CHAPTER 286: CHAPTER 285: NETHER RIVER, PAY THE TUITION FEE!

At this moment, the gazes of the Six Saints in the heavens and earth were all focused on the Blood Sea; they wanted to see what the result of the Nether River would be.

As if a breath, or perhaps a millennium, Nezha, not knowing how much time had passed, finally regained consciousness, feeling as if he had traversed through countless cycles of reincarnation.

The moment he became aware, he reacted and immediately started to run.

He didn’t know the current state of the Nether River, but he was aware of the aftermath of the Dao Fruit explosion, especially since there was the prior example of Nanji Immortal.

Nezha, tainted by the aura of reincarnation, snapped back to clarity. Naturally, the conscious mind of the Ancestor of Nether River, composed of countless Blood God’s sons, awoke. However, each Blood God’s son was forcibly ’reincarnated,’ leaving too much information even for his cultivation to fully process.

Nezha’s first reaction was to transform into a Blood God’s son and quickly escape from the Blood Sea, while the consciousness of the Nether River had become a muddled mess. Still, he remembered the moment when his Three Corpses merged.

His injuries were severe; the shattering of the Reincarnation Dao Fruit had already involved a Dao injury, yet the Ancestor of Nether River felt that all of this was worthwhile!

His consciousness was somewhat chaotic, but those Blood God’s sons less affected instinctively surrounded Nezha under the influence of his main consciousness. Some possibly noticed something odd about Nezha; others might simply be instinctively pursuing more knowledge from the Outer Dao.

Nezha dashed desperately, but this was the Blood Sea, and seeing more and more Blood God’s sons gathering behind him made his scalp tingle with fear. He dared not use his divine skills, fearing detection by the multitude of Blood God’s sons.

He had no choice but to continue running while trying to talk, feeling like a butcher selling meat surrounded by a pack of wolves; he had no choice but to keep throwing meat to delay the wolves’ pursuit.

All he could hope for now was that his reinforcements would arrive quickly, otherwise, he would have to delve into the Mountain and River Map and wait for his teacher to fetch him, though that would be somewhat humiliating for his teacher.

Although the shockwaves in the Blood Sea were quickly suppressed by Lady Houtu, other great experts of the Primordial realm felt it, and the most anxious was Yunxiao.

Upon receiving Yu Yuan’s notification, she set out for the Blood Sea and felt its frenzy halfway there. Despite her high cultivation, she had no idea what had happened in the Blood Sea, so she hurried onward.

As soon as she reached the entrance of the Blood Sea, she perceived a familiar aura—it was the aura of the Qingping Sword.

She approached directly; the one emerging from the Blood Sea was Jin Ling Saint Mother.

"Junior sister?"

Yunxiao had no time for pleasantries with Jin Ling Saint Mother and directly asked, "Where is junior brother Nezha?"

Jin Ling Saint Mother, though impulsive, was not foolish. Upon hearing Nezha’s name and recalling the chaos in the Blood Sea, she said nothing and immediately turned back into the Blood Sea.

Yunxiao was somewhat angry and followed suit.

Jin Ling Saint Mother rushed ahead, feeling both anxious and angry. As a Quasi-Saint, did she really need a Golden Immortal to rescue her?

She had no time to ponder how Nezha learned of her being trapped in the Blood Sea. Her divine soul reached out, searching for Nezha’s presence, hoping Nezha wouldn’t truly be in peril. She wished she could trade her own fall in the Blood Sea for Nezha’s safety!

Yunxiao, by comparison, remained relatively calm, continuously sensing Nezha’s location with a jade token emanating spatial aura. The two of them, with the Qingping Sword clearing their path, finally located Nezha at a certain moment.

At this moment, Nezha felt his scalp tingling, as more and more Blood God’s sons surrounded him, and he noticed that the Nether River seemed to intend to awaken beside him.

It was fortunate Nezha felt the presence of the two Jie Sect fairies at this time; the stir they caused was too great, and in a few breaths, the three successfully met.

Seeing Nezha surrounded layer upon layer, Jin Ling raised the Qingping Sword with her brow furrowed, ready to act harshly; Nezha hurriedly stopped her, as an action now would truly awaken the Ancestor of Nether River!

Nezha didn’t leave directly but signaled for the two to enter the Mountain and River Map.

He thought it reasonable to claim a fee for the extended lesson he provided the Nether River!

With Jin Ling and Yunxiao present, his personal safety was not much of a concern.

Following the guidance of the crystal ball he carried, he led the Blood God’s sons into the depths of the Blood Sea.

The deeper into the Blood Sea he went, the more affected the Blood God’s sons became, manifesting externally as emptiness, for these Blood God’s sons were already headless.

Soon, he arrived at a blood-red palace; perhaps intimidated by the main consciousness of the Nether River, the pursuing Blood God’s sons finally halted.

Nezha effortlessly entered, then began unfurling the Mountain and River Map.

Valuable, worthless, recognized, unrecognized, metals, treasures, tables, chairs!

Finally, he rushed into a secret room, where layers of formations were sealed, and within it was a mass of red essence. Nezha glanced at it, then activated the Mountain and River Map, spiriting away the entire formation.

Breaking the formation now would be a waste of time; better to take it back for slow research!

Finding it too slow, Nezha summoned Jin Ling and Yunxiao for help, wielding the Mountain and River Map, stripping two-thirds of the Nether River’s old lair, leaving even the land scraped bare!

The ’Imperial Palace’ of the Ancestor of Nether River was reduced to a cluster of small villas!

The grand formation of the Nether River’s lair reacted immediately, and Nezha swiftly hid within the Map, and Jin Ling and Yunxiao, as core disciples of Jie Sect, knew well how to ’intercept.’

Though it was their first cooperation, they had great synergy, alternately injecting mana, keeping the Qingping Sword at its strongest state, watching a stream of gold and white entwine the green sword light as it charged outward from the Blood Sea, spanning thousands of miles in a blink.

Any Blood God’s son encountered on their path was instantly obliterated by the terrifying Sword Qi.

At this moment, the Ancestor of Nether River finally awakened.

Where’s my home? Where is my home?

"The Ancestor wants you dead!"

The now-insane Nether River didn’t care if he could defeat two Jie Sect Quasi-Saints wielding the Qingping Sword; countless blood waters coalesced into the form of the Ancestor of Nether River in front of the Qingping Sword, wielding Yuan Tu, it directly transformed into a sword light clashing with the Qingping Sword.

The terrifying killing aura of Yuan Tu, after being transformed by muddled, illusory Dao Qi and Reincarnation Dao Qi, unexpectedly blended with a hint of vitality.

Two terrifying sword lights intertwined; Jin Ling and Yunxiao were forcibly halted, while the Nether River on the opposite side sprayed blood, momentarily severely injured by taking on two adversaries alone.

Yet, as endless blood flowed into his body, he quickly recovered, at least looking unharmed on the surface.

"Two shameless thieves, daring to steal the Ancestor’s belongings, disturbing the Ancestor’s path to Saint, today the Ancestor will see to it that you both perish!"

With those words, the Yuan Tu Sword emitted an excited sword cry, always feeling the Nether River was too conservative!

Now, at last, it could fight without restraint!