Ever since Heaven and Earth had reopened, the Nine Hells had found itself in an awkward position.
As the final destination of the dead, a place filled with the Power of Death, it had been a refuge for departed souls since its birth.
During the ancient Immortal Era, Immortals had occupied it as a place where their followers ascended after death. Now, however, it had become the place where the souls of Great Cultivators returned after they died.
They walked the Yellow Springs Road, saw the Flowers of the Other Shore, gazed upon the Three-Life Stone, crossed the River of Forgetfulness, and climbed Mount Naihe.
They severed the karma of this lifetime and, guided by the Heart Cloud, sank into boundless Illusion Realms, joining the Sky-Piercing Giant Pillar in safeguarding Heaven and Earth.
But now the Sky-Piercing Giant Pillar had collapsed, and the Heart Cloud had become Fengdu in the present-day Nine Hells.
Divine Souls that climbed Mount Naihe now became oxen and horses in the purest sense, hauled away to build Fengdu.
But only the Divine Souls of Great Cultivators could enter the Nine Hells, and how could Great Cultivators die so easily?
As a result, relatively few people entered the Nine Hells, and Fengdu's urban construction naturally progressed slowly.
With only newly arrived Divine Souls to build Fengdu, those newcomers were swinging their hoes so hard that sparks flew, yet they still could not keep up with the schedule.
This left the Sword-Forging Clan, who served as Urban Management, sighing endlessly, lamenting only that they could not swing their whips fast enough, while the oxen and horses could not work as fast as their whips.
Rumor had it that this enormous modern metropolis was a city built jointly by the Ancient Sword Immortal Li Taibai and his closest