Chapter 798: Chapter 795: Netherworld Road, Do Not Look Back!

“What, the Bloodline?”

Little Demon Immortal was thoroughly shocked; she originally thought that the Demon Clan was cruel enough. She never expected that there could be something even more vicious than the Demon Clan—the Bloodline.

After a moment, she stared at Li Chen for a while and asked half-believingly, “You’re not lying to me, are you?”

Li Chen didn’t speak, just shrugged his shoulders with a “believe it or not” expression.

Passing through the eerie and strange castle, they saw a stele two Zhang high, with the words “Netherworld Road” inscribed in dark red characters.

“Netherworld Road?”

Little Demon Immortal and Lian Hongshang both turned pale and looked at Li Chen with inquiring gazes.

Li Chen looked at the stele, gazed into the distance, and said gravely, “Ahead is extremely bizarre, there may be danger!”

Little Demon Immortal rolled her eyes and said, “Isn’t that obvious? If there wasn’t any danger, would there be piles of skeletons here?”

As she spoke, she conjured up a green-feathered, red-beaked tiny bird as if by magic.

The tiny bird circled back and forth above the Netherworld Road.

Suddenly, as if possessed, it frantically flapped its wings, its body twitching uncontrollably, its mouth continuously frothing.

Little Demon Immortal opened her palm and caught the falling bird.

But now, the bird had breathed its last, its eyes wide open, exhibiting a death unwilling to close its eyes.

“What happened?” Lian Hongshang moved closer and asked, puzzled.

Little Demon Immortal gently stroked the bird’s feathers with her finger and said, “This is a Lucky Bird, capable of predicting fortune and misfortune. The fact that it was scared to death now indicates that the Netherworld Road is a place of great misfortune, recklessly entering means certain death without a doubt.”

Having said that, she raised her head to look at Li Chen.

“This Netherworld Road is too dangerous; shouldn’t we take a detour?”

Just then, the Qingzhou Tripod Spirit, which had been dormant in Li Chen’s Dantian, suddenly stirred.

Li Chen quickly communicated with the Artifact Spirit with his consciousness, asking, ‘Little guy, are you saying there’s a treasure at the end of the Netherworld Road?’

The Artifact Spirit clucked in agreement with Li Chen’s guess.

Li Chen’s pupils contracted slightly as he continued to survey the Netherworld Road.

“Hey, I am talking to you, didn’t you hear me?”

Seeing that Li Chen had been ignoring her, Little Demon Immortal immediately became a little angry.

Li Chen stretched out his hand and pointed at the Netherworld Road, saying, “I want to go and take a look over there!”

“Have you gone mad? This is the Netherworld Road, a place where one would certainly meet death!”

Hearing Li Chen’s words, Little Demon Immortal’s eyes widened as if she was looking at a madman.

“I am not crazy!”

Li Chen’s response was cold as he turned his gaze to Lian Hongshang.

Before he could even speak, Lian Hongshang moved forward to grab Li Chen’s hand, intertwining their fingers determinedly, “I will go with you; we will face life and death together!”

Li Chen knew Lian Hongshang’s stubborn nature; besides, this place was not tended by kind-hearted souls, so it would be safer for her to go with him.

“Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing? Showing affection can get you killed quickly, don’t you understand that simple fact?”

As Little Demon Immortal saw Li Chen and Lian Hongshang holding hands affectionately, completely ignoring her presence, she instantly became enraged, stomping her foot.

Li Chen simply smiled and said, “We’re going to the Netherworld Road. If you still think it’s dangerous, you should go back first!”

Little Demon Immortal glared with her big glistening eyes and asked Li Chen irritably, “Hey, who are you to me? You want me to go back just like that?”

Li Chen gave her a deadpan look, “Wasn’t it you who just said this place is dangerous?”

Little Demon Immortal paused for a moment, her big eyes whirling as she stubbornly retorted, “So what if it’s dangerous? Does it look like I haven’t faced enough dangers? One more won’t make a difference.”

Li Chen was somewhat speechless but didn’t say anything further. Instead, he took Lian Hongshang’s hand and walked straight toward the Netherworld Road.

Passing the Netherworld Road, there was an abyss.

Over the abyss lay a stone bridge.

“Could this be the Dead Bridge?”

Little Demon Immortal extended her hand and pointed at the stone bridge.

Li Chen activated his Insight Divine Power, staring ahead, and noticed rows of swift and powerful characters.

“Netherworld Road, do not look back. Flowers bloom and fade, what can one do?”

He pondered these words twice in his heart, but couldn’t fathom their meaning.

After a while, Li Chen seriously cautioned Lian Hongshang and Little Demon Immortal.

