d already cut off contact.West of Bixiu Town——Lin Xi put away the jade pendant, pressed her gurgling blood-stained waist, and shouted loudly: "Everyone, retreat back! Retreat into the defensive format...: []

Lin Qi leaned closer and vaguely heard a voice, sounding like both male and female, shouting for help

Lin Qi is beyond saving, and I've waited ten more days.

Inside the black cocoon, another cry for help rang out. Lin Qi felt it was almost enough and raised his sword to hack at the black cocoon with a single blow.

The black cocoon, formed from stagnant qi, cracked open with a slash from Lin Qi's sword. It was as if it were a tangible object, revealing a woman within whose face was pale and whose attire was that of an ancient Daoist priestess. Dark water flowed ceaselessly from the crack.

This female cultivator was entangled by thousands of death energies, being slowly wrapped into a black cocoon. Her life force was almost completely drained.

If Lin Qi hadn't struck with that sword, the female cultivator would have been finished soon enough.

The female cultivator slowly opened her eyes and saw Lin Qi holding a short knife. She was stunned for a long time before she could recover.

Looking directly at each other, Lin Qi didn't feel embarrassed. She stared at the female cultivator for a long time.

"How are you" Lin Qi asked kindly.

The female cultivator opened her mouth, but no sound came out. Only the flute hanging around her neck emitted a clear cry for help.

Lin Qi: "..."

No wonder this female cultivator had been plagued by death energy for so long, she could still hear the cries for help.

Lin Qi simply saved the woman until she reached the west, completely pulling her from the pile of deathly qi.

A female cultivator was dragged out, and only then did Lin Qi discover that there was a vortex behind her, as tall as a person.

Lin Qi felt something was wrong, she took a few steps back and looked up hard.

She stared straight ahead until her neck ached, only then did she faintly realize that before her stood a towering giant tree whose top was invisible.

The trunk was stout and the branches were so numerous they were indistinguishable, blending into the darkness of their surroundings. Without getting closer for a careful look, no one would have noticed it at all.

Thinking that the female cultivator was trapped at the vortex's mouth, Lin Qi retreated two steps cautiously.

After half a day had passed, the female cultivator finally caught her breath.

As she left the whirlpool, the moment her body touched the water's surface, a leaf-shaped boat automatically formed beneath her, carrying her so that she wouldn't come into contact with the river.

Lin Qi looked at her, and she looked at Lin Qi.

After a long while, the female cultivator propped herself up: "Many thanks to Daoist friend for saving my life! My name is Shang Yu, a cultivator from Fei Yuan Sect."

Lin Qi listened, pondering for a long time but couldn't remember which region the Fei Yuan Sect belonged to, nor could she see through the female cultivator's cultivation level.

Lin Qi also cupped his hands and said, "My name is Sui Yuan from the Luye Sect. I wonder why you are trapped here"

When you are out and about, your identity is what you make it.

In this unfamiliar netherworld, Lin Qi doesn't need to reveal her real name.

Shang Yu heard the name Lin Qi and forced a smile: "Your friend Sui's name is quite interesting. Following fate"

Lin Qi smiled. "My family sees that I've been stubborn since I was young and hopes I won't be too obstinate. They want me to go with the flow in everything."

"So that's how it is."

Shang Yu's face was as pale as a sheet, and his whole being seemed to be hanging by a thread, ready to depart for the afterlife at any moment.

Lin Qi's face showed pity, and she retrieved a fifth-rank spirit herb from her bosom to give it to her.

"Shang Yu Daoist friend, I see your face is truly unsightly. How about you take some spirit medicine first"

Shang Yu gazed at Lin Qi's medicinal herbs for a long while, then looked up and replied: "Thank you, Daoist Sui."

I don't know if it's an illusion, but Lin Qi always feels that there was pity in her eyes

After taking the elixir, Shang Yu's complexion didn't change much, but his breath finally evened out.

