Current AFK Points Balance: 2,710,000,000 Points!
At the same time, a series of pleasant system notifications rang in Chen Changqing's mind:
[Ding! Defeated a Quasi-Seven Tribulation Ghost Immortal Ming Jiutian, fourteen Tribulation Immortal Elders of the Nangong Aristocratic Clan, and eight Supreme Protectors of the Netherworld Palace, gaining 1,200,000,000 AFK Points!]
[Current AFK Points Balance: 2,710,000,000 points!]
A whopping 2.7 billion AFK Points!
Chen Changqing raised his hand and grabbed Ming Jiutian's Storage Ring and the ball of Demon Lord's memories stripped of resentment into his palm.
With a sweep of his Divine Sense across 50,000 miles into the memory orb, he instantly grasped the Secret Method for eliminating the demonic seed from Xiaoqian's body. As for the vast amount of heavenly materials and earthly treasures, and Spirit Stone accumulated by the Netherworld Palace over 10,000 years, they filled the entire Storage Ring.
However, before Chen Changqing could put the spoils into his Heaven-Stepping Ring, the ground beneath his feet suddenly trembled violently like never before!
Rumble--!
Although Ming Jiutian has been reduced to ashes, the forbidden blood sacrifice he initiated before his death, by offering up the main soul of the Demon Lord of the Upper Realm and his six tribulations of lifespan, has completely completed its final step!
Click--!
A deafening roar, as if the entire Nine Netherworlds had shattered, exploded from the very center of the ten-thousand-foot-deep Blood Pool!
At the bottom of the dried-up Blood Pool, the reversed ancient altar shattered into dust on the spot, and a huge Earth Abyss rift, thousands of feet wide and Nine Netherworlds thousand miles deep, leading straight to the core of the Yellow Springs, burst open beneath Chen Changqing's feet!
Call--!
The biting, Nine Netherworlds Yellow Springs of the Netherworld poured out from the depths of the Earth Abyss, and wherever the winds passed, the hard ancient granite walls surrounding the cave instantly weathered into sand!
Waaaaah--!
The mournful cries of countless wronged souls echoed throughout the heavens and earth. Then, under the shocked gazes of Chen Changqing and Zhong Cheng in the distance, an ancient and ancient eerie green light shone from the depths of the Earth Abyss!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Accompanied by the dull hum of turning mechanical gears and the dragging of iron chains, a colossal gate, thousands of feet high and five hundred feet wide, cast entirely from ancient, somber bronze, rose with a roar from the rift in the Nine Thousand Mile Earth Abyss, standing firmly in the very center of the Blood Pool ruins, towering above billowing Yellow Springs mist from the Yellow Springs!
At the top of the colossal gate, a hundred-zhang-long black iron plaque hung high, upon which were engraved three large, blood-red characters radiating endless deathly aura in ancient, dark script.
Ghost Gate Pass!!
"This... this is the real Nether Bureau Ghost Gate Pass?!"
On the ruins of the Severed Dragon Sluice Gate in the distance, Zhong Cheng, who was leaning against the rock wall and panting, dropped his cleavage-sharp Heavy Sword with a clatter the moment he saw the thousand-foot-tall bronze gate. He was so frightened that his face turned pale and he cried out in shock!
"That madman Ming Jiutian! He actually Upper Realm as a sacrifice to forcibly and illegally open the Yin-Yang World Gate connecting the Nine Netherworlds Nether River Underworld!"
"Brother Chen, hurry! Use the teleportation platform to leave this place! The Underworld is the core of the Heavenly Dao rules of the Nine Netherworlds Realm; what comes out of it is simply beyond the capabilities of mortal Cultivators!!"
Zhong Cheng shouted at Chen Changqing at the top of his lungs.
However, before he could finish speaking...
Creak--!
Amidst a sickeningly dull grinding sound, the thousand-foot-long bronze Ghost Gate Pass the underworld, which had been tightly closed for countless millennia, slowly opened a crack a hundred feet wide!
Behind the door lies an endless underworld filled with swirling snowflakes and murky Yellow Springs!
Thump--!
A heavy footstep, so heavy it made the hearts of all living beings stop, came from behind the Ghost Gate Pass.
