Yang Hong was still in the posture of opening a storage bag with one hand and holding a small iron shield with the other when he was teleported away.
But seeing the familiar yet strange gray streaming light space, he was like a mortal stung by a bee, throwing the storage bag in his hand away with all his might.
"Pfft~"
With a soft sound, the entire storage bag was directly turned into dust by the gray streaming light.
"Holy crap, it really is a spatial passage!"
Yang Hong's whole body trembled.
His last experience in a spatial passage was truly terrible; it left a deep impression on him.
"Huh, is this a protective shield?"
Suddenly, Yang Hong noticed a gray protective shield with a diameter of ten feet surrounding his body.
Although the shield's color was also gray, it was slightly darker than the color of this space, so it was still discernible.
"This is emitted from this iron shield."
As Yang Hong calmed down and scanned carefully, he immediately discovered the source of the protective shield.
"So, this is the true purpose of these small iron shields, they are magical artifacts that provide protection during teleportation, just like the legendary Teleportation Protection Talismans."
With this protective shield, Yang Hong's mood completely calmed down. He simply sat down cross-legged,
while maintaining the input of magical power to the small iron shield, he carefully studied this space with his divine sense, waiting for the teleportation to end.
Perhaps because he had narrowly escaped death in the spatial passage before, this time, Yang Hong gradually entered a state akin to enlightenment.
Various spiritual and Daoist rhymes related to space continuously flowed into his mind, and he quickly comprehended them.
Until, the teleportation ended, and Yang Hong was flung out of the spatial passage.
"So, this is space and the laws of space, I understand."
"I only understand the surface."
Yang Hong muttered to himself and opened his eyes, looking around.
This was a dim space, even dimmer than the space after the Demon Sealing Secret Realm closed.
"This is demonic energy! There's also Yin energy, even ghostly energy and a faint trace of demonic energy, a confluence of all sorts of dark auras!
Is this a sect's secret realm for some demonic cultivator?"
"Turtle Breath Technique! Breath Concealment Art!"
Seeing the surrounding environment and the encroaching auras, Yang Hong felt the need to simultaneously use techniques to conceal his own aura and isolate himself from external influences.
"Circumference Light Technique."
Then he cast a lighting spell, wanting to see the surroundings.
A faint milky white light emanated from his body but could only illuminate a three-foot radius. In this space, light seemed unable to travel far.
Helplessly, Yang Hong could only sweep his powerful divine sense outwards.
"Holy crap~ Is this hell!"
As his divine sense spread out, Yang Hong couldn't help but curse.
In the dim space, the ground was paved with skeletons, layers upon layers of bones covering the earth to a height of eighty to ninety feet.
Beneath the grayish-white bones was dark brown earth, colored by the saturation of blood.
The reason the sky was dim was not only due to the convergence of negative energies but also because countless spirits were drifting about.
On the ground, every three thousand miles, there were cages spanning a hundred miles, each containing a gaunt beast.
However, more than half of the beasts in these cages had no life force.
"Food~ Meat~ Human flesh!"
"Blood food~ Blood food~"
Just as Yang Hong was fully extending his divine sense, terrifying roars erupted throughout this space. Countless spirits flew towards Yang Hong's divine sense.
"Damn it! I just escaped the tiger's mouth and fell into the wolf's den."
Yang Hong immediately began chanting the "Scripture of Salvation for All Beings," starting directly from the climax.
The spirits were already all around him.
"The human path is distant, the immortal path is vast, the ghostly path is joyous!"
As this sentence was uttered, a faint golden light of salvation burst forth, freezing all the spirits and demons within ten feet of Yang Hong.
"Life is the gate of birth, the immortal path cherishes life, the ghostly path cherishes the end;
The immortal path is always auspicious, the ghostly path is always ominous;
Lofty and pure beauty, mournful songs echo in the vast void;
May the heavenly path be accomplished, and may the human path not perish."
As the scripture was chanted rapidly, the faint golden light quickly spread. By the time these lines were finished, the golden light had already extended to a radius of three miles.
"In the North Capital's Spring Curtains Prefecture, ten thousand ghosts gather.
They wish only to shorten human lifespans, to sever the gates of life; May the celestial songs be sung, to capture the northern demon spirits, and to slay the six demonic blades.
The heavens are vast, and my Dao flourishes daily."
After this line was spoken, the golden light did not spread further, but the ferocious faces of the spirits slowly calmed down.
After chanting this ten times, the spirits within three miles, though not yet transcended, had all quieted down. They formed lotus mudras and listened attentively to Yang Hong's scripture.
"Phew~ Fortunately, I'm not dead!"
Looking at the spirits less than a foot away, Yang Hong's expression slightly relaxed.
The spirit directly in front of him exuded an aura of a mid-stage seventh-tier cultivator.
And there were ten such spirits gathered within three feet of Yang Hong.
If Yang Hong had not been decisive and had not started chanting from the beginning like before, but instead directly from the crucial parts of the scripture, he might have already died.
"Supreme Celestial Star, ever-changing and unceasing, expel evil and bind demons, protect life and safeguard the body, wisdom clear and bright, mind serene; Three souls eternal, spirit unfading..."
Taking a deep breath, Yang Hong quickly began chanting the complete "Supreme Wonderful Scripture of Boundless Salvation for All Beings" from the beginning.
This time, he also noticed that the beginning of the "Scripture of Salvation for All Beings" was a spell for calming the mind.
This meant that to recite the Scripture of Salvation, one had to first purify the heart and sincerity, then purify the mouth, body, establish the earth, purify heaven and earth, and finally transcend the spirits and demons to return to heaven and earth.
After the simplified version just now, and then the complete version, Yang Hong suddenly gained more insight into the "Scripture of Salvation for All Beings."
He infused more of his understanding into each scripture, drawing down more of the rhymes of heaven and earth.
After three recitations, the golden light of salvation directly covered 18,000 miles.
This was the limit of Yang Hong's divine sense coverage!
This was the first time he had made the golden light of salvation from the Scripture of Salvation for All Beings extend as far as his divine sense could reach.
However, the following situation gave Yang Hong a headache.
Ten recitations of the Scripture of Salvation for All Beings could only transcend spirits below the fourth tier. Spirits at the fourth tier and above could not be transcended, merely made to stand still.
"What's going on?
It only purified some of the Yin energy and resentment!
Is it the problem with this world?"
Yang Hong looked up at the surrounding heaven and earth; the Yin energy was still very dense.
"My fate is truly bitter!"
"Let's continue."
With a helpless expression, Yang Hong carefully passed through the quiet spirits. In an open space, he took out a ninth-grade spiritual plant and used it to replenish his magical power through灌顶 (guàndǐng - a ritual of pouring).
He also found some food and water in his storage ring within the scale space to fill his stomach.
Yang Hong, in his severely injured state, easily became hungry like an ordinary person.
The subsequent time was filled with endless repetitions of chanting the "Scripture of Salvation for All Beings" to transcend these spirits.
A fourth-grade spirit required 80 recitations of the Scripture of Salvation for All Beings to be converted; a fifth-grade required 160.
A sixth-grade...
"In heaven and earth, I alone am honored! Wake up!"
Just as Yang Hong reached the 311th recitation of the Scripture of Salvation for All Beings, a wild roar interrupted his chanting.
A terrifying figure thirty feet tall charged into Yang Hong's range of golden salvation light, roaring incessantly.