My son is about to break through.

Xuan Tian Immortal Dynasty!

Inside the Imperial Palace, Gu Qingfeng sat cross-legged, his body surging with Daoist energy, rising and falling like the tides.

Beneath the imperial robes, the body was covered with numerous cracks, as if golden immortal blood was surging within them. Each crack contained terrifying Daoist energy, as indelible as a maggot clinging to the bone.

These Daoist principles contain an immortal will; even the slightest trace of it is enough to leave the Nine Tribulations Great Heavenly Venerable helpless.

They roamed within Gu Qingfeng's body like living creatures, constantly eroding his vitality and preventing the recovery of his injuries.

To this end, Gu Qingfeng communicated with the Netherworld and invoked the power of the Yellow Springs to cleanse his physical body.

The turbid river water flowed out from the void, surrounding him and making a splashing sound.

Every drop of the Yellow Springs water contains the power of death and reincarnation, colliding fiercely with those immortal Daoist principles.

The power of the Yellow Springs was like the most precise carving knife, gradually erasing away all the remaining Daoist essence.

This process is extremely slow because the immortal Daoist essence is too stubborn, and every bit of its obliteration requires a large amount of Yellow Spring power.

It could be a year, or it could be a hundred or ten thousand years.

Under the scouring of the Yellow Springs, this immortal Daoist essence, continuously washed away by the power of the Yellow Springs, finally began to loosen and disintegrate, and was eventually worn away and dissipated little by little.

As the last trace of Daoist energy dissipated, a surge of boundless vitality emerged from the physical body.

This vitality, like the warm sun of early spring, instantly dispelled the gloom within.

All the lacerations healed at a visible speed, the cracks closed, and the skin became smooth and jade-like again.

A moment later, Gu Qingfeng's injuries were completely healed. He opened his eyes, which were tightly closed, and exhaled a breath of turbid air.

That aura carried the lingering essence of immortality, causing the surrounding space to slightly distort as soon as it appeared.

"It's finally recovered!"

His eyes gleamed with a sharp light, like two brilliant stars shining in the darkness.

But then, Gu Qingfeng seemed to remember something, and his face was filled with apprehension.

"What a formidable Immortal God-Lord! I thought I had overestimated the strength of the Immortal Grand Celestial Venerable as much as possible, but now it seems I have underestimated a powerhouse of this level."

Gu Qingfeng muttered to himself, the terrifying power of that finger strike appearing in his mind.

That single finger seemed to contain the weight of the entire universe, causing his very soul to tremble.

"No wonder they say that all beings below the level of immortality are mere ants. Before such an existence, even evil gods of the level of Rakshasa God Lord and Ten Thousand Buddha Heavenly Venerable are utterly insignificant!"

Thinking of the battle in the chaotic void, Gu Qingfeng's expression of apprehension grew even stronger.

Although that battle was brief, its danger far exceeded any battle he had ever experienced before.

These opponents were the most powerful beings he had encountered in all his years of cultivation, without exception.

So-called top-tier deities, or even the likes of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Celestial Venerable, are completely insignificant compared to them.

of course.

Perhaps the beings of the old underworld, such as the Ten Kings of Hell and the previous Lord of Mount Tai, were as powerful as these beings, or even more powerful.

The problem is that these entities have all long since perished.

The immortal has fallen.

It certainly cannot be compared to the immortality of the living.

Originally, Gu Qingfeng thought that even if he couldn't rival the Immortal Grand Celestial Venerable, there shouldn't be a huge gap between his current strength and that of the Immortal Grand Celestial Venerable.

After all, he was able to easily kill a peak Ninth Tribulation being like the Heavenly Venerable of Ten Thousand Buddhas, so he should have already touched the threshold of immortality.

But when the two actually clashed, he realized he was wrong.

Moreover, it's wildly wrong.

The power of the Immortal Great Celestial Venerable was completely beyond his imagination.

That's a fundamental difference in the level of life, which cannot be bridged by simply accumulating power.

Faced with such an existence, even if he used all his trump cards, Gu Qingfeng would have no chance of resisting.

The eighteen levels of hell shattered instantly, the waters of the underworld were forcibly suppressed, and all resistance seemed so pale and powerless in the face of that finger.

If it weren't for that person's intervention from a distance, it would have been very difficult for me to escape.

Attacking from a distance is ultimately limited by distance, and its power will be greatly reduced. Even so, that finger strike almost took his life.

Even so, he was severely injured.

That single finger strike from a distance nearly killed him instantly.

The immortal Daoist aura was like the most vicious curse, wreaking havoc within his body. If it weren't for the protection of the Yellow Springs power, he would have been annihilated long ago.

