Chapter 500: Reverse Reflection

The Nine Heavens is a pyramid that climbs layer by layer, the higher it goes, the closer it is to the Heavenly Dao; while the Nine Nether is a funnel that falls layer by layer, the lower it goes, the closer it is to nothingness.

Hua Changxi had never been to the Nine Heavens and didn't know what kind of phenomenon the Nine Heavens was.

But being in the Nine Nether at this moment, this inverted and chaotic phenomenon of the Nine Nether made her feel a sense of absurd astonishment.

Here, the concepts of up and down were completely overturned; up was down, and heaven was earth.

Those islands floating above her head were just illusory mirages. If she wanted to reach them, flying upwards would only be a futile effort; only by falling downwards would it be possible to touch those islands.

Hua Changxi stared at this strange space, secretly guessing in her heart that this visual dislocation might stem from some kind of reflection of energy at the bottom of the abyss—reflecting the reality of the underground onto the illusory firmament.

Although the floating islands in the sky were as illusory as a mirage, they were just like a mirror, reflecting the Ghost Clan's strict hierarchy of strength.

One could use this to peek at the overall strength of the Ghost Clan.

"One, two, three, four..."

Hua Changxi leaned against the window, looking up and counting the number of layers of floating islands in the sky.

If the territory under her feet was the first layer of the Nine Nether territory, then the islands floating a thousand meters high represented the second layer of the Nine Nether territory.

Several thousand meters further up was the third layer of the Nine Nether territory, and the number of islands had already become significantly sparse.

Ten thousand meters high corresponded to the fourth layer of the Nine Nether territory, and the islands became increasingly sparse.

Several tens of thousands of meters above was the fifth layer of the Nine Nether territory, and in the vast firmament, only dozens of lonely shadows remained.

Above one hundred thousand meters was the sixth layer of the Nine Nether territory, with only one lonely island hanging alone in the sky.

Further up, there were no more traces of islands.

In the Nine Nether, the lower one goes, the more turbid and thick the turbid energy becomes. Those with insufficient strength can only stop at the first layer; if they rashly fall into the second layer, or further down, they will explode and die due to the erosion of the turbid energy.

This is the same principle as a practitioner being unable to withstand intense spiritual energy and exploding.

Therefore, wanting to fall from the first layer of the Nine Nether downwards also requires strength to support it.

For example, the sixth layer of the Nine Nether abyss can only be reached by Ghost Clan members in the Ghost King realm; the fifth layer can be reached by the Ghost Commander realm; the fourth layer can be reached by the Ghost General realm.

The second and third layers of the Nine Nether territory do not have strict realm restrictions; as long as one dares to fight and kill, low-level Ghost Clan members can also set foot there.

Lady Chi Yan entering the Ghost Realm Fortress this time was to compete for territory.

Of course, what she coveted was never the first layer of the Nine Nether territory, but the sixth layer of the Nine Nether territory hanging one hundred thousand meters high.

In Lady Chi Yan's ambition, it was time for a second floating island to manifest there.

"Creak~"

The main gate of the Lady's Building slowly opened.

A red-clothed maid with a veiled face and a white bone lantern in her hand walked out slowly.

In the white bone lantern, the oil-green ghost fire flickered silently, and the light emitted was not dazzling, but it exuded a sinister chill, illuminating a hundred meters around the red-clothed maid.

Within the range of the lamp light, all Ghost Clan members retreated one after another.

After the red-clothed maid closed the building door casually, she scanned the surroundings with an indifferent gaze, then stepped out and walked towards the most prosperous and bustling street of the Ghost Realm Fortress at a leisurely pace.

"Strange, Lady Chi Yan didn't shake the Nightmare Bell when she returned to the Lady's Building this time!"

"Don't worry about that, follow that maid! Capture her and search her soul to see what Lady Chi Yan is up to."

The prosperity and clamor of the Ghost Realm Fortress were no less than the bustling market of the human world.

After the red-clothed maid stepped into the bustling market, her footsteps did not stop. She just turned her head slightly, her peripheral vision swept over the sneaky tails behind her, and her footsteps suddenly turned, her figure flashing into a deep and quiet alley ahead like a ghost.

"Quick! Follow!"

Alley connected to alley, like a maze.

The speed of the red-clothed maid's footsteps became faster and faster, and the red dress drew streaks of shadows in the darkness.

A quarter of an hour later, when the few Ghost Clan members who were following panted and rushed back to the bustling street, there were only bustling ghost crowds in front of them, and the figure of the red-clothed maid was no longer to be seen.

At the same time, at the other end of the bustling street, a black-clothed woman holding a bone flute and wearing a Ghost Chariot mask was walking leisurely towards the brightly lit bustling street of the Ghost Realm Fortress. ===== CHAPTER 501 =====