Chapter 273: A First Look at the Gate of Death, Soul Tempering in the Underworld

Chen An had planned his next training plan in his mind and thought it was foolproof.

But remembering Qin Tianxing's instructions to Jiang Taixu to destroy the barbarians, he felt that there was no rush to practice, so he went to Jianghuang City in person and persuaded Jiang Taixu not to attack the barbarians first, as he had other countermeasures.

Jiang Taixu didn't say much. After all, the barbarians were just a minor issue to the human race.

If the Savage Continent had not been so barren and the human race needed a whetstone to sharpen itself, the barbarians would probably have been destroyed ten thousand years ago.

You know, at the peak of the barbarian tribe, there were seven great barbarian kings!
Under the deliberate suppression of the human race, there is only this one left, and if one wants to destroy it, it can be done at any time.

After returning satisfied from Jianghuang City and returning to Beishan again, Chen An did not practice the Eight Gates Divine Veins Technique first, but quietly took out the Five Poisons Curse Soul Book.

This treasure is still a mysterious weapon. It seems that it is not powerful enough to deal with the Great Barbarian King who has reached the level of fusion cultivation. The last time he broke through, he harvested the fruit of the fairy tree and obtained an extra portion of the essence of the mysterious treasure, which is just right for upgrading the Five Poison Curse Soul Book.

Chen An walked silently into the spiritual field. A black magic vine was growing near the middle, which was extremely eye-catching.

The branches of the Netherworld Demon Vine grow like black snakes, and the surface is covered with a thin layer of black mist, emitting a faint curse power.

Chen An spent a lot of effort to revive the dying Netherworld Demon Vine seeds obtained at the last auction. After nearly a hundred years of careful cultivation, it has now matured.

If you want to upgrade the Five Poisons Curse Soul Book now, this item is indispensable!

Chen An carefully cut off a mature branch of the Netherworld Demon Vine. The branch exuded a strong curse power that made people feel uneasy.

He put the branch into his bag, and then took out a portion of Xuanbao essence, which was almost equivalent to half of the Xuanbao and could greatly improve the quality of the treasure.

Back in the secret room, Chen An placed the branches of the Netherworld Demon Vine and the Xuanbao Essence on the table, formed seals with his hands, muttered something, and began to perform the secret technique.

Then, powerful magical powers surged out from his fingertips, swirling around the branches and essence, and gradually formed a light shield.

As time went by, the light within the light shield became stronger and stronger, the black mist on the branches of the Netherworld Demon Vine began to merge into the Five Poisons Curse Soul Book, and the essence of the mysterious treasure was like a ignited flame, releasing dazzling light.

Chen An closed his eyes tightly and devoted himself to the process, until one moment, he suddenly opened his eyes and saw a bright light on the Five Poisons Curse Soul Book. New runes appeared on the originally ancient pages, and those runes jumped like living things, exuding a strong breath of curse power.

Chen An gently turned the pages of the book, and a stream of cold curse power surged out from it. He nodded with satisfaction.

This is the real book of the Five Poisons Curse Soul!
With this magic weapon, we will be more confident in dealing with the Barbarian King.

Since he had seen the portrait of the Great Barbarian King and had met his clone on Shenglin Island last time, Chen An was already familiar with his appearance.

Immediately, he held the Five Poisons Curse Soul Book in his palm with ease, visualized the appearance of the Great Barbarian King in his mind, and silently recited the other party's name in his heart.

As the shadow of the Great Barbarian King appeared on the pages of the book, cursed powers entangled it and stretched out several black chains to bind it.

Chen An did not make a concerted effort, but stopped after a brief attempt. After all, the opponent had been advancing to the fusion realm for many years and could not be dealt with overnight.

At this moment, Chen An's plan is to practice the Eight Gates Divine Veins Technique as soon as possible. When he practices to the Death Gate, he will separate a wisp of his soul into the underworld, thus confirming his previous conjecture about the technique.

If this can be accomplished, it is estimated that within a few hundred years, the Mahayana realm will be achieved!
Before this, Chen An had already mastered the three auspicious gates: Kaimen, Xiumen and Shengmen.

Later, in the decades before advancing to the fusion stage, Chen An also broke through two gates of the Eight Gates Divine Veins, conquering the Du Gate and the Jing Gate, and was stuck at the Injury Gate among the Three Evil Gates.

Since it was at a critical moment before the breakthrough and fusion, I didn't put too much energy into it.

Now that his strength has greatly increased, he will most likely be able to conquer the injury with great momentum.

After sorting out his future training plans, Chen An immediately sat on his knees in the cave. The air was filled with rich spiritual energy.

As his practice deepened, his body began to radiate a light golden light, and a tremendous force surged within him.

It was extremely difficult to open the wound gate. Every time Chen An tried, he felt as if his body was about to be torn apart. The pain was not only in his body, but also in his soul.

