156: Chapter 156 The Half-Saint Sword Splits Nine Heavens, Fengdu Decree Invites the Demon Lord

Ye Xiu's oracle-like declaration echoed for a long time over the ten-thousand-mile ruins of the Little Jade Capital.

Carrying the supreme Law of the Immortal Fourth Half-Saint, whose words became Law, it was deeply branded between this heaven and earth.

"Disciple Yuan Ding kowtows to thank the Demon Lord's heavenly grace! I swear to defend the Demon Court to the death! I swear to kill all the hypocrites in the world for the Demon Lord!"

Yuan Ding let out a roar of the Xiezhi, mixed with endless hot blood and fanaticism!

He suddenly stood up, the single horn on his head flowing with dark green Dao patterns pointing straight at the sky.

But just then.

"Whoosh—"

The temperature on the ruins of the Little Jade Capital plummeted suddenly without any warning!

This kind of cold was different from the icy chill of heaven's wrath sent down by the Heavenly Court; it was an extreme, bone-deep cold that could directly freeze a living person's Divine Soul!

The sky, which had originally been illuminated by Ye Xiu's Sword Qi, was covered in a spine-chilling, pale paper-white color within a few breaths.

On the earth, from the cracks of the white jade ruins, wisps of murky yellow spring water actually began to seep out, emitting a pungent stench of corpses and decay.

Yellow Springs Qi!

"Hmm?"

Ye Xiu raised an eyebrow slightly, his heterochromatic gold and silver eyes looking at the Void Realm ten feet ahead, which was beginning to distort violently.

"The bunch of cowards in the sky have just shut up, and yet the lonely ghosts and wild spirits from underground have already smelled their way up?"

Along with Ye Xiu's slightly playful voice, a dark wind blew wildly in the distorted Void Realm.

An illusory road of the Yellow Springs unfolded in mid-air.

Immediately after, a figure dressed in an old navy-blue Daoist robe and holding a pale fly-whisk...

...stepped on nether ghost fires and slowly walked out from the void.

"It's you?!"

Before Ye Xiu could even speak, Yuan Ding (the Little Tathagata) standing behind him suddenly let out an extremely furious Xiezhi roar!

Yuan Ding's dark gold vertical pupils stared intently at the newcomer, and the Green Lotus Emperor Bones all over his body made cracking sounds. His violent Demonic Qi was almost impossible to suppress:

"Daoist Lingjing!

You sanctimonious hypocrite!"

Hearing Yuan Ding's roar, Daoist Lingjing, whose legs were already weak from the Half-Saint's pressure, fell to his knees on the white jade ruins with a thud.

"Yuan Ding... No, no, no! I'm not here to cause trouble! Demon Lord, spare my life!"

"This lowly one... this lowly one is just a messenger!"

"A messenger?" Ye Xiu held his wine gourd and walked slowly in front of Daoist Lingjing.

Looking down from above at this terrified, famous figure of the Righteous Path, a playful smirk curled up at the corner of his mouth.

"You, a living person who Cultivates the Dao, are holding a token from the Underworld to deliver a letter to me?"

"This lowly one didn't want to either!"

Daoist Lingjing was almost on the verge of tears as he explained with extreme bitterness:

"Half an hour ago, this lowly one was in closed-door cultivation in my Immortal Cave.

But then, Demon Lord, you cleaved open the Nine Heavens with a single sword strike. The aftershocks of that Sword Qi not only shattered the Heavenly Court but also pierced through the Nine Nether!"

"And then... then this lowly one's Immortal Cave exploded.

An extremely terrifying nether will descended directly upon me.

It forcefully shoved this [fengdu jade token] into my hands, forcing me to cross the Void Realm to act as a messenger for you!

If I dared to say a single 'no', my Divine Soul would have been ripped out on the spot, and I would have been banished to the Eighteen Levels of Hell!"

Hearing this explanation, the State Preceptor of Yankang and the Grand Elder of Taixu looked at each other, wanting to laugh but not daring to.

For a dignified and famous figure of the Righteous Path to be conscripted by a big shot of the Underworld to act as a delivery boy—if word of this got out, it would be the biggest joke in the world.

"So you were forced to run an errand."

Ye Xiu sneered, stepping on Daoist Lingjing's shoulder and pinning him to the ground, making him unable to move:

"Speak. What letter did that old ghost underground named the Great Emperor of Fengdu ask you to deliver?"

