Chapter 647 - 646: Build the Underworld, Break Free from Bondage

Unconsciously.

Three days have passed.

The world of light and darkness in the Little Universe has finally truly linked up.

It was at this moment.

"Rumble"

The rolling sound of thunder echoed.

Li Jing opened his eyes.

At the same time.

A wisp of death qi, pure to its extreme, was born in the dark world, and then it became uncontrollable.

Like spiritual qi permeating every corner of the bright world, the death qi filled the dark world.

Right after that.

The death qi evolved.

Yin Qi was born.

Just at this time, several lower level insects with extremely short lifespans in the Little Universe fell into a peaceful death due to ageing and appeared in the dark world in the form of spirit bodies the next second.

With the appearance of "living beings".

One rule after another was evolved in the dark world.

The first to emerge.

Was the rules of ghostly beings.

The few insects that appeared in the dark world first were all affected, their spirit bodies underwent changes and absorbed the surrounding death qi and yin qi heavily.

Quickly.

The insects embarked upon a unique path.

Ghost change.

The first insect to complete its transformation, its grey ghost body suddenly surged and turned into a terrifying ghost with an extremely ferocious face that instilled fear in those who saw it.

Innate God.

Ghost King.

The insects that followed as the first batch of beings in the Little Universe to undergo ghost change, have also transformed into humanized ghostly beings with different faces.

However, their transformation only brought about changes in form and power, but not corresponding titles.

Completing the transformation, these scary beings, led by the Ghost King, raised their heads together and looked at Li Jing, who was looking down at the dark world.

Their eyes met.

The Ghost King bowed.

The other ghostly beings behind him also respectfully followed suit.

Li Jing, in the world of light, recognized the significance of this scene when he saw it.

This...

It is not only an expression of respect to the creator, but also a waiting for his decision.

Looking at the Ghost King, Li Jing spoke.

"From today onwards, you are the Lord of this Netherworld."

Before his words stopped, a loud ’boom’ sounded high above in the sky.

A heavenly punishment of the Great Dao suddenly tore open the high sky and instantly plunged from the bright world into the dark one, landing on the Ghost King.

The Ghost King’s whole body was shaking, and his strength surged.

After the transformation, he shot straight up like a rocket.

From a lowly insect, he transformed into the Ghost King with a cultivation level as high as the Thirteenth Realm.

Don’t be surprised.

After all, it is the first ghostly being in the Little Universe and given the title of Innate Ghost King.

In this...

There is a process similar to "God Power Bestowed".

If it were to be explained from the perspective of the world view in the western divine domain,

He is the first God in the dark world, the Supreme God.

After being hit by the Heavenly Dao’s retribution, the Ghost King’s cultivation level jumped from the Thirteenth Realm to the Fifteenth Realm Immortal King and continued to climb. His health bar suddenly surged to the late peak of the Sixteenth Realm.

23999.

With the surge in cultivation level, he has been granted control of the underworld.

No.

More accurately.

Was given control of the underworld.

Subsequently.

The essence source shown above its head also showed a soaring trend, and in the blink of an eye, it surged to over six hundred million.

He controls all the rules born in the underworld.

The essence source eventually stopped increasing.

Just when it was about to touch above seven hundred million, the Ghost King let out a roar that made the underworld tremble.

Rule of Samsara

Presented itself at this moment.

At the same time.

Some weak beings in the Little Universe died naturally and fell into the underworld in the form of spirit bodies.

The Ghost King looked up at Li Jing again when he saw this.

Meeting his gaze, Li Jing called out.

"Xiao Ai."

"Here, master."

Xiao Ai appeared beside him.

"Set the rule, reincarnation in ten thousand years."

Li Jing spoke.

"Alright!"

Xiao Ai obediently responded, and with closed eyes, she altered the Rule of Samsara, which had just been presented and was like a program that had just been written but had not been finally "set" and activated.

Completing the "setting", the Rule of Samsara was officially activated.

The spirit bodies that fell into the underworld a moment ago and were quite puzzled happened to understand what they were to do next at this moment - to head deeper into the underworld seeking a spot for cultivation.

Seeing this, the Ghost King again respected Li Jing, took his minions, and disappeared into the depths of the underworld.

Watching the ghostly beings led by the Ghost King disappear, Li Jing breathed a sigh of relief.

Ghost King.

Oh no.

He is the Lord of the Underworld now.

From when the reincarnation rule was officially employed, its displayed essence source surged to as huge as... eight hundred million.

Solely comparing essence sources, compared to Void Dead Puppet, it’s not much different.

Seeing this, Li Jing couldn’t help but feel envious.

If it weren’t for his slight self-awareness as a Creator, he might have drooled on the spot.

