The Outer Demon [Episodes 1-7 (Complete)]

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Chapter 5, Yin and

Yang in Harmony Since Xie Ya had long lived alone in Buzhou Forest, he was completely ignorant of the common sense of human society, and most of the negotiations were left to Wu Ling.
Using a nearly lifelike fake gold nugget and Wu Ling's superb seductive arts, the two easily infiltrated the settlement on the mountaintop and rented a small wooden cabin near the valley.
That night, after everyone had fallen asleep, the two closed the doors and windows and lit an oil lamp.
Wu Ling gently patted the walls of the cabin with both hands, and with the flow of her demonic power, the small cabin, which had been left open in every way, was completely sealed off from the outside. Sounds from outside couldn't get in, and sounds from inside couldn't get out either.
"Ah... I'm exhausted, my ears are so numb,"
Wu Ling sighed, her ears snapping up from under her hair. She occasionally rubbed her ears, which had been bent out of shape.
"You've had a tough time. They smell so bad, and you still managed to talk to them for so long."
Xie Ya sneezed. Luckily, Wu Ling had used magic to block the smell, making breathing much more comfortable than during the day.
"You know I've had a hard time, that's nice."
Wu Ling said sourly, "However, nobody here knows where Changxia City is. Looks like we'll have to find another place tomorrow."
"There seem to be a couple hundred people here. How come no one knows?"
Xie Ya asked curiously.
"That's nothing unusual!"
Wu Ling moved closer to Xie Ya. "Do you know what ley lines are?"
"No."
"Simply put, they're like rivers, except they don't flow with water, but with the energy of heaven and earth."
Wu Ling explained, "The earth is vast, but not every place can absorb the essence of heaven and earth. Generally speaking, there are two types of places that most easily gather this energy: one is high places, like mountain peaks and forests, and the other is low places, like valleys and caves."
"The energy of heaven and earth accumulated in these two places eventually flows through the land to the ground, drifting around along the gaps deep in the earth's layers. This path of flow is called a ley line, and a place where many ley lines converge is called a spirit cave."
"So the energy of heaven and earth in a spirit cave is the accumulation of energy from many places?"
Xie Ya asked.
"That's how it is. So, whether human or demon, anyone who wants to transcend the mortal realm and attain sainthood will try to seize the essence of heaven and earth within these spiritual caves. There are eight spiritual caves in the human world and four in the demon realm." "
Of course, the four spiritual caves in the demon realm are now all under the control of the Queen."
Wu Ling laughed.
"Hmm... but what does this have to do with those guys outside not knowing where Changxia City is?"
"It has to do with it, it has to do with it!"
Wu Ling leaned her head on Xie Ya's shoulder. "The Yellow Spring Cave is a spiritual cave under the control of the Mirror Spring Kingdom, but this Yellow Spring Cave is very different from other spiritual caves."
"How is it different?"
Xie Ya asked, his arm around Wu Ling's waist.
"This Yellow Springs Cave moves around randomly, and it travels a great distance. Sometimes it's in the east, sometimes in the west, and its location changes every ten years. So, the Changxia City built on top of it often moves around randomly as well. There are already few people who go into the city, and since the city changes location every ten years, naturally fewer and fewer people know about it."
"Then how are we supposed to find it?"
Xie Ya asked in surprise.
"Originally, we could have followed the ley lines, but in the past ten years or so, the ley lines in Mirror Spring Kingdom have been constantly declining. I've tried several times in the past two days, but I can't feel the flow of the ley lines."
Wu Ling sighed, "That's why Her Majesty used this clumsy method... Since we can't follow the ley lines, we can only send more people to search everywhere."
After saying that, the two were speechless for a moment, just embracing each other and gently stroking each other's waists.
"Brother, do you want to sleep?"
Suddenly, Wu Ling said in a coquettish voice, her face flushed with desire.
"Hehe, actually, I've been wanting to ask you this question for a while now."
Xie Ya laughed.
"You lecher,"
Wu Ling chuckled, "then why don't you unpack your luggage?"
Xie Ya obeyed, untying his bundle. Wu Ling pulled a white object from the shrunken bag and tossed it into an empty space in the small hut.
With a whoosh, the snow-white bed where the two had spent the night in love appeared out of thin air, making the hut feel cramped.
Wu Ling took Xie Ya's hand, and the two climbed onto the soft, fur-covered bed, embracing and sharing a deep kiss.
Having learned from the previous night, Xie Ya skillfully sucked on Wu Ling's nipple, savoring the saliva dripping from her tongue, making smacking sounds as he drank. His hand, through her clothes, kneaded her pert buttocks.
This boy, sucking on me like this… Wu Ling felt both shy and delighted, reaching out to untie Xie Ya's belt.
"Hey! Hey! Hey! I've been yelling all day, are you two deaf or what?!"
Suddenly, a deafening roar slammed into their heads, almost knocking Xie Ya and Wu Ling unconscious.
"Whoa!"
Xie Ya and Wu Ling instinctively covered their ears, but the sound continued to boom through their eardrums.
"Who...who's talking?"
Xie Ya exclaimed in alarm.
"It's the Queen's stone, the thread on the brocade pouch must be loose!"
Wu Ling, her head spinning, said, "Quickly, re-tie the thread..."
"Tie what! Don't you dare! You two little bastards, don't do such shameful things in front of me, don't you know any shame?!"
The voice thundered on and on.
Xie Ya shook the brocade pouch out of his sleeve and, sure enough, saw that the rope on it was loose. He quickly re-tie the rope with his hands.
"Whoa! You two damned..."
The deafening roar abruptly stopped. Xie Ya shook his head, still feeling dizzy, while Wu Ling's face was deathly pale.
"What... what exactly is this stone?"
Xie Ya carefully placed the brocade pouch and Wu Ling's luggage together.
"The Empress said it's called the White Tiger's Broken Tooth."
Wu Ling lay down sadly. "It fell from the Heavenly Realm to the mortal world two thousand years ago. It seems it was originally part of the tooth of the White Tiger Celestial Venerable, the guardian beast of the Western Elephant Heaven. It's said that the White Tiger Celestial Venerable replaces his tooth every eight thousand years, and this stone might be that replaced tooth."
"So small?"
"The Empress said it was originally much larger, but most of it burned off when it fell from the Heavenly Realm to the mortal world."
Wu Ling frowned.
"It hurts so much... why is this guy's voice so loud? It's making my head spin..."
Seeing that Wu Ling was uncomfortable, Xie Ya gently patted her back to make her feel better.
"Hehe... I've got it."
After a while, Wu Ling laughed, "Brother, take off your clothes, I'll teach you something fun."
"Just take off my clothes? You don't need to?"
Xie Ya retorted.
"Hmph, do you think you'll let me go once you're naked?"
Wu Ling retorted, reaching out to pull at Xie Ya's loosened belt. Xie Ya wasn't going to back down, pulling at Wu Ling's skirt. The two wrestled and played around for a while, finally stripping each other naked.
Wu Ling's fair, jade-like skin was bare, her hairpins were gone, and her silver hair hung down her back. Her round, perky breasts swayed gently in front of her chest, her glistening nipples pink and tender, like newly sprouted strawberries. Her long legs were crossed, her thighs smooth and soft like snow, her calves taut and high, her ten toes small and cute like scallion sprouts.
She lay on the bed, a smile on her face, like a goddess resting on clouds.
"What fun things are you going to teach me?"
Seeing this, Xie Ya's penis was already erect and throbbing, the glans bulging. As he channeled his yang energy into his penis, it felt like it was on fire.
"I thought since your yang energy is so abundant, I guess I could learn some seductive arts to use,"
Wu Ling laughed, gently stroking his penis.
"Ah!"
A wave of pleasure rushed to Xie Ya's head, and he almost lost control. His penis throbbed violently in Wu Ling's hand, nearly ejaculating.
"Hehe, your yang energy is too strong inside. With me using yin energy to stimulate it like this, you almost couldn't take it, right?"
Wu Ling laughed, and Xie Ya could only nod.
"Alright, what I'm going to teach you tonight is called the Yin-Yang Interaction Technique,"
Wu Ling said. "Women are Yin and men are Yang; opposites attract each other. Yang energy attracts Yin energy, and Yin energy attracts Yang energy. The basic method of seduction is to use your own internal energy to stimulate the internal energy of the opposite sex."
"Ah... so you just used your own Yin energy to attract the Yang energy within a man's penis?"
Xie Ya suddenly realized.
"Yes, because although your Yang energy is strong, it's unstable. I only need to use a little Yin energy as a lure, and it's easy to hook you."
Wu Ling laughed. "Last night was the same. That level of seduction technique is more than enough to deal with humans, but it probably wouldn't work against demons with over a hundred years of cultivation."
"Hmm, you're making fun of me for being like a human,"
Xie Ya said, dissatisfied.
"Silly brother, why are you angry? I'm going to teach you now,"
Wu Ling said with a wry smile. "Your yang energy is so abundant, you'll definitely learn it soon, and then my seductive arts won't fool you anymore."
"No,"
Xie Ya laughed, "I'm willing to be fooled by you, sister."
"You naughty brother, you just love teasing me,"
Wu Ling said playfully, a sweet
feeling welling up inside her. Then, Wu Ling leaned close to Xie Ya's ear and whispered the method of circulating qi. Xie Ya followed her instructions, first imagining his yang energy as a large ball, settling it firmly within his dantian, then branching out and drawing out a thin layer of yang energy to cover his palms.
After a while, Xie Ya immediately felt a slight warmth in his palms. Looking closely, he saw that his palms were bright red, as if they were engorged with blood.
"Alright, brother, touch my chest,"
Wu Ling said softly, seeing that Xie Ya was ready.
Xie Ya complied, cupping Wu Ling's soft breasts in his hands, his palms gently rubbing against her areolas.
"Ah...ah..."
Wu Ling frowned, her body surging with yin energy that involuntarily flowed into her breasts.
Xie Ya also felt Wu Ling's skin burning hot, and something subtle and indistinct seemed to be flowing slowly within her breasts, responding to the movements of his hands.
Wu Ling's glistening nipples stood erect, the small cherries hot and throbbing, their white, rounded shape trembling slightly, beads of sweat like dewdrops adorning these full, fleshy fruits.
"Mmm...mmmmmm!"
Wu Ling's eyes were tightly closed; she bit her lower lip, tilted her head back, and her delicate body trembled slightly, as if she had just released a small amount.
Xie Ya could no longer restrain himself, lifting Wu Ling's legs, intending to thrust his burning hot penis inside her, but Wu Ling stopped him.
"Not yet, don't rush me."
Wu Ling's face flushed slightly. "Learning about Yin-Yang interaction isn't enough. Now I'll teach you how to deal with it."
Once you understand the principle of Yin-Yang interaction, dealing with it becomes easy. Simply put, you just need to keep your Yang energy in your dantian and prevent it from being easily stimulated by the other party.
"Sister will help you now, but you have to hold back, okay? If you ejaculate, sister will be angry."
Wu Ling laughed, pulling Xie Ya to lie down beside her, kissing him, and stroking his penis.
Xie Ya felt the alluring Yin energy through Wu Ling's lips, tongue, fingers, and even every inch of skin touching, teasing him from top to bottom. Instantly, his dantian relaxed, his Yang energy poured out, his whole body convulsed, and his penis trembled.
"Wait!"
Wu Ling quickly withdrew her seductive technique. "Brother, didn't I tell you to hold back?"
"I... I can't hold back, sister..." Xie Ya only felt his penis burning hot and extremely uncomfortable.
"Don't worry about that, just let me in."
"No, you have to resist at least a little."
Wu Ling sighed, "This time I'll only use my hand, you have to endure at least ten strokes."
If he can't take it, his mother and sisters will definitely tear him apart when they get back to their hometown!
Thinking of those ravenous, cunning foxes in the Wei Xuan Kingdom, Wu Ling trembled with fear. If Xie Ya were taken by them, it wouldn't be a joke.
Before Xie Ya could answer, Wu Ling started stroking him again. This time she only concentrated her yin energy in her palm and gently stroked his penis.
Xie Ya tried his best to concentrate and endure, finally managing to withstand ten rounds of stroking, but he was only managing to hold back from ejaculating, far from Wu Ling's standard.
"Sigh, your yang energy is strong, but why do you have no self-control at all?"
Wu Ling frowned and slowly released her hand.
"Sister, do I really have to endure this?"
Xie Ya asked, puzzled. "At worst, you'll just ejaculate... Why grit your teeth and endure it like this?"
"Silly brother, if you don't hold on, you're just giving away your yang energy. Maybe you have abundant yang energy and aren't afraid of others taking your yang, but if you don't absorb the other person's yin energy, the yin energy within your body won't increase,"
Wu Ling said. "Besides, who knows if some lewd person will want to take your yang energy in the future? I don't want my husband to be treated like an orchard, being picked from every day."
"I see..."
Xie Ya nodded; he hadn't thought that far ahead.
"Never mind, I'll practice with you slowly from now on. After all, it's only the second day."
Wu Ling chuckled and kissed Xie Ya's lips.
Zhu Xing, imbued with yin energy, playfully teased Xie Ya's tongue, arousing his desire. Wu Ling guided Xie Ya's hand towards her crotch.
"Touch me..."
Wu Ling whispered, her lips still on Xie Ya's.
Unconsciously, Xie Ya channeled his yang energy into his palm, tracing it down Wu Ling's smooth mons pubis, pressing it against her vulva, caressing her entire clitoris.
Wu Ling trembled, letting out a soft moan.
"Yes... just like that, brother knows how to do it, right?"
Wu Ling chuckled.
"What?"
Xie Ya was completely oblivious, not understanding what Wu Ling meant.
Could it be that my silly brother is someone who knows how to use but not how to talk?
Wu Ling thought, simultaneously channeling her yin energy throughout her body, making every inch that touched Xie Ya's skin produce an unparalleled aphrodisiac effect, causing his yang energy to dissipate.
"Ah...ahh! Sister Ling!"
Xie Ya felt a tingling sensation all over his body, his seminal vesicles trembling, and he was about to ejaculate.
Damn it, Sister Ling is bullying me again! No way, this time I'll teach her a lesson too! Xie Ya decided to retaliate, suppressing his extreme pleasure, forcibly restraining the yang energy stimulated by Wu Ling, and channeling it to his limbs, caressing them back in the same way Wu Ling had.
The two of them pressed their upper bodies tightly together, their hands caressing each other's genitals, their lips and tongues locked in a battle of wits, their hot breaths hitting each other's cheeks, their hearts pounding, as if every inch of their skin was seeping out unparalleled pleasure, and wonderful spasms coming one after another, quickly pushing them both to the peak of ecstasy.
"Ahh!"
Xie Ya was ultimately outmatched, and he succumbed, his penis throbbing, his glans erect, and scalding semen shot out from his urethra.
Wu Ling quickly bent down, opened her lips, and took the entire head of Xie Ya's penis into her mouth, letting the thick, warm semen slide down her throat and into her stomach.
The intense yang energy spread through her body, making Wu Ling dizzy and intoxicated. Her hips trembled slightly, and even after swallowing Xie Ya's semen, she experienced another small ejaculation.
After a long while, once Xie Ya had finished ejaculating, Wu Ling slowly released the head of his penis from her mouth, licking and swallowing the remaining semen with her lips and tongue before reluctantly lying back down beside Xie Ya.
Wu Ling hugged Xie Ya's waist, kissing his chest, her face full of smiles.
"What are you laughing at? You like to bully people so much, you naughty sister,"
Xie Ya said, displeased.
"No, that's not true. I just thought of a good way to train you, brother. As long as we practice bedroom arts in the future, I'll use my yin energy to stimulate you. That way, you'll eventually learn how to preserve your essence and yang, and my goal will be achieved."
Xie Ya looked troubled upon hearing this, but as a loving couple, he really didn't understand why it had to be so complicated.
"Then I'll absorb all your yin energy before you recover,"
Xie Ya laughed.
"Good brother, no... I'm so scared..."
Wu Ling laughed, but her arms were wrapped around Xie Ya.
Xie Ya flipped over and pressed down on Wu Ling, lifting her smooth legs. His glans gently knocked on the entrance of her honey hole, using the newly learned yin-yang stimulation method to entice the yin energy within her body.
Still immersed in Xie Ya's yang essence, Wu Ling was powerless to resist. Her yin energy was immediately lured into filling her entire honey hole by Xie Ya, and just having his glans rub against her flower gate was enough to make her climax.
"Brother, be gentle..."
Wu Ling gasped, her vagina overflowing with nectar, her petals trembling.
"Hmph, I don't care about you,"
Xie Ya laughed, filling his penis with yang energy. With a thrust, a "smack" was heard as his burning hot penis plunged straight into her honeyed flesh, the glans sinking deep into her heart.
Wu Ling and Xie Ya both gasped. Xie Ya was gasping because of the tightness and beauty of her vagina, while Wu Ling was gasping because of the ecstasy she felt, almost to the point of losing her soul.
"Ah, ah!"
Wu Ling was so weak she couldn't close her mouth, saliva dripping from her lips, her eyes wet, her expression dazed and confused.
