"Buzz~~~ Buzz~~~"

The Bitter Bamboo Spear hums softly, as strands and rows of purple halos drift out from the tip of the spear.

At this moment, Li Qingming's Half-step Heavenly Dao Realm cultivation, as well as the power of the Heavenly Dao Realm Heart, climb instantly to their peak; his blood boiling throughout his body, bringing his own combat power to its pinnacle.

Suddenly, in a whirl of disheveled black hair, two striking flashes of lightning streak across his eyes; he channels the powers of Space Rules, Time Rules, the Rule of Power... Yuqing True Essence, Nine-Turned Power... nearly all available combat powers are poured into the Bitter Bamboo Spear, rapidly thrusting it downward.

"Clang!"

Receiving such a substantial supplement from Li Qingming, the Bitter Bamboo Spear naturally opens up its greatest potential.

It boils in mid-air, its shaft, originally just enough to fill a palm, instantly thickens and lengthens, swiftly exceeding a thousand meters, carrying a might that could obliterate the heavens, fiercely stabbing downward.

"Boom!"

This strike cracks Heaven and Earth; the fiercely spiralling Bitter Bamboo Spear collides solidly, huge rippling beams tearing through the world, spreading in all directions.

Those countless immense cracks, crisscrossing, seem to split through to the outer void, terrifying to behold.

"Crack!"

A series of crisp fracturing sounds emanate from the tip of the Bitter Bamboo Spear; the azure bubbles offer no resistance and are punctured instantly. The grand formation below also shatters inch by inch under the fierce blow of the Bitter Bamboo Spear, turning into golden powder, dispersing into the void.

Finally, the true face of the planet appears before everyone.

At this moment, the planet has drastically changed!

The planet, originally only about several hundred thousand in diameter, suddenly ballooned to around several billion; the gray planet finally changes color, turning into a pleasant verdant hue.

"This, isn't this too absurd? Since when did the Yin Yang Bagua Protection Array have such effect!" Long Xuhu, stunned by the transformation of the planet before him, blurts out.

Stroking his chin beard, Yin Xi says slowly, "It seems that the person who set up this array has quite the understanding of the Yin Yang Eight Diagrams of our Huaxia Land!"

"Let's go, go down!" Li Qingming withdraws the Bitter Bamboo Spear, manifests his original Primordial Spirit, and casually drops a word as he flies downward.

"Ah, to catch up with older brother, there's still a long way to go!" Li Qingquan sighs, following closely behind Li Qingming.

Watching the two descend, Long Xuhu laughs heartily and carelessly, saying: "Hahaha! I don't care who has higher or lower cultivation; as long as I know the senior brother is from Pangu's Great Thousand World, that's all that matters!"

Saying this, he forcibly pulls Man Niu and Yang Jian onto a flying shield.

...

This is a dense forest.

Li Qingming stands atop a small hill, gazing at this large star sunken into the night; it appears pitch-black, boundless, filled with tall, sturdy trees.

A few nightingales suddenly startled, hiding high in the tree canopy, emitting sharp and piercing cries, adding a sinister touch to this pitch-dark world at night.

"No wonder Uncle Hades chose this place as the dwelling of the Netherworld God Clan, such pure Spiritual Energy, even Mount Olympus of Gods Star doesn't have as much Spiritual Energy as here!" Hephaestus said with envy on his face.

"Hades?" Li Qingming, who had just retracted the Power of Primordial Spirit, looked somewhat puzzled.

Because he discovered that there were two types of people on this planet, one type was cultivators who were haughty and looked down on others. They were dressed in various Daoist robes, with Pure Taoist True Essence within their bodies.

The other type was those dressed in black cloaks, with Divine Power sealed, serving as servants for the Taoist cultivators of the Netherworld God Clan.

If this planet was truly chosen by Hades, then it was utterly baffling. Why seal his own clansmen and let them be driven by what are clearly Alien Clans? Could it be that this Hades has a masochistic inclination?

Li Qingming had reason to believe that all this was done by that Black Robed Man who suddenly appeared, who enslaved the Netherworld God Clan and secretly cultivated disciples… All of this, viewed from any angle, seemed like a long-planned conspiracy.

Li Qingming grew more and more curious about that Black Robed Man, first the Yin Yang Bagua Protection Array, and then these hundreds of thousands of Taoist cultivators… Who exactly was this Black Robed Man?

...

In a quiet deep black water, there was a grandiose azure Water Prison.

The Water Prison was built to Shang Zhou standards, sealed tightly, and the outer walls were even branded with golden Great Dao runes; one shouldn't even think about forcefully breaking in without the strength of a Half-step Heavenly Dao Level.

And the most horrifying was not these runes, but the ancient wooden whip floating above the Water Prison. The heavy whip carried a mysterious aura, rotating slowly, scattering golden glows to reinforce the Great Dao runes outside the Water Prison.

In the darkest room at the deepest part of the Water Prison sat two burly yet clearly emaciated silhouettes facing each other.

"Cough cough…Big brother, I regret so much!" The silhouette on the left coughed twice, and with each shake of his body, a crisp sound of metal clashing echoed.

At this moment, a cultivator with a vertical Daoist cap, extremely burly in stature, threw a small fire-starting spell into the cold, sinister, pitch-black Water Prison grumbling, "Damn it, the Great Emperor said these two 'Human Medicines' are very useful? It's making me serve them every day, yet I can't see any medicinal effect! Unlucky, really damn unlucky!"

"Bang!"

A simple small fireball was accurately tossed into a charcoal basin, making the Water Prison slightly brighter for a moment.

Through the light of the fire, everything inside the Water Prison seemed to gradually become clearer.

These were two middle-aged men with depleted vitality. The left middle-aged man was wearing a tattered Western-style gray robe, with gray hair, an unfocused gaze, and his hands, feet, and collarbones were all tightly locked with metal chains.

The reason there were sounds of metal clinking was due to his body shaking, causing the chains to strike each other.

And the middle-aged man to the right, apart from the robe and hair being blue, was no different from the man in the gray robe, with equally tattered robes and a wretched figure…

"Sigh!" The man in the blue robe sighed, speaking in a hoarse voice, "Hades, you are different from Zeus. You are inherently kind, while Zeus is selfish, brutal, and suspicious. I also know that back then you were tricked by Zeus. These years, being imprisoned in this Water Prison by Emperor Jiang, I've come to understand! I don't blame you for what happened back then!"

"Big brother…" Hades in the gray robe choked up, his body shaking more and more frequently.

"Hades, you...huh?" The blue-robed man suddenly looked shocked, a trace of wild joy flashing through his eyes, and said, "Hades, we are saved!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote on Qidian.com for recommendation tickets, monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)

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