The key is that the Lord of the Underworld not only has ample Essence Source.

After the Innate Ghost King was bestowed the title of Lord of the Underworld, it acquired qualities similar to the Will of Heaven.

Dead.

It won’t be long before a new one is born...

If Li Jing had wilder thoughts, he could completely use it to farm level experience.

This is a true game-breaking bug.

Naturally.

If he were to really overthrow the Lord of the Underworld he had just appointed, the cost would not be small.

The Underworld has only just been established, the rules of Samsara have just begun to evolve and be activated, and there is still a long way to go to perfection.

This road.

Needs to be tread by the Lord of the Underworld step by step.

Li Jing can’t interfere.

The same goes for Xia Ai.

The existence of the Underworld is also influenced by the Heavenly Path of the Little Universe, and although it has a direct connection, many internal matters have no relation to the external world of light.

Even if it’s the Xia Ai with the Will of Heaven.

At most it can interfere in some general directions.

From a certain standpoint.

The Underworld is a semi-independent world outside of the Little Universe.

It is both a part of the Little Universe, and also independently stands outside just like the Demonic Spirit of the original demon in the Outer Realm Sky, forming a rather subtle connection with the Little Universe.

This connection.

It’s a bit troublesome to explain in detail.

The general idea is.

Living beings cannot enter the Underworld.

Ghostly Beings cannot enter the world of light.

But through death and samsara.

After living beings die, they will fall into the Underworld and become Ghostly Beings to cultivate.

And after completing ten thousand years of hard cultivation, the ghosts can only obtain rebirth through Samsara.

Apart from that, the speed of time in the Underworld is different from that in the world of light.

One day in the world of light equates to ten years in the Underworld.

Li Jing instructed Xia Ai to reincarnate once every ten thousand years, but in fact, just over a year had passed in the world of light.

This period.

Can be seen as a buffering period.

If the deceased living beings could be reincarnated immediately, the Little Universe would be in chaos in minutes.

Moreover, from the moment the Underworld came into being, Li Jing had a clear understanding.

If one’s cultivation is not up to par during the time they’re turned into ghostly beings, they would still only be able to be reborn in their original form after reincarnation, without the chance to be reborn as a higher-level being.

A bug that’s granted reincarnation.

Is still a bug.

If the cultivation is really poor, there might even be regression.

This is not good!

Reincarnation is also an important part of biological evolution.

In order for the Little Universe to give birth to more new species, sufficient time must be given to the living spirits who have turned into ghosts after death to cultivate, otherwise, they would just be stepping in the same spot.

Apart from this point.

The current Lord of the Underworld also needs time to get used to his power.

After this, he will be capable of gradually filling in what the Underworld currently lacks.

It’s necessary to mention that.

Although the Lord of the Underworld shot straight to the late stage of the Sixteenth Realm, even having a higher cultivation level than Li Jing, who is the Creator, his power only takes effect in the Underworld.

And actually.

Without Li Jing’s permission, it wouldn’t be possible for it to leave the Underworld.

And Li Jing definitely wouldn’t allow this to happen.

The reason is very simple.

It is the Lord of the Underworld, completely bound to the Underworld.

Where it is.

Is where the Underworld is.

If it were to come into the world of light in the Little Universe, it would cause an overlap of the two worlds.

By that time, it would be hard not to cause chaos.

Perhaps the Lord of the Underworld leaving would be a strong fighter.

But, in the Little Universe, Li Jing doesn’t need it, does he?

Talking about going to places outside of the Little Universe, that’s even more impossible.

It would bring the Underworld out....

If that happens, Li Jing doesn’t know what might occur.

But it’s likely that something not very pleasant will happen between the Little Universe and the outside world...

Taking a light breath, Li Jing was about to get up when suddenly an alert popped up in front of his eyes.

"Controller permissions have changed to ???."

Unexpectedly receiving an alert, Li Jing was slightly startled, and then slowly typed a question mark.

Permission change.

He had experienced it before.

Different titles granted him different permissions to the status bar.

He initially thought that being a Controller was the end of it, he never expected that there could be higher permissions.

Lest we forget.

As a Controller, he had been recognised as an equal by Charming Spirit, the master of the Color and Desire realm...

With this change, he is more "high-level" than Charming Spirit, right?

Then the question arises again.

This title change is into ???.

Is there a bug in the status bar, or...?

??? : Li Jing

Rule Control: Thunder Punishment, Space, Shadow, Heavenly Fire

Heavenly and Earthly Essence Source: 150252753/461884033

Level: 652 (Immortal King) / Next stage level ???

