Six months later.
The "Netherworld Festival," which occurs only once every hundred years in Hell, arrived.
On this day.
No matter if it was the first layer or the ninth... The entire sky of Hell displayed an endless, trans-universal black river.
The river exuded a terrifying aura, as countless devils and undead creatures shouted in unison.
"Mother River descends upon the world!"
This river phantom was, startlingly, the legendary Underworld Source River that resided deep within the Underworld, governing the reincarnation of all beings.
Inside a devil city, Levi stood in a tavern, gazing at the high sky.
His heart was incredibly shocked.
This was a river without visible end, ceaselessly flowing like the river of ti.
He could also see that there were countless capillary-like tributaries surrounding the Underworld Source River, extending into the void.
"The records in the books are indeed true, the Mother River resides in the Underworld, yet it can connect to multiple planes. Those transcendent souls that reincarnate are sent randomly into multiple planes through these tributaries to begin anew. It’s too astonishing; it has already surpassed the realm of legends."
So say the Mother River is an extrely powerful life form, similar to the Blood River Will.
Others say the Mother River is a rule embodint without the consciousness of a life form.
The true nature of the Mother River was unknown to Levi.
From so hidden knowledge he had acquired, the Blood River Will seed to be intricately connected with the Mother River.
Therefore, the true souls of the Blood Clan could enter the Blood River instead of the Underworld to cleanse their mories for reincarnation.
But the two were not on the sa level.
At the sa ti.
On the Underworld Source River, one could indistinctly see sailing ships with masts and sails, which traveled along and slowly descended.
One of them ca to land not far from the wilderness near the city where Levi was.
"The Netherworld Market is open, the Netherworld rchants have arrived!"
No one knew who shouted it out, but the devils who had been impatiently waiting rushed out of the city.
One devil felt secretly elated.
"Hahaha, I’ve been thrifty for a hundred years, saving up a full ten thousand Joss Paper; this ti, I will return with a full load!"
Levi didn’t rush to board that sailboat; after all, he was neither devil nor undead creature.
If that Netherworld rchant bore hostility towards him, or if the rules did not permit it, his presence would be futile.
There was no sign from his Danger Perception... But facing beings of the Underworld like a Netherworld rchant, Levi reckoned his Danger Perception might be useless. Ȓ𝐀ＮŎβĘ𝒮
With this thought, he called Isa out from the Ancient Banyan Fairyland in an uninhabited place and had her take a stack of Joss Paper to find the Netherworld rchant.
After not too long.
Isa returned to Levi with a small box.
Levi asked:
"What is this?"
Isa replied:
"This is the ’Lost Box,’ which is said to randomly contain a life’s mory. From Level 1 to Level 9, every level is possible. If you’re lucky, these mories might carry inherent knowledge inheritance... By the way, this item is valued at 1,000 Joss Paper."
Levi thought to himself.
Isn’t this just a mory Blind Box?
"It appears now that either the Mother River or so powerful existence in the Underworld might have stripped away fragnts of a life’s mories to create this item.
This suggests that Leon is no ordinary being; the Saint Scorpions of human legends are said to be the insects of the Underworld, it seems there might be a grain of truth to that."
Clearly, the majority of these mory blind boxes were junk.
Those who could obtain the mories of life forms above level 6 were few and far between.
The reason is simple.
Looking across the Multidinsional Plane, the proportion of level six experts was minuscule.
As for obtaining level 9 mories, the probability was practically zero.
At 1,000 Joss Paper per box, the price was not cheap.
"This must be a thod for the Underworld to recollect Joss Paper..."
Joss Paper could only be manufactured in the Underworld; Levi had tried to study it but failed.
The currencies of the transcendent world were often related to Aether Stones and Soul Stones, usual equivalents related to cultivation.
But Joss Paper, which really was just paper money similar to the previous life’s banknotes—made of what, nobody knew.
A Grand Wizard from the School of Death once researched it and conjectured that Joss Paper might be refined from lifeforms’ Lifespan.
The billions of Spirit Coins that Levi had may well be the lifespan of countless life forms.
Since foreigners could also participate, Levi felt sowhat relieved.
Nevertheless, he found a place to secure his horse carriage and prepared to self-destruct and return to the city at a mont’s notice.
He didn’t want to live a second life.
He sought not the afterlife, but the present life!
The eerie sailing ship docked in the wilderness, with devils entering one by one, disappearing.
Levi prepared himself.
Stepping onto the ship, a bustling and noisy scene ensued.
Despite looking small from the outside, the ship had a Qian Kun inside.
The vast deck, like a plaza, seed boundless.
Nearly all the devils from the city were there, and it didn’t feel crowded.
In the center of the plaza, a black-armored giant towering a kiloter high, emanating a terrifying aura and holding a Death God Scythe, stood silently.
Levi gasped.
"Completely inscrutable; I fear this might be a level 8 being... Is a re Netherworld rchant such a formidable entity?"
He figured that it was probably because this was the Sixth Layer, and to maintain order, the Underworld dispatched a level 8 powerhouse capable of suppressing the entire field.
If it were the earlier layers, then the strength of the Netherworld rchant would correspondingly be reduced.
On the plaza, there were notice boards.
[1. No fighting, stealing, or misbehaving here... Otherwise, you will be executed rcilessly, and your soul will not enter Reincarnation!
2. Transactions are in Joss Paper; if you do not have enough, you may use your Lifespan to make up the balance.]
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