Chapter 1428: Seven-Level Mandala

Since the Underworld Dragon begged for mercy, Chen Mobai naturally wouldn't fight to the bitter end. After all, the power of Saintly Virtue from the Purple Cloud Palace in his right hand was exhausted, and the power of the Void-Measuring Ruler in his left hand certainly wouldn't match the former's intensity. He had already planned to escape anyway.

Chen Mobai stated, "If others don't offend me, I won't offend them. However, Xuan'er was captured by you and is still unconscious. You owe me an explanation for that."

Hearing these words, the Underworld Dragon looked hesitant, wondering how to apologize to satisfy Chen Mobai.

"Daoist friend, rest assured. Mother is the first innate deity born in the Underworld. She is currently unconscious only because her physical form cannot withstand the infusion of the Underworld's primal power," Underworld Umbrella answered, seemingly eager to atone for his mistakes. "Once the Underworld's primal energy transforms her into an Yin Spirit Divine Body, this problem will be resolved."

"What happens if she transforms into an Yin Spirit Divine Body?" Chen Mobai instantly caught the keyword, frowning as he pressed for more information.

"She'll turn into a ghost!" No sooner had Underworld Umbrella's words fallen than the Underworld Dragon whipped him with its tail, sending him crashing from the sky to the ground, creating a human-shaped crater in the Underworld soil melted by the small sun of Saintly Virtue.

"My perfectly fine disciple is going to become a ghost?" Chen Mobai was furious. If he didn't only have one strike left from the Void-Measuring Ruler, he would have killed Underworld Umbrella again.

"Daoist friend, calm your anger. There's actually a way to stop this. As long as you take her out of the Underworld, its primal power will naturally stop infusing her body," the Underworld Dragon explained. Compared to the childlike Underworld Umbrella, the Underworld Dragon was slightly more sensible, but not by much. "However, having entered the Yellow Springs Pool earlier, she has already developed an irreversible trend toward yin-body transformation. But as long as she doesn't absorb the Yellow Springs Yin Qi and other energies evolved from the Underworld's primal power, there won't be major problems going forward." As soon as it finished speaking, Chen Mobai's expression turned completely cold.

Luo Yixuan's form, though still human-like, now had a pair of horns on her head, her hands and feet showed signs of claw development, faint scales were visible on her wrists, and two protrusions on her shoulders and back suggested wings might grow. Given Luo Yixuan's personality, she likely wouldn't want to show herself in the Heavenly River Realm with this appearance. Chen Mobai had originally thought that upon returning, he could purify the Underworld's primal power within her with his Saintly Virtue Pure Light, thereby restoring her.

"Is there really no way to restore her original appearance? Don't you control the Grand Dao of Time? Can you bring back the her from before she entered the Yellow Springs Pool?" Chen Mobai, recalling the scene where the Underworld Dragon resurrected Underworld Umbrella and others, proposed an idea.

The Underworld Dragon shook its head. "To rewind time with my Grand Dao of Time, I first need a saved record, and regrettably, I didn't save a record of her from that time."

For the Underworld Dragon, it certainly hoped Luo Yixuan could recover her original appearance. Only Luo Yixuan, having withstood the infusion of the Underworld's primal power and transformed into an Yin Spirit Divine Body, would be able to make it call her "Mother." Before that, the Underworld Dragon hadn't paid much attention to Luo Yixuan. After all, since the Three Realms were opened, the residual spirit of the Ghost Mother had revived several times, but none had ultimately managed to fully recover as the "Ghost Mother." However, it hadn't expected this particular Luo Yixuan to have such an extraordinary background, with Chen Mobai as her master. Underworld Umbrella's abduction of her had prompted Chen Mobai to cross realms, nearly shattering the Underworld.

Chen Mobai sighed inwardly. Since even the Underworld Dragon had no solution, Luo Yixuan would likely have to keep her current appearance in the future. However, he could teach her Void Illusions, using the Grand Dao of Illusion to disguise herself.

