#948 - How could the master of a world be of such a character?

The Netherworld Palace is located in the core area of the Netherworld, atop a black mountain that rises from the center of a massive abyss.

Beneath the abyss, a bloody light flickers, accompanied by dense Netherworld yin energy and a tragic aura of bloodlust.

Due to the swirling blood-colored mist and yin energy, coupled with the flow of mysterious energy, divine sense and pupil techniques are greatly hindered, making it impossible for even Jun Wuxie to see the scene beneath the abyss.

The black mountain rising from the center of the abyss has numerous wide steps built around its body, extending down into the misty depths of the abyss.

Due to the immense size of the black mountain, many intricate steps have been constructed.

Upon the mountain, numerous palaces stand, stretching and undulating, exuding an ancient charm, with an architectural style that evokes an extremely eerie and terrifying atmosphere.

At the very center of the mountain stands a particularly majestic ancient palace, its gate inscribed with the three characters "Netherworld Palace."

Above the Netherworld Palace, dark red clouds gather, hanging low, appearing as if they are about to press down upon the palace's roof, creating an indescribable sense of oppression.

Before the abyss, a blood-stained stone bridge spans to the mountainside of the central mountain, connecting to the ancient black-gray steps leading to the summit.

On both sides of the bridge and the steps opposite, there are stone sculptures carved into the likeness of ferocious ghost faces, each with eight arms, each arm wielding strangely shaped weapons.

"Lord of the Mortal Realm, that is the Netherworld Palace, please!"

The Netherworld Emperor stood before the stone bridge, smiling and gesturing for him to proceed.

Jun Wuxie nodded and walked onto the stone bridge alongside the Netherworld Emperor, crossing the abyss and heading towards the mountain on the other side, with the Ten Kings of Hell and the Netherworld Judge, along with a group of other experts, following behind.

After crossing the stone bridge, they ascended along the steps, eventually arriving at the Netherworld Palace on the mountain's summit.

He and the Netherworld Emperor walked inside.

The Netherworld Palace was very spacious, with a high ceiling, but the interior was extremely dim.

The stone pillars on both sides of the hall were carved with various images of distorted faces, making the hall appear even more eerie and terrifying.

"Lord of the Mortal Realm, please be seated. Our Netherworld is different from the Mortal Realm, so we have no suitable wine to offer you."

The Netherworld Emperor waited until Jun Wuxie was seated before saying, "Since there is something to discuss, the Lord of the Mortal Realm may speak frankly."

"Then I will not beat around the bush. I have come here to take away the souls of all those who died in battle during the Doomsday Torrent in my Lower Realm."

"This… I'm afraid that is not possible. I, the Netherworld Underworld, cannot do that."

The Netherworld Emperor said in a deep voice, "Life and death are predetermined, and yin and yang each have their own path. This is the fate ordained by the Heavenly Dao. Since ancient times, in any universe, when mortal beings die and their souls return to the Underworld, they must accept the jurisdiction of the Underworld. This is an unchanging rule."

"Do not refuse yet. Since we are discussing this, I will not make these requests for nothing. Your Netherworld Underworld corresponds to our Lower Realm. Although your world does not have the suppression of order, breaking through to the Saint Realm is extremely difficult.

Moreover, as far as I know, even if you break through to the Saint Realm, due to the lack of Saint Spirit energy, you only have the realm but lack the strength to match it. I wonder if what I say is correct?"

"Indeed, what you say is true."

The Netherworld Emperor did not deny it. "However, Lord of the Mortal Realm, what is the meaning of bringing this up? What does this have to do with your excessive request?"

"Of course, it has something to do with it."

Jun Wuxie gently tapped the table with his finger and said, "Let me put it this way, I can provide you with a certain amount of Saint Spirit yin energy. As an exchange condition, you must also agree to my request to release the souls of all those who died in battle in the Doomsday Torrent, plus the soul of a woman from many years ago. Netherworld Emperor, what do you think?"

In the hall, the eyes of the Ten Kings of Hell and the Netherworld Judge all revealed a fervent gaze.

The Netherworld Emperor remained silent, his expression seemingly calm, but his slowly clenching fist betrayed the unrest in his heart.

"You can really provide Saint Spirit yin energy?"

The Netherworld Emperor was moved, incredibly so.

The energy level of their Netherworld was too low. Since ancient times, the limit of cultivation was the early stage of the Lesser Celestial Saint Realm, which could only be considered as just entering the Saint Realm, and it was as difficult as ascending to heaven to go any further.

