Chapter 1426: Right-Handed Saint Virtue

Golden light cut through the void, tearing apart heaven and earth.

The specters of the Underworld all raised their heads, gazing with empty, dull eyes at the light that had never before appeared in this realm. Whether it was the boundless yellow fog or the dim Yellow Springs, all were split in two by this single sword.

Pluto Umbrella, who had originally been laughing, saw the Primordial Yang sword light traverse 130,000 li in an instant and strike before him, causing his expression to change drastically.

How could it be so fast?

Pluto Umbrella was greatly shocked. One must know that the Underworld was a failed world, so its void was completely different from the living worlds of the Celestial River Realm and the Spirit Void Immortal Realm. Even a True Immortal Dao Lord would need time to re-cultivate their Void Realm after arriving, let alone master a Great Dao. Of course, there were also powerful beings who, relying on their profound cultivation and high realm, could directly suppress the Underworld's Great Dao and use their divine abilities to defeat enemies.

Just like when Pluto Dragon and others acted in the Celestial River Realm, they didn't try to refine and control the corresponding Great Dao of the Celestial River Realm. Instead, they sent their Great Dao power through the Gate of the Underworld, but in doing so, they could at most unleash one or two tenths of their full power, or even less. As Chen Mobai was only at the Void Realm, it was naturally impossible for him to suppress the Underworld's Great Dao.

Then there was only one possibility: he had already adapted to the void here.

But Pluto Umbrella had seen Chen Mobai enter with his own eyes. It took less than a blink of an eye for him to adapt?

Pluto Umbrella, unable to comprehend, simply stopped thinking about the problem. He planned to capture Chen Mobai and send him to his brothers, so they could extract his soul and thoroughly examine his memories to find out what was going on.

"A mere Void Realm cultivator, what incredible audacity! Did your Dao-achieving treasure grant you this courage!"

Amidst a cold snort, Pluto Umbrella, standing before the White Bone Palace gates, unleashed a surge of divine sense. Six paths of Yellow Springs steamed with a thousand li of azure-green ghostly energy, forming a cover-shaped barrier before the Primordial Yang sword light, like an open paper umbrella. In Pluto Umbrella's view, with his seventh-tier realm, dealing with a mere Void Realm cultivator like Chen Mobai didn't even require him to act. Even directly taking this sword strike wouldn't harm a single hair on him.

However, Luo Yixuan was currently undergoing a return-to-origin process within the White Bone Palace. To avoid disturbing his mother's awakening, Pluto Umbrella was unusually cautious. After setting up the Underworld barrier, confident that Luo Yixuan would not be affected, Pluto Umbrella's figure suddenly vanished from his spot.

Before Chen Mobai, silver-black light flickered, and the snow-pale Pluto Umbrella stepped out of the void with a cold sneer. He extended a white bone umbrella, brandishing it like a spear, and swung it towards Chen Mobai's chest. The reason Pluto Umbrella didn't aim for the head was because he still needed to resolve some doubts from Chen Mobai's nascent soul.

"Seeking death!"

In response, Chen Mobai slightly shook his head, raised his right hand, and directly grasped the white bone umbrella. Just as Pluto Umbrella was thinking of crushing Chen Mobai's hand bones, he discovered that the umbrella surface of his innate spirit treasure, which was in contact with Chen Mobai's palm, suddenly emitted green smoke.

Following that, an intense pain surged through Pluto Umbrella, shaking his mind as if he were being scorched by Underworld ghost fire. A golden light erupted from the palm of Chen Mobai's right hand, which was holding the umbrella. In an instant, it surged and enveloped Pluto Umbrella's entire body, which was right before him.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!

A sound like hot oil boiling emanated from Pluto Umbrella's entire body. Amidst his screams, his body began to melt under the golden light, scattering large plumes of azure-green ghostly energy. This was the purest and most concentrated Yin Qi of the Yellow Springs. Each plume that fell upon the netherworld soil, if combined with a specter, could create a fifth-tier ghost deity. However, under the Holy Virtue Clear Light, these Yellow Springs Yin Qi dissipated like snow encountering boiling water, vanishing into thin air as soon as they spread.

"Impossible, what kind of power is this!"

Amidst Pluto Umbrella's screams, his ever-victorious companion spirit treasure erupted with an unprecedented ghastly white spiritual light under the Holy Virtue Clear Light. This was the spirit treasure sensing that it was about to be suppressed and that Pluto Umbrella was on the verge of turning to ashes. Thus, it directly invoked the fundamental Great Dao of the Underworld, struggling to resist. The spiritual light was chilling like snow, pale like jade, possessing a purity never before seen in the Underworld.

This was an innate Great Dao!

The ghastly white spiritual light spread with the opening of the white bone umbrella surface, creating an absolute defense for Pluto Umbrella under the Holy Virtue Clear Light surging from Chen Mobai's palm.

"Tai Su Great Dao!"

