inspire-indiana Chapter 15 Connecting to the Underworld
Chapter 15 Connecting to the Underworld
The body of the Ten-Eyed Demon God, formed from Yin energy, was forcibly crushed by Lu Heng. Without a vessel, its soul had no strength left to resist.
The chains released by the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls were no longer black, but golden chains exuding an aura of merit.
The chains are engraved with sacred ancient inscriptions, each line glowing faintly, and have a strong suppressive effect on evil spirits.
The Ten-Eyed Demon God was dragged toward the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls. It struggled desperately, but to no avail.
It never imagined that it would end up like this.
Ten million merits have been obtained.
Lu Heng's lips curled up slightly, but he was still not satisfied.
He took to the air, his gaze already fixed on the other strange things on this land.
Although the low-level, bizarre karmic points range from only one to one hundred, their sheer number is overwhelming.
Looking around, countless eerie figures are scattered across this gray planet, almost like a moving field of merit.
The intermediate level of strange karma is around 10,000.
The starting price for the most bizarre and mysterious item is one million.
Lu Heng's mouth watered as he looked at it.
Those eerie creatures, sensing his gaze, instinctively took a few steps back.
When they saw Lu Heng, they were as if they had seen the King of Hell. All traces of their ferocity vanished, and they all turned and fled in panic.
But the land beneath our feet is probably only about the size of the moon.
Lu Heng could circle around them in a matter of minutes; it was simply impossible for them to escape his clutches.
Wherever the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls passes, no monster can escape.
Lu Heng became more and more adept at collecting them, and the merit within the Myriad Soul Banner was also pulsating wildly.
He felt this was the happiest day of his life.
After destroying the Sakura Kingdom, I was able to gain so much merit again. It's absolutely amazing!
After an unknown amount of time, Lu Heng finally managed to clean up all the strange occurrences on this land.
Adding the 100 million merit points he had accumulated before, his total merit points have now jumped to more than 573 million!
Looking at the long string of numbers on the system panel, Lu Heng was overjoyed.
Five hundred and seventy million merits are equivalent to the condensation of five golden statues of merit.
A smooth upgrade is just around the corner!
"How wonderful!" Lu Heng exhaled a long breath, his face full of smiles. "After cleaning up the remaining strange things on Blue Star, I should be able to break through 600 million merit points. Suddenly, I feel that the conditions for physical sainthood are not so difficult after all."
Ding!
The system's cold voice echoed in his mind: "Host, don't be so smug. Places teeming with evil spirits like this aren't places you can just stumble upon. Your path to physical immortality is still long."
"Indeed." Lu Heng nodded, not refuting, but then his tone shifted, as if he had suddenly thought of something: "But then again, this place is completely devoid of life, so where did those strange occurrences come from?"
Ding!
"Host, you're so stupid! Couldn't you just grab one and ask them?"
"You son of a bitch..." Lu Heng's lips twitched, "You just woke up and you're already trying to argue with me, huh?!"
Although the system's words made sense, Lu Heng couldn't stand being called stupid, so he immediately retorted with a traditional Chinese idiom.
Despite the criticism, the matter still needs to be handled.
Lu Heng casually released a low-level monster from the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.
The lowly eerie creature trembled as soon as it appeared, lying on the ground and not daring to lift its head. It no longer resembled a demon at all.
Lu Heng squatted down and, after some questioning, received an unexpected surprise.
The low-level, eerie creature stammered its confession.
The core of this planet is connected to the underworld.
These strange creatures had all committed evil deeds in their lives. Not wanting to be punished in the eighteenth level of hell, they tried to escape and accidentally stumbled into a forbidden black hole, where they were eventually transferred.
"Connecting to the underworld..." Lu Heng's eyes lit up, his mind racing: "What if I sneak in..."
Ding!
The system immediately interrupted his thoughts: "Host, don't get any funny ideas. They escaped from the underworld and you subdued them; this is a good deed done on behalf of Heaven. If you insist on barging into the underworld and disrupting order, such a thing will damage your karma, and you won't be able to have children in the future. Don't regret it then."
Lu Heng was immediately jolted awake.
"He's behaved himself."
I decisively gave up that idea.
He wouldn't dare gamble with his lifelong happiness.
If you can't have children and can't enjoy the joys of family life, then life will be so incomplete.
Although Lu Heng was decisive in killing, he did not want to die without an heir.
"This planet can produce evil spirits indefinitely." Lu Heng turned his gaze back to the gray land, thinking to himself, "It's like having an endless stream of merit to accumulate. The only drawback is that I need to come back and harvest it every now and then."
He was already quite satisfied with today's harvest.
The only regret is that we can't take this planet with us.
After ascending to the Immortal Realm, if I were to return to visit relatives, I might be followed, potentially exposing Earth, which would be a great loss.
Just then, the system beeped again.
"Host, the Golden Body of Merit is connected to your original body. It can purify the karmic obstacles of evil spirits on your behalf, and the merits will also be reflected back to you. The system will still record the data."
"That's excellent!"
Lu Heng was overjoyed and immediately closed his eyes to concentrate.
His entire body suddenly burst forth with dazzling golden light, turning the surrounding gray sky golden.
One hundred million merits transformed into tiny specks of light, surging from his body and rapidly condensing in the air.
The light gathered and intensified, eventually transforming into a hundred-meter-tall golden statue that stood tall on this barren land.
The statue was exactly like Lu Heng!
His face was solemn and dignified, his eyes deep and majestic, like a god who had truly descended to earth.
Golden light spilled outwards like a tide, and wherever it passed, the chilling aura permeating the air dissipated.
Lu Heng looked up at his golden body of merit, quite satisfied. He was able to share his vision and release his pressure.
Judging from the level of pressure, the Golden Body of Merit should only inherit half of the original body's power.
Although he was cut in half, with half the strength of a peak Mahayana cultivator, he was still invincible in the cultivation world.
He plans to place one on Earth as well.
In this way, it can both absorb the power of incense offerings and deter external enemies.
If there are any major issues in the Dragon Kingdom that it cannot resolve, he will know immediately and will not be kept in the dark.
"All done." Lu Heng clapped his hands, in high spirits. "First, I'll go back and clean up the strange things on Blue Star, then I'll experience a proper life as an ordinary person. I hope this experience in the mortal world will enlighten my Dao heart and attract the tribulation to become an immortal."
He took one last look at the gray planet, then turned and disappeared into the void.
A few minutes later, a group of newly arrived evil spirits were blinded by the golden light of merit.
"Where the hell did this 'merit statue' come from?!"
"Have we stumbled upon the secret realm of some powerful being?!"
"Boss, I don't know why, but looking at this golden statue, I'm starting to regret the bad things I did in my life."
"You did the worst things in your life, you were heartless back then, and now you're fucking remorseful!"