The scene changed again, and a middle-aged man walked in from outside with a menacing look, holding a long sword in his hand, about to slash across the hall of the underworld.
Boom!
A golden light with more powerful momentum than his came across the sky, and a man who looked younger than him slowly landed on the ground. There was no expression on his cold and handsome face, and his cold eyes were filled with disapproval.
He said coldly, "Junior brother, you have overstepped the bounds. This is no longer a place you can come to. You were expelled from the underworld by our master. He ordered you not to return unless you are dead!"
The middle-aged man's eyes were filled with red light, and he laughed wildly. "That old man has already been reduced to ashes. Why should I still listen to him? He doesn't allow me to do it, but I insist on doing it. I want to overthrow this underworld. I... am the future master of the underworld. Why should he leave all his good things to you, just because you are his senior brother? I don't accept fate, and I don't believe in evil. No one can stop me from doing what I want to do."
He smiled grimly, holding a sword in his hand, leaving no way for him to retreat. The two men came forward and started fighting with each other. The whole ground was shaking because of their powerful momentum.
Wen Xi's breathing slowed down. Looking at the cool and handsome man, he whispered, "Is it... old man?"
Cheng Yan had floated to her side at some point and said quietly, "Yes, I've seen him before. Although he looked much older when I met him, he is indeed the previous Emperor of Fengdu, your master, Yan Du!"
Wen Xi's eyes were red and her nose was sore. She couldn't help but chuckle, "When I was little, I asked him what his name was. He smiled and told me that he was an old man and I could just call him old man. I was still young at that time, but I really heard him call me that, and it lasted for more than ten years! I never formally worshipped him as my master or called him Master, because he told me that worshipping was just a ceremony and there was nothing to worry about. Anyway, he had already decided that I was the one who would inherit his mantle. Now that I think about it, it really feels a lot."
"That means he really treats you as family."
Cheng Yan recalled the past and suddenly blurted out these words.
Wen Xi blinked, blinking away the tears in her eyes. "Well, I've always known this, but I never thought I'd get the chance to see the old man when he was young. He was quite handsome. No wonder Ah Yan kept telling me that it was a pity that I didn't get to take advantage of him!"
Sniffing, Wen Xi narrowed his eyes and looked at the junior brother who was gradually losing the upper hand. He said coldly, "This part appears in the mirror world, which means that the junior brother is actually Shadow!"
Cheng Yan nodded in agreement. "Yes, I think so too. This guy is definitely Shadow."
Wen Xi said, "I didn't expect that they were actually brothers. What crime did this Shadow commit to be imprisoned in the forbidden area?"
As soon as the words fell, the scene changed again!
The entire underworld was filled with the wailing and crying of ghosts. The originally majestic Shadow was chained up. The Five Ghost Emperors surrounded him and kicked him to the ground.
"Shadow, do you admit your guilt?"
Yan Du sat in the upper seat, and the aura of the King of Fengdu made the nearby ghosts tremble.
Shadow knelt on the ground in a panic, but his blood-red eyes were still filled with stubbornness and unwillingness. "Guilt? What crime have I committed?"
"How dare you! You resurrected the dead in the world of the living and tampered with the Book of Life and Death, causing chaos in both the Yin and Yang realms and violating the laws of heaven and earth. And yet you are still innocent?"
The Northern Ghost Emperor shouted angrily, raised the thunder whip in his hand and swung it at him.
Shadow winced in pain, but remained steadfast. "Everything I do is right. Only through my hands can this chaotic world be completely transformed. It's you who don't understand and cling to your essence, just like that old man."
Che Du closed his eyes and sighed heavily, "Shadow, I never thought you would make such an irreversible mistake. It was indeed wrong for Master to expel you from the underworld... He should have imprisoned you here for eternity, preventing you from harming others!"
"Hahahaha, you've been wanting to do this for a long time, right? You two are the enviable master and apprentice, and I'm just an outsider. So why did that old fellow accept me as his apprentice? One monk has water to drink, but with me, two monks have no water to drink!"
Shadow laughed crazily.
Che Du opened his eyes and said coldly, "Have you completely forgotten why Master adopted us? I was originally Master's chosen successor. I was the one chosen to hold the seal from the beginning. As for you... I found you as an orphan in the miasma bush when I was out training. You were almost starving to death at that time, and I took pity on you and brought you back. Master saw that you were kind-hearted and wanted you to be my companion, so he accepted you as his disciple. In time, you will be the next True Lord of the Ten Courts or the Five Ghost Emperors. You are indeed kind, but your personality is too stubborn. You firmly believe that Master is partial to me. Yes, he is partial, because the one he trained to be the next King of Fengdu from the very beginning is me."
Shadow laughed wildly, tears streaming down his face. "Then why didn't you tell me? You gave me hope, but also despair!"
"We give you the hope of life, not the hope of power, Shadow. You never feel you've done anything wrong, stubbornly believing that anything you do can be forgiven. You're too stubborn, and there's no turning back from the mistakes you've made. As brothers, I won't let you vanish into thin air. From now on, you'll be imprisoned in a forbidden area to repent and reform. When you understand the rules of life and death, I'll consider releasing you."
Shadow yelled angrily, "No, you can't do this to me!"
Yan Du stood up and slowly walked in front of him. Ignoring his resistance, he placed his hand on his head. "You have no right to object. Before you enter the forbidden area, I will take back some of your talents and abilities. Shadow, think carefully. The kindness of human nature cannot be built on a chaotic state of heaven and earth!"
“Ahhhh!”
All the power of the underworld and the resurrection technique were taken back by Yan Du. Shadow screamed in pain, but was ultimately unable to change anything. He could only be dragged away with hatred and imprisoned in a forbidden area.
"This level has held me captive for thousands of years. Repent? I don't think I need to repent. What I want to build is a brand new world, a world with only good and no evil. Isn't that wonderful? They couldn't accept my proposal, so they suppressed me. Fortunately, I have survived all these years."
A strange and eerie voice from the shadows rang in their ears, and all the scenes they had just seen were obliterated. In a flash, they appeared on an altar.
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