CHAPTER 366: CHAPTER 351: SOUL RETURNING TO THE NETHERWORLD, TRAP [3 MORE UPDATES, PLEASE SUBSCRIBE!]

Cultivators familiar with the Demon Dao understand that aside from the main branches of the Blood Demon Dao, Ghost Demon Dao, and Corpse Demon Dao, there are two smaller branches: the Illusion Demon Dao and the White Bone Demon Dao.

The Illusion Demon Dao branched out from the Ghost Demon Dao, while the White Bone Demon Dao separated from the Corpse Demon Dao.

And the "White Bone Hell" divine technique is a renowned method for trapping enemies in the White Bone Demon Dao.

Once an enemy falls into the "White Bone Hell," they are completely isolated from the outside world, unable to absorb any external Spiritual Qi or Demonic Qi to replenish themselves, while also facing various attacks.

For instance, Zhouyang, upon falling into the White Bone Hell, is immediately bombarded from all directions by countless bone spears and bone javelins.

These are just the overt attacks.

In the shadows, there are hidden arrows.

As he wields his flying sword to parry and intercept the bone spears and bone javelins, a small bone arrow, less than two feet long, suddenly shoots out from a bone spear he had split with his flying sword.

This small bone arrow emerged, locking onto Zhouyang with overwhelming killing intent.

Whoosh!

A flash of white light, the small bone arrow shot towards Zhouyang like a white lightning bolt, tearing through the void.

Before the arrow even arrived, a substantial killing intent formed an illusion of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood in Zhouyang’s mind, shaking his will to resist.

Stimulated by this killing intent, his pores instantly contracted tightly, resembling a startled wild beast, his entire body tensed to the extreme.

In a flash of an eye.

In the split second, Zhouyang, whose entire body was tensed, suddenly opened his mouth and spat out an indestructible Sharp Gold Sword.

The golden sword light flickered, colliding with the white small arrow mid-air.

The result was that Zhouyang’s "Qianyang Celestial Sword," which had never failed to cut anything before, was directly shattered by the white small arrow, which then continued its momentum towards Zhouyang.

Poof!

The "Qianyang Golden Light," serving as Zhouyang’s final defense, only resisted slightly before it was penetrated, and Zhouyang barely managed to slightly shift his body as the small bone arrow struck his shoulder.

The arrow embedded in his body instantly released a decaying, deathly power, rushing straight for Zhouyang’s heart.

It was visibly clear that the flesh around the wound where he was struck turned black and began to rot instantly, resembling meat that had started to decay after being left for a dozen days.

Wilt, death, turning the flesh into white bones, this is the power White Bone Demon Dao excels in.

Zhouyang naturally couldn’t let this demonic power spread within him, so he took the resolute action of cutting off the infected area, golden flames rising in his hand as he forcefully pulled out the bone arrow embedded in his shoulder and threw it aside, then incinerated all the decayed and dead flesh into ashes with roaring flames.

After burning the decayed and dead flesh into ashes, a wound the size of a bowl appeared on his shoulder, looking very horrifying.

Sss~

The pain from the fiery flames, even with Zhouyang’s willpower, made him involuntarily draw a sharp breath, his face contorting and twitching violently.

But he didn’t even have time to apply medicine to himself, only able to use magical power to close the blood vessels around the wound, temporarily stopping the blood from flowing.

Then he hurriedly formed a seal with his hands, channeling magical power towards the "Fire Separation Vermilion Bird Furnace" above his head.

Instantly, a clear bird cry echoed in the air, and a Vermilion Bird Firebird, engulfed in raging flames, flew out from the "Fire Separation Vermilion Bird Furnace," diving towards the ground filled with white bones with unmatched blazing fire.

Zhouyang had been holding back on using this "Artifact Soul Transformation" move, fearing that using it too early would leave him with no way out.

But now, if he doesn’t break the White Bone Hell divine technique, he can’t go anywhere!

Rumble!

With a deafening explosion, the White Bone Hell was engulfed in endless Vermilion Bird’s Separation Flames, and the originally indistinct White Bone Hell quickly vanished like a dream in the raging flames.

But at this moment, the Golden Core Stage Ghost General, who had been hiding in the shadows, also made his move.

Ghosts are most restrained by Zhouyang’s "Qianyang True Flame," so the Golden Core Stage Ghost General didn’t attempt to use the ghost’s specialty of possession divine technique to possess and devour Zhouyang’s flesh and divine soul, instead borrowing the power of countless evil ghosts on Ghostly Mist Peak to perform an extremely tyrannical and venomous Ghost Dao divine technique "Soul Returning to the Netherworld."

A flash of black light, and a shadowy Netherworld engulfed Zhouyang, aiming to drag his divine soul directly out of the Purple Mansion Daoist Palace to forever fall into the Netherworld!

This is a tyrannical divine technique targeting the divine soul, one of the few Ghost Dao divine techniques not affected by the restraint of "Qianyang True Flame."

Zhouyang had not expected that a Golden Core Stage Ghost General in the "Sealed Demon Cave" would also possess this rare Ghost Dao divine technique.

