A Scroll of Infinite Glory

Chapter 616 The Eighteen Levels of the Underworld, The Supreme Master with the Green Lamp

The Destroyer of Ruins is a multiverse that exists after death, yet it still possesses endless activity. In this respect, it has clearly surpassed the scope of an eight-star creature.

However, it cannot be considered a normal nine-star existence.

In a horizontal comparison, this kind of Heavenly Demon should be about the same level of combat power as Guan Luoyang, who once controlled 90% of the energy of the Gourmet Continent, and may even be stronger in terms of foundation.

In short, it was powerless against Guan Luoyang's nine-star clone.

However, after Guan Luoyang entered the body of the Destroyer of Ruins, he did not relax. Instead, he became even more cautious and immediately began to connect his own aura with the aura inside the Destroyer of Ruins.

At the same time, the Haotian Mirror did not continue to follow, but flew further and further away, returning to its original location.

This artifact has very distinct characteristics, and because of Dongfang Wuyou, it is recorded in the archives of large and medium-sized battle groups of the Reincarnators.

If the Haotian Mirror continues to approach that main god's light sphere, it is likely to attract attention and increase the risk of its identity being exposed.

The Hammer of Wrath is different. Because its master was incompetent, this artifact is far less well-known than the Mirror of Heaven.

Moreover, this artifact is more difficult to control than ordinary nine-star artifacts. Furthermore, Guan Luoyang, Lu Nanxing, and others have jointly modified its internal laws, making it extremely difficult for outsiders to uncover the true origin of this artifact.

Furthermore, the prototype of this artifact is a doomed primordial universe, which complements the aura of the Annihilation Demon.

Guan Luoyang mediated between the two sides, using the power of the Heavenly Ghost to disguise himself and attempting to control this Destroying Heavenly Ghost. At the same time, he deeply refined the Wrathful Dark Hammer, altering the internal and external aura of the whisk that the Wrathful Dark Hammer had transformed into to an even more unrecognizable state.

The progress on both sides complements each other, which is much faster than refining one side alone.

When this lizard-headed Annihilation Demon mingled with the other demons, a wave of probing cause and effect clearly emanated from the main god's sphere of light in front of it.

Guan Luoyang's mind and body were clear and tranquil, as if he had entered Nirvana, and he did not react to this probing fluctuation.

At this moment, he seemed to have become two sides of the same coin with this lizard-headed Destroyer of the Void. His appearance became somewhat weathered, and his originally jade-white eyebrows and long hair turned into a pale and withered color.

This clone was created using a ten-star treasure like the Primordial Golden List.

When the clone material emerged from the Hongmeng Golden List, all past causal connections had been completely hidden.

When Guan Luoyang actively connected with and alternated with the aura inside the Heavenly Ghost, the extremely chaotic and complex causal traces on the Heavenly Ghost's body naturally transferred to his clone.

The God's Sphere, though considered one of the most extraordinary artifacts in the entire Great Void Sea, is still just one sphere here, and it's the result of the collision between the larger spheres.

With the Hongmeng Golden List gaining the upper hand, the fluctuations occasionally emitted by the large ball of light in front of them made it impossible to detect the flaws of this nine-star clone.

Guan Luoyang was immersed in the Heavenly Ghost's body, seemingly oblivious to the outside world, cultivating and entering a meditative state on his own, unaware of how many times he had been probed during that time.

The sphere of light from the main god finally led this group of celestial demons closer to the Taiqing Chiming World.

Within the Great Void Sea, observing the form of the Taiqing Crimson Bright World, one can see that the world resembles a giant hourglass, with the smallest part in the middle, which is the location of the mortal realm, perfectly overlapping with the surface of the Great Void Sea.

The upper part of Taiqing Chiming consists of thirty-three heavens, whose concept of existence is vast and far surpasses that of ordinary multiverses.

