104: Chapter 104: The Dagger Revealed at the End of the Map 104: Chapter 104: The Dagger Revealed at the End of the Map Ancient legend.
Between Heaven and Earth, there were Three Realms: first was the Heavenly Court, second the Human World, third the Underworld.
Legend had it that within the Underworld, there were Ten Palaces Yama, Oxhead and Horseface, Black and White Impermanence, and even more frightening, the Eighteen Layers of Hell.
Ye Xuan did not know whether the legends were true, but at this mont, he knew that he had not seen the so-called Ten Palaces Yama or Oxhead and Horseface, let alone the so-called Eighteen Layers of Hell.
What was now revealed before Ye Xuan’s eyes was a dilapidated black temple.
The mottled walls were engraved with the marks of Ti’s vicissitudes, while two ferocious evil spirits carved on the blood-colored bronze doors gave off a chilling and terrifying sensation.
A dark gold plaque with a black background hung above the door lintel, inscribed with three big characters – Yama Hall!
“Immortal, the legend says the Book of Life and Death is in Yama Hall, but to enter, one must break the Seal,” Crow of Shadows reminded him.
Ye Xuan did not respond but instead walked leisurely to the front of Yama Hall.
As his eyes opened and closed, flashes of blood-red light flickered; raising his palm, he suddenly struck towards the temple’s main doors.
Bang!
The earth shook, blood light burst forth, and a terrifying scene erged.
Roar!
Earth-shattering roars and mountains crushing, the two evil spirits originally carved on the door suddenly ca to life at this mont, their bodies emitting surging ghost fog, furiously lunging at Ye Xuan to bite.
“Slash!”
Ye Xuan’s expression remained unflustered, his sword fingers slicing through the sky, and a hundred-ter Blood Sword ford, carrying an unrivaled might, slashing directly towards the two evil spirits.
At the sa ti, Crow of Shadows, who had been following behind Ye Xuan, suddenly burst out laughing.
Under Ye Xuan’s cold gaze, he transford into a shadow and instantly entered Yama Hall.
“Ha ha.”
“Youngster, thanks for blocking these two Soul Ghosts for .
Once I get the Book of Life and Death, I will surely turn you into a Fierce Ghost Servant to repay you.”
Roar!
When Crow of Shadows broke into Yama Hall, the two evil spirits let out ferocious roars, their ghost fog growing denser, fearlessly lunging at Ye Xuan to bite.
“Soul Destruction Finger!”
A speck of blood light arose from Ye Xuan’s fingertip, seeming to pierce through the ancient emptiness, instantly turning the two evil spirits into black smoke, also making this side of the world suddenly quiet down.
A cruel cold smile sketched at the corner of Ye Xuan’s mouth.
He was unhurried as he strolled into Yama Hall, as if Crow of Shadow’s actions had not stirred any anger in him.
From the beginning to the end, Ye Xuan had never trusted Crow of Shadows; he had long predicted that Crow of Shadows was rely using him to enter Yama Hall.
But this did not matter; for Ye Xuan, the life and death of Crow of Shadows had long been under his control.
Thinking to plot against him, Crow of Shadows was probably still too naïve.
Passing through the dark passage, a gleam of light arose ahead.
As Ye Xuan stepped out of the passageway, what ca into view was a majestic and luxurious hall.
Ninety-nine layers of a black jade staircase radiated mysterious dim light.
At the end of the black jade staircase, a black wooden table appeared, where Crow of Shadows, holding a Black Jade Book, was laughing uproariously.
“Ha ha, three thousand years, a full three thousand years!
I did not expect the Book of Life and Death to return to my hands.” Crow of Shadows growled excitedly, his body’s Yin Qi swelling even more, making the entire Yama Hall tremble violently as if it could collapse at any mont.
Suddenly.
Yin Crow ceased his wild laughter and turned his head to look at Ye Xuan, his aura of Yin Qi bizarrely shifting as he took on a human form.
With sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes, fair skin, and a head of jet-black hair cascading down his back, Yin Crow wore a Dragon King robe and a Skull Crown atop his head, his face exuding a ghostly majesty.
He held the Book of Life and Death, looking down at Ye Xuan from atop the black jade staircase, his eyes casting a scrutinizing gaze.
“Should I call you Yin Crow, or should I call you Yama?” Ye Xuan said calmly, hands clasped behind his back.
“Young man, although I do not know how you entered Yama Hell, considering you helped retrieve the Book of Life and Death, I am willing to spare your life today.
But from now on, you shall serve as a servant under my command, acting solely according to my will,” Yin Crow declared authoritatively.
“Ha!”
Ye Xuan laughed, genuinely laughed, but his laughter carried a tone of utter contempt, causing Yin Crow’s eyes to narrow slightly and his facial expression to gradually darken.
“Young man, what are you laughing at?” Yin Crow’s voice was ice-cold.
Step—step—step.
Like the beating of the Soul Drum amidst the wails of countless Blood Souls, a radiant blood-red light burst from Ye Xuan’s body as he walked toward Yin Crow.
On the black jade staircase, ninety-nine steps included, with every step Ye Xuan took, thousands of Blood Shadows roared ferociously around him, filling Yama Hall with a thick, bloodthirsty aura and casting a terrifying, ghastly light on him.
Watching this scene, Yin Crow’s face drastically changed.
He found himself involuntarily retreating, frantically urging the power of the Book of Life and Death, which burst into a murky light enveloping him in an attempt to fend off the imposing aura emitted by Ye Xuan.
Boom!
Finally, Ye Xuan reached Yin Crow.
Opening and closing his eyes, his gaze toward Yin Crow was indifferent and rciless, as if looking at an ant.
“Crossing…
Crossing Tribulation Stage?”
“How is this possible?”
Yin Crow’s pupils constricted, his voice trembling as he finally realized a horrifying truth—that the young man before him bore a hint of the divinity of Immortals, suggesting he was on the verge of becoming an Immortal.
“No…
This cannot be…
Without spiritual energy in the declining era of Heaven and Earth, how could you achieve the Cultivation of Crossing Tribulation Stage?” Yin Crow cried out in horror.
If it weren’t for the Book of Life and Death in his hand, he might have already turned to flee in panic.
“I give you two choices, either submit to or be reduced to ashes,” Ye Xuan said, his hands still clasped behind his back as if discussing a trivial matter.
“Ha ha!”
Facing Ye Xuan’s confident deanor, Yin Crow recovered from his shock, his chuckle turning into a sinister laugh, “Young man, have you ever heard the saying, ‘If Yama decrees you die at midnight, who dares keep you until morning?'”
“If the Book of Life and Death weren’t in my hand, I indeed wouldn’t be your opponent.
But now that I hold the Book of Life and Death, killing you is as simple as crushing an ant.”
“Oh?”
“You can try,” Ye Xuan said, smiling faintly, his eyes glowing with an indescribable eerie light.
“You’re seeking death.”
Yin Crow bellowed furiously, as the Book of Life and Death slipped from his hand, transforming into a giant stone book a hundred feet large, emitting endless Yin Qi as it descended upon Ye Xuan.
“Young man, the Book of Life and Death is a Spiritual Object ford from the Heaven and Earth Laws.
Even if you possess the Cultivation of Crossing Tribulation Stage, you are destined to die under the Book of Life and Death,” Yin Crow laughed wildly.
But before he could finish laughing, what happened next left him utterly stunned, and his body involuntarily trembled.
Boom!
With an earth-shattering force and blood-light reaching the skies, within the vast void, lost souls wept, and vindictive spirits wailed.
Blood light burst forth from Ye Xuan’s body, and as he launched a punch, Heavenly Fist Radiance surged violently, directly blasting the giant Book of Life and Death away.
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