587: Unlock the Hungry Ghost Realm

Buzz!

With a buzzing sound,

the Hungry Ghost Pendant in Qin Yang's palm seemed to dissolve, turning into a pool of black-green liquid that quickly seeped under his skin.

Instantly, Qin Yang felt a slight prickling sensation in his right eye.

One of the black-green pupils suddenly lit up.

At the same time, a prompt appeared.

[Professional Skill]: Six Paths Spirit Eyes (Unlocked 3/6).

[Introduction]: The Six Paths Spirit Eyes correspond to the Heavenly Dao, Human Path, Asura Path, Animal Path, Hungry Ghost Path, and Hell Path. Each Heavy Eye possesses immense power. After lighting all six Heavy Eyes, you will gain the mighty power to control the Six Paths, and all things in heaven and earth will bow before you.

[Collect the power of the Heavenly Dao, Human Path, Asura Path, and the other Six Paths to gradually unlock the professional skill: Six Paths Spirit Eyes.]

[Eye of the Human Path]: Condense Human Path Luck to manifest a Human Emperor Avatar for assistance in battle.

[Eye of the Asura Path]: Wield the Asura Realm, opening the Asura Domain.

[Eye of the Hungry Ghost Path]: Transform into a Hungry Ghost, absorbing all energy.

[Introduction]: You will suppress all evil of greed, hatred, and delusion in the world, and you can escort the insatiably hungry ghosts to absorb all energy for you and convert it into your own power. During this process, you must maintain your sanity, otherwise you will be unable to suppress the evil desires in your heart.

[Eye of the Heavenly Dao]: Unlocked.

[Eye of the Animal Path]: Unlocked.

[Eye of the Hell Path]: Unlocked.

"Absorb all energy?"

"This 'all' is quite absolute..."

Upon seeing the skill description, Qin Yang's eyes lit up.

No matter how flowery the skill description was, the key was to look at the keywords.

At worst, it's a fixed value; better is a percentage; even better is stackable.

But the most unresolvable keywords were "all" or "absolute."

Absorbing all energy meant that both good and bad could be absorbed.

For example: enemy attacks.

"That is to say, when I activate the Hungry Ghost Path, I can absorb damage and convert it into my own power. This is another divine skill!"

Qin Yang murmured to himself, his aversion to the Hungry Ghost Path vanishing.

It wasn't that he had no principles, but that this skill was too practical.

Leaving aside its defensive capability of absorbing damage,

the ability to convert energy into one's own power was quite unresolvable.

Through this mechanism, Qin Yang could convert all damage into sustain. Even without a healer nearby, he could replenish himself.

Just now, when he had exhausted his stamina from keeping the Human Emperor Avatar active for too long, if he had the Hungry Ghost Path then, he could have let Lin Xiaoer strike him with a sword, converting the damage into sustain to quickly recover his stamina.

However, this skill also had limitations.

First, he couldn't keep it active for too long, or he would fall into the Hungry Ghost Path.

Second, if the opponent's damage wasn't enough, it wouldn't provide much sustain.

All in all, this skill, like the Human Emperor Avatar, existed for high-level play.

"Six Paths Spirit Eyes, one eye, one great power—it's truly not false!"

Qin Yang was secretly excited, looking forward to the other three Paths.

He didn't need to think about the Heavenly Dao for now; that thing must be in the Heavenly Court. The Animal Path had no clues.

The only one with hope was the Hell Path.

Thinking of the Hell Path, Qin Yang suddenly paused, smiling bitterly in his heart, "Ah, in my excitement, I forgot to ask how the National Preceptor died. Brother Yang should know."

With that thought, Qin Yang asked Yang Jian, "Brother Yang, before I arrived, did you see a man wearing a purple Daoist robe?"

Hearing this, Yang Jian seemed intrigued and said, "I was just about to ask you, who is that Zhang Lingxiao, that he could open the Fengdu Ghost Gate!"

Hearing this, Qin Yang breathed a sigh of relief.

It seemed Zhang Lingxiao died from that life-exchanging skill, rather than being blasted to smithereens.

In that case, his body was likely intact.

Qin Yang did not answer Yang Jian's question, only asking, "Where is his body?"

"Your people took it away."

Yang Jian quickly replied, then pressed, "Who exactly is he? I think he's very unusual!"

Qin Yang's eyes flickered slightly.

Zhang Lingxiao had interacted with the Primeval Lord of Heaven, so he was naturally unusual.

But Qin Yang didn't know if he could tell Yang Jian about this.

After a moment of silence, Qin Yang decided to try and get information from Yang Jian, asking him in return, "Where do you find him unusual?"

Yang Jian said, "He could open the Fengdu Ghost Gate."

"Just because of that?"

"Just because of that." Yang Jian affirmed, "The Fengdu Ghost Gate, the Netherworld, even I can't open it, yet he could."

Qin Yang shook his head and humbly said, "That's just a life-exchanging method, usable only once in a lifetime."

"Isn't once enough? How many people can be taken to Hell and still come out, like the Monkey King?"

Yang Jian waved his hand and said earnestly, "He must have signed a contract with the Netherworld to be able to use this life-exchanging method, but such a thing is not something an ordinary person can do."

Hearing Yang Jian say this,

Qin Yang found it somewhat reasonable.

The known Fengshen conspiracy had two factions.

One was the conservative faction represented by Jiang Ziya and Li Jing.

The other was the rebellious faction represented by himself, Yang Jian, and Nezha.

In fact, he and Yang Jian were not even in the same camp.

He was the embodiment of the Luck of the Past Emperors of Huaxia, fighting for the revival of the Human Race.

Yang Jian and Nezha sought to unravel the Fengshen conspiracy, reaching the same goal through different paths as him.

And just now, Qin Yang realized that in this conflict, there should also be a third party: the existence that projected Chi You here.

Chi You's appearance in this world could make him an enemy, or an ally.

The nature of this third party seemed difficult to discern, causing a lot of headaches.

Now, another problem arose.

Listening to Yang Jian, this Zhang Lingxiao might not be as simple as he appeared.

To be able to form a contract with the Netherworld, either he himself had a background, or his profession had some significance.

Just like his Supreme Emperor, condensed from the Luck of successive Emperors.

Based on this inference, if Zhang Lingxiao had someone behind him, they should also be involved in the Fengshen game.

Thinking of this, Qin Yang decided to tell Yang Jian about the Primeval Lord of Heaven, so Yang Jian could consider it.

"Brother Yang, that man is my National Preceptor; he once had contact with the Primeval Lord of Heaven."

"Primeval Lord of Heaven?"

Yang Jian was startled, took a deep breath, and after some thought, said, "It's possible, but not very likely."

Qin Yang frowned, "Why not very likely?"

Yang Jian was silent for a moment, then smiled, "There are some things I didn't want to mention so early, but now that we've discussed this much, keeping it from you would be a bit underhanded."

With that, he said to Qin Yang, word by word, "The world you are in was created by the Primeval Lord of Heaven. After creating this world, he then..."

At this point, Yang Jian made a gesture with five fingers spread, indicating that the Primeval Lord of Heaven had long since turned to dust... [Retired Emperors: This refers to the setting where the Primeval Lord of Heaven reshaped earth, wind, water, and fire, creating a new world. The original Fengshen setting had him stopped by Hongjun, so this book is equivalent to an alternate timeline where another Primeval Lord of Heaven successfully created a world.]