The Seal of the Asura Realm

Please rise, no need for formalities.

Bai Qiuran reached out and helped the old man up from the ground, blinked, and then asked, "May I ask who you are?"

"This old man is one of the ghosts that the Immortal Ancestor saved from those Evil Gods."

The old man, his face filled with gratitude and excitement, replied, "It doesn't matter that the Immortal Ancestor doesn't remember someone as insignificant as me, but this old man will never forget what the Immortal Ancestor looks like. It was you who created the Ghost Realm and gave us hope."

"Oh, I see."

Hearing the old man praise him so highly, Bai Qiuran felt a little embarrassed. Seeing this, Jiang Lan covered for him and introduced, "This old man, Yin Chicheng, was one of the original Three Venerables Ghost Realm who succeeded Xiao Lian in ruling the Ghost Realm. He was known as the Venerable Yin. He has now retired and is living here in his old age, but he should still be one of the most well-informed people in the Ghost Realm."

Bai Qiuran nodded, glancing gratefully at Jiang Lan, who smiled back at him. Venerable Yin, after hearing Jiang Lan's explanation, understood and said, "What questions does the Immortal Ancestor have about the Ghost Realm? This old man will answer them to the best of his ability."

"Do you know what the Underworld Emissary have been busy with lately?"

Bai Qiuran asked him.

"I know."

Venerable Yin replied, "The Asura Realm is prone to rebellion, and the Underworld Emissaries are currently suppressing it. My granddaughter has just Trainee Underworld Emissary, and she's been so busy lately that she hasn't had a moment to rest and hasn't been home for meals for several days."

"This... can't really be considered a daily routine, can it?"

Bai Qiuran frowned and said, "Do you know that there are Vengeful Ghost ghosts harming people everywhere in the Human Realm nowadays, and there are even Asura have directly crossed over to the Human Realm to commit evil?"

"Is that so?"

Venerable Yin frowned and said, "Then there might be a problem with the setup deep within the Asura Realm."

"What's the meaning?"

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"Doesn't the Immortal Ancestor know?"

Instead, Venerable Yin asked curiously, "By the way, speaking of which, all these years, apart from the Immortal Emperor and the Niang Niang, we don't know where the Immortal Ancestor went. We all thought you had already..."

"Ahem, Old Master Yin, this must be kept a secret."

Jiang Lan reminded her from the side.

"Feel sorry."

Venerable Yin said apologetically, then pondered for a moment before continuing to bow to Bai Qiuran and Jiang Lan, saying, "Immortal Ancestor and Your Niang Niang, you may not know, but besides being part of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, used to Reincarnation people as Asura and carry out the Reincarnation rewards and punishments, the Asura Realm has another function. Deep within the Asura Realm, the souls of some Heavenly Gods we defeated in the past are suppressed."

"Soul?"

Bai Qiuran frowned and said, "That kid Bai Li, I told him to wipe him out completely, but he still has the souls of the Heavenly Gods left behind. What's he keeping them for, to celebrate the New Year?"

"You've misunderstood His Immortal Emperor."

Venerable Yin bowed and said, "It's not that Your Majesty doesn't want to kill them, but that you simply can't."

"What's wrong with killing them? It's not like I haven't killed anyone before."

Bai Qiuran frowned and said, "If I, Bai Qiuran kill, why can't he, the Immortal Emperor, kill?"

"The Immortal Ancestor was too modest. Even now, hundreds of thousands of years later, the Immortal Emperor acknowledges that he is still a long way from the Immortal Ancestor."

Venerable Yin replied, "Those Heavenly Gods are all born from the rules. Some are entangled with troublesome rules, and killing them would likely cause a huge upheaval in the Heaven and Earth. Others possess special properties; their souls can regenerate continuously, making them difficult to destroy. Therefore, the Immortal Emperor can only suppress them in the Asura Realm, hoping to use the power of Reincarnation and the Slaughter energy within the Asura Realm to wear down their souls over the long years."