However, if it is cultivated successfully, the improvement on physical strength should not be underestimated, as it can greatly enhance explosive power in a short period of time.

At the entrance of the cave, the black-haired beast was pacing anxiously, with deep worry in its eyes.

It listened to the painful groans coming from inside the door, its eyes full of worry. It tried several times to enter the cave to check on Chen An's condition, but since it was unable to break through the protective formation set up outside the cave, it could only wander around anxiously outside.

The black-haired beast's eyes revealed a kind of helplessness and helplessness. It kept slapping the ground with its claws, making a "dong dong" sound, as if conveying its concern to Chen An.

However, everything in the cave remained unchanged. Chen An's voice was sometimes weak and sometimes rapid, which made the black-haired beast even more worried.

But as time went by, the black-haired beast's nervous mood gradually relaxed.

If something really happened, Chen An would not have been able to last so long.

"It's been almost a year. Is the master practicing some evil magic?" The black-haired beast was worried.

At this moment, a deafening noise suddenly came from the cave, followed by Chen An’s powerful shout.

The black-haired beast was suddenly refreshed, and immediately felt a powerful aura surging from the inside of the cave, as if something earth-shattering had happened.

He was so surprised that he was hit and fell down.

As the door of the cave slowly opened, Chen An's figure appeared at the door. Although he was covered in dust, his eyes were shining with unprecedented brilliance.

He walked out slowly, and a powerful force spread out from his body. He moved his body, and astonishing power gathered in his fist, and punched towards a mountain in the distance.

As the fist force broke through the air, the hill turned into powder in an instant, dust flew all over the sky, and the scene was extremely shocking.

Seeing this, the black-haired beast's eyes flashed with surprise, and then it jumped up excitedly and circled around Chen An several times, as if celebrating its master's success.

Chen An closed his wound, put away his aura, and returned to his normal state. He then gently stroked the black-haired dog's head, his heart filled with surprise.

Being able to achieve such power with just the strength of his fists, his physical body seems to have reached the threshold of the seventh level.

Immediately, after a short rest, Chen An started to practice the next technique, the Jingmen!

When practicing Jing Men, one needs to withstand the strong force of thunder and lightning, but the thunder and lightning that can have an effect on a sixth-level physical cultivator must not be ordinary thunder and lightning.

If it were in the past, Chen An might not have had many solutions, but the Purple Thunder Pearl he obtained from Mo Yan of the Qilin clan was just right for the moment.

With the foundation of the previous thunder tribulation to refine the body, although the power of the Purple Thunder Pearl is strong, it is also within the range that can be barely tolerated.

Not only that, Chen An was able to withstand a large amount of thunder and lightning power with his combined cultivation level, and with the support of a large number of auxiliary spiritual objects harvested from the field, it didn't take long for his physical cultivation level to naturally break through to the seventh level!

This was a pleasant surprise for Chen An.

With his strength greatly increased, he tried to open the Thunder Gate again. This time, lightning continued to surround Chen An's body, and every strike of lightning made him feel a burst of pain.

However, over time, his body gradually adapted to the pain and the Thunder Gate was successfully opened.

As the Thunder Gate opened, Chen An's surroundings were suddenly filled with violent thunder and lightning power. He seemed to have turned into the God of Thunder and Lightning, with thunder and lightning surrounding him. Every punch and kick was accompanied by the force of thunder, which seemed enough to crush any obstacle.

The only drawback is that only one of the Eight Gates Divine Veins can be opened at a time. Otherwise, if several gates are opened at the same time, the power will be extremely terrifying, and even a combined cultivator will not be able to withstand even a single punch!
However, according to the records of the exercises, as long as one can integrate the eight gates, there is hope of reaching the highest level of opening all eight gates simultaneously.

Thinking of this, Chen An focused his attention on the last gate of the Eight Gates Divine Veins, the Death Gate.

The Death Gate represents the underworld and is the most difficult of the eight gates to practice. Only by separating the spirit and soul can one have the opportunity to join the underworld.

Chen An closed his eyes and concentrated, immersing his mind in his spirit and began to practice the Death Gate.

When he was practicing the Injury Gate before, he had already noticed that every time he stepped into the practice of the Three Evil Gates, his soul would have an indescribable growth.

He couldn't help but realize that practicing the Three Evil Gates could greatly improve the realm of the soul. Perhaps the reason why the barbarians were able to create a practice method like the Death Gate was because it had a special effect on the soul.

Thinking of this, Chen An's heart moved, and he thought to himself, no wonder the barbarians could create the method of practicing the Death Gate, it turned out that it was based on this point.

He no longer hesitated and began to guide the true energy in his body, preparing to enter the state of cultivation of the Death Gate.

