Just a Useful Pawn in the Stain Sect

Chapter 943: Chapter 938: They Are All Beasts!

At this moment, Lü Yang felt a profound sense of shock.

”What Void Attainment Position? The Netherworld is absolutely not a Void Attainment Position! Even if it is a Void Certificate, what it attains is not a Fruit. He is attaining the Other Shore!”

In an instant, Lü Yang disregarded everything else.

He practically threw himself at the Jade Scroll, devouring the Knowledge within like a starving man. Gradually, a magnificent blueprint formed in his mind.

He read aloud from the scroll, ”The seven major components of the Netherworld.

”The Ghost Gate is in charge of guiding Souls and overseeing reincarnation. It serves as the portal to the Netherworld.

”The Road to the Underworld receives the residual True Spirits of those whose Souls have scattered. From there, they cross the Naihe Bridge and are transformed into complete Dead Spirits.”

What were Dead Spirits?

Simply put, they were entities completely severed from the Current World and branded with a unique mark of the Netherworld. From then on, only the Netherworld could control their life and death.

He continued reading, ”After that, they head to the Wangxiang Platform. From this place, one can gaze upon the Current World from the Netherworld. Any region touched by the Netherworld’s Mighty Power cannot escape the vision of the Wangxiang Platform. The residual True Spirits can use this to locate their scattered Soul fragments, draw them in, and reconstruct their Soul bodies.

”Next is the Three Lives Stone.

”As the name implies, newly reborn Souls are muddled and ignorant. The Three Lives Stone is used to reflect their past lives and awaken their memories, which is equivalent to bringing them back to life.”

Reading up to this point, Lü Yang found it simply unbelievable.

He thought, ”This is fucking Resurrection! Even a shattered Soul can be gathered back and resurrected. I’ve never heard of anyone among Perfected Lords possessing such methods...”

Could a Great Perfected Lord achieve this?

Not necessarily!

Even if they could, it would inevitably require an immense gap in Realm. However, the Netherworld was different. According to the blueprints, the Netherworld could even resurrect Great Perfected Lords!

This was truly terrifying.

Lü Yang took a deep breath and continued reading. ”Resurrected Dead Spirits can freely enter any of the Four Great Ghost Realms according to their preference.”

What were the Four Great Ghost Realms?

He read on, ”Baodu Mountain, Luofu Mountain, Buzong Mountain, and Beifeng Mountain are the four great pillars of the Netherworld. The regions centered around these four pillars make up the Four Great Ghost Realms.

”Under the Netherworld’s design, the entire system for Ghost Cultivators is extremely simple: climbing the mountains.

”On these four great pillars, Qi Refining Ghost Cultivators are at the foot of the mountain, Foundation Establishment Ghost Cultivators are halfway up, and Golden Core Ghost Cultivators are at the peak. The act of climbing the mountain itself symbolizes a change in Position...”

Lü Yang was completely stunned.

What was the First Generation Demon Taming Peak Master trying to do? What was the difference between this system and the Current World? He was trying to create a new Void Sea of Light!

At this thought, Lü Yang instantly recalled the reward left by the First Generation Demon Taming Peak Master inside Emperor Ying. Was it called the Primordial Sea of Light? If there was a ’primordial’ stage, was there a ’mature’ one? Could he have already succeeded and applied it to the design of the Netherworld?

”No, it’s more than that.”

Lü Yang continued to delve into the scroll, pondering, ”This system is incredibly ingenious. Its brilliance lies in the fact that it incorporates all Living Creatures into the Position system!”

What was the original structure of the Void Sea of Light?

The Current World, Foundation Establishment Realm, Sea of Suffering, and the Other Shore—they were stacked layer upon layer like a pyramid. Yet, Living Creatures served no purpose in this structure.

They were even a burden.

He reasoned aloud, ”Because of the existence of Cultivators, when a Cultivator elevates their Position, it is equivalent to more and more people leaving the bottom layer and standing at the higher levels of the pyramid.”

In the short term, this might not mean much.

But as more and more people reached the higher levels, the bottom layer would become increasingly overwhelmed. Eventually, this pyramid would completely collapse and fall!

However, the Netherworld solved this problem.

He said, ”First, with the Netherworld filling the space beneath the Current World, it is equivalent to solidifying the foundation. This alone can delay the collapse in the short term.

”What’s even more impressive is that, upon this foundation, the Netherworld has designed a sustainable system of absolute exploitation. By constantly absorbing Necromancers and allowing them to strengthen themselves, it is essentially forcing those Cultivators who originally stood at the higher levels to return to the bottom, further stabilizing the balance of the pyramid!

”What’s even more brilliant is that this can be cultivated!

