Chapter 182: Encountering Yang Jian, Yang Jian's Scheme

Zhang Hao lingered in this darkness for a long time.

After some thought, he still decided to find a way to locate the entrance into it.

Walking in this darkness, he could see nothing around, and what he would encounter was purely luck.

Even while searching for the entrance, Zhang Hao clashed with a few ghosts.

Fortunately, those ghosts lacked the ability to threaten Zhang Hao.

Although they were all top‑tier Fierce Ghosts, there were still considerable differences among them.

After several confrontations, Zhang Hao finally found the entrance to this world.

As the Fierce Ghosts multiplied, the door began to emit faint sounds.

"Dong dong dong!"

After opening the White Bone Gate in his original world, Zhang Hao stepped straight into the darkness, without taking the unknown passage.

"Dachang City is currently stable."

Moreover, Zhang Hao could feel that after entering this world, his own supernatural aura was fading.

Only a short while later, in the world inside the White Bone Gate, he had already devoured dozens of ghosts.

Zhang Hao couldn't understand, but he didn't keep pondering and walked straight into this real world.

Even today, people who enter the Spiritual Realm, as long as they don't recklessly disturb its balance or tamper with its contents, will encounter no problems.

"Indeed, I'm also eager to see how far you've grown."

The cities once affected by Zhang Hao still remain in black and white, and no living person dares to enter.

"Yang Jian was born as a ghost child of the Derived Ghostly Power; if I let another Derived Ghostly Power start devouring ghosts, and do so in the guise of a ghost, what would be born?"

Facing Yang Jian, he may not lack the strength for a battle.

Although keeping himself and the Ghost Bride together is no longer an issue, Zhang Hao still recalls how Yang Jian first appeared.

Zhang Hao wants to enter that world, but not now.

"Cao Yanhua, how is the situation in Dachang City? And Da Dong City."

All he can do is close Yin Yang Lu, separating it from Reality World.

That gate leading to the Derived World allows Fierce Ghosts to break into this world at intervals.

Hearing that, Zhang Hao lifted his head.

Without hesitation, Zhang Hao raised his hand and began to knock.

Moreover, this White Bone Gate can inversely connect to the Eighteen Layers of Interminable Hell that Yang Jian created to imprison Fierce Ghosts.

Zhang Hao watched the scene without acting, merely observing the departing Fierce Ghosts.

Of course, danger still remains.

Yin Yang Lu is the gap between the nether and the mortal realms.

Regarding these, Zhang Hao is not clear.

At the same time.

Then, a figure reappeared.

The main reason is the world inside the White Bone Gate and the dark world on the other side of the gate.

Although Zhang Hao's supernatural aura is only sixty percent of the upper world's, that still equals sixty percent of the combined Fierce Ghost power of the entire upper world.

Zhang Hao looked at the Ghost Bride, took her hand, and waved toward the surroundings.

The youth, after dealing with those Fierce Ghosts, took a sip of cola and then frowned as he scanned the area.

When sixty percent of the Derived Ghostly Power is borne by a Fierce Ghost whose Terror Level is just sufficient, a more terrifying Fierce Ghost is born.

The terrifying supernatural aura spreads outward, the colorless Ghost Domain invades everything around, extending toward the direction where Yin Yang Lu leads to the Reality World.

"No attack on me? Why?"

However, the proportion of genuine Fierce Ghosts is too small to bear the massive supernatural power on Zhang Hao.

"What is Yang Jian's purpose? Why didn't he eliminate possible trouble the moment he saw me?"

At that time, he thought that releasing a little ghost child into Baishui Town was very similar to his own situation.

The Unsolved Suppression supernatural aura began to stack, and the Suppression Quantity grew exponentially.

This supernatural aura disappeared again shortly after appearing.

Yang Jian's expression hardened, and a blood‑red Ghost Eye opened on his forehead.

"Have we reached the point where we can completely resolve the netherworld's problems?"

In an instant, countless wandering Fierce Ghosts surged wildly toward the back of the door.

At this moment, Zhang Hao finally displayed the rapid growth rate of a ghost; without any hesitation, whenever he finds a ghost, he immediately suppresses and devours it.

A youth wielding a long sword stepped forward.

The Terror Level needs no further explanation.

After so long searching and devouring Fierce Ghosts, Zhang Hao finally felt that his and the Ghost Bride's supernatural aura had been fully borne.

Zhang Hao's entry caused slight changes in this dark world.

