Transmigrating over ten thousand years late, I was forced to become a mighty presence

Chapter 384: Chapter 177 The Shock of the Master of North Mang Mountain_2

For instance, the turmoil in the Netherworld’s kingdom of Hell, which has severed its ties with the Upper World, and the Netherworld’s desire to use the power of the Netherworld Commander to intervene in the Yang World and disturb the balance of yin and yang in this world.

The turmoil in the Netherworld and its disconnection from the Upper World reminded Shen Yuan of the drastic changes he had speculated about occurring in the Heavenly Court.

Even if the Primal Chaos Realm were to sever its connection with the Heavenly Court, it wouldn’t cause too much impact, for the Primal Chaos Realm is but one of many realms.

However, the Netherworld is involved in the cycle of life and death of all realms; the Heavenly Court must firmly hold the Netherworld in its grasp to command the heavens.

If it were not for a major upheaval in the Heavenly Court, the Upper World would never sever ties with the Netherworld or give up its control over it.

And the turmoil in the Netherworld mentioned by Bull Head might also be related to the uncertainties within the Heavenly Court.

Since the Netherworld broke off contact with the Upper World, for thousands of years, all manner of supernatural beings grew restless, seeking greater power, and the dealings with the Master of North Mang Mountain were part of this.

Regardless of whether they are mortal or immortal, power transitions always accompany severe turmoil.

Nonetheless, this was actually good news to Shen Yuan.

If the Netherworld hadn’t broken ties with the Upper World, they would surely know of the Donghua Emperor’s demise, and Shen Yuan would no longer be able to pretend to be the Donghua Emperor.

Under the current circumstances, however, Shen Yuan could still deter others by using the identity of the Donghua Emperor and the Gods Purging Divine Power; perhaps he could even quell the unrest in the Netherworld thereby.

That said, Shen Yuan didn’t place all his hopes on frightening the supernatural beings by bluffing.

Before heading to the Netherworld, Shen Yuan had to make comprehensive preparations; the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land in front of him seemed like a very good opportunity.

With that thought in mind, Shen Yuan’s steps gradually came to a halt.

He had arrived at the entrance to the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, surrounded by thick ghostly fog that completely obscured the entrance of the valley.

The place where Shen Yuan now stood was a chaotic mess of a camp.

Scattered fires had burned down several tents, and heaps of supplies mixed with severed limbs and blood were scattered on the ground, the bodies still holding onto their undissipated fear.

Among them were ordinary people as well as cultivators in vestment robes.

As Xue Mingzhi entered the camp with Shen Yuan, he couldn’t help but exclaim in a low voice upon seeing a body on the ground:

“This is Liew Kun, the only Qi-training cultivator of the Liew family. He was said to practice the ancient methods of the Book of Triplex Unity and had a great reputation throughout the Imperial Capital.”

“This one here is Liew Yuji, the current Family Head of the Liew family and the Tang Mountain Earl.

Although the title of Earl of Tang Mountain has become an honorary title through the ages, the power of the Liew family in the Imperial Capital is still considered mid-tier among noble families; his death here will surely cause a huge uproar!”

“I don’t recognize this Qi-training cultivator; he might be someone secretly trained by another noble family.

His body shows the color of gold and iron, likely caused by the infusion of a top-grade magical treasure into his body. This method can forcibly produce Qi-training cultivators, but at the cost of cutting off one’s path to advancement, condemning them to make no further progress for life.”

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As Xue Mingzhi identified the identities of the cultivators’ bodies in the camp one by one, Zhang Jiang beside him was already steeped in stupefaction.

If it weren’t for Xue Mingzhi dragging him over by force, he might not even have had the courage to walk.

Water monsters, Ghost King, Netherworld Commander Bull Head… the events that occurred today were too shocking for him and far exceeded his understanding of the world.

He could only look towards Shen Yuan, only to see Shen Yuan with a calm expression, completely indifferent to the demise of these great cultivator figures.

Indeed, Shen Yuan had little interest in the so-called noble families of the Imperial Capital.

In Great Xia, the only entities worth Shen Yuan’s attention were the Imperial Astronomical Bureau and the Great Xia Imperial Family; the other so-called noble families were just worldly families, unable to touch the deeper secrets of true high-level cultivation.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

To achieve such success at this stage, they relied solely on their own strength to scrape spirit objects from the secular world. The closer the time came to the late stage of the Spirit Energy Tidal Surge, the more it revealed the shallowness of the noble families’ heritage.

At that moment, Shen Yuan’s focus was already set on the surrounding water monsters that were contracting.

“Although the Ghost King has been slain by Bull Head, the water monster is ultimately an extension of the Master of North Mang Mountain’s power, and it poses certain risks.

Before engaging with the Master of North Mang Mountain, I must clear all this ghostly fog.”

With that thought, Shen Yuan’s powerful Divine Sense unfolded, covering the shrinking water monster within the range of his Divine Sense.

Within the confinement of Shen Yuan’s Divine Sense, he could “see” that the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land and its vicinity appeared as a massive hollow that devoured everything, with neither Divine Sense nor ghostly fog escaping its expulsion.

Shen Yuan wasn’t surprised by such a phenomenon in the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land; it would be strange if such forbidden places allowed both Divine Sense and water monsters to probe them.

As Divine Sense wrapped around the water monster, Shen Yuan lifted his right hand and lightly flicked his sleeve robe, activating the Nine Breaths Qi Absorption Great Divine Power within him.

In an instant, the Heaven and Earth’s Primordial Elemental Qi within dozens of miles was stirred by Shen Yuan, the omnipresent Heaven and Earth’s Primordial Elemental Qi acting like an invisible hand stirring the water monster, forcing the ghostly fog to contract more rapidly with the massive amount of Heaven and Earth’s Primordial Elemental Qi.

Although the ghostly fog is termed as fog, in essence, it is the solidified force of the water monster’s power, which can be influenced by Heaven and Earth’s Primordial Elemental Qi.

If a Ghost King were presiding over the water monster, the Heaven and Earth’s Primordial Elemental Qi naturally would not be able to shake such an enormous quantity of ghostly fog.

However, the Ghost King is dead, and within the entire scope of the water monster, not even a single evil spirit can be found. The unrestrained water monster is naturally influenced with ease by the Heaven and Earth’s Primordial Elemental Qi controlled by Shen Yuan.