The Hehuan Sect cultivates alchemy; my senior sister helps me refine alchemy throughout the world.

Judge Cui stood on the dilapidated stone steps of the Looking-Homeward Terrace, his face ashen as he gazed at the black mist sweeping in from afar: "It's here... the King of the Underworld is here..."

Smoke billowed from the fire unicorn's nostrils, and it pawed the ground incessantly with its two front hooves, clearly indicating that it was somewhat nervous.

"What's the panic?" Shen Yifei patted the fire qilin's head. "Now that it's here, breathe fire!"

Hades arrived very quickly.

Black mist filled the sky, accompanied by a chilling wind that rustled and rolled the broken stones on the ruins of the Wangxiangtai Terrace.

The black mist was directly in the center of a skeletal dragon, its white bones gleaming, with two ghostly flames flickering in its eye sockets.

A person sat on the back of the bone dragon, wearing a black and gold robe and a white bone crown. His face was obscured by black mist, making it impossible to see his features, but the aura emanating from him caused the yin energy within a ten-mile radius to surge violently.

Shen Yifei looked at the bone dragon, then at the fire qilin beneath him. The fire qilin was indeed large, but compared to the bone dragon, it was like a cat standing next to an elephant.

"Shi San, are you scared?" Shen Yifei patted the fire unicorn's neck.

"M-Master, I'm not... I'm not afraid, I just... I need to poop!" The fire qilin's tail was tightly tucked between its buttocks.

"Can't you fucking have any backbone?" Shen Yifei pointed ahead, "Ghosts are most afraid of your fire, you know that?!"

"I understand, I understand..."

As the two were speaking, 100,000 Netherworld soldiers surged out from the gray mist, covering the entire plain, densely packed and stretching as far as the eye could see.

Ghost soldiers wielded knives, ghostly soldiers held spears, and skeleton cavalry rode white bone warhorses with their four hooves treading on ghostly fire, a truly frightening sight.

The fire qilin was so frightened that it took two steps back, while Judge Cui was already kneeling on one knee.

"Young Master Shen! This is the Underworld King's Imperial Guard! One hundred thousand! One hundred thousand!"

"Heh heh, I've slain tens of thousands of demons with a single sword strike. Today, I'll show you what true power is!"

Having said that, Shen Yifei drew his Longtian Sword and shouted, "Little monster, come out and lend a hand!"

The little monster let out a howl and crawled out, but upon seeing that all it could see in the distance were ghostly things, it gagged twice and crawled back inside.

The little monster had just crawled into the Cauldron of All Things when it heard Shen Yifei's words. It poked its head out again, rolled its eyes at him, and then let out a "woof" before shrinking back and disappearing.

Hades' bone dragon landed a hundred feet in front of the ruins of Wangxiangtai, and 100,000 Hades soldiers surrounded them from all directions, completely blocking Shen Yifei and his companions.

Black energy surged as Hades rose from the back of the bone dragon. His gaze, beneath his white bone crown, swept over Shen Yifei, then over the fire unicorn beneath him, and finally over Judge Cui on the ground.

"Judge Cui," Hades spoke, his voice like a dull knife scraping bone, "how dare you betray me?"

Judge Cui's legs went weak and he almost knelt down, but after glancing at Shen Yifei, he forced himself to stand up straight: "Lord of the Underworld, you feed on ten thousand souls and suppress wronged spirits. This is not what the Lord of the Underworld should do."

"Oh...hahaha..." Hades laughed wildly, "You're trying to reason with me?"

Shen Yifei rode the fire qilin forward two steps, looked up at the underworld king on the bone dragon's back: "Underworld king, I don't care what kind of immortal or indestructible technique you cultivate. But you imprisoned my mother's soul in the underworld, and that needs an explanation."

"An explanation?" Hades sneered. "Your mother entered the Underworld voluntarily; her two souls and six spirits are the key. It's perfectly reasonable for me to accept them."

