The ferry sailed all the way back, upstream.
Bafang City is located in the center of the entire polar region. Even if two of its defense lines were breached by the Nineteen Continents, there are still two more solid ones on the periphery, not to mention the closest one is Fengdu City, which is the residence of the ten major ghost tribes. It can be said to be impregnable.
Therefore, the panic outside is nowhere to be found here.
When Fu Chaosheng arrived with the one hundred soul puppets, he saw seven huge dark black palaces majestically suspended in the seven directions of Bafang City above the towering and empty city. The original Palace of King Chujiang had fallen and disappeared due to the death of King Chujiang.
Compared with the old days, Bafang City now looks a little weird.
Maybe it was because there were eight Yama Palaces in the Bafang City that he had seen before his "retreat"
The Palace of Prince Qin Guang is the tallest. It has the same structure but looks the most majestic.
Fu Chaosheng verified his identity outside the city, entered the city, then jumped up and landed directly outside the palace of King Qin Guang, bowing inside.
"Judge Li Han, I have been ordered to bring the soul puppet to pay homage."
"Come in."
The voice of King Qin Guang was heard from inside.
The light in the hall was as dim as ever.
King Qin Guang sat high up on the throne, with dark pictures of various demons painted on the wall behind him. He was wearing a dark robe, and the beads hanging from the twelve-tasseled crown on his head swayed slightly, blocking his sight. Only the slightly raised corners of his lips could be seen.
From the surface, there is no sign that the second line of defense of Jiyu Territory has been breached.
He is so calm.
Fu Chaosheng walked in from outside and looked up, he found that there was not only one King of Hell, King Qin Guang, in the hall, but also four other Kings of Hell.
There are two seats on each side below.
In order: Emperor Song, King Yama, King Metropolis, and King Chakravartin.
Emperor Song looked like a decrepit old man, but his squinting eyes were sparkling with a gleam, revealing his difficult nature; King Yama was dignified and upright, with a rather kind expression on his face, and was the "peacemaker" who specialized in smoothing things over in the Eight Directions Yama Palace; the Metropolis King Jiang Chang was dressed in a royal robe covered with a gold-woven gauze, with a faint, misty melancholy between his soft brows, and was turning his head to look at him; the Wheel-Turning King was a handsome and evil young man, with quite a bit of imposingness, and his eyes were solemn and sharp, and he was the confidant that King Qin Guang truly trusted.
Everything about these Yama Kings flashed through his mind in an instant.
But he soon realized something unusual: all the Yama Lords had arrived, and it seemed that they were discussing important matters today, but only two were missing—
There is no King Taishan and King Coroner in this hall!
"Li Han greets all the Yama Lords and His Royal Highness Prince Qin Guang." Fu Chaosheng had already started to have doubts in his heart, but he did not show it. He just bowed as usual. "I have been in seclusion for decades and have not been able to serve Your Royal Highness. Li Han feels guilty. Your Royal Highness has given me the responsibility of being the Soul Puppet Master of the Charity Manor. Fortunately, I have fulfilled the mission and brought back the 100 Soul Puppets as scheduled."
The other four Yama Kings did not speak.
Only King Qin Guang raised his eyes and looked at "Li Han" in front of him through the beads hanging from the crown. The smile on his lips did not change at all, as if he trusted this "capable general" as always, without any doubt, and was very satisfied.
"You have come out of retreat at this very moment, and you have been able to save the Extreme Region from danger. I am sure you have heard that Zhang Tang, who was once your equal, has disappeared. Even if he has not yet joined the Nineteen Continents, I am afraid he is not far away. You are the only one left who can be used by me. Looking at the matter of the Soul Puppets, there is no mistake at all, and it has been done very well. I would like to ask you, do you know something about these Soul Puppets?"
The purpose of Fu Chaosheng's trip was to further investigate the details of Jiyu and see what kind of cards the other party had. In addition to the elusive god Shao Ji, the movements of the Eight Directions Hell Palace were naturally of top priority.
So although this question surprised him a little, he did not show it at all.
He only said, "I know a little bit."
"It's enough to know one or two things." King Qin Guang laughed, seeming very satisfied and relieved. "The Nineteen Continents have restarted the boundary war this time, and they are coming fiercely. They have already attacked Chongyang City, which is the third line of defense of our Extreme Domain. I have discussed with the Yama Kings before, and sent the two Yama Kings, King Taishan and King Wuguan, to take charge of the defense. You came at the right time. These one hundred soul puppets will stay in Bafang City. I order you to return to Huangquan Yizhuang and lead the remaining nine hundred soul puppets to support Chongyang City."
