--Whoosh!
The moment he entered the Netherworld.
Lu Chen felt the light before him stretched into long, slender afterimages by an invisible force, as though he had been sucked into an endless tunnel.
There was no road beneath his feet, only a fluorescent passageway extending endlessly downward.
And the farther they descended.
The dimmer the light of the mortal world became, until all that remained was a darkness so thick it could drown a person. His vision was tightly compressed to within a few meters ahead; he could see neither beginning nor end before or behind him.
"My lord, it is your first time here, and you do not know the route. Hold my hand, and I will take you straight to Fengdu City, where Lord Yama resides," Fan Rusong's voice came through.
Lu Chen nodded, reached out and took Fan Rusong's hand, then shifted direction and flew toward another path.
"By the way, exactly how many regions does this Netherworld have? Tell me about them first."
Lu Chen could not be bothered to search his memories. Besides, he did not know whether they were correct; the experience from his previous life clearly could not be applied wholesale to this world.
It was better to ask directly.
"My lord, broadly speaking, it is divided into five mountains, six palaces, and eighteen hells: the five mountains guarded respectively by the Five Ghost Emperors—Peach-Zhi Mountain in the east, Mount Luofu in the south, Mount Bozhong in the west, Mount Luofeng in the north, and Mount Baodu in the center.
"As for the six palaces, they are Fengdu's Six Heavenly Palaces, located atop Mount Luofeng.
"The Supreme One resides at the summit of the Six Heavenly Palaces.
"In mortal terms, these Six Heavenly Palaces are equivalent to the central court of the Netherworld.