"Brother! My good brother!"
Xie Ya embraced Wu Ling, his hands mercilessly caressing her back, his mouth drinking the saliva from her lips, burying his hot, hard penis deep into her honeyed flesh.
Wu Ling felt her spine melt, completely at Xie Ya's mercy. Her flower core trembled violently, her waist involuntarily arching upwards, her buttocks clenching tightly as if trying to swallow his penis.
"Ah! Brother!"
Wu Ling cried out, biting Xie Ya's shoulder, her flower core contracting fiercely, her honeyed flesh pulling his penis inwards, gushing forth a torrent of yin energy onto his glans, releasing it without reservation.
Xie Ya gritted his teeth, the yin-energy-filled heat hitting his glans, making him dizzy and incredibly pleasurable.
"Brother... suck... suck my yin energy..."
Wu Ling could barely speak, yet she still reminded Xie Ya.
Xie Ya then understood, his yang energy contracting, a slippery, sticky warm fluid flowing from his urethra down his penis and into his scrotum, mingling with his own yang energy within his abdomen.
Suddenly, Xie Ya felt refreshed and invigorated, his limbs brimming with strength, his feet feeling light as if he were about to fly. This unprecedented feeling astonished him.
Wu Ling slowly came to her senses and, seeing the surprised and astonished expression on Xie Ya's face, couldn't help but chuckle.
"Silly brother, now you know the benefits of absorbing yin energy, right?"
Wu Ling laughed. "This is your first time absorbing a woman's yin energy, isn't it?"
"It feels so good! I never expected it to feel this good,"
Xie Ya exclaimed. "Why didn't anyone tell me about something this good before?"
Wu Ling smiled sweetly and embraced Xie Ya tightly. Their energies stimulated each other, and even this embrace felt incredibly joyful.
"This art of absorbing essence is best practiced by husband and wife,"
Wu Ling said, feeling Xie Ya thrusting into her again. "The wife absorbs the husband's yang energy, and the husband absorbs the wife's yin energy. They complement each other, progressing in sync, accumulating the energy of heaven and earth together, and finally transcending the mortal realm together." "
Can't we practice with others?"
Xie Ya asked.
"Who else do you want to practice with?"
Wu Ling glared at Xie Ya.
"No, no, I was just asking,"
Xie Ya quickly replied.
"Hmph!"
Wu Ling scolded, "In short, there are still many demons in the world who only care about themselves, absorbing the essence of others without giving anything in return. I'm afraid that one day I'll encounter such a despicable thing, which is why I want you to learn how to resist this art of mutual stimulation."
Xie Ya nodded, his glans gently teasing her clitoris, making Wu Ling's waist and hips tingle and uttering sounds of pleasure.
"Ugh, I'm talking seriously, why are you interrupting me?"
Wu Ling said coquettishly.
"Then I'll pull it out."
"No!"
Wu Ling smiled charmingly, "You sucked my yin energy, so I want to suck your yang energy too."
"Then I'll ejaculate for you right now,"
Xie Ya said.
"Silly brother, I want you to make me climax before you ejaculate. If you ejaculate alone, only I will benefit. What's the fun in that?"
Wu Ling said reproachfully.
"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you, sister,"
Xie Ya laughed.
"Yes, that's my good brother,"
Wu Ling smiled sweetly as well.
The two kissed again. Wu Ling's yin energy recovered, and just holding her like this was gradually becoming too much for Xie Ya to handle, not to mention the greedy sucking of her honeyed flesh. Every inch of her flesh was filled with thick yin energy, making his head almost go numb.
"Brother... when you ejaculate later, remember to retract your yang energy first."
Wu Ling whispered in Xie Ya's ear. Xie Ya changed his position, straightened his upper body, and cupped Wu Ling's breasts with both hands, letting the snow-white flesh swirl between his fingers. He channeled his energy into his fingertips, while his palms sucked on her breasts, giving Wu Ling a burst of pleasure in her chest. Her breasts became hot and sweaty, and her nipples stood erect, twice as high as the night before.
With their internal energy surging together, Wu Ling and Xie Ya quickly reached their climax again. Amidst heavy breathing, Xie Ya ejaculated, and Wu Ling released her yin essence. Their vaginal fluids mingled, filled with warm, thick semen.
Xie Ya followed Wu Ling's instructions and retracted his yang energy before ejaculating.
To his surprise, he found that his yang energy not only did not leak out with his semen, but he even absorbed the yin essence while ejaculating. The method taught by Wu Ling was actually more effective than the previous one.
"Sister Ling... this is..."
Xie Ya asked in surprise.
"This is the basic method of replenishing yang through yin-yang cultivation,"
Wu Ling said. Because Xie Ya hadn't released any yang energy, she hadn't passed out this time. "Release essence but not yang... Some people don't even release essence, but you don't need to know about that stingy practice."
"But in this way, wouldn't you be at a disadvantage, Sister Ling?"
"You don't need to worry about me, silly brother."
Wu Ling laughed. "I received so much yang essence from you last night for nothing, so it's not unreasonable for me to return it to you tonight, right? But don't use this trick on me in the future, or I'll turn against you."
"Hmm."
Xie Ya nodded, but recalling what he had learned in the past two nights, he still felt uneasy. "But Sister Ling, in this way, wouldn't we be constantly calculating how many times you give me and how many times I give you? Isn't that boring?"
"You think so too?"
Upon hearing this, Wu Ling's eyes crinkled with laughter, as if Xie Ya had brought up a topic she had been waiting for.
"Yes, what's wrong?"
Xie Ya noticed Wu Ling's unusual expression and knew she had some new idea.
"Hehe, my good brother, I didn't expect you to learn so quickly,"
Wu Ling said. "I never dreamed that I could teach you the essence of bedroom arts on the second night."
"The essence?"
Xie Ya asked curiously.
"Yes, actually, what I've taught you so far isn't strictly the most essential part of the art of the bedroom, just the basics and the flesh and blood,"
Wu Ling said. "But since it's the foundation, you still have to learn it first."
"As for the true essence of the art of the bedroom, that's a mysterious method known only to our fox-spirit clan. Some unorthodox demons think the art of the bedroom is about 'using and replenishing,' harming others for personal gain, but they don't know that the true art of the bedroom has absolutely nothing to do with those methods of 'using and replenishing.'"
"Oh?"
Xie Ya became increasingly curious. "Sister Ling, what exactly is it?"
"Hehe, how about this, I'll tell you the name first, and you'll understand the details after we do it."
Wu Ling leaned closer and whispered in Xie Ya's ear, "The essence of the art of the bedroom is called Yin-Yang Harmony, also known as the 'Virtuous Embryo Divine Pregnancy.'"
"...Sounds difficult, doesn't it?"
"No way! Your yang energy is so strong, you've already met half the requirements. Just follow your sister's guidance, and you'll succeed soon."
After saying that, Wu Ling and Xie Ya caressed each other again. Wu Ling licked and bit Xie Ya's ears and neck, while Xie Ya played with Wu Ling's breasts with one hand and pinched her buttocks with the other, his penis gently thrusting into her flower core. With the surging of yin and yang internal energy, in the blink of an eye, the two were close to climaxing again.
"Brother, take a break,"
Wu Ling said breathlessly, her lips almost touching Xie Ya's. Her hot breath seeped directly into Xie Ya's body. "Let me sit on you."
At Wu Ling's instruction, Xie Ya hugged her waist and sat cross-legged on the bed.
Wu Ling lifted her waist, stood on her knees, and slowly moved her body. Xie Ya felt waves of movement deep inside her honey hole, and the shape of her flower core changed slightly.
"Ah...ah..."
Sweat dripped from Wu Ling's forehead, her panting seductively, her waist trembling uncontrollably. "I...this is the first time I've exposed my womb..."
As she spoke, Xie Ya felt a soft yet resilient mass of flesh descend upon his glans. With a gentle push of his penis, the flesh actually pushed back, much to his astonishment.
"Sister, what is this?"
Xie Ya asked hastily.
"That's my womb...also called the uterus...the place where I give birth..."
Wu Ling, with her arm around Xie Ya's shoulder, slowly lowered her waist. Xie
Ya felt the flesh pressing firmly down, so he intensified his yang energy circulation, using the glans to gradually push it open. The tip of his penis slid into a short, narrow passage of flesh, the flesh forming a circle, completely encircling the glans, almost causing Xie Ya to lose his senses and faint.
"Ah...mmm!"
Wu Ling's brows furrowed, her expression pained, yet her eyes were filled with joy. "Brother, help me..."
Xie Ya reached out and pulled Wu Ling's trembling body down, his penis sliding inch by inch into her flesh. Although it was only a short passage, the sensation was dizzyingly wonderful with every movement, so the two of them panted as they moved. After a while, the glans finally passed through the tight passage and entered a small, empty space.
Wu Ling sank down, sitting between Xie Ya's legs, her buttocks resting on his crossed thighs, her upper body leaning back, her legs naturally hooking around his lower back, her penis almost completely submerged.
Xie Ya felt the tip of his penis pass through that small space, pressing against a smooth, supple flesh. Under the pressure of Wu Ling's weight, his penis quickly sank into that tender heart.
Intense Yin energy gathered deep within his flesh, as if Wu Ling's dantian had sunk down there. Just by staying there, Xie Ya felt the Yang energy within his body churning erratically, and he was on the verge of ejaculating.
Wu Ling breathed heavily, resting his head on Xie Ya's shoulder, and in the blink of an eye, he revealed his true form.
"Brother...please thrust slowly..."
the snow-silver fox girl trembled, her three fluffy tails swaying and shaking with her delicate body.
Xie Ya felt Wu Ling's body burning hot. On one hand, he was worried that something was wrong with her, but on the other hand, he couldn't resist. He couldn't help but hold her buttocks and thrust at an angle.
"Ah, ah!"
Wu Ling's weight was all on Xie Ya. With his thrust, it felt as if his penis was going to penetrate her heart, and her whole body convulsed.
The flesh encircling the back half of his penis suddenly spasmed violently, and hot love fluid gushed out along his penis. Wu Ling came first.
"Sister...are you..."
"Silly brother...not yet...don't stop...keep thrusting..."
Wu Ling trembled, her appearance was crazed, her mouth couldn't close, saliva dripped from her mouth, and her expression was as if her soul had left her body and entered a dream.
Seeing this, Xie Ya felt a surge of heat in his heart. He sucked on Wu Ling's burning lips, drinking in her sweet saliva, wishing he could become one with her. He thrust his penis even more frequently.
However, although Wu Ling had climaxed, her yin energy remained deep within her body, not flowing out with the yin current. Xie Ya neither knew the subtlety of this, nor had the time to ponder it.
Xie Ya held Wu Ling, his hands pinching the smooth fur on her buttocks. Their lips met, their tongues sucking as if they were about to stick together. Wu Ling half-opened her silver eyes, her expression one of blissful ecstasy.
After a while, Xie Ya's ejaculation relaxed, his waist trembled violently, and he suddenly ejaculated. Although Wu Ling had just climaxed, the force of his semen hitting her so intensely caused her to climax again.
As if by prior arrangement, their intertwined sex toys simultaneously plunged into ecstasy, trembling and shaking. Xie Ya's semen splattered onto Wu Ling's vulva, while Wu Ling's vaginal fluids sprayed onto Xie Ya's penis.
The intense pleasure left Xie Ya's mind blank; he held Wu Ling close, pouring his semen into her.
After a long while, Xie Ya came to his senses, only to find Wu Ling's vagina still contracting and releasing fluids, warm and endless, overflowing from its depths, soaking the sheets beneath them.
"Sister, are you alright?"
Xie Ya exclaimed in surprise.
"I was almost killed by your penetration... I'm not alright..."
Wu Ling stammered, her face covered in sweat and looking somewhat pale.
"Ah... Brother's yang energy is too strong... I have to release my yin essence many times... just to keep up with your yang essence..."
Upon hearing this, Xie Ya shifted his body, intending to withdraw his penis, but was stopped by Wu Ling.
"Silly brother, I was just joking, I'm fine!"
Wu Ling was both amused and annoyed. "Look for yourself, what's going on in my womb now?"
Only after Wu Ling mentioned this did Xie Ya realize that inside her uterus, which was full of warm fluid, there was a yang energy and a yin energy chasing each other.
After a while, the yang energy and yin energy merged, forming a fresh energy that did not dissipate, but remained in Wu Ling's womb.
Could this be the energy of heaven and earth? But how could it be formed outside the dantian? "Brother, I'll take it this time. Releasing it twice like this just now is a bit tiring..."
Wu Ling panted.
The warm fluid within the womb, along with the energy of heaven and earth, slowly disappeared, seemingly absorbed into Wu Ling's body through the womb.
In the blink of an eye, Wu Ling's face was rosy, her demonic power surged, and she radiated vitality.
"Hehe, I didn't expect to succeed so easily."
Wu Ling, now restored to her strength, laughed, "Good brother, now you know what a illusory fetus is, right?"
"I still don't know..."
Xie Ya smiled wryly.
"You still don't know? Alright, then I'll tell you."
Wu Ling reached out and wiped the sweat from Xie Ya's forehead. "The womb of my fox-spirit clan is different from that of any other female in the world. It can store yin and yang energy. If you ejaculate your yang essence into the womb, I can nurture it within my body and refine it into the energy of heaven and earth at any time. This is called the Yin-Yang Harmony Technique. Because the yin and yang energy resides in the womb during this process, it's like nurturing a formless fetus, so it's also called the 'Virtuous Fetus Divine Pregnancy.'"
"Is this different from what we just did?"
"Of course it's different. If we can nurture the yin and yang energy in the womb and directly refine it into the energy of heaven and earth, both men and women can release their inner energy without any worries, and then the results of their cultivation can be shared equally between them."
Wu Ling said, "In this way, we don't have to worry about the gains and losses of 'replenishing' each other. Anyway, the results are shared equally between the two of us, so we don't have to worry about who releases more or who absorbs less."
"Hmm... so... in short?"
Xie Ya smiled bitterly.
"Simply put, it means you can ejaculate inside me to your heart's content, silly brother,"
Wu Ling laughed.
This last sentence was simpler and clearer than anything else. Xie Ya was overjoyed. He held Wu Ling's waist and tirelessly thrust his penis in and out, the shaft pulling against her vaginal walls, the fluids swirling together with a "splat" sound.
"Ah...ah!"
A wave of tingling sensation washed over Wu Ling, her yin energy stirring, her silver eyes filled with allure, her vaginal walls gripping and sucking on his penis.
After nearly midnight of repeated intercourse, their bodies were both extremely sensitive. Wu Ling, being a woman, had a late-blooming but enduring sexual desire; once she ejaculated, her vaginal walls were easily aroused by his yang energy.
Xie Ya's burning hot penis penetrated straight from her vulva to the top of her womb, the shallow thrusts simultaneously shaking her vagina and uterus. The exquisite pleasure almost melted Wu Ling's brain.
Ah…ah…no wonder Mother and Sister are always pestering Father and Brother-in-law for sexual cultivation…If you haven’t experienced it yourself, how can you know how wonderful it is!
“Brother…I’m going to cum…”
Wu Ling gasped, leaning back. Xie Ya pressed down on her, his hands gently rubbing her breasts in circles.
“Hmm…Sister, go ahead and cum, I’ll watch you cum.”
Xie Ya gasped. Stimulated by Wu Ling’s seductive arts, he unconsciously channeled his yang energy throughout his body, teasing and seducing her. As a result, his own ejaculation was throbbing, and he was about to ejaculate at any moment.
“Ah!”
Wu Ling cried out, her hips arching, her vaginal fluids gushing out, her honeyed orifice sucking in, pushing his penis deep into her womb.
Xie Ya felt waves of pleasure surging like a tsunami, his mind went blank, his glans buried in her flesh, and he too ejaculated.
The slight exhaustion after the climax, along with the lingering, intense joy, permeated their bodies like
sweet dew. After such repeated releases, both Wu Ling and Xie Ya were weak and limp, almost melting into nothingness.
After a while, the energy of heaven and earth was refined within their wombs. Wu Ling absorbed seven parts, and Xie Ya absorbed three. After absorbing this energy, they instantly felt refreshed and full of vitality again. Thus, Wu Ling's alluring yin energy and Xie Ya's strong yang energy once more ignited the passion within them.
"Ah...good brother..."
Wu Ling said sweetly, "Let's... stay like this until dawn... anyway, the air is so plentiful... we don't need to sleep..."
"Hehe, sister just said I was lecherous, but I think you're a hundred times more lecherous than me."
Xie Ya laughed, sucking on Wu Ling's erect nipples, the hot, pink cherries oozing a faint, fragrant liquid.
"You lecherous bastard, don't you even think about whose yang energy is so strong, arousing me like this?"
Wu Ling scolded, hooking her legs around Xie Ya, her body trembling as his penis thrust against her.
"Who taught sister to look like a goddess, no one would want to let go?"
Xie Ya said, this time sucking on her breasts with his whole mouth, his tongue licking over them, making Wu Ling feel waves of tingling in her chest.
