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"These are...conscious entities?"

"How could a consciousness entity appear here? And one that we can actually see?"

"The quantity is that high?"

Yu Qingge's face was filled with surprise and doubt.

She had been to the Netherworld with He Li and had seen many consciousness entities, so she could recognize what was surrounding them, and she also had some understanding of these consciousness entities.

As far as she knew, ordinary people could only observe such things with the naked eye in the realm of the dead!

Unless one uses supernatural powers or magic, it is impossible to see with the naked eye from the outside.

But the consciousness here is different.

She could see it directly?

Something doesn't seem right here, but that's not really important to her. What's truly important is that this is a normal area of ​​the Middle Realm, not the Dead Realm...

Why would so many consciousnesses appear in this place out of nowhere?

And the hallucinations they had just experienced.

What is that river of white skeletons?

Is it related to consciousness entities?

Completely bewildered, she could only look at He Li with growing vigilance as more and more consciousnesses surrounded her, hoping he could offer some answers or at least tell her what to do.

However, He Li was also confused, and he couldn't figure out what was going on with Zhuohe Valley.

However, there is one thing he is certain of...

That means there is no danger here, because he did not sense any hostility or killing intent emanating from these consciousnesses around him.

Not only did I not sense any hostility from them...

He Li, on the contrary, inexplicably felt a strange sorrow emanating from these consciousnesses.

"What's going on?" he frowned.

His gaze fell upon the closest, first formed, and most approaching blurry consciousness, and he had intended to activate his divine power to see if any reaction would occur.

But before he could even unleash his supernatural powers...

Those consciousness entities suddenly bowed their heads and knelt on the ground.

"What's going on?" He Li was stunned.

Yu Qingge and Mu Lan, who were initially on guard, were also bewildered by the sight of countless consciousnesses kneeling in worship.

And just as they were stunned...

The consciousness that was suspected to be the leader, who was the first to approach He Li and also the first to make a move, opened its mouth. Although it could not make a sound, it had other means of control.

In the minds of He Li and the other two, an old, deep voice suddenly echoed as he opened his mouth...

"I beg the Lord of the Underworld... to reopen... the Gate of Ghosts!"

Hmm? He Li's eyelids twitched.

These consciousness entities were actually able to see through his hidden identity as the Lord of the Underworld.

How did they see through it?

Furthermore, what were they trying to do by suddenly kneeling down and asking me to summon the Gate of Ghosts? It couldn't possibly be that they wanted to use my Gate of Ghosts to go to the Netherworld, could it?

How could that be? Leaving aside whether these wandering consciousnesses truly want to go to the desolate realm of the dead…

Even if they really wanted to go.

Then no matter what, it cannot be accepted.

The reason is simple: this is the Middle Realm, and these consciousnesses must be the remains of souls that ascended after the death of beings from the Middle Realm, while he is the Lord of the Underworld in the Lower Realm.

He has no jurisdiction over the dead creatures in the Middle Realm.

If we really get involved, we might not only gain nothing but also suffer a severe blow from the Heavenly Dao of the Middle Realm.

After all, the consciousness of the Middle Realm is also a biological resource of the Middle Realm. How could it be allowed to be taken away by the Lord of the Underworld from the Lower Realm?

Therefore, He Li did not agree to their request.

Only after he came to his senses did he realize that these spirits could communicate, and he immediately asked in return...

How did you know who I am?

"Why do you want me to open the gate to the underworld?"

Explain clearly, and I can consider it!

He responded in his mind.

Upon hearing this, the leading consciousness looked up at He Li with its blurry, semi-transparent face. The latter could not see its expression and did not know what it was thinking.

So, in response to the other person's reaction, he merely frowned and said, "What's the point of you looking at me like that?"

"I don't know your situation or purpose..."

"I will not summon the Ghost Gate casually."

After he finished speaking, the consciousness lowered its head again and remained silent for a long while before responding to He Li...

"We...desire to go to the realm of death..."

"I seek reincarnation!!!"

Good grief, do they really want to go to the realm of the dead?

But seeking reincarnation? Dream on! His Netherworld is full of ruins and wastelands, and many important buildings and facilities have not been built at all, nor has he any clue how to repair them.

These consciousnesses, which seem to have appeared out of nowhere, are now talking about going to the realm of the dead for reincarnation...

