Chapter 2437 End of the Yellow Spring Road

On the Yellow Spring Road, Lin Xun fell to the ground, panting.

His handsome face was almost translucent, traces of blood could be seen at the corner of his lips, and his pupils were filled with remnant fear and joy.

After using Time Stopping twice in a row, he had barely managed to break out of the encirclement and escape the extinguishing law flames’ pursuit.

In exchange, he was seriously injured and was on the verge of cultivation exhaustion.

With a deep breath, Lin Xun took out some precious healing medicines, stuffed them into his mouth, and began to chew and absorb them.

Lin Xun transmitted, "Yezi and Wuque...protect me."

The Yellow Spring Road wasn’t safe as Netherworld Soldiers and Netherworld Kings could appear at any moment.

Yezi and Wuque emerged to stand guard.

Over the years, most of the unused Emperor-grade weapons Lin Xun collected were left to Yezi, Wuque, and the Broken Blade’s spirit as ‘food.’

By now, their cultivation had grown by leaps and bounds. In a one-on-one fight, each of them was capable of inflicting deadly damage to a seventh realm Emperor.

If they joined forces, they were even able to face a Ninth Realm Ancestor!

In fact, back in the Celestial Phoenix World, Yezi and the others had confronted a Ninth Realm Ancestor of the White Tiger Lineage!

"I can’t believe that you even have two artifact spirits..." The green sparrow was dumbfounded. After barely escaping with its life, it discovered that Lin Xun had more than a few hidden trump cards.

Lin Xun didn't remark and began to meditate.

It was the first time he had been pushed so far since entering the Great Thousand Battle Domain, and he had only managed to survive by using Time Stopping twice in a row.

Even in the past, such situations were few and far between.

As he recalled the recent events, Lin Xun’s heart involuntarily thumped in fear. The extinguishing law fire was simply too terrifying. After experiencing it for himself, Lin Xun was no longer surprised that it could easily kill an Ancestor of a Path. Such power would indeed make any cultivator despair.

The following period was surprisingly peaceful and without any unexpected incidents. Lin Xun’s group didn’t encounter a single cultivator, let alone Netherworld Soldiers and Netherworld Kings.

A full day later, Lin Xun finally woke up from his meditation.

His injuries were fully healed, and even his depleted reserves had been restored to about eighty percent. It wouldn’t take long to completely recover.

However, Lin Xun didn't intend to linger here any longer.

The longer he stayed here, the less safe it became.

After Yezi and Wuque returned to the Sword Case of Rebirth and the No-Nonsense Bow respectively, Lin Xun immediately set off.

Inside him, the Green Wood Dao Body and the Red Flame Dao Body were studying the Soul Capturing Dao and the Ten Yama Dao.

At Lin Xun's current cultivation realm, even the Netherworld dao from the previous era wasn’t much of a struggle to learn.

In fact, he had already reached the beginner level of the Soul Capturing Dao.

However, it would still take some time for him to progress these Netherworld daos to the Emperor Law Stage.

Along the way, the green sparrow couldn't help but ask, "Did you...manage to collect any extinguishing law fire?"

Lin Xun grinned. He knew that the green sparrow would be curious.

"I did." He nodded. While escaping, he had used the Limitless Abyss Sword Cauldron to suppress a dozen of those slender sword-qi-like law flames.

When the law flames tried to struggle, they were swiftly suppressed by the combined powers of the phoenix and nirvana law powers, leaving them trapped and unable to move inside the sword cauldron.

"Really!?" exclaimed the green sparrow as it grew extremely excited, "That terrifying flame can threaten even immortals. Can it...really be suppressed and subdued?"

After all, it knew the origins of the extinguishing law fire. After the destruction of the previous era, the destroyed law power transformed into an eternal and indestructible black flame known as the extinguishing law fire.

In the past, even an Ancestor of a Path had been burned to death by this fire!

This was also why the mysterious forbidden zone near the broken Yama Stele was regarded as a place of great danger, which no one had dared to approach for countless years.

Even the green sparrow never imagined that Lin Xun, who had been fleeing in such a sorry state before, would not only survive, but also manage to collect some flames. How could it not be surprised?

The green sparrow expectantly asked, "May I see?"

Lin Xun answered, "Sure, but are you confident of not getting roasted?"

The green sparrow rolled its eyes and extinguished the idea.

Lin Xun asked, "How much further to the first Immortal Heavenly Pass?"

The green sparrow mused, "It should take less than a month!"

Soon after, it pointed out, "I can see that you’re close to a cultivation breakthrough. However, I suggest that you do so after arriving at the Immortal Heavenly Pass as it will undoubtedly be the safest there. No one dares to act recklessly inside."

Surprised, Lin Xun asked, "It has the same rules as Ferry City?"

"Pretty much."

Lin Xun nodded in understanding.

Not long after, a Netherworld King leading hundreds of Netherworld Soldiers appeared from the road ahead and aggressively charged at Lin Xun.