"Ah!"
Wu Ling exclaimed with unbridled joy, "Good brother, hold me tight!"
Xie Ya did as she asked, pulling Wu Ling into his arms. Their skin touched, their bodies mingling and surging, sending a
tingling sensation through her from head to toe, making her feel as if she were flying. They embraced tightly, their bodies intertwined, their eyes meeting, their faces filled with love, as if they needed no one else in the world.
"Sister, I love you so much," Xie Ya whispered,
thrusting deeper into Wu Ling's womb.
"Mmm, I love you too, brother,"
Wu Ling said sweetly, then chuckled, "Who knew I'd find such a wonderful brother in the mortal world!"
Xie Ya laughed too, Wu Ling's feet pressing against his buttocks, enticing him to thrust harder.
As they enjoyed this supreme pleasure, a thought suddenly flashed through Xie Ya's mind.
"Sister, you said the womb is where you give birth..."
Xie Ya asked, "Then what if I want you to have a baby?"
"Bad brother, we've only been married for two days, and you already want me to have a baby?"
Wu Ling said reproachfully.
"Isn't the purpose of marriage for men and women to have children?"
Xie Ya pleaded, "Sister, tell me! How can I let you have a baby?"
"I won't tell you, it's too much trouble to carry such a big belly."
Wu Ling laughed, blinking her alluring eyes, "Unless..."
"Unless what?"
Xie Ya quickly pressed.
"Unless you make me happy."
Wu Ling replied.
"Happy? How so?"
Xie Ya asked curiously.
"Think about it yourself."
Wu Ling smiled sweetly.
"Okay, sister, you're teasing me."
Xie Ya laughed, his yang energy circulating within him, his mouth sucking on Wu Ling's tongue, his penis thrusting harder, making Wu Ling gasp repeatedly.
Not to be outdone, Wu Ling unleashed her Yin energy, channeling her seductive arts to make Xie Ya tremble with desire.
The two clung to each other, inseparable for even a second, whispering sweet nothings. Their already numerous orgasms intertwined, and in the blink of an eye, their wombs were filled with warm fluid, the Yin and Yang energies swirling endlessly.
"Brother… I want to hear you say you love me…"
Wu Ling murmured, her voice trembling amidst the gushing of her climax.
"I love you… Sister," Xie Ya 　　gasped, his
penis pressing against her core, ejaculating large amounts of semen. "I… love you so much." 　　Through repeated acts of Yin-Yang union, the energies within them grew richer and stronger, and their love and longing deepened. They felt that though they were different bodies, they were of one mind, two in body but one in spirit. Although only two days had passed since they met, Xie Ya and Wu Ling already considered each other their lifelong partners. 　　Chapter Six: Changxia City 　　The next day, Xie Ya and Wu Ling left the mountaintop settlement, buying a considerable amount of dry rations with fake gold ingots before departing. 　　"Hehe, I wonder what expressions those fools will have on their faces when the sun sets today," 　　Wu Ling said with a wicked grin as soon as she left the gate. 　　"They'll probably be furious, their glittering gold ingots turning to stone overnight," 　　Xie Ya laughed. 　　The two chatted and laughed as they descended the mountainside until the settlement disappeared into the lush forest. Only then did Wu Ling take Xie Ya and ascend again. 　　Wow! So much energy! One night of cultivation like that last night increased my cultivation by at least twenty years. If I told my mother this, she'd be green with envy! After a night of passionate lovemaking, although neither of them had slept for two consecutive days, they were both clear-headed, their inner energy surging, feeling light as a feather, their limbs full of vitality, and even their five senses sharper than usual. 　　Wu Ling's changes were particularly noticeable; her demonic power had increased dramatically overnight, like a carp leaping over the dragon gate. If she closed her eyes and judged solely by her aura, it was incomparable to what it had been two days prior. 　　While the Yin-Yang Harmony Technique could simultaneously enhance the inner energy of both men and women, its effect wasn't this miraculous. It must be because her brother's Yang energy was different from ordinary people that her demonic power had increased so rapidly overnight. Thinking of this, Wu Ling couldn't hide her smile, her lips curving upwards as she chuckled to herself. 　　"Sister, what are you laughing at?" 　　Xie Ya asked, his arm around Wu Ling's waist. 　　"It's nothing, I just felt so lucky that the Empress intervened and forced us to be a couple. Otherwise, if my brother were taken away by someone else in the future, I would definitely regret it," 　　Wu Ling said softly, her expression shy. 　　Xie Ya felt a warmth in his heart and lowered his head to kiss Wu Ling's neck. 　　"Hehe, it tickles! Brother, stop teasing me, we still have important business to attend to!" 　　Wu Ling said sweetly. 　　Following Jiuqianyuan's instructions, Wu Ling led Xie Ya and flew northwest. 　　After passing the small mountain where they had stayed the previous night, the scenery was no longer desolate, but the population was still sparse. They flew for quite a while without seeing a single village. 　　In the afternoon, the two finally found a small town surrounded by earthen walls. Because the town was crowded, Wu Ling was afraid that Xie Ya would not be able to stand the smell of people in the town, so she left him outside the town and went in alone to investigate. 　　About fifteen minutes later, Wu Ling quickly walked out of the city gate and returned to Xie Ya's side. 　　"The situation in Jingquan Kingdom is worse than I imagined." 　　Wu Ling pulled Xie Ya and walked in the opposite direction from the city gate, whispering, "I heard that as early as eighteen years ago, King Mingchi stopped interfering in politics. Since then, local warlords have carved out their own territories, fighting each other. Coupled with the decline of the earth's veins, half of the country has fallen into desolation." 　　"Hmm... Does anyone in the city know King Mingchi's whereabouts?"

Xie Ya asked, "How the people of Jingquan fight and how desolate the land is are all trivial matters to me. The only things that truly concern me are finding out the whereabouts of King Mingchi and Changxia City, and retrieving my mother's soul.
" "Nobody knows,"
Wu Ling said. "But some people say that ten miles north of here there's a stone mountain with a temple dedicated to the Red Drum Heavenly King, called Zhaori Temple. Long ago, the monks there had close ties with King Mingchi, so perhaps they know where King Mingchi is now."
"Oh! That's great! Let's hurry to that temple and see!"
Xie Ya's spirits lifted.
With that, the two flew north.
Just as dusk was falling, Xie Ya and Wu Ling found the Stone Mountain and the Zhao Ri Temple standing atop it. Unfortunately, it was long abandoned. The Zhao Ri Temple, bathed in the glow of the setting sun, was dilapidated. Apart from the main hall, the side halls had crumbled into dust, leaving only remnants of its former glory.
Xie Ya pushed open the heavy doors of the main hall of Zhao Ri Temple with a creak.
What came into their view was a dusty, cobweb-covered, gray hall, and several tall, moldy, and worm-eaten wooden statues on the altar.
The statue of the Red Drum Heavenly King, symbolizing the sun, was as tall as the roof beams, but its colors were mottled and its head was half cracked.
"Wow... now there's not even a ghost, let alone a person,"
Wu Ling said, covering her mouth and nose with her sleeve, reluctant to step into the dusty hall.
"As for ghosts, there seem to be two or three."
Xie Ya stepped across the threshold and into the main hall first. He immediately saw two skeletons dressed in cassocks lying in the ashes beside the altar.
"Brother, don't scare me."
Wu Ling frowned upon hearing this and quickly followed behind Xie Ya.
Xie Ya strode to the skeletons, slashed his right wrist with his left claw, and dripped blood onto the bones.
Wu Ling was startled at first, but when she saw two eerie flames rising from the skeletons, her face turned pale. She grabbed Xie Ya's clothes and hid behind him, too afraid to move.
"Who are you two? Why did you die here?"
Xie Ya demanded of the flames.
"Ah...we are the esoteric monks of Zhaori Temple."
The ghostly fire slowly transformed into two pale blue figures. One of them answered in a trembling voice, "Eighteen years ago, following the instructions of our master, Venerable Tianman, we studied the secret arts of Brahma's summoning. Little did we know that Venerable Tianman was a deceitful and immoral charlatan! He used the excuse that our faith was insufficient and our magical power was weak to cruelly kill us both in front of the altar!"
The speaking ghostly monk looked regretful and indignant, gritting his teeth.
"Hmph! That's utter nonsense. That fake charlatan was just afraid that we would expose his and King Mingchi's evil deeds to the world, so he wanted to kill us to silence us!"
the other ghostly monk said angrily.
"You know King Mingchi?"
Xie Ya's expression changed, and he said sharply, "Tell me where that beast is!"
Wu Ling, who was hiding behind Xie Ya, also poked her ear out from Xie Ya's shoulder, but she still dared not leave.
"We have long since perished, our bodies reduced to bones. How would we know where King Mingchi is?"
the monk-ghost replied. "And who are you, benefactor, and what grudge do you hold against King Mingchi? You summoned my soul from the underworld with such ease; you are clearly no ordinary person..."
"Mind your own business! King Mingchi killed my mother, and I will kill him to avenge her!"
Xie Ya shouted.
The two monk-ghosts looked surprised upon hearing this, then seemed to remember something, their expressions shifting to a mixture of shock and doubt.
"May I ask your age, benefactor?"
the monk-ghost asked. "Perhaps
you are seventeen or eighteen?" "What business is it of yours how old I am?"
Xie Ya retorted angrily. "Fine, if you don't know, then. Sister Ling, burn this temple down for me!"
"Wait a minute, benefactor!"
another monk-ghost hurriedly called out. "Is your mother's name perhaps Wang Yun?"
Xie Ya, who had already turned to leave, suddenly turned back upon hearing the monk-ghost's words.
"How do you know my mother's name?"
Xie Ya demanded angrily.
"Ah... what a tragedy. It seems that the evil magic of Tianman and Mingchi King has succeeded,"
the monk-ghost sighed.
"What does this mean? Can you explain it more clearly?"
Wu Ling, feeling greatly puzzled, peeked out from behind Xie Ya and asked.
"Female benefactor, the secret technique we practice, Brahma's Summoning, is a wondrous art that directly draws divine energy from the heavens to descend to the mortal realm,"
the monk-ghost replied. "According to ancient texts, if Brahma's Summoning is mastered, a mortal can gain a thousand years of cultivation overnight. If one is an enlightened monk, one can even be directly registered in the celestial register and receive divine status, standing on equal footing with the stars of the heavens. It can be described as a supreme secret technique."
"What does that have to do with my mother?"
Xie Ya roared. Wu Ling quickly embraced him, calming his out-of-control emotions.
"You two continue!"
Wu Ling called out.
"However, this false sorcerer, Tianman, arbitrarily modified the secret method of Brahma's summoning. He not only sought to draw upon the divine energy of the heavens, but also targeted even the four celestial constellations. He exploited King Mingchi's grief and inability to discern right from wrong, claiming he could forcibly summon a celestial demon star to the mortal realm and merge King Mingchi's soul with the demon star's spirit, granting King Mingchi the power to reverse life and death and allowing his wife to be reborn from the underworld."
"King Mingchi, believing his lies, lent the spirit cave of the Yellow Springs to Tianman, even sacrificing his own daughter to ensure the success of this evil magic."
"And King Mingchi's daughter, Princess Xiuming Wangyun, is the benefactor's birth mother!"
The monks and ghosts exclaimed in unison, "From this, it is clear that the evil magic has succeeded, and Tianman has triumphed."
"My mother... is King Mingchi's daughter?"
Xie Ya roared in fury. "That beast King Mingchi actually killed his own daughter?"
His roar shook the heavens, and the beams and pillars of the hall creaked.
"If that Brahma's summoning or something succeeded, then King Mingchi is now..."
Wu Ling asked, though worried about Xie Ya.
"He's probably become a demon star on earth, a demon king among mortals."
The monks looked dejected. "No one can do anything about him."
"...Do you know where Changxia City is?"
Wu Ling pondered for a while before asking again.
"To suppress the demon star's primordial spirit, Tianman's evil magic must have exhausted the earth's spiritual energy, so Changxia City should already be sunk underground, traveling underground with the Yellow Springs Cave."
The monks replied.
"I see, I understand."
Wu Ling nodded. "One more question. Do you know who that summoned demon star is?"
"We only know it's one of the constellations of the Western Celestial Realm, but we don't know which one."
"Hmm..."
Wu Ling grasped Xie Ya's hand. "Brother, calm down. I roughly know how to find King Mingchi."
"Really?"
Xie Ya was still furious, wishing he could break King Mingchi's neck right now.
"Really!"
Wu Ling nodded. "Since the depletion of the earth's veins was due to the practice of evil magic, then at the beginning of the evil magic, there must have been some kind of celestial anomaly. Someone must remember such an event. Perhaps there are clues at the location where the anomaly occurred that can guide us to the vanished Changxia City."
"Hmm..."
Xie Ya nodded, his anger burning and unable to calm down.
"Brother, let's leave here first and go outside for some fresh air,"
Wu Ling said softly, taking Xie Ya's hand and leading him outside.
"Wait, before we leave, Wuling, burn this temple down for me!"
Xie Ya said. "That bald monk Tianman conspired with King Mingchi to kill my mother! I will never forgive him!"
Wuling sighed. After the two walked out of the main hall, she turned around, pressed her fingertip to her lips, and released a burst of demonic power. A blazing purple light shot out from her lips, and the old building materials of Zhaori Temple were on the verge of exploding. In the blink of an eye, the entire temple was engulfed in flames.
Watching Zhaori Temple collapse in the raging fire, Xie Ya roared to the sky, vowing to tear King Mingchi and Tianman to pieces. In the rising smoke, the mournful chanting of the monks could be faintly heard.
The two rushed back to the small town overnight. Wuling knocked out the guards on the city wall, flew into the town to investigate again, and returned to Xie Ya's side in less than a quarter of an hour.
"I found out right away. There was a huge earthquake eighteen years ago that almost collapsed the city walls, so many people still remember it,"
Wu Ling said. "Three miles south of here, there's a waterfall, which is said to have been formed by the collapse of the riverbed back then. Let's go check it out first."
The two continued south under the cover of night. The three-mile journey wasn't far, and they arrived at the waterfall mentioned by the city's residents in just a quarter of an hour.
The stream, reflecting the starlight and moonlight, resembled a shimmering azure ribbon, winding slowly across the plain. At the end of the ribbon, the ground dipped down, and the stream plunged down, creating a misty spray. The "splashing" sound of the water was particularly loud at midnight.
Xie Ya stood on the riverbank, looking down, and saw a small, white waterfall, only about seven or eight zhang high, rushing down with a "splashing" sound. The waterfall's base wasn't deep, but rather piled high with rocks the size of oxcarts. The stream crashed against them, shattering into countless sprays. The riverbed below was also a long stretch of pebbles, flowing down several dozen feet before the water, separated by the rocks, regrouped.
Wu Ling and Xie Ya leaped from the top of the waterfall, landing on a large rock.
"Sister Wu Ling, have you noticed anything unusual?"
Xie Ya asked anxiously.
"Don't rush, let me see first,"
Wu Ling said, crouching down and placing her palm on the rock, slowly spreading her demonic energy.
After a while, Wu Ling sensed an unusual chill emanating from beneath the pile of rocks at the base of the waterfall.
"That pile of rocks is a bit strange; it seems like something's hidden underneath,"
Wu Ling said, pointing to the massive rock pile shrouded in mist directly below the waterfall.
"Okay!"
Xie Ya nodded, leaping to the rock pile in a flash.
With a roar, he swung his claws, sparks flew, stone chips flew, and the clang of metal on metal filled the air. In the blink of an eye, he had cleaved a large rock into four pieces.
The thought that his mother's biological father was the one who killed her filled Xie Ya with rage. He vented his fury on the pile of rocks before him, hacking and slashing with his steel claws as if cutting tofu. After a quarter of an hour, he had shattered more than half of the boulder.
"Alright! Take a break!"
Wu Ling called out, stopping Xie Ya once he had vented his anger. "What we're looking for has come out. Brother, you should rest!"
"What?"
Xie Ya was covered in sweat. Only after Wu Ling's reminder did he notice a small crack appear beneath the rock wall that had been blocked by the boulder pile, barely wide enough for one person to pass sideways.
A chill emanated from it; even Xie Ya could sense that this narrow passage led to some ominous place.
"Is this it?"
Xie Ya retracted his claws. "Is that King Mingchi hiding inside?"
"We didn't know!"
Wu Ling said, flying to Xie Ya's side and landing. With a flick of her hand, a cool breeze swept away the sweat on his body. "But, brother, before we go in, I asked you, do you remember Her Majesty's instructions?"
"Of course I remember, aren't we looking for King Mingchi according to her instructions?"
Xie Ya asked curiously.
"That's true, but I asked about another instruction."
Wu Ling sighed. "Before leaving, didn't Her Majesty say that if we found Changxia City, we must not rush in on our own, but report back to Her Majesty first? Do you remember that?"
"This... I think there is such an instruction..."
Only after Wu Ling's reminder did Xie Ya suddenly remember that Jiuqianyuan had indeed given them such instructions.
