"I don’t care who you are, stay away from my mother," Gold Coin suddenly spoke.

"Ye Huli, you can speak now?" Yun Sheng was overjoyed, this deep and pleasant male voice, wasn’t it Ye Huli?

Although Ye Huli always liked to take verbal advantage of her, once he could speak human language, wouldn’t that mean he could soon regain human form?

While Yun Sheng had grown accustomed to Gold Coin’s Qilin form, she still preferred the arrogant and wicked Ye Beiming.

"Shen Jizi was from the Beast God Altar, he gave me a piece of Spiritual Language Crystal. According to him, if I go to the Beast God Altar and receive the Beast God Baptism, I might be able to transform into human form," Gold Coin said, looking regretfully at Shen Jizi’s corpse.

This old man, although a bit hateful, told him a very useful piece of information.

If Shen Jizi hadn’t endangered Empress Li’s safety, Ye Beiming originally did not intend to kill him, and even wanted to use Shen Jizi to enter the Beast God Altar.

After all, from Shen Jizi’s tone, the Beast God Altar and the Black Qilin Tribe did not seem to be on good terms.

"Let’s leave the matters of the Ghost King Cave to the Netherworld Ghost King. We should first check on Empress Li’s situation," Yun Sheng felt some regret, but knowing that the Beast God Altar could help Ye Beiming meant they would eventually have to make a trip to the Eight Desolates Continent.

After all, she still needed to return Hu Sheng’s ashes to the Sky Fox Tribe.

Yun Sheng told Ye Beiming what she had discussed with the Ghost King earlier.

Yun Sheng took the Heart Difficulty Lamp, suspecting that Shen Jizi might have harmed Empress Li’s residual soul.

The Heart Difficulty Lamp looked like an ordinary palace lantern, with exquisite glazed tassels outside.

Yun Sheng’s black eyes flashed slightly, activating the Fourth Level of Shennong’s Eyes.

The small palace lantern’s outer wall gradually disappeared, letting Yun Sheng clearly see the internal structure of the Heart Difficulty Lamp.

The Heart Difficulty Lamp was a hexagonal lamp, different from ordinary lamps; it wasn’t lit by a flame or candle but emitted light using souls.

The light from the Heart Difficulty Lamp had a hypnotic and enchanting effect on the living, allowing control over a person’s spiritual sense.

But for departed souls, it served to gather and strengthen their Yin Souls.

When the Netherworld Ghost King saved Li Qingcheng, she was already just a residual soul. If he hadn’t had the Heart Difficulty Lamp, Empress Li’s soul would have long dissipated over the past twenty years.

Yun Sheng, using Shennong’s Eyes, discovered a woman’s soul in the Heart Difficulty Lamp.

Her soul seemed very ethereal, but even as a mere glimpse, Yun Sheng could still perceive the woman’s beauty.

Empress Li of Great Zhou, once the most beautiful woman in Great Zhou, surpassed even Chen Lianlian, the greatest beauty Yun Sheng had encountered in Great Zhou, with a beauty that was truly otherworldly.

She stared blankly, unaware of the happenings outside.

After a thorough check, Yun Sheng understood the situation.

"Empress Li’s condition is not good, I will immediately use the Heart Difficulty Lamp to gather her Divine Soul," Yun Sheng said, summoning the Totem Vermilion Bird.

After clarifying the specific usage of the Heart Difficulty Lamp, Yun Sheng and the Totem Vermilion Bird, with the Heart Difficulty Lamp in hand, soared into the sky.

The sky of the Netherworld was pitch black. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Flying to an altitude of ten thousand meters, Ghost Water Creek had vanished.

Amid the rolling sea of clouds, Yun Sheng looked down.

Most of the Netherworld’s scenery had disappeared, leaving only a massive Magic Array functioning in the western distance.

Within the Magic Array, a towering Demon Suppressing Stele pierced into the clouds.

Yun Sheng knew that was the Demon Suppressing Stele.

According to the Netherworld Ghost King, he discovered a remnant of Empress Li’s soul near the West Wei Sect.

Individuals possess three souls and six spirits, and after death, they should retain their complete soul if whole. With a full soul, even a Yin Soul could survive in the Netherworld.

However, when the Ghost King found Empress Li, she only had one soul and one spirit.

No matter what methods he tried over the years, he couldn’t find the rest of Empress Li’s soul.

Yun Sheng activated the Heart Difficulty Lamp, chanting a spell while infusing a portion of her own Karma Fire of the Divine Lotus into the Heart Difficulty Lamp.

As divine objects, the Karma Fire of the Divine Lotus and the light of the Heart Difficulty Lamp blended together. As Yun Sheng chanted, in the Netherworld’s sky, it was as if a full moon rose.

The soft light from the lamp, like a lighthouse in the night, penetrated the layers of clouds, illuminating the vast Netherworld sky.

The light fell upon the Demon Suppressing Stele, and gradually, several souls emerged from within.

Simultaneously, from several directions in the Netherworld, more souls flew towards them.

Yun Sheng understood, these were the missing two souls and six spirits of Empress Li.

Without exception, they were all absorbed into the Heart Difficulty Lamp. Until the last thread of soul was complete, Yun Sheng ceased chanting and, with a keen eye, saw that several new souls had joined within the Heart Difficulty Lamp.

However, those souls were not merging, instead, they seemed to repel each other, unable to unite.

This was because Empress Li’s soul had been separated for too long. Only by blending the Karma Fire of the Divine Lotus, the Vermilion Bird Fire, and the Heart Difficulty Lamp’s fire could the Divine Soul be gathered.

Taking the revitalized Empress Li, Yun Sheng returned to the Ghost Water Creek, where the Netherworld Ghost King had specially prepared a chamber for her, while he and Gold Coin stood guard outside.

"I have only ever refined Elixirs, armor, and Magic Wands, never gathered a Divine Soul before, so I am unsure if I will succeed or how long it will take," Yun Sheng informed Gold Coin and the Netherworld Ghost King before beginning to gather the Divine Soul.

To focus entirely on gathering the Divine Soul, Yun Sheng didn’t bring Bo Bo along, taking only the Totem Vermilion Bird, entering the chamber alone, she began her first attempt at gathering a Divine Soul.

Yun Sheng first drew a Magic Array on the ground.

With a flick of her hand, a red Karma Fire Divine Lotus fell onto the Magic Array, igniting like oil set aflame, bursting into intense fire.

Yun Sheng quickly took out the Heart Difficulty Lamp, chanting a mantra.

Empress Li’s three souls and six spirits emerged from the Heart Difficulty Lamp.

All nine souls, after leaving the Heart Difficulty Lamp, began scattering in all directions, having been separated for many years.

However, as soon as these souls tried to escape, flames would erupt from the Magic Array.

These flames, like shadows that stalk, pursued the wandering souls.

The wandering souls, as if aware of the fire’s power, were forced back into the Magic Array, trembling with fear.

Yun Sheng’s eyes shone brightly, continuously activating the Karma Fire of the Divine Lotus within the Magic Array, the flames incrementally burning the rogue souls.