Dao Ye is going to ascend

Chapter 741 Li Yuan Fishing for the Toad, First Entry into the Underworld (Part 2)

In the shadows, Li Yuan watched the battle.

After advancing to the fourth realm, the Shadow Demon Body also condensed a natal divine ability, which allows it to freely switch within the Shadow Demon Body within a certain range.

The toad's supernatural powers were indeed extremely ferocious, but they were not enough to harm him.

The Shadow Demon Body is inherently a pure Yin body, and the Shadow Demon Realm within its body has accumulated countless filths. Even if it withstands the poison, it can still digest the toad's poison.

However, he clearly had no intention of confronting this near-sixth-realm ferocious beast, and instead took advantage of the situation to disappear into the shadows, waiting for an opportunity.

"The heavens and earth are reflected, neither real nor unreal, no wonder I can't find it anywhere..."

Li Yuan focused his mind on sensing, and suddenly realized something.

Over the years, he released countless demonic cultivators to search the world, but he couldn't find a single trace of Li, so he had no choice but to lie low among these demonic cultivators.

Now that I see them, I realize that these demonic cultivators must be hiding some kind of evil-seeking methods.

"roar~"

A fierce cold wave swept across tens of thousands of miles, and the giant emerald green toad instantly turned white. It opened its mouth and let out a roar, and a waterfall of green light rolled out, intending to poison all the demonic cultivators.

"careful!"

Han Shuilan shook the ice jade bell, and the dazzling white light spread rapidly like a concentric circle, enveloping all the demonic cultivators.

The cultivators of the Ice Soul Demon Sect clearly had a deep understanding of this toad, and besides the grand formation, they also had various means to restrain it.

The moment they saw the green light shoot into the sky, the demonic cultivators used their supernatural powers, whether spells or magical treasures, to mobilize the power of the formation to protect themselves.

But they clearly underestimated the toad; the freezing cold that could freeze the heavens and earth did not completely freeze the poisonous light.

Visibly, the cold front was tinged with a turquoise color.

"what!"

Before a breath had even passed, two fourth-realm demon cultivators screamed in agony. The moment the green light touched their bodies, both their spells and magical treasures melted like candles.

He had barely let out a scream when he died.

"Activate the grand formation again!"

Upon seeing this, Han Shuilan's eyes narrowed slightly. With a loud shout, the group of demonic cultivators once again burned their magic power, stirring up an even more intense cold current.

This cold front moved from the sky to the earth and from the earth to the sky, freezing everything in its path, including grass, trees, mountains, and rivers. Even the void itself seemed to solidify.

Li Yuan, who was hiding in the shadows, felt his whole body stiffen and he could not mobilize any magic or power.

"This formation is indeed effective against this toad."

Li Yuan saw through the trick.

This toad was in harmony with heaven and earth, and when it unleashed its supernatural powers, it could reach almost anything through the spiritual energy void. Even someone as vigilant as him had been caught off guard before.

However, when the Ice Soul Demon Sect activated its grand formation, it froze almost everything. Although the toad's divine power was extremely ferocious, it also revealed its form and was no longer all-powerful.

"Unfortunately, the difference in their levels is enormous."

Li Yuan muttered to himself, but secretly urged the demonic shadow.

Two barely perceptible demonic shadows emerged from the spot where the two demonic cultivators had been poisoned, carrying with them the life's cultivation of those two demonic cultivators as they merged into the Shadow Demon Realm.

Over the years, his use of shadow clones has become unparalleled. Apart from Zhao Wangji, all the cultivators of the Ice Soul Demon Sect have his shadow clones following them.

"call!"

The Shadow Demon Realm trembled slightly, and the dark, ink-black Shadow Demon Water rolled like a tidal wave. Within the vast ocean, the Profound Yin Thunder Pool was already overflowing, with countless demonic shadows intertwining like clouds.

"As expected of the demonic sect cultivators, each one is the elite of the elite. They are a great tonic for the Shadow Demon Body."

Feeling the changes in the Shadow Demon's body, Li Yuan was satisfied.

