Ten Thousand Soul Banner: Deceased, do you have any unfulfilled wishes?

Chapter 1239: Chapter 1235: Destruction of the Netherworld

The Muddy Worm, tightly trapped by the Primordial Magnetic Vortex, couldn’t even let out a final, piercing screech under the dual scouring of the Sun God Fire and the Primordial Magnetic Power. Its gigantic body was shredded inch by inch, ionized, and finally transformed into wisps of black smoke, which were thoroughly incinerated by the golden light of the great sun behind its head.

The Profound Black Square Seal atop the high platform, freed from its restraints, instantly erupted with soaring black-gold divine radiance. The mysterious tortoise on the seal button seemed to come alive, raising its head to let out a silent roar.

Shen Siyuan reached out a hand, and the great seal fell into the palm of his hand.

The Xuzhou City God Seal is the root of the earth veins in the Xuzhou territory, while this Taishan Great King Treasure Seal is the guide of Yama in this Netherworld. With one guideline and one book, one monarch and one minister, he instantly grasped the entirety of Xuzhou Netherworld’s authority firmly in his hands.

Holding the two seals in his palm, he could clearly perceive every inch of land, every wisp of polluted energy, every solitary soul, every earth and water vein in the Xuzhou Netherworld, all under his thought.

Shen Siyuan’s eyes faintly moved, his gaze falling onto a stone wall deep within the hall.

A thousand years ago, when King Taishan withdrew from Xuzhou, he left behind not only this Earth Suppressing Treasure Seal but also many magic treasures to guard the Yin Department and pacify the dead souls.

With a subtle thought, the Ten Thousand Soul Banner surged out from his sleeve. The black flag face unfurled in the wind, generating an irresistible devouring force.

The stone wall of the hall opened with a rumble, and several Evil-slaying Yin Soldiers Standard Magical Artifacts transformed into streams of light, all steadily absorbed into the Ten Thousand Soul Banner.

Even the Tai Mountain Ghost Treatment Secret Talisman engraved on the stone pillar inside the hall was copied by his Divine Sense and stored within the banner’s space.

Although Dou Dou, Xiao Yue, and Duoduo were inside the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, they saw everything outside clearly. Seeing one dazzling treasure after another being collected, Dou Dou widened her eyes, excitedly spinning in circles, "Wow, so many treasures, share half once we meet, Potato has to give me half."

"Greedy, wishful thinking." Xiao Yue glanced at her askance, then giggled, laughing along herself.

After collecting these treasures, Shen Siyuan did not linger any longer in the earth veins, transforming into a streak of light as he sprang to the surface and ascended to the high sky.

With both the City God and Taishan Seals in hand, the entire Xuzhou Netherworld was now under his full control.

He flew into the void of the Netherworld, his cloak transforming back into a large flag, blocking the sky and sun. With a thought, the two great seals appeared in the palm of his hand, and as his Divine Sense enveloped them, the entire Xuzhou Netherworld appeared vividly in his mind.

Consequently, those treasures left by various divines of the Netherworld, buried underground or hidden within ruins, all surfaced by his will.

As the Ten Thousand Soul Banner turned over and unfolded, these treasures seemed to gain consciousness, flying towards the void like fledglings returning to a forest, disappearing without a trace as they were wrapped by the banner’s reverse.

Such a grand commotion by Shen Siyuan naturally attracted the attention of some corrupted bugs and souls, with some flying-capable ones rapidly approaching him.

But today is not the same as in the past; with a thought, Shen Siyuan made the sky seem to emerge a gigantic canopy, covering the whole Xuzhou Netherworld.

All those corrupted bugs and souls attempting to approach him were trapped within.

As Shen Siyuan gathered every useful item from the Xuzhou Netherworld, a single thought set off a world-destroying frenzy within the Xuzhou Netherworld.

First was the heavy black cloud that had shrouded the sky for a millennium, like a rice paper being incinerated by fierce flames, shattered inch by inch and dissolved.

