The Path to Immortality Begins with the Life-Extending Lamp

Chapter 245 A Fierce Ghost Blocks the Way
The stars raged wildly, ravaging dozens of miles, and a huge lava valley was forcibly carved out in the center of the underworld.

With the blessing of the Jiazi Changtan, the Nanming Sunlight Law descended like a meteorite, causing all the evil spirits and ghosts within a thirty-mile radius to vanish, and erasing the deep, bone-chilling power of the underworld.

All the demons in the demon realm sank beneath the scalding lava. Amidst the reddish-brown hues, billowing smoke and wailing cries rose from all directions, truly terrifying even the gods and spirits.

Just as the Taoist Taixu and Senior Brother Chen were exchanging surprised glances and catching their breath, a withered and terrifying yellowish-brown ghost hand pierced through the smoke and violently threw back a restrained Nanming Sun Star.

In an instant, a streak of crimson light drew a dazzling red line, transforming into a meteor from outer space that collided with the primordial barrier radiating blinding fluorescence, causing the entire space to tremble violently.

The raging embers transformed into a torrential downpour of red clouds and fiery rain, and on the Rebirth Chariot, many of the Daoist inscriptions and true texts had noticeably darkened considerably.

"..."

With a swift movement of his right hand, Li Qing summoned the black seal script, which instantly transformed into black water and covered the area. Dragon lightning, divine lightning, and community lightning followed closely behind the manifestation of the summoning ghost hand, coiling around it. In the blink of an eye, five constantly leaping bolts of lightning were held in Li Qing's palm. Before the smoke had even cleared, the five arcs of lightning transformed into lightning pythons and shot out, engulfing the spot where the old ghost had stood.

This old ghost is far more terrifying than he imagined. If he cannot restrain its movements, even the Eternal Regret Ghost Scissors might not be able to achieve a single strike.

Without Li Qing needing to speak, Linglong, the master behind him, immediately knew that her master was in trouble again. At this time, he was constantly fighting against that Yin God True Realm cultivator. How could she, a proper master, withstand such a battle?
'I'm afraid the master will have to go to the North Sea to capture some old demons who go berserk on their deathbeds to serve as his henchmen, only then can he meet his extremely troublesome needs!'

With a silent curse in her heart, Linglong Changzhu withdrew the Cloud and Rain Ghost Realm. Instantly, the dark clouds covering more than thirty miles condensed into a wisp of eerie light, sweeping up the paper soldiers and horses, as well as the severely injured Daoists, and the Rebirth Chariot quickly retreated more than ten miles away.

The Purple Mansion's rebellion against the Yin God was beyond their comprehension. Even Li Qing herself faced a tremendous risk of failure. With no other option, the group could only return to the Jiazi Divine Altar and use an alternative method to enhance Li Qing's power with the Paper God's secret power.

And beneath that deep lava valley, the three-headed ghouls, enduring the still-bouncing, violent arcs of lightning on their bodies, pulled their legs out of the scorching lava and approached Li Qing step by step once more.

Ghosts are divided into corpse ghosts, yin ghosts, and naturally born spirit ghosts... Yin ghosts are born from the resentment of the three souls, while corpse ghosts are born from the body. The former possesses the unpredictable and elusive nature of the soul, while the latter has its own indestructible body from the netherworld.

Li Qing knew how to subdue the "corpse ghost," but this old ghost, who had gone so far on the path of the Yin God Lord, could not be subdued by mere restraint.

"If I take people away, will the Ghost Lord definitely stop me?"

When his first attack failed, Li Qing withdrew his weapon from his fingertips, narrowed his eyes, and stared at the eerie old ghost.

At the same time, the primordial ancestral energy was gently exhaled from his mouth and nose. In just a few words, three auspicious clouds leaped out from Li Qing's crown chakra, covering the past void. The vast Xuan Yin ancestral energy filled this dark realm, and the hundred-mile-long sea of ​​clouds and sky was vast and mighty, swallowing up all the gloomy energy in the underworld.

Within this hazy sea of ​​qi, the rapid, chaotic sound of footsteps arose, as if numerous inaudible and invisible terrifying ghosts were stomping erratically in the depths of the void.

