Mystery: Starting with the Night Pope.

Chapter 573 Dao Source Heavenly Court Guanghan

Truman walked through the void. Now that the "Lord of Mysteries" and other old fogies had made their moves, he naturally had no interest in wandering around the Divine Continent. He headed directly towards the locations of the various "Source Matter".

"The underworld, the River Styx, the River of Oblivion..." As they drew closer, Truman sensed the corresponding primal energy in the void.

Because of a tributary of the River of Eternal Darkness, Truman was already very familiar with it.

Of course, the same principle applies in reverse. As soon as Truman stepped into this strange underworld space, the whole world seemed to tremble for a moment.

"The Underworld?" Truman looked up and surveyed the Underworld. It was not much different from the "Underworld" he knew, with twelve Yama Kings and eighteen levels of hell.

These buildings and spaces are scattered along the upper and lower reaches of a large river.

Without a doubt, this is the "River of Eternal Darkness," also known as the River Styx or River of Oblivion in China, a symbol of the cycle of life and death.

"This world doesn't seem to be very peaceful either. I was born into the karma of the 'Eternal Dark River,' and then I was polluted by various sources of energy..."

The only difference is that the "pollution" here in China is no longer "pollution"; it is a mark, a force.

Those who come into contact with these powers will not die, but will be marked, and everything will belong to the ultimate "creditor".

In other words, the people of Shenzhou are born with an enormous debt that they can never repay, and in the end, they can only become a part of these "source substances" and integrate into them.

"The Underworld Man?" Truman suddenly looked up at the source of the "River of Eternal Darkness".

There, a Taoist priest dressed in a tattered black robe was standing. The moment the priest stood on the dark water, the entire river came to a standstill.

It was at this time that the buildings in the river gradually faded and disappeared into the underworld.

At this moment, all that remained in the entire underworld were Chu Men, the Underworld Daoist, and the River Styx beneath their feet.

"With a true immortal before me, I fear this old Taoist cannot extend my greeting."

"The cycle of birth and death is of paramount importance to the Divine Land, so please, True Immortal, do not blame me."

"You still retain consciousness?" Truman looked at the underworld being in astonishment.

This Taoist has truly "merged with the Dao" and is the supreme being in the cultivation system of Shenzhou. In fact, he is probably even more powerful than the single-path true gods of the North and South continents.

However, judging from the "Harmony with the Dao" realm, it is not difficult to guess that this "Netherworld Daoist" has already merged into the "Source Matter" and become a part of it, or even a clone of the "Eternal Dark River".

However, judging from the current state of the Underworld Man, it is clear that he still has self-awareness and has resisted the erosion of the "River of Eternal Darkness".

"I've only managed to retain a sliver of my true self by sheer luck." The Underworld Daoist shook his head slightly, looking at Chu Men with a bright light in his eyes that was different from that of the Styx River.

"Are true immortals here to save the world? To face those extraterrestrial demons?" the Underworld Daoist asked urgently.

Extraterrestrial demons… Chu Men’s lips twitched. The name used here in the Divine Continent was even more fitting than the names used in the Northern and Southern Continents.

"Shenzhou is also my homeland, so I will naturally protect it." Truman looked at the Daoist of the Underworld and understood his meaning, so he nodded slightly in response.

"With the words of a true immortal, the path of cultivation in the Divine Land can continue for ten thousand generations without end." The Underworld Daoist's face was solemn, and the light of his will was extremely bright. He had received Chu Men's answer and confirmed Chu Men's thoughts. His expression finally softened.

"On behalf of the people of China, I thank the True Immortal. I also want the True Immortal to know that the Holy Lands of the Heavenly Court have each dispatched powerful figures to the Underworld."

"Dao Yuan" and "Yuan Zhi" mean the same thing, except that these Yuan Zhi created the cultivation system of Shenzhou and are the "source of the Great Dao".

"Hmm? Why are you telling me this?" Truman was slightly taken aback, his expression strange.

"We may have taken different paths, but we share the same ideal of saving the world. And compared to the Heavenly Court, I think you are more likely to succeed." The Underworld Daoist bowed slightly to Truman as a sign of respect.

In the next second, the Underworld Daoist looked up again, but the light of reason was gone from his eyes; he was now the River Styx itself.

At the same time, the stagnant River Styx began to flow again.

"We'll have to fight eventually." Truman glanced at the Dark Daoist whose eyes had lost their luster, then turned to look in another direction.

Familiar auras emanated from all directions of the underworld.

"Is the 'Disordered Kingdom' the Heavenly Court? No, the Heavenly Court is actually a product of several primal elements combined together, and the 'Disordered Kingdom' only represents one of them..."

Truman's eyes were opened; these were the most fundamental secrets of the Divine Continent, now revealed to him with the arrival of various source substances.

Perhaps when Truman crossed that starlight portal, these source substances already knew of his arrival and then chose the Underworld for a final hunt.

"Is your Heavenly Court so wild that it hunts down True Immortals?" Truman looked at a dignified, square-faced middle-aged man wearing a bright yellow dragon robe and a crown.

This person is probably the apparent ruler of the Heavenly Court.

"We've seen true immortals, but we were only trying to protect ourselves." This Jade Emperor gave Truman the same feeling as the current Underworld Daoists; he had already "merged with the Dao."

"Well said, 'Self-preservation is a fine idea,' but I'm not an unreasonable person," Truman said, looking at the Jade Emperor. "I only need the 'River of Eternal Darkness' and the 'Mother Nest.' I won't participate in the rest of the fusion competition."

"Does even a true immortal need to sow discord?" Just then, a graceful and aloof fairy with ethereal beauty stepped out from beside the Jade Emperor. Her white robes fluttered, and she simply stood there, completely overshadowing the Jade Emperor's majestic aura.

She was the embodiment of beauty, aloof and ethereal, with long, flowing hair that seemed to shimmer with moonlight.

"Guanghan, Chang'e? You are a Daoist of the 'Mother Nest'?!" Truman was also astonished when he looked at this fairy who seemed to have stepped out of a painting.

"Don't you know that the moon beyond our realm has been occupied by that person? Yet you dare to travel around in this guise?"

There are some things that even the original barriers could not block, such as certain concepts and symbols. And now, the "moon" symbol on Earth cannot escape the "fallen mother goddess" on the real moon.

Under normal circumstances, anyone or anything that touches the concept of the moon cannot escape the gaze of that being, and this Fairy of the Moon is also a Daoist who has merged with the "mother nest".

"Something's really wrong with you..."

Truman gazed at the fairy maiden from the moon, his eyes shimmering with a dazzling, dreamlike phosphorescence.

"The Heavenly Court establishes the Way to protect the Three Realms, and even True Immortals must be bound by the Heavenly Laws." Suddenly, a stone slab appeared in the Jade Emperor's hand, and the stone slab contained the aura of all the "Origin Matter" in the Divine Continent!

This is the foundation of the Heavenly Court, the covenant between all source matter and the Heavenly Court.

"If I were truly bound by your Heavenly Laws, then I wouldn't be a true immortal." Faced with the combined efforts of all the source beings, Truman also became serious, taking out the Spear of Destiny and pointing it directly at the Moon Fairy.

(End of this chapter)