[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-path-of-immortality":3,"chapter-the-path-of-immortality-the-path-of-immortality-chapter-118":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Path of Immortality",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2271268,4436,"Chapter 118: The Yin Ghosts Wail, the Night Rain Stained with Blood","the-path-of-immortality-chapter-118",118,"\u003Cp>Thick, cloying stench of blood and wailing cries surged upward, as if dragging the entire Luo Xian lead boat into the Yellow Springs and Netherworld!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The clusters of gray-black true fire coating the boat’s exterior enveloped its massive hull in a blazing ring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet many yin spirits, fearless of death, endured the agony of their spiritual cores being burned to ash, determined to drink deep of the living flesh aboard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cacophony of sounds erupted without end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ghostly wails, the crackle of fire, clanging iron, startled screams…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if a sudden thunderstorm had struck, smashing trees to splinters and tearing banana leaves from their stems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the deafening roar filled their ears, numbing their blood and qi, stupefying their souls!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet despite the ferocious, life-or-death assaults of the netherworld creatures, even the gray-black true fire emitted by the Luo Xian lead boat was formidable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordinary demons and specters that so much as brushed against it had their bodies torn apart like tofu, then reduced to drifting wisps of ghostly smoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as if ants swarming a city wall, some inevitably slipped through the fire barrier, barely managing to board the lead boat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood reeked everywhere!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Foul winds pressed in!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pools of crimson fluid oozed from unknown sources, staining the deck and main hall a terrifying hue, then, like flies drawn to rot, crept along corridors to breach the doors of cabin rooms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sharp, panicked cry rang out—and the lead boat erupted into chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each cultivator deployed their own methods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some spat fire, wielding talismans that danced with spiritual light, directly slaying the approaching yin spirits; others chanted sutras to liberate the dead and erase karmic debt, causing the spirits to recoil in terror and dare not approach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some simply stuck exorcist talismans to their crown, disrupting the ghosts’ spiritual perception, rendering them blind and deaf as the spirits floated uselessly past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who dared come to the netherworld to risk their lives for wealth were mostly supremely confident, certain they could survive in this yin realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each carried a few last-resort survival techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, though the yin spirits ran rampant within the boat, ferocious and ravenous for blood,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one was yet slain, and they could still manage the threat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hang’s cabin was also targeted by several yin spirits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He made no move, remaining seated on the jade bed, merely raising the Thunderfire Lightning Pearl above him, its rumbling energy shielding his entire body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whenever a yin spirit, unable to contain its fury, sought to feast on the cultivator’s flesh, the pearl unleashed a thunderclap—instantly shattering the spirit into fragments!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid the roaring thunder, Chen Hang watched one yin spirit after another flee, too terrified to draw near, and pondered inwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Scatter-Form Concealment Art originated from the hands of a Tribulation Immortal Ancestor; with sufficient cultivation, it could perfectly mimic countless qi signatures, down to the slightest detail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, he had altered his embryonic breath’s nature to mimic the “Dingjin True Qi” of the Xuanzhen Sect—even Huaiwu, the Cave Master of Dongxuan, and the Evil Anger Yin Sheng Demon had failed to detect the deception within a short span.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These netherworld spirits mostly lacked full sentience, driven only by a single residue of grievous, malevolent qi, animating their forms to pursue blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he altered his own qi signature to mimic theirs, perhaps he could deceive them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walk among them openly?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the thought vanished as swiftly as it came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was currently aboard the Luo Xian lead boat, surrounded by many eyes—he need not rush to act.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battle between humans and spirits dragged on for a while longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, a qi condensation cultivator, through negligence, had his talisman robe breached; several spirits wrapped and coiled around him, instantly draining half his blood essence and vital essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cultivator let out a short, agonized scream, his face ashen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His once-taut, smooth skin now sagged and softened; his eyes lost most of their luster, and his jet-black hair turned mottled with gray and white.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In terror and fury, he violently churned his embryonic breath, pushing his cultivation to its absolute limit; turbid yellow smoke erupted from his nose and mouth, breaking free from the spirits’ grasp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately screamed for help, utterly panicked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re useless! Can’t even handle a few spirits? With such pitiful cultivation, are you here to die?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the main cabin of the Luo Xian lead boat,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several Officer Daoists manning the boat heard the cultivator’s cries. Though they despised him, they still raised their talisman tablets, cried out in unison, and jointly formed a spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A brilliant azure light flared!