"So, brother, if we really find Changxia City inside, please don't rush in!"
Wu Ling frowned. "If what those two monk ghosts said is true, and King Mingchi really did summon the celestial demon star to the mortal realm, then he's definitely not someone the two of us can handle. The best course of action is to ask Your Highness to intervene."
"Hmm... alright..."
Xie Ya nodded reluctantly, feeling extremely annoyed that he couldn't personally kill King Mingchi.
After saying that, Wu Ling deliberately moved the waterfall about three feet to the right and stepped into the narrow cave first, with Xie Ya following behind.
The unusual chill made both of them shiver the moment they stepped into the narrow cave.
"Sister Ling, why is it so cold in here?"
Xie Ya asked in the darkness.
"I've heard that the underworld is perpetually freezing cold, like winter all year round. If I'm not mistaken, this is probably the ghostly energy overflowing from the Yellow Springs Cave,"
Wu Ling said. "Be careful, brother, the ground is uneven."
"It's so dark, I can't see anything."
"Then I'll get the lamp out. You stay there and don't move,"
Wu Ling said. A rustling sound came from the darkness, as if she were untying her luggage.
After a while, five or six white orbs of light flew out from Wu Ling's chest, drifting slowly in the darkness, illuminating her silver-white hair and pointed ears brilliantly.
"This is…"
Xie Ya recalled seeing the same light in Wu Ling's tent and couldn't help but ask.
"These are the Snow Butterflies I keep in the tent. They're very obedient and won't leave my side."
Wu Ling tied up the luggage and tossed it back to Xie Ya. "Alright, it's your turn to carry it. If there are any more stones to break, give it back to me."
Xie Ya couldn't help but smile wryly as he hoisted the luggage onto his shoulder.
The cold light emitted by the Snow Butterflies only extended to a radius of about five feet, so the two could only see a few steps ahead.
Along the narrow cave, the two staggered down. The stone walls on both sides were smooth and damp. Although their shapes were twisted, their lines were very even, as if they had been eroded by groundwater over the years.
After walking for about a mile, the narrow cave suddenly widened, connecting to a huge hollow. The top of the huge hollow was at least ten feet above the ground, and the surrounding stone walls emitted a pale green light, making the cave eerily dark.
"Why is this wall glowing?"
Wu Ling asked in surprise, wiping her hand on the nearby rock face. Her fingertips also emitted a faint glow.
"...This is Ghost Moss!"
Wu Ling exclaimed after a moment's thought, "I've heard the Empress mention before that there's a kind of glowing moss near the Yellow Springs Cave. This must be it!"
"Then...are we very close to the Yellow Springs Cave?"
Xie Ya asked hurriedly.
"Not necessarily. It's possible that the Yellow Springs Cave just passed through here when it moved, but as long as we follow the Ghost Moss, we'll definitely find the Yellow Springs Cave,"
Wu Ling replied.
"In any case, since this place is so spacious, we don't need to walk slowly,"
Wu Ling added, putting the Snow Butterfly back into her luggage and flying directly into the gloomy underground cavern with Xie Ya.
At the other end of the cavern were three similar narrow passages, but only one of them had Ghost Moss growing on it. The two of them then flew into it along the Ghost Moss.
At the other end of the narrow passage was another large cavern, followed by several more narrow passages, and then another large cavern, and so on, the two of them wandering and twisting through the sunless underground until they lost all sense of where they were.
Finally, Wu Ling and Xie Ya entered a narrow passage where ghost moss grew particularly luxuriantly.
"Hmm? What's that ahead..."
Wu Ling, who was walking in front, exclaimed in surprise.
The eerie green light of the ghost moss turned into a pale blue-white at the end of the narrow passage, and through the narrow view at the entrance, a corner of a black roof could be seen sticking up.
"It's Changxia City!"
Xie Ya shouted upon seeing this, picked up Wu Ling in front of him, and without thinking, ran wildly through the narrow passage that could only accommodate one person at a time.
"Wow! Brother, be careful!"
Wu Ling shouted hurriedly.
"Don't worry, Changxia City is right in front of us, that bastard Mingchi King, I'm going to kill him with my own hands today..."
Xie Ya was extremely excited, shouting as he rushed forward.
"Thump!"
But just at the exit of the narrow cave, he bumped into a colorless, invisible, transparent object, and was bounced back, falling to the ground with Wu Ling.
"Ouch!"
Wu Ling cried out, landing on top of Xie Ya.
"Ah! Sister, are you alright?"
Xie Ya quickly pushed Wu Ling up.
"Honestly, I told you to be careful and you never listen!"
Wu Ling scolded, "It's a good thing you were underneath me, otherwise if you had hurt me, I'd have dealt with you!"
"Yes, yes, I'll always be underneath you from now on, sister."
Xie Ya laughed.
"Hmph, stop being so glib."
Wu Ling spat, squinting her eyes and turning to look at the exit of the narrow cave, from which only a corner of the eaves could be seen.
"What was that that blocked us just now?"
"Probably a barrier..."
Wu Ling pondered for a while, "Those two monk ghosts indicate that King Mingchi's evil magic is complete, but it doesn't seem so."
"The evil magic must have failed for some reason, otherwise, if he really introduced the Heavenly Demon Star, there would be no need for him to use a barrier to lock himself inside."
Wu Ling said.
"Sister Ling, how can we break through this barrier?"
Xie Ya tried to stab it with his claws, but the transparent thing was just a force, and was inherently invisible, so naturally no sharp weapon could cut through it.
"What's the point of breaking through? Our work is finished. Next, we just need to report to the Empress and ask her to deal with King Mingchi."
Wu Ling sighed, "Have you forgotten everything I just told you?"
"Hmm..."
Xie Ya looked troubled. Although he knew Wu Ling was right, his mother's killer was right in front of him, and he was unwilling to give up now.
"Brother, please be quiet for a moment, let me concentrate on speaking to Her Majesty,"
Wu Ling said, closing her eyes and focusing her demonic power.
"Her Majesty... Her Majesty... This humble one is Wu Ling... We've found Changxia City..."
Wu Ling chanted intently.
It was beyond Wu Ling's limited abilities to transmit her words to someone else's ears, but if the recipient was her direct ancestor, and the powerful demon Jiuqianyuan, then it was a different story. Given Jiuqianyuan's vast supernatural powers, no matter where Wu Ling's message was in the mortal realm, it wouldn't escape her ears.
After a while, Jiuqianyuan's voice indeed pierced through the thick rock and reached their ears.
"Wuling, you've really found Changxia City?"
Jiuqianyuan's voice was as enchanting as ever.
"Yes, Her Majesty,"
Wu Ling replied respectfully.
"I never imagined Changxia City would be hiding in such a place... No wonder I couldn't find it anywhere on the ground..."
Jiuqianyuan laughed. "But speaking of which, it hasn't even been three days yet, you guys are really quick."
"Thank you for the compliment, Your Highness."
Wuling smiled smugly.
"Your demonic power has also improved quite a bit... You little rascal, you usually act all dignified like a lady from a noble family, but when it comes to eating, you're not much slower than your mother. I guess you've been holding back for too long."
Jiuqianyuan changed the subject and started teasing Wuling.
"Mother... Your Highness!"
Wuling said awkwardly.
"Xieya, what do you think of your bride?"
Jiuqianyuan asked with a smile.
"Your Highness, please don't bully me! Xieya's mother's soul might still be in Changxia City, please hurry up and leave!"
Wuling tried to change the subject.
"...That's true, we can ask about your matter later."
Kyuugen's voice turned serious. "I will arrive in an hour. You must not make any rash moves."
After saying that, Kyuugen's aura disappeared.
"Alright, now we just need to wait obediently."
Wuling repeatedly reminded him, "Her Majesty also said not to make any rash moves." Xie Ya sighed helplessly, but since he couldn't break through the barrier outside the narrow cave, he could only watch helplessly as the dark eaves appeared.
After a while, a blue shadow, resembling a human figure, swept past the eaves.
"Whoa!"
Wu Ling exclaimed, huddling close to Xie Ya in fright. "What... what just flew by?"
"It must have been a ghost, judging from its color..."
Xie Ya chuckled. "You can fly and breathe fire, why are you afraid of ghosts?"
"Of course I'm afraid! It's terrifying that something that's already dead can still run around and talk!"
Wu Ling said awkwardly. "Brother, since there's nothing for us here, let's go back up!"
Just as the two turned to leave, Xie Ya heard a voice he knew all too well, coming from the other side of the barrier.
"Go... Xie Ya... don't stay here..."
The voice was faint and weak; if it weren't for the complete silence, Xie Ya might not have heard it at all.
"...Mother!"
Xie Ya was shocked and rushed to the barrier, pounding on the invisible obstacle with both hands.
A ghostly blue figure floated on the other side of the barrier, seemingly adrift. She wore a white robe over a transparent body, her long, thin hair cascading to her waist. Her expression was sorrowful, tears streaming from her eyes.
"Go back!"
Wang Yun's spirit screamed desperately, but her voice was barely louder than a child's babbling. "The farther away from here, the better!"
"Mother!"
Xie Ya didn't hear a word his mother said. He only knew he had to cross this invisible barrier immediately to save Wang Yun on the other side.
"She's Wang Yun?"
Wu Ling exclaimed in shock, looking at Wang Yun's spirit, then at Xie Ya. The two did indeed resemble each other somewhat.
Xie Ya was both anxious and furious, desperate to cross the barrier, but despite his furious pounding and slashing, it remained unmoved, merely repelling his claws.
Damn it, with my strength alone, I can't possibly get through this rotten thing! Xie Ya was furious, but a sudden thought flashed through his mind. He remembered something far more powerful than himself, lying in Wu Ling's bundle.
"Brother! What are you trying to do?"
Seeing Xie Ya suddenly untie the bundle, Wu Ling exclaimed in surprise, "You're not planning to use the White Tiger's Fang..."
As she spoke, Xie Ya had already found the brocade pouch and directly used his sharp claws to tear open the rope binding it.
"You two little bastards! Finally let me out for some fresh air? If you have the guts, let me out and see how I discipline you two scoundrels!"
Although it was just loosening the brocade pouch, the roar of the White Tiger's Fang pierced Xie Ya's mind like thunder.
"No... Go! Go!"
On the other side of the barrier, Wang Yunshi cried out in grief, his voice hoarse.
But Xie Ya's ears were filled only with the deafening roar of White Tiger Shattered Fang; he couldn't hear Wang Yun's voice or Wu Ling's anxious cries.
Xie Ya gripped the brocade pouch and forcefully pressed White Tiger Shattered Fang against the barrier.
"Whoa! This evil energy… so it's this!"
White Tiger Shattered Fang laughed loudly. "Not bad, not bad! You brat, you actually found this stubborn beast for me! Well done! I won't hold it against you for locking me in this bag for two days, hahahaha!" A
blinding white light, like the sun's rays, instantly burst forth from the brocade pouch, turning Xie Ya and Wu Ling's vision a blinding white.
White Tiger Shattered Fang's divine energy broke through the barrier, rushing wildly along the narrow passage to both ends, instantly filling every corner of the earth cave.
The earth shook, emitting a terrifying, mournful howl, as if even heaven and earth were about to collapse.
"Splash, splash."
Gravel and sand kept falling on Xie Ya's head, and the cave ceiling was about to collapse!
"Brother, run forward!"
Wu Ling shouted from behind.
Xie Ya didn't have time to think. Even with his eyes half-closed, he gritted his teeth and ran straight ahead.
"Mother, your son is here to save you!"
Xie Ya shouted, leaping forward with all his might.
But he didn't hear Wang Yun's response.
His feet lost their footing, and there was nothing behind the barrier. There was no way out of the narrow cave.
Xie Ya was shocked and fell downwards with a "plop" into the freezing water.
"Splash!"
Xie Ya spun around in the water and then poked his head out of the water again.
"Ha...ha..."
Xie Ya barely opened his eyes, clutching the brocade pouch tightly in his hand. The aura of the White Tiger's Broken Fang made his eyes feel hot and painful, and tears rolled down his cheeks uncontrollably.
"Brother, where are you?"
Wu Ling's voice came from above. Unlike Xie Ya, Wu Ling could fly, so she didn't fall into the water.
"I'm here, I'm alright!"
Xie Ya shouted, trying to find Wu Ling's figure while waving his arms.
A blurry white figure approached, and Wu Ling grasped Xie Ya's hand.
"Really, even though Her Majesty gave such instructions, you just wouldn't..."
Wu Ling said, but her voice froze halfway through, "Just... just... wouldn't..."
Xie Ya blinked hard, squeezing out the tears in his eyes, and finally saw Wu Ling's appearance clearly.
She was pale, and her pair of silver eyes were staring straight down at him.
Xie Ya couldn't help but feel very strange, and he also looked down into the water.
It turned out that there was an icy blue lake below, the water almost colder than ice, but it didn't freeze.
The lakebed was uneven, with countless pale white figures standing or lying on it, tossed about by the current. The entire lake was filled with ghosts and phantoms.
"Ah...ah..."
Wu Ling's lips trembled, seemingly terrified. She floated there, stunned. "Hmm? Is something blocking the Yellow Springs Cave? Why has the River of Death risen to the mortal realm?"
The white tiger, Shattered Fang, in her hand said, "Boy, stop standing there! Get ashore! Do you want to be dragged down with the water ghosts?"
The ghosts at the bottom of the lake seemed to have spotted Xie Ya. A large mass of pale white figures floated towards Xie Ya, stretching out their arms, seemingly wanting to grab him and make him one of their own.
"Wu Ling!"
Xie Ya shouted, "Pull me up!"
This shout finally snapped Wu Ling out of her daze. Grabbing Xie Ya's hand, she was suddenly propelled upwards.
"I want to go back!"
Wu Ling cried out in terror, "I don't want to stay in this hellhole!"
"Don't be afraid, Wu Ling, those ghosts won't swim to the surface,"
Xie Ya shouted.
Wu Ling looked down and saw the azure ice lake now covered with translucent white ghostly hands, scaring her half to death. She quickened her pace, flying straight towards the narrow passage they had been in.
However, due to the impact of Baihu Suiya's divine energy, the narrow passage they had been in was now buried under pebbles, making it impassable.
"Wrong, wrong, not that way!"
Baihu Suiya laughed, "You're going the wrong way! The beast lives on the other side!"
Seeing there was no way back, Wu Ling's face fell, tears welling in her eyes.
"Wuling, don't be afraid, I'm here with you!"
Xie Ya quickly comforted her softly, "As long as I'm here, no one... no ghost can hurt you!"
Xie Ya's voice seemed to reassure Wuling a little. She calmed herself down and cursed, "How dare you say that! If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have flown into this place full of dead ghosts!"
"Honestly, this is infuriating!"
Wuling hovered slowly in the air, fuming. "Since things have come to this, let's just go and kill King Mingchi!"
"Well said, that's my good sister."
Xie Ya was overjoyed and laughed.
"Hmph, you never listen to me, don't call me good sister!"
Wuling retorted.
"How long are you two going to dawdle? That beast is in that city, hurry up! I'm going to make my move!" Baihu
Suiya roared impatiently like thunder.
"Shut up! It's just a rock that fell from the sky, stop yelling!"
Wu Ling snapped angrily.
"What! You little brat, don't think you can be so disrespectful just because you're a brat from the Nine Thousand Courtyard! I am the mighty guardian beast of heaven, the White Tiger Heavenly Venerable's... Fang Fang! I am a god from heaven!"
White Tiger Broken Fang roared back in anger.
While listening to Wu Ling and White Tiger Broken Fang bickering, Xie Ya looked around.
On the other side of the frozen lake stood a tall city. Excluding the thick stone base that was sunken into the lake, the city was five stories high. The roof tiles and eaves were all black. Although many parts had decayed and peeled away, and many windows and doors were open, the city still maintained its overall integrity.
That must be Changxia City. Mother's soul... and King Mingchi, are both in that city! "Wu Ling, Changxia City is over there, let's go quickly!"
Xie Ya shouted.

Episode 2

Synopsis:

Xie Ya, ignoring Jiu Qian Yuan's warning, went to seek revenge with Wu Ling, but allowed evil energy to enter his body. In a moment of crisis, he swallowed a White Tiger's broken tooth...
Jiu Qian Yuan sent Xie Ya and Wu Ling to the Golden Pavilion Immortal Palace to treat the Immortal Emperor, but the Immortal Emperor's mother, Empress Shuang Yue, intended to offer herself to Xie Ya and even cast a spell on Wu Ling...
Xie Ya, Wu Ling, and the Immortal Emperor and his mother indulged in pleasure day and night. Xie Ya completely forgot Jiu Qian Yuan's instructions. Finally, Jiu Qian Yuan's appearance revealed that everything was caused by the evil energy remaining in Xie Ya's body...

Chapter 1: Revenge

Since the main gate and courtyard of Changxia City had been submerged in the lake, the two landed directly on the roof of the second floor.
"Finally... I've finally found it..."
Xie Ya said in a trembling voice. The water of the icy lake seemed different from ordinary water; its chill penetrated to the bone and lingered.
