Myth Beyond Heaven

"It's time." Xiao Shou stared at the dark sky from his courtyard. His eyes were calm and composed as if everything was within his expectations.

If Yun Lintian were here, he would notice that Xiao Shou's temperament was entirely different.

"My lord." At this moment, a middle-aged man in black walked into the courtyard and bowed his head deeply. "There are movements inside the palace."

Xiao Shou turned around to look at him and said. "Have you called them?"

"Hua Rong and Shi Gou are on their way. Ying She, on the other hand, refused to come." The middle-aged man replied solemnly.

Xiao Shou smiled and said. "That's good."

He paused for a moment and asked. "How long have you been by my side?"

The middle-aged man quickly replied. "It's been a million and two hundred thousand years, my lord."

"It's been hard on you, " Xiao Shou said gently.

"No, my lord. It is my honor to serve you." The middle-aged man spoke sincerely.

"You don't need to hide anymore. I'll return the freedom to you." Xiao Shou smiled.

"Yes, my lord." The middle-aged man bowed deeply.

He was Hui Liang, the true Ashe Ghost King.

Xiao Shou had deceived the entire Netherworld by disguising himself as the Ashe Ghost King.

His true identity was the ruler of the Southern Region, the Southern Emperor.

Xiao Shou turned to look in the bridge's direction and spoke to himself. "I hope you can understand it."

***

The change in the Netherworld stirred commotions all over the place. Even ordinary ghosts could feel their strength improving.

Inside the Tower of Fate, Yun Lintian slowly opened his eyes, and the aura of death immediately erupted from within his body.

At this moment, Yun Lintian wore a black robe adorned with a yin and yang pattern on his chest. His temperament changed drastically. He looked like a true king of hell.

Yun Lintian looked calmly at the Judge's Pen and the Book of the Dead in his hand. After completely refining the three artifacts, he gained a lot of understanding of the Netherworld.

Currently, he felt as though everything inside the Netherworld was within his perception. He had the ability to command anyone here.

"This is the power of the Yama King…" Yun Lintian said gently.

He let go of the book, and a muffled noise resounded.

The book suddenly expanded into a large projection and slowly spun around. The aura of death surrounded the book like a circling mist.

Yun Lintian was aware of the phenomenon. The Book of the Dead recorded all the dead souls in the Netherworld. Since it had been inactive for a long time, it needed to retrieve new information.

At this moment, Gui Xuan and Hei Shou opened the door and approached. They looked at the floating book with great interest.

"Eh? Why did I get a familiar feeling from it?" Hei Shou wrote the sentence in the air.

Yun Lintian looked at Hei Shou and asked. "It is the Book of the Dead."

Hei Shou didn't seem to understand it.

Meanwhile, Gui Xuan grabbed Meng Po's bowl and played with it.

Yun Lintian didn't stop him. He continued to stare at the book.

A moment later, the Book of the Dead gradually stopped rotating. The entire space seemed to have halted, with the surrounding deathly aura quickly spinning.

At the same time, two strands of black and white aura slowly emerged from the book. They were entangled with each other, growing longer as if they were alive, forming the majestic sight of Yin and Yang intertwined.

This strange sight vanished when the Yin and Yang symbol gradually sank into the Book of the Dead. From the outside, the book looked like an extremely ordinary notebook.

Yun Lintian reached out to grab the book and flipped through its pages.

Soon, rows of names appeared in Yun Lintian's vision, one after another.

As the ultimate artifact of the Netherworld, the Book of the Dead controlled the life and death of all dead souls in this realm. Yun Lintian could search for any specific name he wanted using his power.

Immediately, Yun Lintian searched for Yun Tian, Xia Nongyue, Yao Xi, Cai Xieren, and Master Bai.

To his surprise, only Master Bai's name could be found in the book. Evidently, Yun Tian, Xia Nongyue, Yao Xi, and Cai Xieren could still be alive somewhere. Of course, there was also a chance that they were completely gone.

Yun Lintian didn't want to rule out any possibilities for now.

He didn't think about it further and searched for Si Junyi's name. As he had expected, his name wasn't on the book.

Yun Lintian proceeded to check Xiao Shou's name and was surprised to find no record of such a name.

"What's going on?" Yun Lintian frowned slightly. He looked up at everyone he met here and discovered their names in the book.

"I know it... He is not ordinary." Yun Lintian spoke to himself.

Yun Lintian always felt something was amiss from the first time he met Xiao Shou, but he couldn't pinpoint it. He either used a fake name, or his true identity was beyond his imagination. Of course, Xiao Shou could also be one of the five emperors.

Yun Lintian set this matter aside and looked at Master Bai's name.

[Bai Junjie. Status: Dead. The cause of death: Fulfilling the Pact of Death.]

Yun Lintian grabbed the Judge's Pen and started to change Master Bai's status to alive. He then removed the cause of death.

Buzz—

The deathly aura around Yun Lintian immediately surged and flowed into the Book of the Dead in his hand.

At this moment, the details regarding Master Bai's name had been successfully changed.

[Bai Junjie. Status: Alive.]

Yun Lintian nodded with satisfaction. With this, he could easily take Master Bai away from the Netherworld through the Gate of Beyond Heaven.

Yun Lintian put the book away and looked at Gui Xuan. "Let's go. We need to find the Horse-Faced statue."

Gui Xuan immediately jumped into Yun Lintian's arms with the bowl in his hand.

Yun Lintian looked at Hei Shou and said. "Please stay here for a while."

"I know. Go." Hei Shou responded.

Yun Lintian didn't say anything else and quickly left the tower.

***

Inside the Southern Capital City, Master Bai and Ouyang Feng were sitting in the room. They didn't dare to approach the bridge because too many people were around the area.

"Hmm?" Suddenly, Ouyang Feng noticed the change in Master Bai's body.