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon after, the four towering Xuan-Zao Tiger Spirit Flags at the boat’s corners trembled, each releasing a tiger spirit essence from its surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A deafening roar filled their eardrums; a fierce wind swept past, and the four tiger spirit essences instantly scattered to attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In mere moments, they swept clean every yin spirit aboard the boat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A fine treasure indeed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hang slowly released his spell, gestured with his hand, and retrieved the Thunderfire Lightning Pearl into his sleeve. He pushed open the shattered cabin door and looked out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four tiger spirit essences were slaughtering wildly, as if cutting melons and vegetables; after clearing the boat of ghosts, they flew outward, continuing their battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the aid of the four tiger spirit essences, plus the boat’s own gray-black true fire,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After half a cup of tea’s time, the swarm of spirits clinging like ants to the walls was utterly eradicated—silence settled over their ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, the Luo Xian lead boat did not linger, fearing the blood qi of nearly a hundred cultivators aboard would attract even deadlier spirits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It retracted the true fire and the four tiger spirit essences, then continued sinking downward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two hundred zhang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five hundred zhang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One thousand zhang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three thousand zhang…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The deeper the Luo Xian lead boat sank, the heavier and more turbid the yin pressure became, enveloping all in crushing weight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their bodies felt denser; every movement carried invisible restraints.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, the chilling, mournful cold intensified further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thin layer of frost quietly formed on tabletops and cabin walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each breath tasted of ice that pierced the marrow—like standing naked in a snowfield during the dead of winter, gulping down a full flask of frozen water!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It made their internal organs ache!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their scalps prickled!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the Luo Xian lead boat did not stop—it kept sinking, as if trapped in an abyss with no bottom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cultivators aboard could no longer withstand the cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some took out White Yang Pills, immediately dissolving them in water and swallowing; only when a warm glow spread through their bodies, dispelling the icy chill within their organs, did they cease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the outset, when receiving the netherworld talisman decree, Ai Jian had distributed two vials of White Yang Pills and eight hundred talisman coins as payment for their lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hang had only managed to suppress the raging Cold-Dou True Qi plaguing him at the time thanks to those two vials, preserving his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While all other cultivators struggled against the bitter cold, Chen Hang, having cultivated the Tai Su Jade Body, remained unaffected—for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His peerless physical body rendered these shallow yin chills utterly incapable of touching him; each drop of his blood now glowed with jade-like radiance, as heavy as a small boulder!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he unleashed his blood qi fully, spreading it outward,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hang estimated he could easily dispel the entire boat’s yin chill—no difficulty at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yet Ai Jian said the Luo Xian lead boat would only carry us to the netherworld’s shallow layer before departing, returning only half a year later to retrieve us.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought inwardly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’ve sunk this long and still haven’t reached the shallow layer? Even here, at the outer edge, the yin chill is this intense—Foundation Establishment cultivators must swallow White Yang Pills to protect their organs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What horrors await deeper down?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He recalled a strange tale he and Xu Zhi had once discussed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In ancient times, a corpse-liberated immortal from beyond heaven entered the netherworld and mysteriously died—so much so that Heaven responded, and Dongmi Province rained blood for five straight days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This netherworld,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is truly a place of unmitigated malevolence…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he pondered, the Luo Xian lead boat suddenly jolted lightly, as if finally striking some massive, solid object.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, a clear, resonant bell rang three times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All within the cabin gradually descended from the boat, stepping onto a vast, endless expanse of deep-black wilderness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Sect Master’s decree: whoever brings back either a Yin Horse or a Human-Faced Fungus shall be credited with three hundred merits, rewarded with eight thousand talisman coins, eight middle-tier Dao arts, and three taels of jade marrow… No upper limit—more is better!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From within the Luo Xian lead boat came the loud laughter of an Officer Daoist:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brothers, this is a golden chance to strike it rich! If you earn even a fraction here, your future comfort is assured!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if none of you wish to endure the hardships of cultivation’s cycles of cold and heat, with this wealth, whether you go to Water Heaven Cloudfall or Danxun Great Abyss, you’ll be above all others!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Opportunity knocks but once!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brothers, rally your spirits—press forward! Press forward!