Eating bizarre things in public upgrades my status; the Special Affairs Bureau wants me to join them

No time to summon the Ghost Gate?

Why don't you listen to what you're saying?

The consciousness entities were somewhat speechless!

Summoning the Ghost Gate was something He Li could accomplish in the blink of an eye. No time? You're not even going to bother with the pretense of negotiating terms, are you?

The consciousness entities were extremely helpless.

But there was nothing they could do; since they needed his help, they had no choice but to comply with He Li's words.

"What do you want us to do?"

The leading consciousness asked helplessly.

After saying that, he added, "Although we have some remaining power, we are ultimately just consciousnesses with very limited power, and we cannot go too far from here, so there are many things we cannot do."

He Li shrugged: "I know that, and I didn't intend for you to do anything for me."

"As for what I need you to do for me?"

"It's actually quite simple."

"I have two troublesome enemies: a primordial deity from the upper realm and a demon immortal from the acquired realm. Moreover, the Yellow Springs mist has a very strong restraining effect on that deity."

"Afterwards, I will pretend to cooperate with that demon immortal and lure that deity to descend from the upper realm in his true form."

"You'll have to cooperate with me to get rid of him then."

"Then we'll deal with that demon immortal."

"How was it? Not difficult, right?"

Demon immortals? Primordial deities?

Upon hearing He Li's request, the consciousnesses' faces twisted and flickered as if they had thought of something, but they didn't say anything and just nodded in agreement in silence.

He Li beamed upon seeing this: "Very good."

"Then you wait here for a while. I will bring them over in two or three days at most."

"Right now... I need to find the Yellow Spring Pearl first."

"So that it won't be too late."

"As for you? You can leave now."

After speaking, He Li held his breath and began to use the supernatural powers of the Lord of the Underworld to sense his surroundings, trying to find the Yellow Springs Origin Pearl hidden in the Zhuohe Valley.

Those consciousness entities then began to dissipate.

Once they were out of sight, Mu Lan and Yu Qingge, who had been bystanders the whole time, finally relaxed completely.

But the way they looked at He Li at that moment...

Everything has become somewhat different.

After all, they had already gleaned a lot of important information about He Li from the conversation just now, especially... He Li seemed to be the master of the Netherworld.

Mu Lan was quite shocked by this news, while Yu Qingge was also shocked at the same time...

But it also felt reasonable.

"Back in the Netherworld, I only guessed that he must have obtained some kind of powerful supernatural ability, but I never imagined it would be this heaven-defying..."

"Lord of the Underworld...Lord of the Netherworld!"

"The being who controls the entire afterlife."

"He somehow acquired this identity?"

"It's truly... incomprehensible!"

Staring at He Li's retreating figure, Yu Qingge felt a mix of emotions: envy, disappointment, and a touch of sourness.

The main problem is that she was clearly in the Netherworld at the time, so she couldn't understand why He Li suddenly became the master of the Netherworld, while she didn't seem to have participated at all.

Isn't this world too biased?

"No wonder, that guy suddenly became so confident in defeating the Golden Crow, as if he didn't take the Golden Crow seriously at all. If I had gotten his opportunity, I would definitely have done the same..."

"Wait a minute, speaking of which, he mentioned me when he first obtained this power."

"They said they could help me achieve a second awakening."

"Could it be... that my second awakening is related to the Netherworld? Otherwise, he wouldn't have suddenly found out about this out of nowhere."

The more Yu Qingge thought about it, the more likely it seemed.

Compared to Yu Qingge, who has many schemes...

Mu Lan was much more straightforward.

After being shocked by He Li's identity, she felt happy for He Li, but also somewhat helpless.

He Li's improvement speed was too fast. She felt that even with some good fortune, she couldn't keep up at all, just like now... even though she had mastered the power of the demon core.

But He Li has taken control of the entire Death Realm.

The two are simply incomparable!

"Sigh, I still need to find a way to improve faster and increase my strength, otherwise I'll definitely be left far behind and won't be able to keep up with his speed at all..."

Mu Lan couldn't help but ponder, as she believed there were many opportunities for advancement in both the Middle and Upper Realms.

Perhaps, she could give it a try later...

Especially those demon immortals, although they are powerful, they don't seem to be unlimited in their strength.

