The pitch-black Styx River surged violently as countless faces floated on it, wailing eternally.
They were all members of the Ancient Spirit Clan when they were alive and had been cursed. Even in death, they could not rest in peace and sank into endless pain.
Even though they had lost their minds and were only left with their instincts, the torture still existed.
The voices were mournful and ear-piercing.
For people who heard it for the first time, it would be very uncomfortable. Even their minds would be affected and torn apart. But for Xu Qing, he had heard it for a day and was used to it.
At this moment, he stood on the river and looked up at the sky.
In the dim sky filled with fog, his purple moon constantly emitted purple moonlight. The poisonous fog in front of the moon seemed to cover the moonlight with a poisonous veil.
Staring at the purple moon, the Purple Moon Heavenly Palace in Xu Qing's body sped up. His eyes also emitted a rich purple, reflecting the moon in the sky.
After a long while, Xu Qing withdrew his gaze and looked at the depths of the Styx River, feeling the faint terrifying fluctuations coming from there.
Even though it was so far away, the feeling of fear still turned into waves in his mind, rising and falling continuously.
In Xu Qing's perception, only the gods could do this.
"Has the Ancient Spirit Emperor … really fallen?"
Xu Qing's eyes revealed a contemplative look. He remembered the giant snake he saw when he came to this great world.
It seemed that the other party only had this great world, but Xu Qing knew very well that this did not mean that the other party was only at the first level of the Soul Accumulation Realm at his peak.
After all, if that was the case, the other party could not have unified the Ancient Gazing.
But his footsteps did not stop. He still moved forward, faster and faster.
Time passed slowly. Soon, three days had passed.
In these three days, nearly ten percent of the sky of this great world had turned completely purple, and the purple on the ground had become more and more intense. Waves of strange substances belonging to Xu Qing gathered from all directions as he moved forward.
Slowly, it turned into a thick purple fog around him, and the area shrouded grew larger and larger. From afar, it looked like a strange cloud formed by the arrival of an unknown existence.
This was the first time Xu Qing had released the purple power to such an extent. Because of the arrival of the purple moon, the souls of the dead in this great world had some changes, becoming more and more manic and crazy.
The invasion from the purple moon seemed to have stimulated the curse in their bodies.
During these three days, Xu Qing also encountered many powerful Evil Corpse Souls on the Nether River. However, these souls in the Nether River were different from the ones Xu Qing had encountered in the wilderness.
They had the characteristics of a domain, so they would not chase after Xu Qing endlessly. As long as Xu Qing was a certain distance away, most of them would stop chasing.
After Xu Qing discovered this, he did not bother with them and would often immediately rush out to avoid them.
Just like that, Guo was getting closer and closer to the depths of the Nether River.
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When the fourth day was about to arrive, the expression of Xu Qing, who was flying swiftly above the Nether River, suddenly changed.
The surface of the river up ahead suddenly began to churn. The aura of the Nascent Soul stage exploded out, spreading out in all directions. At the same time, an enormous face rose up from within the water.
The face was fully thirty meters long, and many parts of it were rotten. The rest of it was covered with gray scales. As the river water splashed down, its gaze came to rest on Xu Qing, as if it were trying to sense something.
A moment later, it seemed to sense something. The face suddenly twisted, and it let out a howl of grief and indignation. As soon as the sound rang out, the river water in front of it exploded.
A gust of wind filled with a fishy stench slammed into Xu Qing's face, causing his Daoist robe to flap wildly. Xu Qing frowned and dodged to the side. Just as he was about to leave, however, the water to the right of the face began to churn, and a second face appeared.
It was also thirty meters long, and looked about the same. It was connected by a black mist, which rose up into the air to block Xu Qing's path.
Things weren't over yet. Soon, a third face appeared, and then a fourth …. Eleven faces rose up into the air above the Nether River, forming a fan shape. All of them roared at Xu Qing with grief and indignation.
The howls of the eleven faces shook Heaven and Earth, and Xu Qing's body trembled violently.
He shot backward at top speed until he was several hundred meters away. Then, the river water exploded again.
An enormous, rotting head of a bird rose up from within, and tattered wings rose up from the sides of the river water.
It rose up into the air, then shot toward Xu Qing.
Xu Qing's pupils constricted as he looked at the corpse in front of him.
It was a gigantic bird, more than three hundred meters long. It looked a bit like a phoenix, but its body was mostly rotten, and filled with filthy weapons. It was incredibly ferocious.
As for the eleven faces, they were formed from the feathers of its tail.
What caused Xu Qing's expression to grow even more serious was that at the neck of the bird were countless strands of black flesh that looked like ropes, all of which were connected to a human-shaped skeleton!
It was almost as if the phoenix had been formed from the flesh and blood of the human-shaped skeleton.
The skeleton belonged to a human, and wore a long, tattered red robe. Although much of its face had rotted away, it was still possible to make out that it was a young man. He glared at Xu Qing, his face twisted with grief and indignation.
