Chapter 22 Vibration

The shaking... stopped?

The violent tremors that seemed about to shatter heaven and earth suddenly subsided. Bixia Yuanjun lingered in the eighth level, the Ice Mountain Hell. Less than a quarter of an hour had passed since she escaped from the Wangtian Hou's mouth.

Her face was gloomy.

The cessation of the Hell's tremors was not necessarily a good thing. It was also possible that the giant beast called "Hou" had completely devoured the ninth level of Hell, then returned to the Great Yin Realm below.

If that were the case, then the Arctic True Man was probably already dead in the beast's maw.

"Damnable Yin World."

Bixia Yuanjun found it hard to calm her mood. She couldn't help but feel a deep fear for the future.

The Yin Court was actually able to cultivate such a terrifying beast. Now, in this human world, without immortals of Lishan River to hold the line, only Zhang Tianshi, a single True Immortal, remained. Could one True Immortal suppress the entire Yin Realm? How many such monsters were there in the Yin Realm?

Moreover, this time, she had been negligent, failing to notice that the Eighteen Hells were being swallowed by the Great Yin Realm. The enemy had swapped the heavens without her realizing it. Now, she had not only lost the ten levels of Hell below, but also the Arctic True Man. Although she had promised the Arctic that if he died, she would report to the court and erect a shrine for him, she had made such a big mistake and didn't know how she would be punished.

Bixia Yuanjun did not want Ji Xiang to die, as it was related to her future.

The eighth level of Hell was full of ice mountains and ice walls. She wandered through Hell, looking down at the bottom of the ice walls, piercing through this Hellish Dharma Realm, trying to see the situation in the ninth level of Hell after the tremors subsided.

However, after she used her Divine Dao Dharma Eyes to observe, she was immediately stunned, unable to speak for a long time, with an expression of astonishment and shock!

What was that thing?

In Bixia Yuanjun's eyes, the Dharma Realm of the ninth level of Hell had disappeared. This area had become a large void, with no Dharma Realm power existing. Below the eighth level of Hell, there was no ninth Hell...

The tenth level of Hell could not be seen either.

No matter how the Divine Dao Dharma Eyes examined it, they could not penetrate that huge "corpse"!

It was a sea of blood, but not without a source!

The Wangtian Hou had been beheaded, and its head above the neck had disappeared. The head of the giant beast, which could contain a Dharma Realm and transform into mountains, peaks, hellish rivers, and lands, no longer existed. Only the滔天 blood sea湧涌 from its neck remained.

Thus, below the eighth level of Hell now was a large void, and below the large void was a sea of blood and the headless corpse of the Wangtian Hou.

Rumble!

A glow appeared in the ice mountain, and then the Hell was broken through, the Dharma Realm portal wide open. Ji Xiang restrained his killing ghost form to avoid destroying the Ice Mountain Hell. The large number of swords in his hand were bathed in the corpse-beast blood of the Wangtian Hou, producing some changes.

The Blood Lake Hell and the Wangtian Hou's head were placed by Ji Xiang in the Bitter Sea World.

Bixia Yuanjun saw Ji Xiang return. Although it was unbelievable, the scene before her eyes could not be faked. She could not help but breathe a sigh of relief, as if she had survived a catastrophe.

The Arctic was unharmed, so she had not committed a major crime. If she had lost this great immortal, she was afraid she would be severely punished.

Her divine position was very different from other divine generals. The imperial court dared to enfeoff such an important position as the Lord of Mount Tai, so naturally there were strong means of restraint. As long as she obeyed Heaven and did not destroy, the divine position of Mount Tai would be difficult to escape the control of the imperial court. Whether there was a Celestial Master as a deterrent or not, the imperial court could forcibly take back this divine lord position at any time.

The imperial court had absolute control over powerful divine positions. Using the power of the state to support a great god, this great god would naturally share the fate of the nation, unable to leave or betray.

As for those weak divine positions, once the imperial court weakened, they would be the first to break free from control. That was why rebellions of divine generals guarding various foreign regions had occurred one after another.

"Arctic, did you do this?"

After Bixia Yuanjun let out that breath, she quickly asked Ji Xiang what he had done below.

She also felt some fear and awe in her heart. After all, both of them were people who had stepped into the realm of immortality with half a foot, but she, as the Lord of Mount Tai, had been chased around in her own territory by the enemy, while the other person had actually killed that terrifying beast?