If it weren't for Gu Qingfeng using the power of the Yellow Springs to block a small portion at the crucial moment, thus giving him a chance to leave, he might have already perished on the spot.

The life-or-death crisis he faced in that instant still haunts him to this day.

"The Immortal Great Celestial Venerable... This level of powerhouse is far beyond what the eighth level of the Netherworld Dao can contend with."

To truly contend with such beings, one would need to at least break through to the ninth level of the Netherworld Dao; only then might there be a chance!

Gu Qingfeng thought to himself, his desire for strength had reached an unprecedented level.

In this dog-eat-dog world, strength is the foundation of everything.

Without sufficient strength, one cannot even guarantee their own life.

There is no way, the gap is too big.

Even if the Netherworld Dao is the Dao of Order, the power of the eighth level is still difficult for an Immortal Great Celestial Venerable to match.

Although the Great Dao of Order is powerful, it is still within the realm of Celestial Venerables, while Immortals have already transcended this level.

Only by reaching the ninth level can one have a chance to fight back.

The ninth level, the Netherworld Path, is the power that truly touches the threshold of immortality, and may even be able to rival immortal beings.

Moreover, there is only a slight possibility.

Then, with a slight thought, Gu Qingfeng saw the Yellow Springs surge and the rushing river submerge the entire void of the main hall.

The murky river water flowed inside the palace, exuding a strong aura of death.

However, compared to before, the aura of the underworld is undoubtedly much weaker now.

The once surging river now appears somewhat listless.

The intense aura of death had thinned considerably.

Even the number of struggling spirits in the river has decreased significantly.

"With billions of souls perished and the Yellow Springs severely damaged, it's unknown how long it will take for him to truly enter the third stage!"

Gu Qingfeng shook his head, a helpless expression on his face.

Huang Quan's advancement requires devouring a large number of Yin souls, especially the Yin souls of powerful individuals.

After devouring many evil gods from the immortal realm, Huang Quan had already accumulated enough resources and was only one step away from the third stage.

As a result, the Immortal God's finger strike severely injured Huang Quan.

In order to withstand that finger strike, Huang Quan not only consumed a large amount of accumulated Yin spirits, but also suffered considerable damage himself.

Although Huang Quan has not fallen back to the first stage, he has been severely damaged, and his power is at most barely maintaining the peak level of the second stage.

This is equivalent to the time when the army of 30 trillion evil gods was wiped out.

This means that Gu Qingfeng's subsequent actions of destroying numerous evil god immortal realms and slaying evil gods to seize their souls were all in vain. All the hard-earned resources he had accumulated were almost completely depleted in this battle.

certainly--

It can't be said to be completely useless.

At least, if he hadn't used those evil spirits to enhance the power of the Yellow Springs, he might not have been able to leave alive after that battle.

It was precisely because of those vengeful spirits that Huang Quan was able to unleash enough power to buy him a chance to escape.

Subsequently, Gu Qingfeng's divine sense entered the underworld.

At this moment, the underworld had grown considerably stronger, the yin energy was more concentrated, and the cycle of reincarnation was more complete.

In the previous battle, some of the evil gods' spirits became nourishment for the Yellow Springs, while others fell into the Underworld and became nourishment for it.

Although these evil spirits and vengeful spirits varied in quality, their sheer number was enormous, greatly contributing to the growth of the underworld.

Furthermore, with the opening of the Underworld, a large number of spirits constantly enter, so even without Gu Qingfeng's deliberate manipulation, the Underworld's strength can steadily increase.
That's the mystery of the underworld: once the cycle of reincarnation is established, it can operate on its own and continue to grow stronger.

Gu Qingfeng's divine sense covered the entire underworld, and everything was taken in.

Souls wander endlessly across the Bridge of Helplessness, cries echo endlessly from the Terrace of Longing for Home, and wails continue incessantly from the eighteen levels of hell.

The entire underworld operates in an orderly manner, maintaining the balance of yin and yang.

"Millions of ghost soldiers!"

"Ten thousand ghost generals!"

"It seems that the strength of the underworld has improved considerably over the years—"

Gu Qingfeng raised an eyebrow, seemingly satisfied with the result.

Ghost soldiers are the basic military force of the underworld, responsible for maintaining order in the underworld.

Ghost generals are the backbone of the underworld, each capable of handling matters independently.

Originally, the underworld only had 100,000 ghost soldiers and 500 ghost generals. Now, after so many years, the number of ghost soldiers has increased tenfold, and the number of ghost generals has increased twentyfold.

This growth rate is already quite astonishing.

As for other aspects, the two judges, the four underworld generals, and the twenty-four underworld messengers including Ox-Head, Horse-Face, Black and White Impermanence are all in place.

The only regrettable thing is that, in the vast underworld, there are only a limited number of experts at the Heavenly Venerable Realm.

