The ordinary tavern gradually receded behind them as Ning Wuming and Qin Xihai, watched by the passing soldiers, made their way towards the Six Gates branch office.

"Xihai, what do you think of King Renyi?" Ning Wuming suddenly asked.

What kind of person was he?

Magnanimous, imposing, unconventional...

These were the characteristics that King Renyi exhibited, but Qin Xihai did not believe in them.

"A person with inscrutable motives." Qin Xihai concluded at that moment.

At this time, although she was still dressed as a woman, her behavior and movements betrayed a sense of efficiency and decisiveness. Her calm expression was vastly different from the slightly timid look she had before.

Qin Xihai was a Divine Constable, one of only four in the Six Gates. As such a figure of importance, she was not only skilled in martial force but also possessed profound experience and great wisdom.

If you assumed this woman to be a powerful warrior but a simpleton in intelligence, she would tell you who the real simpleton was.

"King Renyi does not act according to his status in everything he says and does, referring to himself as 'I' in his speech. Yet, his address to us is different."

"Divine Constable, my lord," Qin Xihai's lips curled into a cold and stunning smile, "he does not care about his own status, but he pays great attention to mine. Could such a person truly be as bold and untroubled as he seems on the surface?"

"King Renyi's feast tonight, set in an ordinary tavern, was extravagant to the extreme. This hints at his aspirations."

Ning Wuming continued to say, "His current position and power are among the highest in our court, but he is not content with this for life. He wants more."

"Unfortunately, with internal and external troubles in the court at this time, even if King Renyi's ambitions are discovered, they cannot remove him and can only let him grow." Qin Xihai sighed.

Externally, the Demon Path was causing chaos, and internally, the Shadow King was up to no good. What should have been a flourishing Wang Dynasty now showed signs of decay.

"Yes, if these were peaceful times, King Renyi wouldn't dare, and the court could crush him like an ant, but now...

No more ifs. In peaceful times, King Renyi wouldn't have the audacity even if he had ten times the courage."

Ning Wuming also sighed lightly and quickened his pace toward the Six Gates branch office.

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Time slowly slipped by, and soon it was after midnight.

Atop Dragon Tiger Mountain, at this hour, only a few halls dedicated to the divine statues still had Long Burning Lamps lit, the rest were shrouded in darkness.

Suddenly, a faint yet crisp clashing sound came through the night sky, and a group of figures slowly rose into the air, gazing down at Dragon Tiger Mountain enveloped in the night.

"Dragon Tiger Mountain, we have finally come."

The person at the forefront was dressed in black crown robes and wore a Twelve-Streamed Crown. Although only a vague shadow was visible in the dark night, the imperial authority that carried the power of life and death was impossible to ignore.

Joining him were nine others, also in crown robes, their intangible aura condensing the air around them. Were they not consciously restraining it, the entire Dragon Tiger Mountain would be enveloped by the aura of these ten people.

After all, these were ten warriors of the Divinity Realm.

"Let us not delay. Let us begin." said the fifth monarch standing in the middle. "Open the seal and reclaim what belongs to the Netherworld Ten Halls by tonight."

With those words, he lifted his right hand, which held a jade seal that was currently emitting an ominous light.

The jade seal, seven parts thick and one and a half inches square with a square knob, was none other than the Yangping Capital Governor's Vice Seal that had been shattered by Qing Yu in the past.

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At this moment, the jade seal was being reshaped once again, completely transformed into black with dark and dense ghostly energy entwining around it, occasionally flashing with streaks of green light.

This was no longer the Pure Saint's Artifact used to suppress evil spirits but rather had become a sinister object brimming with ghostly energy.

Powerful and wicked True Qi continued to pour into the jade seal, and invisible fluctuations emitted from it, drawing in the distant secret realm.

"Crack—"

The sound of tearing cloth rang out as a fracture slowly opened deep within Dragon Tiger Mountain.

"How dare you!"

Just as the fracture began to open, streaks of brilliant light shone upon it, forcefully halting its expansion.

The contemporary Heavenly Master Zhang Wenda flew in, holding a cyan Treasure Sword in one hand and the authentic Yang Ping's City Governance Seal in the other, successfully suppressing the opening Netherworld Gap.

At the same time, Dragon Tiger Mountain summoned Wind and Thunder, with the giant figures of Cloud Dragon and Wind Tiger slowly emerging, their roaring resonating through the night sky, awakening numerous Dragon Tiger Mountain Taoists.

"The Ten Kings of Netherworld Palace, all emerge."

Out of the giant Cloud Dragon's mouth, Heavenly Master Zhang's voice was heard, "It seems that today you are determined to go for broke, to fight against my Dragon Tiger Mountain."

"Fighting against your Dragon Tiger Mountain is a fact, but going for broke is not necessarily the case. Heavenly Master Zhang, the ancestors of our Netherworld Palace have also been in your Dragon Tiger Mountain for thousands of years, it's time to return them," the one holding the jade seal said indifferently.

"Woo—"

The gale howled as Wind Tiger's large eyes stared intently at the speaker, "Using the Vice Seal of Yang Ping's City Governance Seal as a bond and bloodline as a guide, it seems you are a descendant of the Ghost Emperor."

"I am the fifth hall of the Netherworld, Yama," replied King Yanluo dismissively.

"Evil and crooked ways, indeed defying human ethics, you actually intend to desecrate the remains of your own ancestors!" Cloud Dragon let out a dull and dangerous sound.

"It is better for the ancestors to benefit their descendants than to be exploited by your self-righteous kind."

Behind the hanging White Jade Pearl of the Pingtian Crown, a pair of faint green pupils emerged. King Yanluo held the Vice Seal of Yang Ping's City Governance Seal in both hands, shooting out pitch-black and sinister ghostly light, "Enough talk, Heavenly Master Zhang, accept your fate."

The other nine kings of the Netherworld Palace simultaneously unleashed their True Qi. The ten streams of True Qi merged into one, conjuring a disorderly ghostly wind.

The sky suddenly became pitch black, and in the already dark night, a somber black glow could be distinctly seen.

The winds and clouds in the sky twisted into a vortex, and countless ghostly apparitions surrounded the sacred land of the Dragon Tiger Mountain Taoist School, emitting ghostly wails and wolf howls.

Cloud Dragon and Wind Tiger roared skyward but were enveloped by masses of evil ghostly shadows, struggling to advance.

"Futile struggle."

The Ten Kings increased their Power, following the bloodline connection through the veil of darkness, drawing forth the ancestral corpse sealed within the Dragon Tiger Mountain Secret Realm.

"Heavenly Master Zhang, the combined force of us Ten Kings is no weaker than you. Without the two strongest of Dragon Tiger Mountain's Divinity Realm, the rest are merely delivering themselves to death in front of us. Today, the Ghost Emperor will inevitably break the seal," laughed King Qin Guang, one of the Ten Kings.

"Not necessarily."

Completely at a disadvantage, Heavenly Master Zhang remained unperturbed. With Pure Qi brewing within him, an intangible crisis made the Ten Kings outside Dragon Tiger Mountain feel a chilling sensation, their minds and hearts greatly stirred.

After all, he was the Heavenly Master Zhang who had stunned the world for hundreds of years; no one dared to underestimate him. Those who did underestimate him have long since settled down below the Nine Netherworld.

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