Disregarding the humiliation, Daoist Lingjing hurriedly said aloud:

"The Emperor had me pass on these words: The Demon Lord is widely teaching the [Shrouding the Heavens Method] in the mortal realm, allowing those Cultivators to open up a Bitter Sea and condense a Divine Platform within their bodies.

This kind of Cultivation Technique that leaps out of the Laws of heaven and earth has directly caused the names of those practitioners to be... from the Book of Life and Death of the Netherworld...

...completely wiped out!"

"However, the Emperor was not angry!"

Daoist Lingjing spoke at a rapid-fire pace, fearing that Ye Xiu would slap him to death.

"The Emperor said that for the Demon Lord to possess such earth-shattering methods is truly an unprecedented anomaly in history.

The Heavenly Court is hypocritical, and The Great Ruins is bitterly cold. Since the Demon Lord has the Heaven-Defying ambition to crusade against the gods, our [World of the Living Dead] is willing to form an eternal alliance with the Demon Lord!"

"The Emperor specially ordered me to deliver this jade plate, inviting the Demon Lord to the City of Fengdu for a discussion, to plan together the crusade against the Heavenly Court and the reshaping of Reincarnation!"

Hearing these words, a sharp light flashed in Ye Xiu's gold and silver eyes.

The Book of Life and Death has become useless? The nether Dominator is actively seeking an alliance?

This Great Emperor of Fengdu is indeed a sensible person, knowing that the Heavenly Court is the biggest cancer, and wanting to use his hand to break the deadlock of the Major Thousand Worlds.

Just as Ye Xiu was pondering, the long-lost mechanical voice of the System rang out on time in his mind once again.

[Ding! Detected the hidden ultimate map of the Major Thousand Worlds—the World of the Living Dead (Fengdu)!]

[Triggered time-limited epic sign-in mission: Trample the Yellow Springs, Yama Kowtows!]

[Mission requirement: Head to the "World of the Living Dead (Fengdu)" and complete the sign-in on the Reincarnation Throne of the Great Emperor of Fengdu!]

[Mission reward: Imperial Dao Weapon—"Heaven-Swallowing Demon Jar" Fragment (Part 1)! One of the Nine Secrets—"Secret of Weaponry"!]

"Heaven-Swallowing Demon Jar? Secret of Weaponry?"

Hearing these two names, Ye Xiu's heart couldn't help but skip a beat. This crappy System really knew how to place its bets!

The [Secret of Weaponry] is one of the Nine Secrets of "Shrouding the Heavens", capable of controlling all weapons in the world!

If he learned this move, when he led his army to charge into the Heavenly Court, wouldn't the Divine Artifacts and Magic Treasures in the hands of those false gods all turn against them and become his toys?

"Hahaha! Good!"

Ye Xiu snatched the pitch-black jade plate from Daoist Lingjing's hand. Feeling the rich nether Laws on it, an extremely arrogant cold smile curled up on his lips.

"Since that old ghost underground is being so sincere, if I don't even pay a visit, it would make it seem like I, the Sect Leader, don't know my manners."

Ye Xiu looked down at the relieved Daoist Lingjing and said coldly:

"How do I use this plate? Open the gate for me right now!"

"De-Demon Lord, wait!"

Daoist Lingjing waved his hands in panic and explained in a hurry, "This jade plate cannot open the gates of the Underworld in the Little Jade Capital!

The Laws of the mortal realm are too heavy; this jade plate cannot directly tear through the boundary of Yin and Yang."

"Then where should it be opened?"

Ye Xiu frowned, suddenly exerting force with his foot.

"Ouch! The Great Ruins! We have to go to The Great Ruins!"

Daoist Lingjing grimaced in pain and shouted loudly:

"Only in the depths of [The Great Ruins] when night falls! The Great Ruins is already an outlaw land where Yin and Yang meet, and the boundary between life and death is at its thinnest.

Only there, with the help of the power of darkness, can this jade plate open the Yellow Springs Gate to Fengdu!"

"The Great Ruins?"

Ye Xiu raised an eyebrow. The Great Ruins was the most mysterious and dangerous forbidden zone in the Major Thousand Worlds, where even gods and demons dared not set foot at night.

"Interesting."

Ye Xiu withdrew his foot and casually tossed the fengdu jade token around.

"Since that's the case, I, the Sect Leader, will personally make a trip into The Great Ruins.

I want to see if his, the Great Emperor of Fengdu's, place is qualified enough to be trashed by me!"