Han Li and the other two were advancing in a deep, secluded corridor. Qu Lin was already in the lead, a golden light flickering between his brows, constantly sensing the location of Gold Devouring Immortal.

The corridor soon came to an end, and the space ahead opened up, revealing a giant stone chamber.

The stone chamber was extremely large, measuring several thousand feet in size. However, this stone chamber was no longer empty. Black stone pillars, each requiring several people to embrace, stood prominently on both sides of the chamber.

These stone pillars were crystal clear, as if cast from some kind of crystal jade, and were engraved with ghost-like patterns that seemed to be array formations or some kind of writing.

The rows of stone pillars stretched forward, leaving only a passage about ten feet wide in the middle, leading to the depths of the stone chamber.

The light here was dim, and one could only vaguely see a tightly closed cyan gate in the depths of the chamber.

Seeing this scene, Han Li showed a surprised expression and stood at the entrance, not daring to enter rashly. He turned to Lan Yan and asked:

"Fellow Daoist Lan, do you know what this place is?"

"I don't know either," Lan Yan shook her head.

"Looking at the patterns on these stone pillars, they seem to be the legendary Underworld Script," Qu Lin judged, carefully examining the patterns on the pillars.

"Underworld Script?" Han Li frowned slightly.

"The so-called Underworld Script is the writing of the Nine Netherworld, according to legends. I only saw it in an ancient book a long time ago," Qu Lin said.

"Nine Netherworld? Does such a place really exist?" Han Li's eyes flashed.

"Yes, it is said to be the place of reincarnation for all things in the world. However, very few people can go there, so it has gradually become a legend," Qu Lin said.

"Fellow Daoist Qu, can you understand the Underworld Script?" Han Li nodded slowly upon hearing this and asked.

He had heard about reincarnation more than once and was very curious about the legendary Nine Netherworld. However, he had never been able to find concrete evidence to prove its existence. He never expected to find a clue here.

"Qu only knows that such a script exists, but cannot understand it. However, these stone pillars look like sealing pillars. I'm afraid something is sealed inside. As long as we don't touch them, we should be fine," Qu Lin said.

Han Li hummed in agreement. That was also his guess.

However, he couldn't be sure if it was safe to just walk past.

While pondering, he silently activated the Nine Nether Devil Eyes and even risked probing with his divine sense to sense the condition of these stone pillars, but still gained nothing.

"Fellow Daoist Qu, are you sure that Gold Devouring Immortal is ahead?" Han Li asked after pondering for a moment.

"That's right, it's not far. However, since the Underworld Script has appeared here, it feels a bit gloomy and strange... In short, the future is unpredictable. Whether to continue forward or not is up to Fellow Daoist Han to decide," Qu Lin said, nodding.

"Now that we've come this far, there's no reason to give up halfway. However, this place is extraordinary. I'll take the lead, Fellow Daoist Qu Lin will provide support in the middle, and Fellow Daoist Lan will follow at the end," Han Li said after a moment of silence, glancing at Qu Lin.

Lan Yan naturally had no objections to this and simply nodded.

"With Fellow Daoist Han leading the way, it's naturally for the best. Although I'm a Gold Devouring Immortal, I admit that, apart from my physical body, whether it's cultivation or methods, I'm far inferior to Fellow Daoist Han. I'm afraid I won't be able to cope with any trouble," Qu Lin said with a smile.

"Then let's go in. Both of you, be careful and vigilant," Han Li said.

"Fellow Daoist Han, rest assured," Lan Yan smiled slightly and winked at Han Li from an angle that Qu Lin couldn't see.

Han Li smiled slightly and stepped into the hall first.

Qu Lin followed closely behind, while Lan Yan walked at the very back.

Low footsteps echoed in the room, and nothing unexpected happened after walking a short distance.

Han Li did not relax his mind and was strictly vigilant of everything around him.

Just as they reached the central area of the hall, a faint rustling sound came from the stone forest on both sides.

Although the sound was subtle, Han Li and the others were of such cultivation that they immediately heard it.

"Be careful, there's something!" Han Li shouted in a deep voice, and a great golden light erupted from his body, protecting his entire body.

At that moment, black shadows suddenly appeared on the stone pillars in the hall, wriggling constantly.

Seeing this scene, Han Li's mind raced, and he stomped his foot and shot forward decisively.

Seeing this scene, Lan Yan also hurriedly followed.

Qu Lin's eyes flashed, but instead of advancing, he retreated like lightning, shooting back the way he came.

Seeing this scene, Han Li narrowed his eyes, and a golden light flashed on his body, as if he was about to do something.

But at that moment, the black light clusters on the stone pillars suddenly flashed, and black lights shot out from them, like countless crossbow arrows, covering the sky and heading towards Han Li and the others.

The black lights emitted a shrill whistling sound, echoing in the hall, causing people's souls to tremble and their minds to be disturbed.

Han Li didn't bother to care about Qu Lin anymore and hurriedly activated the Refining God Technique to stabilize his soul. At the same time, golden lightning emerged from his body.

With a wave of his hand, these lightning bolts turned into golden lightning whips, lashing out in all directions, colliding with the black lights.