"Voluntary?" Shen Yifei laughed. "Would you voluntarily lie down now and let me stick a hundred needles into you?"

"Shen Yifei, stop with your glib talk," Hades said angrily. "I'll give you a chance. Hand over the origin of your Five Elements Demon God, and I'll let you leave the Underworld alive."

Shen Yifei patted the Fire Qilin's neck: "Shi San, did you hear that? He demanded we hand over our family's wealth. Tell me, if I give it to him, do you think we'll survive?"

The fire qilin spewed two plumes of black smoke from its nostrils and said in a muffled voice, "My lord, he... he's dreaming!"

Hades didn't waste any more words and waved his hand.

One hundred thousand underworld soldiers rushed forward from behind him, and the ghosts cried out, causing the heavens and earth to change color.

Shen Yifei lowered his head. "Burn."

The fire qilin opened its mouth, and a crimson pillar of fire swept out, the flames exploding in the Netherworld army formation. Hundreds of Yin soldiers in the front row instantly turned to ashes, leaving not a trace.

The fire qilin itself was stunned; it hadn't expected its fire to have such power in the underworld.

It sprayed another puff, longer and thicker.

Shen Yifei patted the fire qilin, "That's right! This is more worthy of being my mount, Shen Yifei!"

The ghost soldiers and generals were frightened. The skeleton cavalry at the forefront reined in their horses and came to a sudden stop. The rear ranks collided with the front ranks, and their own men trampled each other.

Shen Yifei chuckled upon seeing this: "Shi San, your fire is the nemesis of ghosts! It's full of yang energy, much stronger than that thing that only pees!!"

Upon hearing this, the Fire Qilin became excited. With a leap, it charged into the Netherworld Army's formation, rampaging and unleashing a barrage of fiery tongues from its mouth.

Some people were unhappy with what Shen Yifei said!

The little monster roared and emerged again, this time crackling with lightning.

Watching the Fire Qilin wreak havoc among the Netherworld Army, the little monster tilted its head back, opened its mouth wide, and a bolt of lightning shot out.

Lightning struck the ranks of the underworld army, like a silver serpent slithering into the crowd. With a series of crackling sounds, dozens of adjacent underworld soldiers were instantly strung together by the lightning, their bodies smoking as they vanished into nothingness.

The fire-breathing Qilin can sweep across an area in one breath, while the lightning of the small monsters can only kill in a line, so the effect is far inferior to that of the fire-breathing Qilin.

The little monster could only desperately spray lightning to increase the number of attacks; it couldn't possibly be worse than the Fire Kirin.

The two mythical beasts were locked in a fierce battle. One breathed fire, the other struck electricity, and the underworld army was like crops in a paddy field, being harvested one after another.

Hades sat atop the bone dragon, watching his royal guards being beaten senseless by the two beasts, and finally couldn't take it anymore.

He raised his hand, and the Netherworld Army retreated in a flurry, regrouping a hundred feet away.

In just a short while, nearly 10,000 of the 100,000 Netherworld soldiers were lost.

To be honest, Shen Yifei felt a little pained.

He originally intended to use the Cauldron of Myriad Things to refine 100,000 Netherworld soldiers into elixirs, which were rare resources!

Hades said coldly, "Shen Yifei, no wonder Shi Yan introduced you to me. You truly have great potential! Very well... I'm determined to have your body!"

With a flick of his wrist, a long, jet-black sword appeared in his palm. The blade was thick and heavy, and a hideous ghost head was carved on the hilt. As soon as the sword was drawn, the yin energy within a hundred miles converged on its blade.

"This blade is called the Spirit Slayer. I have used it for three thousand years, slaying thirty-eight thousand disobedient souls." The King of the Underworld slowly raised the blade. "For hundreds of years, I have not used it. Today, I will use you as a sacrifice to the blade."

Shen Yifei patted the fire unicorn's neck and jumped down.

"Shi San, you and Little Monster go hold off those bastards. I'll deal with this old bastard."