”The Dao of the Netherworld also has the potential for growth. If the Netherworld is allowed to spread across the entire Void Sea of Light, it could even become the inverse of the Void Sea of Light!”

It would be like a mirror.

With the Current World as the base, the front side would face upward, ascending all the way to the Other Shore; the reverse side would face downward, sinking all the way to the Netherworld. They would never have to worry about the collapse again.

”This...”

Reading up to here, Lü Yang suddenly froze. That was right—the existence of the Netherworld brought so many benefits, so why did the Four Dogs of the Immortal Core choose to stop it back then?

Seeking an answer, he continued to flip through the information.

He read from the text, ”The Netherworld’s final component is also its core: the Netherworld Lord’s Hall. This is the only part the First Generation Demon Taming Peak Master prepared for himself.”

As the name implied, once a Golden Core Ghost Cultivator reached the peak of the Four Directions Ghost Realm, they could begin seeking the Dao. The process was identical to how a Great Perfected Lord of the Current World sought the Other Shore. A Golden Core Ghost Cultivator needed to seek the Netherworld Lord’s Hall. As long as they could successfully occupy it, they would become a Master of Dao in the Netherworld!

Lü Yang was not surprised by this point.

After all, if the Netherworld didn’t offer a way for people to become Masters of Dao, Ang Xiao wouldn’t have been interested in it either... However, in the very next second, Lü Yang’s gaze froze.

It was because he had spotted a piece of even more vital intelligence:

He read in disbelief, ”Just like the Other Shore, the Netherworld Lord’s Hall has no limit on the number of times it can be accessed. However many Masters of Dao the Other Shore can accommodate, the Netherworld Lord’s Hall can accommodate the same amount?”

It wasn’t just limited to one!

In an instant, Lü Yang understood everything. He finally grasped why the Four Dogs of the Immortal Core had wanted to kill the First Generation Demon Taming Peak Master and why they suppressed the growth of the Netherworld.

He thought, ”This is simply unbelievable.

”Everyone else focuses on eating the cake or dividing the cake. Only the First Generation Demon Taming Peak Master... he was baking the cake! He turned one cake into two!”

Unfortunately, he was born at the wrong time.

Heaven envied his genius, dooming him to cross paths with the Four Dogs of the Immortal Core.

Lü Yang muttered, ”How could Nascent Soul Daoist Lords ever allow an existence of their own caliber to emerge from the Netherworld? To them, expanding the size of the cake is completely meaningless.”

Soon, Lü Yang had pieced together the full sequence of events in his mind.

He continued reasoning aloud, ”During the Fall of the Other Shore, the number of Masters of Dao became far too great. The pressure from the Other Shore spread down to the Current World, causing the entire Void Sea of Light to show signs of collapse.

”Thus, the First Generation Demon Taming Peak Master took action. He created the Netherworld in an attempt to turn the tide against the Fall of Heaven, even planning to eradicate this hidden danger from its roots... In the Early Stage, he probably had the backing of the Masters of Dao. But in the Late Stage, a divergence in ideology occurred between him and the Masters of Dao. The Masters of Dao didn’t particularly care about rooting out the hidden danger.

”They were much more concerned about the Netherworld spawning a horde of competitors.

”The result was the death of the First Generation Demon Taming Peak Master. Meanwhile, the Netherworld was only left to fulfill the most basic function of its initial design: temporarily alleviating the collapse of the Sea of Light.

”That’s why the Netherworld has only ever existed within the Immortal Pivot and has never flowed out into the wider world.”

At this thought, Lü Yang’s expression darkened.

He thought, ”Yet, even under those circumstances, the Netherworld still successfully nurtured one Master of Dao position... No wonder in my Previous Life, all the Masters of Dao didn’t hesitate to descend to the Lower Realm in their true bodies to fight over it!”

But then came the problem.

He wondered, ”The Masters of Dao would rather choose this ruinous short-term fix. Aren’t they worried that problems will arise in the future? That during the Fall of the Other Shore, they themselves will plummet from their pedestals?

”Or perhaps... they just want to buy some time. As long as they can delay things for a while, they won’t care even if the Fall of the Other Shore occurs and the Sea of Light is completely destroyed? What could make a Master of Dao act like this... to go a step further? Yes, the only possibility is an opportunity to advance even further!”

Finally, Lü Yang figured it out.

He muttered, ”These Masters of Dao couldn’t care less about the survival or destruction of the Void Sea of Light when it came to their own path of Dao. Therefore, they would rather kill the goose that lays the golden eggs than show any leniency...”

Now that they had their own umbrellas, they wanted everyone else to stand in the rain?

”They are all a bunch of animals!!!”