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spoke these words loudly, with great passion and fervor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the cultivators on the wilderness, only a few with frivolous temperaments showed faint smiles, baring their teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rest remained expressionless, silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dangers of the netherworld need no elaboration—those who came here were already prepared to risk their lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Ai Jian’s promised rewards were tempting, one must live to enjoy them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Precious external medicines like Yin Horses and Human-Faced Fungi grow only in regions thick with yin energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The land upon which this group now stood, though part of the netherworld, was still merely its outer, shallow layer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if you scraped the earth down three feet, you’d still struggle to find even a single leaf of the Human-Face Lingzhi…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lü Fatty, stop spouting nonsense here! It’s us lords struggling to survive in this abyss—not you! How can you speak so lightly? Do you think the Master’s bounty is so easily won?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A red-browed Foundation Establishment Daoist sneered and growled:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If I lose my temper, you won’t be riding your lead boat out of this cavern ever again—you’ll stay here and suffer with the rest of us!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At these words, many burst into laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside Luo Xian’s lead boat, the Officer Daoist had been about to rally them once more—but now could only chuckle helplessly, his voice awkward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Since all you fellow disciples are already aware, I won’t waste more breath… In half a year, I’ll return with the lead boat to guide you all back to the sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Remember! Remember! Don’t forget the time—if you miss it, you may be trapped in this abyss for life!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The final voice echoed from Luo Xian’s lead boat, then slowly rose into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within moments, it pierced through layers of dark barriers, a flash of light vanished—and was gone without a trace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the boat departed, the Daoists remaining in the abyss wore varied expressions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Take the Qi Condensation cultivator whose half-body essence had been drained by ghosts—he looked utterly pale, his legs trembling as if he might collapse at any moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some who prided themselves on their formidable Dao arts merely sneered, their eyes glinting with faint satisfaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But regardless of their inner feelings, none lingered long; soon they scattered in all directions, vanishing along different paths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It goes without saying that when Daoists gather in one place, their blood aura inevitably draws stronger ghosts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this place without sky or sun, no one—not even true sworn brothers—would dare trust another enough to share their every moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone feared that during a moment of distraction or while fighting over treasures, a blade might suddenly strike from behind…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After declining several female cultivators’ requests to travel with him, Chen Hang raised his cultivation light and flew off in a random direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a little more than half an hour, he halted above a jagged forest of stone pillars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lowered his light and stepped onto a tall central stone column.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Indeed, this is the place of Shang’s Absolute Darkness—utterly chilling.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked around: all before him was pitch black, as if drenched in a pool of celestial ink, blotting out every other hue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Farther off stretched a vast, monstrous cavern trench—large enough to hold a small city—its labyrinthine tunnels unknown in direction, deep and sinister.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hang watched for only a moment, then swept his sleeve and sat cross-legged atop the stone pillar, silently cultivating and waiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After several incense sticks’ time, he suddenly looked up and saw a dozen violet-and-green cultivation lights linked together, piercing the air like a rainbow unfurled across the sky—impressive in grandeur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh? Interesting, interesting!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among those lights, Yan Ping suddenly halted, then waved his hand, signaling his Yan clan kin to stop as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gazed at Chen Hang atop the stone column, observing for a while, then spoke slowly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You knew we were coming to kill you? Why didn’t you flee? Do you think you can’t match my powers and mean to surrender?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Too bad…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sneered:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I won’t leave you a whole corpse! Boy! When Zhen’er was still alive, I always wanted to slice you into a thousand pieces—now I’ve finally got my chance!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why should I flee?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hang shook his head:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But I do have one question—can you answer it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go ahead! Let you die knowing!” Yan Ping’s gaze was icy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How many talisman coins…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hang rose slowly, smiled, and his moon-white sleeves drifted naturally to the ground, saying:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did you bring in?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thank you to Wàn Wù Bù Jí Diàndiàn for your tip, thank you to Fánshì Guòqù for your 1000-point tip, thank you to Shū Yǒu Sān Wèn for your 600-point tip, thank you to Jiǔtiān Xīngkōng for your 100-point tip.\u003C\u002Fp>",2344,"2026-06-19T22:29:59.276Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","d95ecaa99712d3f0f442271145495c561bad33bec03220a48476ddf894a56545","the-path-of-immortality-chapter-119","the-path-of-immortality-chapter-117",545,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-path-of-immortality-cover.jpg"]