Chapter 761: Life-Exterminating Cauldron, Heaven-Entangling Net
Outside the Jade Lock Pass of Netherworld, a tattered and torn banner fluttered. The yin wind blew against the banner, causing it to flap and snap. This banner was extremely old, and it seemed to have been on a battlefield, bearing the marks of divine abilities and the scorch marks of flames.
The banner's surface also carried rust-like bloodstains.
Holding this great banner was a four-armed demon god, a hundred zhang tall. Its four thick and powerful arms tightly gripped the flagpole, its gaze sharp and resolute, staring fixedly at the gateway of Jade Lock Pass.
*Whoosh.*
The great banner was torn apart by the violent yin wind, and a long strip of cloth tumbled backward through the wind.
Where the banner's cloth strips drifted past, rows upon rows of towering demons and gods stood in neat formation, clad in dilapidated armor, holding broken divine weapons and demon-god weapons, standing silently behind the great banner.
The number of demons and gods was too vast to see the end.
In the center of the army, a canopy with several large holes torn in its dome covered an area of dozens of li. Beneath the canopy were flagpoles as thick as pillars, and beside them was a throne formed from coiled dragon bones.
The wind was too fierce.
The majestic figure sitting on the throne shook his crimson cloak to keep it from being blown away by the yin wind. His face was somewhat pale, and he coughed heavily several times.
"The Crimson Emperor hasn't recovered from his injury by the Netherworld Godson last time?" A woman with a snake head and human body slithered up to him, but a man's voice came from her mouth as she asked with a smile.
The Crimson Emperor's expression was somewhat displeased. He said calmly, "Crimson Emperor? I am dead. I am unworthy of the title Crimson Emperor. The current Crimson Emperor is that little woman Qi Xiayu. You might as well call me Yan Qianchong."
Lu Li laughed charmingly: "At the end of the Supreme Emperor's era, the Crimson Emperor fought against Qi Xiayu. Though defeated, it was a glorious defeat. The Crimson Emperor died, but Qi Xiayu had no choice but to surrender..."
Yan Qianchong was very displeased: "Get lost."
"Yes."
Lu Li, still smiling, walked toward another camp. The seemingly endless army of demons and gods just now was not the entire force sent for this siege, but merely the demon-god army under Yan Qianchong's command.
Yan Qianchong was originally the Southern Heavenly Crimson Emperor of the Old Heavenly Court. At the end of the Supreme Emperor's era, the Old Heavenly Court sought to destroy the Supreme Emperor's Heavenly Court. The Crimson Emperor Yan Qianchong faced off against Qi Xiayu. Both Imperial Throne experts were incredibly powerful, but Qi Xiayu was still the more skilled, killing Yan Qianchong.
However, Qi Xiayu was also severely wounded as a result, captured by the Old Heavenly Court, and forced to surrender, becoming the new Southern Heavenly Crimson Emperor.
The story Lu Li had just mentioned was this one.
Yan Qianchong was originally the Crimson Emperor. After death, he fell into the Netherworld and became a Ghost Emperor. But being far from the world of the living, becoming a ghost meant losing the six senses. Eating anything had no taste, and he couldn't smell the fragrance of flowers. Although he could throw his weight around, he still had to obey the commands of the Old Heavenly Court, which naturally displeased him.
Lu Li bringing up this matter made him even more displeased.
Lu Li arrived at the next camp. She saw an incredibly majestic divine being standing there, his whole body like a boulder. She smiled and said, "Prince Nine Xi, son of the Earth Mother Primordial Lord, how is your injury recovery?"
"Over the years, I've devoured countless dead souls and finally recovered."
The boulder giant Yan Jiuxi grinned and said, "In today's battle, I will surely make the Netherworld Godson lose his head!"
The demons and gods under his command were all demigods, clearly a demigod overlord from the Dragon Han era!
Lu Li smiled and said, "Prince Nine Xi, this time it's not about killing the Netherworld Godson, but seizing his luck and taking his physical body."
Yan Jiuxi snorted, his voice like thunder: "Lu Li, don't think I don't know your little schemes. Last time, you widely invited the Netherworld gods to attack the Netherworld Godson, only to lose troops and generals, and you yourself were severely wounded. Later, you gathered our strength to forge the divine weapon, the God-Suppressing Heaven-Entangling Net, claiming it was to capture the Netherworld Godson and hand him over to us for disposal. But after forging the God-Suppressing Heaven-Entangling Net, you delayed taking action for a long time. You are ambitious, nothing more than wanting to become another Tu Bo!"
Lu Li humbly agreed, saying, "I never had a chance in the mortal world. The God-Suppressing Heaven-Entangling Net might not be enough to eliminate him either."