"Purpose? Of course, a once‑and‑for‑all solution."

"Moreover, Fierce Ghosts cannot truly be killed."

He and these ghosts entered together from outside, but the ghosts vanished while he remained untouched.

And listening to Yang Jian's current remarks, it seemed all this was his doing.

For this, the eighteen layers of hell created by Yang Jian have already imprisoned countless terrifying Fierce Ghosts.

These Fierce Ghosts all sensed that behind the door lay a Puzzle that could make them stronger.

The "netherworld" mentioned here refers to the world where Fierce Ghosts reside, not the world of Wraiths.

Unwittingly, since the day black fog erupted across the world in Zhang Hao's original world, five years have already passed.

As Zhang Hao waved his hand, slowly some bizarre silhouettes began to emerge from within.

Yang Jian knew his own intelligence existed, and continuing to pretend to be a mindless Fierce Ghost was pointless.

For a moment, the entire world entered a safe state without any Fierce Ghosts.

Meanwhile, as Zhang Hao's main body devoured Fierce Ghosts and transformed, his duplicate also entered the depths of this gate.

Hong Bai Shuang Sha light rose on Yang Jian's body, and scorching bright yellow flames illuminated the whole Yin Yang Lu.

Moreover, between the White Bone Gate and the darkness outside there is a vast space, with roads leading to unknown directions and even more terrifying unknown Fierce Ghosts.

"No matter how much I suppress them, they will ultimately only fall into slumber."

Yang Jian's words inevitably reminded him of the speculation he once made in Baishui Town.

But don't forget, Zhang Hao's Supernatural Aura covers the entire world, amounting to Six‑Tenths of the Ghostly Power everywhere except the White Bone Gate.

The overwhelming accumulation of Fierce Ghosts creates a Supernatural Aura that even he cannot fully suppress.

Although Yin Yang Lu is a Spiritual Realm leading to an unknown place, because Zhang Hao has already eaten all the ghosts, …

Yang Jian looked at Zhang Hao and was not surprised that he would speak.

However, he later voluntarily took over the task of observing Yin Yang Lu in Guan Jiang Xiao Qu, Dachang City.

After the number of Fierce Ghosts reached a certain amount, accompanied by a "Creak!" sound, the great gate was pushed open.

The Ghost Summoning Supernatural Aura activated, centered on Zhang Hao, and a single Fierce Ghost was drawing near this darkness.

"After finally getting five years of leisure, I didn't expect to be busy again so soon."

Suddenly, it seemed that some change occurred within Yin Yang Lu.

Yang Jian wore a smile, brandishing a machete, and cheerfully appeared on this road that leads to the Reality World.

"For that, I have devised a once‑and‑for‑all solution."

As the Yin Yang Lu of the Reality World, the Fierce Ghosts here are far more numerous and far more terrifying than those in Zhang Hao's world.

Unlike Zhang Hao's original world, this Yin Yang Lu also has the White Bone Gate, but the darkness here is far broader.

Zhang Hao's duplicate, rather than being merely a duplicate, is more like himself at different points in time.

Terrifying bright yellow flames ignited near the White Bone Gate, and within moments those Fierce Ghosts that had intruded were all annihilated.

Moreover, the speed of this ghost‑eating continues to change as Zhang Hao's Terror Level rises through continual devouring.

There is no concept of time in the darkness.

Although it is unknown why all the Fierce Ghosts vanished, the Supernatural Aura in this world has not completely disappeared.

The instinct of Fierce Ghosts drives them to seek the Puzzle.

As long as the duplicate devours Fierce Ghosts, the Supernatural Aura will still feed back to the main body.

"Fine, whatever the reason, let's seize the chance for Ghost's Growth."

"Has this gate been opened once again?"

At the same time, some Hong Bai Shuang Sha paper floated in behind the gate as Zhang Hao waved.

"Indeed, aside from Yang Jian, who else could know Yang Jian's experience?"

And these are things that did not exist on the Yin Yang Lu of Zhang Hao's original world.

At that instant, the control of the Supernatural Aura intersected.

His body is slowly dissipating; if he cannot successfully locate a true Fierce Ghost to devour as support, he fears he will vanish before long.

Only after all the Fierce Ghosts had disappeared and some time had passed did Zhang Hao finally raise his hand and wave toward the back of the gate.

They instinctively approached the gate, trying to open it.

After devouring that ghost, Zhang Hao could feel his own condition change.