“Follow me closely later, no matter what you see or hear, do not turn back!”

Lian Hongshang usually followed Li Chen’s words to the letter, never speaking out of turn.

However, the Little Demon Immortal was like a curious baby, incessantly asking for the reason.

“Why can’t we turn back? Have you discovered something?”

Li Chen hadn’t figured out a reason himself, and naturally, he couldn’t be bothered to explain.

“If you don’t want to die here, just do as I say!”

“Hongshang, let’s go!”

Having said that, Li Chen took Lian Hongshang’s small hand and walked towards the stone bridge.

Seeing Li Chen and Lian Hongshang hand in hand, leaving her aside, the Little Demon Immortal was infuriated, grinding her teeth in anger.

“Damn it, can you not show off your love in front of me? Believe it or not, this young lady will draw a circle and curse you?”

Although this was the Netherworld Road, Dead Bridge, the name sounded very frightening, it wasn’t as terrifying as imagined. There were neither Dead Souls nor ghosts at all, not even the commonplace white bones and skeletons that one sees outside were found here.

Moreover, by the stone bridge, there blossomed flowers as red as fire. Just like a devout girl burning incense, praying to the heavens.

But if you gaze at these flowers, you would get a dreamy, illusory feeling of déjà vu. At the heart of these blossoms, it seemed as if a young girl was kneeling, enduring the torment of flames—a helpless despair that unwittingly brought tears to your eyes, leaving them moist with tears streaming down.

Suddenly, Li Chen felt as if his consciousness had been struck by lightning.

Immediately after, an overwhelming tide of memories rushed to the forefront of his mind.

“Brother Li Chen, from now on, I am your wife; you must treat me well!”

Ye Chuxue, wearing a snow-white wedding dress, spoke to him with affectionate eyes.

This was a scene from a past life when he married Ye Chuxue. He remembered that day, there was a misty drizzle which added a romantic touch to their wedding, as beautiful as lilac blossoms.

However, in the very next moment, happiness came to an abrupt halt.

A blood-red sword pierced directly through Ye Chuxue’s frail body. Blood splattered like the fiery red flowers blooming before his eyes.

“No, no, don’t…”

Watching Ye Chuxue collapse into his arms, Li Chen was like a crazed beast, but no matter how hysterically he cried out, he couldn’t utter a single word.

While Li Chen was heartbroken, the scene before his eyes suddenly changed.

This was the Heavenly Pool Fairyland in the Nine Layers Heaven.

A breathtakingly beautiful woman in ice-blue clothes stood beside him, gazing at the distant myriad of stars.

This was a moment from his past life, just before undergoing the Heavenly Tribulation, in private with Beiming Xue.

“Chen, you are the most dazzling star in this universe. From now on, all the starry tribes shall look up to you!”

After a long silence, Beiming Xue suddenly pointed towards the brightest star in the sky and said to him.

As she spoke these words, her bright eyes were somewhat profound, and her smile was tinged with bitterness.

“Xue’er, are you troubled?”

Li Chen looked at Beiming Xue and casually asked.

Beiming Xue gazed into Li Chen’s eyes, hesitating as if she had more to say.

After a long while, she finally asked, “Chen, isn’t it nice the way things are now? Why are you so determined to undergo the Heavenly Tribulation?”

Li Chen pointed to the heavens and answered, “I want to defy destiny, break the Heaven and Earth Laws; the tribulation is inevitable!”

Beiming Xue smiled and said no more.

Just then, a dazzling star tore across the sky, shooting towards their direction.

Seeing the star, a fervent glow appeared in Li Chen’s eyes.

This was the Meteorite Heart, capable of escaping black holes, defying the Heaven and Earth Laws, a unique treasure.

Securing it would greatly increase my chances of surviving the Heavenly Tribulation.

But just as Li Chen felt triumphant, a dagger with Absolute Zero coldness pierced through his Dantian at lightning speed.

This was Beiming Xue’s Lifebound Magical Treasure, the Ice Soul!

Li Chen struggled to turn around, looking at Beiming Xue, the woman he once considered as his true love.

“Why did you do this?”

With tears in her eyes, Beiming Xue solemnly said, “Chen, I’m sorry, I had no choice!”

At this moment, all the top experts of the Immortal Realm appeared, attacking from every corner of the cosmos.

Clearly, this was a well-planned conspiracy aimed directly at him.

Li Chen didn’t care much about all this. Even if he had to face the Nine Layers Heaven and all the cosmic tribes as enemies, he did not mind.

The only thing he couldn’t let go of was the betrayal from Beiming Xue—his lifelong love—even she was part of it.

Li Chen’s Dantian was destroyed, unable to fight back, he met his demise!