Without close inspection, one might even think that the upper part of the world's form is a rare treasure that grew from the entire Great Void Sea as its root system.

Those multiverses that have produced nine-star powerhouses often exhibit an extremely prosperous appearance, with the sea surface far away from the Great Void Sea, hanging high above, but their height cannot exceed the height of the thirty-three heavens directly connected to the sea surface.

As for the lower half of Taiqing Chiming, the eighteen layers of the underworld are completely submerged below the surface of the Great Void Sea, with only a vague outline that is difficult to see in its entirety.

As the main divine orb approached this world, the divine light it emitted grew fainter and fainter, gradually receding until it seemed to be nothing more than a phantom shadow, continuing to guide these celestial demons forward.

The Destroyer of Ruins is a creature that should have sunk to the bottom. If it relies solely on its own instincts, although it can sometimes break out of the Boundary Sea and attack those multiverses that have not yet reached the end of their lifespan, it cannot stay above the Boundary Sea for long.

The group of Destroyer Demons that were attracted here seemed much more active than before, mainly because of the turbulent currents in the Boundary Sea caused by the Great Collision of the Main God.

With the help of those boundless turbulent currents, it would be much easier for them to move around above the boundary sea.

But now, that ball of light is drawing them deeper into the depths.

After a long while, the phantom of the sphere of light approached the location of the eighteenth level of the Underworld, at the very bottom of the Taiqing Chiming.

The celestial demons surged forward, about to rush into the eighteenth level of the underworld, when the illusory sphere of light suddenly flickered and quietly disappeared.

The many Annihilation Demons were not so perceptive and did not realize that the thing that had attracted them had flown away. They continued to move forward and entered the eighteenth level of the Netherworld one after another.

Many worlds have structures like the underworld or the netherworld, but most of the underworlds contain the five turbid energies and the power of annihilation, and none of them can be as extreme as the Annihilation Heavenly Ghost.

Therefore, if the Demon of Annihilation wants to enter, it will inevitably be rejected and will need to force its way through.

However, the eighteenth level of the Taiqing Chiming Underworld did not show the slightest rejection towards these Extinction Heavenly Ghosts, making them feel as if they had returned to their hometown.

When they entered the dark and boundless void of the underworld, they even discovered that the purity of the five turbid energies drifting around them was no less than that of the power within their own bodies.

The light orbs that truly attracted them had already left, and the underworld was so decayed that they couldn't find the vibrant targets they instinctively wanted to attack, and they gradually became much slower.

After wandering aimlessly for a period of time, the celestial demons began to disperse and disperse.

At this moment, a bright blue raven flew over, nimbly weaving through the many enormous celestial demons, circling around, and after a moment, landed on the lizard-headed celestial demon.

"My master calculated with his fingers and discovered that among the newly arrived group of Heavenly Ghosts, there was a distinguished guest. He specially ordered me to invite the distinguished guest to a gathering at Jiufang Mountain."

The crow used a Daoist language that carried information using the power of the Five Turbidities. Regardless of which cultivation system it came from, as long as one had come into contact with the phenomenon of the universe's decay and felt that extreme power of the Five Turbidities, one would definitely be able to understand this language.

It called out three times, but received no response. As if it had expected this, it breathed a sigh of relief.

Nine times out of ten, the crows that the master sent out to deliver messages would be eaten by the guests. This guest, though he did not respond, did not come out to eat the crow either, which was quite rare.

The crow flapped its wings and continued, "The underworld is desolate. In three days, the master will hold a grand banquet for guests, which will be the most lively ever. All the attendees will be experts of the first rank, such as ancient emperors. If you are interested, you can use the Blue Crow Token to find the route."

After saying this, the crow immediately transformed into a token and stuck it tightly to the body of the lizard-headed demon.

The five turbid energies of the Annihilation Demon did not corrode the token; instead, they were slowly absorbed by it, as if the five turbid energies within the token were more profound than those of the lizard-headed demon.