The Supernatural Aura is full of uncertainty; even though Yang Jian himself has already imprisoned all the terrifying Fierce Ghosts, new terrifying Fierce Ghosts continue to be born in the underworld.

Cao Yanhua was dismissed for having caused too many incidents earlier.

Moreover, it cannot make Zhang Hao's entire body imbued with the Fierce Ghost's Immortality.

As the Fierce Ghosts drew near, they seemed to also sense this gate.

Gradually, this world began to circulate the notion that people become Ghost Slaves after death and go on killing.

At the same time.

If the previous self was like a derivative of the Supernatural Aura, now the self has returned to the true Fierce Ghost state.

"Is the Supernatural Aura strength insufficient?"

Finding the upper world took an unknown amount of time, and devouring Fierce Ghosts took even longer.

Zhang Hao did not rush to act, but instead spoke.

Moreover, the most terrifying aspect of this gate is that even Yang Jian no longer has the ability to imprison this thing.

Yang Jian looked around, turned toward the direction where Zhang Hao's duplicate stood, lingered on Zhang Hao for a moment, then vanished on the spot.

After summoning these ghosts, Zhang Hao began to devour them.

Zhang Hao looked, somewhat surprised, at the spot where Yang Jian had previously stood.

Yang Jian said in a deep voice, "Compared to the era you know, the time I am in is already a thousand years later."

Zhang Hao's main body dared not enter, but the Supernatural Aura sharing between duplicate and main body persisted.

How long has it been? Though there is no sense of time in the darkness, Zhang Hao feels it has been at most a few years, maybe ten or so.

"A thousand years!"

With the White Bone Gate opened, countless Fierce Ghosts surged in, and a flash of Hong Bai Shuang Sha light appeared near the gate.

Yang Jian seemed rather helpless about the endless stream of Fierce Ghosts.

If someone dies in these Supernatural Aura‑laden places, the Supernatural Aura will turn them into Ghost Slaves who begin to kill.

However, just as this black‑and‑white hue was about to Ghost's Invasion into the Reality World, a Hong Bai Shuang Sha light shrouded in flames blocked the black‑and‑white.

"But why, after all?"

"What is your purpose? Logically, by human understanding, you shouldn't permit my Ghost's Growth in this world."

Even though Zhang Hao, even after becoming a true Fierce Ghost, his spiritual intensity is only Six‑Tenths of the Ghostly Power in this world.

"Even a thousand years, even the most stable spiritual power will begin to lose control."

"It's time to enter the Reality World."

At that time, Yang Jian had already dealt with all the Fierce Ghosts, but he had not dealt with himself.

As long as his own spiritual power hasn't failed, he can suppress the vast majority of Fierce Ghosts in the upper world.

When those black mists arrived just then, they were somewhat strange, but ultimately caused little impact.

Similarly, when the main body Ghost's Devouring a Fierce Ghost, the spiritual power is also shared onto the clone.

After all, Yang Jian needs to keep the rationality of being a living person; he wouldn't dare mindlessly eat Ghosts like Zhang Hao.

These Ghosts are Fierce Ghosts that wander in the Yin Yang Lu.

"Do you know how much time has passed since the moment you knew Yang Jian?"

"Ghosts elsewhere you may eat at will, but the Reality World you must not enter."

Of course, he wasn't completely idle; he also conveniently placed a clone inside.

Strangely, at this door there was no trace of movement caused by Zhang Hao's knocking.

Without Yang Jian's threat, Zhang Hao's subsequent actions were naturally without any hesitation, and he began to search the surroundings for Fierce Ghosts.

Beyond the Yin Yang Lu, there is indeed a door leading to the Underworld, but this so‑called Underworld differs from the usual concept of the Underworld.

"Are you sure you can control me?"

Even Yang Jian lacks the ability to completely resolve the Yin Yang Lu.

That statement is both right and wrong.

On the other side.

"However, that is also a crazy idea."

Only in the darkness, one cannot see clearly what this door actually looks like.

Just like the world Zhang Hao previously inhabited, there is also a door here.

Zhang Hao looked up, holding the Ghost Bride's hand, and the black‑and‑white spiritual power began to spread toward the direction where Yang Jian stands.

One is the passing layered with Mindless Suppression.

The other is the ultimate spiritual power that walks on the concept of burning.

Even Li Jun, and even Li Qingzhi's spiritual power differ.

The flames released by Yang Jian actually dispersed the black‑and‑white colorless zone that Zhang Hao's Ghost Domain had eroded.

(End of Chapter)