Although Wu Ling had used her demonic power to force out the moisture from Xie Ya's clothes, she couldn't expel the chill from his body.
"Brother, aren't you going to rest for a while?"
Wu Ling asked worriedly.
"No, otherwise, when Jiu Qian Yuan arrives later, I won't be able to take revenge myself."
Xie Ya shook his head and took the lead.
Xie Ya casually pulled, and the already broken wooden window sill collapsed with a crash. The two then passed through the window sill and entered Changxia City.
Behind the window stood a wooden screen five feet wide, behind which was a dark corridor.
"The beast is on the fifth floor, probably in the highest attic,"
Bai Hu Sui Ya said.
The two walked along the corridor and soon entered a large hall. The doors and windows in the hall were all broken, and due to long-term erosion by moisture, thick mold grew everywhere.
The long corridor wound around the hall, turned a corner, and split into three paths: one leading outwards, one inwards, and the third connecting to the stairs leading to the third floor.
Xie Ya climbed the stairs without hesitation, with Wu Ling following behind.
Upon reaching the third floor, neither of them stopped.
Although the scenery within the city hadn't changed significantly, a nauseatingly eerie atmosphere enveloped the third floor of Changxia City. Even the air seemed to have decayed; with each step forward, Wu Ling and Xie Ya felt a chill run down their spines, as if countless invisible spiders and caterpillars were crawling on their bodies.
"What's going on here?"
Wu Ling timidly grabbed Xie Ya's hem. "It feels so awful, I can barely breathe..."
"You don't even know something this small? You're supposed to be the granddaughter of Jiuqianyuan."
Baihu Suiya sneered. "This is... the miasma released by that beast. It's alright here, but it gets thicker as you go up."
"What are you laughing at? If you're really a god, clean this place up for me to see!"
Wu Ling retorted.
"Hmph, I only care about exorcising demons and monsters. If you two brats can get me to the top floor, I'll kill that beast myself, and the miasma will naturally disappear." "
I'm the one who wants to kill Mingchi King,"
Xie Ya said.
"Hmph, only I can kill that beast. Do you think a half-human, half-demon brat like you can stand against a celestial demon?"
White Tiger Shattered Fang sneered. "Besides, if you really fight that beast, that's exactly what he wants. He'd love for you to kill him."
"What do you mean by that?"
Xie Ya asked, increasingly puzzled.
"Ha, just as I expected, you brat really don't even know how you were born. Listen carefully... you're actually that beast's..."
"Crack!"
"Aaaah!"
Wu Ling suddenly screamed, and Xie Ya quickly turned his head away.
A long, thin, jet-black arm pierced through the third-floor ceiling, wrapping around Wu Ling's waist. A black mist seeped from the arm; Wu Ling inhaled it and immediately fainted. The arm gripping Wu Ling swiftly pulled upwards, so fast Xie Ya couldn't react, vanishing in the blink of an eye.
"Damn it, give Wu Ling back!"
Xie Ya roared, leaping towards the hole where the arm had disappeared, crashing through the ceiling and soaring to the fourth floor.
Upon reaching the fourth floor, the foul air thickened even more. Xie Ya felt like he'd fallen into a tiger's stomach; if he didn't move quickly, he'd be melted alive by the miasma.
Holding his breath, Xie Ya concentrated his strength, and with a powerful push of his legs, a series of cracking sounds filled his ears as he shot through the fourth and fifth floors like an arrow, leaping out of Changxia City.
With a somersault, Xie Ya landed on the eaves of a rooftop in Changxia City. Before him stood a small pavilion, its high ceiling, a large, hollow rock face emitting a faint, eerie blue glow.
Upon closer inspection, the hollow rock face was riddled with unnatural cracks of varying sizes.
Xie Ya suddenly coughed, and the surrounding miasma intensified. He felt as if he had fallen into a pot of boiling soup, his vision distorted and blurred by the rising miasma.
A large, round window at the top of the pavilion emitted a continuous stream of miasma. "
King Mingchi must be in there…" Xie Ya exhaled the pent-up rage, urging his dazed body towards the pavilion. With a
leap, Xie Ya entered the pavilion, but the instant he landed, his legs suddenly gave way, and he collapsed to the ground.
After rolling twice on the ground, Xie Ya finally managed to stand up, feeling as heavy as lead, as if all his strength had vanished.
Looking around carefully, he saw an octagonal platform beneath his feet, seemingly some kind of altar.
A thin, eerie blue light streamed through the large round windows into the pavilion, illuminating only the center of the octagonal platform; beyond that, it was shrouded in darkness. A rustling sound filled the air, as if something was stirring in the darkness.
"King Mingchi!"
Xie Ya shouted, but his voice was weak and feeble. "Come out here! If you dare harm a single hair on Wu Ling's head, I'll make sure you suffer a terrible death!"
"Oh…you're Xie Ya…even more lively and adorable than I imagined…hehehe…"
a hoarse voice said.
Xie Ya stared intently, and from the darkness beyond the reach of light, a figure limped out.
"You…you're King Mingchi?"
Xie Ya was shocked to see the person.
The man wore a faded, dark purple robe, his hands and feet reduced to bones, his face a mangled mess, cheeks and nose gone, yellowish-brown eyeballs rolling in their empty sockets, hair and scalp falling out with every step—he looked like a half-decomposed living dead.
Judging by that, King Mingchi should have been dead long ago, so how could he still walk and talk? Hmph, it doesn't matter. As long as he's torn to pieces, even if this corpse demon is incredibly powerful, he'll be helpless! "Where's Wuling? Give her back to me!"
Xie Ya roared, his anger fueling his nimble movements.
"Want that she-fox?"
King Mingchi's jaw, stained with rotting flesh, chuckled dryly. "I can give it back to you, but in exchange for your body."
"Don't be a fool! Who wants my body!"
Xie Ya roared in fury, waving his claws and charging at King Mingchi. "Give me your life!"
"No!"
Just as Xie Ya's claws were about to sever King Mingchi in two, the ghost of Wang Yun suddenly appeared before him.
Faced with his mother's spirit, Xie Ya had no choice but to stop abruptly.
"Mother, get out of the way!"
Xie Ya shouted, "Let me kill him and avenge you!"
"Xie Ya, you can't kill him!"
Wang Yun sighed, "Killing him would be falling into his trap!"
"That talkative woman, even in death she's blocking my passage!"
King Mingchi roared, waving his skeletal right hand, sending up a foul-smelling wind that blew Wang Yun's ghostly spirit away.
"Mother!"
Xie Ya roared in fury, glaring fiercely at King Mingchi, his body radiating an astonishing killing intent.
"What's wrong? Hurry up and do it!"
King Mingchi said. His facial muscles had long since rotted away, and only his tone revealed a laugh. "You don't want that she-fox anymore?"
"Hmph, I won't fall for your tricks."
Xie Ya suppressed his anger. "Since Mother said she couldn't kill you, there must be a reason."
"Oh? So you don't care about the she-fox's life or death?"
King Mingchi sneered. A pair of long, slender, black arms emerged from the shadows behind him. The unconscious Wu Ling was held by those large hands and swung around King Mingchi.
"Wu Ling!"
Xie Ya roared, "Let her go!"
"To save her, you must kill me!"
King Mingchi laughed, his jaws, now just bones, clicking.
"Fine, you want to die? I'll give you a quick death!"
Xie Ya flipped the brocade pouch in his hand and gave it a gentle shake.
The white tiger's shattered teeth fell down.
The powerful divine energy surged outwards the moment the White Tiger's Fang touched the ground.
The attic creaked and groaned, walls cracked, and beams shook.
"Aaaaaah!"
King Mingchi covered his skeletal face and screamed in agony, "This... isn't this the White Tiger's Fang? How could it appear in the mortal realm?"
Under the influence of the divine energy, the attic was filled with blinding white light. Xie Ya then saw that ten monsters lurked in the darkness of the attic. They were pitch black, with heads and bodies like humans, but their limbs were ten times longer. They coiled on the walls like headless spiders with legs. The
monster holding Wu Ling released its grip and rolled away in agony.
Xie Ya gritted his teeth and, under the intense impact of the divine energy, walked step by step towards Wu Ling. King Mingchi and his monsters were all suffering greatly from the divine energy of the White Tiger's Fang.
"Mist... Mist!"
Xie Ya cried out.
"Tenman! Tenman!"
King Mingchi roared in exasperation, "Stop that rotten tooth! Bring Xie Ya's body to me!"
At his command, the ten monsters swung their extremely long and narrow limbs and split into two groups. One group rushed towards White Tiger Shattered Tooth, and the other rushed towards Xie Ya, completely disregarding the fact that their own flesh and bones were being turned into sand by divine energy.
The monsters charging towards White Tiger Shattered Fang were quickly blown into a cloud of sand by the divine energy and disappeared in the blazing light, but the monsters attacking Xie Ya successfully pinned him to the ground.
"Get out of the way!"
Xie Ya roared, his right claw stabbing towards the forehead of one of the monsters. Weakened by the divine energy, the monsters were easily sliced in two by Xie Ya's claws, offering almost no resistance.
A nauseating heat, like a plague, traveled from the monster's head to Xie Ya's body through his claws.
But Xie Ya paid no heed, his claws flashing, instantly cutting the remaining monsters into a pile of mangled flesh.
Not a drop of blood was shed; their long, narrow, black limbs turned into sand in the blazing light.
Only King Mingchi remained in the pavilion, struggling amidst the light of White Tiger Shattered Fang.
"Hahaha...hahaha...I have succeeded...the Brahma summoning technique is complete..."
King Mingchi, whose hands and feet had already weathered away, seemed to have lost his last shred of reason, shouting in a hoarse voice, "I will soon be able to reverse life and death...save my wife from..."
But before King Mingchi could finish speaking, his skull, along with the rest of his body, turned to ashes, instantly blown away, leaving only his faded robe rolling on the ground.
The divine aura of the White Tiger's Shattered Fangs subsided, and the miasma in the pavilion was gone.
"Wuling!"
Xie Ya rushed to Wuling's side and picked up the unconscious woman.
Wuling's face was bluish, and beneath her skin, many black lines rippled, making Xie Ya's hair stand on end.
"Stone!"
Xie Ya, carrying Wu Ling, rushed to Bai Hu Sui Ya's side. "What happened to Wu Ling? Save her!"
"You still have the mood to worry about others? Think about yourself. You're going to die soon."
Bai Hu Sui Ya sneered. "You just killed five monsters. Half of that beast's flesh has already entered your body. If nothing unexpected happens, I'll be dealing with you soon."
Xie Ya couldn't understand for a moment. He had no idea what Bai Hu Sui Ya was talking about. He just stared in astonishment at the stone that was shining on the altar.
"The beast is the primordial spirit of a celestial demon star. An ordinary person's body simply cannot contain it. So when the beast descended to the mortal realm, it split itself into more than a dozen parts, placing them in the bodies of ten sorcerers performing the summoning technique, King Mingchi... and you and your mother."
White Tiger Broken Fang continued, "Among these dozen or so people, only one person can ultimately absorb all the fragments of the demon star's primordial spirit into his body and reunite them into one. That person is you, you idiot!"
"What... why?"
Xie Ya was shocked, not expecting that not only King Mingchi, but also himself and his mother were affected by that demon star.
"Hmph, is that even a question? It's because that beast is your biological father, and the blood flowing in your veins is the blood of the Demon Star. For the past ten years or so, the reason that beast has been so well-behaved underground is probably to wait for you, the perfect vessel, to grow into adulthood."
White Tiger Shattered Teeth said, "The time is almost up. I said your stomach should start to hurt by now, right?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xie Ya indeed felt a sharp pain in his abdomen, and his whole body became hot and feverish. The feeling was as if he had contracted some incurable disease and was on the verge of death.
"What about Wu Ling... what happened to her?"
Realizing that his life was not long, Xie Ya asked, covered in cold sweat.
"The beast's evil energy has seeped into the little fox's body, but because your body is the best vessel for that beast in the world, the evil energy prefers you. So, if you're willing, it can introduce the evil energy into your body through any orifice on her body,"
said White Tiger Shattered Teeth. "That way, it'll be easier for me to do my job. Killing one is always faster than killing two."
Without thinking, Xie Ya cupped Wu Ling's face and kissed her lips.
A toxic, hot aura indeed flowed from Wu Ling's body into Xie Ya's abdomen. Xie Ya only released her after confirming that there was no more evil energy in her body.
"I... how much longer can I live?"
Xie Ya collapsed onto the altar with a thud, his limbs completely immobilized by the evil energy of the demon star.
"That's a tough question for me. Who knows what's going on inside your stomach?"
White Tiger Shattered Fang replied. "But don't worry, considering the friendship we've built along the way, I'll wait until that beast has completely devoured your soul before sending you to your death."
"Hmph... I can't wait..."
Evil Ya trembled, feeling his consciousness as ephemeral as a reflection on water, ready to vanish into ripples at any moment.
Unable to move his limbs, Evil Ya crawled on the ground like a caterpillar, constantly approaching White Tiger Shattered Fang.
"Hmm? Kid, what do you want to do?"
White Tiger Shattered Fang asked curiously.
"I... even if I'm going to die... I want to watch that beast die with me..."
Evil Ya said with his last strength.
"Wow! You bastard! Your mouth is open so wide, you don't mean to...?"
White Tiger Shattered Fang exclaimed in surprise.
Evil Ya opened his mouth and took White Tiger Shattered Fang into it. The powerful divine energy shattered his upper and lower jaws in an instant, and blood gushed out.
"Stop...shut up!"
White Tiger Fang was both shocked and furious. "I am the White Tiger Celestial Venerable's...front tooth! How dare you, you half-human, half-demon bastard, bite me with your mouth!"
Without saying a word, Xie Ya swallowed White Tiger Fang along with a mouthful of blood and bone fragments. Strangely enough, the White Tiger Fang, which was originally the size of a palm, gradually shrank as it went down Xie Ya's throat, rolling down his stomach with a "glug glug."
"Thump!"
Xie Ya felt a powerful force tearing him apart out of thin air. His body bounced up from the ground, tumbled twice in the air, and fell back to the ground.
"Ah! Cough cough!"
Xie Ya coughed up a mouthful of blood. His internal organs seemed to have been shattered by White Tiger Fang, and he couldn't even feel his own heartbeat.
A white halo kept flashing before his eyes, as if someone was hitting his head hard with a white iron hammer.
"Thump, thump, thump..."
The knocking grew louder and louder, initially like the roar of tigers and howls of wolves, eventually turning into thunder and lightning, as if to shatter the heavens and earth.
Xie Ya's consciousness gradually shrank amidst the earth-shattering knocking, finally disappearing completely.
Jiuqian'in rode the wind, her feet treading on clouds tinged with night, leaping and soaring through the clouds, piercing through layers of mist.
Her long, purplish-black hair flowed in the wind like butterfly wings, her snow-white neck reflecting the moonlight. If anyone saw her now, they would surely think Jiuqian'in was the legendary moon goddess descended to earth.
However, a thousand feet above the ground, of course, no one could appreciate Jiuqian'in's beauty as she soared through the air.
"Miss, where are you rushing to? Changxia City isn't going to disappear on its own,"
Granny Tunyou asked, curling into a black ball and holding Jiuqian'in's hair.
"That girl Wuling, I told her long ago not to act rashly, but she called out to me several times with her mind, but there was no response. Those two little devils must have done something stupid to get themselves into danger."
Jiuqianyuan frowned and said, "If we don't hurry, things might get really bad."
"I see, Miss really loves her grandson dearly."
Granny Tunyou laughed.
"Stop being so glib with me, you oil-swallowing brat..."
Jiuqianyuan smiled wryly.
Suddenly, a loud rumble came from below the clouds, and a huge white pillar of light, carrying astonishing divine energy, shot upwards, instantly evaporating countless clouds.
The white pillar of light shot straight upwards, and in the blink of an eye, it surpassed the orbit of the moon, connecting with the Milky Way in the heavens, illuminating the night as if it were daytime.
"Miss... could it be..."
Granny Tunyou exclaimed in surprise.
"It must be Xie Ya who used the White Tiger's Shattered Fang!"
Kuzenin's face showed worry. With a flick of his sleeve, his figure transformed into a purple whirlwind, flashing towards the white pillar of light.
In the hazy light, Xie Ya found himself above a vast sea of stars, beneath his feet a vast Milky Way paved with stars of various colors—gold, blue, yellow, and green—spreading outwards to a point beyond his sight.
A red wolf, almost the size of three bulls, roared fiercely as it darted back and forth across the Milky Way at incredible speed, leaving countless bloody footprints in its wake.
"You damned little beast! How dare you trap me in this abyss!"
The crimson wolf charged straight at Xie Ya upon seeing him, roaring furiously, its bloodshot eyes spitting fire, its massive fangs dripping with bubbling, emerald-green venom.
What was that monster? Evil Ya was shocked and raised his hands to defend himself, only to find that he had no hands and his body had vanished, floating above the Milky Way like a cloud.
Just as the giant wolf was about to pounce on him, it suddenly stopped.
