Chapter 1171: The Shard of Mount Tai (2/2)
A sinister wind came howling through the doors and sent violent tremors down the lizard-dragon. It knew that the strange human’s headquarters lay behind the ominous doors.
“Milord, do you need my nascent spirit to keep me in check?” the lizard-dragon asked carefully.
“Do I need to use that kind of method to control you?” Lu Yun flicked a glance at the lizard-dragon.
It trembled again and scuttled through the gates.
“Keep your head down and your nose to yourself once you’re inside. My kingdom of hell is a world derived from the Hadal Hell. You’re just the bottom of the totem pole in there,” Lu Yun warned the lizard-dragon as the doors creaked shut.
Though hell was derived from the Hadal Hell, its level of existence far exceeded its origins as it was also formed with the rules from the Tome of Life and Death. Now that his kingdom had broken free from the Hadal Hell and entered a stage of high paced development, the potential of his kingdom was greater than the world of immortals.
As for the lizard-dragon, its strength was still constrained by the Bridge of Forgetfulness. There were plenty of entities in hell that could use it as a punching bag.
Lu Yun didn’t want its nascent spirit as it was too strong; the lizard-dragon was second to only kings of the third realm. Lu Yun didn’t have anything that could constrain its nascent spirit other than the Tome of Life and Death and Bridge of Forgetfulness.
Qing Han couldn’t do it either. She’d only just exceeded the chaos in her prime.
As for Lu Yun himself, though he’d become one with his past self and retained everything of the mythological era—thus propelling him to the cultivation of a Hongmeng king, his own nascent spirit was still in the empyrean realm. It was wholly insufficient for controlling the lizard-dragon’s nascent spirit.
If he had the bridge do it, it’d probably accidentally smash the lizard-dragon out of existence given its lack of control over its body.
Therefore, it was best to have his experts in hell “educate” the lizard-dragon, letting it discover just how many experts he had under his banner. With that, the creature would even build his reputation for him if it returned to the third realm one day.
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The departure of the lizard-dragon left the abyss empty. Lu Yun carefully put away the oil lamp containing the Sanguine Flame and summoned the Tome of Life and Death.
Blazing hellfire instantly filled the abyss. The Abyssal Hell was gone, leaving behind only a deep crack in the ground. If Lu Yun wanted to return this terrain to its originsand have it become a hell again, he needed hellfire—the Abyssal Flame.
Lu Yun didn’t know if the Abyssal Flame had completely gone out, so he could only use his Hadal Flame to probe the surroundings.
The fires of the Hadal Hell reached all corners of the abyss that was bigger than an entire world.
“Though this abyss is alive, it is dead as a hell. The fire of the Abyssal Hell has been entirely extinguished,” Lu Yun sighed with regret. If he could’ve revived the Abyssal Hell, then he would’ve controlled three hells and his future full of boundless potential.
“Hmm? Wait!” His eyes widened and he vanished on the spot, reappearing elsewhere in the abyss.
A small ripple of power pulsed here, blocking the strength of the Hadal Hell. It was a tiny spot of light, no bigger than a palm, but it rejected the blazing hellfire around it.
“This is…” Lu Yun sucked in a sharp breath when he saw the light. “A fragment of Mount Tai! And it comes from the mountain’s core essence! This is something that hellfire can’t damage!”
Strong joy flashed across Lu Yun’s face. With a piece of Mount Tai here, there was a chance that the Abyssal Hell could resurrect from its ashes. After all, the god of Mount Tai happened to be his disciple!