King Taishan and King Coroner have already gone to Chongyang City
He will lead the remaining nine hundred soul puppets to provide support
King Qin Guang's words sounded normal, but at that moment, Fu Chaosheng suddenly had a subconscious doubt in his heart: Is this necessary
If the battle at Ghost Gate was just a test of each other's strength and neither side tried their best, the defeat of Jiyu was understandable. But after the battle at Maocheng a few days ago, Bafang City should have known that the determination and strength of the cultivators from the Nineteen Continents to capture Jiyu should not be underestimated, and it cannot be easily stopped by setting up layer after layer of defense lines from the outside.
It is nothing but a foolish dream for Jiyu to fight a war of attrition.
Dispersing the strength of the Jiyu ghost cultivators into several lines of defense may seem to be consuming the strength of the Nineteen Continents, but in fact, the dispersed strength is far less than the condensed strength, which can form a qualitative change. Resisting the Jiyu separately in batches is like sending a few ants out to bite an elephant, which is not painful. Not only can they not bite it to death, but they will be annihilated by the opponent's strong defeating the weak!
In the end, Jiyu was at a disadvantage.
Fighting in this way with divided defense lines seems safe, but it is actually very disadvantageous to Jiyu, not to mention the decision to send the two Yama Kings who were defeated in the battle of Ghost Gate to guard the third line of defense.
But the suspicion was only fleeting.
After all, he is Fu Chaosheng, and it is Li Han's job to remind the Eight Directions Yan Palace to make the correct decisions and deployments.
So after a flash of thought, Fu Chaosheng did not refute a word. His dark blue eyes, like glass, turned and he leaned forward: "Li Han, obey the order!"
As he spoke, a faint light appeared in his eyes.
The huge and powerful demonic consciousness quietly spread in all directions, with the Yama Palace floating in the air as its center, and also spread deep into the underground.
This is to open up the perception of both the universe's eyes and the demon's consciousness at the same time.
None of the Yama Kings present noticed it.
Even the King Qin Guang, who was sitting upright on the throne, did not notice anything unusual. He raised his hand and pointed to the first empty chair on the lower left, saying with a smile: "I have always valued you. I wanted to promote Zhang Tang, but he didn't know how to promote me. The King Chujiang was useless and fell at the hands of a cultivator from the Nineteen Continents. This really humiliated the reputation of my Eight Directions Yama Palace. You are the most talented person of this generation of the Ghost King Clan. I hope I didn't misjudge you. You should know what I mean, right?"
This clearly means that he is offering the throne of King Yama to you!
After hearing this, the other Yama Kings all had a hint of surprise in their eyes.
Emperor Song was sitting on the first chair at the lower right, but with his intuition as an old fox, he heard something subtle and unusual, but he did not say anything, nor did he remind "Li Han".
Fu Chaosheng didn't have any special reaction at all.
It's certainly not that he didn't understand King Qin Guang's hint, but on the one hand, he really looked down on the things between cultivators and ghost cultivators, and on the other hand, the Li Han he was pretending to be was originally a cold-tempered person with a kind of indifferent arrogance, so even if he heard such a thing, he wouldn't be particularly excited.
So he replied calmly: "Li Han should try his best and live up to expectations!"
"good!"
King Qin Guang clapped his hands, seeming to be extremely satisfied with his response.
"Then I will wait for your good news. Go ahead."
"Yes, Li Han will leave."
Fu Chaosheng bowed again and left the hall.
But when he flew down from a great height and landed back on the ground in Bafang City, his brows immediately frowned. He suppressed the strange discomfort and uneasiness that suddenly arose in his heart and did not look back at the Qin Guangwang Palace.
No, something is really wrong...
The eyes of the universe can see everything.
However, at this moment, he could hardly see clearly the underground of Bafang City.
Deep, deep underground is the reincarnation pool that supports the existence of the entire polar domain. It is like a huge lake underground, with a vast expanse of space on the surface of the lake.
There was nothing but fog.
I can’t tell where the fog comes from, and I don’t know what is hidden in the fog!
That was a pure sense of danger that came from intuition!
Fu Chaosheng suddenly had the urge to go down and investigate, so he stepped out of the city first, intending to avoid the obvious eyes and ears of Bafang City before sneaking in quietly.
However, just as he took one step towards the city gate, something strange somewhere else was clearly transmitted to the demon's consciousness!
—Huangquan Charity House!
Yumu could see all around and up and down, but he couldn't feel the Huangquan Charity Cemetery. It was as if this place didn't exist at all, not to mention Jianchou who was supposed to enter the charity cemetery to find out what was going on!
No trace at all!
A feeling of shuddering suddenly came over him, and in a flash, Fu Chaosheng had vaguely understood something. At that moment, he no longer cared about the god Shao Ji or the reincarnation pool, and simply left it all behind and headed out of Bafang City!
Almost at the moment when his figure disappeared outside the city, another figure floated down and landed where he had stood before, exactly!