The time within each of the Destroyer of Ruins is chaotic, so it's impossible to pinpoint exactly when the three-day period will end.

Although there is a unified flow of time in the underworld, it is unknown how long a day actually is.

However, Guan Luoyang will soon no longer have to worry about this problem.

Because he saw the symbol of time.

In this boundless, dark eighteenth level of the underworld, a sun actually appeared.

The moment the sunlight shone down, Guan Luoyang opened his eyes and captured the profound mysteries of the movement of the sun and moon in this pure and bright world.

Both the sun and the moon are symbols of the will of the Supreme Heaven, but their trajectories are slightly different.

When the sun is in the thirty-third celestial realm, it signifies daytime in the heavens. At this time, the moon is in the tenth celestial realm, and the sun and moon move in a mutually pulling manner.

When night falls in the heavens, the sun will descend to the eighteenth level of the underworld, and the moon will ascend to the thirty-third level of the heavens.

As for the celestial phenomena of the earthly realm, they are merely the essence of the spiritual light projected by the stars in the heavenly realm. They change sequentially within the celestial dome according to the laws of heaven, thus revealing the division of day and night and the seasons.

Therefore, although the moon cannot be seen in the eighteenth level of the underworld, the sun can be seen periodically, and there is a distinction between day and night.

However, when the sun appeared, all the celestial demons and evil beasts in the eighteenth level of the underworld felt their strength gradually weakening under the sunlight, and immediately became agitated.

They instinctively began to emit even stronger turbid energy, stirring up space and time, wanting to pounce on that sun, shatter it, and assimilate it.

However, the closer these celestial demons got to the sun, the faster they were weakened. Their attacks were completely obliterated halfway through their journey, and they could not even touch the sun itself.

No matter what actions are taken, they cannot form an effective resistance; instead, they accelerate the rate at which their own strength is depleted.

Soon, the celestial demons' survival instinct made them want to escape and distance themselves from the sun.

The group of celestial ghosts near Guanluoyang had only recently entered the underworld, and now they turned around and tried to escape back into the Boundary Sea, to escape the area illuminated by this sun.

Unfortunately, it was only at this point that they discovered that the eighteenth level of the underworld was easy to enter but difficult to leave.

That thin membrane of the underworld did not create any resistance when they entered.

Now it has withstood all their impacts without showing any sign of being shaken!

These celestial demons could only dive as deep as possible, huddle together, and unite to survive this round of sunlight.

A crack silently appeared on the head of the lizard-headed demon.

A ray of sunlight fell into its body and was caught by Guan Luoyang's outstretched hand.

This sunlight contains the profound and mysterious essence of pure Yang, a pure and harmonious whole, perfectly self-sufficient, impervious to all evil and devoid of all turbidity.

After careful contemplation and calculation, Guan Luoyang discovered that if the light shone on the monster, the Extinction Void Heavenly Ghost, could potentially split apart.

They will differentiate from a state equivalent to the remains of a multiverse to a state equivalent to the remains of a single universe. Although their numbers increase, the purity of the five turbid energies will decrease, and the various Daos related to decay contained within them will be destroyed and diluted.

"The Annihilation Demon, also known as the Five Turbid Ancestral Beasts, means that they erode other multiverses and transform other things into a state similar to themselves."

Guan Luoyang seemed thoughtful. "But there could also be another meaning: that these celestial demons can differentiate into offspring, descending from ancestral beasts to ferocious beasts, continuously weakening and differentiating themselves?"

Recalling the information about the underworld that the Last Song Battle Group had collected while operating in the mortal realm of the East Sea, Guan Luoyang pieced together a general outline in his mind.

As these celestial demons are differentiated, the binding force of the eighteenth layer of the underworld on them will slightly loosen, allowing these continuously weakened evil beasts to appear successively in the seventeenth, sixteenth, fifteenth, and so on layers of the underworld...