A giant foot, ten zhang long and clad in black soap-corner boots, slowly stepped out of the threshold of the Bronze Ghost Gate Pass and landed heavily on the ground of the Blood Pool ruins!
Buzz--!
The moment the black-skinned official's boot landed, a vast divine power, surpassing all living beings in the Nine Netherworlds Realm and representing the pure order of the Heavenly Nether Bureau, swept across an area of tens of thousands of miles!
The entire space within the Senluo Deathland was completely frozen solid with this one step!
The falling rubble and blood rain hung eerily in mid-air, completely depriving the air of any movement!
"Puff--!"
On the ruins of the sluice gate a hundred feet away, the "Ghost-Slaying Divine Seal" that Zhong Cheng was so proud of between his eyebrows let out a mournful cry of being unable to bear the pressure of this pure superior Nether Bureau, and instantly shrank back into his Sea of Consciousness!
The Zhong Family bloodline flowing through Zhong Cheng's body was absolutely suppressed by the source of the divine path. He didn't even have the slightest strength to resist. He spat out a mouthful of blood and his knees thudded heavily onto the gravel ground. His forehead was pressed tightly against the ground, and he couldn't even lift a finger!
Their Zhong Family, Zhong Kui, was a ghost-catching master in the Nether Bureau Underworld the ancient times. Now, facing a superior being who represents the original order of the Underworld, the natural class suppression in his bloodline almost crushed Zhong Cheng's bones!
Whoosh--!
The thick, Yellow Springs mist of the underworld parted to both sides before the Ghost Gate Pass, revealing the enormous body of the terrifying creature behind the gates to the underground cavern!
That was a colossal god, hundreds of feet tall!
He wore a wide, dark purple official robe embroidered with gold, a white jade python belt around his waist, and a black gauze hat with upturned corners. His face was ancient and dignified, and three thick black beards that reached his chest and abdomen hung down from his chin.
Unlike the Ghost Immortals in the Nine Netherworlds Realm who ascend by overcoming life Life-and-Death Tribulations, this hundred-foot-tall giant god had no halo of life and death Heavenly Tribulations behind his head!
Instead, thirty-six crimson-black chains, entirely formed from the Origin Laws the Nine Netherworlds, coiled around his body, making a rustling sound!
In his left palm, he held a thick, ancient, dark gold book that exuded an aura of Reincarnation and vicissitudes— the Yin-Yang Book of Life and Death!
In his right hand, he held upside down a giant writing brush, about thirty feet long, with a handle made of ancient dragon bone and bristles dripping with viscous blood from the Yellow Springs — the Soul-Hooking Life-Seizing Brush!
The true Orthodox God of the Nether Bureau who governs the rules of life, death Reincarnation in the Nine Netherworlds —the Judge of the Underworld!
The moment this judge of the Underworld appeared, the top-grade Top-grade Immortal Artifact "Life-and-Death Judge's Brush" that Chen Changqing had obtained by killing Zhong Tianba Heaven-Stepping Ring, the judge of the Evil-Punishing Bureau, suddenly began to tremble violently and uncontrollably within Chen Orthodox God's Heavenly Ring, emitting a series of submissive hums. Clearly, that Immortal Artifact was nothing more than a replica of the Life-Seizing Brush in the hands of this righteous god!
Meanwhile, in the distance, Zhong Cheng, who was kneeling and spitting blood under the oppressive aura, had the dormant "Ghost-Slaying Divine Seal" deep between his eyebrows. After the initial suppression, stimulated by the divine aura of the Underworld, it began to heat up faintly in his Sea of Consciousness, and an ancient ghost-catching incantation appeared.
At this moment, before the Ghost Gate Pass, it was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
The judge of the Underworld, standing a hundred feet tall, stood in the center of the ruins, his enormous, emotionless eyes, constructed entirely of pure golden divine light, slowly turning.
He first glanced at the headless demon corpse left by Ming Jiutian on the ground and the wisp of dissipated aura of the Upper Realm Demon Lord. His brows furrowed slightly. Then, his golden divine eyes, which looked down on all living beings, slowly rose up and directly pierced through the solidified void, locking onto Chen Changqing, who was not far ahead and whose body was burning with dazzling Yang Realm living Essence Qi and Tribulation Immortal Pure Yang lightning!
