Chapter 5: The Underworld

  Pangu withdrew from his divine consciousness, shook his head, and suddenly realized the truth about his own Dao. In fact, each of the Hongmeng purple energies contained a residual consciousness of its original master, but it was unknown what had hidden them away. The red cloud and the Hongchui were only drawn in by the Kunpeng's aura, combined with the Hongchui having the power of Nirvana, which led to this unexpected event. This was an accident, and Pangu naturally couldn't have sensed anything.

  Chaos sank into temporary tranquility, but this tranquility could last for only a short while. Because there were too many who wanted to break this tranquility. Where there was desire, there would be pursuit, and this was the highest goal that every god and demon had always wanted to achieve in their lifetime.

  Huang Quan was one of the most eager to break this tranquility. Although he was anxious, he still didn't lose his composure, and gazed at Pangu who was within arm's reach, hesitating to move forward.

  "Big brother, this Gu is too powerful. Those two demon gods didn't even have the power to fight back. And that sudden red light was truly terrifying. We..."

  "After thinking for half a day, he made up his mind and said: 'Brother, wealth and honor are sought in danger, if you don't get the great way, you'll end up as dust and ashes. Dare or not dare, brother choose for yourself. As for me, I'd rather make one more attempt.'"

  "You have nothing to fear, everything will be arranged by elder brother, I will definitely go all out."

  Huang Quan's heroic spirit was greatly aroused, and he cupped his hands in respect, saying: "Alright, alright, let us two brothers kill him to our heart's content."

  Taking a few quick steps forward, they were shocked to see Pangu again, and couldn't help but feel a bit weaker. Sensing the lingering aura of the great battle, they felt a sense of awe in their hearts, realizing that those two seemingly unlucky guys weren't simple after all.

  Huang Quan carefully measured Pangu and said: "Fellow Taoist, I have no choice. I didn't want to be an enemy of yours, but heaven's will is hard to defy."

  Pangu opened his eyes and shot out two beams of light, saying: "Much better than that hypocritical Kunpeng. Let's fight!"

  Huang Quan felt that this "war" character seemed to sound directly beside his ear, a surge of war intent blowing his heart and spirit unsteadily. The Netherworld was not much better off either.

  "Alright, let's use our strongest divine power to defeat the enemy, the Nine Bends Yellow Spring Great Formation." The Yellow Spring transformed into its true form, a nine-bend yellow spring with eighteen turns, where the yellow corpse water permeated. This corpse water would corrode anything it came into contact with, and every drop could become an external incarnation. As long as this corpse water didn't dry up, the Yellow Spring was almost indestructible.

  That dark and mysterious energy didn't waste any words, transforming into a black mist that enveloped the Yellow Spring above, with the dark-colored mysterious heavenly book floating between the two of them to form an array eye, emitting wave after wave of extinguishing light.

  Pangu's primordial spirit responded, "Fellow Daoist, dare you engage in a battle of arrays?"

  For the method of breaking an array, there is the use of force to break the array, gathering several times more power than the array method and striking it fiercely. Alternatively, a formation that is not inferior to the opponent's can be constructed to break the formation with another formation.

  The conventional method of breaking an array is to find the array eye, break the array method, from inside to outside.

  Pangu roared: "What is it that you dare not?"

  Pangu had just entered when he felt the demonic energy churning, the dark wind howling, and the black fog shrouding the sun and moon, with the power to destroy souls. The corpse water combined with the demonic energy to form one god after another, and suddenly the demons danced wildly, covering the sky and earth. Pangu swung his axe and slashed out a divine technique, and the countless demons that rushed over were annihilated before they even got close, under the blade of the axe.

  But in the nine bends, there is no straight path. The twists and turns create a strange and wondrous world. What is real and what is false are intertwined, making it difficult to discern the truth. It's not easy to find one's way through this maze.

  To know that gods and demons are constantly being produced, if one doesn't have a certain level of ability, they will eventually be exhausted to death. And then there's the unpredictable appearance of the "Extinction Light", which can directly damage one's primordial spirit. If one is not careful, their soul may scatter.

  Pangu has cultivated the Nine-Turn Golden Body technique, where his primordial spirit and physical body are closely linked, allowing him to cope with this situation. However, he still cannot be careless. Because Pangu's primordial spirit still exists, if it were to suffer any damage, it would definitely hinder his future cultivation. If he were to lose focus for a moment and get ambushed, wouldn't that be unjust?

  Jiǔ Qū Huáng Quán Great Formation, one of the strongest formations under heaven. It is said to be a strange formation and a ferocious formation.

  The Yellow Spring saw these simple spirits were no match for his opponent, "Illusory Array, with the false and the real, the false and the real give birth to each other."

  Only the yellow spring water on the ground was seen rushing and gathering, forming a strong man holding a large flag, shouting loudly. The big flag fluttered, and pieces of dead water suddenly appeared, transforming into a swirling yellow dragon that pounced on Pangu with its teeth and claws.

  Pangu saw this faint smile, he could even kill Zhongyuan, why fear this illusory dragon. The Heaven Splitting Axe swung out, the yellow dragon instantly disintegrated into fragments, but immediately recombined and came again. With another swing of the axe, the dragon split into two segments, two yellow dragons. Again swinging the axe towards one of them, the airflow and shadow produced by the axe surprisingly passed through, Pangu's heart skipped a beat, "Illusory". He used his divine power on the other one as well, still the same, "Still illusory".

