Chapter 446 - 201 Half-Step Boundary-Opening Treasure_1
Chapter 446: Chapter 201 Half-Step Boundary-Opening Treasure_1
The 18 Levels of Hell in the Primal Chaos Realm Netherworld Ministry correspond precisely to this treasure pagoda that Shen Yuan had made a pact with a myriad of ages before, although the current Primal Chaos Nifty Pagoda has changed since those ancient days.
Compared to the magnificent treasure pagoda that once suppressed an entire realm myriad of ages ago, this Primal Chaos Nifty Pagoda has endured the incessant wash of the Netherworld territory and the Spirit Energy Tidal Surge, losing the resplendent aura it originally possessed.
The once shimmering golden pagoda now appears much dimmed, its depictions of the human realm and various heavenly buddhas have become mottled and indistinct, and even the thick Primal Chaos Energy that flowed atop the pagoda has largely dissipated, no longer possessing the might to easily suppress a realm.
Yet, the mere presence of this Primal Chaos Nifty Pagoda caused the Netherworld rules, which were forcibly controlled by the Karmic Mirror, to be instantly suppressed; the distorted order was seemingly smoothed over by an invisible hand.
The scales inclined towards Qinguang King came to a halt at this moment.
“How is this possible!”
Qinguang King’s face, previously wearing a smile as if everything was under control, now displayed an expression of utter astonishment.
Within the Primal Chaos Realm, all rules of the Netherworld originated from the kingdom of Hell, with the rules of Hell being the source of the Primal Chaos Realm Netherworld Ministry.
The cycle of reincarnation in the Netherworld followed the projection of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, the Divinity Path in the Netherworld came from Lord of Mount Tai, and even the 10 Netherworld Commanders seated in Fengdu mimic the 10th Hall Yama’s management of Hell—a piece of common knowledge known to all supernatural beings.
Today, this piece of common knowledge was ruthlessly shattered by the treasure pagoda before their eyes.
The 18 Levels of Hell in the Primal Chaos Realm Netherworld Ministry were not a projection of Hell; though also comprising 18 levels, they had no relation to Hell and were entirely a system independent of the kingdom of Hell.
The Karmic Mirror, being a Netherworld Treasure, could erode Netherworld rules with its rank, but it fundamentally could not affect this pagoda that had evolved into 18 Levels of Hell.
Qinguang King even faintly sensed that the essence of this seemingly antiquated and dim pagoda might not be inferior to the Karmic Mirror in his hands.
Moreover, since the Primal Chaos Nifty Pagoda was one of the foundations of the Netherworld, its mere presence in the territory sufficed to suppress or even contend against the Karmic Mirror.
Qinguang King could no longer maintain his composure at this point, rage that he couldn’t conceal spreading across his dignified visage.
“This idiotic Day Wandering God! To think such crucial information had never been conveyed to me!”
“Just how many secrets that I have yet to learn still lurk within the Netherworld?”
Inside the Emperor’s Carriage.
Accompanied by the reversal of the 18 Levels of Hell, the treasure pagoda, which seemed to penetrate the entirety of the Yin World, rose above the earth, and Shen Yuan too found it hard to remain calm.
Even though his heart had speculated about the existence of the Primal Chaos Nifty Pagoda, witnessing once again this treasure that the Primal Chaos Realm had nurtured, Shen Yuan was still unable to keep from being astounded.
At the first meeting with Bull Head on North Mang Mountain, receiving Bull Head’s invitation to quell the Netherworld upheaval, Shen Yuan relied on his Star Astrology Divine Skills and felt a strong tie of karma and cause.
Shen Yuan vaguely realized at that time that if he refused Bull Head’s invitation, something he would regret profoundly might occur.
After agreeing to go to the Netherworld with Bull Head, Shen Yuan started to carefully ponder the origin of this karmic tie.
However, the karma was obscured by a higher-rank force, and the Star Astrology Divine Skills could only detect its presence but not trace its source, which troubled Shen Yuan greatly.
It was not until Shen Yuan spent those days in seclusion on North Mang Mountain, deducing information from all sides and recalling his recent journey through a myriad of ages, that he considered his millennia-crossing time travel.
In that time-traveling venture, Shen Yuan’s most significant act was establishing the millennia-long pact with the Primal Chaos Nifty Pagoda.
As a myriad of ages had passed, the Primal Chaos Nifty Pagoda was no longer within the Ingenious Tiny World, and Shen Yuan attempted to deduce the existence of the Primal Chaos Nifty Pagoda.
With Shen Yuan’s deductions, that unexplained karmic tie finally responded.
Thus, Shen Yuan was completely certain that the karmic bond between himself and the Netherworld stemmed from that Primal Chaos Nifty Pagoda with which he had made a pact a myriad of ages ago.
When Shen Yuan left a contingency in place on North Mang Mountain, Gong Buyu had asked what he was going to do.
“To fulfill a promise,” Shen Yuan replied at the time, referring to the promise with Bull Head as well as the contract spanning a myriad of ages with the Nifty Pagoda spirit.
Upon arriving in Fengdu City, Shen Yuan vaguely sensed the essence of the Primal Chaos Nifty Pagoda but could not pinpoint where this treasure pagoda was.
Only after slaying the Samsara King, gaining recognition from the Netherworld supernatural beings and taking full control of Fengdu City, did Shen Yuan perceive the layered 18 Levels of Hell beneath the earth.
The 18 Levels of Hell mentioned by the Netherworld Commanders did not refer to the infamous realm of sin within the kingdom of Hell but to a cornerstone of the Netherworld, a self-reliant domain within the Netherworld system based on the Primal Chaos Nifty Pagoda.
Gazing at the Primal Chaos Nifty Pagoda before him, Shen Yuan’s eyes filled with emotion.
As a witness to the once resplendent era of the Primal Chaos Nifty Pagoda, Shen Yuan harbored no disappointment towards the edifice before him.
Under the will of Fengdu, Shen Yuan could clearly discern the essence of the Primal Chaos Nifty Pagoda; though its luminosity had faded and Primal Chaos Energy had scattered, he could feel from within it an aura of destruction followed by rebirth.
On each level of the pagoda, atop the blurred and decadent deities and the middle’s parched scroll of human history, new scrolls of Hell have been added at the very bottom.
These Hell scrolls bore the image of the 18 Levels of Hell, with countless evil spirits enduring torments within, an atmosphere of terror and sin almost tangible, as if allowing one to picture the dreadful scenery of Hell.