I Possess a Scroll of Demon-Subduing Records

Even if the Ghost Emperor were to face the sword strike Lin Yi just delivered, he would probably have a hard time dealing with it.

Is the Goddess of Mount Tai sending them to capture people, or to their deaths?

However, the Blood Burning Secret Technique that Lin Yi just used must have had significant side effects.

It's estimated that Lin Yi is now in a weakened state. In this state, let alone running into the Ghost Emperor, even the Ten Kings of Hell could probably take his life.

The decree of the Goddess of Mount Tai was quickly proclaimed to the underworld. Even the Ghost Emperor Yama was stunned. For so many years, they had never seen the Goddess of Mount Tai angry. This was truly an unprecedented event.

Who is Lin Yi that he could infuriate the Empress?

The Eastern Ghost Emperor and the Northern Ghost Emperor, who belonged to the Lady of Mount Tai, along with their four subordinate palaces, naturally accepted the order immediately and devoted themselves wholeheartedly to completing this task.

Meanwhile, the Western Ghost Emperor and the Southern Ghost Emperor, who were subordinate to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, secretly considered reporting to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva before taking any action.

No matter what measures they took, the entire underworld seemed to suddenly come alive, bustling with activity.

For Lin Yi, this place was fraught with danger.

After using the Blood Burning Technique, he quickly entered a weakened state.

However, thanks to his exceptional physical gifts, he can probably still exert about a third of his strength. After a short rest, he will recover quickly.

However, although they escaped from the temple of the Goddess of Mount Tai, they did not escape from the underworld. Now is not the time to let their guard down.

This time, Lin Yi compressed the Blood Burning Secret Technique twice, and its power was indeed terrifying, but the side effects were equally terrible.

He still feels a dull pain in his liver, and under normal circumstances, this secret technique cannot be used again for a while.

But Lin Yi's situation is abnormal.

Along the way, he killed countless guardian spirits, whose combined cultivation amounted to over a million years, which Lin Yi absorbed entirely.

Five million years of cultivation is enough to escape; if one has six million years of cultivation, one should be even more secure.

However, when the heat surged into Lin Yi's body this time, Lin Yi was surprised to find that his cultivation level had not increased, but only his depleted physical condition had been replenished.

Of course, it only consumed 20,000 years of cultivation at a time, and Lin Yi still has more than a million years of cultivation stored up that he has not yet absorbed.

What happened? Has the Demon-Slaying Manual malfunctioned?

Lin Yi was a little confused. Why did this plan suddenly become unreliable?

"Could it be that there is a limit to how many times the Demon-Slaying Manual can be upgraded?"

Upon realizing this possibility, Lin Yi felt extremely uneasy.

When he fought against the Goddess of Mount Tai, he realized that physical strength was indeed useful. At least when facing a powerful figure like the Goddess of Mount Tai, he was not completely powerless.

But if the Goddess of Mount Tai were to take it seriously, he probably wouldn't be able to leave the temple.

The difference in strength between the two is so great that it is like an insurmountable chasm.

But the Goddess of Mount Tai is not the strongest deity; there are even stronger deities who may possess divine or demonic abilities.

With his current strength, he might not be able to contend with the Immortal Realm.

Having grown up to this point, Lin Yi has cultivated on his own, but he mainly relied on the Demon-Slaying Manual. Now that the Demon-Slaying Manual is no longer effective, Lin Yi is truly feeling a bit uneasy.

"are you OK?"

Lingyi looked at Lin Yi with some worry. She knew that there would definitely be side effects after Lin Yi's outburst, but she didn't know how she could help.

Lin Yi waved his hand and said, "Don't be afraid, the problem is big."

"???"

Oh no, I'm rambling incoherently.

Lin Yi was indeed a little flustered, but after all, he had been through some situations before.

It's certainly frightening when the cheat code suddenly stops working, but you must not panic.

Every change has a reason.

Lin Yi suddenly remembered what Zhang Jiao had said to him before he came to the underworld.

Once your strength reaches a certain level, you've reached your limit, and at that point, you need to change your approach.

There are countless paths in the world, but in the end they all lead to the Great Way.

But now, where should he go to seek the Great Dao?

Lin Yi felt that things were just getting worse.

The best course of action now is to return to the human world as soon as possible and then make other plans.

Whether it's Zhang Jiao or the Goddess of Mount Tai, these women are truly heartless, using others as pawns without offering any real support.

He decided to put on a show of incompetence for now and go home to hide for a while.

The underworld is vast, and Lin Yi didn't actually know where he had taken Lin Yi. His blood and energy were like a torch in the darkness, extremely conspicuous.

In the short time it took him to discover that the Demon-Slaying Manual was not right, several waves of mindless evil spirits had already come to their deaths.

All of them were easily crushed by Zero One, but this also served as a reminder to Lin Yi.

If they cannot conceal their presence, they will be found very quickly.

That will likely be another fierce battle.

Now that the God of Slaughter is no longer of any use to me, I can temporarily avoid this kind of battle.