"Ah...ah...this isn't my fault, they lured me down to the mortal realm without permission!"
The red giant wolf's mane stood on end, and it turned its head to shout fiercely at the other side of the Milky Way.
"Oh? When did the mighty Gui Su Demon Star start listening to mortals?"
A familiar voice came from the stars; it was White Tiger Shattered Fang.
Suddenly, a huge outline slowly emerged from the sea of stars, growing larger and larger like a balloon. The starry sky shattered in response, countless meteors fell into the Milky Way, and a golden-striped white tiger leaped out of thin air. As soon as it landed, it opened its blood-red maw and roared to the sky, causing the stars to tremble.
Flames spewed from the tips of every hair on the white tiger's body, transforming into vibrant colorful clouds that enveloped it.
Seeing this, the red wolf fled in the blink of an eye, with the white tiger immediately giving chase.
Roars and howls echoed incessantly, and Xie Ya thought his soul would be shattered by the deafening roar.
Upon closer inspection, the white tiger's body was more than three times the size of the red wolf, yet its speed was no less. Two halos of light, one white and one red, raced across the Milky Way, rapidly closing the distance.
With a thunderous boom, the white tiger pounced on the red wolf, tumbling across the Milky Way, stirring up countless stardust that surged upwards, transforming into nebulae that drifted down.
"Aaaaaah!"
the red wolf screamed in agony, crimson smoke spilling from the white tiger's mouth and claws, followed by the sounds of flesh and bone being torn apart and the mind severing.
The white tiger's claws ripped open the red wolf's belly, its massive jaws snapping its neck, instantly reducing the red wolf to eighteen pieces of flesh. But even in its dismemberment, the red wolf did not die; its severed flesh rolled across the Milky Way, struggling to reassemble itself.
The White Tiger leaped back, its massive jaws snapping open, spewing forth pure white flames that incinerated the Crimson Wolf.
With a piercing scream, the Crimson Wolf's body disintegrated into black fragments that rose into a strangely shaped, dark green nebula, silently disappearing into the distance.
The White Tiger, satisfied, tilted its head back and roared, its voice shaking the heavens and causing the stars to tremble once more.
It then turned and slowly approached Xie Ya.
"Little brat, you dared to swallow me whole? Quite bold, aren't you?"
The White Tiger lowered its head, grinning.
"Ha...ha!"
Xie Ya, though fearful, still feigned bravado, "It's just a rock, what's there to be afraid of!"
"Oh? In that case, I'll eat you. You shouldn't have any complaints, right?"
The White Tiger chuckled, its breath brushing against Xie Ya's soul, as if a little more force would obliterate it.
"This...I'm not tasty at all,"
Xie Ya quickly said.
"Hmph, of course, covered in that beast's stench, it must taste awful."
The White Tiger scoffed.
"Listen up, brat, I won't eat you."
The White Tiger continued, "But don't misunderstand, this isn't because I'm being kind and letting you go. It's because after I return to the Heavenly Realm, I need someone to pass on a message to Jiuqianyuan."
"Pass on a message? What message?"
Xie Ya breathed a sigh of relief and asked.
"Tell Jiuqianyuan that the agreement has been made. Since she helped me find the beast, I will naturally make room for her when we return to the Heavenly Realm. Just tell her that, and she'll handle the rest."
"Is that all? Okay, I will definitely tell her!"
Xie Ya agreed.
"Hmph, cherish this life you've been given, brat!"
The White Tiger laughed loudly. "If it weren't for me, you'd be deep in the abyss of hell, doomed forever!"
With a roar, the White Tiger leaped into the air, its four paws treading on air, soaring higher and higher until it merged with the starry sea, disappearing without a trace.
After watching the White Tiger vanish beyond the starry sea, Xie Ya felt utterly exhausted, his consciousness gradually fading into darkness.
"Xie Ya, Xie Ya, wake up!"
Xie Ya opened his eyes at Wu Ling's anxious cries.
Before him were Wu Ling's swollen, tear-filled eyes; she had been crying for an unknown amount of time.
"I'm alright, sister..."
Xie Ya replied, his voice surprisingly strong.
"Of course I'm fine, you fool! If you've made me a widow on the third day of our marriage, I'll never forgive you! You idiot, why did you swallow the White Tiger's Broken Fang? If it were anyone else, they would have been bloated to death by the divine energy!"
Wu Ling roared, grabbing Xie Ya by the neck and shaking him violently. "If you ever do anything so reckless again, I will never let you off the hook!"
Although Wu Ling was gripping his arm, Xie Ya was secretly overjoyed. He had thought he would never see Wu Ling again, and moved by her emotions, he hugged her and showered her lips with kisses.
"Ptooey! It stinks! It tastes like blood!"
"Wu Ling shouted, releasing his grip and vigorously wiping Xie Ya's mouth with his sleeve.
Upon closer inspection, Xie Ya realized that his upper body was covered in dark brown blood, yet he was completely unharmed.
'This must be the injury from swallowing the stone, but my limbs are all intact. How did such a serious injury heal?' Wu Ling cursed as she wiped, but seeing Xie Ya unharmed, she couldn't hide her joy. She released his grip and instead wrapped her arms around his neck, holding him tightly for a long time.
'Finally awake? Young man, if you had died like this, I'm afraid I would have had to go to the underworld to bring you back,'
Jiu Qian Yuan's voice came from above them. "
Xie Ya was startled and looked up, only to find that the pavilion was completely destroyed, the roof gone, and the alluring figure of Jiuqianyuan stood atop the exposed pillars, her back to the bright moon, her shimmering silver eyes gazing at the two below.
Her long, purplish-black hair and the hem of her thin robe fluttered slowly in the moonlight, her appearance both demonic and ethereal, captivating all who beheld her.
Moonlight? How could there be moonlight? Wasn't this underground? Xie Ya was stunned, looking around. Beneath the octagonal altar lay piles of massive stones, the entire Changxia City was dilapidated and ruined, even the surface of the icy lake outside the city revealed countless jagged rocks, as if a rain of stones had fallen.
"Brother, after you swallowed the White Tiger's broken teeth, the divine energy you exhaled shattered the rock formation above Changxia City."
Wuling, seeing the confusion on Xieya's face, laughed, "That's why we can admire the starry sky like this now."
"I see..."
Xieya suddenly understood.
"Really, I told you not to act rashly, but you didn't take it seriously at all."
Jiuqianyuan sighed, "Luckily, nothing went wrong, otherwise I would have caught you both and spanked you."
"Your Majesty, please be magnanimous and spare us!"
Wuling quickly apologized, "If you really caught us and spanked us, we probably wouldn't have lasted even one spank."
"By the way, Lady Jiuqianyuan!"
Xieya remembered the White Tiger's instructions in the illusion, "That stone had something for me to convey to you before it left."
"Oh? Tell me about it."
Jiuqianyuan asked curiously.
"Stone said the agreement is made. After returning to the Heavenly Realm, he will make room for you, but you must handle the rest yourself,"
Xie Ya said.
Jiuqian'in's face showed a mixture of surprise and delight.
"Is that so? So the demonic star that Baihu Suiya mentioned is on Mingchi Wang..."
Jiuqian'in couldn't help but laugh, "However, knowing that the demonic star would descend to the mortal realm two thousand years ago truly makes you worthy of being a guardian beast of the heavens."
"And you, Xie Ya?"
After saying that, Jiuqian'in asked, "Why did Baihu Suiya save you?"
"Save me?"
Xie Ya was taken aback, unsure of Jiuqian'in's purpose in asking that question.
"Even if it's just a broken tooth, it contains pure celestial spiritual energy, which neither humans nor demons can withstand. Look at your current appearance."
Xie Ya obeyed, slowly rising from the altar to examine his body.
As Xie Ya stood up, he felt a twitch in his hair. A wisp of snow-white hair brushed against him from behind—it was his own hair! The snow-white hair reached past his knees, each strand brimming with astonishing spiritual energy.
"This…this is…"
Xie Ya was both surprised and amazed. The spiritual energy within him merged with his flesh and blood, moving as at his command as his own limbs.
So…so that's what Stone meant at the end…He actually saved me! "I…I don't know either. He just told me to cherish this life I was given,"
Xie Ya said.
"Really? What a stubborn stone. Though your mouth is sharp, you are, after all, a celestial being. You wouldn't actually stand by and watch someone die."
"Wuling, you've really struck it rich this time."
Jiuqianyuan covered her mouth and laughed. "With pure yang energy and the power of heavenly spirit, you can cultivate for a thousand years just by relying on the illusory fetus. In less than ten years, your demonic power will surpass your mother's." "
Oh, Your Majesty just loves to tease me. As long as this fool doesn't go looking for trouble in the future, I'll be happy. What thousand years of cultivation? I don't even dare to dream of it!"
Wuling blushed, but was overjoyed. She held Xie Ya's hand, their fingers intertwined, their warmth passing through their palms, as if they were truly connected.
Seeing the affectionate scene between the two younger women, Jiuqianyuan felt a warmth in her heart and smiled, "Alright, I have some business to attend to in the underworld. You two stay here and wait obediently, don't wander off. Granny Tunyou has already given the order; everyone will be back at dawn."
As she spoke, Jiuqianyuan secretly winked at Wuling, who immediately blushed and hid behind Xieya.
Xieya naturally didn't know the meaning behind Jiuqianyuan's wink, but upon hearing the words "underworld," he suddenly remembered the whereabouts of his mother, Wangyunshi's, soul.
"Lady Kyuzenin!"
Xie Ya cried out, "My mother's soul was scattered by that beast, King Mingchi... Is she... still in the mortal realm?"
"...We often use the phrase 'soul scattered,' but a soul doesn't simply dissipate at will."
Kyuzenin pondered for a moment, then slowly said, "King Mingchi may have used evil magic to control your mother's soul, but now that King Mingchi is dead, the evil magic has been broken, and your mother's soul should have returned to the cycle of reincarnation."
"By the way, try coming to my side and take a look."
Kyuzenin seemed to have thought of something and beckoned to Xie Ya.
Xie Ya and Wu Ling looked at each other, and finally, he leaped up and flew to another pillar next to Kyuzenin, the two of them less than two arm's lengths apart.
The moment Xie Ya stood still, he felt an extremely ferocious force drilling into his body from every pore, attempting to drain all his life force. The force was powerful and tyrannical; even with all his divine energy to resist, he couldn't completely withstand it, and Xie Ya involuntarily took a step back.
Under the influence of the divine energy, a white halo enveloped Xie Ya. From Wu Ling's perspective, the white halo resembled the radiant light behind a Buddha statue.
Xie Ya had truly become half-deity! How could anyone in the world be so lucky? "Hehe…not bad, not bad. Since you can withstand me to this extent, even going to the underworld won't be a big problem,"
Jiu Qian Yuan nodded in satisfaction.
"Go to the underworld…Your Majesty?"
Wu Ling exclaimed in surprise.
"Hmm... Wuling, it's not that I want to steal your husband, but if we want to find Xie Ya's mother's soul, we probably only have less than half an hour left,"
Jiuqianyuan said with a wry smile.
"Half an hour... Ah! She's going to be reincarnated!"
Hearing this, Wu Ling's face showed displeasure, but she didn't say much. "Alright, Your Highness, then I'll trouble you with Xie Ya. Please let him see his mother one last time."
"Don't worry, I won't steal my granddaughter's husband,"
Jiu Qian Yuan laughed, making Wu Ling blush.
"Reincarnation?"
Xie Ya was completely confused.
"Come with me first, I'll explain everything on the way,"
Jiu Qian Yuan said, tossing her head and throwing the curled-up Granny Tun You next to Wu Ling.
"Oh dear, Miss is so clumsy!"
Granny Tun You rolled a few times on the ground, only stopping when she hit a rock. Her ball-like body loosened, and she complained loudly.
"Enough nonsense, stay with Wu Ling,"
Jiu Qian Yuan laughed, her figure disappearing in the blink of an eye. Xie Ya was startled and looked around, only to find that she had already flown to the surface of the distant icy lake.
"Wuling, I'm going too, wait for me!"
Xie Ya shouted hurriedly, pushing off with his feet and transforming into a streak of white light as he flew downwards.
In the shattered pavilion, only Wuling and Granny Tunyou remained, staring blankly at each other.
"Hehe, little girl, are you worried now that the Empress might accidentally eat your beloved? What will you do then?"
Granny Tunyou chuckled.
"Grandma, if you don't speak, no one will dare mistake you for a mute,"
Wuling replied irritably.

Chapter Two: The Underworld

Following Jiuqian's figure, Xie Ya also landed on the surface of the icy lake.
"Don't fall into the water, stand on the surface. You should be able to do that now,"
Jiuqian said.
With the aid of divine energy, Xie Ya indeed floated lightly on the water like a willow leaf, just as Jiuqian had said.
Jiuqian nodded, then quietly gazed into the depths of the icy lake.
Xie Ya looked down. The bottom of the frozen lake was piled with rocks, but there were no ghosts to be seen.
Where had all the ghosts gone? Kuzenin took out her usual pipe from the thin sleeve of her robe and flicked it lightly at a rock beside her.
The rock was about the size of two oxen, but Kuzenin had easily cut it in half. The severed part fell into the lake, creating a huge wave, while the smooth, clean surface of the rock was almost flush with the lake's surface.
Kuzenin stared at the flattened rock for a long time without moving.
Xie Ya was puzzled, but he figured Kuzenin must have some plan, so he just waited quietly to the side.
"Xie Ya, look at that rock,"
Kuzenin said.
"Hmm?"
Xie Ya looked at the cut surface of the rock, but there was nothing special about it, except that the water level seemed to be a little lower than before.
"...The water level is lower than before?"
Xie Ya asked curiously.
"That's right. In order to utilize the spiritual energy gathered in the Yellow Springs Cave, Mingchi Turtle probably blocked the Yellow Springs Cave, which is why the River of Death, carrying all the souls of the world, cannot flow into the underworld, causing it to rise so high,"
said Jiuqianyuan. "But now that the evil magic has been broken, given time, the River of Death will eventually wash away what's blocking its path, it just will take quite a while." "
Then...should we help remove what's blocking the way?"
Xieya asked.
"Exactly!"
Jiuqianyuan laughed.
After saying that, Jiuqianyuan began to walk on the water, sometimes left, sometimes right, like a floating phantom. Xieya followed closely behind, but he was still not quite in control of the use of his divine energy, and many times he stepped into the icy lake. Finally, Jiuqianyuan stopped at a corner near the rock wall on the edge of the icy lake. Countless
souls gathered at the bottom of the icy lake here, as if all the ghosts in the entire icy lake had come here.
"Found it!"
said Kyuzenin, pointing to the countless ghosts in the lake. "Jieya, look, these ghosts want to squeeze into the underworld, but they can't get in because the entrance is blocked."
"Although leaving it like this will eventually allow the River of Death to clear the entrance, it will take too long. Jieya, let me see how you've changed after your transformation. Go down and remove what's blocking the entrance to the underworld,"
Kyuzenin said.
With that, Kyuzenin pointed her pipe upwards, and a thunderous roar filled the air. The clouds dispersed, and the icy lake split in two, creating a path leading directly to the bottom.
The ghosts in the water, seeing this, scattered in terror, like a school of startled fish.
At the bottom of the lake where the ghosts had gathered, there was a huge, flat stone, its smooth, mirror-like surface reflecting Jieya's image.
"...That's the Heavenly Rhythm Stone, like the White Tiger's Fang, something that fell from the Heavenly Realm."
Kuzenin stared at it for a long time, then said, "Although it doesn't contain divine energy like the White Tiger's Fang, it is still a celestial object, and ordinary demons can't even scratch it."
"I know, I'll just break it!"
Xie Ya nodded, his divine energy surging, his white light intensifying as he flew directly to the bottom of the lake.
Landing on the diamond, Xie Ya looked at his reflection. His facial features were as usual, but his white hair was as pure as snow, his eyes flashed with fire, and his whole body radiated heat. "
I wonder if Mother will recognize me?"
Xie Ya raised his right hand, pouring all his strength into his right claw, the tip emitting golden light.
"Hah!"
Xie Ya roared, his right claw plunging into the surface of the Heavenly Rhythm Stone, producing a heavy, resounding sound that echoed through the icy lake.
Cracks spread across the surface of the Heavenly Rhyme Stone like a spiderweb.
Seeing that the Heavenly Rhyme Stone remained unbroken, Xie Ya once again channeled his divine energy, forcefully injecting it into the stone. White, blazing light crashed along the cracks, striking the stone's solid body. Finally, with a deafening roar, the Heavenly Rhyme Stone shattered into countless fragments, falling to the ground and revealing a bottomless, four-zhang-wide, pitch-black cavern.
Xie Ya stood beside the cavern. Suddenly, the walls of water on either side collapsed, engulfing him in icy water. He remained unmoved, only hearing the thunderous roar of the water rushing past his ears. The turbulent currents formed a massive, white whirlpool above the cavern.
"Alright, time is short. Let's go down directly."