She was talking about her own affairs: "My Feiyu Sect has a rule, when breaking through the Earth Immortal realm, it is necessary to practice in the Threefold Secret Realm. I originally went to the Netherworld Black Abyss to practice, but unexpectedly, the tide in the Nether River surged and swept me into the Underworld. By chance, I encountered this Nether Tree and almost lost my life."

"Earth Immortal"

Shang Yu said so much, but Lin Qi's entire attention was focused on the two words "Earth Immortal."

Is this the upper limit of cultivation levels

Shang Yu curled her lips into a faint smile: "Judging from your age and cultivation, you must be a talented individual from a small world here to hone your skills, right"

Lin Qi hesitated for a moment, then chose to tell the truth.

"That's not true. In fact, I was fighting a monk..."

"But then I encountered the gate of life and death, being forcefully dragged here. Until now, all I know is that this place is the Underworld..."

Lin Qi wished to view the female cultivator with suspicion and was on high alert.

You can think about your own situation. You came from the lower realms, with low cultivation and shallow knowledge. Even if Shang Yu really wanted to harm you, there would be countless ways to do so.

It might be better to be honest, maybe there could be other gains.

"So that's how it is. I didn't expect you to be so unfortunate, just like me."

Lin Qi Zhang opened her mouth, "Actually, it's not necessarily a misfortune. Danger always comes with opportunity. Coming to the Netherworld might bring unexpected gains."

At the very least, Lin Qi had comprehended the sword intent of life and death, the five-fold Heaven Swallowing Thunder Jue.

If she were in the Cangwu realm, she wouldn't know how much effort it would take to achieve this.

Shang Yu probably didn't expect Lin Qi to have such an open mind: "That's really great if you can think that way."

She explained slowly, "Have you ever seen the gate between life and death before"

Lin Qi nodded: "When fighting a cultivator, he once summoned the Gate of Life and Death to pull me in, but failed. He managed to strike me with a streak of death energy."

"Could that person be a reincarnation or possession of a cultivator from the Xuan Tian Realm"

Lin Qi looked shocked and asked, "How did you know"

He secretly memorized the name "Xuantian Realm."

Shang Yu let out a long sigh. "The Netherworld connects to three thousand worlds, but only the Xuanming and Xuantian realms can summon gates between life and death through magic. Since you don't seem to be from the Xuanming realm, then that person must be from the Xuantian realm."

Lin Qi paused for a moment, then nodded seriously.

He truly is a cultivator from the upper realm reincarnated… So why was I dragged into this Netherworld hell

"It's because he left a trace of death energy on you."

Shang Yu patiently explained: "Once the gate between life and death is opened, all the death qi that spreads out must be taken back in, or else the gate between life and death won't close."

"I'm afraid that person wasn't strong enough. They opened the Gate of Life and Death but closed it again, and once the gate disappeared, you thought it had left. In reality, the Gate of Life and Death is still in its original position. You'll only truly leave if you find the lost death Qi."

"No wonder!"

Even in the midst of his escape, Rong Shi still couldn't help but inject a lethal qi into her body. This wasn't truly death energy; it was Rong Shi's unwillingness and resentment.

Even though he's about to die, he still wants to drag Lin Qi down to hell with him.

After figuring out the whole story, Lin Qi had only one thought, "Business friend, I wonder how I can leave the Netherworld"

The Netherworld is what Lin Qi and Shang Yu call it.

"Within the Netherworld, there are six realms of reincarnation. As long as you expel the death energy within your body, you will be automatically sent away."

"Exorcise the dead qi from within" Lin Qi was full of question marks.

Having learned the Five-Heavens Water Swallowing Thunder Technique and comprehended the Sword Intent of Life and Death, but that wisp of deathly energy... Lin Qi had never actually found it within her body

She still thought that she had been swallowed when she was learning the Five Heavens Water Swallowing Thunder Jue.

"How do I dispel this lifelessness"

Shang Yu gave a bitter, wry smile. “If I had known, I wouldn’t be in this state now.”w the sky filled with thunder and lightning, unimpeded.She unconsciously swallowed, "I..."Lightning strikes like a bolt from the blue, falling in an instant.Lin Qi let out a scream, and the other thre...