Chapter 1359: Ascension of the Hell Gate (First update, requesting everything)

During this process, the light spot representing the Hell Gate became increasingly bright.

Changes also occurred on the portal of the Hell Gate, where a lifelike portrait of Bachade appeared.

Pop—

Accompanied by a soft sound, the Hell Gate trembled violently, and immediately after, its aura surged by a large margin.

Mid-grade Langhuan Supreme Treasure!

Li Zhangsheng had not expected that merely devouring the essence of two Demon Monarchs would allow the Hell Gate to advance a step further.

It was, after all, a composite Strange Treasure; as the Hell Gate ascended, the light spot representing the Gate of Light and Darkness also rose by a margin, though it was still a long way from being a Supreme Langhuan Treasure.

It was not without drawbacks; as the gap between the Hell Gate and the Gate of Heaven widened, the Gate of Light and Darkness inevitably developed a top-heavy feeling. While its power had increased, it was difficult to wield it as easily as before.

However, the Gate of Light and Darkness was ultimately an auxiliary Strange Treasure, so such an impact was not very significant; in the end, the benefits outweighed the disadvantages.

It was just that Li Zhangsheng did not dare to continue upgrading the Hell Gate, otherwise, once the gap with the Gate of Heaven became too large, it might be impossible to use them in fusion again.

Only after fusion could the composite Strange Treasure exert power greater than 1+1; otherwise, if fighting alone, the effect would be greatly discounted.

Not only that, but once the gap was too large, unpredictable negative effects could occur; Li Zhangsheng did not want to gamble, nor did he dare to.

Originally, Li Zhangsheng had wanted to enter the Pale Kingdom on Abyss Layer 422 through the ancient portal hidden in the Screaming Peaks to exterminate the Ghoul King Dorisene, but the Hell Gate was "too full," so he had to temporarily let Dorisene off, preparing to wait until the Gate of Heaven ascended to a Mid-grade Langhuan Supreme Treasure before doing anything.

Besides these places, Abyss Layer 422 also had a special location called the Gathering Gate.

This was a huge circular teleportation gate that allowed two-way travel to multiple Main Material Plane worlds known to Yenuogu; those human slaves came from these worlds.

Through Adrian's narration, Li Zhangsheng gained a one-sided understanding of these planes.

Most of these planes had completely fallen to Yenuogu's army, which was mainly related to their relatively weak power systems; they had not birthed any Stronger capable of contending with Yenuogu, so they were occupied by Yenuogu's army and continuously fed back into Abyss Layer 422.

In addition, these planes were gradually being homogenized by the Abyss; after hundreds or thousands of years, they would likely merge into the Bottomless Abyss.

Regarding these planes, Li Zhangsheng took some measures; besides having Adrian repatriate the demon army, he directly used the ability of the Gate of Light and Darkness to forcibly cut off the connection between the Bottomless Abyss and these planes, causing the Abyss Consciousness that was originally pouring into these planes to be forcibly severed, which could ensure that the Abyss Consciousness would not continue to erode these planes in the short term; as for the future, it was hard to say.

After confirming there were no omissions, Li Zhangsheng returned to the Fairy World.

With Yenuogu's fall, and having ruled Abyss Layer 422 to a certain extent, Li Zhangsheng no longer needed to worry about any Demon Monarch threatening the Fairy World in the short term.

In this way, Li Zhangsheng could free up his hands and no longer be tied down.

Li Zhangsheng took out the precious orb obtained from Yenuogu and carefully examined the eyeball inside; it was a pair of eyeballs possessing double pupils, still soaking in a pale yellow liquid.

With such features, plus the ability to see through illusions, who else could it be but a Chongming Bird.

Unfortunately, Li Zhangsheng did not find the corpse of the Chongming Bird in Yenuogu's treasury; it was possible it was in its ring.

Of course, even if this Chongming Bird had truly died at Yenuogu's hands, its corpse had likely already been treated as food.

Even for a Demon Monarch, the flesh and soul of a Divine Beast were equally great tonics.

After being able to free himself, Li Zhangsheng immediately began to contact Huonu Wang.

During the exchange meeting held by the Human Emperor, Li Zhangsheng and Huonu Wang reached an agreement: Huonu Wang commissioned Li Zhangsheng to assist in killing a Wei Huangji Huashe, with the reward being a Qiuniu corpse, while the Huashe's remains and all other gains would belong to Huonu Wang.

Regarding that Qiuniu corpse, Li Zhangsheng could be said to be determined to win it; his Chilong would have a chance to go a step further.

Among the many Double-Character Kings, Huonu Wang was a Loose Cultivator who had not established his own country and mainly operated near the South Sea area.

The method of contact was very simple; Li Zhangsheng directly cast his consciousness into the Hall of Ten Thousand Kings and dropped a thought onto Huonu Wang's Throne.

The next moment, Huonu Wang's figure appeared in the Hall of Ten Thousand Kings.

Huonu Wang was quite flattered by Li Zhangsheng's proactive contact; in his eyes, there was no difference between Li Zhangsheng and an Emperor.

Not an Emperor, yet surpassing an Emperor—this was the evaluation of Li Zhangsheng by many Stronger, worthy of the title of King of Ten Thousand Saints.

Huonu Wang was famous for his irritable temper, but this did not mean he did not know how to assess the situation, especially when facing Li Zhangsheng.

Originally, Huonu Wang thought Li Zhangsheng was busy with many things recently and had no time, so he had not proactively contacted Li Zhangsheng, preparing to wait for a period of time before mentioning this matter; as a result, he did not expect Li Zhangsheng to contact him proactively.

The two did not stay long in the Hall of Ten Thousand Kings; after discussing, they both withdrew their consciousness from the Hall of Ten Thousand Kings.

Li Zhangsheng rode the two-legged Golden Crow, turning into a Lihuo Changhong, and flew toward Qianyuan Island in the direction of the South Sea.

Among the many South Sea islands, Qianyuan Island could be said to be one of the best in terms of area, which was enough to compare to the Langya Kingdom.

It was just that Qianyuan Island's land was barren, and limited by resources, the population density was very low, with only barely a million people.

Huonu Wang was born on Qianyuan Island, so he cared very much about it; upon learning that a Wei Huangji Huashe was ravaging Qianyuan Island, he wanted to help Qianyuan Island eliminate the harm for the people.

Unfortunately, Huonu Wang was no match for the Huashe; he had also used many strategies, but this Huashe was quite cunning and simply unmoved.

In this situation, Huonu Wang could only seek external aid.

This time going out to the South Sea, Li Zhangsheng was not afraid of being intercepted by the Human Emperor, because he carried two Teleportation Arrays with him; as long as a dangerous situation arose, he could have Wudi and Wendi teleport over at any time.

Wudi and Wendi were the same; this was also the fastest way for the three to assemble.

Of course, this was not foolproof, such as in areas where Teleportation Arrays were restricted by Forbidden Arrays, so there were several backup plans to support each other at the fastest speed.

Not long after, Qianyuan Island was visible in the distance.

Huonu Wang had already arrived in advance; upon seeing Li Zhangsheng, he hurriedly bowed and saluted, using the etiquette of an Emperor, which was known for being solemn and respectful.

"His Majesty Huonu Wang, I am not yet an Emperor; I cannot accept the etiquette of an Emperor!"

Li Zhangsheng hurriedly stopped Huonu Wang from saluting, then entered the northern part of Qianyuan Island with Huonu Wang, where the nest of that Huashe was located.

(End of chapter)