Chen Mobai looked at the ghastly white spiritual light protecting Pluto Umbrella, a hint of surprise in his eyes. At Azure Lady's Soul Transformation Ceremony, Chen Mobai had witnessed the Tai Su Immortal Light of the Jellyfish Palace, and coupled with his frequent study of the Three Thousand Great Daos of the Purple Heavens Palace, he was very familiar with it. This was one of the Five Primordial States of Innate Qi, representing the most primordial matter in the process of creation.

In other words, was the first substance to appear in the Underworld this white bone umbrella? Chen Mobai looked at the umbrella surface, which had been completely melted into nothingness by the Holy Virtue Clear Light, leaving only the bone-shaped frame. Combined with the Underworld's environment, it indeed seemed plausible that the very first substance born here was a bone.

"Who exactly are you?"

Under the protection of the Underworld's Tai Su Great Dao, Pluto Umbrella had also dispelled the Holy Virtue Clear Light. His form, which was on the verge of melting away, began to rapidly recover with the influx of Great Dao power. This was a Dao Lord; as long as their Great Dao remained, even if Chen Mobai incinerated him with Holy Virtue Clear Light, he could still be resurrected within the Great Dao.

However, the Underworld's Great Dao was incomplete after all. So, if Pluto Umbrella were truly annihilated, Pluto Dragon would need to use the Great Dao of Time to retrieve Pluto Umbrella's complete true spirit from the past for him to be reborn without flaws. A True Immortal Dao Lord who has merged with an incomplete Great Dao will permanently lose a part of themselves after each death and resurrection, until they eventually lose their self and become the Dao.

Pluto Umbrella was grateful that he hadn't been melted by the Holy Virtue Clear Light. After recovering under the Tai Su Great Dao, he reconfirmed Chen Mobai's cultivation realm. It was indeed Void Realm. Then how could he not even withstand a single move? One must know that he was at the seventh tier in the Underworld. Even a True Immortal Dao Lord from the Spirit Void Immortal Realm, who controlled a complete Great Dao, would be unable to do anything against him, given his geographical advantage.

"You kidnapped my disciple, aren't you going to inquire about my identity?"

Chen Mobai let out a cold snort and waved his large sleeve. The void began to fold with his sleeve wave. In an instant, the void where he stood crossed towards the White Bone Palace.

Not good!

Pluto Umbrella saw this scene and secretly thought it was bad. This meant that Chen Mobai had already taken control of the Underworld's void, and his strength in their previous exchange was sufficient to easily break through the barrier he had set up. Pluto Umbrella turned his head and looked across the void towards his lair. As expected, the White Bone Palace, originally full of strange and enchanting charm, had now been split open.

The Primordial Yang sword, empowered by the innate holy virtue from Chen Mobai's palm, had not only broken the barrier but had even retrieved Luo Yixuan from the Yellow Springs Pool. If Pluto Umbrella hadn't been arrogant and had gone directly to confront Chen Mobai, intending to rescue Luo Yixuan, it would probably have required a good deal of effort.

"Master!"

The Primordial Yang sword's light flashed, already carrying Luo Yixuan soaring skyward, flying before Chen Mobai, who had moved above the White Bone Palace. However, Luo Yixuan was unconscious. Chen Mobai immediately extended a finger and tapped her glabella.

"Mother is already receiving the power of the Underworld's origin. Your Great Dao power is terrifying. If you don't want her to die, it's best not to act rashly."

Pluto Umbrella's voice rose from the Yellow Springs below. When Chen Mobai moved over, he also wanted to follow, but now the Underworld's void was controlled by Chen Mobai. Under Chen Mobai's will, Pluto Umbrella naturally hit a wall. Fortunately, the power of the void could not affect the Yellow Springs. After escaping into the Yellow Springs and performing an escape technique, Pluto Umbrella quickly arrived, surging up from the Yellow Springs and flying into mid-air, holding his white bone umbrella, trying to persuade Chen Mobai.

Besides Pluto Umbrella, Chen Mobai, who had already imprinted the spiritual patterns of the Underworld's void, also simultaneously sensed that more seventh-tier entities were rushing towards them in the same manner. The Underworld was boundlessly vast. Chen Mobai was fortunate that the void channel he opened was not far from Pluto Umbrella's lair. When Pluto Umbrella first discovered Chen Mobai, he thought he could easily subdue him with his own strength, so he didn't inform Pluto Dragon and the others. After almost being annihilated in one move and realizing the power disparity, Pluto Umbrella immediately informed his brothers and sisters of the situation here via the Yellow Springs. However, when Pluto Dragon and the others tried to come, they also discovered that the Underworld's void was sealed by an inexplicable will, which even they could not control or operate.

After a small test, Chen Mobai understood that the Holy Virtue power of the Purple Heavens Palace was overwhelming for these incomplete Dao Lords of the Underworld. However, he was not a Dao Lord after all, and this power, not originally his, once used, could not be retained; it had to be used until it was depleted. His original plan was to suppress the Nine Sons of the Ghost Mother with Holy Virtue, and if necessary, even use the mark left by the Grand Void Sky-Measuring Ruler in his left hand. As long as he could retrieve Luo Yixuan, he could use the power of the tortoise treasure to teleport back to the Celestial River Realm.