Jiuqianyuan's figure slowly swept past Xie Ya, leading the way towards the center of the whirlpool.
Mother, your child is coming to save you! Xie Ya focused his mind, channeling his divine energy to the tips of his hair. After Jiuqianyuan's figure disappeared, he also leaped into the vortex.
The River of Death, rushing down the walls of the Black Cave like a white dragon, roared like thunder as it hurtled towards the Underworld.
Xie Ya circulated his divine energy, emanating a faint glow from his body, maintaining a distance of about two zhang from Jiuqianyuan, and plummeted downwards for an unknown period of time.
Gradually, a ghostly, eerie, dreamlike firefly-like light spread upwards from the depths of the earth, along the cave walls.
It was Ghost Moss! Suddenly, the howling wind and the sound of water around him ceased abruptly. Xie Ya emerged from the dark cave, only to see a boundless, desolate land below, shrouded in the faint light of Ghost Moss, stretching out beyond his sight.
"So cold!"
Even with his divine energy protecting him, the chill of the underworld still made Xie Ya shiver.
Jiuqianyuan turned around, deftly drawing a circle in mid-air, his toes lightly touching the ground, stopping as steadily as if standing on flat ground.
The air here is much heavier than on the ground; perhaps I could stand in mid-air like her…
Xie Ya channeled his inner energy, trying to imitate her, but he couldn't stop as gracefully and naturally as Jiuqianyuan. He thrashed about like a frog.
Seeing this, Jiuqianyuan couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh, making Xie Ya quite embarrassed.
“Swim over here, do you want to be suffocated by the ghosts?”
Jiuqianyuan leaped back, laughing.
Xie Ya was stunned, not understanding her meaning, when suddenly he heard wailing and howling from above. Looking up, he saw a vast expanse of white, faintly visible, cascading down the black stone cave. Tens of millions of ghosts and spirits formed a massive wave, its waves several stories high.
Xie Ya quickly swam to within two zhang of Jiuqianyuan.
The wave of ghosts dissipated like fireworks as soon as it emerged from the black stone cave, a sight that was truly unsettling. The ghostly wails dissipated into the void, their previous terrifying force gone.
"It should be here... but there's no smell at all..."
Kyuzenin's smile vanished, and she muttered to herself, "Where is that damned rat... hiding?"
Her tone was filled with obvious hatred, startling Xie Ya.
"Kyuzenin, where is my mother?"
Xie Ya asked. "Isn't this the Underworld?"
"I don't know either, but someone certainly does."
Kyuzenin remained calm, taking out a golden-tipped pipe from her sleeve, twirling it between her fingers, and then striking the Underworld below.
An incomparably powerful magical force surged from Kyuzenin's slender arm, startling Xie Ya.
Having merged with the White Tiger's Broken Fang, the evil Ya was now a demigod, vastly different from his former self. Yet, despite this, he still couldn't fathom the true extent of Kyuzenin's demonic power, and was
thus greatly astonished. Where did such immense strength come from? If I lived for ten thousand years, could I be like her?
In an instant, the heavens and earth shook. Above Ya's head, the thick rocky plate separating the underworld from the mortal realm cracked and lurched, while the ghostly moss beneath his feet flickered in and out of existence. Countless wandering souls tumbled like cotton wool in a raging storm, turning into countless gray-white clouds.
Kyuzenin, holding her pipe, looked down at the ground for a while, waited, and then struck again. The wandering souls that had been knocked up earlier hadn't even had time to descend before they tumbled and howled in mid-air once more.
"Come out now!"
Kyuzenin roared, her voice shaking the void.
"Crack, crack—"
Right beneath Xie Ya and Jiuqianyuan's feet, a small mountain suddenly rose up, towering like a knife's edge.
A golden bronze gate on the mountainside crashed open to the left and right, and bright flames shot out from inside. A red, glowing thing rolled out, bouncing and jumping on the ground before finally coming to a stop.
Xie Ya stared intently at it and saw that the red, glowing thing was actually a person. He was round and plump, dressed in bright red clothes, wearing a jade-tasseled golden crown, holding an iron tablet in his hand, with thick eyebrows and a long beard. His eyes were half the size of his face, and his pupils darted around like wheels.
"Who...who dares to disturb my peaceful slumber, you son of a bitch?"
King Jinluo Yama stomped his foot in fury. "Quickly state your name, or I'll throw you on a mountain of knives and pierce your heart, and this Yama title will be yours...you...you..."
Upon seeing the smile on Jiuqianyuan's face, King Jinluo Yama's face, which had been as red as a furnace, turned deathly pale. He clasped his hands together, his body, indistinguishable between waist and chest, spun on the ground.
"Greetings, King Jinluo."
King Jinluo Yama forced a pathetic smile through his fat lips.
"I won't steal your job, you fat King Jinluo."
Jiuqianyuan laughed, descending slowly, landing six zhang in front of King Jinluo Yama. Even from that distance, Xie Ya could still see King Jinluo Yama trembling uncontrollably.
He also possessed a divine aura, so he must be a god... I used to think that Yama was actually a particularly powerful ghost...
"Yes, yes... May I ask what important matter brings the esteemed Lord of Fengzhao Palace, Huiying Court, to this humble place?"
King Jinluo Yama asked, but his tone betrayed his displeasure.
"And the one beside you... is he some kind of mountain god or earth deity?"
King Jinluo Yama glanced at Xie Ya, seemingly surprised that he could be so close to Jiuqian Court.
"Fatty Jinluo, are you out of your mind?"
Jiuqianyuan's expression changed drastically, and he shouted sternly, "The Yellow Springs Cave was sealed by the Demon Star's spell, and you actually hid down there and slept soundly?"
"My lord, spare me!"
Jinluo Yama squatted down even lower, and Xie Ya almost thought he would roll on the ground like that. "I couldn't push away that Heavenly Rhyme Stone blocking my way, and with no new ghosts entering the prison for over ten years, I was so bored that I couldn't help but take a nap..."
"Hmph, don't try to fool me. We've known each other for more than a few thousand years. Even if the Yellow Springs Cave wasn't sealed by the Heavenly Rhyme Stone, new ghosts would still come down to report day and night, and you would still sleep without a care!"
Jiuqianyuan sneered.
"Yes... I'm naturally lazy and indolent, and I really can't change it..."
Jinluo Yama said awkwardly.
"Enough! I'm not here to cause you trouble."
Jiuqianyuan pointed his pipe at Xie Ya. "This is my grandson-in-law, Xie Ya. His mother's soul should be with you. Help him find it."
"Xie Ya? That name sounds familiar."
Jinluo Yanwang raised his head, his large pupils blinking in his white sockets, looking somewhat frightening at first glance.
"Hmm..."
Jinluo Yanwang carefully examined Xie Ya, his gaze seemingly able to penetrate flesh and bone, making Xie Ya feel uncomfortable all over.
"Hmm... You have already cultivated the Vajra Body and are no longer under my jurisdiction. I cannot discern who your mother is. Please tell me your mother's name."
Jinluo Yanwang flipped his iron tablet into an iron pen and took out a blank book from his sleeve.
"My mother's name is Wangyun. She is the daughter of King Mingchi."
Xie Ya replied, his heart filled with both anxiety and anticipation.
"Let me see... Wangyun... the daughter of King Mingchi..."
King Jinluo wrote several large red characters on the register with his iron pen, but stopped halfway through, and asked in surprise, "Wait, little brother, what did you say your mother is to King Mingchi?"
"She is King Mingchi's daughter,"
Xie Ya replied.
"If that's the case, then there's no need to ask the Book of Life and Death. I know where she is."
King Jinluo slapped his fat hand, closed the Book of Life and Death, and stuffed it into his sleeve.
"Really?"
Xie Ya was overjoyed, "Take me to her quickly!"
"Wait, Fatty Jinluo."
Jiuqianyuan looked ominous, "The Underworld is larger than the human world and the demon realm combined. You know where Wangyun's soul is without using the Book of Life and Death. Could it be..."
"Exactly, Wangyun's soul should be in the Asura Hell right now, suffering the eternal punishment of being torn apart."
King Jinluo shook his round body, as if nodding.
"What is Asura Hell?"
Xie Ya asked, both shocked and furious. "Why is my mother being subjected to such a brutal torture there?"
His divine aura surged, his hair standing on end.
"Hey! Young man, be careful. If you accidentally harm any innocent soul, your mother will suffer even harsher punishment,"
Jin Luo Yama hurriedly said.
Xie Ya didn't dare to believe him. He glanced at Jiu Qian Yuan, and seeing Jiu Qian Yuan nod, he reluctantly withdrew his divine aura.
"Take me to see my mother!"
Xie Ya shouted.
"Yes, yes, yes… Damn it, nothing good ever comes of waking up…"
Jin Luo Yama muttered, stomping his right foot on the ground, creating a steep staircase that seemed to plunge straight down into the earth.
"This path leads directly to Asura Hell. Please follow me, gentlemen,"
Jin Luo Yama said irritably.
"Xie Ya, you go down with Jin Luo the Fat Man. I have important matters to attend to,"
Jiu Qian Yuan said.
Xie Ya was about to leave when he heard Jiu Qian Yuan's words and couldn't help but look confused.
"Have you forgotten that I'm also down here looking for someone, just like you?"
Jiu Qian Yuan laughed. "Don't look at Jin Luo the Fat Man. He's been the King of Hell for tens of thousands of years. He wouldn't do anything that would damage his divine status. If you don't understand anything, just ask him."
King Jin Luo snorted twice upon hearing this.
Xie Ya nodded and followed behind King Jin Luo, eager to rush down the steps.
"By the way, Xie Ya, whatever you see later,"
Jiu Qian Yuan suddenly added, "don't try to change it by force. Hell is different from the Underworld. Everything there is in accordance with the laws of Heaven and forms naturally. Even the King of
Hell can't interfere." Although Xie Ya only half understood, he still nodded vigorously.
Xie Ya followed Jin Luo Yan Wang down the steps, earth and stones surging up behind them, burying them in the ground in the blink of an eye.
Jiu Qian Yuan silently gazed at the empty landscape of the Underworld. Under the eerie blue light of the ghost moss, the vast underground cave seemed even more surreal.
Thinking about it carefully, summoning a celestial demon star to the mortal realm was a first-rate crime against heaven. Those involved should indeed suffer eternal torment in hell after death. This was indeed an oversight on her part. She only hoped that Xie Ya wouldn't lose his mind when he saw his mother's suffering…
"Hoo…"
Jiu Qian Yuan took a drag of her cigarette. After a long while, a wisp of blue smoke drifted from her alluring lips.
Jiu Qian Yuan's expression turned icy and ruthless in that instant.
"Plague, corpse-slaughtering rats… I will settle this thousand-year-old score with you today!"
Jiu Qian Yuan gritted her teeth.
With a sudden howl, the ghost moss paled, and the souls covered their faces, sinking into the ground. A dazzling golden light illuminated the underworld like the rising sun, and a golden-haired fox, nearly a hundred feet long, with nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine tails, flashed across the vast land.
Following the Golden King of Hell out of the steep steps, Xie Ya felt a gust of fiery wind rushing towards him, as if he had jumped into a giant furnace.
Heavy, thunderous breathing came from the wind, sounding like the neighing of horses or the bellowing of cows. Xie Ya looked closely and found himself in a wide cavern, the ground filled with lakes of crimson lava. Bare-chested red and blue ghosts, carrying knives and forks as instruments of torture, ran back and forth along narrow, spiderweb-like paths.
Looking further into the distance, Xie Ya was shocked to discover eight enormous, mountain-like bull-headed and horse-faced figures at the edge of the cave. Their massive bodies supported the black stone dome above them, their necks, at least a hundred feet thick, were covered with veins as thick as giant trees. The hoarse breathing in the fierce wind was their doing.
"Is this the Asura Hell?"
Xie Ya couldn't help but ask.
"Indeed, your mother was subjected to the torture of being sliced to pieces here. Follow me."
With Jiuqianyuan no longer by his side, Jinluo Yama immediately became arrogant. He strode forward, his belly protruding high, casually pushing the red demon blocking his path into the fiery lake. Stepping onto the thin path of the fiery lake, he moved like a steel ball rolling on a thin rail, his steps barely moving, yet silently advancing.
Xie Ya, half-flying and half-leaping, took a while to catch up.
Silently, Jinluo Yama finally stopped on a extinguished lake of fire. The half-cooled lava, no longer flowing, spread out like a black ointment, yet remained incredibly hot.
A wooden stake stood atop this black, fiery mud, with a woman bound to it. Her white linen robe was pulled up to her waist, her hands nailed to the top of the stake, and her feet shoved into the black mud, charred black from the ankles down.
Two red demons, on iron stilts, surrounded the woman, holding short knives with curved blades like spoons, and were painstakingly digging into her flesh from her abdomen. With each piece of flesh removed, the woman let out a scream; her abdomen was covered in blood, her intestines spilling out, yet her linen robe remained pristine white. Hearing the woman's cries, Xie Ya didn't even need to look to know that the woman was his own mother, Wang Yun Shi.
In his rage, Xie Ya completely disregarded Jiuqianyuan's instructions, his figure transforming into a streak of white light, instantly appearing beside the woman.
"You..."
The red-ghost jailer only managed to utter one word before Xie Ya reduced both of them to ashes with a single palm strike.
"Mother!"
Xie Ya couldn't hide his grief, stepping on rising steam, his eyes fixed on his mother's riddled abdomen, "Your son has come to save you!"
"You...you are Xie Ya?"
Wang Yun's long hair was completely charred black, stuck to her scalp, and her forehead was stained with blood. Her pale lips twitched in surprise as she asked, "You...how did you get here?"
"Mother, don't worry, I'll get you out of this hellhole right away!"
Xie Ya said fiercely, channeling his divine power, his snow-white hair flowing like the wind behind him, as he slammed his palm down on the wooden stake beneath Wang Yun's feet.
With a deafening roar, more than half of the black mud in the lake was blasted away by Xie Ya, splashing into the other fiery lakes.
However, the seemingly ordinary wooden stake remained unmoved, and even though most of the black mud had been scattered, the stake remained unfathomably deep. Xie Ya was both shocked and furious, and immediately struck out with a second palm.
"Xie Ya...stop, stop..."
After striking three times, Wang Yunshi finally couldn't bear it any longer and cried out in a trembling, weak voice.
"Mother, wait a moment, I'll..."
Xie Ya raised his head, but before he could finish speaking, he was frozen in shock by the sight before him.
A triangular steel cone as thick as an arm had pierced through Wang Yunshi's chest, hooking her heart out from below her ribs. Blood gushed from the wound, and the veins above her heart were still pulsating.
"Mother...Mother..."
Xie Ya clutched his mother's heart in terror, feeling the fist-sized mass of flesh pounding. "
Xie Ya...Mother is beyond saving...Don't worry about me..."
Wang Yunshi, despite suffering unimaginable injuries, could still speak.
"Mother, don't say anything more, I'll save you right away..."
Xie Ya said, but he didn't know what to do.
"Little brother, don't you understand?"
Jin Luo Yama, who had been watching from the shore for a long time, finally spoke, "No one in the world can save your mother."
Upon hearing this, Xie Ya was furious and turned to leap over the fat man to punch him, but he dared not leave his mother's side.
"Young brother, don't be angry. Listen to me first,"
King Jinluo said calmly. "The universe is vast, and all things are numerous. The reason they can coexist peacefully is because, in the darkness, all things follow the laws of heaven. If anyone dares to act against the laws of heaven, they will be sent to this hell after death."
"I don't want to hear your nonsense! Release my mother!"
Xie Ya roared.
"I can't release your mother, young brother, because it wasn't me who tied her up there!"
King Jinluo replied.
"If it wasn't you, then who was it!"
Xie Ya was furious, and electric currents shot from his hair.
"It's the will of Heaven! Your mother's suffering there is divine will, and divine will cannot be defied."
King Jinluo patted his belly and said, "All celestial stars, having ascended to the heavens, must never return to the mortal realm, or they will surely bring great calamity. Summoning demon stars to the mortal realm is a grave crime against the laws of Heaven. Although your mother belonged to the evil faction, she was not the ringleader. This punishment is already a mercy from Heaven. Look at the others, like King Mingchi and Tianman, how miserable they are now..."
Xie Ya could no longer hold back. With a leap, his right foot moved like lightning, kicking King Jinluo into the lake of fire like a soccer ball.
Fifty miles above the Asura Hell, the golden-bodied demon fox, transformed from a primordial spirit, finally stopped its lightning-fast pace. Behind it, nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine tails seemed to possess their own lives, swaying in the air like waves of fur.
The fox demon's large silver eyes stared at a small, round hill that had suddenly appeared not far in front of it. On the desolate earth of the underworld, only this hill was free of any ghostly moss.
The surrounding spirits, terrified by the fox demon's astonishing magic, had long since vanished in terror. The empty, dark blue earth was silent, even more eerie and unsettling.
"Are you hiding here, you dead-eating rat?"
The fox demon's voice remained still, its inner monologue echoing loudly in the icy wind.
Below the hill, deathly silence reigned.
