Douluo: I, a Prehistoric Dao Venerable, Was Live-Streamed by the Sky Screen

Even the temperature of the entire world dropped by several degrees.

All living beings, whether Soul Masters or ordinary mortals,

felt an instinctive, uncontrollable terror rise from the depths of their souls!

"Waaah, Mom, I'm scared—"

Wails of despair from those crushed by fear soared into the heavens!

Spirit Hall.

Bibi Dong's face turned deathly pale. Her knees gave out, and she involuntarily dropped to the ground.

The Rakshasa divine power she had inherited shared the same nature as the aura of the Netherworld Court.

Precisely because of this,

her senses were far sharper than everyone else's, and the shock she suffered was even more intense.

The Rakshasa Demon Scythe within her body trembled violently as well, gripped by a fear and submission that came from its very origin!

"Gui Mei... you bastard, what kind of existence did you provoke?!"

Bibi Dong knelt on the ground, her ten fingers digging deeply into the floor, her expression crazed.

Ghost Douluo was dragged all the way along by the Horse-Face Ghost Messenger,

passing through the Ghost Gate,

until they arrived before an imposing, grim hall.

The Yin energy within the hall was almost tangible. Eerie ghostfire burned along both sides, illuminating savage divine statues upon the walls.

High within the main hall,

King Yama sat upon his throne, his face black as charcoal and lightning flashing in his eyes. Without showing anger, he exuded overwhelming majesty.

"Reporting to King Yama, this lowly one captured a madman outside the gates. He trespassed into the Netherworld Court. I ask Your Highness to decide his punishment!"

The Horse-Face Ghost Messenger knelt and reported.

King Yama's gaze fell upon Gui Mei, and he paused slightly.

This man was neither alive nor dead, and his aura was strange. What startled him even more was that the Life and Death Book contained no record of this name!

The hall fell silent for a moment.

Only then did King Yama slowly speak, his voice like a great bell:

"Hmph. Trespassing into the Netherworld Court merits being cast into the Eighteen Levels of Hell, never to be reincarnated for all eternity. But considering that you are an ignorant first offender, this crime shall be temporarily forgiven."

His gaze shifted to Horse-Face.

"Since you captured this man, he shall serve under your command for now. We shall observe his future conduct!"

The Horse-Face Ghost Messenger was stunned as well.

Not only was he not punished, he was even being accepted as a Yin Messenger?

Could it be... this fellow had some sort of background?

King Yama said no more and waved his hand, dismissing the two of them.

He knew this matter was no small issue.

Either there was something wrong with the Life and Death Book, or there was something very wrong with this man!

For now, it was unwise to alert the enemy. Keeping him nearby would also make it easier to investigate him carefully!

After the two departed,

King Yama's figure flickered, and he went directly to the depths of the Netherworld Court, to the Six Paths of Reincarnation Realm beneath the Eighteen Levels of Hell.

He sought an audience with Great Emperor Fengdu, Zhu Jiuyin!

That was right. Under Lin Feng's intervention,

the Netherworld Court now had four Earthly Dao Sages, and Zhu Jiuyin was one of the Wu Clan's three Sages.

He oversaw all affairs of the Underworld Bureau!

Upon hearing King Yama's report, Zhu Jiuyin was also greatly surprised.

He retrieved the true Xiantian Spiritual Treasure, the Life and Death Book. Sure enough, Gui Mei's name was still absent from it!

Zhu Jiuyin pondered for a moment,

then drew upon the power of the Earthly Dao's origin and, with the might of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, activated the Life and Death Book with all his strength.

In an instant,

the might of the top-grade Xiantian Spiritual Treasure swept through the Three Realms.

Countless great powers sensed it. They detected surging karmic power, but after divining its source, they all promptly withdrew.

It involved a Sage. It could not be pried into!

At last, words appeared in the Life and Death Book:

[Douluo World, Spirit Hall, Gui Mei, lifespan: two hundred and twenty-nine years!]

Zhu Jiuyin frowned tightly.

He did not care where Gui Mei had come from. What truly concerned him was this:

while the Life and Death Book was operating,

he had actually caught a trace of a Tribulation's aura.

"Another Prehistoric World Tribulation... is about to begin?"

Though the Lich-Demon Calamity had not fully erupted, it had left him deeply shaken.

Even as a Sage, he did not dare underestimate it in the slightest!

"I must immediately inform my elder brother and younger sister of this matter, so we can make preparations early!"

At the same time,

Horse-Face, who was leading his "new colleague" out of Yama Hall, felt rather displeased.

Not only had he failed to receive any reward, he had even gained a burden,

seriously affecting his ability to improve his performance!

He simply chose to put the matter out of sight and out of mind. After casually giving a few instructions, he sent Gui Mei off to "familiarize himself with the place."

Ghost Douluo wandered about in a daze, aimless and confused.

Fortunately, he wore a Ghost Messenger's uniform,

so no one gave him any trouble.

Before he knew it,

he had reached a place where steam billowed and screams rang without end.

Looking up, he saw three blood-red characters carved above a rocky cavern:

Oil Cauldron Prison!

He wanted to retreat, but it was already too late.

The scene before him became a nightmare that would haunt him forever:

The boundless boiling oil pools were filled with countless departed souls sinking and rising, screaming and bursting apart, over and over again, without end.

The stench of charred flesh and the cries of agony filled the air, as though all the pain in the world had gathered here.

Gui Mei's entire body turned cold as he stood frozen in place.

And all of this

was faithfully projected by the Sky Screen into every corner of Douluo Continent.

Everyone,

whether Soul Masters, commoners, nobles, or beggars,

was struck dumb with horror!

"Hell... this is Hell!"

"I once heard people say that those who kill and take lives will go to Hell... I never believed it... but now I do... Hell truly exists..."

"Gods, save us! I want to go to Heaven, not Hell!"

"..."

Tiandou Imperial Palace.