Skill Points: 156

Chaos Qi: 425756

Lifebound Magical Tools: Linglong, Smoke Eye, Qingfeng, Nameless, Snow Sound

Equipment: Zhenshi Monument

Passive Skills: Little Universe, Reverse Space

Active Skills: Zhou Tian Talisman

Limit Breakthrough (passive): Divine Might, Moon Shadow

Limit Breakthrough (active): Spirit God’s Whisper, Heaven’s Creation Skill, Eye of True Vision

Forbidden Skills: Body of Thunder Punishment in All Worlds, Burn the Sky

Second Breakthrough: Wind Thunder Domain, Epic Soliloquy, Formless Divine Skill, True Solution of Heavenly Nets

Third Breakthrough: The World is Heartfelt, Soaring, Shangqing Longevity Method (53/200)

Summoning the panel for inspection, Li Jing frowned a little.

It’s displaying three question marks...

He can’t figure out anything, can he?

Just when he felt puzzled, Ye Qingyu, who had disappeared for some reason, came back riding on the sky.

Arriving in front of Li Jing, Ye Qingyu first studied the ghostly world that had been established as opposed to the world of light, and then looked carefully at a certain person.

"You seem... off," she announced.

?

Li Jing raised his eyes in confusion.

What does that mean?

Has he done too well in creating the Ghostly World?

Faced with his perplexed expression, Ye Qingyu voiced out her thoughts.

"Right now, I can’t really understand what exactly you’ve become."

???

Li Jing.

Seeing his confused face, Ye Qingyu tilted her head in thought, then looked him straight in the eye.

"You seem to have broken through the boundaries."

"Broken through the boundaries?"

Li Jing frowned.

"To put it simply, you’ve freed yourself from realm restrictions."

Ye Qingyu voiced out confidently.

"For you now, the concept of realms has completely lost its meaning. Of course, this doesn’t mean you are super powerful now, only that your future growth will no longer be restricted by realms."

Speaking further, she expressed her doubt.

"This kind of thing theoretically should only be possible after achieving the position of Saint or Immortal, or transforming into an original being like myself. You were merely creating an independent Ghostly World, there’s no way you should have reached that level. But somehow, you did."

Hearing Ye Qingyu explain in this way, Li Jing knitted his brows.

Freed from realm restrictions?

Did something like that happen to him?

At this very moment.

He could still clearly feel the limitations due to the 15th Realm.

Like she knew what he was thinking, Ye Qingyu explained.

"You still feel the realm restrictions because you aren’t aware that you’ve freed yourself from them, and you are subconsciously putting restrictions on yourself. At this level, the first thing you need to do is recognize yourself, otherwise it will all be in vain."

Hearing this explanation, Li Jing fell silent.

The first thing to do is to recognize himself?

Could it be any more vague?

As far as it goes.

Isn’t he already clear about his strengths and weaknesses?

It can’t be that just because he thinks he’s currently a Immortal King, the restrictions remain, right?

I’m not an Immortal King. I’m not an Immortal King.

I’m stronger than Immortal King!

After repeating the self-hypnosis-like mantra in his mind a few times, Li Jing silently looked up.

"How did you do it back then, Qingyu?"

Upon hearing the question, Ye Qingyu froze slightly.

She hasn’t been called by this nickname for many years.

The feeling...

wasn’t actually distasteful.

After gracing Li Jing with an astonishingly sweet smile, Ye Qingyu replied.

"I can’t give you a clear answer on how exactly one should do it. What worked for me might not work for you."

As she spoke, she fluttered her blood-moon eyes twice.

"Back then, I just kept silently convincing myself, ’I can do it.’"

"..."

Li Jing.

"That’s it?"

"That’s it."

Ye Qingyu nodded seriously.

"Then your method really isn’t suitable for me."

Li Jing smiled bitterly.

He had just tried such a method.

No use at all!

Just as he wanted to further explore the matter with Ye Qingyu, Li Jing suddenly tensed up.

He realized abruptly

He was different from Ye Qingyu.

This individual,

she was not even a Controller.

That’s right.

Although she was also a unique original being, Ye Qingyu did not carry the title of a Controller.

This might be related to her not having an independent world outside of the real world, like the Outer Realm Sky.

If she did have such a title, Li Jing would have intuitively known it from the beginning.

Looking back,

Leaving aside the three-question-mark title, Li Jing was also different from the Charming Spirit.

The biggest difference was,

He has a status bar.

And then...

His title also came from changes in the status bar authority.

If the Charming Spirit doesn’t have a status bar, then it definitely wouldn’t have undergone an authority change, rather she has reached the appropriate level on her own.

After contemplating back and forth, Li Jing immediately grasped the crux of the issue.

The problem wasn’t as Ye Qingyu suggested, that he wasn’t able to recognize his own self yet, but that he hadn’t adjusted his status bar’s settings after the authority change.

