449: Aura is poisonous

Gu Liangyuan cried out in pain and let go. The man seized the opportunity and rushed towards Zai Xiyue again.

Almost the moment Gu Liangyuan released the Zhan Gui Sword, the wound on his hand had already healed.

Looking at the man who was again rushing towards Zai Xiyue, Gu Liangyuan snorted coldly and immediately activated his Great Handprint.

Under the interweaving of various Laws, Origins, and Dao Fruits, a Heavenly Net was formed, trapping the Zhan Gui Sword within it.

No matter how powerful the Zhan Gui Sword was, it was ultimately just an inanimate object.

Without its master activating it, Gu Liangyuan easily took hold of it.

Looking at the Artifact Spirit, who reappeared with an anxious expression, Gu Liangyuan roughly guessed that this sword wanted to recognize Zai Xiyue as its master.

So he said slowly to the Zhan Gui Sword Artifact Spirit:

"I am Zai Xiyue's master. After this matter is concluded, I will naturally give you to her."

"I just want to ask, why did you suddenly appear?"

Upon hearing this, the Artifact Spirit tilted its head and pondered for a long while before saying:

"Really?"

Gu Liangyuan's mouth twitched.

This burly man looked fierce, but why did he feel like he wasn't very bright?

Gu Liangyuan nodded.

The burly man believed him, so he recounted the events in detail:

"My master, Zhong Kui, sensed the reappearance of Reincarnation, so he specifically ordered me to assist the new Lord of Reincarnation."

"Zhong Kui?"

Gu Liangyuan was moved: "He's still alive?"

The burly man shook his head: "Dead, just died."

Gu Liangyuan: "..."

Although the burly man's words were not wrong, Gu Liangyuan always had a sense of déjà vu, like he was talking to an idiot.

After thinking for a moment, Gu Liangyuan still asked the biggest question in his heart:

"How did he evade Disaster Central?"

"Is Disaster Central still alive now?"

Now it was the burly man's turn to be surprised:

"You know of that one's existence?"

But then his expression changed dramatically: "Oh no, oh no, that one's magic power is boundless. As long as someone mentions his name, he will sense it."

Gu Liangyuan's gaze sharpened: "From what you're saying, he's still alive?"

The burly man shook his head: "I don't know."

Gu Liangyuan: "..."

"Never mind, let's not talk about that. How did Senior Zhong Kui survive? You must know that, right?"

The burly man nodded, a look of recollection in his eyes:

"It was a cloudy afternoon. The King of Hell issued an order, sending my master to subdue the Python Mountain Ghost King who was causing trouble in the human world."

"My master then took me there. That Python Mountain Ghost King was indeed extraordinary. My master fought bitterly with him for seven days before finally subduing him."

"On the way back, we coincidentally met Great Immortal Zhongli."

"Since the mission was already completed, the two hit it off and went to Spirit Mountain to drink with the Dragon Subduing Arhat."

"I don't know where Great Immortal Zhongli got such good wine from, that wine was truly..."

Gu Liangyuan interrupted: "Get to the point."

The man, seeing Gu Liangyuan's unfriendly gaze, stopped his recollection and truthfully said:

"When my master and the other two were half-drunk, they started discussing this person."

"According to the Dragon Subduing Arhat, the Buddha said: This is the Immeasurable Calamity. All registered Immortals and Gods are within the calamity."

"Spirit Mountain was already preparing to de-register some people, leaving behind some sparks, just in case."

"After the three parted ways, my master told this news to the King of Hell."

"The King of Hell listened and also felt it made sense, so he de-registered my master's Immortal status and placed my master and Cui Pan in a secret space for protection."

"I don't know how long I stayed with my master in that space, but suddenly I felt the Heaven and Earth shaking and the space shattering."

"When my master came out, Heaven and Earth had become like this."

"My master remembered the King of Hell's instructions and wanted to unite with Cui Pan and others to rebuild the Underworld."

"But he suddenly discovered that there was a mysterious substance in the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi."

"This substance, whatever it was, would contaminate anyone who absorbed Spiritual Qi."

"Cui Pan merely took a slight breath and instantly turned to dust."

"The strange thing is, people born after the catastrophe were not harmed by this substance."

"My master dared not be careless and stopped absorbing Spiritual Qi."

"However, as time passed, everyone discovered that even without absorbing Spiritual Qi, this mysterious substance would slowly erode the Divine Soul and Qi and blood."

"In desperation, they could only rely on the Spiritual Qi stored in their Dantian to suppress it."

"However, although my master and the others had entered the Golden Immortal rank, the Spiritual Qi in their bodies was limited."

"And this mysterious substance was omnipresent and endless. As one waned and the other waxed, my master's Spiritual Qi was depleted, and he died from the decay of his Qi and blood."

Upon hearing this, Gu Liangyuan reached out and grabbed, a pure magical power transforming into a spiritual pearl, which he held in his hand:

"Does this spiritual pearl also contain the mysterious substance you mentioned?"

The burly man looked at Gu Liangyuan as if he were looking at an idiot:

"I'm an Artifact Spirit, and I don't cultivate, so how would I be able to sense it?"

Gu Liangyuan was momentarily speechless.

With a wave of his hand, the Zhan Gui Sword immediately shot towards Zai Xiyue.

And the Artifact Spirit also disappeared with it.

The conversation with the Artifact Spirit not only failed to clarify Gu Liangyuan's doubts but instead made him even more confused.

However, looking at the normally functioning Underworld, Gu Liangyuan suddenly had an epiphany.

Everything was developing in a good direction. When soldiers come, block them; when water comes, cover it with earth!

"Ding, detecting host's thought, a selection task has been issued:"

"Option one: What does Heaven and Earth have to do with me? Discard everything you currently possess and go back to being cautious."

"Task reward: Return to the past, awaken the Invincible Simp System."

"Option two: Rise to the challenge, actively attack the Immortal Realm."

"Task reward: The truth about the mysterious substance."

It's the Invincible Simp System again. Who are you looking down on?

Just as Gu Liangyuan was about to choose option two, he suddenly thought of something and asked the System in return:

"If I don't choose for now, how long can the task remain?"

The System truthfully replied: "Ding, the task will be permanently retained."

"If the host does not make a choice, the next System task cannot be activated. Please choose as soon as possible, host."

Gu Liangyuan smiled and directly muted the System notification sound.

"Another life-saving trump card!"

System: "???"

Gu Liangyuan said: "I won't choose yet. I'll keep this System task and wait until I encounter Disaster Central."

"If I really can't defeat him, I'll choose option one and start over."

"If I can defeat him, I'll choose option two."

"This way, it's like having a second life!"

"Who can kill me!"

System: "..."

Alright, alright, so this is how you're going to play!

You've really figured out this bug.

With an extra life for nothing, Gu Liangyuan's last bit of concern vanished into thin air.

While Gu Liangyuan was satisfied, the Four Great Immortal Emperors were completely unable to sit still.

The establishment of the Underworld made them feel an unprecedented threat.

The four gathered in the Doushuai Palace by unspoken agreement.

Before the Heaven and Earth catastrophe, Doushuai Palace was the Supreme Holy Land in the hearts of Cultivators in the Three Realms.

But during the catastrophe, it was destroyed in an instant, leaving only its plaque in the world.

The Eastern Immortal Emperor obtained it and took a piece of spatial fragment, using this plaque as a foundation to rebuild Doushuai Palace.

Since then, Doushuai Palace became the place where the Four Great Immortal Emperors discussed matters.

The order for the Four Great Immortal Courts to jointly encircle and suppress Gu Liangyuan was also issued from this Doushuai Palace.