  During Pangu's contemplation, the two yellow dragons suddenly arrived, either charging at Pangu with their heads held high or sweeping with their tails. The sound of "chi la" continued, and the yellow dragons had the property of rotting water and decaying flesh and blood. Fortunately, Pangu had a physical body that was tempered by the nine-turn golden body, otherwise this time would have been a big loss. Pangu swung his axe at the charging yellow dragon, but it passed through nothing. "Still empty."

  Pangu couldn't help but feel a shock in his heart, and he bitterly laughed: "What's real is seen as fake, what's fake is seen as real, it's truly hard to grasp." Just then, the two yellow dragons suddenly self-destructed, their corpses bursting like a heavy rain, rushing towards him. Fortunately, Hun Dun Qing Lian protected her master in time, but after being splashed by this yellow water, the green light dimmed significantly.

  That Huang Quan giant saw this, and continuously waved the great flag, one by one the yellow dragons charged towards Pangu. Pangu had no choice but to swing his great axe, displaying his divine powers, "sweeping away a thousand armies", but these illusory and real yellow dragons were truly difficult to deal with. Sometimes in order to protect Qinglian, he could only use his powerful physical body to resist them head-on, fortunately his physical body was as solid as a boulder, and the golden light restored the damaged areas, so there was no great harm done.

  In this square space, he didn't dare to use the "Opening Heaven Three Styles", what if he threw out the "Heavenly Axe" and couldn't get it back? Using the trajectory of force to evolve into three axe divine abilities, he was actually restrained again. He could only use his physical body and Qinglian to hold on.

  The Yellow Spring saw that this divine ability could cause some trouble, but it couldn't harm the opponent. His divine consciousness stirred and said: "Maze, revolving and circling, losing oneself"

  That great array seemed to have moved, Pangu stared at the suddenly disappearing Yellow Dragon in a daze, and suddenly felt dizzy, with a sense of annoyance in his chest. He couldn't help but move on his own, and immediately felt his heart settle down. However, as he continued to turn and wander, he felt that the big curve wrapped around the small curve, the small curve connected to the big curve, turning out and then back again, turning back and then out again, becoming more and more complicated with each turn, causing him to gradually lose direction, unable to distinguish east, south, west, or north. And that annihilating light was not invading his primordial spirit.

  This is the terrible part of this great formation, if it can't be improved, one will lose oneself and then their yuan Shen, perhaps becoming a walking corpse forever.

  This is also strange that Pangu cherished his companion Lingbao, which had already been invaded by the dark and dull Huanglong corpse water. It was forced back into Pangu's body, perhaps it was Pangu's fate. At this time, Hunyuan Qinglian's spiritual nature had declined and could not protect its master. Otherwise, with just a wave of Hunyuan Qinglian's green energy, all evil would be eliminated, and the Yellow Spring would be captured.

  Everything is fate. Pangu, who was in a state of confusion, was facing a life-and-death crisis.

  Yu Ming and Huang Quan gradually gained confidence in their hearts, thinking that this ancient being was nothing more than that. They still had many tricks up their sleeves that they hadn't used yet, and this ancient being would soon be finished off. Suddenly, the large array shook violently, and an unexpected situation arose.

  "Big brother, it seems like someone has entered our formation."

  The Yellow Spring sank into thought, and the divine consciousness said: "This person doesn't seem simple, they can actually enter freely without us opening the formation gate. But for now, we can't change the formation yet, Pangu's original spirit has just had a glimpse of clarity. Let's observe for now."

  The person who rushed into the formation, was none other than Huang, with a Linglong Tower on his head emitting a scattered aura of black and yellow. The endless irritating aura couldn't penetrate Huang's body at all, and what seemed like a confusing and unclear formation to others, was crystal clear to him.

  Xuan Huang carefully measured this formation, it is based on the I Ching principle of Taiji giving birth to two instruments, two instruments giving birth to four images, and four images giving birth to eight trigrams. With 365 yellow spring flags as points, they are connected into the eight palaces of Qian, Kun, Gen, Xun, Zhen, Li, Kan, and Sun. Outside the eight palaces, there is also a central palace, which forms a complex Bagua diagram with nine palaces. The formation eye is located on the Bagua platform in that central palace.

  "Big brother, what should we do? This person seems to be unaffected by the maze array. What should we do?"

  Huang Quan said: "Brother, take good care of the formation, I'll split out a clone to harass the opponent." What made Huang Quan feel helpless was that his own Huang Quan's water-illusion magic spirit couldn't enter the body of that Taoist.

  Xuan Huang quickly found Pangu, looking at the dazed and confused Pangu, his heart couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness. If it weren't for his own selfish desires, he wouldn't have let Pangu suffer such great hardships. He activated his mantra, and the Xuan Huang energy circulated around Pangu's body, instantly awakening him.

  Pangu himself was a mysterious and yellow figure, and he bowed to say, "Thank you, fellow Taoist."

  " Fellow Taoist, as long as you're unharmed, that's all that matters!"

  He continued: "This formation, I have been watching for a long time. The eye of the formation is that eight trigrams platform in the middle palace of the nine palaces. Fellow Taoist, follow me."

  The Yellow Spring, the dark and mysterious place, suddenly felt a great shock, and also felt a severe headache. He did not expect that this Taoist priest would be so proficient in the art of array, with one glance he could see through the layers of the maze and reach the eye of the array.

  "Qí zhèn, yīn yáng xiāng hé, zào huà zhī qí." The array transformed, and the yellow and black auras within it gradually thickened and condensed into two Taoist practitioners, one dressed in black and the other in yellow. Two beams of primordial spirit light then entered these two practitioners, causing their auras to rapidly ascend until they reached the level of a late-stage Mixed Yuan Saint. This was because the space that the two had opened up possessed an energy even closer to the Great Dao.