Above the Great Dao

"Granny Sha and the others are all capable individuals, nothing will happen. Furthermore, my father is outside with thirty-seven Heavenly Mechanisms. Even if my body escapes back to the Mortal World, it won't cause much chaos. I'll just wait for them here..."

Chen Shi thought of this and felt slightly relieved.

His body certainly won't get far; he only needs to wait here. After Granny Sha and the others drive out the demons, they will bring his body back, or summon his soul to return.

He gazed into the distance, seeing towering mountains, likely the shadow of Qianyang Mountain in the underworld.

Chen Shi wandered amidst these ruined palaces, searching for ancient relics, hoping to find clues about his adoptive mother.

"The Stele mother, could it be the stele outside this palace?"

Chen Shi's Primordial Spirit flew into the sky, his gaze sweeping over the ruins of the palace. Though it had been destroyed, one could still see how magnificent the palatial complex had been in its heyday.

This place should have been a temple, stretching across the Yin Yang Two Realms, spanning heaven and earth.

The old willow tree outside the temple had lived for countless years, lush and verdant. It had absorbed some incense energy from the temple, possessing extraordinary power, thus able to pierce through the Yin Yang Two Realms.

This fact amazed Chen Shi the most!

Because his Heaven Measuring Iron Ruler, when in the underworld, was just so-so!

The power of the Heaven Measuring Iron Ruler has never been fully unleashed by Chen Shi; he could only rely on its ability to grow and shrink to defeat the Yin Messengers, even severely injuring Young Master Wei Yue and Zhuang Wujiu!

When in the underworld, the Heaven Measuring Iron Ruler stood like a gigantic pillar.

However, the willow tree's roots were almost as large as the Heaven Measuring Iron Ruler, with some roots deeply embedded in the Gao Gang hill!

"This old willow tree is much mightier than the Heaven Measuring Iron Ruler! So what is my adoptive mother's background?"

Chen Shi looked up to the otherworldly Scholar Zhu, exclaiming, "My mentor, Scholar Zhu, whose ghost hangs from this willow tree, also forms this spectacular yet eerie sight!"

"I wonder if I could climb to the Mortal World along the willow's roots?"

He flew upwards following the roots, feeling that the closer he got to the peak, the heavier the pressure from above. The apex neared the real world; everything there was material. For ghosts and demons without physical bodies, even the tiniest bit of material was as heavy as Tai Mountain.

Chen Shi had perished; even though he was in Primordial Spirit status, without a physical body, he was still a ghost, and as such, found it hard to withstand the real world's pressure.

"Whoosh—"

In high altitudes, a sinister wind howled, shaking his form, tossing him about like a ragdoll, chilling him to the bone.

This sinister wind could damage the Primordial Spirit, and frequent exposure might greatly damage his cultivation.

Chen Shi invoked the Xiaolang's Emperor Chapter Skill to resist the sinister wind, then paused: "Xiaolang's Emperor Chapter Skill is a cultivation technique for the physical body; the Primordial Spirit cannot refine it!"

He was swept up by the howling wind, blown far away.

In the sky, yin energy condensed into bleak clouds, driven by the howling wind, among which cold crystals swirled, sharp as swords!

Chen Shi struggled to stabilize his form, activating the Third New Talisman, navigating the air with flashing lightning to avoid the ice crystals.

A tempest surged in his mind: "Infinite Jade Pearl Secret, circulate Qi-Blood, refine Qi-Blood into jade pearls, operate them within the physical body. Without a body, it cannot be cultivated. Five Manifestations Huagong, gather Five Elements True Qi, cultivate heart, liver, spleen, lungs, kidneys, enhance Qi-Blood to refine the inner core. Without a body, it cannot be cultivated. Xuanwei Sword Scripture, refine inner sword Qi, concentrate Qi-Blood at the brow, store sword Qi in the Hundred Acupoints. Without a body, it cannot be cultivated. Transformation Treasure True Technique, without a body it cannot be cultivated. Beidi Demonic Suppression Spell, without a body it cannot be cultivated. Tianpeng Demon Suppression Technique, without a body it cannot be cultivated, Wind and Thunder Yu Step Divine Spell, without a body it cannot be cultivated..."

As he dodged the ice crystals formed by yin energy in the fierce wind, he reviewed all the cultivation techniques he knew. Any for cultivation, power enhancement, even some combat skills, were unusable!

Especially Tianpeng Demon Suppression Technique, Thunderbolt Jade Core Technique, these combat skills required massive Qi-Blood consumption, relying on the body!

In the underworld, these are entirely unusable!

However, magic and divine skills, the Primordial Spirit can still use, but they only deplete his cultivation. Especially in this place, without the body, the Primordial Spirit becomes increasingly feeble.

The wind grew stronger; Chen Shi, with a subtle thought, drew a Wind Stabilizing Talisman mid-air.

This talisman used Qi without blood, stabilizing the wind momentarily before shattering, with Chen Shi swept by the howling storm, flying into the distance.

Buffeted in the wind, Chen Shi quickly activated the Primordial Spirit Arena to stabilize the wind.

The moment the Primordial Spirit Arena appeared, it connected with the outer world, with yin energy penetrating into the arena, infiltrating his body!

Chen Shi quickly withdrew the arena, but the invading yin energy sent chills throughout him, as though the Primordial Spirit was about to freeze.

He had ventured in and out of the underworld many times; having and not having a body were entirely different experiences!

The wind increased in intensity, making him unable to stabilize his form; he could only grit his teeth, repeatedly activating the Third New Talisman, navigating the sinister wind with thunder to try to escape it.

After an unknown time had passed, he finally broke free from the sinister wind, falling uncontrollably from the sky.

Chen Shi shivered from the cold, the Primordial Spirit seemingly freezing, forcibly activating his mana to slow his fall, yet he still crashed hard.

Not far away, mist drifted along the ground, with many ghosts wandering through it, all heading in the same direction.