It was none other than King Qin Guang who was in the hall just now!
He was wearing a wide robe with wide sleeves, and had an extraordinary dignified demeanor. He just glanced in the direction of the city gate and smiled, but there was no sense of humanity in his eyes.
Once bitten by a snake, one will be afraid of the rope for ten years. How many things have been ruined in the Jiyu because of the two men, Jianchou and Zhang Tang, at Yashan? How could the hells in all directions not be alert at all
Not to mention, there are many transcendent beings in this world, more than just mayflies!
The smile on his raised lips gradually faded, and King Qin Guang turned around and disappeared. When he reappeared, he was already underground in Bafang City.
On the reincarnation pond, the smoke and waves are vast.
The light purple water in the pool appeared deep dark purple underground, as if there were flying catkins soaking in it. A plank road extended from the edge of the pool to the mist in the center. A vortex appeared on the water surface at the end. The ghost axe that had lost its connection with Jianchou was suspended in this vortex.
But compared to the original, it has changed a lot.
The originally pitch-black axe was covered with blood-red patterns, but now the countless evil spirits had all turned into a snow-white color like dead bones.
A black gas descended from the sky, and a white gas rose from the ground.
The two streams of air, transformed from yin and yang, took the yin and yang energies of heaven and earth in this world, and swirled and gathered in the depression of the axe spine of the ghost axe, constantly merging and squeezing, gradually forming a situation where you are in me and I am in you, which is difficult to separate.
At first glance, it looks very much like the Liangyi Pond at the junction of the Yin and Yang Sects in the Northern Territory!
A huge, dark eye was hidden in the hazy and heavy fog, not blinking. In the water of the reincarnation pond below it, a dark shadow swam like a flying dragon, but compared to the legendary dragon, this circle of shadows seemed harder and more ferocious, revealing an evil spirit that seemed to devour everything, and it was also very ancient.
Standing at the end of the plank road, my mind was completely overwhelmed by this breath!
It makes people tremble and their blood rush, but it is not because of induction, but because of fear! A fear buried deep in the blood, caused by hostility and born out of killing!
King Qin Guang is the embodiment of the rules of the extreme domain, and he can still have such a clear perception. If an ordinary person stood here, what would happen and what would he feel? One can imagine. m.166xs.cc
He stopped at the end of the plank road and looked at the axe ridge of the ghost axe.
"The Liangyi Pearl will be completed..."
Who could have imagined
I'm afraid that even the most knowledgeable people in the Shangxu Immortal Realm do not know that the fragments of Pangu's Axe of Creation are actually in this world. They were picked up by cultivators from the Yin and Yang Sects in the Northern Territory who were proficient in refining equipment. They were forged using extraordinary methods and forced to penetrate into the Yin-Yang Pearl in order to maximize its power to communicate between the Yin and Yang worlds.
But how can such a small amount be enough
What he wants is not just as simple as communicating yin and yang!
Since it was the broken axe left by Pangu when he created the world, it also contained a trace of Pangu's will. With this trace of will, he could completely complete his first and final mission in this world -
Not in charge of reincarnation...
But, destroy reincarnation!
Holding this uncanny axe, he reversed the laws of reincarnation, overturned the "Code of Reincarnation" established by Pangu, dispersed the six realms of sentient beings, and let everything in the world return to its original state!
The person who originally refined the Ghost Axe could only use the Yin Yang Sect's treasure, the Yin-Yang Sect's Liang Yi Pearl, but his ability was far superior to the person who originally refined the Ghost Axe, so why did he need the Liang Yi Pearl? He only needed to draw the Yin-Yang Qi from the heaven and earth to refine the Ghost Axe again!
It has been ninety-nine and eighty-one years since I first obtained the Demon Axe!
It’s time to do it! It’s time to do it!
With fiery madness filling his eyes, King Qin Guang stared closely at the gradually taking shape of the Yin-Yang pattern on the axe spine and asked, "Your old enemy has been transferred away. How long will it take for this axe to be completed?"
The giant eye in the mist didn't move at all. Only the phantom in the reincarnation pool moved quietly, vaguely revealing two rows of black limbs like swords and spears.
A hoarse and unpleasant voice came from the fog.
"One hour is enough!"
If Fu Chaosheng were here and saw it with his own eyes, he would probably be able to recognize it immediately. The existence that he could not detect in the mist of the reincarnation pool was exactly the ancient god that he and Jianchou wanted to find, Shao Ji!
But I missed it in the end.
At this moment, how could Fu Chaosheng care about anything else
Ever since he failed to find any trace of Jianchou in Yumu and the demon consciousness, he felt something was wrong. He just leaped into flight and left Bafang City at a speed more than ten times faster than when he came here.
Leap and move, teleport and stop instantly!
In less than half a moment, his figure appeared again above the riverbank downstream of Huangquan!
