811 The Same Road (1/2)

The mountain was lofty and black all over, like a tower. Its surface was so smooth that it was difficult to climb. Moreover, it emanated a sense of imprisonment, blocking Meng Qi from flying. Meng Qi fell directly once he came near to the mountain, like a stone falling into the sea. Bang! He was hit by a sheet of earth on which grew numerous black-green vines, and the earth was shaken a few times.

Vines were trampled off, and demon-like ruddy blood flowed out of them.

Meng Qi looked up, to find the mountain was as high as thousands of meters, towering into the dark clouds. The only way up was a winding path, looming around the peak and circling like a dragon.

”It seems like another world here,” much experienced in Samsara, Meng Qi frowned, trying to judge the current situation.

Could this be the preparation Hasula and others made for a counter-attack?

If so, according to the changing cardinal points and gathering of Qi Ji, only if they reached the peak could they leave or take the initiative.

Meng Qi was doing inferences with the Jade Spirit while observing the surroundings with his experience and command of cosmic laws, when the black-green vines started stretching fast towards him and got tangled around his ankles. Their spines were open wide, but could not pierce into Meng Qi's skin.

”It feels like the Nine Levels of Underground or the Demon Realm,” Meng Qi felt a little more clear by comparison. With The Best in the World and the Yuan Xin Seal to keep himself from being affected by the world of illusion, Meng Qi sized up the environment in his third eye. After ensuring there was no one else, he took a composed stride to that winding path.

On both sides were grotesque stones, as if carnations of devils and demons after their death. Anyone who stepped on the path would be scared to shudder.

In its center was a slightly muddy black soil, permeating with dark red liquid and a pungent taste.

”Where have the others gone?” A large number of gurus were involved in the abruptly-changing situation, but Meng Qi found no traces of them at all.

”Is this world bigger than we think?”

…

Chen Zhao arrived at the pitch-black peak with his sister, Liu Zejun. They found they couldn't fly forward anymore, and only a narrow path led to the summit.

On both sides of the path, there were devilish and ghostly stones, and its middle was made by pieces of crystal thousand-year ice. Chen Zhao and Liu Zejun felt cold and saw their figure reflected by the ice.

”The Frozen Path of Perseverance…” Chen Zhao hummed, ”Sister, it is indeed like the Palace of Frost.”

The only difference was that the path in the Palace of Frost led to a mail hall from the palace gate, while the path under their feet led to the peak.

”This place must have something to do with the Palace of Frost,” Liu Zejun entered the palace, as well, and got a special experience, so it was not strange for her.

As a great secret of the Extreme North, the Palace of Frost was a fairy palace found by northern sects and families during their exploration in the core of the Extreme North. They found the palace was filled with various special experiences, but no one could step in deeply. However, special experiences on the periphery could benefit its entrants a lot. As long as one could step out alive, they would make great achievements, and the reason why Chen Zhao reached the level of guru before 30 relied on that as well.

Concerning their own strengths, the sects and families in the Extreme North kept that secret tacitly, so southern masters who went to the Extreme North for treasures knew nothing about it.

Chen Zhao laughed, ”I am blessed with the special experience since I was just defeated.”

Not to mention the possible special experiences, just a trip on the Frozen Path of Perseverance could expose his drawbacks and imperfections, which would help him to resolve and realize self-actualization.

Liu Zejun was obviously relieved and congratulated her brother with a smile. Then she said, ”The passerby with a blade was really strong. Is everyone in the south all so scary?”

And judging by his aura and appearance, he might be even younger than Liu herself.

Chen Zhao said, ”Such a figure, I'm afraid, is also one in a million in the south. But he really made me know that there are skies beyond our skies and people more excellent than ours. We should never have a narrow view and stick to our own achievements.”

He looked up to the top of the mountain and hummed to himself, ”This kind of world, this kind of martial arts, can be called interesting.”

Before he finished the sentence, he had dragged his sister to the Frozen Path of Perseverance.

…

As tall as thirty meters plus, the Nether Emperor stood before the path, again whom ordinary people were like ants. Through his every act and move, there was a sense of shaking in fake space by heavenly weapons, as if ancient mighty people were coming.

His bones were like growing on a hulk, with a sense of unreality, as if they were everywhere and controlled life and death. That was horrible, but there was an obvious incomplete feeling, making the sense of horror could not be connected consistently.

His figure and appearance were hidden by the yellow-blood mists. Holding his two life-and-death brushes, each in white and black respectively, the Nether Emperor looked at the path in front of him, as if a divine light was shooting out through the mist.

He had been to the Secret Realm many times, but had never seen it like today.

The skeleton of the real body of the Corpse of Nether should hook the lingering will of the Demonic Monarch and cause abrupt changes!

Since the division of Original Diabolism, the Life-and-death Fugacity Sect cultivated according to the True Dharma of the Nether, but later the inheritance broke many times. Until over three thousand years ago, when a patriarch entered the Life-and-death Realm, the sect was rebuilt again.

It was also this patriarch who cultivated the True Dharma of Nether to the level of Dharmakaya and sensed the unseen Corpse of Nether, and then he found slots of the Nine Levels of Underground through arduous and dangerous experiences, discovered in one level the slough of the nether corpse and secret spells of making the living dead.