Let's see how He Li and the others deal with Jinwu, and how He Li understands Feng Xian's situation. When those two are in dire straits, they will definitely give it their all.

This also allows us to see their strength directly.

When these things exist later...

She then had a better understanding of the situation.

As she pondered, she couldn't help but recall the True Lord of Sun and Moon Laws mentioned by those consciousness entities before.

There's also the matter of the Wanfa Sect's gold foil...

After thinking for a moment, she tentatively asked, "That gold leaf... could it be left behind by the True Lord of Sun and Moon's Myriad Laws? Those words must be describing the current situation, right?"

"Well...that's possible!"

He Li nodded.

The gold leaf from the Wanfa Sect is so peculiar; it seems to have seen through the past and the future.

In He Li's view, it seems that apart from the True Lord of the Sun and Moon, there really is no other being who could do it. As for why he left behind that special gold foil?

That's hard to say.

There are too many possibilities, but He Li suspects that perhaps the True Lord of Sun and Moon's Myriad Laws has not given up on saving the world...

So what is the subtle reminder they want to give to the world?

For some unknown reason, the contents of that gold foil did not seem to spread, and the Wanfa Sect had long since disappeared into the annals of the Middle Realm.

He Li's guess was not without reason.

The biggest reason is that withered fruit...

Ku Rongzi is suspected to be the reincarnation of the True Lord of Sun, Moon and Myriad Laws.

He must have a purpose in traveling around.

Now that He Li knows about the situation of the True Lord of Sun and Moon, he guesses that perhaps he has found some method, which is why he is walking in the world as Ku Rongzi and doing something.

While He Li was pondering this, Mu Lan continued, "There's also the matter of the decreasing spiritual energy..."

"Although it is related to the True Lord of Ten Thousand Laws."

"But why did this happen?"

"Is there any connection between the inexplicable decrease in spiritual energy in the past and the inexplicable calamities that have recently occurred in the Middle Realm? After all, these events are all too bizarre."

"I don't know if there's a connection!" Yu Qingge replied, "But since the reduction of spiritual energy wasn't without reason, the appearance of the calamity in the middle realm certainly couldn't have been without reason either."

"Perhaps we should inquire about it..."

"Let's see what major, transformative events happened in the Middle Realm before the calamity occurred."

"For example, the Myriad Laws True Lord brought many magical techniques..."

Yu Qingge suddenly paused.

Then the topic instantly changed...

"Speaking of which, those spells are from the future, aren't they?"

"Did he travel through time, bringing magic from the future back to the past, thus changing the era?"

"It must be!" He Li nodded. "Otherwise, there's no way to explain how he came to have a complete Qi cultivation system in ancient times. Besides, what you said reminds me of something..."

"The gold leaf symbolizes being swallowed up in the future."

"And they even said the past was collapsing!"

"Perhaps it's because of his messes that the past and the future have become completely chaotic."

"It's possible... the calamity is caused by the chaos in the past and future, leading to certain errors in the world, which ultimately backfire on the Qi cultivators!"

The two women nodded upon hearing this.

Just as they were about to say something, they saw He Li, who was walking ahead and sensing his surroundings, suddenly stop, and then, as if he had discovered something, he suddenly accelerated forward...

"What happened? Did you find the Pearl of the Underworld's Origin?"

Yu Qingge couldn't help but ask.

As they asked questions, they followed.

When they arrived at He Li's side, they found that He Li had already placed his hands on the ground, seemingly using some power he had gained from devouring monsters to grope for something underground...

Click! Immediately afterwards, a sound came from underground.

As the sound appeared, the two women instantly felt the temperature in the valley drop sharply.

The change was as if it had instantly transformed from the hottest days of summer into winter, with the temperature continuing to drop and the water vapor in the surrounding air becoming visibly denser.

They were soaked instantly.

Large amounts of ice crystals condensed on their bodies.

They tried to circulate their spiritual energy to resist, but found that they could not withstand the strange low temperature at all.

And just when they were about to give up...

hum! ! !

He saw that the ground in front of He Li had slightly collapsed, and a grayish-brown ribbon of water overflowed from the ground, floated into the air, and gradually condensed into a transparent pearl that looked like a yellow gemstone.

And one could vaguely see a swirling, liquid-like substance writhing within the pearl…

"This is... the Origin Pearl of the Underworld?"