Because he was wary of the Ten Wrathful Realms and the Netherworld cultivators behind them, the Shadow Demon did not devour everything indiscriminately, but he still killed more than thirty demon cultivators who had just reached the fourth realm.

The number of demonic shadows created has already surpassed that of the one inside the Blood Phoenix's belly.

"Unfortunately, it's not as good as the same level of strange land."

Li Yuan was also slightly disappointed.

Only when a cultivator's divine realm falls into the Void will a strange land be formed. Only after the Void's energy erases the cultivator's original mark can the spells and supernatural powers left behind be refined by other cultivators.

Otherwise, the Shadow Demon's gains this time would have been beyond imagination.

"boom!"

"boom!"

Between heaven and earth, a series of booming sounds echoed as the giant toad struggled violently. With each struggle, large swaths of cold air shattered, and many demonic cultivators turned deathly pale.

Every now and then, one or two demonic cultivators would be poisoned to death.

After Li Yuan silently collected seven or eight demonic corpses, the demonic cultivators' faces turned extremely ugly, and many of them looked around, preparing to flee.

"Brother!"

Han Shuilan dodged the incoming poisonous light, and was also somewhat anxious.

"Hold on a little longer!"

Despite the cold front, Zhao Wangji's forehead was covered in sweat; he knew the nature of his fellow disciples.

If we hadn't fled at this moment and risked being spotted by the toad, we probably would have scattered in all directions.

"not enough?"

He sprinkled handfuls of blood crystals to prevent the toad from escaping, while tightly clutching the Underworld Token:
"Isn't that enough?!"

Zhao Wangji's face was extremely ugly.

To lure the toad, he spent hundreds or even thousands of blood crystals, and countless offerings of blood and food.

According to his calculations, including the blood soul of the rogue cultivator named Qi Zhili, the offerings should be sufficient.

Unexpectedly, nearly ten of his fellow disciples had died, and they were still missing Qi Zhili before the sacrificial ceremony could be held...

"wrong……"

Zhao Wangji's mind raced. He suspected that someone was secretly watching him, but even if he knew this now, he couldn't stop.

The appearance of the Ten Fiends was too commotion; Mo Yunzi, Bai Wangsheng, and other demonic cultivators were probably already on their way.

"boom!"

The next instant, his brow suddenly lit up, and an extremely dazzling divine light shot out, instantly killing two fellow disciples who were trying to escape.

"Senior brother?"

"you……"

All the demonic cultivators paled in shock.

Zhao Wangji's face instantly turned extremely grim as he stared intently at the wisp of demonic shadow invisible to ordinary people:
"Qi Zhili!"

"boom!"

The divine light was dazzling, and Zhao Wangji was furious to the extreme:

"Fellow disciples, this fiend has used his supernatural powers to secretly harm our fellow disciples Wang and Liu. Kill this fiend at once!"

"Qi Zhili?!"

Han Shuilan and the others were shocked. Under the divine light, they saw two demonic figures carrying the Qiankun Bag disappear, as well as the process of their two fellow disciples' bodies turning into dust.

"..."

Having been unfairly blamed, Li Yuan was speechless, but he didn't bother to argue and let the magical light of the demonic cultivators engulf him.

They quietly moved into other demonic shadows.

"Roar!"

The demonic cultivators were only distracted for a moment, but the toad had already let out a deafening roar.

"not good!"

Zhao Wangji's furious face turned deathly pale instantly.

His reaction was extremely fast, but he only managed to pull Han Shuilan, who was closest to him, away. The next moment, screams of agony rose and fell, and more than twenty demonic cultivators were poisoned to death on the spot!

The remaining dozen or so people retreated in panic, swallowing pills and activating their magic to detonate their spiritual treasures, barely managing to withstand that wisp of poisonous light. However, everyone's face turned pale, and they were all poisoned.

"Oh no, my divine realm..."

A demonic cultivator swallowed a large number of elixirs, but before the elixirs could be digested, he let out a scream and melted into the void like wax.

Immediately, a demonic shadow vanished into nothingness.

