As the small boat drew closer, Hou Wenjie gradually came into clearer view of the grotesque and hellish scenes carved on its hull.

There is a bizarre practice where iron chains are used to pierce a person's tongue and slowly pull it out; that is the hell of tongue-pulling!

There are eerie instances of people having their ten fingers cut off with scissors; that's scissors hell!

There are eerie practices where people are thrown into a steamer and boiled in the raging fire; that's a steamer hell!

There are eerie practices where people are thrown into a frying pan and deep-fried in boiling oil; that's the hell of the frying pan!

All of this resulted in the entirety of the eighteen levels of hell being carved on the hull of the ship!

This scene reminded Hou Wenjie of the painting "Hell Transformation" by Wu Daozi, the legendary painter on Earth.

The ship looked so eerie and terrifying, its hull like a black hole, distorting all light, as if it were about to devour all living things.

Hou Wenjie did not hesitate and stepped forward to stand at the bow of the ship.

He felt an extreme pulling force, even though he was in the strange realm at this moment.

Moreover, various chilling sounds kept emanating from the ship, which seemed to be the whimpering sounds that a person could make when they suffered extreme harm!

Inside this ship, it was as if a real hell had descended, with countless people suffering inside. Their tongues were pulled out, their ten fingers were cut off, their eyes were gouged out, their intestines were pulled out, they were ground into mincemeat, and they were tied to copper pillars and roasted day after day!

That was the hysterical screams of countless people! That most extreme emotion became the best nourishment for the eerie, seemingly to give birth to the most terrifying eerie thing in the world!

Having come this far, Hou Wenjie had no reason to back down.

Without the slightest hesitation, he spoke calmly, as if reciting a decree: "The Yellow Springs descend!"

Thus, the eerie wind transformed into a gray hell, where the Yellow Springs surged and flowed. The dark moon hung high, emitting a grayish-white, cold light. Squads of ghostly soldiers, carrying an ancient, chilling aura, came in a mighty and imposing manner, their spirit soaring to the heavens, as if they were about to conquer the nine heavens.

At this moment, the Yellow Springs descended!

The ghost ship has fallen into the underworld! It is adrift in the vortex of the Yellow Springs!

Squads of underworld soldiers rode the waves in!

They brandished their weapons in perfect unison, and the endless black energy transformed into a monstrous demonic blade, threatening to shatter the ship's hull.

The ghostly soldiers collided with the ship's hull, and a terrifying impact resounded—a sound that sent shivers down one's spine. Under the impact of unparalleled power, everything became hazy and indistinct.

After getting a little clearer vision, the ship had already shaken quite a bit! The scene that looked like a black hole became much more illusory.

But the projection of the ghostly soldiers is becoming increasingly illusory!

Without much thought, Hou Wenjie's brow split open, and the divine light from his Heavenly Eye shone upon the black hole, freezing it instantly!

At that moment, the ghostly soldiers also grasped the moon wheel and swung their blades.

This strike carried unparalleled destructive power, gathering the most essential strength of the Yellow Springs Underworld.

Pop! Like the sound of an egg cracking open.

The black hole collapsed! The ship finally revealed its true form.

Inside the cabin, the first thing that caught Hou Wenjie's eye was a scroll! The scroll contained a poem!

With white hair, I lie in the marshland, relying only on heaven and earth to witness my unwavering loyalty.

Su Wu, impoverished and destitute, ate only felt for a long time; Zhang Xun, filled with sorrow and indignation, chewed his teeth until they were empty.

A light rain falls on the spring grasses of Shanglin Garden; the crumbling walls of Luoyang Palace are bathed in the moonlight.

My lofty ambitions have not aged with the years; even in death, I will remain a heroic spirit.

The signature area clearly displays two seals: one reads "Lu You of Shanyin," and the other "Fang Weng."

The scroll fluttered to one side, like a large flag, rustling in the wind!

In the center of the cabin stands a stone tablet.

The stone tablet is inscribed with the six large characters "Eternally Suppressing Avici Hell". The tablet is covered with mottled marks, which can be clearly seen as scratches from countless weapons.

The monument was slightly cracked, and a strange black aura kept emanating from it!

Hou Wenjie discovered that the scroll beside him wasn't ringing continuously, but only every short while, and then it would vibrate out a wisp of bluish-white energy towards the stone tablet, as if it were repairing this Prison-Suppressing Divine Tablet!

Looking at the stone tablet and the inscription, and connecting it with the legends from that Earth, Hou Wenjie had a near-certain deduction!

This scroll was written by Lu You. It contains hidden divine light and can no longer be considered a scroll, but rather a talisman. This indicates that he must have entered a certain grotto-heaven!

This already proves that he is practicing Taoism!

Moreover, Hou Wenjie had once read one of his poems, titled "On the Scenes in the Daoist Chamber," which contained the following four lines: "A hairpin adorned with lingering snow, I send it to the forest pavilion; in my hand, I hold two scrolls of the Yellow Court Classic. The zither's melody nourishes my heart, bringing peace and tranquility; the incense burner draws my dreams to the azure sky."

There is even a folk legend that he once served as King Pingdeng, one of the Nine Kings of Hell!

This perfectly matches the line from the poem hanging in the cabin at this moment: "Even in death, one can still be a heroic ghost!"

The stone tablet inscribed with "Eternally Guarding Avici Hell" explains everything, because according to legend, Avici Hell is under the jurisdiction of King Pingdeng, the King of the Ninth Court of Hell.

Even the name of this lake, "Yazi Pool," passed down by the elders, inspired Hou Wenjie, making the "Collection of Lu You's Poems" in his memory clearer. He retrieved a poem in it in which he discussed the strange gods, and one of the lines was, "[Some say that in the war of Asuras, a million Yazi rise up].

All signs indicate that Lu You of this bizarre world may very well have actually been King Pingdeng, one of the Ten Kings of Hell!

How could this stone tablet, which suppresses the Avici Hell, appear in the real world?

Where is the underworld now? And what kind of strange changes have occurred there?

There are still many mysteries surrounding this world that Hou Wenjie has yet to unravel.

Exhaling a breath of stale air, Hou Wenjie knew that the strange ship no longer posed any threat to him.

After removing the scroll, Hou Wenjie once again used the [Descending from the Underworld] supernatural power, and the ghost ship was plunged into the underworld hell once more.

This time, Hou Wenjie directly brought the small boat into his spiritual sea of ​​consciousness.

Above the sea of ​​consciousness, the light of his nature shone, and the eerie aura on the stone tablet quickly receded! The cracks in the tablet also showed signs of repair.

The waves in the sea of ​​consciousness washed over the strange ship again and again, while the light of sexuality shone upon it, washing away all its impurities.

Hou Wenjie's mind sank into the crack in the stone tablet again, wanting to see what was inside!

Then, he saw a huge Sumeru space existing within the stone tablet.

It contains countless bronze pillars, both conceptual and functional!

Ropes were hanging from the bronze pillars, and the other ends of these ropes were tied to those strange and illusory bodies.

When Hou Wenjie increased the intensity of the light, he saw bluish-white light shimmering on the bronze pillars, and the strange creatures bound by ropes all let out painful howls.

So that's how it is! Hou Wenjie understood. The reason why those strange creatures on the lake didn't run around after breaking the stone tablet was because they were still tied to the iron chains and couldn't break free.

The reason why this stone tablet can imprison so many strange things is that it can only be one thing, which is the transformation of the cave!

Its former owner must have been a celestial being!