In an instant, the divine soul within his Purple Mansion Daoist Palace stirred, unable to resist rushing out of the Purple Mansion and into the shadowy illusion of the Netherworld.

According to legend, the Netherworld is where the souls of all living beings go after death. When mortals or cultivators die, as long as their souls aren’t completely erased by external forces, that kernel of true spirit will enter the legendary Netherworld, transforming into ghosts of the Netherworld.

At the center of the Netherworld, it is said there is a precious land called the "Resurrection Pool," where any ghost within the Netherworld can be reincarnated into various worlds.

There is a widely spread saying in the Cultivation Realm that the higher a cultivator’s cultivation level, the greater their chance of being reincarnated in the Netherworld after they perish or pass away.

Moreover, the higher the cultivation level of the cultivator, the greater the chance of awakening memories of their past lives upon successful reincarnation.

However, it’s rare for cultivators in the Cultivation Realm to awaken memories of their past lives. Usually, it only occurs after cultivators condense their Nascent Soul, and that’s only if they were also a high-tier cultivator in their previous life.

To cultivators in the Nascent Soul Stage, these past life memories are merely memories and cannot disturb their will or spirit, thereby preventing possession by past life memories.

Thus, most of the time, even if Nascent Soul Stage cultivators awaken past life memories, they choose to erase them and not disclose them publicly.

Unless those memories are beneficial to their cultivation.

That’s why when the Golden Core Stage Ghost General employed the Ghost Dao divine technique "Soul Returning to the Netherworld," summoning the illusionary shadow of the Netherworld over Zhouyang, his divine soul was drawn and was unable to resist wanting to enter.

For cultivators who have not truly reached the realm of eternal life, at the level of the soul, the Netherworld is the ultimate resting place for the souls of all living beings, possessing an innate allure for all souls.

Of course, a mere Golden Core Stage Ghost General cannot truly send someone’s divine soul into the Netherworld. The shadow of the Netherworld is merely an illusion conjured by the Ghost Dao divine technique, borrowing a thread of the Netherworld’s will.

If Zhouyang’s divine soul truly left his body and entered it, he wouldn’t be entering the legendary Netherworld but would be directly seized and devoured by the divine technique of the Golden Core Stage Ghost General.

He certainly won’t let such a thing happen.

Thus, as his divine soul was stirring restlessly, the Four Guardian Spirits within his Purple Mansion Daoist Palace immediately roared in unison.

Dragon roars, tiger cries, turtle hisses, phoenix chirps – the four spirits roar together, suppressing everything.

Zhouyang’s restlessly stirring divine soul instantly returned to its place, no longer affected at all.

However, instead of launching a counterattack, he appeared to be in extreme pain, clutching his head, demonstrating an expression of painful struggle to deceive the enemy.

One might say his plan was very successful.

The Bone General and the Golden Core Stage Ghost General, as old rivals, were well aware of each other’s divine technique potency. Therefore, when it saw Zhouyang’s expression change, it immediately flapped its wings and lunged at Zhouyang, attempting to completely eliminate him while the opportunity presented itself.

Little did it know that this lunge almost cost it its own life!

At that moment, right as the Bone General lunged at Zhouyang, ready to swipe at him with a Bone Heart-digging Claw.

Unexpectedly, just as its claw extended out, the golden "Qianyang True Flame" suddenly surged from Zhouyang’s body, sweeping towards it immediately.

This startled the Bone General to the point of near death!

Like a cat touching water, it urgently retreated.

Unfortunately, its pair of bone wings didn’t aid its retreat but rather hindered it.

Moreover, Zhouyang was so close, almost face-to-face.

At such close quarters, the golden flames rising from Zhouyang, how could they be avoided?

In an instant, the Bone General transformed into a blazing fire figure, engulfed in fierce flames, plummeting to the ground.

Fortunately, its skeletal body wasn’t prone to noises; otherwise, it would surely be wailing in agony now.

After succeeding in ambushing the Bone General, Zhouyang did not take advantage to relentlessly attack but instead quickly unmounted the Ghost Luo Banner demon artifact, tossed it towards the summit of Ghostly Mist Peak, and turned his Sword Light to escape from the mountain.

This action caused the Golden Core Stage Ghost General, who was initially ready to pursue him, to hesitate.

For the Golden Core Stage Ghost General, obtaining that Tier Five demon spiritual artifact, clearly a Ghost Dao magical weapon, was more important than killing Zhouyang.

With that Tier Five artifact in hand, its power would certainly increase significantly, potentially allowing it to dominate other Golden Core Stage Ghost Generals.

To it, the temptation was simply too great.

So after a moment of hesitation, it gave up on pursuing Zhouyang and immediately revealed its true form, lunging at the black banner planted atop the mountain.

But unexpectedly for the Golden Core Stage Ghost General, just as it appeared beside the black banner, and its hand touched the banner’s shaft, the black banner suddenly unleashed a powerful suction that drew its body in.

Then it could only emit a cry full of unwillingness and fear, as it was helplessly pulled into the black banner.