When Hu Le mentioned the goddess Nuwa and designated her as the ruler of the underworld, Houtu was so angry that she trembled.
Although Hu Le's statement is not entirely wrong.
After all, the current Earthly Sovereign is the Goddess Nuwa, and the Netherworld is also contained within the underground passage, so it should be under the jurisdiction of the Earthly Sovereign.
But Houtu Niangniang couldn't stand to hear this. Not only had that woman stolen her Earthly Sovereign's Dao Fruit, but she also wanted to take away her Netherworld...
"Nonsense! If that's all you want to say to me, then get out of here. You're not welcome in my palace." Enraged, Empress Houtu issued a direct order to leave.
“Since you do not welcome me, I can leave. However, before that, please hand over the Netherworld Treasures in your possession so that I can take them back and put them to good use.”
After all, those treasures are of no use to you, so why forcefully take them for yourself?
Anyway, fellow Daoist shouldn't lack those few spiritual treasures.
Whether it's the Judge's Pen or the Book of Life and Death, such magical treasures are actually not very useful for offensive purposes.
Especially when facing someone with great supernatural powers like Hu Le.
Each of them lived to a lifespan of unlimited years, and their lives and deaths were beyond the records of the Book of Life and Death; even the judge's pen could not erase their fates.
The Goddess Houtu wanted to use this to deal with such people, but these two magical treasures wouldn't be of much use at all...
Even so, the Goddess Houtu was unwilling to hand them over for nothing, especially not to an enemy like Hu Le.
"Hmph... Since you covet my magical treasure, you can take it yourself. Why bother with such high-sounding words..." Houtu Niangniang sneered.
Hu Le frowned slightly, then smiled indifferently, "Oh? So, fellow Daoist, you're not planning to hand them over?"
"Fine! Show me what you've got, Houtu is not afraid of you!"
"Sigh!" Hu Le sighed, "How can this be a question of fear or not... Never mind! Since you asked me to come and retrieve it myself, wouldn't it disappoint you if I didn't take action?"
As he spoke, he picked up his bamboo cane and walked toward the Goddess Houtu.
Houtu Niangniang also drew a sword and went to meet Hu Le.
At the same time, a female immortal appeared in the hall. She was dressed in a white dress and had a cold and stern face. She was none other than the Goddess Xuanming.
She leaped out of the hall, carrying a precious sword, and called out softly, "Sister! I've come to help you!"
"Alright! Today, you and I, sisters, will fight this Dongxuan Emperor!" Houtu Niangniang responded loudly.
So the two sisters each took up their swords and joined forces to attack Hu Le.
However, they were unaware that Hu Le had already fully unleashed his Dao Fruit, and his realm was now vastly different from before. If it were any other time, the two women might have been able to fight him for several rounds.
But now, the gap between the three is really quite large.
Sometimes, a slight difference in cultivation level can make all the difference, let alone the fact that the gap between the two and Hu Le is more than just a slight difference.
The two women attacked with swords, but Hu Le swung his bamboo staff left and right, easily knocking their swords aside.
The two women were struck dumb, feeling that the power of the Great Dao carried by the bamboo staff was incredibly powerful, far beyond what they could withstand.
With just one exchange of blows, the swords in the hands of the two women began to slip and fly out of their grasp.
If this sword hadn't been a magical artifact they had refined over many years to prove their Dao, it might have been knocked away or shattered to pieces...
The two women staggered slightly, and Hu Le seized the opportunity to step forward. With a flick of his bamboo cane, he sent the two women flying.
Their bodies were involuntarily thrown into the air, crashing through the palace doors and falling into the palace.
A moment later, they rushed out again.
A patch of yellow cloud appeared above the head of the Goddess Houtu, which was transformed from the Nine Heavens Breath Soil. Countless yellow sands in the cloud collided together, stirring up streaks of mysterious yellow light.
This Nine Heavens Breath Soil is her most powerful protective treasure.
As for Lady Xuanming, she also brought out her protective treasure, a white jade cauldron. The cauldron was surrounded by innate energy and five-colored light flowed around it. White jade lotus flowers flew out from the cauldron and danced around her.
This treasure is also a protective spiritual artifact, which she acquired not long ago. As long as the lotus flowers around her body remain intact and the jade cauldron stands on her head, she can remain invincible.
The two charged out, each carrying a magical treasure, but Hu Le didn't wait for them to get close before raising his hand and unleashing two palm strikes of lightning.
As the lightning struck, the Nine Heavens Breath Soil above Houtu's head was the first to succumb and collapse.
The lotus flowers surrounding Lady Xuanming shattered, and the white jade cauldron on her head wobbled twice before falling from the sky.
"ah!"
In an instant, they lost the protection of the magical treasure, and their hearts trembled, causing them to cry out in alarm.
Hu Le stepped forward, and with a gentle shake of his bamboo staff, two beams of innate five-colored divine light rose from it.
The two women immediately leaped up, trying to transform into light and escape, but they were too late. With a whoosh, they were struck by the divine light and fell into it from mid-air.
The innate five-colored divine light rippled slightly, and the two women seemed to be struggling to break free.
As Hu Le activated his divine light to suppress the two women, he sighed, "How could you two possibly escape? Why bother with that futile struggle..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the innate five-colored light suspended in mid-air stopped flowing, clearly indicating that he had suppressed the two women.
Hu Le shook his bamboo staff, withdrew the five-colored divine light, and strode into the hall.
The hall was empty and rather deserted. He did not linger in the main hall. After glancing around and finding no spiritual treasure, he went to the back hall.
In the center of the rear hall stood a jade platform, upon which hung several magical treasures, each radiating celestial light and auspicious energy, illuminating the entire hall with dazzling brilliance.
Hu Le stepped onto the stage and saw that the Judge's Pen and other Netherworld treasures he was looking for were all there...
As for why people like Hu Le or Hou Tu Niangniang, after obtaining innate spiritual treasures, did not keep them in their bodies to nurture them after refining them, but instead kept them in their treasure vaults.
This is mainly because each of these spiritual treasures contains the innate Dao.
Once they absorb the treasure into their bodies, the innate Dao within the treasure can easily interfere with their magical power and primordial spirit during cultivation.
Therefore, under normal circumstances, they would put the magical treasures aside...
With a flick of his sleeve, Hu Le collected several Netherworld Treasures, including the Book of Life and Death. As for the remaining treasures, Hu Le did not take them.
After all, he came here specifically for the treasures of the underworld. If he took all the treasures, it wouldn't sound good if word got out.
Given his current status and level of understanding, why would he do anything that would easily give others cause for criticism?
Hu Le took the Book of Life and Death and other treasures, and without lingering, turned around and left the back hall, heading towards the outside of the Houtu Palace.
Just as they stepped out of the palace gates, several auspicious clouds flew in from the sky.
Hu Le looked up and saw that standing on the cloud were Gonggong and others...
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