Standing in mid-air and looking down, how could the charity cemetery, which was so peaceful when he left, now look dilapidated and gloomy
The miasma outside seemed to be dyed red with blood!
The walls of bones piled up to form the charity cemetery began to tremble, emitting an eerie light, which, when shone upon the blood-red miasma, turned countless bones into blood-red!
Thousands of bloody coffins were opened inside and outside the charity cemetery!
But the arrangement is different from before.
Jianchou, disguised as Lianzhao and wearing a black robe, stood among them. He was surrounded by thousands of blood coffins. It was unknown whether he had fought several battles. At this moment, he just closed his eyes and sat cross-legged at the main entrance of the charity cemetery, as if he would be swallowed by the charity cemetery at any time!
When Fu Chaosheng saw this situation, the evil spirit that had originally been faint in his eyes suddenly surfaced, and without thinking, he swooped down, intending to use his powerful strength to pull Jianchou out of the Yellow Springs Blood Coffin Formation.
But as soon as he moved, Jianchou below suddenly opened his eyes.
Her clear and calm gaze directly crossed the void, penetrated the blood-red miasma, fell on him, and said lightly: "Don't come over."
Fu Chaosheng suddenly stopped outside the miasma, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.
He gave her a puzzled look.
But Jianchou obviously had no intention of explaining. She just stood up from the thousand blood coffins formation, looked in a certain direction at the border of the miasma in front of her, and laughed grimly: "The plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain has been completed, isn't it time for everyone to show up?"
The being hiding in the miasma suddenly raised his eyebrows.
He walked out of the miasma, and turned out to be the terrifying old man without eyes who had been guarding the charity cemetery before. However, his cultivation level was no longer the same as before. He was completely able to rival Jianchou, and even surpass him!
The moment it appeared, its withered skin quickly filled up, its wrinkles stretched out, and its skin became smooth and plump.
His stature quickly shrank.
When his true face was revealed, even Fu Chaosheng was surprised!
How can this be the old man guarding the charity cemetery
It is clearly the fourth Lord of Hell in the Eight Directions Hell Palace—
The Coroner King!
The docile little cat that used to lie on the boy's shoulder was no longer there, so his expressionless face, even though still a bit immature, still gave people a sense of oppressive intimidation.
This intimidation does not come from age, but only from cultivation and status!
Standing in the miasma, behind him were hundreds of elite ghost cultivators who were supposed to leave with several elders of the ghost clan!
It is indeed the case that “the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind”!
She is calculating against others, and others are also calculating against her!
When Jianchou saw the other party's true face, he said in his heart: It's indeed him, it's indeed a trap!
Fu Chaosheng was of course the most evil demon in the world, but the god Shao Ji was obviously also quite famous. There were few things in this world that were completely impossible. He could sense the other party's whereabouts, and because of his bloodline, he could prevent others from finding out his whereabouts, so the other party might not have no extraordinary methods to deal with him.
What’s more…
What's more, Fu Chaosheng at this moment is not the same Fu Chaosheng at that time. If one has too much heart, there will be too many variables!
Jianchou was holding a sword and was on high alert.
Fu Chaosheng didn't know why she asked him not to go in, but when he heard the words "lure the tiger away from the mountain", he felt something was wrong. In an instant, he remembered the impenetrable fog deep underground in Bafang City, and the hostility in his eyes deepened.
Perhaps the only one who remained calm and composed was Coroner Wang.
The hundred elite ghost cultivators behind him obviously haven't figured out what's going on. They only know that "Lian Zhao" has come back for some unknown reason and was trapped in the blood coffin formation for a fierce battle. Then "Li Han" has come back and is now outside the miasma, and is in a standoff with everyone else.
They were completely confused.
But as the executor of King Qin Guang's plan, the Coroner King knew everything in front of him. He only looked up at her and revealed her identity the moment he spoke calmly: "Fairy Jianchou is the same as before. Since you love pretending to be a ghost cultivator so much, why don't you stay in the Extreme Region forever and never return?"
Meet, meet the fairy of sorrow
As soon as these two words were spoken, the hundred or so elite ghost cultivators standing behind Coroner Wang were stunned!
All eyes immediately focused on Jianchou!
Knowing that she was exposed, she was unrestrained and no longer tried to hide it. The smoke on her face turned into smoke, and the flamboyant "Lotus Light" disappeared. A plain and cold face appeared in front of the ghost cultivators. She smiled and said, "After the Extreme Domain is destroyed, I will stay as long as I want. Your Highness the Coroner will not have to worry about it."
Having said that, the sky has already lifted up.
At this time, she spoke again, but to Fu Chaosheng who was outside the miasma, and said, "I can handle this place by myself, please go ahead and attack Bafang City as soon as possible!"