Lin Yi quickly used a concealment technique before saying to Ling, "Our current situation is extremely precarious. If we want to return to the human world, we can only go through the gates of hell. They have probably already laid out heavy troops, waiting for us to walk into their trap."

Ling nodded slightly, agreeing with Lin Yi's assessment.

"The gates of hell are a place where you can enter but not leave. Perhaps it's not time yet, or perhaps some people have secretly sabotaged things."

Zero One nodded again, indicating his approval.

Lin Yi couldn't help but look at her suspiciously.

Is Zero One really that well-behaved?

Are you a fake?

If the Demon-Slaying Manual's detection function hadn't been working properly, Lin Yi would have suspected he'd brought back a fake Zero One.

It was while observing the Demon-Slaying Manual that Lin Yi suddenly discovered that a page had been quietly added to the manual...

Chapter 546 The Dao is Like Wood

Seeing that a new page had been added to the Demon-Slaying Manual without anyone noticing, Lin Yi knew that there was always a way out, and the Demon-Slaying Manual was still reliable.

Lin Yi clicked on this page, and nine words immediately appeared before him.

"The Way is like a tree, its branches are like its leaves, and its leaves are like its branches."

In a daze, he saw a towering tree with countless branches, each branch sprouting many green leaves.

The surface of the green leaves was filled with various different gases, and in a daze, Lin Yi understood.

No wonder they say the true teachings are contained in a single sentence; with just that one sentence, Lin Yi understood the essence of the so-called Great Dao.

The roots and stems of this tree can be seen as the origin of the Great Dao. All the infinite Great Daos evolve and branch out from one path.

The Daoist essence absorbed by a cultivator is like something that emanates from a leaf.

As Lin Yi gained his insight, the image disappeared, and what appeared before Lin Yi was the true appearance of the newly added page.

What I just saw was like a transitional animation.

This page of the Demon-Slaying Manual, though seemingly only one page, contains a great deal of information because Lin Yi saw the skill tree.

This really is a tree, with countless branches, which eventually converge back to a single trunk.

The branches are further divided into left and right sides, with significantly fewer branches on the left side, which Lin Yi could easily count.

On one of the branches on this side, Lin Yi saw several points that could be lit up.

"Wasp, leopard tail, fish gills, bird beak..."

The several Yin generals who had been killed appeared at the very bottom of the tree branches. Lin Yi reached up with his tentacles and realized that by consuming 100,000 years of cultivation, he could merge with the authority they controlled.

Not only that, Lin Yi also learned about the upgrade path.

The four he killed happened to be demon envoys. The four demon generals could spend an additional 100,000 years of cultivation to merge into the authority of a demon envoy.

The Demon Envoy has four abilities. Lin Yi analyzed them from the perspective of their uses: the enhanced perception and spiritual energy extraction of the fish gills, the demonic poison of the wasp, the spell-breaking attack of the bird beak, and the speed enhancement of the leopard tail.

After the four-in-one transformation, an additional ability to transform into a demon is added, allowing any part of the body to temporarily transform into a demon, not just a bird's beak and leopard's tail, but also tiger claws and an ape's body.

Although Lin Yi's Law of Heaven and Earth is more powerful, these moves are superior in their agility and speed, and they consume less energy.

It was through this synthesis that Lin Yi learned about the upgrade path.

Four demon generals of the same type can be combined to form a demon envoy. If he had also killed Ox-Head, Horse-Face, Black and White Impermanence, he could have combined to form a ghost envoy.

If all ten Yin Marshals are killed, they can be combined into one. If he also kills all the gods under Yama, wouldn't he eventually be able to synthesize Yama's authority?

Following this line of thought, Lin Yi's spirits lifted.

Normally, it is difficult for someone who has power to be usurped. For example, Yama, the King of Hell, has absolute control over his subordinate gods. Once someone poses a threat to him, he can use his power to expel that person from his path.

In this way, there is no risk whatsoever.

But Lin Yi doesn't follow the usual path. This ability to forcibly strip away authority, once accumulated, will at least give him a 50/50 chance against those who control this path.

With half the authority and his extraordinary physical cultivation, his chances of winning are definitely over 50%.

If the Yama storyline is like this, then the other subplots should be as well.

Lin Yi was inspired and felt that his line of thinking must be correct.

The domineering and powerful nature of the Demon-Slaying Manual was truly demonstrated at this moment.

The previous part involved killing to seize power, but that's nothing special. Many magical artifacts can do the same thing, just not as efficiently.

But if the word gets out that a god of war is seizing power, even the gods would tremble.

The power of the Demon Envoy gave Lin Yi a significant boost. He was already physically strong, but he didn't have many supernatural abilities related to his physical body that he could use, making him quite clumsy in battle.

The various spells he has used in his battles so far are all things he has learned from the memories of others. However, few people in the world cultivate their bodies, so those supernatural powers and spells are naturally not very compatible with Lin Yi, and they are all at the mortal level.

Killing those weaker than himself is as easy as killing a chicken, but against those of the same or stronger level, Lin Yi has no advantage.