Because there were simply no resources to continue cultivating upwards.

Moreover, even the Ghost Saint experts in the Saint Realm, due to the lack of Saint Spirit yin energy, had strength that did not match their realm, resulting in a huge gap!

"Of course."

Jun Wuxie gave a very affirmative answer, saying, "I wonder if you know about the Yin Domain Firmament?"

"We know!"

Whether it was the Netherworld Emperor or the Ten Kings of Hell, their gazes became increasingly fervent.

"Then, would you say that the energy cultivated within the bodies of the Saint Realm experts of the Yin Domain Firmament possesses Saint Spirit yuan energy, and is it useful to you?"

"Of course, it's useful!"

The Netherworld Emperor stood up abruptly and said, "Are you saying that you will use the energy from the bodies of the Saint Realm experts of the Yin Domain Firmament as a condition for exchange?"

"That's right."

Jun Wuxie nodded.

"How much do you have?"

The Ten Kings of Hell could no longer restrain themselves, forcibly suppressing the fervor in their hearts, and said, "Lord of the Mortal Realm, you must know that the number of souls you want to exchange is extremely vast, it's an astronomical figure! Therefore, you must show enough sincerity!"

"Is ten corpses of Saint Realm yin spirit experts enough?"

With a wave of Jun Wuxie's hand, corpses filled with pure yin energy fell into the hall, a full ten of them.

The yin energy overflowing from these corpses invigorated the Netherworld Emperor and the Ten Kings of Hell, feeling as if every pore in their bodies had opened up, giving them a feeling of ascending to heaven.

They greedily inhaled, the taste of that yin energy was too pure, the energy quality was too high!

"Not enough! How can ten be enough? The number of souls you want to exchange is more than trillions, a mere ten, this number is too unequal!"

The Ten Kings of Hell said in unison, "Lord of the Mortal Realm, take out all the corpses of Saint Realm yin spirits you have. As long as we see enough sincerity from you, your conditions, I think our Emperor will consider it!"

"Well, what the Ten Kings of Hell said is right, Lord of the Mortal Realm, your sincerity is not enough. Ten corpses of Saint Realm yin spirits are too few!"

The Netherworld Emperor said.

"Are Saint Realm yin spirit experts so easy to kill?"

Jun Wuxie's gaze swept across the Ten Kings of Hell, then landed on the Netherworld Emperor, saying, "I do have some corpses of Saint Realm yin spirits on me, but not many. According to your thinking, how many would be needed to reach a deal?"

"At least fifty!"

King Minluo said.

"No! I think at least seventy!"

King Minglun continued to raise the stakes.

"One hundred!"

The Netherworld Emperor opened his mouth and said, "One hundred, and we can make a deal!"

The muscles in Jun Wuxie's face twitched, and he said, "Are you treating me like a walking tomb from the Yin Domain Firmament?"

"Then how many do you have?"

The Netherworld Emperor's eyes were fiery, and what he wanted to know most now was exactly how many corpses of Saint Realm yin spirits this Lord of the Mortal Realm possessed.

"Thirty or so, I guess."

"You really only have thirty or so?"

"The corpses of Saint Realm experts from the Yin Domain Firmament are of no use to me. I came to the Netherworld Underworld alone, my purpose is for the souls of those who died in battle, do you think I need to deceive you?"

After he finished speaking, corpses appeared in the hall one after another, causing the Ten Kings of Hell and the Netherworld Emperor to breathe rapidly.

"Lord of the Mortal Realm, we have a deal!"

The Netherworld Emperor stepped forward, reaching out to collect the corpses of those Saint Realm yin spirit experts.

"Are you being too hasty?"

Jun Wuxie waved his sleeve, and then took all the corpses into his body.

The Netherworld Emperor's hand paused in the air, and then slowly lowered it, saying, "Since we have reached a condition, why did you take the corpses back? If you give the corpses to this Emperor now, this Emperor will immediately let the Ten Kings of Hell personally take you to find those souls, how about it?"

"There is no such rule in the world. Once all the souls are found, I will naturally give you those yin spirits!"

Jun Wuxie said as he stood up and walked out of the hall, saying, "Let's go."

The Ten Kings of Hell looked at the Netherworld Emperor, and the Netherworld Emperor nodded, leading them to the entrance of the hall, but did not continue forward.

At this moment, towering yin energy covered the sky, and the light here instantly became extremely dim.

Beneath Jun Wuxie's feet, a blood-colored array appeared, its light soaring into the sky, gathering into a blood-colored light curtain, enveloping him inside.