Splash--!
The Yin-Yang Book of Life and Death, held in the left hand of the judge of the Underworld, moved on its own without any wind, its pages flipping rapidly until it finally stopped on a page filled with sticky blood writing!
A chilling killing intent, capable of stripping away the life force of all things in heaven and earth, instantly enveloped every inch of space around Chen Changqing!
Facing this hundred-foot- Nether Bureau Orthodox God who pressed down on the entire Senluo Deathland, making it hard for him to breathe, Chen Changqing's nine immortal Purple Mansions within his body operated wildly, and the black iron stone slabs beneath his feet shattered inch by inch. Instead of retreating even half a step, he gripped the blood-dripping Immortal Execution Sword in his hand, straightened his spine, and met those high and mighty golden divine eyes!
The hundred-foot-tall judge of the Underworld looked down at the tiny, ant-like youth in white robes. His booming divine voice, like thunder from the Heavenly Dao, resounded through the depths of the Nine Netherworlds. The Soul-Hooking Life-Seizing Brush in his right hand was already dipped in the dead waters of the Yellow Springs in the Book of Life and Death and Death.
"Chen Changqing, a living soul from the Yang Realm, trespassed into the forbidden area of the Nether Bureau and slaughtered the beings of the Nine Netherworlds. His crime is tantamount to rebellion against Heaven! He is to be executed today according to the Book of Life and Death and Death!"
"The crime is the same as treason? Should I be punished today?"
Hearing the pronouncement of this hundred-foot-tall Underworld, Chen Changqing, under the overwhelming pressure of the Nether Bureau, let out a cold laugh.
"Where were you, the Nether Bureau, when the Netherworld Palace Underworld colluded with the Foreign Races Lord of the Upper Realm to excavate the Dark Moon Imperial Mausoleum and sacrifice 100,000 living people?"
"Where were you, the judge of life and death, when my disciple's collarbone was shattered and her immortal essence drained by nine demonic chains?!"
Chen Changqing took a step forward, and the Pure Yang -gold pure Immortal Qi around his body surged violently, forcefully opening a ten-zhang-wide crack in the solidified Nether Bureau space around him. The Immortal Execution Sword in his hand was pointed at the nose of the hundred-zhang-tall judge:
"Now that the Old Devil is dead, you come out here acting all high and mighty Orthodox God of the Nether Bureau? Don't try to scare me with the Book of Life and Death. If you dare block my way, I'll kill you, the judge of the Underworld, along with me today!"
The words were powerful and resonant, echoing through the silent underground cavern!
Zhong Cheng, who was lying on the gravel ground a hundred feet away, heard Chen Changqing's words of cursing at the judge of the Underworld. His head was buzzing and his heart was about to jump out of his throat.
They've gone mad! Utterly mad!
That is the judge of the Underworld who is in charge of the rules of Reincarnation in the Nine Netherworlds, representing the Heavenly Dao order of the entire Nine Netherworlds Realm, and his strength is at least above the Seven-Tribulation Ghost Emperor!
Brother Chen actually dares to boast that he'll slaughter even the Orthodox Gods of the Underworld?!
Before the Ghost Gate Pass, the hundred-foot-tall judge of the Underworld listened to Chen Changqing's rebuke. His ancient and dignified face showed no emotion, only a hint of indifference as if looking at the dead surfaced in the depths of his pure golden eyes.
"The order of the Nether Bureau is predetermined; how dare you mortals of the Yang Realm interfere!"
"Those who venture into the Nine Netherworlds before their lifespan has ended will have their three souls severed; those who defy Yin and Yang and refuse to submit will have their seven spirits destroyed!"
The judge of the Underworld said no more. The Yin-Yang Book of Life and Death he held in his left hand shone with Golden Light, while his right hand gripped the thirty-foot-long Soul-Hooking Life-Seizing Brush. Pointing it towards Chen Changqing's location in the void, he wrote the first dazzling, scarlet ancient underworld script in mid-air—
"Cut!!"