The lightning power contained in the Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords had advanced into the Dutian Divine Lightning, and its power had greatly increased. As the golden lightning flashed, the nearby void faintly carried a scorched and hot aura.

The black lights shattered into pieces and exploded as soon as they touched the golden lightning whips.

Lan Yan waved her hand and sacrificed more than a dozen blue flying knives, which danced around her body, forming a delicate knife formation to resist the black lights shooting from all around.

The knife formation was quite powerful. Although it was shaken repeatedly by these black lights, it managed to withstand them.

Qu Lin's skin turned pure gold, and he didn't resist the black lights, letting them hit his body. The whole person continued to shoot backward like lightning.

The black lights hit him, making a series of loud "bang" "bang" sounds, but they didn't cause much damage to him, only leaving a few shallow marks. It didn't hurt or itch at all.

Qu Lin flew out of the range covered by the black light in the blink of an eye and landed at the entrance of the stone chamber. His hands suddenly became dazzlingly golden, and he waved them forward violently.

Two golden lights shot out from his palms with a "swoosh" "swoosh" sound, hitting a wall of the stone chamber in a flash.

There were two very shallow bulges on that wall. With two muffled "bang" "bang" sounds, they were shattered by the two golden lights.

The black lights erupting from the stone pillars suddenly brightened more than ten times, but they no longer attacked Han Li and Lan Yan. Instead, they turned their directions and shot into the ground, immediately merging into it.

"Buzz" sound.

In an instant, a layer of thick black light appeared on the ground. One after another, pitch-black Underworld Scripts emerged, tumbling and interweaving to form a somewhat hazy huge pattern. It seemed to be some kind of peculiar magic formation, from which emanated bursts of bone-chilling coldness that made one's whole body feel cold.

Han Li immediately felt his body tighten, and his whole person fell straight down from mid-air, landing on the ground.

At the same time, countless black light threads rose from the black magic formation on the ground, covering his body.

Han Li's hands and feet seemed to be firmly trapped by a layer of invisible steel hoops, unable to move, and the mana in his body also solidified.

Lan Yan was even more unbearable. She fell straight to the ground before Han Li, and was imprisoned by the black magic formation, unable to move at all.

"Qu Lin, what do you mean by this?" Han Li asked in a deep voice.

Although he had never truly trusted Qu Lin, he didn't expect the other party to be so familiar with this place and even know how to control the restrictions here. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been so easily trapped.

The previous pretense of using a huge amount of immortal essence stones as an exchange condition to take them to find Gold Devouring Immortal was obviously a deception. Qu Lin had obviously deliberately led them here.

"Your purpose is also for that Gold Devouring Immortal? Have you been here before?" Han Li asked.

"Now that things have come to this, why bother asking knowingly? We Gold Devouring Immortals originally devour each other to achieve true evolution. Moreover, that Gold Devouring Immortal devoured one of my incarnations, and I must take back the power that belongs to me," Qu Lin said with a cold smile.

"One of your incarnations..." Han Li's heart stirred.

Could it be that the Gold Devouring Immortal that Gold Devouring Immortal devoured before was related to Qu Lin?

"That's enough chatting. If I don't leave, that brat Guilingzi will arrive. You two can stay here slowly," Qu Lin had no intention of staying any longer. After saying this, he was about to turn around and leave.

Just at that moment, with a loud "boom", the stone door in the depths of the stone chamber opened with a bang.

The darkness in the stone chamber suddenly condensed, and at the same time, a strong wind blew in the room. A huge black shadow shot out from the stone door, enveloping Han Li and the other two.

Han Li and Lan Yan were already imprisoned on the ground. At this moment, they were pressed down by the huge force of the black shadow, making it even more difficult to move. Lan Yan simply sat down on the ground.

"Damn it! It came really fast!" Qu Lin's face showed annoyance, and he rubbed his hands together.

Immediately, a piercing whistling sound rose sharply, and countless sword-like crystal lights burst out from Qu Lin's body. After condensing, they transformed into a magnificent golden sword shadow, slashing towards the black shadow in mid-air.

With a "chi la" sound, the terrifying aura emitted by the black shadow was immediately torn open.

Qu Lin's face lit up with joy, and he immediately turned into a golden light, flying towards the way he came.

"It's you! You betrayed and fled from Nine Elements Temple back then, and you dare to come back today. Then don't even think about leaving!" A piercing voice came from mid-air.

Before the words could fall, a black, hazy giant claw the size of a house appeared out of thin air in front of the golden light transformed by Qu Lin, and grabbed down fiercely.

The giant claw was covered with scales, and especially the five huge nails were full of strange incantations and patterns, exuding unparalleled sharp power. Wherever it passed, the void was easily cut out five neat black marks like a curtain.

With a crisp "chi la" sound, the golden light transformed by Qu Lin burst open, and his figure emerged, already chopped into five or six pieces of corpses.

However, the surfaces of those corpses flashed with golden light, turning into six golden beetles the size of human heads, and continued to shoot forward like lightning, instantly disappearing into the passage from which they came.

"Eh!"

The black shadow in mid-air flashed and retracted, transforming into a black-robed young man with a thin face and cold eyes, with a look of surprise.

"Guilingzi!" Below, on the ground, Han Li narrowed his eyes and muttered.