The news spoken by that Impermanent was extremely useful, but, after all, the other party was an existence comparable to a Half-Saint, so he must be extremely cunning and resourceful. No one was sure if his words were true or false, or if he was trying to lead the crowd into a dangerous situation that would never end?
Thus, the crowd did not immediately head to the Divine Primordial Ghost King’s territory.
With that, Zhang Ruochen released the other Impermanent in the Ruyi Treasure Vase and had Little Black bring it to another location to continue the interrogation. It wouldn’t be too late to make a decision after corresponding with the news of the two Impermanence.
As for Zhang Ruochen, he returned to the banks of the Corpse River, checking out the dead corpses on the embankment while observing the rolling river, as if he was exploring something.
“There’s something odd, there’s really something odd.”
With that, he sat down on the body of a dead body, closed his eyes, and released his spiritual power completely, fully exploring the spatial structure of this place.
After a long time, Zhang Ruochen’s eyes, which were wide open, quickly slapped his palm out in the direction of the river.
“Boom!”
In front of his palm, an invisible wall surfaced, blocking his palm. Immediately after, a huge spatial force lifted up a piece of river water more than ten feet high and surged over crazily, which in turn shook Zhang Ruochen back a few feet.
Cold Snow, who had been guarding a short distance away, transformed into a slender shadow and appeared at Zhang Ruochen’s side, her two slender fingers pinching out sword techniques.
“Clang!”
The Void Sword on his back, transformed into a white light and flew out, chopping forwards, dragging out a powerful sword qi that knocked the river water back.
Retrieving the Void Sword, Cold Snow stood across the sword and asked, “Master, what just happened?”
“Puffing!”
Zhang Ruochen’s robe was stained by the river water, corroding a small hole, and as the holy qi flowed, it quickly refined all of the river water.
Without a word, Zhang Ruochen once again walked forwards, his eyes staring at the Corpse River as he stretched out his palm and gently pressed it.
This time, he appeared to be a little more careful.
“Wow…”
The layer of invisible walls, once again, appeared as if space had solidified, blocking Zhang Ruochen’s palm.
“Sure enough, it’s exactly as I guessed, this Corpse River, is a river that is in a spatial crevice. Once we cross the Corpse River, in fact, we have already left the Kunlun Realm and entered another dimension.”
The reason why Zhang Ruochen had such a suspicion was also because, of the news that the Impermanent had spoken out earlier. According to his description, the netherworld’s territory was so vast and boundless that even with the impermanent’s cultivation, flying for ten years would not be able to reach the end.
How could the Mountain Range of the Fallen God accommodate such a huge area?
There was only one possibility: the so-called “netherworld” was probably not in the Kunlun Realm at all, but in another space world.
That was why Zhang Ruochen had rushed to investigate the Corpse River, wanting to find out the truth.
Cold Snow wrinkled her two slender eyebrows in a very puzzled manner and said, “Master, what do you mean by that? Why can’t I understand?”
Zhang Ruochen smiled and said, “You can interpret the Corpse River, as a one-way spatial pole wall. Living beings can come to the netherworld from the opposite side of the Corpse River, penetrating the spatial pole wall. However, the living beings in the netherworld are unable to penetrate the spatial pole wall and return to the opposite bank.”
“Of course, the existence of the Corpse River is definitely more than just, a spatial pole wall. I have a feeling that it flows through spatial crevices and passes through multiple worlds.”
Zhang Ruochen’s gaze, fixed on the upper reaches of the Corpse River, saw the constant stream of corpses floating down from the upper reaches, and then followed the river, looking downwards to the lower reaches of the Corpse River.
The floating corpses in the Corpse River, where exactly did they come from?
Where did the water in the Corpse River flow to?
The emergence of the netherworld must have something to do with this Corpse River, otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many graves and undead in this place, the
Han Xue was silent for a moment before nodding again and saying, ”I understand! The Perishing Tomb Forest on the other side of the Corpse River still belongs to the Kunlun Realm, which belongs to the Yang Realm, and can also be called the entrance to the Netherworld. Our current location, however, is the netherworld. What Master Teacher means is that we can only enter the netherworld, but we can never return to the Kunlun Realm again. Right?”
Cold Snow raised a small snow-white face and stared at Zhang Ruochen with a pair of very clear eyes.
In fact, Zhang Ruochen was also a bit sceptical, could this place really be one of the corners of the legendary netherworld and hell? It was where all living beings, after death, belonged.
If that was really the case, would living beings enter the netherworld and still be able to return?
Of course, such negative emotions, Zhang Ruochen would never pass them on to Cold Snow.
Zhang Ruochen smiled and said, ”Others can’t go back, but, Master Teacher can definitely go back. Have you not forgotten that Master Teacher is a space-time transmitter. As long as, Master Teacher comprehends the rules of space, could it be that he still can’t break through a layer of spatial pole wall?”
The reason why Zhang Ruochen said this was also because he was worried that Cold Snow would feel despair, after all, she was just a small child with a limited mental capacity.
Zhang Ruochen obviously underestimated Han Xue too much, Han Xue didn’t feel fear because she couldn’t return to the Kunlun Realm, instead, she appeared calm.
She said, ”Actually, it doesn’t matter if we can’t return, me, Master, Little Black, and Sister Mu can enter the Scroll World. There, even though we are isolated from the world, the mountains are beautiful, and we can live a life very happily. Isn’t that right?”
“Right!”
