I am a mortal who has achieved enlightenment through burning my secrets

Chapter 219 River Styx
"The Gem of Reality, the Triumphant Creation, the Great Dao of Creation..."

"As long as there is enough energy, you can create anything you want."

"That's ridiculously strong!"

"Unfortunately, this isn't the Marvel Universe. Energy can't be replenished. Once it's used up, that's it!"

After much deliberation, Xiao Wuji decided not to waste the energy inside. With this thing, he could further enhance the foundation of his small world, making it more likely to ignite the Chaos Fire after returning to the Void.

"Is Master ready?"

Mu Qing's voice came from outside. Xiao Wuji put away the gemstone in his hand, then pushed open the door and said:
"Everything's ready, let's go!"

Several years have passed, and everything that needed to be prepared has been prepared. The missing puppets after Di Xue's death have been made up by the many "capable people" under Xiao Wuji's command.

Now everything is ready, and we don't even need the east wind (a lucky charm).

……

The Abyss is divided into seven layers, with the seventh layer being the place where the dark energy is most concentrated.

Some of these unintelligent abyssal monsters are powerful, even the Four Great Demon Kings are somewhat wary of them.

Therefore, even Madam Lan, who loves Yin energy the most, was unwilling to build the underground palace on this level, but instead built it on the sixth level of the Abyss.

However, on this day, in the seventh level of the Abyss, in an exceptionally desolate gray desert, countless demonic figures appeared, numbering in the tens of thousands.

Most of them were ordinary low-level monsters from the abyss, while others were rather strange.

Part of it was shrouded in a vast expanse of black, eerie wind, with countless ghostly figures flickering and howling sounds emanating from the wind, causing other demons to keep their distance and not daring to approach even slightly.

Directly above this eerie wind, Madam Lan hovered, with eight other dark figures behind her.

Each one was several meters tall, clad in a hideously menacing suit of armor. Some carried weapons, while others were unarmed. Their faces were blurred and indistinct.

These were the eight Yin Armored Mystic Ghosts that Madam Lan had refined.

Not far from the vast black wind were various puppets of different heights, but all motionless.

These puppets are the result of Xiao Wuji's efforts over the years.

Most of them are low-level ironwood puppets recorded in the Great Evolution Manual, with only a very small portion being pure metal puppets. However, each of these puppets possesses strength no less than that of a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator. They represent the true elite among the puppets.

As for stronger puppets, although Xiao Wuji could also refine them, he had no intention of doing so. The materials needed to refine a puppet at the Integration Stage were enough for him to refine several of the top-ranked Heavenly Treasures!
Not far from Xiao Wuji, a giant golden flower floated in the air.

Mu Qing stood on the flower, looking up at the sky.

Standing to the side was a golden ape, with two swords slung across its back and its eyes flashing with cold light.

Further away, there stood a figure shrouded in a black cloak, completely obscured by wind and rain—the most mysterious of the four demon kings, Six-Legged. Horrifyingly, hovering above Six-Legged's head was a gigantic eyeball, over ten feet in size, gleaming with an eerie gray light.

After an unknown amount of time, the six-legged creature at the very front of the group suddenly spoke:

"Fellow Daoist Mu, the time is almost up. Quickly offer up your blood offerings and perform the final blood sacrifice."

Upon hearing this, Mu Qing nodded and made a gesture with one hand towards his lower body.

A dozen or so high-level demons flew out from below. Each of them was empty-handed, but each carried a blood-red leather pouch at their waist. Without a word, these people flew into the sky in the blink of an eye, then simultaneously grabbed their pouches and shook the openings sharply in the same spot.

It released more than a dozen clumps of blood, which then converged in the air to form a giant blood sphere.

Then, a light array flashed beneath Mu Qing's feet, and he arrived in front of the blood mass. He took out two pieces that looked like solidified blood clots and threw them into the blood mass.

As soon as the blood cell absorbed those dark red substances, the bloody smell disappeared, and instead it emitted a rich and extremely refreshing fragrance.

The monsters below became restless after smelling the fragrance, but were quickly suppressed by the powerful six-legged creature.

Almost simultaneously, a rumbling thunderclap echoed from the void above the blood sphere, followed by a spatial fluctuation. Clusters of pale silver clouds appeared out of thin air, then swirled and formed a strange, enormous vortex.

The vortex was nearly ten feet in diameter, with silvery light churning inside, growing brighter and brighter, accompanied by bursts of loud noises, as if something was about to burst forth from the sky and appear in the world.

Suddenly, a crisp sound of porcelain shattering, mixed with a booming sound, rang out.

The space within the vortex finally shattered, and with a flash of black light, a hairy silver arm emerged. After waving it a few times in the air, another arm identical to Bian's also shot out.

Two enormous hands, each over ten feet long and with jet-black fingernails, grabbed the edge of the black hole and ripped it apart. The surrounding space, spanning over a hundred feet, shattered inch by inch!
After a mournful cry, the silver vortex collapsed and disappeared, turning into specks of silver stars.

Where the void had been, a massive, dark hole, ten times larger, appeared, with a pair of enormous hands resting motionless on its edge. At the same time, a gigantic eye flickered within the hole, gleaming with an eerie green light.

As soon as the monster appeared in front of the black hole, its single eye darted around and immediately landed on the giant blood sphere, flashing with an eerie light.

The enormous head let out a low groan, opened its massive mouth, and spewed out a stream of silver light, instantly engulfing all the blood orbs below and sending them flying back.

With a "poof," the blood orb was swallowed whole by the monster.

The Sky-Shattering Demon flashed with light, its entire body turning crimson, as if it had been instantly stained red by the blood it had swallowed.

Several muffled burps came from the gaping maw, the enormous head began to sway, then turned and disappeared into the black hole, vanishing without a trace in the blink of an eye.

Xiao Wuji watched this scene with great interest. He could only say that this kind of innate talent was truly powerful. Even though he had now comprehended the laws of space, he could not tear open such a stable spatial passage.

"Alright. With the spatial rift torn open for us by Jingkong Demon, our entry into the Styx Land will be much easier. Fellow Daoist Mu, you and I will go in first to open up the spatial connection of the Styx Land, so that this fellow Daoist and Fellow Daoist Lan's army can enter smoothly."

After a moment, having passed through the spatial passage, the scene before him filled Xiao Wuji with a sense of surprise and delight.

Hundreds of feet away, a vast expanse of white water blocked their path.

The water was milky white and somewhat murky, and its depth was unknown, but it seemed to stretch endlessly to the left and right.

The fact that the Styx River could make the four demon kings wary must mean that it has something special about it. The water of the Styx River is extremely yin, but it is also tainted by demonic energy, causing many mutations in the creatures within it. Even Lady Lan, a ghost cultivator, is unable to use the water of the Styx River to cultivate.

"It seems that the demonic tomb is not far from the River Styx, otherwise the River Styx would not have suddenly become filled with so much demonic energy!"

This water magic can no longer be cultivated, but if used for refining weapons, it would be an excellent material for refining weapons.

If this entire river were extracted and refined into a treasure map similar to the Yellow River Map, its unique characteristics might even allow it to be crafted into a renowned spiritual treasure.

However, such a magic weapon was somewhat useless to Xiao Wuji, but it was an excellent magic weapon for Xiaomeng, who specialized in the Great Dao of Water.

"My lovely Xiaomeng, your package has arrived..."

(End of this chapter)