Chapter 2585: Chapter 127: All Living Beings Pity Me, and I Pity All Living Beings!_6
Afterward, together with the Wusheng Cage, Wang Changji crushed it in his palm.
No wind nor fog, pure white smoke spiraled upwards.
Jiang Wang said nothing, nor did Wang Changji.
After a period of brewing, the collapsing World Without Life opened a gateway shimmering with dim light, and they walked inside side by side.
...
If one has never truly been to the Underworld, it is hard to understand what the Netherworld is.
It is said, "Feel without consciousness, the five senses are submerged, grief without tears, hatred without heart, this is the Underworld" (as recorded in "Facing Cangwu")
The Underworld is a world without perception, so the first thing upon entering the Netherworld is to adapt to its standards and rebuild one’s "perception."
Of course, for Godly cultivators, their Spiritual Sense can fully accomplish this process.
The Underworld is also a pathway to the source pool and the largest camp in the wilderness of death. So it is not purely a world of the dead; there remains the fire of life and the light of civilization.
Lu Yan has yearned for the Underworld for many years.
Yet he has never visited.
Initially, it was due to lack of strength, later because he dared not approach.
Until this time, Zhang Linchuan bestowed upon him the "Paper Garment Soul Replacement Method."
He harbored no resentment toward Zhang Linchuan, nor was there any loyalty; from beginning to end, they have only been in a mutually beneficial partnership.
Though he has made many sacrifices, his "needs" have only just now been met.
He meticulously examined it multiple times, confirming there was no issue with this Secret Technique, then dared to don the "paper garment" and infiltrated the Underworld.
The Underworld is not so easy to enter; he does not have Zhang Linchuan’s ease of ingress, so he chose a rare weak spot in the world—he had prepared for this day for a very long time.
His desires were insignificant, his love as light as a feather, his efforts trivial. But everything he did had a purpose...
He still trudged step by step to this day, endured to become Godly, endured to come into the Underworld.
The soul of his deceased wife, he did not know where it resided.
Among the three hundred and seventy-one Secret Techniques he collected in search of his wife, he was experimenting with each one.
He must be extremely cautious, for the Underworld is a perilous place. The Bone Demon God would never spare him, and the Gods of the Netherworld were not limited to just Bai Gu. None of them were benevolent.
Upon trying the three hundred and twenty-third Secret Technique, his eyeball suddenly moved, the technique emitted a faint response!
Lu Yan was ecstatic, but in the next instant, the eyeball exploded and burst out of its socket!
At this moment, the world spun, his five senses confused.
"No!"
He cried out in pain.
At this moment he realized—
The "Paper Garment Soul Replacement Method" indeed had no issues, the problem was with himself!
During their long past interactions, his body had long been seeded with Zhang Linchuan’s means. After serving the Wusheng Sutra for a time, his soul had also been polluted by the Divine Master of Wusheng. Zhang Linchuan had indeed left himself a last retreat route, and unfortunately, he was that route!
In the violent fluctuation of power, amidst the screams of agony.
Lu Yan’s remaining eye suddenly turned white; he was using the power of the Innate Nether Eyes to resist, but in the next moment it turned black again.
"Find... find..." Lu Yan made this final struggle to shout, his forefinger tremblingly pointing to a direction.
"Alright, I promise you." He said again.
In the next moment, that body had already calmed, with a reach of his hand, grasped the eyeball that had burst from its socket, and slowly pressed it back in.
"This body..."
Having exhausted the final soul replacement, Zhang Linchuan moved his limbs, feeling rather uncomfortable. Too clumsy a body, too coarse a cultivation, this flesh body was developed too poorly.
But by today, he had no other choice left.
This final soul replacement, he cherished greatly, originally intended for a key person capable of influencing the world’s structure, or to retrieve his original body. Of course, he had other plans to retreat into the Underworld.
Yet in the previous battle, Wang Changji sealed his World Without Life, Jiang Wang severed his path, shattered his Wusheng Sutra.
The layered tricks he left in the Bone Holy Body were also burnt clean by the Samadhi True Fire.
For that Holy Body created beyond the Absolute Summit, Wang Changji and Jiang Wang surprisingly harbored no desire!
Desireless and forthright, flawless to execute.
Left with no choice, he could only pursue the Dharma King protector of his faith he created many years ago, borrowing this body to replace, with the replacement occurring in the Underworld. To sever all worldly Cause and Effect, and start anew.
He would never yield to Heavenly Will, never fear failure.
He always had the courage to begin again.
Because he had walked to this point with absolutely nothing.
Turning over the various intelligence of the Underworld in his mind, Zhang Linchuan roughly judged the position, selected a direction, and rotated his Nether Eye to move forward.
This direction was completely opposite to the direction Lu Yan pointed towards before his consciousness vanished.
Yes, he had promised Lu Yan...
And then what?
He had also promised tens of thousands of believers to create the eternal happiness of the World Without Life. As long as it could help achieve the goal, he could promise anything, dare to make any vow.
He never cared about others’ stories. Whether that person was named Moon Rabbit, Jiang Wang, Lu Yan, or anything else.
He would also never share his story.
There’s simply no need.
Sympathy, approval, adoration, or disdain, disgust, hostility from the weak... are utterly meaningless.
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