"Qi Zhili!!"

Zhao Wangji was furious to the extreme, and thousands of beams of icy divine light shot out, enveloping tens of thousands of miles of void.

At this moment, his heart was filled with murderous intent.

Because dozens of his fellow disciples were poisoned to death, he still had not met the requirements of the Underworld Order to perform the sacrificial ceremony!

The blood and souls of all his fellow disciples were stolen by Qi Zhili...

"boom!"

Thousands of divine lights intertwined, like a giant net, shaking the void for tens of thousands of miles.

The Ice Soul Divine Light is fierce and ruthless, and also has the ability to freeze the void, but it is far inferior to the Origin Divine Light of the Five Dragon Immortals.

Li Yuan moved about among them, almost as if he were strolling leisurely.

While absorbing the gifts from dozens of demonic cultivators, he kindly reminded them:

"Fellow Daoist Zhao, that toad is about to escape."

"brute!"

Zhao Wangji was furious to the extreme:

"I will kill you!!"

He never expected that a mere rogue cultivator would dare to scheme against him, and with such bizarre supernatural powers, stealing the blood and souls of all his fellow disciples in the blink of an eye, leaving him with nothing.

But he was bound by the great formation at that moment, and could only watch helplessly as the person disappeared into the void...

"roar~"

A loud roar rang out at the same time. Just as Zhao Wangji pulled Han Shuilan behind him, the remaining dozen or so fellow disciples were all poisoned to death in the void.

"Don't think about it!"

This time, Zhao Wangji reacted quickly. He raised his hand and grabbed two corpses from among the dozen or so demonic shadows.

……

"interesting."

Almost simultaneously, outside the Ten Realms, Yuanming Daoist, who had witnessed the entire process through the light screen, chuckled hoarsely and looked at the Nile monk with his brows furrowed:

"Fellow Daoist, do you recognize what kind of divine power this is?"

"It seems to be the Demonic Shadow Technique from the Realm of Shadows? But..."

The monk was somewhat surprised and doubtful.

"almost."

Daoist Yuanming didn't say much, but simply raised his hand and pressed down gently.

"Om~"

The next instant, Zhao Wangji, who was in a fit of rage, was startled.

A resounding voice boomed in his ears, and indeed in the hearts of all cultivators throughout the Ten Realms who possessed the Netherworld Token:

The Underworld Election Begins

Those who slay the Ten Wraith Toads may enter the Underworld.

"Ok?"

Outside the Frost Array, Li Yuan, who was digesting the gifts from the dozens of demonic cultivators, was also startled. He suddenly looked up at the void beyond.

In a daze, he seemed to see a huge shadow covering the entire Ten Fiend Realms, and behind the shadow, there seemed to be an extremely terrifying figure.

He was looking at himself with great interest.

"It's that great cultivator from the Underworld!"

Li Yuan's thoughts seemed to be frozen by an invisible force, and even though it only lasted for a moment, it made him feel cold all over.

This aura felt extremely terrifying to him, and it seemed to have been aware of him all along...

"He was indeed keeping an eye on the Ten Fiends... We can't stay in the Ten Fiends Realm anymore!"

In an instant, Li Yuan's mind raced, and he had already decided to retreat.

"roar~"

As the divine sound echoed, the toad, which was mostly frozen, suddenly let out a deafening roar, and its terrifying aura instantly shattered the icy currents that filled the sky.

"boom!"

In less than a fraction of a second, under the watchful eyes of Zhao Wangji and the group of cultivators rushing from a great distance, the sky was a vibrant green.

The divine light, powerful enough to kill even a great cultivator, instantly spread across thousands of miles and expanded at an extremely rapid pace, as if it were about to cover the entire world.

It suddenly shrank, shrinking from the size of stars and moon to the size of dust in less than an instant, about to disappear into the void and vanish into the darkness.

"Don't think about it!"

Zhao Wangji suddenly came to his senses. He hardened his heart and recklessly detonated the ice-sealing array that he had set up for many years.

"Boom!"

