Chapter 431: Chapter 297: The Four Lords of the Netherworld
This was a strange and unfamiliar realm.
The sky was crowded with layers of black clouds, heavy and suffocating, with countless dark thunder fires churning within, intermittently unleashing thick thunderbolts. Each descent of heavenly thunder marked the punishment of demons and ghosts that were not tolerated by the realm, thus they were met with celestial execution.
Under the canopy of the sky, the vast land was filled with undulating mountains and rivers, all appearing gray and white. Upon closer inspection, one could startlingly see endless white bones and skeletons carpeting the entire land.
Across the land, mountains of corpses and abysses of bones stood unevenly, with clusters of ghost fires flickering in the dark nooks of valleys, either gathering into large patches of pale green fire seas or scattering into countless shimmering ghost flames, constantly forming and dissipating.
The chilling, bone-piercing ghost wind came from the deepest parts of Corpse Heap Mountain, howling over these mountains of death, sweeping up vast amounts of pale green ghost fires, while simultaneously scattering bone ash that danced in the sky.
However, at the deepest part of Corpse Heap Mountain, a thick cloud of malevolence suddenly split open to reveal a hundred-mile-wide void, above which a dim “Crescent Moon” starkly appeared.
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Directly below the Crescent Moon was a tethered white bone Heavenly Ladder, as wide as a thousand feet, that stood among the white bone mountains, with large and small filthy blood rivers winding through the mountains.
On each of the bone mountains, endless zombies tirelessly climbed upward, reaching for the Heavenly Ladder, eventually passing through the Crescent Moon.
In the blood rivers at the foot of Bone Mountain, dense ghostly creatures floated on the surface, arriving continuously from afar.
Above this paradise of Corpse Ghosts, nearly a hundred magnificent and majestic divine temples floated resplendently, the smallest of which was almost a thousand feet tall.
The largest temple resembled a grand heavenly palace, even larger than Flying Immortal City by half.
At this moment, chants emanated from these temples, the chanting vast and solemn, resounding through heaven and earth.
At the end of the White Bone Ladder, on the White Bone Platform, a pitch-black ghostly figure cackled wildly, gazing at the nearby Space-Time Rift.
“Hehe, soon, very soon! Old Bone, you must be getting impatient too!”
No sooner had Thousand Shadows Netherworld God spoken than the White Bone Ladder suddenly trembled, followed by a dull rumbling sound: “Hmm~”
After a pause, the ground of the White Bone Platform slowly extruded a pale gleaming Bone Pearl the size of a human head.
The Bone Pearl hummed and buzzed, and a sluggish, hoarse voice suddenly emerged: “Netherworld God, we have paid such a great price, do you believe we can achieve liberation?”
This Bone Pearl was a vessel, carrying an imprint of Unmelting Bone God’s Divine Thought from Corpse Heap Mountain.
At this moment, the main body of Unmelting Bone God had secretly submerged below the Abyss on the other side.
“Hehe, believe it or not, what does it matter! I’ve been hiding for thousands of years, and I’ve grown very impatient. Rather than be executed by that bastard of the Heavenly Dao, I’d rather stake my life on one final gamble.
Although those guys from the Heavenly Dao Sect are Heavenly Dao’s lackeys, seeing this big commotion, they must be serious indeed.”
With that, Thousand Shadows Netherworld God habitually cackled again: “Hehe, Old Bone, do you see? A vibrant world is waiting on the other side for us to ravage and devour!
Do you know what this means?”
The Bone Pearl thrummed: “Hmm, well… hope, perhaps!”
The presence of Netherworld God flickered excitedly: “Right, that’s goddamn right! It’s hope! Hope to escape this damned cage! A slim hope of ascending to the Upper Realm!
After thousands of years, I finally have a chance.
Old Bone, are you excited now? Can you smell the scent of freedom?”
“Netherworld God, you are a ghostly presence, and I am an unmelting bone resurgence. For us outcasts, ascension is incredibly difficult!” Bone God responded, sighing deeply.
At that moment, a laugh suddenly erupted on the White Bone Platform: “Haha! Elder Bone God, your words are not quite right!”
Before the words fell, a burst of blood light surged on the platform.
As the blood light dispersed, it revealed a bizarre figure over ten feet tall, with a green face and fierce fangs, resembling a grotesque demon.
The figure wore a gorgeous blood-red robe, his head encircled by a Flowing Light Golden Hoop, with illusions of an endless Blood Sea behind him, where countless despairing faces wailed and wept.
As soon as the figure appeared, gusts of black wind suddenly rose, and dark clouds swiftly enveloped the White Bone Platform.
“Hmph, always so cryptic!”
Seeing this, the figure snorted coldly, his background Blood Sea suddenly bursting forth with thousands of dazzling blood lights that dispersed the dark clouds above the platform.
“Hehe, Chi Jiu, you are panicking!”
As this voice sounded, a handsome young man with a Sacrificial Crown and Blood Eyes descended from the sky and stood opposite the bizarre figure, Thousand Shadows Netherworld God, and Unmelting Bone God, among the three Divinity Transformation Level big shots.
“Great Black Sky, are you looking for death? Or does your Black Sky Sect want to challenge the authority of Heavenly Dao Sect?” Bai Tian Sect Leader’s eyes flashed with a hint of blood, his speech brimming with murderous intent.
The name “Chi Jiu” undoubtedly ruffled his feathers. This Sect Leader of the Heavenly Dao Sect came from the Ghost Chi Slave Clan, and he especially disliked hearing any words related to “Ghost Chi”, even changing his name to the two characters of “Bai Tian.”
The person who spoke, however, was one of the few beings in The Peaceful Realms unafraid of him.
Known as Great Black Sky, he was the current Sect Leader of Black Sky Sect, in the realm of Mid-stage Divinity Transformation.
The Peaceful Realms revered religion; among countless religions, only the Heavenly Dao Sect reigned supreme, while Black Sky Sect was the next most powerful force, ruling an entire continent.
“Hehe, if you two can’t stand each other, why not fight it out right now? Old Bone and I would be happy to watch. Whoever wins can take charge of the upcoming invasion of Tianzhu Realm.