Curse Ancestor? The authority of the curse?

Xiao Mu was startled upon hearing this and instantly hesitated, unable to make up his mind about whether to continue moving forward.

"Curse... Curse..."

The sound, which seemed like a whisper or a prayer, continued to emanate from the depths of the Gray Fog, echoing in Xiao Mu's ears and throughout the entire space.

"Strange, the authority of this Curse Power seems much weaker than before, it feels incomplete?"

The voice of Wu De, the Divine Monarch, came from within the Black Jade Plate tinged with suspicion, as if encountering something baffling.

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South of the South Five Regions, at the junction of the Great Tang Ruins and the Yin Merchant Ruins, lay the boundary between the Canglin Region and the Nanhua Domain.

Swish, swish, swish!

A black figure desperately used the Earth Escape Technique to flee into the depths of the Canglin Region, appearing panicked and flustered.

The path of the black figure slowly revealed itself to be that of the Curse Gate's Curse Emperor, who was furious. While fleeing, he roared at the figures relentlessly pursuing him from behind, "Wu Jie, why do you target me?"

"Curse Emperor, you have invaded our Great Tang Ruins and repeatedly killed our Great Tang's Mutated Beings; today, I must eradicate you as a menace!"

Wu Jie's voice emerged from the yellow light of the Earth Escape Technique, casually veiling a murderous intent.

"Wu Jie, you better not fall into my hands..."

The Curse Emperor shouted angrily and frantically used the Earth Escape Technique to escape towards the direction of the Canglin Region.

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In the Cuiyun Mountain Region, close to the Land God Mansion of Ge Xie, the Earth God, a Mutated Being of the Yin God Realm with a giant tumor growing from its neck looked on in sheer terror as a bamboo staff drew a black line of death in the air, smashing towards its Heavenly Crown. Its face gradually changed from horror to gray.

"Ahh~"

The miserable scream stopped abruptly, the brains of the Yin God Realm Mutated Being spattered, eyes bulged in death, and the body slowly slumped to the ground.

The feeble Qi Xie grasped the bamboo staff in his right hand, gave it a light shake, and the brain matter and blood on it washed off as if by water, falling to the ground. The next second, the bamboo staff was as clean as new, without a speck of dust.

"Land God Mansion, Netherworld Spring, Treasure Vault, haha! Little Xu, Little Fang, I will definitely seal off this area for you, I won't give anyone from the Curse Gate a chance to approach."

Qi Xie held the staff in both hands, bent his frail body, but still looked in the direction of the Netherworld Spring with a relieved smile on his face.

Once the treasures from the Treasury are retrieved, the Great Tang Ruins will usher in brilliance, and may even surpass the Yin Merchant Ruins.

The old man couldn't help but think happily to himself.

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The Netherworld Spring, in the Netherworld realm of the Land God Mansion of Lord of Bai's Mansion, was pitch-dark, with no light and filled with a chilling Yin Qi...

"Report! Elder Xu, Elder Fang, the Netherworld Spring has been successfully excavated, and a passage has appeared below. We do not know to where it leads."

A Mutated Being from the Yin God Realm of the human world approached Xu Qianwu and Fang Ying with a smile, excitedly reporting the news.

"A passage has been unearthed? Haha! This passage must lead to the Treasury, take us there, quickly."

Xu Qianwu laughed loudly, his voice brimming with intense excitement.

"Elder Xu, Elder Fang, please follow me!"

The Yin God Realm Mutated Being led the way, taking Xu Qianwu and Fang Ying towards the direction of the Netherworld Spring.

The Netherworld Spring was dug open, and from underneath seeped black spring water, cold and silent like death itself.

This black water was exactly like what Xiao Mu had seen on the Reincarnation Path.

Four Yin God Realm Mutated Beings joined forces to manipulate their magical power and held the cold, black water aloft, lifting it from the ground. At that moment, the Netherworld Spring looked like a high-hanging, transparent fish tank filled with black liquid.

From beneath the Netherworld Spring, a dark and gloomy underground passage was revealed.

Cold, chilling air seeped out, as wisps of Yin Qi slowly emanated from it.

"Elder Xu, Elder Fang, this is the underground passage," said the Yin God Realm man, pointing to the dark underground channel with utmost respect as he introduced it to Xu Qianwu and Fang Ying.

"Let me go down and take a look," Xu Qianwu said, eyeing the black channel for a moment before making a decision.

"Qian Wu, let me do it. It will be safer if you guard outside," Fang Ying suggested, ready to take Xu Qianwu's place and enter the dark, gloomy Black Channel.

