Emerald Screen Mountain was as picturesque as a painting.
Within the Great Void, Jiang Chen's true body had already returned in silence.
"The Netherworld even has a Reception Office Lord. Things are even more troublesome than I originally expected..."
Fragmented scraps of memory kept surfacing in his mind. Having seized upon the crucial information within them, Jiang Chen frowned.
Ever since suppressing True Lord Pingdu's remnant soul, he had repeatedly attempted to search True Lord Pingdu's soul. Yet he had gained little, for an exceedingly mysterious soul restriction existed within True Lord Pingdu's divine soul, making it difficult for him to touch the core of True Lord Pingdu's memories.
After considering the matter, he had directly used a secret art to devour True Lord Pingdu's remnant soul. Only then did he obtain part of True Lord Pingdu's hidden memories. Some concerned True Lord Pingdu's cultivation secrets, while the rest were related to the Netherworld.
"I had suspected from the beginning that True Lord Pingdu came from some force beyond the heavens. That force likely had a Dao Embryo overseeing it, making it comparable to the Immortal Palaces of the Spirit-Void Realm. After all, the River of Forgetfulness itself is no simple thing. But now, it seems I still underestimated it."
After sorting through True Lord Pingdu's memories, Jiang Chen gained a vague understanding of the Netherworld's power.
It was itself a faction of ghostly beings. Not only did it have multiple Dao Embryo Saint Lords overseeing it, it also possessed a treasure on the level of a True Immortal Artifact to suppress and uphold its foundation. Its influence stretched across many worlds; it could divide life from death and turn yin and yang. It was truly terrifying.
Compared to it, the Immortal Palaces of the Spirit-Void Realm appeared somewhat thin