At this moment, the Turtle Treasure suddenly glowed again with a strand of unusual Dao patterns, activating the Square Inch Scroll. This integrated all the knowledge in Chen Mobai's mind, leading him to a method for solving Luo Yixuan's current problem. The method involved using the Two-Part Divine Art to sever the Yellow Springs spiritual power and the Ghost Mother characteristics, then refining them into an external avatar using the Outer Body Incarnation technique, and finally cultivating it with the Underworld Scripture to improve it. This would not only resolve the issue of the two spiritual powers and keep her main body pure but also grant her a powerful avatar that could eventually become a Supreme of the Underworld!

Chen Mobai never imagined that the Square Inch Scroll, empowered by the Turtle Treasure, would become so formidable. Besides the general outline, it extracted all the Heavenly Scripture cultivation methods Chen Mobai had read, using the Two-Part Divine Art, Outer Body Incarnation, and Underworld Scripture as its core framework, custom-designing a new cultivation method specifically for Luo Yixuan's current situation. The theoretical ultimate goal of this cultivation method was to merge with the innate Dao of Life and Death.

Could the Heaven-Mending lineage truly be a legacy left by his senior sisters Tianhai and Guiling? Chen Mobai had already suspected this, but after visiting the Xuanku Daoist Temple and finding that the Five Grand Supremes Scripture was common and easily downloadable online, he had stopped thinking about it. However, the current miraculous transformation resulting from the combination of the Square Inch Scroll and the Turtle Treasure confirmed that the Heaven-Mending lineage's inheritance could at least be traced back to the Sacred Mother Guiling.

At this thought, Chen Mobai's mind stirred, and he began to ponder refining the Saintly Virtue Grand Dao of the Underworld Realm with his Primordial Yang Sword, elevating it into a Dao-Attainment Treasure. Instantly, the Turtle Treasure lit up with Saintly Virtue patterns, and the Square Inch Scroll activated again, integrating the methods and paths to achieve this, presenting them for Chen Mobai to choose from.

After the Square Inch Scroll's deduction, it was found to be feasible. However, the methods required careful consideration. Some had a high success rate, but if they failed, the Dharma artifact would be instantly obliterated by the impact of the Saintly Virtue Grand Dao. Others had a lower success rate, but if they failed, due to the incomplete Grand Dao of the Underworld Realm, there was a loophole that allowed the Dharma artifact to barely survive partially, leaving a possibility for regeneration.

Was the true power of the Turtle Treasure finally about to manifest? Chen Mobai suppressed his excitement, outwardly maintaining an angry demeanor toward the Underworld Dragon and its kin.

Coincidentally, the new cultivation method the Square Inch Scroll had deduced for Luo Yixuan required a rare heavenly treasure to house her spiritual essence and facilitate the creation of the Ghost Mother avatar. Chen Mobai simply spoke directly to the Underworld Dragon: "You have no solution because your insight is insufficient. I, however, have an idea, but it requires a treasure that aligns with the Yellow Springs spiritual power, preferably one that contains the primal power of the Underworld."

After Chen Mobai finished speaking, his gaze fell upon the Underworld Dragon and the other Ghost Mother's children's innate spirit treasures. These were Seventh-Tier innate spirit treasures, and also primal wonders, within the Underworld Realm.

"Daoist friend, please wait a moment, let me think..." The Underworld Dragon naturally noticed Chen Mobai's gaze, but it wasn't worried. After all, these treasures were one with them, its siblings; even if an outsider snatched them, they couldn't be used, at most only sealed.

"Big Brother, isn't there a Seventh-Tier Mandarava Flower at the end of the Yellow Springs in your Underworld Palace?" At that moment, Underworld Umbrella, battered and bruised, floated up and immediately spoke upon hearing Chen Mobai's words.