In the far distance, Qin Qian's gaze sharpened, and he instantly vanished into the void. He looked into the distance and saw white and green colors shining brightly in the far distance, as a huge ice lotus covering an area of ​​100,000 miles suddenly bloomed.

A toad was frozen by the ice lotus just before it disappeared into the void!
"boom!"

Almost simultaneously, two flying swords, one black and one white, pierced through the void and struck the toad.

"Mo Yunzi, Bai Wangsheng!"

Zhao Wangji sneered, raised his hand to press his brow, and an extremely dazzling icy divine light was already brewing. He was the closest, so he would not be able to be beaten to it.

But at that very moment, a chill suddenly ran through him.

A demonic shadow shot out from Han Shuilan's shadow and self-destructed!
"Qi Zhili!"

Zhao Wangji's expression changed drastically. After a moment's hesitation, he dodged and saw a giant ape standing tall on the ground, roaring towards the sky.

Then, a thick bolt of pitch-black lightning, covering tens of acres, shot out!
"This Xuan Yin Lightning..."

Zhao Wangji's pupils contracted violently.

He had seen Qi Zhili's Xuan Yin Thunder more than once, and although its power was considerable, he did not take it seriously.

But this Xuan Yin Lightning is more than a hundred times stronger than the one that the rogue cultivator unleashed before!

The instant he saw the lightning, he even sensed a terrifying aura of impending death and annihilation...

"Boom!"

With a burst of Xuan Yin divine lightning as its anchor point, Li Yuan didn't care at all whether he could kill the toad. He turned around and disappeared into the void.

"Chi~"

In the next instant, two flying swords pierced through the air, shredding the mountains and land where he stood.

"The Ten Realms of Wrath have such a powerful expert?"

In the distance, Qin Qian emerged from the void amidst the mountains, only to see a jet-black lightning bolt traverse the heavens and earth, fierce and incomparable, shattering tens of thousands of miles of cold glaciers in an instant.

It cut the toad, along with the mountains and rivers, and even the void, into two pieces!
"This lightning bolt already possesses the power of a near-sixth-level expert."

Qin Qian frowned and stopped, glancing regretfully at the slain toad. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly sensed something, raised his hand, and grabbed...
With a 'splat' sound, it actually caught a small toad?

The little toad was about the size of a fist, its entire body was emerald green like a gemstone, its aura was as pure as a baby's, and it even had a somewhat holy appearance.

Qin Qian narrowed his eyes:

"This is……"

……

"Ok?"

Outside the Ten Realms of Wrath, the Nile monk glanced at Yuanming Daoist with some surprise:
"Fellow Taoist, what is this?"

"The Shadow Demon Divine Skill is inherently flawed. That demonic cultivator has already reached the fourth realm. Although he has some skills, he is not qualified to enter the Underworld."

On the altar, Daoist Yuanming slowly lowered his palm:

"Let's consider this a welcoming gift for your disciple joining the Underworld..."

The Nyingma monk's mind raced; he clasped his hands together and nodded slightly.
"In that case, thank you very much, fellow Daoist... Hmm?!"

Before he could finish speaking, the monk's expression changed drastically, and the Daoist Yuanming had already reached out to grab the light screen:

"What a courage!"

"Boom!"

It was astonishing, like a thunderbolt from the blue.

Beyond the mountains, Qin Qian was examining the small, emerald-green toad when he suddenly felt his palm go empty. An invisible force abruptly pulled the toad into the void.

"Who?!"

Qin Qian looked up in surprise and anger.

Suddenly, the world turned dark, and a gigantic hand pressed down from the sky, its immense size and flowing shadow obscuring the brilliance of the blood-red sun.

"This is……"

The moment the giant palm swept across the sky, everyone—whether it was the enraged Zhao Wangji, the sword-wielding Mo Yunzi and Bai Wangsheng, or Wu Yunlong, who was searching for the Ten Fiends from millions of miles away—felt a tremor in their hearts.

In a daze, it seemed as if I saw an incomparably majestic and terrifying figure.

