Holding a lantern, guiding souls across, Lady Hou comes from the underworld.

"Why are you staring at me?"

Xia Ximo maintained an indifferent attitude, but pushed the matter back to Yan Zhengchu, saying, "Since you have a solution, then do it your way."

"Huh?" Yan Zhengchu looked bewildered and muttered to himself, "I didn't say I had a way..."

Suddenly, he understood something from Xia Ximo's eyes...

"Yes, there is a method we could definitely try..."

"However, it would be necessary for the young marquis and young master Yu to avoid the situation."

Yu Lang couldn't help but look at Xia Ximo with a puzzled expression: "Miss Xia, shouldn't you avoid this area?"

That's right.

Yan Zhengchu's mind worked very quickly, and he explained, "Miss Xia was born in a yin year, yin month, yin day, and yin hour, so she is inherently of an extremely yin nature. I need her to help me on my journey to the underworld."

Yu Lang then realized what was going on and seemed to believe it wholeheartedly.

However, Ren Fengjue frowned slightly and asked, "Will doing this guarantee Miss Xia's safety?"

Although Yan Zhengchu himself was not very confident, he had witnessed Xia Ximo's abilities and trusted her enough.

"That's natural."

Seeing his confidence, Ren Fengjue felt a little relieved and said to Yu Lang beside him, "In that case, let's go out first."

After the two left, Yan Zhengchu immediately whispered to Xia Ximo, "Miss Xia, although I was young and reckless and ventured into the underworld once, back then I was truly a fearless newborn calf..."

"Right now, even if you gave me a hundred times the courage, I wouldn't dare."

Xia Ximo didn't waste any words: "I didn't say you had to go."

Inside the Soul-Crossing Lamp, Wuyou immediately protested.

"Mogu, trespassing into the underworld is a grave crime! Your soul has only just merged with your body; do you really want to take such a great risk?"

Xia Ximo ignored it and only instructed Yan Zhengchu: "Take good care of my body, or you will be held responsible."

Having said that, he directly guided his soul out of his body and into the Soul-Crossing Lamp.

"Lead the way."

Wuyou was annoyed by her stubbornness: "I won't bring it."

"I have something to ask the Earth Lord."

Xia Ximo surprisingly offered an explanation: "I wanted to confirm some things with him."

The soul-ferrying lamp and the soul-ferrying person are of one mind.

As the guardian spirit of the lamp, Wuyou naturally sensed the emotional fluctuations within her heart.

It sighed and asked her in return, "Do you know why soul ferrymen have no memories of their past lives?"

Xia Ximo remained silent.

She hadn't thought about it.

"Because most soul-crossing souls have painful memories of their past lives."

"Holding the lamp to guide souls, resolving hatred and grievances, forgetting the past and not remembering what happened, this is what you should be doing now."

Wuyou earnestly and patiently advised him.

Xia Ximo lowered his eyes, paused for a moment, and then said, "Although I have no memories, I understand myself."

"Things that you've decided to do, you must do."

"Otherwise, we won't be able to get through."

Hearing this, Wuyou knew she couldn't persuade him otherwise.

He said helplessly, "Fine, once you're in the underworld, you won't have any regrets."

"As for whether we will be able to meet the Earth Lord, that's hard to say."

As Wuyou spoke, a light appeared inside the Soul-Crossing Lamp. It said irritably, "Follow this light to the end, and you'll find the Gate of the Underworld."

Xia Ximo nodded and walked directly toward the light without hesitation.

Watching her retreating figure, Wuyou floated in place, agonizing for a moment, before sighing again.

"Fine, so be it."

In the end, I quietly followed them.

Two underworld officials stood guard at the gates of the netherworld.

Upon seeing a spirit coming from the human world, he immediately blocked its path with his halberd.

"Who goes there?"

Xia Ximo paused, about to speak, when Wuyou interrupted, asking, "Is this the soul-ferryman from the mortal realm? We tracked the wronged souls here but found they had vanished. Have you seen him?"

