Buzz~
The golden light vanished the instant it appeared, disappearing in a mere moment.
Monkey blinked, a thread of golden light flowing from his eyes.
"So that's how it is!"
Boundless yin mist churned, and the sounds of ghosts wailing rose and fell. This was deep beneath the endless earth, within the Eighteen Levels of the Netherworld.
The Netherworld was the realm of the underworld, governing the life and death of all things between heaven and earth. It was a forbidden land for mortals.
Even those who had cultivated immortality and attained the Dao generally could not come here.
Whoosh, whoosh~~~
Eerie ghostly mist drifted through the underworld. Not a trace of light could be seen, filling all who beheld it with dread.
At the heart of the underworld, where the Netherworld's destiny gathered, stood an unimaginably vast city.
Ghostly qi filled that giant city. Layer upon layer of dimensional voids overlapped within it, concealing an unknown number of demons, monsters, and ghosts.
Throughout the city stood towering, gloomy halls. Numerous ghost soldiers patrolled in every direction, while two ghost deities stood outside the city gates, holding iron chains and steel forks, their appearances savage and terrifying.
As one of the Three Realms and the domain ruled by Emperor Fengdu, the Netherworld possessed incomparably formidable strength.
It was said that it could even communicate with the underworlds of myriad worlds and the Yamas of all heavens.
"That brat..."
"Far too arrogant!"
"Yet he still..."
"Cannot escape the net!"
Suddenly, amid the swirling yin mist beyond the city, two voices rang out in alternating verses—one cold and one warm.
Whoosh~
Then, two ghostly figures emerged from the mist.
One wore a black robe and a tall hat, his face stern and cold. The other was pale, thin, and tall, with