From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

We have absolutely entered a hellish realm!

Everyone remained silent.

The Ghost Realm should be located in the vicinity of Lanruo Temple, which is ten kilometers away from Beiguo County. Why did they, who were in Beiguo County, enter the Ghost Realm instead?

Could it be that the atmosphere here is really that strange?

However, none of them truly understood the concept of Qi formation. Even Lu Jin only knew some concepts he had heard from Jiang Liu, but he had never heard of such a situation before.

[Brother Jiang, are you there?]

Therefore, Lu Jin used the light spot to contact Jiang Liu.

【exist!】

Jiang Liu was not surprised to receive Lu Jin's message. With the existence of the light point, he was also able to sense the state of Lu Jin, Miss Hong, Boss Cha, and Zhao Xinchuan.

Stepping inside, Jiang Liu was greeted by a scene of knives and fire. The group of ghosts that had once circled outside the Hall of Asura were now howling and swimming clockwise in the lava, pushing the magma to flow around the mountain of knives and producing strange blood-red steam that swirled into a spiraling net of steam that rose up along the mountain of knives, seemingly without end.

Second.

Embedded on that mountain of knives were the corpses of government soldiers!

It was the soldiers brought by that smiling tiger.

Now they have lost their lives, their bodies enduring the torment of the lava pool below, constantly being transformed into qi, rising with the blood-red steam, while their souls remain trapped on those broken bodies, until the entire body is annihilated, only then do they drift uncontrollably into the lava, transforming into one of those ghosts that use their soul bodies to propel the lava around the mountain of knives.

However, after looking around, he did not find any trace of Lu Jin and the others.

How are you doing now? Have you entered the ghost realm?

[We have indeed entered the realm of ghosts.]

Lu Jin recounted in detail all the changes that had occurred in Beiguo County.

"Look!"

at this time.

Li Muxuan saw ten people dressed in military uniforms running out of the county town—the very ten men that Smiling Tiger had ordered to contact the soldiers stationed outside the county town!

But their figures quickly disappeared after leaving the city, vanishing in the blink of an eye.

Lu Jin hurriedly told Jiang Liu about this as well.

As Jiang Liu pondered the reason, he suddenly saw ten soldiers fall from above, impaled on the mountain of knives—

Got it!

I've been teleported here!

【Do not leave the city! Once you leave, you will be teleported to a mountain of knives and a sea of ​​fire. I cannot yet discern the exact height of this mountain of knives, or if it is some kind of magical technique. If you fall, I may not be able to save you all... The 20,000 troops from Beiguo County have probably all perished in this mountain of knives and a sea of ​​fire on my side.】

Upon hearing Jiang Liu's words, Lu Jin felt a chill run down her spine. Seeing that Li Muxuan had the idea of ​​going out of the city to test whether he could leave the Ghost Realm, she quickly stopped him, explaining that those who left the city were all heading towards "mountains of knives and seas of fire".

"Can you contact Jiang Liu?" Si Chong seemed to have grasped the key point.

"Yes."

Lu Jin and Hong Gu Niang exchanged a glance, silently apologizing to Si Chong, and told a lie, saying, "This is an application of Brother Jiang's innate ability. By placing a little bit of the divine energy he cultivated in his body into our ancestral apertures between our eyebrows, we can communicate with him remotely."

Upon hearing this, he nodded, without asking any further questions, and simply asked, "Where is he? Is he also in this city?"

"Let me ask—"

Lu Jin closed her eyes. After hearing about the changes at Lanruo Temple, or rather, Nanwu Temple, from Jiang Liu, she suddenly opened her eyes and told everyone about the experiences of Jiang Liu, Zhang Zhiwei, Zheng Zha, and others in the Great Black Mountain. She also shared Jiang Liu's guess, saying, "In that place where Yin and Yang are born, the Ghost Realm is dominated by the Great Black Mountain. But here, it is probably where Yang and Yin are born!"

Strictly speaking, the place we are in should be called the 'Heavenly Palace'.

After leaving the Ghost Realm, Brother Jiang and Zhang Zhiwei went to the outside world where Beiguo County was originally located. When they re-entered the Ghost Realm, they entered the 'Underworld'.

He's currently trying to find a way out of the 'underworld,' and we need to search for clues about Nie Xiaoqian, Xiaoqian, and the Black Mountain Demon within this 'Heavenly Palace City'..."

# Chapter 386 A Divine Light Shines Like a Heavenly Pardon

"What...what kind of place is this?"

As Zhang Zhiwei entered "Hell" a step later, he gazed at the towering, swirling mountain of knives and the lava river below filled with monsters. His eyes trembled slightly. "The Hell of Knives and the Hell of Blood Pools?"

"You Taoist priest believe in Buddhist hell? Shouldn't you believe in the Fengdu Emperor and the Twenty-Four Hells of Fengdu?" Jiang Liu teased, and before Zhang Zhiwei could answer, he continued, "However, the names of the Buddhist eighteen levels of hell and the various levels of your Taoist Fengdu Twenty-Four Hells are quite similar. Tell me, who borrowed from whom?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Zhiwei rolled his eyes and said, "You seem to know quite a bit about the deities created by Taoism and Buddhism, but who knows who copied whom?"

Furthermore.

I don't believe any of them.

They only believe in the word 'Tao'.

The Tao is supreme.

This is Zhang Zhiwei's, or rather, the cultivation philosophy and general principles of the Zhengyi Celestial Master's Mansion.

"You really have no sense of humor at all." Although Zhang Zhiwei's reaction was within Jiang Liu's expectations, Jiang Liu couldn't help but laugh out loud at his serious demeanor and complained.

"I have no sense of humor?"

Zhang Zhiwei denied it, stroking his chin and saying proudly, "I am the most humorous Taoist priest in Longhu Mountain!"