She came to another camp and smiled, "Lady Wu Ji!"
Lady Wu Ji glanced at her and said indifferently, "No need to say more. I have a deep, irreconcilable hatred with the Netherworld Godson. But you, Lu Li, are no good person either. If you hadn't been unable to defeat the Netherworld Godson and asked my son to help, how could he have been eaten by him?"
Lu Li said solemnly, "The Netherworld Godson's sins are monstrous; he is the chief villain of the Netherworld. You, Lady, as the Emperor's Wu Consort, are famous for your combat methods, serving the Heavenly Court until death. Lu Li has always respected you. How would I deliberately send the Prince to his death?"
She came to another camp and bowed, "Great Sun Star Lord."
That was a three-soul primordial spirit of a naturally born divine being. Ancient gods have no seven souls, only three souls.
The Great Sun Star Lord of the Heavenly Court was a strongman from the Supreme Emperor era, and this primordial spirit in the Netherworld was the true Great Sun Star Lord.
The Great Sun Star Lord was like a large bird, standing on three legs, its wings pressed against its body without a single feather out of place. It said, "Rest assured, Jiedushi. In this battle, the Netherworld Godson will not escape again."
"The Great Sun Star Lord's speed is unmatched in the world. He will surely find no way to heaven and no door to earth."
Lu Li continued forward, paying respects to one giant after another in the Netherworld. Some giants even used their own physical bodies as a heavenly palace, while they themselves sat on the imperial throne within the palace, majestic and divine.
These giants were all Imperial Throne and Lingxiao realm experts who had died in battle over the past million years. Some demigods had died even earlier, having grown old and died before the divine repository cultivation system and the heavenly palace cultivation system had even appeared.
However, their combat power was still terrifyingly high. Although they had no realm, their cultivation and strength were not much weaker than Lingxiao and Imperial Throne realm experts.
Lu Li paid her respects all the way, visiting over a hundred giants, before finally arriving at her own demon-god camp.
In this camp, there were only about a hundred Netherworld demon gods and a few thousand monsters.
Last time, when attacking Fengdu, the yin-yang old man had suddenly slipped away, forcing her to abandon her own army and flee back to the Netherworld in panic, resulting in her subordinates being almost completely slaughtered.
Juan Huang, Xuan Ming, and Han Lei came forward to greet her. These hundred or so demon gods and several thousand monsters were the entire force of the four Jiedushi.
Xuan Ming was worried, frowning: "Last time, there were also that many strongmen, and wasn't he still able to defeat them, making them throw away their armor and flee? Can we capture him this time?"
Lu Li was full of confidence and laughed: "This time is different. Last time, those giants were all overconfident, believing they could defeat him. Most of them fought him one-on-one, rarely ganging up on him. So, they suffered losses. The Netherworld Godson fought while fleeing, which made it easier for him to use his methods."
She couldn't help but laugh: "Now, those old fogies won't be so concerned about face. We have amassed our troops here, blocking the Jade Lock Pass of the Netherworld, making it impossible for him to fly away. Add to that so many Lingxiao and Imperial Throne experts attacking him, his life and death are no longer in his hands! Moreover..."
She looked toward the camp. In the center of the camp, many demon gods and monsters guarded a huge divine weapon.
That divine weapon looked like a large cauldron. The outer walls were engraved with various runes, forming patterns of earth, water, wind, fire, mountains, rivers, lakes, and seas. There were also various demigod forms, dragon-headed human bodies, phoenix-headed human bodies, tiger-headed human bodies, and so on.
On the inner walls of the large cauldron were the sun, moon, and stars, and at the bottom of the cauldron were countless seals.
Lu Li smiled: "This cauldron is the treasure for refining him. The Netherworld Life-Exterminating Cauldron forged by Tu Bo during his reincarnation, which killed countless ancient gods and demigods back then, forging the most powerful demon-god weapon of the Netherworld! The Netherworld Life-Exterminating Cauldron can trap him, but the most crucial thing is still this."
She took out a square lid, engraved with patterns of a round heaven and a square earth.
In the round heaven was the Xuan Du, and in the square earth was the Netherworld.
"Just wait until the Netherworld Godson starts fighting with them, trap him inside the Netherworld Life-Exterminating Cauldron, then cover it with the God-Suppressing Heaven-Entangling Net, and he'll be at our mercy!"
Just then, the gate of Jade Lock Pass opened wide. The sound of *toot-toot* horns came, accompanied by war drums that made people's chests hum.
Countless gazes turned sharply towards the opened gate. They saw a three-headed, six-armed divine being walking out from under the city gate with steady steps.
"The Netherworld Godson!"