Even if all the underworld messengers were at the Heavenly Venerable Realm, their numbers would still be small.

In total, there are thirty Heavenly Venerables in the entire Underworld.

No—to be precise, it should be thirty-one.

After all, we have to include Gu Peng, that King Qin Guang.

The problem is that thirty-one Celestial Venerables is quite a lot if placed in an ordinary force.

However, the Underworld, which is an existence with a status equivalent to the Endless Immortal Realm, only has a mere thirty-one Heavenly Venerables, which is somewhat insufficient.

It should be noted that any one of the divine kingdoms of the evil god race has at least dozens of Heavenly Venerables.

Not to mention, all thirty-one Heavenly Venerables are at the First Tribulation level.

In terms of strength, it is utterly pathetic.

The First Tribulation Celestial Venerable is truly at the bottom of the Celestial Venerable realm, and in terms of strength, the gap between him and the veteran Celestial Venerables is not small.

But Gu Qingfeng could also understand that the reason for this situation was ultimately because the underworld's foundation was too shallow.

The underworld has only been established for over 30 million years. For the Celestial Venerable, this time might pass in a single period of seclusion.

Many Celestial Venerables go into seclusion for millions of years at a time, so more than 30 million years is really nothing.

Therefore, the strength of the underworld is unlikely to improve much.

After all, the growth of a strong person takes time; it's not something that can be achieved overnight.

At this moment, when Gu Qingfeng appeared in the Yama's Palace, Gu Peng, who was King Qin Guang, and the other underworld officials all hurriedly bowed in greeting.

They could sense the unfathomable aura emanating from Gu Qingfeng, the majesty of the Lord of Mount Tai.

"Greetings, Lord of Mount Tai!"

"Hmm, what's the current situation in the underworld?"

Gu Qingfeng nodded slightly, and at the same time, Gu Peng also stood up, got down from the position of Yama, and made room for the former to sit down.

Although Gu Peng was King Qin Guang, he still had to maintain sufficient respect in front of the Lord of Mount Tai.

Upon hearing this, Gu Peng stood aside and respectfully said, "Reporting to the Lord of the Underworld, the number of wandering spirits in the Underworld has increased significantly in recent years, but everything is in good order and there are no major problems."

He paused, then continued, "However, some time ago, there were unusual events in the Underworld, causing some wandering souls to enter the underworld without crossing over to the Yellow Springs, causing some disturbance, but they were quickly suppressed."

"Then the eighteen levels of hell collapsed, causing many punished souls to perish or escape, but it did not cause too much chaos. Under the power of the underworld's origin, the eighteen levels of hell gradually recovered."

Gu Qingfeng understood what Gu Peng was saying.

The root cause of the strange events in the underworld lies within himself.

In order to fight against the Immortal God, he had to completely draw away the power of the Underworld, causing the Underworld to temporarily disappear.

In the past, although Gu Qingfeng used the power of the Yellow Springs, he did not completely withdraw the Yellow Springs. He still kept a portion of the power in the underworld to ensure that no problems would arise.

But when facing the Immortal God Lord, Gu Qingfeng naturally couldn't hold back and could only unleash his full power.

This would completely eliminate the Yellow Springs, leaving the Underworld without its barrier.

Although such disappearances are only momentary, countless spirits appear in the underworld every moment. Without the Yellow Springs as a barrier, some chaos will inevitably occur.

However, with the current power of the underworld, such minor disturbances are insignificant.

A million ghost soldiers, ten thousand ghost generals, plus numerous underworld officials, are enough to maintain the basic order of the underworld.

Eighteen levels of hell.

Then there's no need to say more.

As the ruler of the underworld.

Gu Qingfeng not only refined the Yellow Springs, but also refined the eighteen levels of hell.

In the past, when dealing with other cultivators, Gu Qingfeng only used the projection of the power of the Eighteen Levels of Hell, not the actual Eighteen Levels of Hell in person.

However, against the Immortal God Lord, relying solely on the illusory image of the Eighteen Levels of Hell is certainly not enough.

and so.

That battle.

Gu Qingfeng summoned the eighteen levels of hell to descend upon him personally.

Unfortunately--

Even the eighteen levels of hell couldn't withstand its immortal power.

Ultimately, it's because the underworld's foundation is too weak, and the power of the eighteen levels of hell is not strong enough.

If it were the eighteen levels of hell in the old underworld, it would definitely not be so easy for an immortal to break through them.

After all, the eighteen levels of hell are the main punishments in the underworld, and are the true foundation of the underworld. In terms of levels, they are comparable to the Yellow Springs.

Even if the Immortal God Lord were incredibly powerful, destroying the truly peak Eighteen Levels of Hell wouldn't be so easy. (End of Chapter)