"Yes, it's just in Longhu Mountain."

These words immediately made Zhang Zhiwei's expression tense, but what Jiang Liu said was true, and it was true for the whole of China, and even the whole world.

Zhang Zhiwei's little bit of "humor" is really not presentable.

Strictly speaking, it could be considered as entertaining oneself within the Celestial Master's Mansion.

"You two really have a lot of free time."

The space behind them rippled slightly, and a clear, low voice emanated from it.

Then.

Zhao Yingkong appeared, made a sarcastic remark about the two, and then, seeing the hellish scene of mountains of knives and seas of fire, she froze, muttering, "This is the 'true beauty' in Nie's novel? What's so beautiful about it?"

“Hell and Heaven have been reversed; we are now in ‘Hell’,” Jiang Liu shrugged, explaining the reason to Zhao Yingkong.

in short.

The energy pattern around Namo Temple is yin on the outside and yang on the inside, which is why the Heavenly Palace is located within the Great Black Mountain.

And now!

The Qi (energy) of Beiguo County is externally Yang and internally Yin, therefore hell exists beneath the Heavenly Palace.

"Or perhaps Nie Xiaoqian controlled the power of heaven and earth, which caused us to arrive directly at the edge of the fiery sea cliff after entering the Ghost Realm."

How do I get to the Heavenly Palace?

Zhao Yingkong's words were concise and to the point.

"Actually, I could take you both away right now—"

The change in the external atmosphere has been completed, and using spatial abilities will no longer cause consequences such as spatial distortion.

Using the light spots within the ancestral apertures of Lu Jin, Hong Guniang, and others for location, Jiang Liu, who had more control over the four seasons and six qi than in Yuhang, was 30% confident that he could use the Qiankun Manipulation Method within the Dharma Image Talisman to take Zhang Zhiwei and Zhao Yingkong to the "Heavenly Palace".

“But I have another idea now. If I take you out, it might attract the attention of the Black Mountain Demon.”

After saying that, Jiang Liu imitated Zhang Zhiwei by rubbing his chin. "However, what I'm about to do will also attract His attention."

"Is there anything I can help with?" Zhang Zhiwei's eyes twitched when he saw Jiang Liu mimicking his actions, but he still chose to trust Jiang Liu and didn't ask any more questions. However, he didn't want to just wait around and wanted to find something to do.

"Protect me."

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Liu sat cross-legged, circulating his Qi throughout his body, practicing the Eight-Nine Mysteries. He brought his hands together, hooked them up, and clasped them into a fist, forming the shape of a Hunyuan Dan pill. He held the Dharma Image Seal and sensed the unpredictable and ever-changing Qi within this hellish space of mountains of knives and seas of fire. With each breath, his Qi moved, his voice trembled, and his life force merged with his body.

Within the mental landscape, the five spirits exert their power; within the physical landscape, the five internal organs are revitalized.

Body and mind in harmony, the five vital energies converge.

The five energies circulated, but instead of protecting the primordial spirit, they poured into the chest and abdomen. Immediately, a female deity appeared, wearing a green robe embroidered with mountains and rivers, and a purple-gold crown with twelve tassels. She was beautiful and dignified, unlike a real person, but like a beautiful jade.

The moment she appeared, six beams of radiant light burst forth from Jiang Liu's chest and abdomen, disappearing into the void of this "hell".

thereafter.

Seeing that Zhang Zhiwei's gaze was slightly dazed, Houtu Huangdizhi raised his hand and snapped his fingers, saying, "Don't be in a daze, guard 'my' physical body."

"I go!"

After regaining his senses, Zhang Zhiwei exclaimed, "Jiang Liu, I underestimated your bottom line before! You have no bottom line at all! Shouldn't you give me some hush money now? Otherwise, I will definitely tell everyone that you dressed up as a woman!"

But to everyone's surprise, Houtu Huangdizhi didn't buy it at all. She turned around and glanced at Jiang Liu, who was staring at her, and said to Zhang Zhiwei in a serious tone, "Jiang Liu is me. I am Houtu Huangdizhi. I am one person, but not one person. If you want hush money, you have to ask Jiang Liu."

After saying that, she turned around again, and her gentle eyes reflected Zhao Yingkong's blank stare and slightly flushed cheeks. She even took the initiative to raise her hand to stroke his face.

Zhao Yingkong's face turned even redder.

Even though she knew that Houtu Huangdi was part of the river, for some reason, she couldn't muster any resistance when facing this "Mother Earth," and even had the urge to throw herself into her arms.

But she had undergone professional assassin training and tried her best to remain aloof and suppress her body's impulsive instincts.

[You're something else, Jiang Liu! You actually dared to act like a scoundrel right in front of me!]

Zhang Zhiwei's gaze toward Jiang Liu was filled with disdain.

As if sensing something, Jiang Liu had no choice but to circulate his Qi through his nine orifices and eight meridians while ensuring that he did not disturb his breathing. He called out to Houtu, the Earth Goddess, "Houtu, stop fooling around, it's time to get to work."

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

Houtu Huangdi turned her head and gave Jiang Liu a "(。?＿?。)ノI'm sorry~" look, then suddenly realized and said, "Wait a minute! We're one, why should I apologize?"

"Then get to work! Damn it!"

Jiang Liu roared, "Do you know how much it costs to use your abilities in this 'hell'? Don't waste your time!"

"Hey hey hey, don't be so angry. Besides, my personality is a part of yours... Boss, I'll get to work right away."

Seeing Jiang Liu narrow his eyes, Houtu Huangdizhi was immediately embarrassed. Then, his expression became solemn, and he leaped into the air, with six rays of light appearing on his body.

The six rays of light connected to the chest and abdomen of the river.

In an instant!