Standing outside of heaven and earth, it grasped the entire Ten Realms with a wave of its hand, and its invisible aura swept across the eight wastelands and four extremes, sealing off the void of the entire world!

"stay!"

An incomparably cold divine voice echoed between heaven and earth.

In an instant, the entire world of the Ten Realms was plunged into darkness, all sounds ceased, and the sun and moon lost their light.

Everyone's attention and perception were completely captured by that enormous hand, and their minds trembled.

"That powerful cultivator from the Underworld has made his move..."

The shadow demon, which was escaping through the void, trembled and was forcibly squeezed out of the void. Li Yuan's heart sank. He looked up and saw a giant palm hanging in the air.

Boundless Daoist essence filled heaven and earth, sealing off the entire void of the world.

"Above the eighth realm..."

Li Yuan squinted, startled but not flustered.

Ever since he sensed the aura of this great cultivator from the Underworld, he had given up any thought of vying for the Heart of Heaven.

There was no other reason than that his previous guess was wrong; the Ten Realms had likely already fallen completely into the hands of the former.

Therefore, he used the Xuan Yin Divine Thunder as an anchor to lure away the toad, but he did not expect that this person would actually take action directly.
So impatient, yet trying to strategize?

"You're making a move just because of one of the Ten Fiends?"

"Or is there something special about this toad...?"

Within the space of commanding troops, on the platform of human tribulation, Li Yuan held the pole with both hands, simultaneously sensing the shadow demon's body and forcefully lifting the pole:
"Heavenly disaster!"

……

"Boom!"

It was as if the world had been turned upside down; an indescribable, terrifying aura swept across the universe, causing mountains to collapse, the earth's crust to crack, and oceans to boil and explode wherever it passed.

"..."

Qin Qian was shaken and had no idea what had happened. He quickly withdrew and, with the help of his Time-Space Saint Body, instantly teleported 100,000 miles away.

Looking back, the jade toad had vanished, and a gigantic hand pierced through the void, its destination unknown.

"who is it?!"

In a hidden place outside the Ten Realms of Wrath, terrifying energy surged and churned. Yuanming Daoist stood on the altar, his heart filled with extreme shock and anger.

"The Fisherman of Misty Waters?!"

"Whale anglers?"

"still……"

Daoist Yuanming frowned, finding it hard to believe.

The Ten Realms of Fiends had already been established by the Dao Sect. Even if the Ten Realms were to be reborn, due to his interference, they would only reach the sixth level and would not be worthy of the Dao Lord's attention...

"who is it?"

The monk's expression was also not good.

The Heavenly Will of the Ten Wrathful Realms cannot compare with that of the Northern Star Realm, but that toad is still incredibly useful to Qin Qian, at least allowing him to reforge the Law Heaven.

It would be one thing to not get it at all, but to have it snatched away when you've already got it...

He subconsciously took out the Common Knowledge Orb, and with a thought, it landed on the 'Interface of Gods,' where he immediately saw the divine message from the Fisherman of the Misty Waves:

[...I just cast a short line, but unfortunately only caught one small fish...]

"It's that old bastard again?!"

As the monk Nile gritted his teeth inwardly, the Daoist Yuanming on the altar waved his sleeve to dismiss the guest, then took out a Netherworld Token and disappeared from this hidden place.

……

"Wow~"

Li Yuan lifted the rod.

With the Shadow Demon body as the anchor point, there was no reason for his Heavenly Tribulation to fail. His mind followed the 'line' and had already set his sights on that giant toad.

The instant it shattered in the Xuan Yin Divine Thunder, he decisively dropped his hook, and no matter how the thunder changed its form, it was still hooked by him!

"Qin Qian..."

Just as he was finishing his stroke, Li Yuan saw his junior disciple, whose luck was simply incredible. If he hadn't thrown that shot...

It seems that neither Zhao Wangji nor I will be able to benefit him.

"call!"

Looking at the jade toad on the fishing hook, Li Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and then removed it. At the same time, a message from the Human Tribulation Platform arrived.

