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"Expelled from the Jiawu Realm?"

"The path to becoming immortal severed?"

"From now on, does this heaven and earth no longer allow anyone to become an immortal?"

Tan Shuchang pondered deeply, then gradually understood why this feeling of sorrow had arisen.

At this thought, clouds gathered and dispersed, and Tan Shuchang had already appeared in Old State, where that road to the Land of Yin and Darkness he had previously discovered was indeed showing signs of disappearing.

"Was the original Jiawu Realm a place favored by the Land of Yin and Darkness? And now that this realm has lost the name of Jiawu, does the Land of Yin and Darkness no longer value it?"

Tan Shuchang speculated.

Meanwhile, he watched as the road to the Land of Yin and Darkness gradually dimmed, and he also tried to operate the "Crossing River Technique."

This "Crossing River Technique" was that secret technique written by the pale white palm.

Very soon, Tan Shuchang sensed the Land of Yin and Darkness, which meant that he could still borrow paths from the Land of Yin and Darkness!

"This technique definitely does not belong to the Mortal Realm,"

Tan Shuchang confirmed.

Then, with a thought, he created several blood-shadow incarnations.

These blood-shadow incarnations appeared and immediately shuttled through the void, heading towards places like Fuzhou, Sparrow State, where there were also some pathways leading to the Land of Yin and Darkness.

However, those pathways were much more secretive than the one he had discovered and it was nearly impossible to interact with these pathways.

With these incarnations sent there, Tan Shuchang quickly confirmed he had not guessed wrong.

Because those pathways were also disappearing from this realm.

And when the last pathway to the Land of Yin and Darkness disappeared, Tan Shuchang immediately noticed some anomalies in this heaven and earth.

The wind that blew in began to carry a hint of Yin energy.

Just like those places he had roamed seven days prior.

And when the Yin energy accumulated to a certain level, a gateway made entirely of stones, looking like a pile of skulls stacked together, slowly opened in this realm.

A fierce aura emanated from the other side of this gate.

On the other side of this gateway was a deep blue abyss, a constantly churning thick fog that obscured the light from above.

And within this thick fog, terrifying figures flickered in and out of visibility.

These figures varied greatly—men and women, old and young—but the only similarity was that they all appeared dead.

They either had blood flowing from all orifices, decapitated, or covered in wounds.

"Hee hee!"
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It's normal for ghosts to be mad.

"Chirp chirp chirp!"

Ghosts speaking in their own tongue is quite typical.

"Return my life!"

That's a very clichéd sound of a malevolent ghost seeking revenge.

However, amidst this cacophony of ghostly voices, there were also normal ones: "Issue the Land Ghost Immortal Order, this realm has insulted the immortals, hence all cultivators within this realm are deemed guilty. We are given three hours to indulge in slaughter for a three-tier merit!"

With these words, the fierce ghosts behind the gate were exceedingly excited.

Three-tier merit!

That was a significant amount of merit in the Ghost Capital of the Land of Yin and Darkness.

The merit of the Land of Yin and Darkness was a solid currency, previously these ghostly rewards given to the cultivators of this realm for their Yin virtue were indeed such kind of merit.

This merit was calculated on a two-for-one basis. That is, two fourth-tier merits could combine to form one third-tier merit. And two fifth-tier merits could combine to form one fourth-tier merit.

The highest merit was first-tier, while twenty-first tier was the lowest.

A piece of Yin virtue bamboo given by the ghost messengers represented this twenty-first tier merit!

In the past, these ghostly creatures, upon finishing their duties patrolling the Ghost Capital, could only combine to make a seventeenth-tier merit at the end of a year.

And now, merely by slaughtering wildly, they could obtain a third-tier merit!

How could this not drive the fierce ghosts to ecstasy?

It was at this moment that another portal opened in this realm.

This portal was somewhat similar to the first one that appeared in this realm, both made entirely of stones, resembling a pile of skulls.

However, this second portal was significantly smaller than the first one.

