Above the Great Dao

The Soul Chasing Judge Wang Fu and the other two judges looked around, their faces changing dramatically. The Twelve Void Realms spanned a thousand miles, harboring immense power, with mighty Primordial Spirits descending from the heavens, approaching from all directions.

These Primordial Spirits belonged to powerful cultivators in the Returning Void realm. As they moved, the twelve Void Realms shifted accordingly, imposing an overwhelming sense of pressure upon them.

At the same time, above them, the sky suddenly turned transparent like glass, and a hundred-zhang tall figure slowly stood up, holding a green veil like a fishing net, spinning around and casting it out with force.

"Swish—"

A green light filled the sky, descending to form a vast Green Luo Cover, enveloping the earth within a thousand miles.

Dozens of hundred-zhang giants descended from the heavens, each holding a large banner that flapped loudly in the wind and, upon landing, planted their banners around the Green Luo Cover.

The banners crackled with electricity, and azure dragons made of thunder light climbed out of the banners and ascended into the skies, their bodies stretching over ten miles.

The thunder light continued to flash, and the azure dragon's bodies extended without end.

Chen Shi had once witnessed the Zhao family's Heavenly Dragon Locking Demon Array in Xinxiang, but that formation was much smaller in scale. It seemed that the Zhao family had only obtained an incomplete array in those days.

The Zhao family's Heavenly Dragon Locking Demon Array was meant to imprison the Evil Bodhisattva, but this Demon-locking Array was far more powerful, intending to trap the three judges along with the Yin Messengers they led!

"Does this Heaven and Earth Net also block the Mortal World?"

Chen Shi thought, "If it doesn't seal the Mortal World, then we can escape from the Mortal World."

The Soul Chasing Judge and the others could not enter the Mortal World, but the Black Pot could traverse the Yin Yang Two Realms.

Suddenly, a Yin Messenger under Wang Fu's command turned into a wisp of blue smoke, attempting to escape.

With a sizzling sound, the smoke collided with the Green Luo Cover, was struck by countless bolts of thunder light, and fell down.

"Don't even think about escaping."

An old man with white hair approached, smiling, "Soul Chasing, Sin, Sword Mountain, the three judges, our Yan Family has been searching for you for a long time. Today, we can finally catch you all in one net."

The Sword Mountain Judge Zhu Shun sneered: "Just you Yan Family, trying to detain us? Do you think judges are easy to handle?"

He drew out his Judge's Pen: "The Yan Family has already betrayed the True King! Without the Judge's Pen in my hand, you cannot control the Sword Mountain Hell!"

His body shook, instantly transforming into a thousand-zhang divine form, resplendent in golden light, as if cast from pure gold, surrounded by Incense Fire Qi, praised by the masses. With a mighty shout, where the Incense Fire Qi surged, an endless Sword Mountain Hell emerged.

In the Sword Mountain Hell, countless ghosts walked upon the sword blades, struggling, their limbs bleeding profusely, emitting harrowing screams.

This was a unique Ghost God Domain, where ghosts suffered sword punishments, and even when torn apart, they would resurrect to endure the torture anew, repeating the cycle!

Zhu Shun's Judge's Pen gathered the power of the Sword Mountain Hell, his mana vast as the sea, his voice rolling like thunder: "Under the True King, Xinxiang Governor Zhu Shun today sweeps the demons of the underworld!"

Zhu Shun was a cultivator of the True King Era, elevated to Xinxiang Governor, beloved by the people like his own children. The citizens of Xinxiang Province erected a shrine for him in life.

During a demon transformation, Zhu Shun died in battle. The people of Xinxiang, grateful for his virtues, enshrined him in a golden body, with incense flourishing. Zhu Shun frequently manifested in miraculous ways, very efficacious.

When the Ten Halls of Yama's clones descended to the underworld to establish its laws, among those who had achieved great merit were chosen as judges. King Yan selected him from the Yin Gods, appointing him Judge of the Sword Mountain Hell, wielding the Judge's Pen.

The Soul Chasing Judge Wang Fu laughed heartily, also revealing a thousand-zhang golden body, raising his own Judge's Pen, and shouted sternly: "Under the True King, Junior Minister of the Dali Temple Wang Fu today sweeps the demons of the underworld!"

He too was a formidable figure of the True King Era, a Junior Minister of Dali Temple, and due to his contributions to the state, was enshrined and given a golden body after death, deified in the underworld.

His duty was soul chasing, pursuing the souls of the deceased, being the head of all Yin Messengers of the River of Oblivion, commanding Ghost Kings, Day Patrol Deities, Night Patrol Deities, Black and White Impermanence, Bull Head, Horse Face, Leopard Tail, Bird Mouth, Fish Gills, Yellow Bee and the ten chief Yin Commanders.

The Sin Judge Jia Yuan let out a long whistle, revealing a thousand-zhang golden body, raising his Judge's Pen, killing intent bubbling: "Under the True King, Gongtian Prefecture's Jia Yuan swears to guard the underworld's laws unto death! As long as this divine form exists, the Dao will not perish!"

He was also a person of great merit from the True King Era, once the governor of Gongtian Prefecture, known for rectifying false accusations. After death, he was appointed as Sin Judge, examining the sins of cultivators to determine their punishments!

Chen Shi watched the three judges, seeing their golden bodies exuding dazzling divine light, illuminating the heavens and earth, sweeping away the underworld's gloomy mist, causing the ghosts and demons to retreat, Ghost Gods dare not come near.

He was somewhat entranced.

Though the three judges had long since died, they bore no sinister ghostly air, but rather a vast righteous qi, a sacred aura.

They were different from the Ghost Gods Chen Shi had seen previously, who also possessed great power but exuded a chilling, evil atmosphere, giving a sense of malevolence.

But these three judges, though Ghost Gods, possessed righteous qi, perhaps this is what is called merit.

They were people of great merit, becoming gods after death, even as Yin Gods, still filled with upright righteousness!

"The three judges commanding the three Judge's Pens, facing the siege of the Yan Family, should find it manageable." Chen Shi felt slightly reassured.

The twelve Returning Void realm experts were certainly powerful, but the strength of the three judges surpassed them; this battle might end with these Yan Family experts buried here!

At this moment, a surging tide of white bones rushed in, suddenly countless bones rising, transforming into a long white bone whip, seized by a towering judge, who brandished it through the air with a howl.