Chapter 1066: The Underworld (Dedicated to the HW Alliance Leader for being unable to bear it!)

The Underworld has always been ruled by the God of Death.

After the God of Death with 【Greater Divine Power】 died, it was taken over by the Buddha of 'Underworld' among the gods of the Secret Teachings.

The other party sealed the entire Underworld, leaving only a few passages in the Material Plane.

Because only when monks of the Secret Teachings undergo trials can they utilize the Underworld to gain massive harvests!

At this moment, watching Kongxing trigger the prayer wheel, Aaron suddenly understood why a Legend thief had failed before!

'The prayer wheel is the key; if one lacks the Buddha nature to trigger the prayer wheel, even stealing the key is useless!'

Just as he sighed, the ground suddenly cracked open!

A giant white Skull emerged, opened its huge mouth, and bit down toward the group of Disciples!

Seeing this, a small number of Disciples panicked, while the others remained expressionless, clearly having been given pointers.

Aaron also stood motionless, letting this giant bone beast swallow him.

The so-called Underworld, formally called the 'Domain of Haze', is vast in territory and filled with negative energy, making it very unfriendly to the living.

Aaron's expression remained unchanged as he formed seals with his hands, maintaining his state.

He looked at the water of the River of the Underworld, thoughtful: "After comprehending the mystery of life and death, a monk receives the baptism of the Underworld and can even conversely absorb the soul power within the River of the Underworld, which is very beneficial for condensing Divinity... Perhaps, one can quickly advance to the realm of 'View of Emptiness'!"

"Unfortunately, the 'View of Emptiness' of the Secret Teachings is not a good thing. Once achieved, one might be devoured alive by those Secret Cultivation Honored Ones... Occasionally leaving a few behind is only to serve as Dharma Kings and abbots in the temple, but that is just wanting to fatten the pigs a little more..."

"Hmm?"

"Follow!"

After the flesh and blood dissolved, only a soul remained, but its expression also quickly became blank.

Monks who can comprehend this barrier are qualified to condense 'Buddha nature'!

In the words of the natives, it is Divinity!

Splash!

The water of the River of the Underworld parted automatically, allowing Aaron to leap out of the water.

Sangji had the most explosive temper; he grabbed a yellow-robed monk directly and asked loudly.

While complaining, Aaron fished his beloved +3 Lute out of his space bag and casually played a note.

'Forget it, finding the Chosen of the Lord of War is more important!'

Just after Aaron left, Zhaxi and Sangji also rushed over.

Ever since that Buddha of 'Underworld' took control of the Underworld, everything changed.

The terrifying River of the Underworld would wash away their memories and forms, then take them to a lower plane—the Abyss!

In the Abyss, their souls would appear in the form of soul worms, turning into brand-new Demons!

Of course, that was only in the past!

Zhaxi, however, pressed his palms together, chanted a mantra, and summoned a pitch-black Tibetan Mastiff, which sniffed the traces on the ground and began to track.

The Underworld!

The yellow-robed monk pointed in a direction, trembling.

The River of the Underworld!

'The trial of Snow Eagle Temple is also like this... just throwing people into the Underworld; coming out alive counts as success, dying means staying in the Underworld, even saving the trouble of a burial...'

Aaron scanned the surroundings and didn't see Zhaxi, Sangji, or Zhuoma, so he couldn't help but sigh that they were truly quite lucky.

A skeletal horse with four hooves burning with pale flames ran out from the gate, constantly pawing the ground with its four hooves.

Several monks who were on the shore and seemed to have no strength left saw this scene and were stunned: "The portal to leave the Underworld is not in that direction..."

He chased out first, his toes tapping lightly, and his whole body jumped a long distance away.

"Where did Maitreya go?"

"Woof woof!"

Without the protection of the physical body, his memories were being rapidly washed away by the water of the River of the Underworld.

Aaron kicked the husky away: "So don't come here to act pitiful..."

When a monk realizes the 'absence of self-concept, absence of person-concept, and absence of sentient-being-concept', they can truly reflect upon the self, see through the mystery of life and death, and no longer be subject to the fear of death.

The husky paddled hard and swam to the shore, miserably licking Aaron's pant leg.

Just like a skilled chef cooking a dish!

The souls of the dead from all worlds gather here, going through one process after another.

'Wait, the Underworld is so big, how am I supposed to find them?'

Sangji roared: "What is the use of thinking about these things now? Why not chase after them immediately!"

"Brother Sangji, do not be angry..."

In the River of the Underworld, one monk after another died; of course, there were also those who succeeded in surviving, crawling to the shore in a wretched state.

Spell instant-cast—Summon Undead!

"Neigh!"

"Buddha Son?"

Zhaxi smiled and saved this yellow-robed monk, even straightening the other party's collar: "We just want to know the whereabouts of Buddha Son Maitreya..."

In the end... becoming food for that Buddha!

In an instant, Aaron saw the terrifying scene of 'himself' turning into a corpse.

"Being able to experience a baptism in the River of the Underworld is of great benefit to you!"

Those without faith, false believers, and even those with deep sins would be thrown directly into the River of the Underworld.

Zhaxi thought with a bit of satisfaction in his heart.

Aaron whistled, mounted the bone horse, and let Erha trot along, pitifully following behind.

One of the lower planes of the Crystal Wall System, and also the first stop for the destination of all souls!

It is rumored that in the Underworld, there is an incomparably wide river, known as the River Styx!

The souls of the dead from the Material Plane will be judged by the God of Death upon entering the Underworld!

Among them, the believers of the gods can go to the Divine Kingdom of the gods.

If these monks who come for the trial can survive, they will at least be able to become Red-Robed Deacon Monks in the future!

That idiot Sangji is blindly stubborn; if he didn't have a backer, he would have died countless times already.

They are all the best among the monks and naturally would not fail to pass even the first trial, the "Baptism of the River Styx."

The moment he entered the Underworld, what Aaron felt was the sensation of being soaked in water!

"It... it went over there!"

Because... the passage to the Underworld is right inside the other party's belly!

And in the river water, the corpse of an ice wolf emerged, being constantly washed downstream by the water of the River Styx...

Whether they are believers of the gods or the faithless... the souls of the dead all return to the Underworld forever, not even having the chance to become Demons or devils!

He looked around and saw a Secret Teachings Disciple who had entered the Underworld with him, a look of great terror on his face, his flesh and blood rapidly dissolving in the River Styx.

The endless water of the River Styx wrapped around him, wanting to wash away his flesh and blood, and wipe clean his memories...

He stood upon the earth, gazing at the gray sky of the Underworld, pondering in silence.

But his expression was indifferent, calming himself with the White Bone Contemplation and the Giant Corpse Contemplation.

Clang!

A portal appeared!

Zhaxi was immediately startled: "That is not the direction of the portal leaving the Underworld... Could it be that this Buddha Son Maitreya has already sensed that it is a dead end?"

The opened portal was not in this area.

Yes! The passage leading to the Underworld threw all these trial Disciples into the River Styx right at the start!

The two of them left one after the other, not noticing that a tiny black spider had been clinging to them at some unknown point in time...

The second update will be a bit later.

(End of this chapter)