The Ominous Painting Collector before me possessed unimaginable strength. The ghostly aura within him had grown increasingly condensed.
"Hell's Five Paths," I murmured.
"Oh, you know about the Eighteen Paths of Hell?" The Ominous Painting Collector was startled, his face filled with amazement.
I said nothing, but Bai Xue beside me asked, "Husband, what are the Eighteen Paths of Hell?"
"That's something the living have no need to know." I narrowed my eyes slightly and said seriously:
"Legend says there are eighteen Heavenly Layers above and eighteen Layers of Hell below."
"One Heavenly Layer corresponds to one Layer of Hell."
"Therefore, the stronger one is, the denser their ghostly aura and the more terrifying their methods. The higher the Hell Path they control."
"The eighteen Hells are Gathering Hell, Black Rope Hell, Wailing Hell, Great Summoning, Scorching Hell, Great Scorching Hell, Avici Hell, Ebudha Hell, Nirbudha Hell, Atata Hell, Apopa Hell, Huhu Pa Hell, Oboluo Hell, Potama Hell, and Mahapotama Hell. As for the final two paths, no one can reach them at present. So I have no way of knowing what they are."
"Legend says that upon reaching the Eighteenth Path of Hell, one can invert yin and yang and reverse their positions."
"Although the Ominous Painting Collector before us isn't that powerful, judging from his ghostly aura, he has at least reached the Fifth Path of Hell. That realm is already astonishingly powerful. He can appear in broad daylight, take lives, travel between yin and yang, and possess anyone."
"No wonder he's far stronger than the ones we've encountered before," Bai Xue exclaimed.
I shook my head and praised him. "Upon reaching the Ninth Layer of Hell, one can already be called a Ghost King. Any Ghost King is an earth-shaking existence."
The Ominous Painting Collector clapped his