In the heart of Burial God Wasteland.
Today, a horde of ghosts made their passage!
Gui Qi led countless underlings toward the desert wasteland.
"Commander, the aura of this Burial God Wasteland seems to even influence our ghostly bodies..."
The Starved Ghost felt sowhat uneasy and said,
"Why would Lord of Ghosts co to this place? There’s clearly nothing delicious here!"
The Hanged Ghost’s crimson tongue dangled long as he spoke,
"Ignorant, since Lord of Ghosts has co, it ans that there must be sothing within this wasteland that attracts him!"
While speaking, he looked at Gui Qi with perplexity and asked,
"Commander, why do you like wearing a mask? You didn’t use to do this."
The face of Gui Qi darkened as he retorted,
"It’s what I fancy—’a lady’s whim bears no logic!’"
As he spoke, a gust broke through!
...
Finally, the flock of ghosts ventured deeper into the wasteland.
They found a valley.
A babbling brook ran through it, bitterly cold.
Following the brook upstream, they swiftly discovered its source.
It was a pitch-black cavern within a cliff.
"We’re here!"
Gui Qi was suddenly excited, the location he had gotten from Ghost Tooth was right here.
"Open it!"
At his shout, the hands of the group of ghosts brandished white banners!
Those were Soul Summoning Banners!
They were setting up the Soul Summoning Grand Formation, to awaken Lord of Ghosts.
White banners danced wildly, chilling winds whirled, and in an instant, it was as if countless fierce ghosts wailed, with the low murmurings of the Ghost Mother sounding by one’s ear.
"Dark Sky Ghost Lord..."
"Dark Sky Ghost Lord..."
The fragnted whispers rose and fell, as if summoning from the depths of Youming Ghost Domain, enveloping the entire valley in ghostly aura.
And with their calls, suddenly, black mist surged out from that cavern.
"Lord of Ghosts!"
"Lord of Ghosts!"
Seeing this, all ghostly beings got imnsely excited.
But, as that ghost mist tried to erge, it was obstructed by so mysterious patterns, with a secret force’s barrier sealing everything!
"Gui Qi, I can’t co over..."
A voice full of urgency rose from within the mist.
—The entity within the ghost mist had already assaulted the barrier once before to transmit information, expending a great deal of ghostly force and even losing a Ghost Tooth, greatly weakening it.
Now, it was incapable of sending out even a single Ghost Tooth, let alone coming out.
"Don’t panic, Ghost Brigade Commander, I’m here to save you!"
Gui Qi roared, activating the great formation to strike the enigmatic barrier!
But no matter how vehently a myriad of ghosts howled and the Ghost Domain trembled, the barrier remained utterly unyielding.
It was extrely hard!
"I refuse to believe it, I must rescue the Dominant Lord!"
Gui Qi was driven to madness, and in his hand appeared a section of bone!
The bone radiated a terrifying power!
—This was an artifact from a distinguished figure in the Ghost Domain. In forr years, this figure had good relations with Lord of Ghosts, and thus they had been granted this item as they set out to find Lord of Ghosts.
It contained a trace of that esteed figure’s power!
"Break!"
All of Gui Qi’s ghostly force poured into the bone and in an instant, it was as if a horror-inducing Ghost Venerable, whom all heavens and earth must revere, lunged at that barrier with a finger!
This finger could twist the Universe!
However, when the finger struck, the bone turned to dust, yet the barrier still stood unscathed!
"How is this possible?!"
"How can it not break open?"
All the ghosts were shocked and fell into despair.
This was their strongest asure.
"Within this barrier lies a bizarre power, extrely formidable, I fear that even if the Ghost Monarch arrived, it would be of no use..."
Inside the barrier, the entity within the ghost mist now seed to despair as well.
"Despite being unparalleled in life, I shall perish trapped here..."
Outside, Gui Qi’s eyes were filled with madness.
"Even if I burn away all Ghost Fire, I must bring the Ghost Brigade Commander out!!"
His Ghost Fire blazed as he gave it his all, urging the Ghost Fire to consu the barrier!
"Commander!"
"You mustn’t!"
All the ghosts were shouting in alarm, because this was akin to burning one’s soul, and in a re mont, Gui Qi might scatter to the winds.
The key point was, even as the ghastly green Ghost Fire danced, the barrier remained impervious!
It was simply maddening!
For the barrier contained a peculiar power, seemingly invincible against anything the world could muster!
"Ah!"
Gui Qi’s ghostly force went haywire, unable to sustain the Ghost Fire anymore, and even the mask on his face, ford of ghostly aura, couldn’t be maintained and dispersed at once.
But on his forehead, four vermilion characters suddenly emitted a supre qi!
"Be a good ghost!"
In that mont, the ink markings, as if provoked by sothing within the barrier, shone brightly.
Like a contest between two types of matter!
Boom!
Instantly, the barrier imbued with a strange essence shattered with a loud noise!
The peculiar essence was eradicated.
The valley shook mightily, earth and mountains rocked, and the whole cliff where the cavern sat exploded!
As though a gateway to another world was breached, the cliff concealed a Secret Realm where primordial energy surged wildly, chilling to the core, and as if ancient vines of a bygone era traversed the Star Domain amid the dim sky...
That was a terrifying Secret Realm.
...
At this mont, the trapped ghost mist billowed out instantly.
