Blue Phoenix Chapter 542 - Reaching Youdu

The closer they came to Youdu, the more experts they met on their way. Most of these experts were traveling together in groups, and they were very perceptive of their surroundings.

At first when Hui Yue saw a group of experts and they saw him, they instantly fled into the distance at their top speed. Others copied the same action when they saw Hui Yue and his group, but the closer they came to Youdu the more groups of people they would see, and people were no longer as cautious. Instead they observed their surroundings with alert glances and taut bodies.

Hui Yue was much calmer than most of the other experts. He failed to believe that anyone was dumb enough to engage in mindless slaughter or battles when they were surrounded by so many Gods. Therefore, he spent his time observing the ground and nature instead.

As they had advanced, the world had been slowly changing. The world had been filled with lush and fertile vegetation, the ground had been healthy, and the surroundings were pleasant until around three days ago.

The last three days things took a turn for the worse. The ground was cracked, no waterholes or streams were visible but dried out riverbanks could be seen.

The plants were all dried out and had turned black. It appeared that they had been permeated by the death energy that was seeping out from Diyu and especially Youdu.

Within Youdu souls were the inhabitants. They were the subjects of Yanluo and the Judges of Hell. These souls were under the protection of the Gods that lived in Youdu and Diyu, but even so, there were some who were kidnapped and refined.

Diyu was split into the Ten Courts of Hell, Youdu, and the Plains of Despair.

Any cultivator who died would enter one of the Ten Courts of Hell. Each Court of Hell was a city within Diyu. Some of them were reserved for sinners and would make them suffer through torture and unspeakable pain before they were sent to the Plains of Despair. There they would wander until their memories of their past life disappeared, and they were ready to be released into

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