Corpse Recovery Diver-Chapter 1260 - 230:

Li Zhiyuan observed the lamp; the flame on the lamp was very strange—it was karmic force.

At this moment, Li Zhiyuan understood the monkey's purpose for developing people to collect karmic force.

The other True Monarchs, including the monkey's body, Li Yuan True Monarch, were all deeply involved in this. To enter the "prison" from the outside to contact their own body and release it, they must rely on the light powered by karmic force as lamp oil.

Li Zhiyuan could also use the Fengdu Twelve Commandments to unleash Karmic Fire, but his Karmic Fire was meant for burning away evils. Normally, every evil was heavily laden with karmic force; once ignited, it burns.

But right now, there were only matches but no firewood, making it meaningless.

The monkey pointed inside and said, "Let's go, follow me inside."

With that, the monkey took the lead and stepped inside.

Li Zhiyuan had no choice but to follow. The young man suspected the one setting the questions knew he realized he couldn't admit defeat after lighting a second lamp.

So, in the arrangement within the Jiang Shui waves, it gradually became more "theme-less."

There's no need to give you clear guidance; after all, you have no way back and must gropingly find solutions on your own.

Last time in Lijiang, when the young man was having tea with Zhao Yi, Zhao Yi had mentioned this. He said when he was walking the Jiang, not only was the enemy very clear, but the problems were also straightforward. Yet this time, walking this wave together, most of the time, they were in a fog. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

The lamp was not the only one; upon entering, when the light of the first lamp began to weaken, the light of the second lamp appeared ahead.

Unlike previously going through other temples to open the cloud walls and entering the next stage, this time, once the cloud wall opened and they entered, the road underfoot sloped downward, giving a sense of descending a mountain.

Initially, only a sense of something on both sides was felt, but it wasn't clear because the lamps were only placed on the steps along the path.

No one was willing to risk leaving its halo of light; entering the despairing darkness likely meant no return.

It had to be known that this was a prison holding True Monarchs. If it were so easy to break open, these True Monarchs would have escaped long ago.

However, after continuing down a distance, visuals began emerging from the pitch-black surroundings.

It was a True Monarch, dressed in splendid attire, with an official hat, holding a Jade Ruyi in the left hand and a green lotus in the right. They were surrounded by a faint brilliance, exuding a solemn dharma appearance.

However, this wasn't the traditional standing figure like a statue in a temple. They were running, their mouth open, seeming to be shouting questions angrily.

Monkey: "This is Rewarding Virtue True Monarch, who bestows fortune upon the good and protects those who have merit, ensuring good gets returned with good."

Tan Wenbin's gaze circled around the Jade Ruyi and green lotus in Rewarding Virtue True Monarch's hand.

The least qualified to even join an internal conflict, the Gatekeeper True Monarch's Double Mace was already magical enough; what the higher qualified Rewarding Virtue True Monarch held must definitely be genuine treasures.

Moreover, they were collectively storming in at the time, ready to overthrow a false Bodhisattva. Naturally, they had to bring the toughest tools on hand.

Unfortunately, such fine things were only for viewing from afar, not for playing with. If one dared extend a hand into the darkness, they would become Rewarding Virtue True Monarch's "buried companion."

Down further, in the adjacent darkness appeared another True Monarch, wearing a white-gold patterned high hat, with a medicine basket on their back, holding a jade medicine pot in the left hand and a silver medicine shovel in the right.

The clothes were not luxurious, being plain and simple with just green embroidery, but though this True Monarch could not move, the green embroidery on the clothes seemed to grow, blossom, and fruit on its own.

Was the medicinal material planted on the clothing? Or was this clothing naturally suited to cultivating medicinal materials?

Tan Wenbin licked his lips. Indeed, everything understated here was not simple.

Yin Meng looked at the set of tools and clothing, subconsciously swallowing. If she could get hold of these things, her efficiency in toxin making and poison tempering would significantly increase.

Monkey: "This is Compassionate True Monarch, who embraces compassion, is charitable, heals and saves lives, resolves disaster and pain, striving for a world free of illness and worry."

Yet at this moment, there wasn't much grace on the Compassionate True Monarch's face. Their eyes were like electricity, staring straight ahead, with a fierce expression and twitching corners of the mouth; this True Monarch of benevolent healing was making the most vicious curse.

The tension between this visual rift was very evident.

Then came the next True Monarch, dressed in fire armor, both hands wielding a massive axe, eyes nearly splitting, exuding an overwhelming momentum.

Run Sheng looked at the axe, then at the Yellow River Shovel in his hand.

He quite liked his Yellow River Shovel. Earlier, it often broke, but after being reforged twice, it was now very sturdy and durable.

But he knew the axe in that True Monarch's hands was probably heavier and harder.

If only he could take that axe, melt it down, and reform it into a shovel—that would be great.

Monkey: "Ha, this is Thunder Fire True Monarch, who thinks very highly of himself, disregarding everything, fantasizing that he is the foremost warlord True Monarch."

In Monkey's tone, there was strong disdain for Thunder Fire True Monarch.

Probably because Monkey and this True Monarch were in the same competitive position.

Monkey added, "But every time he encounters a truly powerful great evil, he can't handle it; it's still up to me to deal with it. 'He' always instructs and reassures me to focus on unity. Otherwise, I would've long since driven this Thunder Fire True Monarch out of the temple."

Monkey also held resentment towards that "he," feeling that "he" restricted Monkey's development and suppressed Monkey's status.

Li Zhiyuan had seen those four spirit beasts in the Five Senses Diagram, watching how they carefully and cautiously lived like normal people.