Howling, he shot forward with incredible speed. In the blink of an eye, he was right in front of Xu Qing. Waving his hand, his cultivation base exploded, causing countless black snowflakes to fly toward Xu Qing.
Even as he attacked, the phoenix let out an ear-piercing shriek, then opened its mouth and spat out a foul odor that shot toward Xu Qing.
Its tail feathers swayed, and the eleven faces spat out a toxic mist, which was filled with countless maggots. It was a shocking sight to behold.
Xu Qing's eyes narrowed. As he retreated, he raised his right hand and punched out. A wild wind kicked up, sweeping away the flying snowflakes. At the same time, a sea of flames appeared above him.
The Golden Crow appeared in the flames and charged toward the phoenix that was trying to devour him.
Next, Xu Qing's shadow appeared behind him, transforming into an enormous tree filled with eyes that shot toward the poisonous mist spat out by the faces.
All of this takes some time to describe, but happened in the blink of an eye. The two sides attacked each other, causing a series of deafening booms to ring out.
In a short period of time, they had bombarded each other dozens of times.
Xu Qing's Hexing Poison spread out, but the young man sensed it and made a grasping motion toward the Underworld River. Instantly, the water of the river swirled around him, using the countless souls within it to fight back against Xu Qing's poison.
This method was similar to Chu Tianqun's, except that the Underworld River had countless souls. Furthermore, the river water seemed to share the same origin as the young man. As he waved his hand, more water shot up into the air, looking like numerous black pythons that shot toward Xu Qing from all directions.
A moment later, Xu Qing staggered backward by about thirty meters, his pupils constricting.
He could sense that the young man's Cultivation base was very strange. As they fought, it seemed to be increasing. Apparently, he could absorb power from the Underworld River. At first, he had been in the early Nascent Soul stage, but now, Xu Qing got the feeling that he was on the same level as Chu Tianqun. As he retreated, the Underworld Blood Wings appeared on his back, and he shot forward with explosive speed, hoping to get around the young man.
His opponent's Cultivation base was very powerful, and his magical techniques were bizarre. Xu Qing didn't want to waste any more time fighting him.
As for the power of the Violet Moon, he had a great use for it in the future, and it wasn't a good idea to use it right now.
However, even as Xu Qing shot forward, the young man suddenly turned his head. The phoenix he was connected to flapped its wings, causing a wild wind to kick up. It moved with shocking speed as it shot toward Xu Qing like lightning. In fact, it even used minor teleportation to appear directly in front of him.
Xu Qing frowned and tried to get around it again. However, it didn't take long for the young man's corpse to close in on him.
There was a flash of coldness in Xu Qing's eyes. He simply stopped and turned around. With a wave of his hand, 30 Demonic Transformation Runes appeared. The seventh Heavenly Palace in his body erupted at this moment. As the Demonic Transformation Runes burned rapidly, the Ghost Emperor's figure rumbled and appeared in a shocking manner.
As soon as the Ghost Emperor appeared, wild colors flashed in the sky, and the air trembled. The river water collapsed, creating a massive pressure that spread out in all directions. "Screw off!
Get lost! "
Xu Qing's gaze was cold. If the other party continued to pester him, then even if it was not what he wanted, he would have to spend some time to kill him completely. The corpse young man clearly sensed danger. He stopped in his pursuit and quickly descended into the Nether River. He lifted his head and stared at Xu Qing while growling.
The river water churned, causing waves to appear. Lines of water flew out and circled the area.
Xu Qing coldly looked at the young man, then he turned around and shot off into the distance.
The young man looked at Xu Qing's back and hesitated for a moment. In the end, he gave up on chasing. He let out a roar and sank into the Underworld River, disappearing without a trace. "That corpse must have been a genius when he was alive!"
In the distant sky, Xu Qing put away the Ghost Emperor Mountain and looked back at the Underworld River. He flapped his wings and continued forward, getting closer and closer to the depths of the Underworld River.
One day later, on the fifth day since Xu Qing arrived in the Great World, he finally reached the end of the river. A hazy black palace appeared before his eyes.
It was the size of a county capital!
Although it was riddled with holes and was in ruins, a monstrous pressure rose up from within. It was incomparably vast, and at the same time, a thick sense of time spread out from it. It was filled with endless ancientness, as if it were a palace that had been forgotten by time.
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The fluctuations of the souls inside were boundless, and the aura of death was extremely thick. This was especially true in the depths of the palace. Black flesh and blood grew there, piled up into a mountain that towered into the clouds.
Hundreds of souls floated at the top of the mountain of flesh and blood, as if they were sacrifices. Behind the souls was a rift that was tens of thousands of feet long. It was as if … there was an eye hidden in the sky.
Even though it was closed and not open, a supreme divine might was surging out, causing the area to distort and everything to become blurry.
Great waves surged in Xu Qing's heart as he looked at the mountain of flesh and blood at the end of the palace. He looked at the hundreds of souls on it. Even though they were very far away, the guidance from the shattered golden threads allowed him to clearly sense … that the soul Ling 'er was missing was there!