Stepping on the demon door, the witch becomes the strongest.

Chapter 565 Chen Lingyun's Ambition
On the battlefield, Ghost King Xue Ren and Ghost Mother Yin Rou had already unleashed their true fire.

The former was already casting a spell with all his strength, and deep purple thunder fell to the ground like rain, smashing the paper figures into pieces.

The latter also tried his best, with pieces of yellow paper flying out of his sleeves one after another. He instantly turned into a paper man carrying a sword and quickly stepped forward to stop the enemy.

Ghost King Xue Ren became more and more angry. After all, although his Yin Thunder was not as powerful as Zheng Thunder, it also consumed a lot of mana, and was completely incomparable to the opponent's magical powers created by folding paper.

If he fails to capture and kill Yin Rou now, the situation will be reversed immediately when his magic power is exhausted.

Ghost Mother Yin Rou was also becoming increasingly anxious, because although her paper man magic consumed very little mana, it required the use of special magic paper.

It is not difficult to prepare magic paper, but now that Xue Ren is chasing him closely, how can he have the time to get more magic paper?

Once the magic paper is used up, I will be forced to die!

As her mind raced, Yin Rou gritted her teeth and made up her mind: it was time to fight to the death!
Both sides used all their tricks and fought from east to west and then to south, destroying one building after another and killing wave after wave of evil spirits. In the end, almost no evil spirits dared to step forward. No matter how the Ghost King Xue Ren shouted and cursed, the morale of the souls had completely collapsed and they ran away.

The monks were greatly encouraged and quickly followed the two ghosts, running around the battlefield, and finally met Lin Ning and Xie Ruoxi.

Everyone even had time to reminisce about the past. Zhao Yuanzhen and Xie Ruoxi gathered together and chatted. Lin Ning also held Su Yunjin's hands and said with emotion:

"Finally I met you guys... Where's the captain?"

Su Yunjin thought to herself, "I want to ask you guys too," but she said:
"We haven't seen it since we entered the secret realm. But we did encounter Lingyun..."

At this point, the two ghosts were already fighting each other, and there was no need to worry about keeping it secret. Su Yunjin told everyone present all of Chen Lingyun's plans and plots.

Li Zhaojiang and others were ashamed when they heard this, thinking to themselves, you know nothing about the enemy, yet you dare to use the trick of feigning surrender. What if the Ghost King doesn't trust living people at all and kills you directly?
But now that the plan has been completed and the enemies have started to kill each other, everyone is left with only admiration and worship for Chen Lingyun.

Lin Ning also found out about the relationship between the Ghost King and the Ghost Mother and explained it to everyone.

"I told you so!" Zhao Yuanzhen was very proud, showing off that he had expected this. "That ghost mother Yin Rou is obviously not a good person."

"Everyone saw it," Li Zhaojiang said sarcastically. "Her intention to fan the flames was too obvious."

"Hmph, that's what a so-called Daoist couple is," Zhao Yuanzhen continued, commenting, "When it comes to achieving the Dao and achieving immortality, romantic feelings are far too fragile. Look at these two now locked in a life-or-death struggle. Who knows how deeply in love they once were?"

The girls all frowned secretly, thinking that no matter whether others were like this or not, they were not like this.

Li Zhaojiang and the others seemed to be thinking about it, but they were not stupid enough to agree with Zhao Yuanzhen's statement. They just laughed and said:

"Don't generalize. Just because these two people are bad doesn't mean everyone is bad..."

"What are you still doing here?" Yan Yu's voice suddenly came from a distance.

"Captain?" the girls shouted almost in unison, "Where are you?"

"What? Where am I?" Yan Yu said, "The enemy has already been decided. Go and take out the remaining one!"

Everyone was stunned and rushed to the battlefield, only to find that the Ghost King Xue Ren was actually dead.

They had been hiding in the distance, watching and chatting, and had not noticed anything. However, Yan Yu saw it clearly. It was Yin Rou who realized that she could not beat Xue Ren, so she suddenly knelt down and begged for mercy, crying and wiping her tears, saying something like "A husband and wife for a day are bound by a hundred days of grace. Even if you don't miss how good I have been to you, you should think about the loving time we spent together."