"Hahahahaha..."
"I, Lord Tianan, am reborn in this world!"
A piercing shout, filled with exhilaration and arrogance, instantly echoed through the entire valley.
Amidst the ghostly fog, out stepped an extraordinary ghost!
Dressed in a black robe, with ghost patterns etched on his forehead, he moved with the grace and power of a dominant lord, striding like a dragon and pacing like a tiger!
"The Lord of Ghosts has erged!"
"Greetings, Lord of Ghosts!"
"Greetings, Lord of Ghosts!"
In an instant, all ghostly beings called out in surprise and joy, kneeling to pay their respects!
Gui Qi, however, was extrely weak at this mont, but upon seeing the Dark Sky Ghost Lord, he was still overwhelmingly excited.
"Ghost Venerable, you have finally returned..."
The Dark Sky Ghost Lord had now approached, smiling as he said,
"The fact that I could co out owes much to you!"
At the sa ti, he asked in a puzzled tone,
"How did you erode that strange barrier?!"
He looked at Gui Qi’s face.
Just now, it seed that so aura above Gui Qi’s head had shattered that strange barrier…
But the next mont, the Dark Sky Ghost Lord was taken aback.
Four big red characters…
Be a good ghost???
Lord Tianan was utterly bewildered. What on earth was happening?
The rest of the ghosts also looked on in surprise, finding themselves similarly shocked.
"What is this thing?"
"Who the hell wrote on Commander’s forehead?"
"So the Commander always wore a mask because he had these four words on his forehead and couldn’t bear to see a ghost?"
The crowd of ghosts was astonished.
At this mont, Gui Qi felt so embarrassed he wanted to explode!
Ah! To think that he, a mighty Fierce Ghost, would suffer such disgrace and humiliation one day!
However, at this mont, the Dark Sky Ghost Lord seed to suddenly rember sothing. With an extrely grave expression, he asked,
"Who wrote this for you?"
Gui Qi, with a mournful face, said,
"A girl in a purple dress..."
He imdiately recounted what had happened in the Three Gods Province.
"Ghost Venerable, I... I saw that thing you had sent out on her body, which told you were trapped here..."
Gui Qi added. He refrained from directly ntioning ’Ghost Tooth,’ substituting it with "that thing" instead, for it was too humiliating to lose the Ghost Tooth in the Ghost Realm!
He had to preserve the face of the Lord of Ghosts.
Hearing this, the surrounding ghosts were all shocked.
Such things had happened in the Three Gods Province?
"Soone in the Great Ruins Realm actually had the power to repress the Commander?"
"This is outrageous, they actually stole all the Commander’s Ghost Teeth!"
"And even wrote on the Commander’s forehead, that girl is too terrifying!"
As the ghosts exclaid in shock, they all felt a chill in their Ghost Teeth, shuddering at the thought.
Who was this person who fancied Ghost Teeth… and was so powerful that even the Commander stood no chance against her?
What if they encountered her? Wouldn’t they be dood?
But after listening to this, the Dark Sky Ghost Lord drew a sharp breath!
"I understand!"
"Soone... soone has laid a grand sche!"
His expression was incredibly serious!
"First, they sent soone here to find , making release a Ghost Tooth. Then, they went to you, letting you know of my whereabouts and used you to open the seal barrier here..."
He muttered.
He could feel that this was a massive conspiracy, with soone behind the scenes manipulating everything!
This enemy was terrifying. Every action, seemingly unintentional, had actually trapped him, Lord Tianan, completely!
Hearing this, Gui Qi too was shocked. Could it be that they had all been used?
Lord Tianan pondered, suddenly glancing again at the four characters on Gui Qi’s forehead.
"Be a good ghost?... Are these words ant to warn ?"
"Is he threatening ? If I act out of turn and do not obey, will he destroy ?"
As this thought crossed his mind, his complexion turned grave.
As a one-ti Lord of Ghosts, when had he ever been threatened like this?!
This was intolerable!
"Lord of Ghosts, what do we do now?"
Hearing this, the Dark Sky Ghost Lord clenched his teeth and said,
"Hmph, this person wants to use us, but I want to use him too!"
"This Secret Realm contains great opportunities and is rife with strange auras. Now, with these four characters bestowed upon us, they will provide protection for us!"
"Let’s go, follow back and seize those opportunities. When the ti cos, I’ll make the person behind this smash his own foot with the stone!"
He spoke with a deep voice!
He wanted to let the other party know that he, the Dark Sky Ghost Lord, was not so easily manipulated!
...
anwhile, at this mont.
In this valley, with the barrier destroyed, countless auras thundered out.
The entire Great Wilderness shook trendously, causing nurous birds and beasts to flee in wild panic, triggering a huge beast tide!
The outside world was greatly alard.
...
Within the vast expanses of the Great Ruins Realm.
In the distant Central Province.
Within a majestic hall.
An elderly man who had been in seclusion, cultivating for a long ti, had finally attained a breakthrough and erged from his ditation today.
With white hair and piercing eyes, his aura was exceptionally extraordinary.
Upon opening his eyes, he sighed and stepped out of the grand hall.
"Father, today is Yun Xi’s death anniversary. Would you like to visit her grave?"
A middle-aged man with the presence of a powerful tiger approached, a trace of sorrow on his face.
...
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