They have a pretty good idea.

The problem is, He Li can't do it.

However, he did not reveal this immediately.

He simply said calmly, "Since you can see through my identity, you should understand..."

"I am the Lord of the Underworld in the lower realm."

"The Middle Realm is not under my jurisdiction!"

"Furthermore, you haven't explained why you, as consciousness entities, are here, nor have you revealed anything about the fog here."

"I don't know anything about this, and even if I wanted to help you, I'd have reservations and wouldn't dare to!"

What he said makes perfect sense.

But the responses from those consciousnesses left He Li stunned and speechless once again...

"We...were originally... beings from the lower realm!"

"We sense your identity as the Lord of the Underworld!"

Beings from the lower realms? What does that mean?

He Li frowned, and a thought that he found hard to believe suddenly popped into his mind: these consciousnesses might really be beings from the lower realm.

And it comes from the distant past.

It is the consciousness that followed those powerful beings to escape from the Death Realm and come to the Middle Realm when the Heavenly Connection was severed.

Or perhaps, it's for some other reason...

They were forcibly brought to the Middle Realm.

After all, when the world was separated from heaven, those ancient and powerful beings took everything they could with them. Who knows if these consciousnesses were just unlucky ones who were accidentally affected at that time?

As he was rapidly processing these thoughts, the consciousnesses continued to speak of their affairs…

"We already exist in the realm of the dead..."

"There are underworld officials, treacherous cultivators, and those who linger in the Netherworld awaiting reincarnation. However, when the heavens and earth were severed, the sky collapsed and the earth trembled, causing all sorts of strange things to become chaotic..."

"We were also swept up by those Qi cultivators and forcibly brought to this world, where we have remained ever since..."

"Wait!" He Li interrupted the consciousness.

He narrowed his eyes and sneered, "Why did those Qi cultivators bring you consciousness entities along for no reason? What benefits could you possibly bring them?"

"Or are you hiding something?"

"In the beginning, it wasn't those Qi Refiners who forcibly brought you to this Middle Realm..."

"But you are just like those people."

"I feel like the lower realm and the dead realm are no longer viable."

"Did you flee here on your own initiative?"

His question silenced the crowd, and no one responded to He Li's question for a long time.

Seeing their reaction, He Li guessed that these consciousnesses were definitely not as honest as they seemed. Sure enough, the consciousnesses that He Li had noticed were starting to panic and realized they couldn't hide it any longer...

He finally spoke again.

"Some of us... were indeed unable to withstand the punishment of the dead realm and thus fled to this world..."

"But many more were indeed swept up in the chaos."

"The fog here is also related to this!"

Sure enough, He Li curled his lip.

He then nodded: "Go on, what exactly is the connection between this fog and what you're talking about?"

"Before the separation of heaven and earth..."

The consciousness said, "In the beginning of the lower realm, there was a primordial water vapor that roamed the world. Later, as heaven and earth perfected and the realm of death evolved, that water vapor also underwent changes..."

"Some of the water energy rose!"

"Transforming into the Milky Way and the Weak Water, used to cleanse souls and return them to their origin in that era when the Demon Court ruled..."

"Some of the water vapor sank!"

"Transformed into the River of Oblivion and the Yellow Springs, it was used in the era when the Underworld ruled the realm of the dead to deal with sinners of the Underworld and...part of their consciousness, and also to isolate certain areas of the Netherworld from the realm of the dead..."

"These two things, though different in origin, share the same source: the mist... is formed from the faint flow of water from the Yellow Springs..."

The Yellow Springs, though it can refer to the entire realm of the dead.

However, the name comes from the fact that the water dug from places like cemeteries was murky and yellowish.

Therefore, the waters of the River of Oblivion are the Yellow Springs...

There's really no problem!

But... the Milky Way and the Weak Water? The River of Oblivion and the Underworld?

No wonder it felt familiar!

But it turned out that this wasn't an abnormal discharge!

So, the first strange dew I received was from the Heavenly River Weak Water of the Demon Court, right? This River of Oblivion and the Yellow Springs Water, though from different paths, share many similarities.

Wait a minute... judging from their appearance, could these consciousnesses be sinners from the River of Oblivion and the Underworld?

He Li suddenly felt a little suspicious!