She couldn't help but look at the blood-stained divine sword, wondering if it was some supreme treasure.

Ji Xiang then looked at the other ice mountains. All of those ice mountains reflected the scene of the hell below. The sea of blood surged, forming a scarlet barrier at the bottom of the large void.

"Although this giant beast has reached the level of immortality, it has not yet grown to be too strong. It is merely arrogant by relying on the power of the Dharma Realm and its heaven-devouring abilities. As long as its divine powers are broken, although it is a corpse beast, it is still inseparable from its flesh and blood body and has the spirit of a soul. Killing it is easy."

"Coincidentally, I have the art of discarding all dharmas."

Ji Xiang said these indifferent words, and an expression of astonishment appeared on Bixia Yuanjun's face. She was about to speak, but then grasped a certain "key point" in Ji Xiang's words just now, and suddenly said in disbelief:

"Wait, hasn't grown to... too strong a level?"

"Could this be, a young beast...?!"

This was a terrifying answer, but Ji Xiang shook his head: "Without going down to the Great Yin Realm, who knows if this giant beast is a young beast? Things that never existed in the previous world, it's difficult for me to answer even if you ask."

"But being able to cultivate one means there must be a second. As the ancients said, good things come in pairs..."

"Misfortunes never come singly."

Bixia Yuanjun did not speak. Her heart was pounding, and that strong sense of fear once again engulfed her heart, this time difficult to dispel. She suddenly felt that the divine position of Mount Tai on her body was indeed burning hot, as if she was about to die soon.

Afterwards, the two did not speak again. Bixia Yuanjun set up a barrier below the Ice Mountain Hell, and ordered the many ghost generals guarding this place to immediately abandon it and flee to the other hells above to send messages once there was a change in Hell, and not to fight with the Yin Court.

Ji Xiang then came to the Tongue-ripping Hell.

As the cornerstone of the Eighteen Hells, an ancient Dharma Realm that has existed since ancient times, apart from the appearance of the Tongue-ripping Hell, its original name may be related to the Haoli Ghost Country worshiped by the States of Qi and Lu.

Guangdu Chenlun Tianzun felt a sense of resonance here.

The call of the ancient era came from the dark.

Whose land is this Haoli? It gathers souls, wise and foolish alike.

How urgently the Ghost Earl urges! Human lives cannot linger even a moment.

Bixia Yuanjun also returned to the Tongue-ripping Hell and saw the only pure land in this hell. She couldn't help but sigh, as if talking to Ji Xiang, and also talking to herself:

"Beneath Mount Tai, the Yin Realm is invading. With my abilities, I'm afraid I'm not up to this position. Although I control life and death, when death truly approaches, I'm afraid instead."

"If Emperor Wu of Han really buried the secret letter of the Celestial Emperor east of Mount Tai, perhaps there are ancient Confucian divine arts passed down within, which can step onto the Kunlun Divine Road and draw upon the power of the昊天 Shangdi. If I could obtain this power, I would still have some chance of victory..."

Listening to her words, Ji Xiang suddenly thought of an important matter!

With a wave of his sleeve, a fragment of a bronze plate flew out and landed in his palm.

This fragment was obtained from the hands of the Prince of Lu. It was one of the fragments of the "Dew-Receiving Plate" cast by Emperor Wu of Han!

Buzz——!

As soon as the fragment of the Dew-Receiving Plate was taken out, the throbbing in Ji Xiang's heart suddenly became clear, showing five directions of radiance in his eyes. At the same time, as if blessed by providence, Ji Xiang turned his hand over, and the positions of the True Gods of the Five Peaks flew out towards the surroundings, standing in the positions of the five directions of radiance. A vast array diagram naturally manifested. It was actually the great magic that the True Gods of the Five Peaks once used to deal with Ji Xiang—the True Form Chart of the Five Peaks!

Roar——

A sound like a roar of a tiger resounded throughout the Tongue-ripping Hell. Bixia Yuanjun and Ji Xiang were both shocked, not knowing what was happening. After the tiger's roar, a virtual, gilded bamboo slip appeared in front of the two, as if in a dream!

At the same time, it was accompanied by an ancient, vast voice.

"When a ruler governs, he should follow the law of Heaven and practice virtuous governance, governing in a way that benefits the people; otherwise, Heaven will send down various disasters and anomalies to warn the ruler. If the ruler still does not know to repent at this time, Heaven will cause the ruler to lose the world!"