Xue Ren immediately became complacent and humiliated her, saying, "You shrew, how could you still be here today? When we were together, what was there to say about the loving times? Wasn't it me who always carefully coaxed and pampered you? Later, when I showed the slightest impatience, you brazenly turned against me..."

Before he could finish his words, Yin Rou suddenly attacked. A white light shot out from her sleeve, and it turned out to be a small and exquisite paper man, holding a sword in both hands, shooting directly at Xue Ren's eyebrows.

Xue Renneng was easily intimidated by Chen Lingyun and had no sense of vigilance to begin with. When he came to his senses, he felt a pain between his eyebrows. Although he was conscious, his soul and body fell to the ground uncontrollably.

Soul-shattering powder! This bitch actually used poison...

The Ghost King died, his soul scattered. Yin Rou stumbled to her feet and turned to leave, only to see seven or eight more people suddenly emerge from the front.

"Hehe." Li Zhaojiang said with a wicked smile, "Where are you going, Madam?"

"Captain, the way you speak now sounds like a flower thief." Tao Xingyuan complained.

"Really?" Li Zhaojiang's expression immediately became stern. After all, even if we don't consider Xu Jin in the team, the girls from the Zhenhai team are also there.

A look of despair appeared on Yin Rou's face. She was about to use her trump card to save her life when suddenly Chen Lingyun came floating over and said:
"Be careful what desperate cards she has~"

The prison banner swung gently, suddenly releasing eight ghosts. They were none other than the elite ghost generals under the Ghost King Xue Ren. There were two green-faced, red-haired Yaksha ghosts, three swarthy-skinned Demon Sword ghosts, two Broken Head ghosts carrying heavy hammers, and a gigantic, nine-headed, eighteen-winged bird called the "Ghost Chariot." It was an ancient beast from the underworld, possessing a perverse temperament and untamable ferocity. If Yan Yu hadn't restrained it with the secret realm's restrictions, Chen Lingyun would never have been able to subdue it.

"Go and capture that ghost mother." Chen Lingyun said lightly.

The five ghosts rushed forward first, followed by Black Wuchang holding the soul-binding chain. The other ghosts were newcomers after all, and were still a little hesitant, but as Chen Lingyun gently shook the prison banner in his hand, they suddenly remembered the fierce methods in the banner, and were shocked and frightened, and hurriedly rushed forward.

Only the ghost car bird still refused to obey the order. Its nine heads let out a ferocious cry, released a large amount of dark phosphorous fire, turned around and burned Chen Lingyun.

Chen Lingyun's smile remained unchanged. There was a slight sound of the Soul-Slaying Bell, and the Ghost Car Bird was suddenly struck by lightning. It rolled on the ground and screamed miserably. Then it turned into a gray light again and was taken into the prison banner by Chen Lingyun.

It's okay, I have plenty of time and energy to play with you.

Seeing the miserable state of the ghost chariot bird, the ghosts dared not relax or hold back, and they all rushed towards Yin Rou with all their might.

Yin Rou was just about to risk her life with all her might when suddenly another deep bell rang out, like a heavy hammer hitting her forehead. Her magic power immediately collapsed and she fell to the ground.

Five ghosts entangled her hands and feet, and two Yaksha ghosts flew in front of her and pressed their forks directly against her neck, preventing her from getting up. Then came three demon sword ghosts, who swung their swords swiftly, severing her arms and legs. Finally, the head-breaking ghost raised a heavy hammer, about to smash her head in, but heard Chen Lingyun snap her fingers, and then held the hammer in her hand, not daring to move.

Hei Wuchang finally threw out the soul-binding chain, locked up the ghost mother Yin Rou who had lost her limbs, then carried her on his shoulders and sent her to Chen Lingyun.

Everyone watching on the side was dumbfounded. This was the Pokémon Monk... Oh no, was this the true strength of the Ghost Monk?

Chen Lingyun shook the prison banner, and took all the ghosts and Yin Rou into it, then said with a smile:

"Why are you looking at me?"

