Netherworld, Taisha Heavenly Palace.

Xuanqing was inspecting this gigantic "shelter" and found that the inmates today were unusually quiet.

No arguing or making a ruckus.

Fu Zhu, the god of Ao'an Mountain and the eldest senior brother of the Chan Sect's Outer Sect, was now lying in Blood Pool Hell, staring up at the sky with lifeless eyes.

Meng Huai, the god of Qiao Ming Mountain and the second senior brother of the Chan Sect's Outer Sect, was usually articulate and persuasive. Yet today, he sat motionless in Fire Sea Hell, occasionally sighing despondently.

The other inmates were wandering in the various Hells of the Universe, preferring to endure endless torture than to let out a single scream.

Even those Innate Divine Beings that usually hoped for Xuanqing's early demise were now eerily silent, refraining from hurling insults at Xuanqing.

"What's going on?" Xuanqing looked around the Outer Universe and noticed everyone was listless.

As the Prison Director, he was deeply concerned about the mental and physical well-being of the prisoners.

So after inspecting all the major Hells of the Universe, Xuanqing asked with concern: "Is there anything that's making everyone unhappy?"

"Come on, spit it out. Make me happy."

"Prison Chief, we're not in a good mood today, we don't feel like cursing you, go away! Just seeing you annoys us."

In Iron Tree Hell, divine corpses hung from the tree branches with their long tongues stretched out, their eyes wide and faces an ashy hue, staring fixedly at Xuanqing.

"Get lost, get lost, you incessant Prison Chief!"

These divine corpses were all fragments of the same Divine's True Spirit, billions upon billions of corpses dangled in the vast universe, continuously whipped by iron trees, grinding away their spirituality.

"You seem quite energetic?" Xuanqing quite appreciated him, as he often enjoyed the liveliest curses every time he came to Taisha Heavenly Palace.

"Come on, show a little more spirit, don't lose face."

To cheer up this Divine, Xuanqing strengthened the Iron Tree Universe.

Immediately, a series of clear, ringing sounds like the unsheathing of Golden Swords echoed, and boundless Chaos Qi surged throughout the entire universe. Iron trees, like stars, suddenly grew taller, rooted in the void, continuously growing as countless branches and leaves spread out. A single iron tree's canopy stretched across an entire galaxy.

Crack, crack, crack!!!

Countless branches and leaves, like blades of the Great Dao, repeatedly shredded the True Spirits.

"It doesn't hurt! Not one bit! Hahahaha!"

"This feels good, so good!"

"Hehe, bring it on, I want more, so exhilarating!"

As Iron Tree Hell was reinforced, the myriads of divine corpses indeed became spirited.

Each of them full of fighting spirit, allowed countless iron trees to whip them without seeming to feel the pain, instead trying hard to appear as if they were enjoying it.

Seeing the dispirited and bored souls in Iron Tree Hell now comforted, Xuanqing nodded: "Radiating vitality, it seems you've stepped out of the shadows."

Bypassing Iron Tree Hell, Xuanqing headed straight for the Inner Universe.

The sound of Jade Chimes was pleasant to the ear, Green Lamps hung high, the sound of the Dao reverberated, and ghostly energies permeated without feeling gloomy.

The Ghost God Dao is majestic and upright, never dark.

Don't believe it?

Try it yourself with the Emperor Sword of the Lord of Netherworld, the Great Emperor of Fengdu.

The Eighteen Hell Gates will open for you, and the Chan Sect disciples will tell you about the Ghost God Dao.

"Sect Hierarch!"

Li Lun, Guang Chengzi, the eldest senior brother of the Chan Sect's Inner Sect, came to welcome him.

"How are the disciples progressing with their cultivation?" As the Sect Hierarch, Xuanqing naturally had to be concerned about the cultivation of his followers.

"After junior brother Yu Ding, today another disciple has penetrated the ultimate truth."

Guang Chengzi showed a joyful expression, looked at Xuanqing and said: "Sect Hierarch, please wait a moment, I believe that Chi Jingzi junior brother will soon succeed!"

"Chi Jingzi?" Xuanqing was surprised.

Guang Chengzi Li Lun explained: "It's the religious name he chose for himself, declaring his past severed. From now on, devoted to Netherworld, he will be known as a disciple of Chan Sect."

"That's very good." Xuanqing smiled. He actually sensed another follower nearing the edge of transforming into a Ghost God, and thus came to see what was happening, not expecting it to be Chi Jingzi.

Chi Jingzi struck the Golden Bell, and Guang Chengzi hit the Jade Chime.

These two could serve as the faces of the Chan Sect in the future.

Together with "True Master Yu Ding", who had assumed the identity of a Ghost God and joined the official ranks as Flying Demon Celebrating True Lord.

The Chan Sect had already gathered three official disciples.

"No wonder those guys in the Outer Universe are so spiritless." Xuanqing looked towards the Outer Universe.

Guang Chengzi Li Lun also gaze at the Outer Universe and laughed: "Sect Hierarch need not bother with them. The Outer Sect disciples simply lack determined Dao Hearts. Seeing junior brother Yu Ding succeed followed by Chi Jingzi junior brother's imminent success has made them somewhat unstable."

In other words, the inmates of the Outer Universe are breaking down.

Originally, the whole act they performed was intended to trick those devout followers, luring them into the muddied waters of the Ghost God Dao.

They consoled themselves when Guang Chengzi Li Lun succeeded, thinking it was an isolated case.

True Master Yu Ding's success was seen as special favor from Xuanqing.

Now with the third Ghost God about to emerge, they truly began to falter.

Everyone was originally confined as inmates of the Outer Universe, and they were all Innate Divine Beings, believing none was inferior to others.

Now these disciples who had turned to the Inner Universe were one by one transforming into Ghost Gods, and ascending, while they hadn't even touched the threshold. Didn't this indicate that the deities of the Outer Universe were not up to par?

The previously joking distinction between Inner Sect and Outer Sect made by Guang Chengzi had unexpectedly become reality.

It turned out that the talents of Outer Sect disciples were indeed inferior to those of the Inner Sect.

This seriously struck a blow to the pride of the deities who prided themselves on superiority.

Of course, Fu Zhu and Meng Huai were exceptions.

These two eccentrics of the Outer Sect were living much more transparently than other inmates.

Whether it was Meng Huai pretending to be despondent or Fu Zhu pretending to be spiritless, at this moment, they were both secretly paying attention to the movements of the Inner Universe.

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