"I am stronger than you are, so it's better if I go. You just stay and keep watch outside," Xu Qianwu said with a smile as he declined, worried that Fang Ying wouldn't agree. He hurried towards the dark, gloomy Black Channel, talking as he walked, "This is the Treasure Vault, not the Ghost Gate; I really don't know what you're worried about."

Fang Ying smiled and felt that she might be overthinking things, so she stopped trying to persuade him.

Once Xu Qianwu entered the Black Channel, he immediately felt that the temperature seemed to have dropped quite a bit, but this level of temperature drop had no effect on him.

Following the channel, Xu Qianwu strode deeper and before long, he arrived in front of a very thick black Giant Stone gate.

In the center of the gate was a circular indentation pattern, just right for the Treasure Key to fit into.

The gate to the Treasure Vault!

Xu Qianwu was suddenly overjoyed.

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"Curse... curse..."

In front, that indistinct voice of curse became clearer and clearer. As Xiao Mu stepped forward, a hint of unease nevertheless seeped into his heart.

He couldn't help but transmit a message to Wu De, the Divine Monarch, "Senior, are you really certain that the curse's authority ahead is very weak, only about half of the normal situation?"

"Xiao kid, what level of being do you think I am?" Wu De, the Divine Monarch didn't answer but instead asked a counterquestion, seemingly displeased with Xiao Mu's doubt towards him.

"Senior... of course, Senior is an existence of the True God Level," Xiao Mu responded after being momentarily stunned.

Wu De, the Divine Monarch said, "Knowing that this Monarch is at the True God Level, you should know that this Monarch possesses Divine Power, and since I am not a True God ordained by the Heavenly Emperor, the authority I possess can only be natural authority."

"Now tell me, how could I, who possess complete natural True God authority, make a mistake sensing another natural True God authority?"

Faced with the questioning of Wu De, the Divine Monarch, Xiao Mu was at a loss for a reply.

While there seemed to be some truth to Wu De, the Divine Monarch's words, Xiao Mu still felt unrest.

After all, the Divine Monarch was sealed, and currently inside the Black Jade Plate, unable to exert even a fraction of his strength. It was not impossible he could sense something incorrectly.

"Curse... curse..."

The voice that was like a murmur or a prayer became even clearer. Amidst the Grey Fog, ahead, a huge Grey Stone suddenly appeared, lying far ahead on Xiao Mu's path.

This stone was like a mountain, immensely heavy and vast, yet it exuded an awe-inspiring and formidable authority.

Facing the Giant Stone felt like confronting a supreme being, causing anyone who saw it to instinctively feel the urge to kneel and worship.

Woo woo! Zzzt zzzt! Ah~, Awo~

From the Giant Stone, a more intense and incomparable Curse Power was released, and spirits shaped from the Curse Power slowly emerged from the stone, advancing towards Xiao Mu.

This Giant Stone seemed to be a peculiar incubator, constantly releasing a terrifying and incredibly dense Curse Power. The Curse Power became more intense as if it were tangible, forming spirits with Spirituality.

As the spirits walked out of the Giant Stone and saw Xiao Mu, evil, cunning smiles immediately crept across their faces. Immediately following their eerie laughter, the spirits suddenly lunged at Xiao Mu, towards his body.

Seeing the spirits' ferocious charge, Xiao Mu instinctively took a step back, but he quickly calmed himself down, steadied his mind, and watched unwaveringly as the spirits lunged at him.

Zzzt zzzt! Ah~

The wails rose and fell without cease from the mouths of the spirits transformed from the curses. These spirits had just pounced on Xiao Mu when they came into contact with the supreme intention emitted by the Seal of the Heavenly Emperor and the Great Decree surrounding Xiao Mu's body.

The spirits writhed as if scorched, suffering immensely, wailing as they retreated from Xiao Mu faster than they had approached.

Some of the spirits were even so terrified that they went straight back into the Giant Stone and did not dare to come out again.

The rest of the spirits, although they did not retreat into the stone, wore looks of terror and only dared to circle around Xiao Mu from a distance, not daring to get closer.

"What... what is this?"

Xiao Mu stared at the Giant Stone, his surprise immense as he voiced his question.

It was then that he noticed that the Giant Stone was not complete; it seemed to be only half of it. On the right side of the stone was a smooth, flat surface.

This Giant Stone that kept emitting Curse Power appeared to have been cleaved in two by some supreme force.

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