Just like the time when he first discovered that he could achieve a second breakthrough with the boundary breakthrough skill.

After his authority had been upgraded to the Controller, the status bar no longer showed any active prompts other than those related to obtaining essence sources and upgrade prompts. Certain "functions" needed him to realize that he "had" them before he could proactive trigger them.

Staring at his status bar, Li Jing silently chanted in his heart.

"Remove boundary restrictions."

The expected prompt didn’t appear.

But there was a subtle change in the status bar.

The next stage level, indicated by three question marks, was silently erased.

The brackets indicating the explicit realm level behind the level also vanished into thin air, even vanishing with particle special effects in a rather user-friendly manner...

Subsequently,

the purity of the Chaos Qi within Li Jing’s body rose to a new level, an enlightenment blossomed in his heart.

Presently,

He is above the Immortal King level.

And the concept of realms has completely lost all meaning to him.

If he wanted to continue to level up, he could simply upgrade.

Or he could

enhance his own power step by step through cultivation, achieving higher levels.

As a standard lazy person,

A standard self-achiever,

Li Jing chose the former.

Practicing himself, how exhausting would that be?

Isn’t it more pleasurably to level up by killing monsters?

Satisfied with the change in his status bar, Li Jing promptly filled up his Shangqing Longevity Method skill.

As he spent his skill points,

The total amount of power in his body suddenly surged at an unthinkable rate.

The Shangqing Longevity Method is a complete cultivation method, unlike the Tian Di You Xin method, which is a kind of secret method within the Nine Princes Sutra.

Filling up this skill,

Suggests that Li Jing’s cultivation on the Shangqing Longevity Method has reached its peak.

This is the highest inheritance of Yaochi.

Transformed by the Chaos Qi, this surge in power immediately doubled the existing total power in his body.

Before he could even feel his own power, Li Jing looked up and saw Ye Qingyu looking at him in ghostly astonishment, her blood-eye pupils were just inches from his face.

Li Jing looked up and once again gazed right into her head.

Unlike last time,

This time, Li Jing clearly saw,

This lady...

Actually had no brain.

This was not to say that Ye Qingyu was dim-witted.

It’s just that there wasn’t a brain like a normal person would have in her head, it was a part that was missing just like her eyes and tongue.

Li Jing, at the time, was not doing so well all around.

The key was this visual was a bit too heavy...

Unconsciously leaning back to avoid the close contact with Ye Qingyu, Li Jing smiled.

"I understood how it works."

"I’m not blind."

Ye Qingyu spoke, looking at him strangely,

"How did you do that so quickly?"

"No different from you."

Li Jing responded ambiguously, rising and stretching lazily.

"I’ve spent three days on this issue, I should get on with what I need to do in the Immortal Realm."

As he spoke, he turned to Ye Qingyu.

"Qingyu, you can’t operate in the Big World. It might be inconvenient for you to follow me. For now, you should get familiar with the Little Universe. I’ll arrange for someone to help you understand the current Immortal Realm."

"Okay."

Ye Qingyu responded,

"To be honest, I don’t feel like running around anyway."

Hearing this, Li Jing nodded and said,

"But before that, I need to change your appearance."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and snapped his fingers.

The next second,

Xiang Yunxian, who was fully outfitted in sterile protective gear and messing with something, was instantaneously transferred here.

???

Xiang Yunxian who was suddenly moved was taken aback.

Seeing Li Jing, her eyes lit up.

But then when she saw the stunningly beautiful Ye Qingyu next to her, she widened her eyes and reached out for something, but then stopped herself when something occurred to her.

Li Jing was present,

And this was the Little Universe.

The "monster" in front her definitely couldn’t be an enemy.

Changing her strategy, Xiang Yunxian pretended to be a fragile young maiden and screamed, turning to rush towards Li Jing.

For a hundred years,

Xiang Yunxian was always growing up,

And Li Jing watched her grow up.

How could he not know the tricks of this bewitched fangirl?

With a thought, he opened up a spatial rift in front of Xiang Yunxian, causing her to travel tens of thousands of times between his present location and her original spot in a blink of an eye.

"Master, I’m sorry! I’m dizzy! I’m going to throw up! I’m really throwing up!"

Xiang Yunxian cried out.

Li Jing chuckled at her words, and left the Little Universe, leaving behind an instruction,

"Yunxian, get to know Qingyu. Then, bring her to complete a prosthetic eye, and repair her other missing parts while you’re at it. Makes her looks like a normal person, you know, just so she won’t scare kids when we’re outside."

As his voice faded,

Xiang Yunxian was relieved, and then with a retching sound, she really did throw up...

...