Chapter 1202 - 1227: Netherworld Entrance

Such a bold action could only be accomplished by Chu Linfeng. After entering this undercurrent, Chu Linfeng truly felt the terrifying danger described by the Golden Dragon King.

The pressure within the undercurrent was immensely powerful, causing even Chu Linfeng with his current defense power to feel suffocated. There was also a strong corrosive attribute, due to the dark elements in the lake bed undercurrent.

Chu Linfeng brushed off this point, as dark elements had no effect on him at all. With a thought, he immediately harmonized with them, and the corrosion was instantly eliminated. However, his entire body was involuntarily moving with the undercurrent.

The lake was not very large, but Chu Linfeng had been in this undercurrent for almost half a stick of incense’s time. The distance moved had long exceeded the width of the lake bed, leaving him puzzled as to where this undercurrent leads.

His divine sense slowly expanded outward; although his body was uncontrollably moving, he was not in danger. He entered the undercurrent to search for soul medicine, so he naturally had to strive to complete the mission.

In the undercurrent, likewise, there was no life; it was truly a death lake. After inspecting for quite some time, he still did not find the soul medicine he was searching for, making him feel a bit disappointed. He even had a notion to break open this undercurrent and see if there was another undercurrent containing it.

After a while, he suddenly felt energy fluctuations in the distance. These fluctuations were quite intense, which instantly raised his spirits. The appearance of energy fluctuations implies only two possibilities: either a living entity has appeared, or there exists a very precious treasure. To manifest energy fluctuations in such an environment, they must be good things without a doubt.

Chu Linfeng stabilized his body and swam towards the location of the energy fluctuations with the undercurrent. In this undercurrent, he could indeed perform Water Transformation but chose not to. He merely wanted to see where this undercurrent would ultimately stop.

Soon, he arrived at the location of the energy fluctuations. A surge of primordial chaos aura passed over him, taking Chu Linfeng by surprise. He sensed the presence of a strong, powerful life form within this undercurrent; there indeed existed a monster in this death lake.

Mustering all his vision strength to look, the monster was a dark creature, pitch-black all over, but its two eyes were as bright as gemstones. The entire body was tens of meters in size, round-headed with a flat body, yet it had many tentacles—strangely shaped and ugly.

"An octopus monster?" This was Chu Linfeng’s first thought. He didn’t expect such a powerful immortal beast to exist here. Perhaps it shouldn’t be called an immortal beast but a dark beast because it exuded a very strong dark aura.

Chu Linfeng was slightly startled by the strength of the octopus monster; he couldn’t see through it clearly. Despite being in the Divine Human Realm, he could see through things, but not with this creature.

An instinctive sense of danger came over him—could this creature possibly have surpassed the Divine Human Realm? This seemed impossible; how could a Divine Human Realm expert appear in the Immortal Realm without possessing a Divine Charm Pearl?

Chu Linfeng cautiously took out the Cyan Frost Divine Sword and watched the big guy; if it were someone else, they wouldn’t be able to stay here even for a moment. The dense dark elements would be enough to corrode a person completely.

The undercurrent was extremely swift, yet Chu Linfeng managed to stabilize his body at this moment. "Master, do you know what sort of monster this is? It’s truly surprising to see this guy here, it seems this place is unusual and may yield unexpected rewards," said the Jade Immortal Emperor.

Upon hearing this, Chu Linfeng’s heart was delighted. The Jade Immortal Emperor was a figure from millions of years ago, naturally knowing more than he did. He couldn’t help but ask, "Jade, what exactly is this creature, which possesses powerful dark elements? Is it a dark being?"

"It is indeed a dark being, an ancient, primordial chaos affair’s dark being. I once read an introduction in an ancient book by accident; this creature is named Black Chapter, endowed with strong corrosive abilities.

This fellow’s attack power is not very strong, but its defense power is heaven-defying. Without divine weapons, one simply cannot damage it. Even if you possess strong martial skills, it’s useless, as it can directly reflect the attack power of your martial skill, causing hardly any damage."

However, this guy has one fatal flaw: its eyes. Once you attack its eyes, its defense power will drop to the extreme, and naturally, it can be slain," said the Jade Immortal Emperor.

Chu Linfeng was slightly taken aback before he said, "Does killing this fellow bring me surprises? It’s nothing but the dark element stuff appearing on it!"

"That’s not the case. This Black Chapter is not an immortal beast of the Immortal Realm but a Nether Beast from the Netherworld. Do you know what Nether Beast implies? It means that there might be an entrance to the Netherworld here. Though there are numerous entrances to connect the Netherworld to the Immortal Realm, very few are truly discovered, after all, both realms are immensely vast.

Generally, entrances have seals or restrictions, thus making them incredibly rare to be discovered. If you can find this Netherworld entrance, naturally your worries will be solved as well," explained the Jade Immortal Emperor.

Chu Linfeng immediately realized that if through this Black Chapter, finding the Netherworld entrance was possible, his worries for the few ladies in the Netherworld would be alleviated. Then, he could go to the Netherworld to find them; however, considering the absorption of immortal stones, perhaps only Princess Yiyi would ascend to the Netherworld.

The Netherworld and Immortal Realm had wars, but those occurred a very long time ago—so long ago that even the Jade Immortal Emperor had not experienced them, and the Netherworld entrance had been thoroughly sealed, entirely unknown as to where it was. If there really is an entrance here, it would be incredibly rare, indeed a surprise, and without needing to slay it, surprises could be acquired.

"But don’t be too delighted early; to know the Netherworld entrance, you must slay it. Only by slaying it can its soul return to the Netherworld, and then naturally, the Netherworld entrance can be located. However, upon seeing the entrance, it is best to completely annihilate, lest great trouble arises; I believe you understand what it means," said the Jade Immortal Emperor.

"I understand, certainly I do! It seems this venture to the death lake is truly worth it. The matter of the Netherworld entrance troubled me for a long time; if I could truly find it, I would be at ease," said Chu Linfeng.

"Since there’s a top-level soul medicine here, certainly the Netherworld entrance exists. In fact, you don’t know; places where soul medicine appears always have strong deathly nether qi, or soul aura. Only such places manifest soul medicine, and top-level soul medicine must exist where both immortal spirit qi and deathly nether qi coexist, and this location is only found at an entrance.

Initially, when the Golden Dragon King mentioned discovering the top-level soul medicine, I had this speculation. After discovering this Black Chapter, it was further confirmed, yet judging by this Black Chapter, it seems to be in slumber; its emitted aura is exceedingly powerful, and on this point, you must be cautious," the Jade Immortal Emperor stated...