The underworld officials were puzzled: "We've never seen this before."

Wuyou, however, spoke in an official tone: "The wronged soul's resentment has not subsided, so it cannot enter the cycle of reincarnation. If it is accidentally let in, it will disrupt the order of the Reincarnation Department and be noticed by Lord Wuchang, which is no small matter."

Hearing how serious it sounded, the two underworld messengers panicked for a moment.

The gates of the underworld are frequented by many ghosts every day, but most of them are escorted in by underworld officials.

A small number of souls who died unjustly were sent here through the Soul-Crossing Lamp or earthly magic.

It's not unheard of for vengeful spirits and malevolent ghosts to intrude.

But if Lord Wuchang finds out, he will surely punish them for dereliction of duty first…

But they will be punished by the underworld.

Wuyou coughed lightly: "I would trouble you to go in and investigate now. The wronged soul is named Zhong Dingyan. He died a very unjust death. We will wait here."

Upon hearing this, the underworld messengers exchanged a glance, and without hesitation, immediately went to investigate.

Xia Ximo glanced at Wuyou and, unusually, praised her, saying, "You have quite a few clever ideas."

Knowing they would soon be exposed, Wuyou urged, "Let's go inside quickly."

Only after entering the gates of the underworld can one truly step into the netherworld.

However, the underworld is vast. Below the Earthly Lord, there are the Ten Kings of Hell, who are in charge of the Reincarnation Department, the Judges Department, and the Underworld Bureau.

Below them are the messengers from various departments, as well as the underworld officials and ghost generals.

Xia Ximo was unfamiliar with the terrain, but he knew that to see the Earthly Lord, he would have to pass through the Three Offices and Ten Palaces to reach the Ghost King's Palace.

However, they hadn't walked far when they heard a gloomy voice coming from not far away.

"stop."

Wuyou glanced back quietly and saw that the figure was incredibly tall, wearing a white robe and holding a soul tablet.

It muttered to itself, "It's the Soul Locker, also known as the White Impermanence."

Back then, in the secret chamber of the Eastern Palace, the one who led the underworld messengers to capture the soul was the soul-collecting messenger dressed in black robes—Black Impermanence.

These two messengers are ranked first among all the soul messengers and hold extremely high positions in the underworld.

If you get entangled with it at this point, it won't be easy to escape.

Xia Ximo was about to turn around when Wuyou said, "Don't turn around. There are so many ghosts here. Let's just leave and pretend we didn't hear you."

They immediately quickened their pace, but the next second, a soul tablet fell from the sky and blocked their way.

The Soul-Locking Messenger appeared in a flash.

"Are you deaf? Why don't you answer when I call out to you?"

Wuyou immediately put on a smile, "Lord Wuchang, we didn't know you were calling for us just now."

The Soul-Locking Messenger recognized it at a glance. "Guardian Spirit of the Lamp, what are you doing in the Underworld instead of guarding your soul-ferrying lamp?"

As she spoke, she glanced at Xia Ximo, but immediately froze.

this…

It had seen it before.

"Who are you…"

The Soul-Locking Messenger was immediately on high alert. He returned the soul tablet to its place and waved his hand, summoning all the ghostly messengers and generals around him.

The ghosts were so frightened that they scattered in all directions.

"You audacious Nine... Imprisoned Soul! The Earthly Lord ordered you to go to the mortal realm to ferry souls back to the underworld, yet you... dare to trespass back to the netherworld! What are your intentions?"

It's clear that the White Impermanence is also very nervous.

Wuyou, forcing a smile, tried to mediate, saying, "Lord Wuchang, you've misunderstood..."

There is no misunderstanding.

"..."

Despite the ghosts blocking his way, Xia Ximo's tone remained arrogant: "As you can see, I did indeed trespass. Now take me to see the Earth Lord so he can deal with me."