Chapter 273

After his research, he was shocked to discover that the essence of the Shinigami was actually far more powerful than the Otsutsuki clan and lived far longer!

More importantly, this power and longevity required no reliance on external objects!

Thus, the Sage of Six Paths split the Ten-Tails' chakra into nine parts, transforming them into the nine Tailed Beasts.

He then created the illusion of his own death, but no one knew his soul had already entered the Underworld!

Over a thousand years, he gradually transformed into a Shinigami.

At the same time, he was secretly laying out plans, gradually taking control of the Underworld!

The Sage of Six Paths had already regarded the Underworld as his own territory!

Ishihara's intrusion made him extremely displeased!

What made him even more uneasy was that he sensed the aura of a Shinigami coming from Ishihara.

"Could it be that fellow also wants to become a Shinigami?..."!"

The Sage of Six Paths, his expression grave, looked in the direction Ishihara had departed.

This was a special ability he developed over a thousand years; it could ignore spatial obstacles to clearly see the scenery within the Underworld, though it had a time limit.

Whoosh!

Ishihara felt as if he had passed through some barrier, entering another world; his vision changed, and his body came to a halt.

He glanced at the spirit beside him.

It was an elder of the Hozuki clan, whom he had once studied!

But he had been completely controlled by Izanami.

"Lord Ishihara!"

At this moment, he stood respectfully by the side, like a servant.

Ishihara nodded, glanced around, and immediately frowned.

The surroundings were shrouded in gray mist, allowing visibility of only about a hundred meters in all directions.

Beyond this distance, even perception abilities would fail completely!

And the space where spirits could move was limited to this hundred-meter radius, trapping them in place like a cage.

After Ishihara asked a few questions, he finally understood the rules of the Underworld.

Once spirits enter the Underworld, they are confined to a hundred-meter radius; even if the spirit moves, this cage-like space moves with them.

Moreover, they have never encountered other spirits before.

More importantly, activity in the Underworld consumes energy; spirits easily feel fatigued and then fall into a deep sleep, recovering naturally through slumber.

Therefore, spirits in the Underworld spend most of their time in a stupor.

Combined with the spatial limitations, they have almost no concept of time!

After pondering for a moment, Ishihara murmured, "Zanpakuto!"

A black longsword immediately appeared in his hand.

A smile instantly spread across Ishihara's face; since the Zanpakuto could be used, matters were simple.

He directly struck the stunned Hozuki elder with a slash and said indifferently, "Now, go to sleep!"

The Hozuki elder looked at him resentfully, "Lord Ishihara, even without you striking me, I could sleep."

"Stop talking nonsense."

Ishihara glared, and the Hozuki elder, terrified, hurriedly lay on the ground, closed his eyes, and soon fell into a deep sleep.

"Indeed, besides chakra and natural energy, there is a third type of energy in the Underworld!"

After releasing his perception, Ishihara immediately felt excited.

He could sense that as the Hozuki elder recovered, faint energy was being absorbed by him, including a type of energy he had never seen before!

But this energy was not unfamiliar to him!

Because this aura existed within the arm of a Shinigami!

"Reishi!"

Ishihara directly named this energy Reishi, then immediately opened a special seal he had brought with him.

Boom!

A severed arm appeared!

An arm belonging to a Shinigami!

The instant the severed arm appeared, a sudden anomaly occurred!

Whoosh... (de ma hao)

The arm began to turn into a rain of light and gradually dissipate!

"This... could this be the ultimate destination of the soul?"

Ishihara stared at this scene, somewhat stunned.

But he did not know.

At this moment, within the palace in the Underworld.

The Sage of Six Paths sensed the aura of a Shinigami immediately, and his expression instantly became incredibly cold.

"As expected, he also wants to become a Shinigami!"

"He cannot be allowed to live!"

Killing intent surged fiercely in the Sage of Six Paths' heart.

He would not allow anyone to share with him the supreme status and authority of becoming a Shinigami!

Nor would he allow anyone to share the territory of the Underworld with him!

"Pity that I am currently in the crucial stage of transforming into a Shinigami and cannot leave here for now; otherwise, I could directly erase his soul!"

"For now, we can only let his body die!"

The Six Paths Immortal frowned, then turned his gaze toward the real world—he need not lift a finger to eliminate Shi Yuan.