Until they enter the tenth level of the underworld and begin to come into contact with the forces of the underworld, and with the illumination of the Taiqing Moon, the evil beasts whose five turbid powers have been diluted to a certain extent will be captured and transformed.

There will be people from the underworld who will extract the spiritual essence that once existed within them and send it into the cycle of reincarnation, giving them a chance to be reborn.

Therefore, in the myriad realms connected by the Taiqing Chiming, there often appear beings with innate wisdom. However, if these beings cannot cultivate successfully or accumulate merit, and die again, they may be re-judged by the underworld and become no different from ordinary beings.

This should be considered a good thing, whether for the beings of the past or for the Taiqing Chiming and all the myriad realms.

However, if Guan Luoyang is truly a creature who possesses wisdom but is two sides of the same coin as the Destroyer of Ruins, then he would never have any fondness for such a thing.

Because in this process of weakening, refining and transforming, most of the powerful beings who are one with the Heavenly Ghost will be broken down and divided into countless ordinary ghost spirits and sent to be reincarnated.

No wonder the owner of that blue raven seemed quite certain that Guan Luoyang would keep the appointment.

In an environment like the eighteenth level of the underworld, it is clear that only by sticking together can one survive for a longer period of time.

After the sun had completed its cycle and left the underworld, Guan Luoyang did not intend to wait the full three days before taking action. Instead, he appeared directly above the Heavenly Ghost, took the token, and checked the path to Jiufang Mountain.

Storing within the token are more than 30,000 spacetime coordinates based on the void of the underworld.

By connecting these time and space coordinates into a line and traveling through them in sequence, you can reach Jiufang Mountain.

Guan Luoyang estimated for a moment, then took out only one level equivalent to an eight-star multi-dimensional creator, lit up the token, and began to lock onto a distant space-time.

More than 30,000 spacetime coordinates unfolded sequentially, connecting to form a long, narrow, iridescent tunnel that appeared in front of the lizard-headed demon.

This celestial demon has been deeply influenced by Guan Luoyang's clone. At this moment, as long as Guan Luoyang has a thought, the celestial demon will rush into the tunnel, trampling on layers of spacetime coordinates, and rush away.

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Vast emptiness, endless dark clouds.

The mountains rise majestically, and the Heihe River meanders around them.

The vast black swamp surrounds the sacred land of Jiufang Mountain, isolating it from both inner and outer space-time. The tens of thousands of coordinates that the Lord of Jiufang Mountain usually stores in his guest tokens will also be completely severed here.

Whether or not one can cross this vast swamp depends on the abilities of the person who came first.

Tonight, a colorful vortex suddenly appeared in the sky, and celestial demons rushed through the tunnel with astonishing force, followed by a deep sigh.

"I have heard that when all dharmas cease to exist, it will be like an oil lamp that is about to dim; for a moment, its light will burn brightly again, and then the lamp will go out and the dharma will disperse!"

A burst of azure flames erupted, instantly expanding the iridescent tunnel a million times larger. The flames burned a dry passage through the dark swamp, allowing the celestial demons to tread freely.

Guan Luoyang combines purple qi with Buddhist light, which usually presents a purple-gold radiance, but if it is intentionally ignited, it will turn into blue flames.

This blue flame originally came from the true essence of the Buddha's palm in Buddhism, and was condensed into a paper boat lantern by mixing the true fire of hell and the Dharani of the Buddha's Crown.

However, its power is vastly different from what it used to be, far surpassing its former strength.

Moreover, he deliberately mixed the five turbid energies into this flame, making the blue firelight appear extremely fierce.

It carries a sense of transcending and liberating, as if burning away all of creation.

The white-haired monk waved his whisk, rode the celestial demons, crossed the dark swamp, and arrived at Jiufang Mountain.

"Master Qingdeng has come to pay a special visit to the Lord of Jiufang Mountain."

(End of this chapter)