Qi Dao generates laws, auspicious clouds rise above, the Great Mantra of the Soul Dao is unleashed, and the Black Sky descends, rewriting all the laws of this hundred-mile-long world. Yin and Yang Dao, Qi and Soul, transform this void, stained black and white, into a forbidden domain.

He, Guilang-Liqing, is determined to have these five Taoist priests!
However, Li Qing's display of his muscles did not shake the three-headed, withered Corpse Demon Lord. The monster, which resembled an ancient corpse, approached Li Qing step by step. Just now, it was seen that the monster took a step of half a foot, but the moment its foot landed, it seemed to have moved several miles out of thin air.

In just a few steps, the terrifying old ghost suddenly appeared behind Li Qing, its disgusting, withered, yellowish-brown arms about to crush Li Qing's head in the blink of an eye.

However, just as this old ghost appeared in the Qi Sea, the originally distinct black shadow and white Qi suddenly began to riot.

How magnificent is the Hundred-Mile Sea of ​​Qi? Three clusters of auspicious clouds and continuous black mist await this old ghost to enter. In an instant, the hundred-mile sea of ​​qi will be filled with towering waves and upside-down chaos. No matter if you are a mountain god thousands of feet tall or a corpse ghost that does not decay, in this surging sea of ​​qi, you can only be like a broken boat, with heaven and earth turned upside down, enduring wind and rain, unable to resist in the slightest.

The three-headed corpse demons had just been overturned by the Qi Sea when the Black Heaven Ghost Curse attacked like a poison that clung to the bone. Countless invisible ghost shadows simultaneously raised their right feet and stepped on the heads of the corpse demons that were upside down in the Qi Sea. The chaotic ghost footprints strangely overlapped infinitely and imprinted themselves on the old ghost's head.

"Hehe...hee hee...you're going to die, you absolutely have to die!"

The seven-inch-long puppet actor had somehow jumped onto Li Qing's shoulder. The ruthless nature of the scapegoat flashed across its gloomy little face, and it launched an attack with the most vicious curse in conjunction with Li Qing.

Immediately afterwards, a cracking sound of bone breaking echoed through the Qi Sea. The right head of the three-headed corpse demon suddenly drooped limply, with only a layer of wrinkled brown skin still connecting the head. Otherwise, the three-headed corpse demon would have become a two-headed demon!

His breath transformed into clouds, vast as the sea, and the insidious curse of the ghost was all-pervasive. Coupled with the "prophetic curse" spoken by the substitute for the dead puppet, the overwhelming force of the immortal sect's Qi cultivation and the inviolable poisonous curse of the clan's ghosts and gods, the simultaneous appearance of these two extreme methods on Li Qing was truly terrifying.

The Yin-Yang spell is like the two sides of the celestial realm and the underworld, enough to injure any unknowing spirit, and indeed it has been so!

Before the Everlasting Regret Ghost Scissors were fully unsealed, the three-headed ghost had already lost a finger. At this moment, he had already gained a significant advantage!
"Is it really not enough for this sect to take only these few people with us?"

Li Qing slowly opened the blood-soaked wooden box in his left palm. At this moment, he was greatly affected by the substitute ghost puppet and the Great Black Heaven Curse, and he even had a somewhat sinister and threatening air about him.

At this moment, he seemed to be half-human and half-ghost, worthy of being a ruler of the underworld, which made the three-headed old ghost and Taixu and others who were avoiding battle in the rear wary and speechless.

The difference in realm and cultivation between ghosts and gods is far less pronounced than in the immortal path. Great ghosts devour small ghosts, and small ghosts can also devour great ghosts. In the Six Heavens Ghost Path, the laws and mechanisms are always the most unsolvable things.

If the law of the Ghost Mother is "distortion," then it is to distort all enemies, flesh and bones, supernatural powers and Taoist magic, dragging them into the depths of the netherworld to sink into distortion.

So Li Qing's mechanism might be "invasion," with Heavenly Ghost Footprints, Curses and Resentment, Dream-Entering and Life-Stealing... He is based on the Soul Path, and his ever-changing methods of invasion and attack are so effective that even those at the Yin God Realm, who are a level above him, cannot escape his grasp.

