Above the Great Dao

Young Master Wei Yue executed the Red-haired Ghost and returned to his Yuan Chen Palace. At this moment, a Yin Messenger arrived, bowing and saying: "Young Master, the master wants you to come over, saying someone has visited."

Young Master Wei Yue stood up and went to the Yuan Chen Hall in Immortal City.

The Yuan Chen Hall is responsible for managing the Immortal City. It has twelve grand halls, divided according to each person's birth year, month, and day into twelve Yuan Chen: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig, divided into twelve major districts.

Each hall's Underworld manages one district for convenience.

Last night, Chen Shi broke into the prison, causing a disturbance in the Chenlong District.

Currently, the one managing the Yuan Chen Hall of Immortal City is Wei Yue's father, Assistant Governor Wei Ling, acting as the proxy for the Yama.

However, Wei Ling has long been sidelined, and the Underworld, Judges, and Yin Commanders in the twelve Yuan Chen have all become the Ghost Gods of the Yan Family. Only the Yin Messengers are Oxen, Horses, and Yakshas, responsible for physical labor.

Young Master Wei Yue arrived in front of the Yuan Chen Hall and saw a few unfamiliar faces among the guards outside the hall. Upon entering, someone was already waiting there, his father, Assistant Governor Wei Ling, accompanying them.

Seeing his arrival, Wei Ling stood up with a smile and said, "Wei Yue is here, you two chat first." After speaking, he walked out of the Yuan Chen Hall.

The person was a young man looking about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a delicate appearance, smiling: "Brother Wei, I've finally waited for you."

Young Master Wei Yue saw the visitor, feeling somewhat unwilling but stepped forward to greet, saying: "Yang Bi, what brings you to the underworld?"

The young man, Yang Bi, smiled and said, "I came especially to notify you not to pursue Chen Shi and his mother, immediately cease the attack."

Young Master Wei Yue's face darkened, and he sneered, "Yang Shaohu, this is an underworld matter, not something you can meddle in!"

The young man, Yang Bi, who is also known as Shaohu, is a young member of the Yang family, one of the Thirteen Families. In recent years, he has gained fame in the Yang family, earning the favor of the ancestors from the other Twelve Families, who have high regard for him, sending him to the Upper Realm for cultivation.

After returning from the Upper Realm, Yang Bi came back with a mandate from the ancestors of the Thirteen Families, gaining significant authority to integrate and coordinate the strength of the Thirteen Families, planning major strategies.

In the past two years, his performance has been impressive, garnering respect from many of the elder generations in the Thirteen Families, even though he is young, he is highly regarded.

Yang Bi smiled and said, "Brother Wei, I'm acting on the orders of the ancestors of the Thirteen Families, are you planning to defy them?"

Young Master Wei Yue snorted, feeling quite displeased, saying: "It's not that I want to defy orders, but I've already commanded a Yin Messenger to unleash Huodou, how swift is Huodou's speed? Who can catch up with it?"

Yang Bi slightly furrowed his brows, glanced at him, and shook his head, saying: "Brother Wei, you are being too presumptuous."

Wei Yue snorted.

Yang Bi said, "Imprisoning Chen Shi and his mother is something the Yama dealt with. The Yan family's best decision is not to continue imprisoning Chen Shi's mother but to treat her well. When Chen Shi arrives in the Immortal City, to greet him well, telling him this is the mandate of the Supreme Lord, I must comply. Over the years, the Yan family has treated your mother well, not daring to slack off. Today, since you've come, my Yan family respectfully sends her off. This way, there is no incident of Chen Shi breaking into the prison. Brother Wei, you have too much personal bias..."

Wei Yue could no longer hold back, slapped the table angrily, and said: "Yang Shaohu, you are being impertinent! I have personal bias? Chen Shi and his mother are committing crimes in the underworld, doing evil deeds, plotting rebellion, which is why they were suppressed by the Yama! He was engaging in rebel activities! With another Supreme Lord, would he not be a rebel? I act in fairness, where is the personal bias?"

After Yang Bi let him finish speaking, he then said: "Brother Wei, what the Yan family needs to do is not to fight with Chen Shi but to focus on the bigger picture. Therefore, your only goal is to become the new Yama, thoroughly controlling the Yama Hall."

He stood up and walked outside, saying: "The progress of the Yan family is too slow, so the Upper Realm sent me to intervene. I was originally just an observer in the matter of Chen Shi and his mother, but you went too far, so I had to come personally to correct it!"

Wei Yue also stood up, sneering: "The Yang family's influence is great, meddling in the affairs of my Yan family! Who gave you the authority to come to the underworld and diminish my power? Yang Shaohu, to tell you the truth, I also went to the Upper Realm back then, guided by the ancestors of past generations, even meeting the ancestors of the Thirteen Families! You don't have the authority to meddle in my Yan family's affairs!"

Yang Bi showed a look of disappointment, shaking his head, saying: "This concerns the Thirteen Families, and the life and death of the West Bull New Continent! It's not just your personal matter, nor is it purely a matter of the Yan family! Otherwise, why would the Upper Realm send me here?"

Wei Yue approached him, sneering, saying: "Dare I ask, what did I do wrong?"

Yang Bi said: "The first thing, the Immortal City has been infiltrated by Despair Slope, you are being monitored by a master from Despair Slope, your every move is well known to the opponent. This time, you laid out a trap to ambush the three Great Judges under the command of King Yan, it was detected by the enemy, leading Chen Shi and the Grave Stone Carver to break the deadlock, thwarting your plans."

Wei Yue's face changed dramatically: "You mean, the masters from Despair Slope used the Heaven Listeners to lure Chen Shi and the Grave Stone Carver outside the trap laid by my Yan family? This matter wasn't accidental?"

"Of course, it wasn't accidental."

Yang Bi looked into the distance, "Our Thirteen Families have been operating in the underworld for many years, Despair Slope must have noticed and undoubtedly would send people to investigate. You haven't been able to control the Yama Hall over the years, most likely they have contributed greatly. These days, I didn't intervene in the matter between you and Chen Shi because I wanted to find him. Now, I have located his hiding place."

Wei Yue followed his gaze and saw Ghost Gods from all directions heading towards the same Yuan Chen Palace.

That Yuan Chen Palace was surrounded by chains, layer upon layer of blockade, isolated from the other palaces.