Zhang Ruochen nodded with a smile and said, “Even in the netherworld, we have to face it with a smile on our faces, and we can’t let fear, overwhelm our will.”
However, in Zhang Ruochen’s heart, he secretly sighed, “If the world, was really as simple as she imagined, how good would it be? But everyone carries more or less some responsibility on their backs, so how can they do it alone?”
With that, Zhang Ruochen took out the Qiankun Divine Wood Diagram and released Mu Lingshi from the Diagram World. After recuperating, her injuries, already healed, had returned to her peak state.
Mu Lingshi’s gaze, staring at the Corpse River, said, “You still want to send me back?”
Zhang Ruochen shook his head and said, “It’s no longer possible to return.”
With that, Zhang Ruochen told Mu Lingshi all about his earlier discovery, along with his own analysis.
Hearing all of this, Mu Lingshi not only did not feel fear or despair, but instead, gave birth to an indescribable joy. In her heart, she was actually very eager to never return to the Kunlun Realm, and not have to face those realities that she could not accept.
Little Black rode on the back of the Divine Demon Mouse and walked towards Zhang Ruochen.
In Little Black’s paw, he was pinching an iron rope intertwined with electric patterns, and the other end of the iron rope was bound to the body of the female Impermanent that would be escorting her over.
Zhang Ruochen asked, “Did you ask out?”
“Hehehe! This Emperor has personally taken action, is there any mouth that can’t be pried open? She has already given an account of the location of the deity’s fall, and there isn’t much discrepancy with what that Impermanent said earlier, so it should be believable.”Little Black said.
Zhang Ruochen added, “What about Shi Ren?”
“That brat probably can’t trust us, and has already taken that previous Impermanent with him, going on his way first.”Little Black snorted coldly.
Zhang Ruochen said, “I can’t blame him, after all, we’ve only met once and our friendship isn’t deep. Probably, he saw the Head Rat and Sister Duanmu and suspected that we were from the Devil Cult, so he was wary of us and left first.”
In a poor and vicious place like the netherworld, anyone would be doubly cautious, and Shi Ren’s choice to leave alone was already quite a wise decision.
“Since that’s the case, we’ll set off as well. Let her lead the way to the Divine Primordial Ghost King’s territory.”Zhang Ruochen said.
This female Impermanence, named Xin Kong Impermanence, had a cultivation level of her own that was comparable to that of a human cultivator at the early stage of the Second Stage Semi-Saint, if she hadn’t underestimated the power of the Ruyi Treasure Vase. With Zhang Ruochen’s power alone, he might not have been able to capture her.
Xin Kong Irregular’s eyes were icy cold as he said, “The Divine Primordial Ghost King is the ruler of the outer regions of the netherworld, and all of the Ghost Kings, all of them, look up to him, so if you guys dare to go to his territory, you’re just asking for your own death.”
“Let alone the fact that the Divine Primordial Ghost King is only the ruler of the outer regions of the netherworld, even if he is the ruler of the entire netherworld, this Emperor still has to go. If you speak one more word of nonsense, beware of this Emperor smacking you.”
Xiao Hei flung the iron rope around, and then, above the chain, dozens of flashes of light emerged, all of which cleaved at Heart Kong Wu Chang’s body.
“Crack!”
From Heart Kong Impermanent’s mouth, miserable shrieks continued to emanate.
It was only until her ghostly body, emitting blue smoke, reached the brink of shattering that Xiao Hei withdrew his power.
Xin Kong Wu Chang was indeed much more honest, not daring to utter another complaint as she walked at the forefront, travelling towards the Divine Primordial Ghost King’s territory.
Zhang Ruochen took a ball of Semi-Sacred Light, took it out, and handed it to Mu Lingshi, saying, “Senior Sister Duanmu, your cultivation hasn’t broken through to the Ninth Transformation of the Fish Dragon yet, right? This is the Half-Saint’s Light of an Immortal Blood Race, refining it should help you break through your realm.”
Mu Lingshi stretched out a hand and pushed the box containing the Half-Saint’s Light, rejecting it, saying, “No need, such a precious treasure, you’d better keep it for your own use. I have a glazed treasure dan in my body, and I can condense a glazed treasure body at any time to break through to the Fish Dragon Ninth Transformation, so I won’t hold you back.”
With that, Mu Lingshi took out the Glazed Treasure Pill and took it into her mouth, and from the beginning to the end, she didn’t look at Zhang Ruochen squarely, keeping a certain distance from him.
Zhang Ruochen was silent for a moment and withdrew the Half-Saint’s Light.
Only by stepping into the netherworld could one truly feel that this blood-red earth was truly vast. The graves on the ground, one next to the other, connected all the way to the end of heaven and earth.
According to Xin Kong Wu Chang, this was the territory of the Xin Ji Ghost King, which was 180,000 miles deep.
The Xin Ji Ghost King had already taken the vast majority of the undead in his territory and crossed the Corpse River to go to the Yang Realm, so the current situation of what was originally an incomparably dangerous place appeared to be relatively safe.
That’s right, it was only relatively safer.
On the very next day, Zhang Ruochen and his group, unintentionally, intruded into a ghost cave and encountered a large number of Yin soldiers and ghost generals besieging them. There was even a very powerful Impermanent, who also killed out of the ghost cave, and with just a single strike, he heavily injured the Divine Demon Mouse and Mu Lingxi.
It was only after a whole night of killing that they escaped.
