to those who are unprepared.

Opportunity smiled upon Lu Changyuan; he found an empty house and, quite strangely, took possession of it.

The scene is still vivid in my mind.

Lu Changyuan offered his blood to the spirit of the Underworld. The spirit accepted Lu Changyuan's blood, opened the door, let Lu Changyuan in, bowed twice, and left.

Later, Lu Changyuan learned that the spirit had been reborn, emerging from rotting flesh and gaining new life through his blood. After that, it entered a dead end, and Lu Changyuan never saw it again.

What will happen to the houses that are left behind?
The ownership of the house then becomes a long-term issue.

Unlike those who were temporarily living in empty houses, Lu Changyuan, a living person, strangely owned property in the underworld.

Lu Changyuan thought he was very lucky, but he didn't expect that someone would be even luckier. He stumbled upon a fight where someone had snatched the Three Lives Fruit, but because they were surrounded by the crowd and had no time to pay attention, he secretly took the fruit away.

That was a disciple of a major sect.

fly into a rage.

However, due to the laws of the Underworld King, it was forbidden to trespass on private residences, so there was no way to enter Lu Changyuan's house and drag him out.

So when the gates of hell opened, the River Styx opened, and the exit appeared, they blocked the exit.

Opportunities are something that people have to seize, but the other party just happened to bully Lu Changyuan because he had no connections or sects.

This is generally true of the cultivation world.

So Lu Changyuan had no choice but to stay in the Underworld.

Later, he often thought that perhaps these dying spirits were much easier to communicate with than humans, and at least in the underworld there was no scheming and backstabbing among cultivators.

Thus, Lu Changyuan began to learn the language of the Underworld, not as a mere construct like Xiao Qingfeng's, which was used for ulterior motives, but as a true citizen of the Underworld.

Although most of the spirits spoke illogically and without consciousness, Lu Changyuan slowly pieced them together and gradually integrated them.

Lu Changyuan thought to himself.

At the time, I only felt oppressed in the Underworld, but now, looking back, my memories of the Underworld are not necessarily painful; on the contrary, they are somewhat warm.

Whether it's Luo, or some other spirit.

Lu Changyuan actually remembered everything very clearly.

When he arrived in the Underworld, Lu Changyuan, who was not yet a Supreme Being, still had feelings for the world.

He remembered the names of many, many spirits: Luo, Qi, Jue. Many, many spirits.

He was asking Xiao Qingfeng a question, but he was also asking himself a question.

He has lived here for a hundred years, which is longer than all the time he spent cultivating Taoism before. Doesn't he have any attachment to the Underworld?
Suddenly, Lu Changyuan seemed to hear Su Youwan's story again.

The Buddha asked the young woman, "How much do you like that scholar?"
The girl replied, "I am willing to become a stone tablet, enduring five hundred years of wind, five hundred years of sun, and five hundred years of rain, just so that he might occasionally walk past me and see me."

Later, the girl became a stone tablet, which earned her the opportunity to meet the scholar.

In the underworld, there is a stone bridge and a stone tablet.

Bridges are the connecting links, and stone tablets are the proof of the living.

Moreover, the bridge and the stone tablet also symbolize male and female, yin and yang, respectively.

The Underworld Queen was not dead; she was also a woman. If she had anything hidden, it should have been hidden inside the stone tablet.

This is why Lu Changyuan must be here.

Xiao Qingfeng spent nearly four hundred years in the Underworld. When he became a spirit, he passed by this stele countless times, but he never knew what was buried inside, nor did he sense the slightest trace of the Underworld Lord's aura within.

This is natural.

Because what the King of the Underworld left behind was neither a magical artifact nor a law.

What she left in the stone tablet was a legitimate right of succession, much like a decree of succession left by a dead monarch.

Those recognized by the spirits of the underworld can bathe in the River Styx here to be crowned and will then act as the ruler of the underworld until he returns.

Then Lu Changyuan emerged from the River Styx, dressed in a black robe and wearing a gilded crown.

He looked at Xiao Qingfeng and said, "The power of the Underworld King belongs entirely to the Underworld King."

The Underworld was shaken. Xiao Qingfeng was stripped of his life-or-death power, his aura plummeted, and the power over the Underworld in his hands was completely returned.

To follow the ways of the Underworld Lord.

Punish the disobedient!
(End of this chapter)