Gu Yuanqing sat down nearby. His gaze drifted once more toward the frozen Li Youhe and the others, finally settling on the woman's phantom. "Is this the Interminable Ghost Mother?"
The King of the Underworld glanced over as well and nodded slightly. "It is. The Netherworld Sect in your boundary domain presumably has a nether god contract with her. The sealing sigil on this one's brow is the Ghost Mother Seal. If they incurred a karmic debt during their lifetime, they will fall into the Underworld when their lifespan ends and become her slaves."
Gu Yuanqing glanced at the King of the Underworld, paused briefly, then asked, "May I ask, my lord, what... is her cultivation?"
The King of the Underworld smiled. "A Netherworld True Monarch. Measured by the realms of the immortal path, she should count as a True Immortal."
Gu Yuanqing's heart tightened slightly.
Only a True Immortal?
Once a cultivator survived the heavenly tribulation and ascended to the immortal realm, they became a True Immortal. How could a difference of just one realm amount to such a vast gulf?
As though he had seen through Gu Yuanqing's thoughts, the King of the Underworld smiled. "The Interminable Ghost Mother ranks among the stronger True Immortals. She commands the netherworld law and has condensed a Ghost God Dao Fruit. She is just one step away from giving birth to life at the utmost extreme of death and producing an innate pure yang dao machine. Thus, she is somewhat stronger than an ordinary True Monarch of the Underworld."
While Gu Yuanqing chatted with the King of the Underworld, winds rose and clouds surged in the Spirit Realm.
To the Righteous Sects, Gu Yuanqing's existence affected the entire balance between the righteous and demonic paths. Naturally, nothing could be allowed