Chapter 435: This Calamity is Truly Meant to Be

“This well is named—Nether Abyss.”

Daoist Ming Lu looked at the deep well and spoke slowly.

“And the painting you and Xiao Xun saw above records the scenes of the battle between the myriad races and the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon Clan during ancient times.”

“Besides the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon Clan, there is also the Underworld.”

“The Underworld?” Lin Xun was puzzled. “Is it the place of Reincarnation mentioned by Buddhism?”

“No.”

Daoist Ming Lu shook his head.

“The Reincarnation of the world is governed by the invisible Great Dao.”

“In other words, Reincarnation is the greatest Law of the Dao. Therefore, there is no such thing as souls gathering in a certain place and then passing through the Bridge of Helplessness to undergo Reincarnation.”

“When a person dies, unless their Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering occurs…”

“Otherwise, whether they are a Mortal or a Cultivator, their Divine Soul will ultimately return to the Dao.”

“Then, the Laws of the Dao will allow them to be reincarnated.”

“The Underworld I speak of refers to a place.”

“It comes from deep beneath the unfathomable ground.”

“Souls after death do not exist there.”

“What exists there is the opposite side of this world.”

“You can think of it as the gathering place for all the ‘evil’ in the world!”

Daoist Ming Lu sighed heavily and continued:

“In ancient times, the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon Clan descended from the heavens.”

“From underground, the monsters from the Underworld wanted to crawl out of the subterranean world and drag everything into darkness!”

“The myriad races of the world fought a war against the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon Clan and the Underworld for tens of thousands of years.”

“Finally, by a stroke of luck, the myriad races achieved the final victory.”

“However, the myriad races didn’t truly win either.”

“The Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon Clan was driven out of the world and sealed within the endless Void Realm.”

“As for the Underworld, it was sealed and suppressed by nine locations within the Myriad Laws World.”

“I don’t know if there are suppression points in the Demon Race World.”

“Anyway, back then, my Master told me that our Ten Thousand Demon Sect needs to suppress this Nether Abyss Well for generations!”

“Every thousand years, a reinforcement of the Seal must be performed.”

“Otherwise, if the Seal completely disappears, a single move will affect the whole body, and the entire world will be plunged into misery once again.”

“Where did the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon Clan and those things below come from?”

“As your Master, I don’t know either. Perhaps they have existed since the birth of heaven and earth… or perhaps they come from another plane…”

“So, that Blood Demon came out of this well?” Lin Xun asked.

Daoist Ming Lu let out a “Hmm?” and asked in confusion, “Blood Demon? What Blood Demon?”

Su Ying explained, “Master, the reason your Divine Soul was damaged is that you were possessed by a Blood Demon. Then, Senior Brother drove that Blood Demon out of your body.”

“Where is that Blood Demon?” Daoist Ming Lu’s expression turned tense. “Was it eliminated?”

“No.” Lin Xun shook his head. “I was exhausted at the time, and that fellow ran too fast. He managed to slip away.”

“Oh no…”

Daoist Ming Lu’s heart was filled with complicated emotions.

“If something happens, won’t I become a sinner for all eternity?”

“How can I face my Master and the Grandmasters of past generations… Wait, that’s not right!”

“It’s not like I wanted to be possessed, so it shouldn’t be my responsibility.”

“Who would have thought that I would be possessed?”

“Doesn’t this mean that this calamity was meant to happen between heaven and earth?”

“Besides, I’ve already done my best…”

Listening to Daoist Ming Lu’s muttering, Lin Xun sighed helplessly.

As expected, the Old Man’s personality hadn’t changed at all.

“Are there any clues for finding that Blood Demon? I’ll try to find it as soon as possible so that you don’t become a sinner for all eternity, Old Man.”

“What sinner for all eternity? It’s not my fault.”

Daoist Ming Lu straightened his back, looking extremely thick-skinned.

“This was unavoidable, okay…”

Lin Xun rubbed his forehead. “So, is there a way?”

“No!”

Daoist Ming Lu answered decisively, looking quite helpless as well.

Lin Xun: “…”

“There’s nothing I can do. My Master never told me something like this would happen, nor did he ever mention anything about searching for a Blood Demon.”

“I originally intended to undergo secluded cultivation here.”

“If I failed my secluded cultivation, I would have used my body as a Seal.”

“But I didn’t expect that I wouldn’t die.”

“Something actually escaped from underground… But you don’t need to be in a hurry to find it.”

“Why?”

“Because you won’t be able to find it even if you look.”

Lin Xun and Su Ying: “…”

“Besides, if it’s just one, there’s no need to worry too much.”

“Because no matter how much they increase their cultivation, the highest they can reach is only the Ascension Realm, and that would take a very, very long time.”

“Even if that Blood Demon reaches the Ascension Realm, all nine Demonic Wells are guarded by Holy Lands. Going there as a lone Ascension Realm Cultivator would be like walking into a trap and seeking death.”

“So, whether you encounter that Blood Demon depends on fate. You can only wait for him to make a move. Otherwise, if they hide within someone’s body, no one can possibly discover them.”

“If the escape of a single Blood Demon truly leads to the world’s people suffering once again…”

“Then perhaps…”

“The world is truly meant to have this calamity.”

Lin Xun: “…”

Lin Xun felt like the Old Man was just giving up.

But what he said made a lot of sense.

However, even though the Old Man said that, Lin Xun already had a plan forming in his mind.

If he were the Blood Demon, he would definitely target the most unstable and weakest Holy Land to cause trouble.

And that Holy Land was…

Dragon Cry Holy Land!

Lin Xun felt that he might need to make a trip to the Dragon Cry Holy Land.

But the problem was, you can’t guard against a thief for a thousand days.

If that Blood Demon never went to the Dragon Cry Holy Land, he couldn’t stay there forever.

This matter required more thought.

“Alright, let’s not talk about this for now. Come, I’ll teach you how to reinforce this Seal. This method must not be lost, and we can’t let a second Blood Demon escape…”

Daoist Ming Lu stepped forward, reached out his hands, and touched the center of Lin Xun’s and Su Ying’s brows with his fingertips.

In the next moment, the cultivation method regarding this Nether Abyss had completely appeared in Lin Xun’s and Su Ying’s minds.

The method to reinforce the Seal wasn’t too difficult; it required one Ascension Realm and three or four Immortal Realm Cultivators to reinforce it for ten days.

If it was just one Ascension Realm Cultivator, it would take a month.

Lin Xun even felt that he alone would be enough, and it would only take two days.

“Alright, you two give it a try. My time is almost up, and this wisp of Divine Sense is about to dissipate.”

Having passed all the sealing methods to them, he also felt a sense of relief in his heart.

“Old Man,” Lin Xun looked into the Old Man’s eyes seriously, “what exactly is it like in the depths of the Desolate Domain?”

Hearing Lin Xun mention the Desolate Domain, the Old Man’s expression became solemn:

“It’s just as I wrote in the letter; everything I saw is in there.”

“In short, Xiao Xun, don’t go! Not before you reach the Spirit Refining Realm.”

“No! Even if you have reached the Spirit Refining Realm! You still can’t go!”

“Never go there!”

As Daoist Ming Lu’s words fell, the phantom also disappeared immediately.

Before Lin Xun, only this black well remained.