I Have A Cultivation World Chapter 2390 - 1076: Crossing the Netherworld (Part 2)
Previously on I Have A Cultivation World...
"Do you have a solution?"
A spark of excitement flashed in Dustless True Monarch's eyes as he caught Da Kong True Monarch's suggestion.
"We slipped in via a rift between the Yin and Yang Realms, courtesy of the Nether Dragon. I might employ the Void Evasion Technique to pinpoint that rift and detect the teleportation mark I placed in the Tianhe Realm..."
Da Kong True Monarch outlined his strategy, grateful for his status as a God-Transcending cultivator from the Taixu MiaoMiao Palace, where he had spent a lifetime mastering the Void Mystical Method.
"I'll deploy the Xuanji Instrument of Heavens and Earth to support you."
Spotting a ray of escape hope, Dustless True Monarch agreed with a nod and triggered the ultimate treasure gripped in his palm.
This mystical tool housed a full Sixth Rank Spirit Vein.
Despite the Netherworld's harsh conditions, it enabled the pair to restore their strength.
Bolstered by this, Da Kong True Monarch could ignore his Qi drain.
The golden and silver hoops erupted in a brilliant silver glow like never before, settling at Da Kong True Monarch's soles and lifting him to dart through the cavern's sections, applying the Void Evasion Technique to probe for spatial rifts.
Before long, Da Kong True Monarch picked up a subtle, known presence close to a twisting dragon scale.
"Here it is!"
Da Kong True Monarch indicated a dragon scale fused into the stone barrier, pale gray with faint spectral shadows. He drew forth a silvery talisman, drew a drop of vital blood from his finger, and reverently ignited it on the talisman.
This served as the ace for Taixu MiaoMiao Palace's God-Transcending experts. When triggered, it would whisk them to the Central State base for aid, no matter where they were.
Yet in the Netherworld's depths, its effectiveness remained uncertain.
Da Kong True Monarch set it off, aiming to harness the talisman's essence to check if it could pry open the path to the Tianhe Realm.
Should it succeed, he could link to the teleportation formation he had set beyond, then apply the Void Evasion Technique to ferry Dustless True Monarch away.
"Wait, what if young friend Chen outside got pulled into the Netherworld just like us..."
In that instant, Dustless True Monarch recalled a concern and had to voice it.
"Er... do you possess his message talisman? Try reaching him. Otherwise, we must pray he escaped the pull..."
Da Kong True Monarch paused briefly before uttering this.
Dustless True Monarch grasped his implication. The deeper their time in the Netherworld, the greater the peril. Facing rogue ghost deities or the dreaded Nine Ghost Mother’s Sons would spell their doom.
Neither held Chen Mobai's message talisman. They shared a look and let out heavy sighs.
"Should he really have tumbled into the Netherworld, all we can do is hope fortune favors him."
With those words spoken, Da Kong True Monarch promptly ignited the talisman. The divinity transformation expert's secret weapon proved its worth. The Nether Dragon’s scale amid the Yin and Yang rift grew see-through. As the talisman's power flowed in, silver specks began to scatter across the scale's heart.
Once the specks blended, Da Kong True Monarch invoked the Void Evasion Technique and beheld the gateway distant in the heavens yet right before him.
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At the Dragon Abyss Cave's entry.
Once the Golden Flame Manticore's aura vanished, Chen Mobai sensed a massive quake. The cavern walls heaved like raging seas, manipulated by some unseen colossal force.
Through the Taiyi Luo Heaven Formation's command over nearby spirit veins, it abruptly morphed into a voracious void maw, swallowing all, and he lost all connection to it.
Glancing about, fissures scarred the stone walls. Without the Tai Yi Wu Yan Luo's brace, heaps of debris would have crashed down, entombing them.
"It's collapsing!"
This idea raced through Chen Mobai's thoughts as he poured his divine sense into the depths, aiming to extract Dustless True Monarch and the rest. But a surge of warped, shadowy void force erupted from inside, weaving with the dragon scale remnants etched in the nearby walls, reshaping the world around.
By the time awareness hit, he seemed encased within a shadowy azure dragon form, the encircling rock-wall scales gliding along an ancient trail back to the Yang Realm.
He strove to break free with the Void Evasion Technique, yet within the Nether Dragon's hold, resistance proved pointless.
The lone comfort lay in this Nether Dragon as a mere phantom, echoes from its mark on the Dragon Abyss Cave over millennia past. Still, those echoes had sparked life, fostering the cave's spirit vein and forging a link 'twixt Yin and Yang Realms.
While Chen Mobai mulled escape routes, a shadowy blue radiance bloomed from the Nether Dragon’s armored scales, radiating a chilling vibe that swallowed him and the whole Dragon Abyss Cave.
Regaining his wits, Chen Mobai realized he lingered in the Dragon Abyss Cave, but now atop pallid gray-white earth. The heavens hung in a somber blood-red hue, and the atmosphere reeked of rot and demise.
"This... is the Netherworld?"
Shocked, Chen Mobai swiftly extended his divine sense to scan the area.
The Second Primeval Spirit, dragged along in the shift, drew back into him.
Amid such surroundings, the Pure Yang Scroll's presence stood out starkly.
During the shift's moment, the Second Primeval Spirit had reflexively broadcast its peak might to counter the Nether Dragon's transport force.
Here in this realm, the Nine Heavens Primordial Yang Purple Extreme Physique hovered amid the crimson skies, stirring fierce turmoil in the nearby ghostly chill.
As Chen Mobai withdrew the Second Primeval Spirit, he detected surges of potent dark energies rushing toward them.
This domain truly embodied the Netherworld, distinct from the Yellow Springs Path uncovered by the Hun Yuan Patriarch in the Eastern Wilderness.