"That's amazing, Lingyun!" Lin Ning exclaimed in amazement, "You can do it all by yourself without our help!"

Chen Lingyun smiled without saying anything, knowing that if Yan Yu had not refined the core of the secret realm and used the restrictions of the Nine Netherworld to suppress her, it would not have been so easy to deal with Yin Rou... Just look at the end of the Ghost King Xue Ren and you will know. Who knows how many more cards this Ghost Mother has hidden.

However, once you enter my prison banner, you won't have the chance to use those trump cards, hehe...

The battle was over, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. They were chatting and relaxing when they suddenly heard another bell ring. This time, it was Yan Yu, activating the Soul-Snatching Bell with all his might, its sound echoing throughout the Nine Netherworld. Suddenly, the sky brightened, and a massive bronze door appeared in the distance, slowly opening outward. Countless dazzling lights streamed from it. It was hard to see clearly, but just the sight of it brought a sense of peace and tranquility to the heart.

Countless dim souls rose from the west and south sides of the town, heading straight for the giant gate in the distance. Only countless whispers remained, gradually fading away:
"Thank you very much, benefactor..."

"Great kindness, I will repay you in the next life..."

"I hope I can be born into a good family in my next life..."

Li Minghu, who was sitting next to Yan Yu, watched countless soul shadows fly through the air, stop for a moment above the Yinshen Mansion, bow to Yan Yu, and then fly towards the bronze gate. He couldn't help but sigh and said:

"I used to think that being unable to live was the most regrettable thing in the world. But I never imagined that so many people couldn't even die, trapped in this Netherworld for countless years... If you hadn't saved them this time, who knows what their final fate would have been?"

"Don't be so sad." Yan Yu was still using all his strength to activate the Soul-Snatching Bell, opening the gate to the underworld. He said, "Since I can send them to death, I can naturally help you survive. You should trust me a little more."

"Oh?" Li Minghu said with a smile, "But if that's the case, we can't be in love. Didn't you say that at the end of my life, I should consider whether I should try to be with you?"

"I was just saying that casually." Yan Yu said, "If I could keep you alive, that would be even better. It doesn't matter if we don't have a romantic relationship."

"Oh, I see." Li Minghu said slowly.

She lowered her eyes, not knowing what she was thinking, but was soon interrupted by Li Zhaojiang's voice in the distance:

"Sister!"

At this time, there were no enemies in the Nine Netherworld Palace, so everyone felt relieved to fly on their swords to search, and finally found the whereabouts of Yan Yu and Li Minghu.

"Are you hurt, sister?" Li Zhaojiang landed and asked anxiously.

"No." Li Minghu said calmly, "I just entered the secret realm and I met Yan Yu. He was the one fighting most of the way."

Fortunately, the person he met this time was Lao Yan, who knew how to be gentle with women... Li Zhaojiang was obviously relieved, but then he became conflicted again.

How could it be such a coincidence that this pervert, Lao Yan, is alone with my sister? Damn it, he's just after your body. Sister, don't fall for him just because he's protecting you! With so many beautiful women around him, he's not the kind of honest man you'd want to live with!

Of course, it was a fact that Yan Yu had taken care of Li Minghu this time, so Li Zhaojiang was not so tactless as to express his worries, but just urged:

"Now that we've taken the secret realm, let's get out of here quickly. The Annan Army might be getting impatient—if two of our teams vanished out of thin air, the leadership will probably be furious."

"That's right." Yan Yu sent all those who needed to be reincarnated to be reincarnated, and then activated the Soul-Snatching Bell to send everyone back to the world of the living from the Nine Netherworld.

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There is no need to say much about the aftermath.

The Annan Army sent people to search the Nine Netherworlds thoroughly and obtained a large amount of cultivation supplies from the residence of the Ghost King Xue Ren.

For the monks in the military mansion, it is naturally a resource that can be utilized, but for the first-line teams like Qing'an and Zhenhai, it is not something worth keeping.

To put it bluntly, the rank is not high enough.

