"That should be a decree of the Law," Qi Yu said, raising her hand to gather the scroll with spiritual energy.
Indeed.
The scroll was slowly drawn over.
Si Qing's expression was not very pleasant. She didn't understand what the Law meant by issuing a decree at this time.
However, upon opening it, Si Qing realized that the Law had secretly issued this decree, bypassing the Blood Demon Fiend and Rakshasa Heavenly Venerable. Its main purpose was to inform them that the Law seemed to have found a candidate for the new Heavenly Dao.
"According to the direction I guide, once you find the candidate for the new Heavenly Dao, you must place the primordial spirit of the new Heavenly Dao into the scroll, and the scroll will take it back to the Thirteenth Heaven."
This was what was written on the decree of the Law.
Besides these few lines, there was also a plain talisman with blue writing below.
Qi Yu picked up the talisman and took a glance.
The talisman spontaneously burned in Qi Yu's hand, eventually transforming into a stream of spiritual energy that flew towards the southwest.
Everyone quickly rode their clouds to pursue.
After an unknown amount of time.
The spiritual energy flew further and further, and its location became increasingly remote. Seeing it flying towards the darkest and deepest place, everyone stopped with some confusion.
Finally, their gaze fell upon the gates of the Underworld before them.
The Law said it had found the whereabouts of the new Heavenly Dao and provided guidance, but why was the direction of guidance leading to the Underworld?
Feng Mingqi frowned tightly, feeling that something was amiss, but couldn't pinpoint what was wrong. He decided to enter first.
Seeing this, everyone followed closely.
But halfway through, Feng Mingqi suddenly stopped.
This was because the spiritual energy sent by the Law to lead the way had suddenly disappeared.
The judge of the Underworld was sentencing a wicked ghost who had committed a crime. Seeing such a large group of people rushing in, he was completely stunned.
"No, what business do you all have here?" the judge asked, cupping his hands.
Yue Zhiyin got straight to the point: "Did you see a stream of spiritual energy float in just now?"
"Ah, no," the judge shook his head in confusion. "This subordinate is definitely not lying. If I had truly seen it, how could I possibly not admit it? This is the Underworld."
Feng Mingqi, walking at the forefront, scratched his head upon hearing this. "It's true. That spiritual energy suddenly vanished. The only way this could happen is if it has already led to its destination, but I didn't see anything."
The Underworld was full of wicked ghosts.
The amethyst had no reaction.
Besides these wicked ghosts, the only one present who was not on their side was the judge of the Underworld.
The amethyst also had no reaction to him.
Qi Yu scratched her head. "So, are we staying here for a while longer, or going back?"
"We didn't find anything, are we staying in the Underworld to help the judge sentence wicked ghosts?" Yu Yuan rolled his eyes and impatiently turned to leave.
Yan Hua sighed.
Qi Yu was helpless. They couldn't find anything no matter how hard they looked, so in the end, she could only follow them.
Unbeknownst to them, just as Qi Yu was the last to leave the Underworld, the amethyst necklace hanging around Qi Yu's neck, which was used to identify the new Heavenly Dao, flickered slightly.
But after leaving the Underworld, it immediately dimmed again.
Upon returning, Qi Yu wrote a letter, placed it in the scroll, and threw it out of the barrier.
The Law quickly replied.
This time, the Law's reply was also a letter, the content of which was as follows:
"You say the spiritual energy disappeared after reaching the Underworld? How is that possible? Through my deductions, I can be certain that the new Heavenly Dao will definitely appear in the Underworld."
"Because my deduced prophecy states that the new Heavenly Dao will appear in the place of reincarnation. Isn't that so-called place of reincarnation the Underworld?"
"Could it be that you didn't search thoroughly? I think it might be a certain Earth Immortal in the Underworld, which is why I asked you to bring up this Earth Immortal's soul. Why don't you try again?"
Qi Yu did not reply.
Because she was certain they had all searched, and they had gone through all the wicked ghosts in the Underworld one by one.
However, the amethyst had no reaction, so the true new Heavenly Dao might still be somewhere in the mortal world, not yet time to go to the place of reincarnation.
Si Qing rested her chin on her hand and looked at Qi Yu. "The Law still wants us to go there again. But who knows if the Blood Demon Fiend and the others will launch a surprise attack at this time? I always feel like this Law has no good intentions, just wanting to use this opportunity to draw away some of our forces and divide us."
Yan Hua raised an eyebrow. "It's not impossible."
He put down his teacup. "Although the Law is only feigning compliance with the Blood Demon Fiend and the others now, this doesn't prove that the Law is truly on our side. You must know that once the new Heavenly Dao is found, a new Law will emerge, and the current old Heavenly Dao and old Law will disappear from heaven and earth."
"If you were the Law, would you be willing to disappear? Who has lived long enough these days?"
"But, isn't this karma and reincarnation?" Sang Yunji asked softly. "The Law is not human, it has no seven emotions and six desires, how can there be a matter of willingness or unwillingness?"
"The Heavenly Dao is already controlled by the Blood Demon Fiend," Wang Lanqing said, resting her chin on her hand. "The Law and the Heavenly Dao are one. If the Heavenly Dao is invaded by malevolent energy, no matter how much the Law resists, it will be futile."
"Since that is the case," Qi Yu turned the brush in her hand. "Why don't we take this opportunity to test the Law?"
Si Qing asked doubtfully, "How do we test it?"