"Come out now!"
the fox demon roared, its nearly ten thousand tails unleashing a barrage of attacks—some breathing fire, some lightning, some whipping up fierce winds, some summoning hail, some firing sharp blades and longswords, some unleashing countless arrows—each attack unique and uninterrupted.
Under the golden fox's fierce attack, a cloud of crimson fire rose out of thin air, followed by the shaking of the heavens and earth, howling winds, and a deluge of pebbles and dust. The low, round hill vanished in an instant.
With a sweep of its massive tail, the golden fox blew away all the flames, debris, and other debris, leaving only a sunken depression where the low, round hill had once stood. A rat covered in dark iron bristles, with a pointed snout and a thick tail, about the size of two oxen, lay dying at the bottom of the depression.
Compared to the golden fox's nearly hundred-foot-long body, the black iron rat was smaller than the size of its forelegs, and its body was emaciated, skin and bones, clearly having not eaten for a long time.
"Hmph..."
The golden fox sneered upon seeing this, "So you weren't refusing to answer, but rather you couldn't answer."
The iron-haired black rat raised its small, pointed head, its bright red eyes covered in plague-like spots, and a wisp of iron-colored poisonous gas emanated from its slightly open mouth.
"True...moon...reflecting...splendor..."
The millennia-old demon, the Plague-Slaughtering Rat, on the verge of death, spoke, but its voice was faint and almost inaudible, "It took you a thousand years...to find this place...Queen of the Tail-Mysterious Kingdom...doesn't seem to be very smart..."
Facing the golden fox, who was like the midday sun, the Corpse-Slaughtering Rat was like a crow that had fallen by the roadside and was about to die of thirst. If the sun shone on it for a few more minutes, it might perish at any moment, but there was no fear in its tone.
"Hmph, say whatever you want, where is my tail?"
the golden fox asked sharply. With just this one sentence, it pierced several holes in the black iron rat's belly, and foul-smelling blood slowly flowed out, turning into a poisonous swamp at the bottom of the hole.
"Hahaha!"
The golden fox burst into laughter upon seeing this, which worsened the wounds on the Corpse-Slaying Rat, making it seem as if countless transparent blades were falling upon it.
"You fool, you feed on corpses, yet you hide in this underworld where there are only ghosts and no corpses, starving for nearly a thousand years. How laughable!"
The golden fox raised its head and said, "Look at you, you don't even have the strength to resist my words!"
"Hmph...whoosh..."
The Corpse-Slaying Rat, covered in blood and looking like a tattered rag, sneered, "As long as you can taste...even just one-thousandth of the suffering I've endured in this life...what's a little hunger..."
There was no fear or regret in its words.
Upon hearing this, the golden fox's mane, which resembled golden silk threads, stood on end, clearly enraged.
Several tails lashed out at the golden fox's will, and with a whoosh, an invisible sword aura sliced the Corpse-Slaying Rat in half at the waist.
The Corpse-Slaying Rat, writhing in agony, bit the ground with its mouth, its lower body, intestines and flesh dangling, rolled out of the crater, its blood forming swamps of poison on the ground.
From within the black rat's wound, a glimmer of golden light appeared. The golden fox howled, and the ten-thousandth tail, swallowed by the Corpse-Slaying Rat nearly a thousand years ago, burst through its stomach—a stomach capable of digesting even the hardest iron—and flew back to its master. The tail was now
mottled, its whiskers and fur scattered, covered in the Corpse-Slaying Rat's venomous stomach filth. Though its magic remained, it was unrecognizable.
"You vile, rotting beast, look what you've done to my tail!"
The golden fox roared, spewing flames that shimmered with orange and purple light from its mouth, washing away the deadly poison clinging to its tail.
"Heh...heh...hee...hee..."
The black rat, barely breathing, slowly rolled its upper body in the poisonous swamp, laughing, "True Moon Fox...haha...this thousand-year contest...I've won..."
"Win? The contest?"
The golden fox glared at the corpse-slaughtering rat, then transformed in a flash of golden light, reverting to its original form as Kyuzenin.
"Ha! This is truly laughable! I made a casual joke, and you've held onto it for a thousand years!"
Hearing the Corpse-Slaying Rat's arrogance, Kyuugen-in was filled with even greater rage. She looked down at the black rat with little life left in the ditch, her eyes revealing murderous intent. "Even if this is truly a contest, your life is already over. What good is winning?"
"Gah... gah..."
The Corpse-Slaying Rat laughed with its last strength, seemingly not hearing Kyuugen-in's words. "I have won... I have won against you, you infamous Tail-Piercing Demon Fox... you stinking poison... you rat who has suffered the cruelty of heaven... I can..."
Kyuugen-in's eyebrows furrowed, and with a flick of her pipe, a deafening roar erupted, followed by a cloud of smoke and dust. The Corpse-Slaying Rat's flesh and blood splattered, turning it into a pile of mangled pulp. With a
flick of her purplish-black hair, countless golden currents surged from the ends of Kyuzenin's hair, blasting a dazzling, bright cloud of fire into the hollow, burning the half of the Corpse-Slaying Rat's
body, still poisoned by the flames, to ashes. A moment later, the fire cloud dissipated, the hollow reduced to scorched earth, leaving only a small patch of stiff rat skin covered in iron bristles—the steel hairs from the Corpse-Slaying Rat's head.
"Hmph, my master is gone, only his hair remains, immortal."
Kyuzenin touched the tail she had regained, gently tucking it into her sleeve. With a turn, she transformed back into a golden fox and vanished beyond the azure earth.
When Kyuzenin arrived at the fiery pool of Asura Hell, she saw two tornadoes, one red and one white, swirling in the sky.
At the center of the tornado were King Jinluo and Xie Ya. King Jinluo, wielding a pair of twin swords, was bruised and battered, facing off against Xie Ya's lightning-fast claws. The two fought fiercely, using all their skills.
"You brat! I've shown you some respect because of your connection with Kyusenin, yet you dare to be so ungrateful!" King
Jinluo roared in fury. His clothes were tattered, his eyes glowed red, and he exuded a vicious aura. Although he was fat, his hands were surprisingly agile, his twin swords, imbued with divine power, slashing repeatedly at Xie Ya's head, neck, and chest.
"You fatso! If you don't release my mother now, I'll make you her scapegoat!"
Xie Ya roared, his claws grabbing Yama's twin swords like chopsticks. Electric crackles surged in his white hair, and blue patterns appeared on his bare upper body. With twice the speed of Yama, he took advantage of the gaps in Yama's sword strikes, kicking, punching, slashing, and stabbing, relentlessly attacking Yama's face, and surprisingly gained the upper hand.
Although clearly outmatched, Yama seemed oblivious to pain, his eyes swollen like hanging buns, still roaring and slashing at Xie Ya.
Seeing this, Jiuqianyuan, standing by the Fire Lake, was both amused and annoyed. He shook his head, flicked his pipe, and an immense force swept towards the two in the sky like a flood.
Evil Ya and Golden King Yama were locked in a fierce battle, caught off guard by the powerful attack from Kyusenin. Neither had time to react and were swept to the top of the cave. Evil Ya's head slammed into the black stone wall, creating a hole, while Golden King Yama was half-buried in the wall.
"Ouch… Who is it?"
Evil Ya regained his senses, both shocked and furious, but quickly realized that only one person in the world could send him and Golden King Yama flying simultaneously.
"Kyusenin?"
Evil Ya looked towards the other side of the fire lake and saw Kyusenin smiling and beckoning to them.
Another powerful force swept Evil Ya and Golden King Yama back to within six zhang of Kyusenin.
"Evil Ya, didn't I warn you never to use brute force? Have you forgotten so quickly?"
Kyusenin frowned.
"But… this fat man…"
Evil Ya looked dissatisfied, about to argue.
"Don't talk back,"
Jiuqianyuan said calmly, an invisible pressure forcing Xie Ya to swallow his resentment.
"You too, Jinluo Fatty, you're already tens of thousands of years old, yet you're still as hot-blooded as a brat."
Jiuqianyuan turned to Yama, who was still seeing stars, and sighed.
"Jiuqianyuan, I'm the victim! This brat kicked me into the fire pit without even asking what happened! Damn it, I've ruled the Underworld for over 60,000 years, when have I ever suffered such humiliation!"
Although Jinluo Yama was indignant, his attitude immediately softened upon seeing Jiuqianyuan.
"Fatty, don't be angry. Xie Ya, why don't you apologize to Yama?"
Jiuqianyuan winked at Xie Ya.
"No!"
Xie Ya spat, "Who wants to apologize to this fatso!"
"Don't you want to save your mother?"
Jiuqianyuan asked.
"This fatso can't save my mother at all, and he's just making sarcastic remarks!"
Xie Ya grew angrier as he spoke, and was about to pounce on Jin Luo Yan Wang again.
"Haha!"
Jin Luo Yan Wang, his fat lips covered in bruises, laughed loudly, "For what you just said, even if I knew how to save your mother, I wouldn't tell you, you little bastard!"
Xie Ya was consumed by rage and completely failed to understand the meaning behind Jin Luo Yan Wang's words. He roared and charged forward again, but Jiu Qian Yuan stopped him in time.
"Fool, Jin Luo Yan Wang is knowledgeable and experienced. He said that, which means he does have a way to save your mother. Instead of asking him for help, you want to fight?"
Jiu Qian Yuan sighed, flicking her pipe between her fingers, making Xie Ya's forehead sparkle.
"But... this fatso just said that no one can save my mother..."
Xie Ya was both angry and anxious, but hearing Jiu Qian Yuan's words, a glimmer of hope ignited in his heart.
"Hmph, your mother was punished by the Heavenly Law. Only the Heavenly Law can break it, so of course no one can save her!"
King Jinluo Yama said irritably.
"You fatso, what did you say? Explain yourself clearly!"
Xie Ya was completely confused and shouted anxiously.
"Lord Jiuqianyuan, look at this little bastard, how annoying is he?"
King Jinluo Yama complained, "He actually called the dignified King Jinluo Pavilion a fatso! I am an ancient earth god who has transcended life and death!"
"Yes, you won't die, so how can I call you a fatso?"
Jiuqianyuan covered his mouth and laughed, his eyes shimmering with silver light. "In my opinion, you should be called an immortal fatso."
"This... Lord Jiuqianyuan, did you bring this little bastard down to the Underworld just to amuse me?"
Upon hearing this, King Jinluo's face flushed red with anger, but he dared not vent his fury on Jiuqianyuan. He could only wildly swing his arms in the air.
"Don't be angry, don't be angry. I have nothing more to do here. Just explain things quickly, and I will take Xieya back to the mortal realm and will no longer disturb your peace,"
Jiuqianyuan said gently.
King Jinluo knew he couldn't contend with Jiuqianyuan, so he put his twin swords back into their original iron scepter shape and sighed deeply.
"Alright, then listen carefully, brat,"
King Jinluo said solemnly, "Although your mother violated the Heavenly Law, there's always a way out. There is another way to save your mother from the eternal punishment."
"What way? Tell me quickly!"
Xieya hurriedly asked.
"This method is very simple. You've probably heard it before; it's just the eight words: 'Good deeds bring good rewards, and evil deeds bring evil consequences.'
" "...What does this have to do with my mother?"
Xie Ya was taken aback.
"Your mother violated the laws of heaven, went against the natural order, and conceived a demon child in human form. This was an evil act that heaven and earth could not tolerate, so after death she suffered the consequences and was reborn in the Asura Hell to be tortured by being sliced to pieces."
King Jinluo continued, "However, if an evil ghost has even the slightest bit of virtue, even if he is trapped in the Blood Pool Hell, he can still ride on a lotus petal to ascend to the Western Paradise. As long as he has enough good deeds to offset it, your mother can escape the boundless suffering of the Asura Hell."
"Is that so?"
Xie Ya's spirits lifted. "So as long as my mother accumulates enough good deeds..."
"Wait, my mother is already dead. How can a dead person do good deeds and accumulate merit?"
Xie Ya exclaimed in surprise.
"The dead cannot perform good deeds or accumulate merit; they can only rely on the kindness and charity of living beings to share in their good karma. But since they did not do it themselves, the amount of good karma they can receive is only one ten-thousandth or one hundred-thousandth, as insignificant as a speck of dust on a cow's hair."
King Jinluo stroked his chin. "According to my calculations, given the lack of virtue and charity among living beings, your mother will have to stay in this Asura Hell for at least ten million years."
"What! Then what you said is as good as nothing at all!"
Xie Ya was furious again upon hearing this.
"Hmph, I haven't finished speaking yet, stop shouting!"
King Jinluo was impatient. "The spread of good and evil karma depends on the innate karma of those who do good or evil. The beings in the mortal realm are not related to your mother, so the good karma they accumulate is naturally difficult to reach her." "
However, you are the only son of Wangyun, and her only remaining blood relative in the mortal realm. The karmic connection between you is very strong. About one percent of the good karma you do will be passed on to your mother."
"Then... if I do more good deeds, I can save my mother?"
Xie Ya suddenly realized.
"Yes, but before that..."
King Jinluo sneered, "You have to cleanse yourself of the evil karma first."
Xie Ya was stunned. Many faces suddenly appeared in his mind. Men, women, and children were all people he had killed in the past, and their number was at least two or three hundred.
"Good karma can be passed on to your mother through the bond between mother and child, and so can bad karma,"
King Jinluo Yama said again. "The bad karma of those you have killed in the past eighteen years has already been added to your mother's karma. Moreover, to wash away bad karma with good karma, the amount of good karma must exceed the amount of bad karma by a hundred times. I have calculated that even if you save one life a day, you would still have to save tens of thousands of people and it would take thousands of years."
Xie Ya was filled with hatred and regret. Looking at his mother in the fire pit, he was speechless for a moment.
With a leap, Xie Ya returned to the wooden stake where Wang Yunshi was trapped. The steel cone that had pierced her heart through her chest had already retracted into Wang Yunshi's body.
"Xie Ya..."
Wang Yunshi said in a trembling voice. The ghost soldiers surrounding the wooden stake were afraid of Xie Ya and dared not approach. Therefore, for a full half hour, no ghost soldier cut off her flesh to spare her from pain.
"Don't worry about your mother... This is retribution..."
Wang Yun sighed, "I'm already content to see you grow up and have such good fortune, blessed by the gods..."
"Mother!"
Xie Ya felt a pang in his chest, his eyes welled up with tears, and he couldn't help but shed them. He tightly grasped Wang Yun's hand, which was nailed to the wooden stake, "No matter how long it takes, I will find a way to get you out of here!"
Seeing Xie Ya's tears, Wang Yun was also moved, and the mother and son wept together.
Jiu Qian Yuan watched from a distance, and after a long while, he called Xie Ya back.
Xie Ya reluctantly waved goodbye to Wang Yun and flew out of the fire pool.
"Kyuuzen-in, what should I do? How can I get my mother out of hell as soon as possible?"
"What's so difficult about that?"
Kyuuzen-in smiled slightly. "Suffering is the most abundant thing in the world. Countless people in the mortal realm suffer; you could easily pick out tens of thousands. Take the Mirror Spring Kingdom atop the Yellow Spring Cave, for example. Most of its land is desolate, and the local lords are constantly at war. If you first rescue the innocent people of the Mirror Spring Kingdom, you'll surely be able to wash away much of your mother's sins."
"Hmm…"
Xie Ya's expression was uneasy, as if he had some unspeakable secret.
Those people bullied my mother and me in the past, and today, not only am I not allowed to kill them all, but I have to turn around and save them. It's truly heaven deliberately playing tricks on me! "However... before that, you must first get rid of your hatred for humans."
As if she could see through Xie Ya's thoughts, Kuzenin smiled bitterly, "Otherwise, you can't truly be good, and even if you do good deeds, the effect will be greatly reduced."
After saying that, a flash of inspiration struck Kuzenin, and a delicate and small young figure flickered before her eyes. "It's amazing, I happen to know a place, and a person, who can help you get rid of this bad habit."
"Is...is that so?"
Xie Ya felt uncomfortable all over at the thought of saving those damned humans, and stammered as he answered.
"Who...who is that?"
"Those trivial matters can be discussed in detail when we get back upstairs."
Jiuqianyuan looked at Jinluo Yama and smiled, "We've been bothering you for quite a while now. If we don't leave soon, I'm afraid Yama will be displeased."
Jinluo Yama snorted in dissatisfaction, kicked the edge of the fire pool with his short leg, and a steep staircase immediately opened up the black stone wall, extending upwards without end.
"Lord Jiuqianyuan, I still need to count the number of wandering souls that have been delayed for over ten years. Please forgive me for not seeing you off."
Jinluo Yama cupped his hands and said, his eagerness to drive the two out of the underworld was evident in his words.
"Fatty Jinluo, even if you didn't say that, we wouldn't stay here."
Jiuqianyuan laughed, waved to Xie Ya, and took the lead in flying up the steep staircase.
Xie Ya turned his head and looked at his mother's pale face with reluctance. After a while, he followed Jiuqianyuan away, leaving the steaming Shura Hell far away in the dark depths of the earth.

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