"Okay."

Bai Qiuran's expression softened slightly, and she asked, "So this time, the problem lies with the seal inside, right?"

"It should be, but..."

Venerable Yin hesitated before saying, "This old man suspects there's a traitor within the Ghost Realm."

Bai Qiuran and Jiang Lan exchanged a glance, then Bai Qiuran said, "Go on."

"The Asura Realm, like the Celestial Realm, the Hungry Ghost Realm, and the Hell Realm, was a world jointly built by His Majesty the Immortal Emperor and all the immortals. The seals within it were personally set by His Majesty the Immortal Emperor, and they cannot be broken unless two or more Immortal Venerable level are involved."

Venerable Yin said, "But such beings are few and far between, not only in the Asura Realm, but throughout the entire Ghost Realm. Therefore, this old man suspects that there is a traitor within the Ghost Realm, perhaps even a certain Venerable."

Who are the current Immortal Venerable in the Ghost Realm?

Bai Qiuran asked Venerable Yin.

"The Three Venerables in the Ghost Realm operate on a rotation system. Apart from the three of us who stayed in the Ghost Realm to retire, all the other Immortal Venerable who have served as the Three Venerables have returned to the Immortal Realm."

Venerable Yin replied, "The Immortal Venerable currently remaining in the Ghost Realm include Three Venerables: Fierce Venerable Zun, dispatched from the Eastern Immortal Realm Ghost Realm; Python Venerable, dispatched from the Southern Immortal Realm; and Lie Zun, dispatched from the Central Immortal Realm Flame Venerable. Besides Ghost Realm Three Venerables, there is also a Yama King of the Ten Courts of Yanluo who is an Immortal Venerable level... Ah, and it seems that the head of the Underworld Emissary who recently managed our Native World has also broken through to the Immortal Venerable level."

"Xue Ling?"

Bai Qiuran raised an eyebrow.

"Holy crap, that deadpan face is so cool, he's actually Immortal Venerable?"

"It turns out it wasn't; it was just an ordinary Ghost Immortal."

Venerable Yin shook his head.

"Later I heard that he took on a long-standing Bounty Warrant, and his cultivation suddenly advanced by leaps and bounds. I don't know how it happened..."

"Yes, what exactly happened...?"

Bai Qiuran recalled his numerous encounters with Xue Ling since two thousand years ago, and thus changed the subject.

"In other words, including the three of you, there are only eight Immortal Venerable in the Ghost Realm."

Jiang Lan lowered her head and thought for a moment.

"It seems to be roughly the same number of Immortal Venerable in one Heaven and Earth of the Immortal Realm."

"Yes, that was exactly what the Immortal Emperor intended."

Venerable Yin nodded and said, "The Ghost Realm is a part of the Immortal Realm Heaven and Earth, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say it's the most important place. The reason why the position of Ghost Emperor has remained vacant is also because..."

He looked at Bai Qiuran.

"You're talking about a Qi Refining Stage Cultivators like me?"

Bai Qiuran, resting her chin on her hand, said, "How did I become the Ghost Emperor? No way, you'd better find someone else. I haven't lived enough yet."

"Well."

Venerable Yin, thinking he was about to leave, quickly tried to persuade him to stay, saying, "I won't accept it, but it's a rare opportunity to see the Immortal Ancestor. Please give us a chance to entertain the Niang Niang and the Immortal Ancestor, so that we can at least repay the Immortal Ancestor's kindness in saving us and the entire Human Race."

"Okay, but not now. We don't have time to dawdle now."

Bai Qiuran replied.

"What does the Immortal Ancestor mean?"

"I'd like to trouble you, Venerable Yin."

Bai Qiuran said to him, "Tell me where the battlefield between the Ghost Realm and the Asura Realm is. By the way, it would be even better if you could take me there."

Venerable Yin understood Bai Qiuran's meaning, and bowed to Bai Qiuran, saying, "Yes, Immortal Ancestor."