Disorderly voices came from the demon-god soldiers in the various camps. The place had been filled with a suffocating, murderous silence, but now waves of fear spread among the countless demons and gods.
Fear.
Once, no one had taken the Netherworld Godson seriously. But that fierce battle twenty-two years ago, which had raged from the Corner of Nine Bends to the demon-god battlefield behind them, had killed too many prominent figures. They were devoured by the Netherworld Godson, their souls and primordial spirits completely digested!
The Netherworld Godson had erased so many powerful beings of the Netherworld from this world completely!
His ferocious might, even after twenty-two years of exile, made even the most vicious demon gods dare not speak his name!
Qin Mu walked out of the city gate step by step. Behind him, the heavy gate of Jade Lock Pass was slowly closing. Suddenly, his gaze caught sight of a tree-like deity inside the camp within the pass.
Qin Mu was stunned for a moment. The gate slammed shut with a bang, and a burst of air surged out.
"Brother, I think I saw Father." He said softly.
"Father?"
The big-headed doll beside his neck was still sulking. He snorted, "Father likes you more, right? When Father sees me, and then sees you, he'll definitely pick you up and kiss you. He would never kiss me. Hmph, Father, you're so biased..."
Qin Mu laughed, looking at the rows of demon-god formations ahead, stretching as far as the eye could see. He could only see tattered banners fluttering in the wind, and in the air, there were also dilapidated multi-story ships.
"Brother, how do you perform that *ahhh* divine ability?" He asked with a smile.
The big-headed doll crossed his arms in front of his chest and sneered, "What *ahhh*?"
Qin Mu thought for a moment and said, "It should be *ssshhh*. It's the ability to inhale, sucking in the souls and primordial spirits in one breath and devouring them. I saw a heavenly palace in the Netherworld with tens of thousands of demon gods reduced to empty shells. Their primordial spirits must have been eaten by you."
"You mean that one?"
The big-headed doll laughed: "You're so stupid. Just inhale directly."
Qin Mu was dumbfounded. He exclaimed, "Just inhale directly? Haven't you ever thought about the principle behind it? What Dao techniques did you use with that inhale? What basic runes were activated?"
The big-headed doll looked completely blank.
Qin Mu sighed, despondently: "Brother, your innate conditions are too good. For you, raising a hand or a foot is a divine ability. I am not like you. Every one of my divine abilities is something I figured out myself, comprehended myself. So I always like to ponder the principles behind them, the Dao techniques and divine abilities used, the basic runes involved. The divine abilities and Dao rules of the Netherworld are contained within the words of the Netherworld. You only know the *how*, not the *why*."
He walked forward, his body growing taller and larger. He gave two of his six arms to Qin Fengqing to control, while he controlled the other four.
He stretched out his four arms, as if embracing the heavens and the earth, and smiled: "Brother, take a look at the Netherworld divine ability I have comprehended."
On the primordial continent beneath Tu Bo's feet, the thickest and darkest demonic energy surged, rushing towards him madly. Lightning flashed and thunder rumbled within the surging darkness.
"Kill!"
A thunderous roar came from the opposing camp. Immediately, countless demon-god primordial spirits swarmed out, like golden swords and iron horses, rushing forward like a great flood. The light of countless divine abilities illuminated Jade Lock Pass in an instant. Behind the light of the divine abilities were countless divine weapons, though damaged, their power and might still intact!
The big-headed doll became excited and was about to act. Suddenly, Qin Mu turned around. The mouth on his first face opened, and from it came the obscure and mysterious divine language of the Netherworld.
*Whoosh!*
The countless demons and gods rushing forward suddenly tumbled, like white waves. The tumbling was of countless white bones. These already dead demons and gods had also transported their physical bodies to the Netherworld, their primordial spirits dwelling within them. But at this moment, the flesh of countless demons and gods rotted at an astonishing speed!
Because they were charging at full speed, even the bones tumbled forward, forming a white bone wave stretching for thousands of li!
Qin Mu turned his other face around and took a long breath. Meanwhile, the previous face was still chanting softly. Countless primordial spirits flew out from the white bone wave. Countless divine abilities and demon-god weapons went out of control, exploding continuously in mid-air. Tattered divine weapons and demon-god weapons flew in all directions.
Those primordial spirits numbered in the hundreds of thousands. They surged forward all at once, completely out of control!
Qin Mu turned around: "Brother, your turn!"
The big-headed doll was ecstatic. He opened his mouth wide, like a whale swallowing, and gulped down the hundreds of thousands of demon-god primordial spirits in one mouthful!
Qin Mu turned around again, raising his hand. Countless divine weapons and demon-god weapons froze in the sky.
He took a step forward, and the countless divine weapons and demon-god weapons in the air also moved forward with him, pressing down on the enemy.