In a certain place within the first layer of Heavenwater Abyss, six oddly shaped figures were secretly conferring. Any knowledgeable cultivator who saw these six would have been greatly shocked, for all six were Netherworld ghost creatures.
One ghost creature with a single eye growing from its forehead said, "Why hasn't Cheng Ruzheng returned yet? He hasn't gone back on his word, has he?"
Another six-eyed ghost creature added, "Those not of our kind must have different hearts."
"Rest assured, Cheng Ruzheng will never go back on his word," said a ghost creature whose face was covered in scales. "That man is wildly ambitious. Back then, his path of cultivation was cut off, leaving him no choice but to practice the Asura Soul Gathering Great Art. But if he fails to return to the Netherworld before reaching the Origin Core Stage, he will become a Netherworld ghost creature. Then, like us, he will not dare show his face in the cultivation world. Do you think he would go back on his word?"
The ghost creature with the single eye on its forehead said, "The cultivation world is now producing strange arts and wondrous techniques one after another, and the Tianyang Kingdom is the strongest nation in the cultivation world. If there is some cultivation method that can solve his problem, do you think he might go back on his word?"
The scaled-faced ghost creature said, "If that were the case, he should not have practiced the Asura Soul Gathering Great Art in the first place. I think something has probably delayed him."
The six-eyed ghost creature said, "But the Realm-Breaking Shuttle is on him. What do we do if he refuses to return?"
The ghost creature with the single eye on its forehead said, "There is no need to worry