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He then kowtowed on the ground, beseeching, "True Person, before Brother Li fell into misfortune, he entrusted the Taiping Order to me and asked me to come to Taiping Dao for help, which shows his trust in your sect.

Now we have no means to deal with the Ghost Emperor and can only seek assistance from True Person.

I beseech you to show mercy, use your Divine Powers, and save Brother Li from the netherworld so that he may see the light of day again."

After listening to the cause and effect, Che Shidao finally understood what was going on and couldn’t help but frown and contemplate deeply.

He truly hadn’t expected that Li Ruoqing would run into such trouble.

He had originally thought that as Li Ruoqing was hunting demons and vanquishing evil in Xiaye Country, only Xuan Turtle Mountain and Jiuchuan Demon Country—who suffered direct losses—had not laid a hand on him.

Instead, it was the Ghost Emperor from Huangquan, separated from the Yang World by yin and yang, residing in another world, who took action against him.

This was indeed unexpected.

Similarly, it also highlighted the thorny nature of the situation.

In the Immortal Realm, there are two worlds separated by yin and yang.

There’s no need to mention the Yang World, which is the world where Che Shidao and others live, dominated by living beings.

As for the Yin World, in essence, it is not quite a real world but rather like a vassal of the Yang World.

There are pure and turbid energies in the world, scattered between Heaven and Earth. In places where the pure energy is more abundant, spiritual energy is plentiful. Such areas naturally change the surrounding heaven and earth to form relatively enclosed small spaces, known as Cave Worlds, revered by cultivators as blessed lands.

In areas with more turbid energy, where the yin energy is dense, these also naturally transform heaven and earth to form enclosed spaces, which are known as Yellow Springs Underworlds.

However, whether they are Cave Worlds or Yellow Springs Underworlds, such places where pure or turbid energy gathers are quite rare.

In the Immortal Realm, they are actually not common.

Within this Changqing Domain, combined, there are no more than ten such places.

Among them, the Cave Worlds are even fewer, merely four, all occupied by those powerful Immortal Sects.

As for the Yellow Springs Underworlds, currently, only three have been discovered: one in the Western Domain, one in the Northern Domain, and one in the Eastern Territory.

Yes, none of the three Yellow Springs Underworlds are located within the Southern Domain.

The Southern Territory had always lacked a Yellow Springs Underworld.

Otherwise, if Li Ruoqing had known that the Gluttonous Ghost City was an entrance to the Yellow Springs Underworld, no matter how bold he was, he would not have sought death by going there.

Because according to past precedents, within each Yellow Springs Underworld, there is at least one Ghost Emperor in existence.

And a Ghost Emperor is a ghost cultivator who has attained a Dao Fruit, equivalent to a Human Immortal in the Immortal Sects.

With such a powerful ghost immortal present, who would dare to be presumptuous near a Yellow Springs Underworld?

Some Yellow Springs Underworlds with more turbid energy and a larger impact on space can even nurture Yamas, ghost cultivators more formidable than Ghost Emperors, comparable to Earth Immortals within Immortal Sects.

Li Ruoqing is a man with a righteous heart, dedicated to subduing demons and vanquishing evil, but he is not unaware of the situation, nor is he foolhardy enough to seek death.

If he had known there were Yellow Springs Underworlds inside the Gluttonous Ghost City, he would have steered clear and never approached it.

Because you can’t say that a ghost king at the doorway of the Underworld has no connection with the Ghost Emperors or Yamas inside; nobody would believe you.

To trouble that ghost king is essentially tantamount to troubling the Ghost Emperor—an outright suicidal path."

’In the past, there had been no records of a Yellow Springs Underworld appearing in the Southern Territory, so Li Ruoqing was unguarded against it.

Thus when a Yellow Springs Underworld appeared in Xiaye Country, he was caught off guard.

In the end, for the sake of his fellow cultivators and the lives of tens of thousands of mortals in the city, he had no choice but to give up the chance to escape. Using the trump card given to him by his sect, he managed to hold back the Ghost Emperor.

This is the real reason why this Heavenly Immortal’s legacy couldn’t escape.

His noble nature and righteous heart truly command admiration.

However, the sudden emergence of a Yellow Springs Underworld in Xiaye Country is not a good sign for the situation in the Southern Domain.

The appearance of a fourth force brings complications not so easily managed.

Damn it, at a time like this, to suddenly face such a change—it seems there really are no easy and good opportunities in the world.

To conquer the Southern Domain was just getting started when trouble after trouble came like a deluge, as if the whole world was bearing down on you.’

Che Shidao felt a tinge of bitterness in his heart, but did not show it. Looking at Xiong Guoyi, who was still kneeling below, he spoke soothingly, "You may rise. There is no need to kneel continuously.

Brother Li is a friend of our Taiping Dao, and the Taiping Order is personally issued by our Sect Leader. Our sect will naturally not stand by and do nothing.

In a moment I will report to the Sect Leader and inform him about this matter. I believe a response will come soon.

You have had a hard journey getting here. Go with the disciple to rest; we have already prepared a room for you within the sect."

Upon receiving the promise that Taiping Dao was willing to lend a hand, Xiong Guoyi’s heart instantly relaxed, and he quickly expressed his gratitude joyfully, "Thank you, True Person. Thank you, True Person."

Then, not daring to linger longer, he tactfully made his departure, following the Taiping Dao disciple who came to guide him towards the guest accommodations deep within the mountains.

After he had left, Che Shidao did not delay, immediately conveying his thoughts to his true form, relaying the circumstances directly to him.

It alerted Lu Yuan, who was leisurely reading through miscellaneous books in the back mountain and acquainting himself with various legends of the Immortal Realm.

"A Yellow Springs Underworld has emerged in Xiaye Country?"

After digesting the message from his avatar, he could not help but be surprised and somewhat shaken.

"A newly emerged Yellow Springs Underworld, its origins unknown—if it was born in recent years, that’s still manageable, and at most there would be one Ghost Emperor inside.

But if it has been gestating for who knows how many years, already matured, and only recently became connected to the Yang World, that would be troublesome."