But practicing the Death Gate is not easy, and a medium is needed to assist the communication between the soul and the underworld.

Chen An thought of the dark energy he brought back from Shenglin Island. This dark energy was the best medium at the moment.

Immediately, Chen An immersed all his attention in his soul, using the dark energy as a medium, trying to communicate with the underworld.

The dark energy swirled around his body and gradually merged with his soul.

As time went by, Chen An felt as if he had fallen into an endless abyss. It was pitch black all around him, and only the dark energy was like a faint light, guiding the direction.

In this darkness, Chen An felt extremely uneasy, as if he was about to be swallowed by it.

At this critical moment, the dark energy suddenly enveloped his soul and carried him away from this dark place.

When he opened his eyes again, Chen An found himself in a completely different world.

This is a place with a very strong underworld aura, much stronger than the Ghost Gate on Shenglin Island.

Chen An subconsciously wanted to avoid the dark energy here to prevent it from eroding himself, but then he found that he was just a vague soul with only a ball of dark energy that served as a medium in his body.

Moreover, these dark energies posed no threat to him, but instead nourished his soul.

Only then did Chen An realize that he had successfully sent his soul to the underworld.

Before he could feel happy, he suddenly felt a thick and cold air all around him, which made him shiver. The sky here was a deep black, with no stars, no moon, only endless darkness.

On the ground, you can occasionally see some rocks emitting a faint green light, which emits a faint light in this dark place.

There was a suffocating atmosphere in the air. Even someone like Chen An, who had experienced life and death several times, couldn't help but feel a chill.

In the darkness, I could vaguely see a few blurry figures wandering in the distance.

They seemed to be evil spirits from the underworld, constantly devouring each other, as if this was the law of survival in the underworld.

These evil souls have different shapes, some are neither human nor human, while others are twisted shadows that surround a weak soul and greedily devour it.

Chen An's heart skipped a beat. If he was discovered by these evil spirits, he would most likely become their next target.

Those souls were at most equivalent to the strength of a Jindan, but he had just entered the underworld and his strength was very weak, so he was not suitable for fighting.

So he carefully stretched out his hand, and a wisp of dark energy emerged in his palm.

This strand of Nether Qi was refined by his own body and was completely different from the unrefined Nether Qi. Not only did it become much docile, it also established a special connection with him. If he had used unrefined Nether Qi, he would probably have lost this split soul when he passed through the Endless Black Abyss just now.

Chen An glanced around, trying his best to avoid attracting the attention of those evil spirits.

He was secretly glad in his heart that he had refined the underworld energy beforehand, otherwise the consequences of entering the underworld this time would be disastrous.

Afterwards, he found a relatively remote place, with almost no other souls around, and began to quietly practice the method of Death Gate cultivation.

Now you must practice as quickly as possible and accumulate a certain amount of strength, otherwise if you encounter other evil spirits, you will definitely be in danger and be devoured.

Chen An began to practice the method of Death Gate, guiding the dark energy to flow in his body, trying to integrate the laws of the underworld into himself.

Every time the dark energy circulated and merged into his own soul, he felt that his soul was gradually becoming stronger.

Although Chen An possessed a complete mind and his cultivation speed was already very fast, he still felt unsatisfied.

If one wants to gain a foothold in this world full of unknowns and dangers, one must improve one's cultivation as quickly as possible, at least to the level of a human Yuanying cultivator. Otherwise, in this underworld, one may encounter unexpected events at any time.

At least, if those evil spirits had attacked him together, he would not have been able to deal with them with his current strength.

Thinking of this, a gleam of wisdom flashed through Chen An's mind, and he remembered the last time he used the Qingling Huaqi Jue on Shenglin Island. Perhaps, the Qingling Huaqi Jue also has an effect on the Nether Qi.

No matter how much you think, you might as well give it a try!
As the Qingling Huaqi Jue was practiced, he found that he could actually absorb the Nether Qi through this technique. Under his guidance, the Nether Qi flowed into his body like a rushing river and transformed into streams of pure Nether Qi that nourished his soul and body.

Chen An was pleasantly surprised to find that his strength was improving at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The gaseous dark energy has turned into gray liquid in the body, and is already showing signs of solidifying.

Seeing this, he activated the Qingling Huaqi Jue to its fullest extent.

As time went by, after an unknown amount of time, Chen An could clearly feel that a gray inner elixir began to condense in the core of his soul.

This inner elixir exudes a faint fluctuation of dark energy and has a very strong power, almost comparable to the strongest of the several souls encountered before.

At this rate, within a year, his strength would rise to a higher level and reach a level comparable to that of a Nascent Soul.

Just as Chen An was immersed in cultivation, suddenly, a blind evil spirit broke into his perception range.

This evil spirit looks somewhat familiar, and it seems to be one of the evil spirits we encountered just now.

(End of this chapter)