"Netherworld Emperor, what is the meaning of this?"

Jun Wuxie looked at the blood-colored barrier, feeling a powerful force coming from all directions, causing his flesh to feel pain, and this pain continued to increase as the number of runes appearing on the blood-colored barrier increased.

"What does it mean, don't you understand yet?"

The Netherworld Emperor no longer had the kind attitude he had before, replaced by intense killing intent and a fiery, greedy gaze.

"You, a dignified Lord of a Realm, are actually of this kind of virtue?"

Although Jun Wuxie had been prepared in his heart, and guessed that the Netherworld Emperor would not be so easy to talk to, he still felt somewhat shocked and angry when it really came to this step.

After all, the other party was the Lord of a Realm, yet he was so despicable and lowly.

"We are destined to be enemies, any means used by this Emperor are only natural, you can only blame yourself for being too naive!"

The Netherworld Emperor sneered, "You want the souls of those people, but little do you know that the Small Dark Universe also needs these souls. Since ancient times, most of the human souls we have detained have been sent to that world through the Dark Rift. Every ten thousand years, the Dark Rift opens once. Well, the day for the opening of the Dark Rift in this ten thousand years is coming soon. Tell me, can this Emperor give the souls to you?"

"What did you say?"

A cold light burst out from Jun Wuxie's eyes, and intense killing intent grew, surging within his body.

He had thought of many possibilities, but he never thought that the Netherworld would collude with the darkness, supplying them with souls!

"A wise man submits to the circumstances. The Dark Universe is so powerful. How can my realm be stable if we don't cooperate?" The Netherworld Emperor said with a cold snort, "Especially this Doomsday, that world hates you people of the Lower Realm to the bone! They want all the souls, but you protected them with the Soul Gathering Formation! This Emperor sent Black and White Impermanence, leading a large number of Soul Hooking Envoys, using all means to hook some incomplete souls from before the Soul Gathering Formation. How hateful!"

Jun Wuxie closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and said, "After the Doomsday Torrent, my killing intent has faded a lot, but today you have successfully activated my dormant killing intent! You high-level members of the Netherworld Underworld, don't even think about living!"

"Hahaha!" The Netherworld Emperor looked up to the sky and laughed wildly, saying, "You are really talking big! You are just at the peak of the Half-Saint Realm. Even if you have extremely high talent for growth, an unparalleled physique, and terrifying high-intensity sustained combat ability, so what? In the human world, in an environment suppressed by order, you can resist the attacks of the dark powerhouses, but when you get here, you have to coil up like a dragon or lie low like a tiger! If it weren't to minimize casualties, why would this Emperor need to use the Netherworld Blood Refinement Killing Array! Just waking up dozens of Ghost Saint powerhouses from my Netherworld Underworld's foundation would be enough to kill you!"

"What Lord of the Human World? Now you are just a fish on the chopping board, at our mercy!"

The Ten Kings of Hell stepped forward, each positioned around the Netherworld Blood Refinement Killing Array, their palms facing the Killing Array barrier from a distance, continuously injecting Netherworld True Qi into it.

The blood-colored runes on the barrier became more and more numerous and brighter.

The power of the Blood Refinement in the Killing Array was increasing at a terrifying speed, and energy like blood-colored water patterns poured down.

Cracks began to appear on Jun Wuxie's body, and his skin began to melt.

"Within half an hour, you will surely turn into thick blood. However, this Emperor will temporarily keep you alive, and after taking out the Yin Spirit Corpse from your body, I will refine you into blood. As for your soul, I will send it to the small world of the Dark Universe at that time. I believe they will be very happy."

"You don't know whether to live or die!"

The life essence in Jun Wuxie's body flowed, and his body lit up with precious light. The Taiji Star Sea and Origin Military Solution began to operate, the 御 (Yù) character诀 (jué) was added to his body, and the golden blood energy supported him.

Immediately, the power of the Blood Refinement Killing Array could hardly cause him any harm.

He never does things he is not sure of. The reason why he dared to suspect that the Netherworld Emperor would come here with him was because after secretly observing the Netherworld Emperor and the Ten Kings of Hell, he had absolute confidence in his heart.

"You can't hold on!"

The Netherworld Emperor was also full of confidence and shouted in a certain direction on Netherworld Mountain.

In an instant, dozens of figures rushed out, all of them old Ghost Saint powerhouses, the foundation of the Netherworld Underworld.

Those Ghost Saints came to the Killing Array barrier and immediately injected Netherworld True Qi into the Killing Array, enhancing its power.