[Item Stolen: Toad (Level 18)]

[...The will of the Ten Realms, on the verge of extinction, gathered the essence of each realm to form the 'Heavenly Treasure,' which has ten transformations and ten forms...]

It contains Dao essence and boundary patterns. If a cultivator who has not yet attained the Dao True Realm consumes it at the end of their lifespan, there is a 30% chance they will live a second life...

[...Due to the corruption of the 'Qi-devouring worm,' one's rank has dropped. Upon ingestion, there is a possibility that the worm will devour one's own essence, turning one into a worm slave...]

"A rare treasure from the heavens!"

Li Yuan was startled, and then suddenly realized.

The Ten Realms of Wrath, at least the Ten Realms of Wrath that are about to perish, do not have ten wraiths. What they have is only a rare treasure of the heavens that can transform into ten different forms.

Or rather, the will of Heaven!
"Is this the incomplete Heavenly Heart of the Ten Wrathful Realms?"

Li Yuan played with the small jade toad, feeling that its aura was pure, like a top-quality medicine or elixir.

"It's a pity that it was infected by that Qi-devouring insect... No, even without that great cultivator from the Underworld, the Ten Wrathful Realms, which had already been opened up, could not have given birth to a complete Heavenly Heart."

Although somewhat regretful, Li Yuan was still satisfied.

He originally only wanted to catch a fierce beast, but now he caught a broken Heavenly Heart, which was an unexpected surprise. At least it was worth the 'heavenly tribulation' he had cast.

"The possibility of living a second life is already extremely precious. If a suitable buyer can be found, it can fetch an astronomical price!"

As Li Yuan put down the robbery pole and pondered the matter, a thought suddenly struck him:
"Hmm? Shadow Demon Body..."

……

"boom!"

Two flying swords pierced through the void, a cold, icy light emanating from them, and hundreds of demonic cultivators of the fourth realm came from all directions to surround and intercept them.

"Don't even think about escaping!"

"kill!"

"Come die!"

A series of murderous divine thoughts surged and churned.

The magical light swept across the void, and wherever it passed, mountains, rivers, and shadows were all shredded together.

"Qi Zhili!"

The fleeing Shadow Demon dodged in time, avoiding Zhao Wangji's Ice Soul Divine Light. The latter's eyes were bloodshot, and he charged forward fearlessly.

"careful!"

Han Shuilan exclaimed in surprise, and Zhao Wangji suddenly pulled away.

In the next instant, a beam of divine light, several acres in diameter, suddenly shot out, and just as it grazed past them, more than a dozen demonic cultivators were killed by the divine lightning.

"That great cultivator from the Underworld..."

Li Yuan dodged and weaved, seemingly dealing with the pursuit of a group of demonic cultivators, but in reality, he was sensing the changes in the void, waiting for the void seal to disappear before leaving.

"boom!"

In a fleeting moment, as he unleashed another divine lightning bolt to force back the demonic cultivators, Li Yuan keenly sensed the changes in the void.

Immediately, amidst Zhao Wangji's shocked and furious gaze, it vanished into the void.

"boom!"

Before leaving, Li Yuan suddenly turned around and released the Xuan Yin Divine Thunder that he had accumulated over many years. Amidst screams, he disappeared into the Ten Fiend Realms.

"Ok?"

The moment he escaped the Ten Realms of Wrath, Li Yuan's heart jolted. He immediately raised his hand and grabbed a Netherworld Token, which shimmered with a ghostly light, its divine runes transforming into six large characters:
[Upon completion of the ritual, entry into the underworld is permitted.]

"?!"

As if struck by lightning, Li Yuan seemed to have thrown the Underworld Token into nothingness, but in the next instant, a faint light landed on him.

"Om~"

In less than a fraction of a second, Li Yuan felt everything go black before his eyes, as if he were falling into an abyss of utter darkness.

"Wow~"

A moment later, Li Yuan's senses returned.

"This is... the underworld?"

Li Yuan frowned and looked around.

He was standing on a country path paved with bluestone, surrounded by darkness, with the only light coming from the end of the path.

(End of this chapter)