The only one who had a good harvest was Chen Lingyun. There were actually all kinds of ordinary ghosts, such as ghosts that died of starvation, ghosts that died of hanged people, and ghosts that died of injustice, but she completely disdained them.

In her opinion, the ghosts that are really worthy of being included in the banner are either special ghosts such as the Black and White Impermanence, the Ox-Head and Horse-Face, who are clearly determined to follow the path of the Yin God, or evil ghosts such as the Five Ghosts, the Yaksha Ghost, and the Demon Sword Ghost, whose upper limit is not high but at least their combat power is strong enough at this stage.

After returning to the secret sanatorium, she had been tinkering with these ghosts in the basement, so that the entire underground training ground was filled with gloomy air and it was freezing even in the summer. The girls were quite dissatisfied with this.

Yan Yu walked down the stairs and saw Chen Lingyun sitting on a cushion in meditation, holding a prayer beads in her left hand and a prison banner in her right hand. She looked like a Buddhist and a Taoist priest, neither fish nor fowl, and looked very much like a fortune teller in the countryside.

"You've been occupying the underground training ground recently. Have you come up with anything?" Yan Yu sat down next to her and asked.

Chen Lingyun closed her eyes and asked calmly:
"That day in the Nine Netherworld, you opened the gate to the underworld. Did you see what was inside?"

"Nothing, I guess." Yan Yu recalled for a moment and said, "During the era of the extinction of the law, the underworld was completely empty. Although spiritual energy has revived and the Nine Netherworld has reopened, the Yin Gods are no longer there... Why, are you worried about the souls going to reincarnate? Are you worried that they won't be able to find the way to reincarnation?"

Chen Lingyun pondered for a moment and said slowly:

"Look at this."

She summoned a Yaksha ghost and swung the evil beads in her hand, smashing it to pieces.

Yan Yu was stunned to see Chen Lingyun waving the prison banner again, which transformed into countless Yin Qi that gathered over and instantly resurrected the Yaksha ghost.

The ghost was not surprised or afraid when he came back to life. He just bowed down respectfully before Chen Lingyun.

"Uh..." Yan Yu was a little stuck.

Even Fan Wentang, who was known as the number one ghost-controlling monk in his previous life, could not achieve this magical power of resurrecting ghosts so easily. Naturally, he could not understand it and could only wait for the despicable woman to explain it to him.

"I've recently been studying the Nine Heavens Yin Demon Seal and have made some progress." Chen Lingyun smiled. "As long as you enter my prison banner and carve the seal characters, even if you are beaten to death in the outside world, you can condense your form and be reborn within the banner. How do you do that?"

"That's pretty impressive." Yan Yu said admiringly.

Even if you lose, you won't die. This really becomes a Pokémon battle.

Seeing his admiring expression, Chen Lingyun sighed, shook her head and said:

"I knew you didn't understand... Let me put it this way. When a ghost dies outside the banner, it's thrown into the banner, where it condenses into a physical form and is reborn. Isn't this very similar to the concept of reincarnation in legends? In real life, people's souls also descend into the underworld after their lifespan ends, and they're then reincarnated again. While the process is different, the overall cycle is similar."

"So what do you want to say?" Yan Yu had a vague sense of something, but was not sure, so he simply asked directly.

"You said it too. In the Age of Dharma Extinction, the Yin Gods died, and the Underworld was empty." Chen Lingyun said slowly, his expression unusually serious. "Since I can control souls in this prison banner, create reincarnation, and bring ghosts back to life, why can't I create it again in the empty Underworld? Nowadays, those whose life spans have come to an end can only reincarnate on their own after their souls enter the Underworld. But if I could sort out their lives, sort out good and evil, and clearly define rewards and punishments, wouldn't that be more appropriate than randomly drawing lots to reincarnate?"

"You mean..." Yan Yu's expression gradually became shocked, "You want to be the King of Hell!"

"I just want to rebuild the underworld," Chen Lingyun said lightly. "There should be rules and regulations for the return of souls to the underworld and reincarnation. We can't let wandering ghosts run wild."

"Isn't that different!" Yan Yu shouted.

(End of this chapter)