The plan initially went very smoothly, but Luo Yixuan's condition was beyond Chen Mobai's expectation. What Pluto Umbrella said was true. The origin of the Underworld had already established a connection with Luo Yixuan. Even though she had been brought out of the Yellow Springs Pool, an endless stream of Yellow Springs Yin Qi still surged towards her from between heaven and earth. With Luo Yixuan's mere Nascent Soul realm, she was simply unable to control the origin of a realm. Therefore, her body was inevitably transforming into a specter. Her mind also sank into unconsciousness under the impact of the Great Dao. If Chen Mobai were to purify her with the Holy Virtue Great Dao, Luo Yixuan would lose half her life, because she had already partially merged with the Underworld's origin. She might even directly dissipate her Nascent Soul and die.

"Why did you seize Xuan'er?"

Chen Mobai acted, applying a seal on Luo Yixuan's body using the Great Dao of Void to prevent the influx of the Underworld's origin. At the same time, he swung the Primordial Yang sword horizontally, placing it before Pluto Umbrella's neck, and asked.

"Because she is Mother," Pluto Umbrella answered earnestly.

"Xuan'er is the Ghost Mother? How are you certain?" Chen Mobai frowned, pressing further.

"Because only Mother and us can withstand the infusion of the Underworld's origin," Pluto Umbrella continued, explaining that other specters thrown into the Yellow Springs would be directly melted.

And at this moment, surging currents in the Yellow Springs below transformed into Pluto Dragon and the other Sons of the Ghost Mother, flying into the sky and manifesting various Great Dao Dharma forms.

"Junior, you truly came here to seek death."

Pluto Dragon, leading the group, didn't even glance at Pluto Umbrella, who was held at sword-point by the Primordial Yang sword. He simply gazed coldly at Chen Mobai.

"You're too slow to arrive," Chen Mobai, however, uttered this single sentence, causing Pluto Dragon and the others to freeze for a moment.

"Junior, don't think that just because you've captured a useless piece of trash, you can threaten us. Even if you kill him, I can resurrect him from the Yellow Springs." Pluto Dragon thought Chen Mobai intended to use Pluto Umbrella as a hostage to threaten them, and snorted coldly.

"Then if you die, can you resurrect yourself from the Yellow Springs?" Chen Mobai, however, asked this question.

"Arrogant!"

Pluto Dragon had always believed himself to be composed, showing no joy or anger on his face, but before this junior Chen Mobai, his emotions fluctuated violently in succession. Amidst his furious roar, Pluto Dragon directly activated the entire Underworld's Great Dao of Time, intending to turn Chen Mobai into historical dust in an instant, letting all beings in the Three Realms know that the Lord of the Underworld was not to be provoked.

"Master, I'm still a little short of mastering the Great Dao of Waning here, you should hide first..." The anxious voice of the Chaos Golden Dipper came. After entering the Underworld, it had been striving to refine its own Great Dao, but unfortunately, the Underworld and the Celestial River Realm were completely different environments, and the speed was not ideal.

"Hide?" Chen Mobai gently shook his head, raised his right hand, and the brilliant golden Holy Virtue light illuminated his palm, as if he were holding a small sun. Since acquiring the Purple Heavens Palace, Chen Mobai had never encountered an opponent that made him feel a threat to life or death. Therefore, he had never known how powerful this innate supreme treasure truly was. After all, he could suppress Void Realm cultivators with a mere wave of his hand, and seventh-tier Dao-merging cultivators were a bit too challenging. Even with the Purple Heavens Palace, Chen Mobai dared not provoke them directly.

But these incomplete Dao Lords of the Underworld were just right. After testing it on Pluto Umbrella just now, Chen Mobai had used less than half a tenth of his power and almost melted him. This left Chen Mobai a bit disappointed because the opponent was too weak. It was precisely for this reason that Chen Mobai intended to unleash all the remaining Holy Virtue power in his right hand onto Pluto Dragon and the others before leaving.

The moment the small sun in his palm rose, illuminating the boundless darkness of the Underworld, Pluto Dragon and the other Sons of the Ghost Mother all felt an unprecedented fear. Their innate Great Daos were wailing, trembling in terror. But at this point, it was too late to retreat. Because the void had been sealed by Chen Mobai, and the small Holy Virtue sun, after Chen Mobai's hand swept down, was also aimed at the Yellow Springs and the netherworld soil below. With no escape, Pluto Dragon and the other Sons of the Ghost Mother simultaneously activated their companion innate spirit treasures. The Great Daos of Time, Calamity, Yin Virtue, Primeval Beginning, Frozen Extremity, and others all vibrated in unison, erupting with unprecedented brilliance.

However, under the small Holy Virtue sun, all of them turned into nothingness!