Chapter 399.2: The Violet Palace Is Finally Formed, Qi Yuans New Ability

Chapter 399.2: The Violet Palace Is Finally Formed, Qi Yuan's New Ability

As Qi Yuan issued each command, Nascent Souls appeared one after another, each transforming into an Underworld official. They bowed before turning into streams of light and entering the Underworld.

Qi Qi's consciousness also seemed to merge with the Underworld itself. Reincarnation became part of her being. The once desolate, empty Underworld now concealed countless powerful presences. Gloom, deathly silence, fire, blazing heat, decay, and loneliness—watching it all unfold, the Strange Painter’s eyes gleamed with excitement.

Just then, Qi Yuan's gaze fell upon the Reception Platform. Back on Moonwatch Continent, he had once considered reviving the Five Elements Ancestors. The Reception Platform was precisely the place meant for such resurrection.

"As expected... It still won't work."

Clearly, though the Underworld had been established, it could not yet truly function. Receiving the souls of the dead was still impossible. Or rather, those who had perished didn’t even leave behind a soul.

"But..." He turned to the Myriad Phenomena Gate. "Underworld Gate, return to your rightful place!"

Following his command, the Myriad Phenomena Gate trembled violently. Countless transformations occurred within it in a flash. It went from the Myriad Demon Gate to the Myriad Evil Gate, then to the Myriad Principle Gate, the Myriad Spirit Gate, the Myriad Mechanisms Gate, and finally the Underworld Gate.

Yin and Yang principles flowed upon the solemn and snow-white gate, as though it led straight to the Infinite Hell. There were countless Major Principles, fragments of information, and countless other unknowns. All of them entered Qi Yuan's Underworld through the gate. Finally, an indescribable transformation took shape, and the gate became the entrance to his home.

Qi Yuan opened his mouth and swallowed the Underworld whole. "Condense Violet Palace!"

The first Immortal Dao and Violet Qi he had gathered scattered forth and descended before the Underworld Gate.

He screamed, "Purple stands for Violet Qi! Violet stands for the Underworld! This is my Violet Palace!"

His two Origin Divine Techniques trembled violently. The blood-red demonic sword flew into the Eighteen Levels of Hell, transforming into a realm of demonic prisons. The Great Forgetfulness Sutra seemed to merge into Meng Po's Soup, while also hiding within the River of Forgetfulness.

Brimming with life, the Violet Qi drifted gently, like the purple aura of an immortal paradise. Yin winds howled. Darkness engulfed everything, reminiscent of the kingdom of the dead. Thus, the Violet Palace was complete!

Perhaps because he had refined the Underworld into his Violet Palace, a trace of chilling darkness appeared within Qi Yuan’s eyes.

Looking at the Reception Platform, he seemed to understand something. "Life and death maintain balance through the harmony of yin and yang. So, if one wishes to revive the dead, one must erase the living."

Yet such erasure differed from killing people.

He sighed helplessly. "So at present, this only qualifies as a small Underworld. It cannot receive just anyone. Haa... Five Elements Ancestors, it looks like you'll have to keep playing dead a little longer."

It fell far short of his expectations. For example, if he marked everyone on Blue Planet with an Underworld mark before killing them all, they would become wandering souls and enter his Underworld. In other words, they would be working for him for free! If he wished, he could even allow the people of Blue Planet to reincarnate. ℴℴ𝘮

However, those who had never received the Underworld mark remained outside its jurisdiction. That was why he couldn’t receive neither the Five Elements Ancestors, nor Zhang Sheng and Chen Jiao from the City of No Return. Had it been a true, great Underworld, he could simply write the Taihuang Palace Master into the Book of Life and Death. Wouldn't that make him invincible? Of course, that was merely wishful thinking.

Qi Yuan looked toward his Violet Palace. Violet Qi permeated its entrance as well as the foremost Immortal Dao of the immortal realm. The sight would surely tempt anyone, especially Heavenly Venerables.

He then called out, "But this gate is a little too gloomy. Myriad Phenomena Gate, take the appearance of the Myriad Principle Gate!"

The gate seemed capable of understanding human speech. It soon transformed into the form of the Myriad Principle Gate, with countless Major Principles flowing across its surface. Ordinary people would become mesmerized at a glance. Heavenly Venerables would be eager to rush inside and comprehend its Major Principles.

After all, Major Principles were extraordinarily difficult to comprehend, and the Myriad Principle Gate essentially dangled them before one’s eyes. No matter how poor one’s talent, surely one could comprehend at least one after a million years? If even that failed, one could simply hide within the gate indefinitely, emerging once one had become invincible.

Qi Yuan sighed. "Even I'm tempted to go inside."

In truth, he had considered spending several hundred, or even tens of thousands of years inside and cultivate to the Major Principle realm. However, after mulling it over, he abandoned the idea. To other Heavenly Venerables, the Myriad Principle Gate was the greatest Creation Treasure. As long as they had it, they would inevitably attain the Major Principle realm given sufficient time.

However, to Qi Yuan, that would waste too much time. Rather than spending that long comprehending Major Principles, he might as well play games to break through. Besides, he could no longer afford to waste time. The upper world was rife with moral corruption. He had to go there and purify it.

That said, the Myriad Principle Gate still had many uses for him. Firstly, it could isolate the Great Calamity's mark. Secondly, it allowed him to study other Major Principle realms, uncovering their weaknesses. All he had to do was be cautious and keep the gate’s existence hidden, lest he become the enemy of every Major Principle Yang Spirit. After all, the Myriad Principle Gate recorded every Major Principle.

"At last, I've reached the Violet Palace realm. My strength has increased reasonably well. This time, my superpower is... My mouth? And it even links with my ears! This superpower came a bit late. Why does it feel kind of useless?"

Whenever his ears heard strange murmurs, he could use the ability to converse with the speaker. However, due to spatial separation, some distortion could occur. Additionally, when not linked to his ears, the ability allowed his spoken words to be randomly transmitted to some unknown existence.

A random reply after reading? A wishing tree hollow? Have I become the loudspeaker of the myriad worlds?

Since his right eyebrow did not twitch, he decided to test it right away. "I'm so poor! Could some of you kind souls lend me some money?"