Boom! The netherworld death qi surged, and the Great God of the Yellow Springs intended to force Ji Xiang to retreat. However, to his surprise, Ji Xiang didn't budge, and his hand actually snatched away his Heavenly Jade Spear!
Under the gaze of the Great God of the Yellow Springs, all the death qi rushed towards Ji Xiang, only to be instantly annihilated by a force of the Dharma Realm!
"The weather is pure, and the bright one."
Hearing this voice, the Great God of the Yellow Springs couldn't care less. In an instant, he was enveloped by the clouds of a thousand bones, and the next moment, the Heavenly Jade Spear that had been snatched away was wielded by the opponent, launching a thunderous strike against him. The spear, which seemed to split the heavens and earth, churned the seawater. When the spear was lifted, the seawater dripping from it transformed into islands and land.
But now, his power had also been taken away, and the divine artifact that should have been his was being wielded by the opponent!
The power of this divine artifact was the ability to separate chaos and transform what it pierced. It could turn death into life, yin into yang, and sea into land!
If this spear pierced a living being, the living being would turn into a dead one, unable to return to the mortal realm. If it pierced a dead being, they would become alive, only to be completely eroded by the power of the underworld!
The eyes of the Great God of the Yellow Springs were filled with terror. She sensed her body beginning to decay, a sign not just of the Yellow Springs' cold qi beginning to erode her!
As a death elder, her lifespan was eternally unchanged. She was a person pulled back from the brink of death by Xu Fu, with only a sliver of her mortal lifespan remaining. When she was aging, she inherited the divine position of the Yellow Springs.
Her subsequent years were all in the realm of "yin lifespan." However, if she were to become a living being, the years that had been frozen would rush back to her all at once. Her yin lifespan would be reduced to nothing, and the remaining sliver of her mortal lifespan would be utterly incapable of resisting the backlash of the Yellow Springs' power!
"Waaah, waaah!"
The body had already begun to rot severely. In her panic, she circulated the power of her divine position, and the power of the Great God of the Yellow Springs protected her. She retreated in terror, while Ji Xiang did not press his advantage. His eyes displayed text.
[Heavenly Jade Spear: Divine Artifact! Point the spear to draw and stir the seawater, causing the vast ocean to roar and ascend.]
[Divine Artifact shared by Izanagi and Izanami! Possesses innate divine might!]
[Innate Divine Might: Primordial Transformation! Yin transforms into Yang, ghosts transform into humans, life transforms into death, sea transforms into land, heaven transforms into earth, transforming the existence of things into their opposite. However, it can only affect the same target once. After the effect, it is permanent, and its subsequent state depends on the duration of the piercing.]
[This is a divine artifact forged from primordial dust in ancient times, indestructible! If a method can be found to refine and melt it, one can obtain primordial matter from the creation of heaven and earth, such as primordial dust and chaotic energy. Interesting.]
Ji Xiang looked up. The Great God of the Yellow Springs had disappeared. She had fled into the darkness, seemingly abandoning the fight.
Only the Yellow Springs death qi that still coiled around told Ji Xiang that she hadn't gone far, but was watching everything that happened from the shadows with venomous eyes.
"Oh dear, I still plan to come here often to absorb the Yin and Cold Qi of the Yellow Springs. If I don't kill you, it seems I won't have an easy time next time I come here."
"Even if among these souls are people I have killed, I believe that once a person is dead, their soul should rest peacefully and return to the yin and yang of heaven and earth, becoming a part of the great cycle once more."
"Instead of being imprisoned and transformed into restless vengeful spirits."
"Humans are born into the world, living for a hundred years, but from morning to night, their lives are precarious. They face such torment even after death, which is truly a sin."
The eyes of the Great God of the Yellow Springs were filled with malice. She turned a deaf ear to Ji Xiang's words, even emitting a sound of gnashing teeth and sucking blood:
"You stole my divine artifact, destroyed millions of Yellow Springs yin soldiers, causing the entire Yellow Springs to be in turmoil, and even severed the inheritance of the path of ghosts and gods! I will not let you off so easily. The gates of the Yellow Springs have been closed by me, and you cannot leave."
"I cannot kill you, but you also have no hope of returning to the human world. You will perish amidst the chill and surging death qi of the Yellow Springs... whether it be for a hundred years or a thousand, your magic power will eventually be depleted."
"Although the Heavenly Jade Spear is powerful, it has already had an effect on the Yellow Springs. That was when I held it, so don't think of using this spear to escape the Yellow Springs. It's useless."
"As the Lord of the Yellow Springs, if I cannot defeat you, can I not at least trap you here?"
The Great God of the Yellow Springs was full of confidence. She was sure she could outlast Ji Xiang. Although she had been pierced by the Heavenly Jade Spear and almost "revived," with the divine position of the Great God of the Yellow Springs as her backing, she could use the power of the Yellow Springs to suppress her living state, thereby extending her lifespan and waiting for Xu Fu's next blessing.
But her thoughts quickly shifted from smug satisfaction to anger and confusion.
She was angry that Ji Xiang was still talking. He had clearly heard her voice but still didn't take it seriously, turning a deaf ear.
She was confused that Ji Xiang still showed no signs of panic, his tone unwavering. Given the strange abilities the opponent had just used, the Great God of the Yellow Springs felt she should observe further.
"What I said earlier... was from my personal feelings."
"And if we speak from a righteous perspective."
Ji Xiang finally finished his long speech. A thousand words, all the preamble to his crusade, coalesced into one sentence.
You broke the law.
The Great God of the Yellow Springs laughed, emitting a venomous laugh that she couldn't suppress, much like the maniacal laughter of a wicked woman. "You can't even save yourself, yet you want to punish me? Even if I violated the laws of heaven and earth, what can you do to me? Moreover, you are not Japanese. An outsider dares to call himself Heaven!"
"Who do you think you are!"
The arrogant mockery of the Great God of the Yellow Springs was met by Ji Xiang's moving lips and a voice like thunder:
"I am not a thing."
"I am."
"!"
As soon as the words fell, a world-shattering demonic energy surged up. For a moment, eighty thousand heavenly demon sounds echoed endlessly throughout this Yellow Springs domain.
"Your actions have already defied the way of heaven and earth. You are a earth god, an evil god, a nether god, and a ghost god. With these four divine titles, and according to the heavenly laws..."
"All earth gods and foreign demons who commit transgressions together, all evil gods who call out to people in the void, all underworld officials who do not absolve sins and grant life to the deceased, all ghosts and gods who wrongly seize the souls of the living and destroy the law and disrespect it. Punished for four crimes."
"Slash!"
From Ji Xiang's body, a massive Heavenly Venerate form rose from the ground. The Vast Salvation of the Drowning Heavenly Venerate reached out towards a patch of darkness!
With a single pull, that large expanse of darkness was torn from the void. The Great God of the Yellow Springs was seized by the Vast Salvation of the Drowning Heavenly Venerate like a giant capturing a dragon, about to be crushed into pieces! This was the power of "Transcendence of Hell"!