Above the Great Dao

Chen Shi once again returned to Heavenly Pond Country, entered the Skeleton body, and felt that the cultivation of this skeleton had increased significantly; the Blood Lake Hell had become more vast, and there were many more Ghost Gods.

The strength of the Skeleton body was also extremely astonishing, with various strange patterns emerging on its surface.

Chen Shi even felt that the cultivation level of the Skeleton body had surpassed his own original form!

This Skeleton body combined with Blood Lake Hell had nearly reached the Unification Realm or even the Three Corpses Realm!

"The cultivation speed of the Blood Lake Scripture is too fast!"

He couldn't help but marvel, but the speed of cultivating the Blood Lake Scripture was fast partly because Chen Shi's starting point was very high; he was already close to the Unification Realm, and only due to the invasion of Evil Qi did he not step into the Unification Realm. Another reason was the inexhaustible supply of Divine Blood as a backup, with thousands of Divine Corpse hanging on Infinite Cliff, providing endless Divine Blood.

The third reason was that the Blood Lake Scripture was indeed a highly domineering cultivation technique, taking others' blood for oneself, equivalent to plundering the other's cultivation to become one's own cultivation!

"It won't be long before this body of mine might compete against the strong ones of the Refining God and even the Returning Void Realm!"

Chen Shi's Primordial Spirit entered the Skeleton body, feeling his soul also improving steadily.

The enhancement of the Blood Lake Scripture was not significant for the Primordial Spirit, primarily enhancing the soul. Now, Chen Shi's soul had exceeded three meters, reaching ten meters.

The prowess of the Primordial Spirit also rose accordingly, with a tendency of the soul to suppress the Primordial Spirit!

If he entered the Unification Realm, the Daoist Field, Primordial Spirit, and physical body would unify, becoming a ten-meter God and Demon-like existence!

However, up until now, Chen Shi still dared not step into the Unification Realm.

He could clearly sense the Evil Qi between heaven and earth; if he entered the Unification Realm, the trend towards Evil Transformation would become unstoppable!

"How exactly can I avoid Evil Transformation?" he pondered deeply on the throne.

These days, many small skeletons appeared in Heavenly Pond Capital, becoming a peculiar sight within the capital.

These skeletons posted recruitment notices, many little Yakshas, Bull Heads, and Horse Faces swarmed over. The skeletons would take out peculiar papers, on which the structure of buildings like pavilions was drawn.

These little ghosts chattered among themselves, explaining the construction plans to the young Yakshas, who nodded seriously and then commenced construction, building pavilions and terraces. After a few days, a Juxian Building was erected in Heavenly Pond Capital.

On the opening day of Juxian Building, the Ghost Gods from various clans in the capital came to join the festivities, seeing that the building sold rare items from the Mortal World, such as fine cloth, dressing mirrors and fragrance, headpieces, pendants, and other exquisite items.

These items, usually unseen in Heavenly Pond Capital, caused a sensation, leading many from the Ghost Clan to swarm into Juxian Building intending to purchase these rare items from the Mortal World.

Juxian Building did not accept incense money, only collecting unique items from the underworld like Dark Flowers, Resurrection Lotus, and certainly, gold and silver—soft, useless metals—were accepted.

The business at Juxian Building quickly became extremely prosperous, with goods sold out rapidly.

In the underworld, Dark Flowers, Resurrection Lotus, and other Spiritual Medicines were quite rare, but Ghost Gods could obtain them far more easily than cultivators, with some even specially creating swamps to grow Resurrection Lotus.

Juxian Building acquired these Spiritual Medicines, immediately sending them to the Mortal World, where, through refinement by the Medicine King Sect, they appeared as life-extending Spiritual Medicine in various Juxian Buildings, soon to be converted into wealth.

Shao Jing found Li Tianqing, saying: "The items we transport from the Mortal World are insufficient, simply relying on bribing Yin Messengers limits the quantity, and is troublesome. I have heard Your Majesty possesses a magical treasure named Youquan Wandering Dragon Sword, and a wooden cart that could be used to transport goods to the underworld."

Li Tianqing said: "I will go with you to the Mortal World to borrow this treasure."

The two returned to the Mortal World, arriving at Huangpo Village. Upon hearing their intentions, Wu Qingyu lent them the wooden cart and Hua Gai.

They consulted Granny Sha's Yin Yang Two Realms Map, trying to determine the position of Yin Mountain at Qianyang Mountain, entering the mountain.

Li Tianqing checked the geographical map of the two realms, comparing notes and said: "It should be here."

He summoned Hua Gai, under which a silver fish-like sword light flashed through, the sword light resembling a winding Youquan stream, deepening into the underworld.

The two followed the Youquan into the underworld, surveying all around, each with a furrowed brow.

"Wrong, wrong! The geographical position doesn't match!"

They returned to the Mortal World, Li Tianqing rechecked the map and selected several possible locations, once again summoning the Youquan Wandering Dragon Sword, but did not find the location of Heavenly Pond Country after entering the underworld.

They changed several places, yet upon entering the underworld, still could not locate Heavenly Pond Country.

Li Tianqing said: "Take this sword on a trip to the underworld! From the underworld, summon this sword, enter the Mortal World, and determine the accurate location of Heavenly Pond Country!"

The two immediately went to the Medicine King Sect, took medicine to fake death, their Primordial Spirits carrying the sword into the underworld, bribed the Yin Messengers, and were sent to Heavenly Pond Country.

They possessed their Skeleton bodies, Li Tianqing summoned the sword, its light tearing open the void, and the two flew in and through the fissure, arriving in the opposite world, seeing the surrounding vast and numerous Ghost Gods everywhere.

"Wrong! This is still the underworld!"

Li Tianqing surveyed around, exclaiming in surprise, "This should be Qianyang Mountain's underworld! The underworld... has two levels!"

The two exchanged glances, seeing the shock in each other's eyes.

The underworld near Qianyang Mountain could very likely be two overlapping levels of the underworld. The first level is the underworld of West Bull New Continent, and the second level is the underworld where Heavenly Pond Country resides!