Given time, what if there's an inescapable invasion combined with the fully realized Mahakala Curse? What if there's the near-certain-killing Ghost Scissors Slaughter? Such Yin-Yang Path is enough to hang a deadly guillotine over anyone's head!

"Low...Low..."

Once Li Qing's auspicious cloud sea of ​​qi finally calmed down, the three-headed corpse demon retreated a great distance in one step. At this moment, it stiffly raised its right hand, trying to straighten the head, but no matter how it moved, the head that had been crushed by the Black Heaven Ghost Curse could no longer be raised. It was as if some inexplicable magic was cursing the ghost skull, leaving even a Yin God Lord like it helpless.

After trying for over forty times without getting tired, the old ghost seemed to understand something and finally gave up the action. The two remaining heads had turned around twistedly at some point and locked onto Li Qing with a cold look.

As its patience waned, a heavy shadow descended, blotting out the sky. The decaying, gloomy aura buried long ago in the grave also stirred this world, and with it came the vengeful spirits hidden in the shadows.

This corpse demon was clearly not a destitute creature like the One-Horned Demon General who fed on hundreds of ghosts. In its underworld, there were underworld plants that emitted the treasure light of the soul path, and a huge number of Yin ghost servants. It was like a tomb master, surrounded and protected by its many servants.

But it was clear that it was unwilling to give Li Qing the chance to leave!

“Brother Li… that old ghost was summoned earlier to destroy our formation foundation and then devour us fellow disciples one by one.”

"The evil spirits of the underworld are endless; we cannot afford to delay them."

The Taoist priest surnamed Chen lifted the paper saddle and spoke in a deep voice to the young figure in front of him who was alone, bearing the weight of a region of the underworld.

Every Taoist's magical power is limited. Just now, Brother Li used his Hundred-Mile Qi Sea and Soul Dao Killing Curse to defeat that old ghost in one round. With such a wide range of influence and such a strong momentum, the Taoist magic must have consumed a lot of energy. How could he be surrounded by those overwhelming ghosts again?

If we can evade the old ghost's attack, fighting and retreating is the best course of action!

After all, Li Qing's actions just now have shown that if he spares no effort, even someone as powerful as the Yin God Lord would risk perishing when facing that Yin-Yang Dao spell.

"Yes...I know!"

Bloodstained ghost hair had already risen from the wooden box and wrapped around most of Li Qing's body. The ghost hair danced wildly, and the demonic flames soared to the sky, as if it wanted to cut off everything in this world and drag it into the Blood Ghost Domain of Eternal Hatred, and refine all the spirits in the world into a blood ghost in the Silk of Eternal Hatred and Longing.

As the natal artifact of the ancient King Mu of the ancient Yinghai Kingdom, it contains more than a handful of Yin gods, blood ghosts, and blood demons, making it one of the most terrifying taboos under the Yang God position.

The fully unleashed Eternal Regret Scissors, the Ghost Mother who has already begun to stir after ascending to the Yin God realm, and even, if one wishes to play it safe, one could pay a controllable price to summon the Cold-Clothed Ghost Lord of "Fengdu Heaven" or the Fengdu Ghost Lord to rescue people...

With the Yin-Yang Incantation now in its initial stages, and with one trump card after another in his grasp, Li Qing was no longer the same person who had been treated like a plaything by the many Yin Gods of the "Heavenly Craft Workshop." At this moment, his state of mind was extremely calm.

This Taoist priest stood tall, his demonic flames raging to the heavens, his eerie hair hanging down to obscure the world, his life-extending lamp fixed in the void, emitting boundless blood light, half of his body covered in a ghostly light that summoned souls, accompanied by thunder and lightning, while the other half was entwined with azure waves and white mist, his aura continuous.

Surrounded by the half-yin, half-yang soul energy, Li Qing's voice grew increasingly impatient, and a hint of gloom began to overshadow the old ghost.

"Make way, you bastard!"

"Otherwise, hmph, all the lush Soul Spirit Firefly Grass and Crystal Fungus Trees in this Netherworld will be destroyed... It would be quite a pity..."

(End of this chapter)