The Underworld Dragon exhaled sharply through its nose, its cheek whiskers trembling uncontrollably with rage, as it forcibly suppressed the urge to tear Underworld Umbrella apart.

"Oh, if Daoist friend is willing to give this item to my disciple, then what happened today, I'll consider it never occurred." Chen Mobai's eyes lit up upon hearing Underworld Umbrella's words, and he quickly spoke.

Although he didn't know what kind of treasure this Mandarava Flower was, a Seventh-Tier quality could never be bad. Such an item was essentially an incomplete innate spirit treasure. If it fell into the hands of a True Immortal Dao Monarch, a little refining would turn it into a Dao-Attainment Treasure. With Luo Yixuan's Ghost Mother avatar based on it, even if her future luck was terrible, she would at least be on the level of Daoist Dandai.

"I was just thinking of that myself. Daoist friend, please wait, I'll fetch it for you." The Underworld Dragon forced a smile, deciding to make the painful sacrifice to resolve today's conflict.

"Oh, by the way, I heard that the Ascension Platform of the Heavenly River Realm inadvertently fell into your Underworld previously. Daoist friend, do you know where it is? Since I'm here today, it's a rare visit, so I might as well take that back with me too." Chen Mobai remembered this and asked again.

"That's also in my Underworld Palace; I'll bring it along with the other item," the Underworld Dragon said, hesitating for a moment. Since it was already giving away a Seventh-Tier Mandarava Flower, this item would just be an extra. After all, the Ascension Platform was useless to the Underworld. They wouldn't dare ascend to the Spirit Void Immortal Realm anyway.

"Daoist friend, hurry back. I've already unsealed the spatial lockdown." Seeing the Underworld Dragon's compliance, Chen Mobai couldn't help but reveal a satisfied smile.

Upon hearing this, the Underworld Dragon immediately tried to manipulate space, and indeed, found it could teleport. This greatly shocked it and the Ghost Mother's children present. After all, it was certain that Chen Mobai had not yet merged with the Dao. For him, at the Void Refinement realm, to be able to suppress their innate deities of the Underworld Realm on the Grand Dao of Space was somewhat incredible.

After the Underworld Dragon disappeared for a few breaths, its form reappeared in its original spot, bringing a clay pot and a white jade platform, which it handed to Chen Mobai. The clay pot was filled with dim Yellow Springs water, with Underworld soil at the bottom, in which a strange purplish-black flower was planted. "Is this the Seventh-Tier Mandarava Flower?" Chen Mobai glanced at it, then directly put both items into his sleeve.

"Many thanks, Daoist friend. I'll take my leave now. Once my disciple recovers, I'll bring her back to the Underworld to express her gratitude." Chen Mobai's words were a prelude, indicating that he would frequently visit in the future to refine the innate Grand Dao of the Underworld Realm with his Primordial Yang Sword and other means.

"Daoist friend, please take care. Shall I see you off?" the Underworld Dragon said with a smile, though inwardly, it wished Chen Mobai would quickly get lost and never appear again.

Amidst a flash of silver light, Chen Mobai activated the Turtle Treasure and teleported Luo Yixuan to the Heavenly River Realm.

Seeing this scene, the Underworld Dragon and its kin were once again astonished. Because when the Turtle Treasure teleported, the surrounding Grand Dao of Space had once again fallen out of their control.

"If this young man were to merge with the Grand Dao of Space here, he could probably achieve it on the spot," said one of the heads of the Nine-Headed Ghost Bird, the second among the Ghost Mother's nine children. She was Underworld Phoenix.

"Eighth Brother, if you don't speak, no one will think you're mute." At that moment, the Underworld Dragon suddenly turned its head, looking coldly at Underworld Umbrella.

Upon seeing this, Underworld Phoenix and the others suddenly remembered they had other matters to attend to and took their leave.

Moments later, Underworld Umbrella's screams echoed throughout the Underworld Realm.