The originally ghostly blue, deathly still sky revealed the clarity it should have, that the Netherworld ought to possess.

Next was the earth.

The black soil, eroded by polluted energy across the wastelands, cracked instantly. Countless wrapped skeletons, evils, and remnants of evil spirits were all overturned by the Primordial Magnetic Power surging up from the earth veins, instantly melting away like snow under the sun, leaving not a trace behind.

An invisible force was born out of thin air, obliterating all remaining living beings.

The corrupted bugs fled frantically, while the corrupted souls roared and wailed, but standing high in the sky, Shen Siyuan showed no trace of compassion and instead intensified his force.

Deeper within the earth veins, those evils entrenched in cracks, reproducing evil spirits, and earth vein nodes blocked by resentment were all crushed and washed away.

The originally fragmented, riddled-with-holes earth veins were wholly shattered at his whim, transforming into the most primal earth vein energy, recombining anew.

In this moment, it was truly an earth-shattering scene, where all tangible and intangible were ground down under this mighty power...

Inside the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, the three little ones were left gaping in awe.

Particularly Dou Dou, who sheepishly said, "Potato is so powerful, I won’t take those treasures anymore; I’ll give them all to Potato."

Her quick retreat prompted Xiao Yue and Duoduo, who were initially in a state of shock, to chuckle irresistibly.

However, their range of vision was limited; how vast the entire Xuzhou Netherworld is. Even an apocalyptic act wouldn’t wipe out everything in an instant, but instead, it takes a process.

Watching the Xuzhou Netherworld like a gigantic powder keg, with various energy vortices and undercurrents surging and colliding everywhere, eventually leading to violent collapse, he dared not linger there. With a thought, he directly returned to the Mortal World.

The entirety of Xuzhou Netherworld was like a gigantic cage, trapped by the golden net from the canopy above, so those wishing to escape corrupted bugs and souls, like birds in a cage, had nowhere to flee. They could only withstand the rampant, savage forces, eventually engulfed, turning into ash, becoming part of the energy.

Consequently, Shen Siyuan dared not casually enter the Xuzhou Netherworld, yet he continually observed the situation there through the Taishan King Seal.

But this world-destroying storm, stirred by him, could not be calmed in a moment. Even though he now had complete control over the Xuzhou Netherworld, he couldn’t manage; only time could smooth everything over.

Before anyone realized, it was Spring Festival. This year the festival was especially lively, with several families gathering to celebrate the New Year together.

But the busiest among them was Ruan Hongzhuang.

Because Jiang Yingxue had dumped her son on her, his sister, under the pretense of learning how to babysit first, while she and Huang Huijuan went shopping daily.

By the twenty-eighth of the lunar month, even Lin Libo’s family next door came to Bin Hai with their children, making it even livelier.

Duoduo and Lin Wentao almost stayed at Shen Siyuan’s home every day. As for Dou Dou, needless to say, Potato was her home; Tao Guangsha and Jiang Wenxin were practically relatives. She was too lazy to visit family, and if anyone missed her, they had to come see her on their own initiative, quite domineering.

Of course, the happiest were Tang Tang and Xiao Ya.

Tang Tang was happy because there was always someone to play with her every day.

Xiao Ya, on the other hand, was happy because it was her first year at this home, and she was full of expectations.

During this pre-New Year period, everyone bought her a lot of new clothes and shoes. She could hardly wait to try them on one by one, regretting only having one body and one pair of feet to wear them all.

Ruan Hongzhuang placed Ruan Huichun on the sofa, letting him play on his stomach, before getting up to make him some milk.

Just after making the milk, she saw Dou Dou standing on the sofa, looking like she wanted to ride on Ruan Huichun’s back, and couldn’t help but panic.

"Dou Dou, what do you want to do?" She ran over in a hurry, frightened.

Ruan Huichun was so little; if Dou Dou sat down carelessly, she might unintentionally hurt him.

"He’s lying here, so he wants me to ride him like a horse," Dou Dou said confidently.