And at the very moment this second portal appeared, a similar command resonated: "All Yin Gods and fierce ghosts heed the order. This realm has insulted the immortals, and judgment has been passed. All cultivators in this realm are marked with sin. We will slaughter the city for three hours, and a river of blood shall flow, which will be recorded as third-level merit!"

The rewards for their efforts were almost the same.

Therefore, the ghosts behind this second portal also became excited.

Then they swarmed out!

However, both portals resulted in such distinct phenomena that as soon as the ghosts behind them appeared, they discovered each other.

"Ghost Capital's dogs?"

"Plow Remain City's dogs?"

Upon meeting, the ghosts from both portals greeted each other's forces in a manner befitting the culture of the Land of Yin and Darkness.

Then, the ghosts from both portals became even more vehement in their arguing.

You curse me to never rest in peace after death, I curse your soul to scatter today... One curse after another, the ghostly language flowed like a tide, endlessly.

As the conflict between these two cities in the Land of Yin and Darkness was longstanding, even the promise of third-level merits could not distract these ghosts, who cursed each other with undivided attention and dedication.

But such a situation was naturally not allowed to continue.

Thus very soon, powerful Yin Gods from the Land of Yin and Darkness intervened to stop this meaningless quarrel.

After a brief discussion, the ghosts from the two portals decided one group would go east and the other west, and then each would kill the practitioners in their respective territories.

However, when these ghosts ceased their quarreling and prepared to go about their task, they encountered a seemingly endless sea of blood.

The source of this blood was unknown, appearing boundless, since one could not see its end. Suddenly, this sea of blood generated a huge wave that engulfed several ghosts who had not managed to flee in time.

Suddenly, these ghosts started becoming terrified.

And one by one, they hurriedly retreated.

This greatly angered the Yin Gods inside the gate, and immediately several of them charged out, wanting to understand how this sea of blood had appeared. Yet, after these Yin Gods were swept into the sea by the blood wave, they did not reappear.

This caused the fierce ghosts to become even more terrified.

The Yin Gods also became extremely wary of it, not daring to make any further attempts.

Thus, after the sea of blood blocked the gate for three hours, as the crimson black screen in the sky gradually dissipated, the two portals began to darken, eventually fading away altogether.

A slaughter from the Land of Yin and Darkness had thus been forcefully suppressed like this.

And this sea of blood was precisely Tan Shuchang's Coexistent Blood Pool.

He was just verifying his suspicions, and he did not expect to encounter such an event. It was a pity that he now harbored great trepidation toward the Land of Yin and Darkness and only dared to passively take away those fierce ghosts and Yin Gods.

Otherwise, he would have definitely taken all the emerging fierce ghosts and Yin Gods.

Although fierce ghosts were now useless to him, he could still cultivate them!

Confounded by the changes in this realm and curious about the Jiawu Realm's loss of name, Tan Shuchang then began to refine those Yin Gods from the Land of Yin and Darkness.

There were six Yin Gods who were out exploring.

All six were only equivalent to a single proof of strength, which is why Tan Shuchang could suppress them so easily.

However, only a single proof could come through; unless they limited their power, none from inside the two portals who were issuing orders could come through.

And as these six Yin Gods were refined, Tan Shuchang might not have understood why this realm ascended previously, but the matter of Jiawu Realm losing its name, he managed to clarify because of this.

The Mortal Realm also has its ranks, among which Heaven Jiawu is the highest. A total of only nine worlds are in Heaven Jiawu. Any world that enters Heaven Jiawu earns a ranking.

Jiawu, therefore, means the fifth of Heaven Jiawu.

This is a very high ranking.

Attaining such a ranking provides significant benefits to the cosmic order. Beneficiaries, even if not from this particular realm, could through the rapid progress of cultivators within the realm, reciprocally benefit this cosmic order.

But what can be gained, can also be lost.

This realm was cursed by immortals, hence it fell from the Heaven Jiawu rankings.