Chapter 359 - Great Emperor Returns, Magistrate Cui (1/2)

Can you tell me about matters in the Underworld??” Zhou Xuanji asked as he recovered from his injuries.

As a living person, he was naturally quite curious about the Netherworld.

The souls did not hide anything and told him everything they knew about the Netherworld.

No one knew how big the Netherworld was, but apart from the Northern Wilderness, there were many other places that connected here, even the Upper Realm.

The cycle of reincarnation for mortals occurred here, and Immortals who committed crimes would also be punished here.

The person who controlled the Underworld was King Yama, and he was incredibly powerful. Even Liu Wuji felt that he was not someone who should be easily offended.

The other souls also warned Zhou Xuanji about him.

Zhou Xuanji could not help but think of King Yama from Journey To The West. He had been quite pitiful, but his opponent had been Sun Wukong, the Great Sage Equal To Heaven; it was possible that King Yama had been putting on an act.

However, he was quite curious if there were experts more powerful than King Yama in the Underworld.

The nine souls only talked about the Netherworld generally and did not go into great depth, and Zhou Xuanji did not pursue the matter.

Knowing too much was not good sometimes.

Time gradually passed, and with the help of the Tianxia Map and Holy Light Redemption Sword, Zhou Xuanji gradually recovered from his injuries.

Ten hours later, his body had returned to its normal state. However, his organs, bones, and muscles still needed healing, and this was especially so for his Inner Pellet and Astral Spirit.

“There are enemies.” Sovereign Xuan suddenly spoke, and Zhou Xuanji quickly took out his legendary swords, waiting in formation.

“Living person, you dare to cross between Yin and Yang without permission. Hurry up and give yourself up so that you can suffer a bit less,” a gloomy voice sounded from outside the ravine, and it sounded as if the person was speaking right next to Zhou Xuanji’s ears. He could even feel that person’s breath, causing goosebumps to rise on his skin.

Impermanences!

He felt quite curious as to just how strong the Impermanences were.

Just from their voices alone, he felt that they were not any weaker than Liu Wuji.

“Just give up; they’re stronger than Liu Wuji. You can make plans after you’ve recovered,” Emperor Zhao said. Following this, the nine souls all retreated into the Ancient God Sword.

Hearing this, Zhou Xuanji sighed and put away his swords before walking out of the ravine.

Right now, he could only rely on the Tianxia Map to heal himself.

Soon, he saw the two Impermanences. They were very similar to the image of Impermanences he had in his mind, except that their clothes were not black and white.

The two Impermanences took out chains and threw them, binding Zhou Xuanji’s hands and feet.

Zhou Xuanji did not resist and said, “I did not want to intrude into the Netherworld; there was someone causing chaos in the mortal realm and wanted to slaughter all living creatures. I fought with him and fell down here.”

He was not excited nor was he depressed, and he spoke quite calmly.

One of the Impermanences replied, “The Magistrate observes the mortal realm and will have his own decisions. If you have achievements and virtue, you will be sent back to the mortal realm. If you have lied, you can repent in the 18 levels of hell.”

Hearing this, Zhou Xuanji felt at ease.

There were no grievances between him and the Netherworld, so there was no reason that he would be treated unfavourably.

Moreover, Liu Wuji was a corpse that had gained consciousness, and it was exactly the type of creature that the Netherworld would want to capture.

Just like that, he was taken away by the two Impermanences.

On the way, Zhou Xuanji asked about Liu Wuji. Before he had lost consciousness, he was not sure if Liu Wuji had died, so he was somewhat worried.

The Impermanences answered truthfully, telling him that they were also looking for Liu Wuji. However, that fellow was quite good at hiding and they had not found him yet.

Zhou Xuanji felt quite reassured; this meant that Liu Wuji was still in the Netherworld.

As long as he did not go to harm the Northern Wilderness and remained in the Netherworld, that would be good.

As they traveled, Zhou Xuanji found that they were moving incredibly quickly.

…

There was a strange energy covering him, making it so that he could not feel any wind resistance. It looked like the scenery around them was passing by quite slowly, but they were actually travelling incredibly quickly.