Chapter 1494: River Styx

River Styx

The multicolored flames of the Awakened Lion gradually dissipated.

A biting cold enveloped everyone's bodies. They opened their eyes, and everything around them was dim and deep, as if they were at the bottom of the deep sea... After a brief pause, everyone raised their heads at the same time and looked towards the only source of light in this dark world.

That was a River Styx.

The River Styx was like a glowing ribbon suspended in the sky, silently floating. An aurora-like, exquisitely beautiful glimmer poured down from it. The magnificent light and shadow made it impossible for people to avert their gaze after a single glance.

Gradually, everyone's gazes looking at the River Styx began to blur, and their figures subconsciously began to shift towards that place...

"Wake up!"

The [Speaking] mnemonic mixed into Sun Bumian's voice, instantly roaring and echoing in everyone's ears!

Everyone's unfocused pupils immediately recovered clarity. They frowned simultaneously, no longer looking at that River Styx flowing in the sky, but instead turned their gazes towards the earth.

Sun Bumian's voice sounded calmly.

"Just looking at it a few times will result in death?" Jian Changsheng couldn't help but say, "Isn't this too overbearing!"

"I said before, the danger of the Ancient Vault of the Ghost Path far exceeds your imagination." Sun Bumian looked back behind him, "Now we have already crossed the Ghost Gate and entered the world of the dead. The aura of the living on our bodies is as conspicuous as a Torchlight in the dark night here... Very soon, those few annoying clinging pests will come looking."

"Clinging pests?"

"That's the six great Special Envoys of the Ancient Vault of the Ghost Path... oh, it's five great ones now."

"You mean the [Kongwang] from the time of the Celestial Star Positions?" Jian Changsheng didn't care too much, "At the time, he indeed looked quite formidable, but now... it feels like he's just so-so."

"No, a Special Envoy in the Ancient Vault of the Ghost Path, and a Special Envoy that has left the Ancient Vault, are completely two different concepts."

"Did you forget? The ability of Ghost Path Special Envoys is to control ghosts, and their own strength will continuously grow along with the scale of the ghosts they control... In the outside world, they don't have enough ghosts, but here, ghosts are practically inexhaustible!"

"Most importantly, they can invoke the abilities the ghosts had when they were alive, and the souls of all dead people in the world will come here... This means that as long as they want to, they can use the abilities of all people who have existed in history."

"In the Ancient Vault of the Ghost Path, every single one of them can stand shoulder to shoulder with Divine Beings."

Hearing this, everyone's expressions were somewhat ugly.

"Since that's the case, we will avoid fighting them head-on." Chen Ling said rationally, "Clubs, leaving it to you."

Jiang Xiaohua nodded slightly. The bandages wrapping around his upper body fell off layer by layer, and that power capable of shielding all auras spread in the air, covering up the aura of the living on the five of them.

In the aspect of sneaking and hiding, the 6-series was already quite experienced.

"Where is the Dao Foundation of the Ancient Vault of the Ghost Path?"

"On the other side of the River Styx, there is a Temple of the Dead. The Dao Foundation of the Ghost Path is right there."

"So, we have to cross the River Styx?"

"That's right."

Sun Bumian nodded slightly, "But the danger of the River Styx far exceeds your imagination... The living will lose their sense of direction walking on it, and the width of every segment is different. If luck is bad, in mild cases you might be trapped for decades, in severe cases your own soul will leave your body and become a part of the River Styx."

"No bro... depending on luck again?" Jian Changsheng wore an expression of a bitter fate.

"Rest assured, we will take you along." Chen Ling answered.

"...Really, Rest Assured Brother?"

Chen Ling: "..."

"Hurry, they're here!" Sun Bumian seemed to have sensed something and immediately spoke.

The five people didn't hesitate in the slightest, crowding around Jiang Xiaohua and approaching that ribbon-like flowing River Styx.

Just a dozen or so seconds after the few people left,

Two figures streaked across the sky, slowly landing in front of the Ghost Gate.

Phantom-like snow-white robes fluttered silently.

Their eyes were both lightly closed. One had a hint of crimson at the corner of their eyes, their expression cold and slightly angry; one had eyes curved like crescent moons, bearing a faint smile. And at the center of their brows, a smudge of bright red cinnabar was dotted, dazzling brightly within the Ancient Vault of the Ghost Path.

Ancient Vault of the Ghost Path Special Envoys, [Chikou], [Suxi].

"Ghost Gate fluctuations, aura of the living..."

"How long has it been since the aura of the living appeared in the Ancient Vault of the Ghost Path?"

"Can't remember clearly... perhaps, several centuries?"

"Is it that annoying Auspicious Omen?"

"I seem to have smelled his scent, but there are others as well."

"Him coming to cause trouble by himself isn't enough, he actually brought people along this time?" Chikou snorted coldly, "What does he take our Ancient Vault of the Ghost Path as, a tourist attraction?"

"They found a way to cover up their own auras, we must find them."

"The Ghost Path can deduce their locations..."

"In the world of the dead, they cannot escape the palm of the Ghost Path."

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Above the dim earth.

Several figures sped along silently.

For some unknown reason, ever since entering the Ancient Vault of the Ghost Path, Chen Ling only felt the area in front of his chest continuously heating up, as if something was silently burning... He subconsciously reached his hand into his embrace, and took out a certain item from within.

Seeing that continuously heating item, he was slightly startled.

[Bai Qi Command Tablet].

"It's you...?"

This command tablet was obtained by Chen Ling when he was in the Ancient Vault of the Military Path.

At the time, he found Bai Qi's tomb, and refused the request of "Three Bows and Nine Prostrations, Pass You Divine Abilities". At the time, the Mockery Calamity inside his body seemed to have faintly fought a battle with this Bai Qi... And then, this command tablet was spat out, and the characters on it also changed to "Aid my resurrection, fulfill your wish".

After that, Chen Ling had always carried this command tablet with him, and there hadn't been any reaction for so long. But the moment he entered the Ancient Vault of the Ghost Path, it began to heat up...

Could it be that the resurrection Bai Qi wanted was related to the Ancient Vault of the Ghost Path?

"Six of Diamonds." Chu Muyun's voice suddenly sounded.

"Mm?"

"Rumor has it that through the River Styx one can see the souls of the deceased, is that true?"

"It's true." Sun Bumian explained earnestly, "An Ancient Vault contains all the 'information' since the birth of civilization. Like all other Ancient Vaults, what is contained in the Ancient Vault of the Ghost Path is all the 'ghosts' in recorded history... which is the souls of the dead.

All the souls of the dead gathered together, and became the River Styx."

Chu Muyun's expression eased slightly, but in the next second, Sun Bumian's tone changed:

"But if you want to pass through the River Styx to find the soul of a specific person, it's almost impossible..."

"Why??"

"From ancient times to the present, how many humans have there been? Tens of billions? Hundreds of billions? Trillions? Their souls gathering in the River Styx is an unimaginably astronomical number... Unless there is a specific method, otherwise wanting to find a specific person in the River Styx, the probability is as slim as finding a grain of sand in the desert."

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The Ancient Vault of the Ghost Path involves quite a few foreshadowings and characters, so taking a day off today to organize thoughts.