Lin Xun wasn’t surprised. This time, he secretly employed the Soul Capturing Dao he had recently learned to empower the Limitless Abyss Sword Cauldron.

Boom~

The Limitless Abyss Sword Cauldron fell like a meteor, smashing dozens of Netherworld Soldiers to pieces that soon turned into billowing black mist.

Unlike before, Soul Capturing power burst from the Limitless Abyss Sword Cauldron. The power extracted illusory figures from the black mist and pulled them into the cauldron.

Lin Xun immediately observed that the illusory figures were actually fractured and blurred soul power. After being refined by the Soul Capturing Dao, they were transformed into crystal beads the size of a fava bean.

"As expected, the Soul Capturing Dao naturally restrains the Netherworld Soldiers. It can easily subdue them, extract, and collect their soul power..."

Lin Xun felt invigorated.

The Soul Capturing Dao was divided into two parts: extraction and capture. It could capture various souls and process them into pure soul power, which was extremely useful for spirit power cultivation.

𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

After a group of Netherworld Soldiers were slaughtered, the black mist they left behind was turned into Netherworld power and was collected by the Limitless Abyss Sword Cauldron.

Although there was nowhere near enough Netherworld power to refine the nine Netherworld dao runes, it was still soul power that Lin Xun wasn’t intending to neglect.

Rumble!

The battle continued as Lin Xun rampaged alone amongst the several-hundred-strong army of Netherworld Soldiers.

Even that Netherworld King was killed by him with absolute and overwhelming power!

In mere moments, the battlefield was swept clean of enemies!

Lin Xun then tallied the spoils. Inside the Limitless Abyss Sword Cauldron, the single fava-bean-sized soul bead had become three fist-sized soul beads.

One of them was condensed from the soul power of the Netherworld King!

There was also a Yellow Spring Bead, which, together with the collected Netherworld power, caused minute changes to the Netherworld dao runes.

Lin Xun was rather satisfied with this harvest.

Soul power, Netherworld power, and even a Yellow Spring Bead...such a haul was something that Lin Xun would never have dared to imagine before.

The green sparrow could only powerlessly spit on the ground, full of envy and jealousy.

Such outrageous battle spoils was something the green sparrow had never ever heard of, let alone seen before!

It would even willingly bet that in the long history of Gathering Netherworld, not a single cultivator could come close to rivaling Lin Xun’s absurd luck.

The green sparrow knew that all of this related to that mystical and unfathomable law power Lin Xun possessed!

In their subsequent journey, they didn’t encounter any deadly danger or a calamity as terrifying as the extinguishing law fire.

However, they did encounter hordes of Netherworld Soldiers every once in a while, and occasionally, even Netherworld Kings leading grand armies of Netherworld Soldiers.

Unfortunately for these Netherworld residents, every single one of them were nothing but delicious prey to Lin Xun.

His collection of soul beads and Yellow Spring Beads rapidly grew as the nine Netherworld dao runes absorbed more and more Netherworld power...

Along the way, Lin Xun grew increasingly pleased and cheerful, even looking forward to more obstacles popping up.

On the other hand, the green sparrow couldn’t bear to watch any further. It even inwardly cursed the Netherworld Kings and Soldiers for their stupidity. Did they not know they were nothing but fattened pigs being sent straight to Lin Xun’s doorstep?

The days passed one after another.

Every cultivator travelling behind Lin Xun, regardless of the relative position, was rather confused and bewildered.

They had been on tenterhooks since entering the Gathering Netherworld, always tense, alert, and extra cautious lest they meet a deadly disaster.

Unexpectedly, however, they rarely encountered any of the terrifying Netherworld Kings and Soldiers. At most, they would occasionally come across a few Netherworld Soldiers, which naturally didn’t pose much of a threat.

Although they were very careful, it was still strange that they hardly encountered any danger!

"What’s going on?"

Many people were confused.

Someone couldn't help but mutter, "Could our luck have finally arrived? Are the heavens taking extra care of us?"

"Or maybe there’s a super powerhouse ahead killing all the Netherworld Kings and Soldiers to pave the way for us?"

Others skeptically speculated.

"It must be that samaritan!"

Dantai Feng and his group had a strong premonition that it was the work of Ling Xuanzi.

They couldn’t help but deeply sigh.

What an awesome guy!

In today's world, how many people could be so pure and helpful?

If Lin Xun were to know this, he wouldn’t know whether to laugh or to cry.

Over twenty days later.

The black mist covering the Yellow Spring Road gradually thinned, while the oppressive and gloomy aura dissipated substantially.

Lin Xun finally saw the end of the Yellow Spring Road, where a circular black dao altar appeared, emitting obscure spatial undulations.

"Upon stepping onto this dao altar, you’ll be moved to the first Immortal Heavenly Pass. It is a giant city that has existed since ancient times and has been governed in turns by different Immortal Imperial Clans over countless years..."

The green sparrow's voice was filled with relief, "After we enter, we can finally take a good rest."