Little Sorcerer, Divine Doctor-Chapter 1009 - 161: The Six Divine Artifacts

The world has its laws, and nature follows its own laws as well.

The Three Worlds do not allow free passage; this is one of the rules.

Since Realm Gods exist, there are naturally rules and corresponding punishments.

The Human World, Netherworld, and Divine World each have their own Realm Gods, whose duties include maintaining stability in their realms and guarding against unauthorized breaches from other realms.

Yet, despite these stringent regulations, some loopholes persist — particularly with the emergence of supreme powerful beings in each realm.

With the rise of these supreme beings, creations like the Path of Gods and the Netherworld Ghost Key, which defy the laws set by the Realm Gods, have inevitably come into existence.

For instance, the birth of the Path of Gods signifies the birth of a new god.

As for the Netherworld Ghost Key, due to some unknown reason, the three Realm Gods and the Netherworld Ghost King once made an agreement permitting each official holder of the Ghost Key one chance to travel freely between realms without facing punishment.

Moreover, unlike the Realm God’s limitation of transporting only one person at a time, the Netherworld Ghost Key, by drawing the appropriate Magic Array, can carry multiple people, or even a whole army, between continents or realms.

Hearing this, Yun Sheng was slightly stirred, and a name long forgotten suddenly surged into her mind.

That name was the Saintess Hu Sheng of the Sky Fox Clan.

Three years ago, Hu Sheng had left without a word, and afterward, Yun Sheng, preoccupied by Ye Beiming’s affairs, had slumped into a period of inactivity, missing the best opportunity to search for Hu Sheng.

Once Yun Sheng recovered, she resumed her search for Hu Sheng but found no information at all regarding her whereabouts.

For this reason, Yun Sheng carried a knot in her heart.

She had once promised Hu Sheng to return her to the Bahuang Continent, but had lacked the means. Today, upon hearing that the Netherworld Ghost Key could transport many between different continents and realms, Yun Sheng remembered her promise to Hu Sheng.

With Hu Sheng’s strength alone, it would be difficult for her to return to the Bahuang Continent, especially since she didn’t know magic and belonged to the Sky Fox Clan, making her stay on the Wuji Continent exceedingly dangerous.

For years, Yun Sheng had never given up on finding Hu Sheng’s whereabouts.

Yun Sheng planned to personally search for Hu Sheng after the Dutian Summit and, if possible, seize back the Netherworld Ghost Key to send Hu Sheng home.

The Abyss Tentacle Monster sought the Netherworld Ghost Key to return to the Netherworld, while the Red Robe Summoning Emperor’s intentions were evidently tied to the Bahuang Continent.

This Dutian Summit, even before it began, had already involved the Netherworld Ghost Key, one of the Eight Desolate Divine Artifacts. The meeting would not be so simple.

Counting the Heart Difficulty Lamp found by chance in the Taiyuan Ruins over five hundred years ago and the Magic God Bracelet lost in the same ruins, Yun Sheng had now encountered six of the Eight Desolate Divine Artifacts: Summoning Demon Hand (Yun Sheng), Immortal Holy Grail (Yun Sheng), Netherworld Ghost Key (King of Penglai), War God Spear - Qilin Arm (Ye Beiming, Dugu Xiu), Magic God Bracelet (whereabouts unknown), and Heart Difficulty Lamp (Netherworld Ghost King). Only the Heavenly Destiny Mirror and the Donghuang Bell had yet to appear.

Among them, the appearance of the Netherworld Ghost Key was directly related to the Netherworld Ghost King and the Heart Difficulty Lamp; the Heart Difficulty Lamp played a crucial role in treating Hu Jiusheng’s amnesia, making the Ghost Key’s importance even clearer.

This also left Yun Sheng more regretful for not smoothly acquiring the Netherworld Ghost Key today, hastily refusing the King of Penglai’s invitation was also somewhat reckless.

Earlier, at the port, the Red Robe Summoning Emperor intercepted the King of Penglai, no doubt concerning the Ghost Key, though it was unclear if the skillful King of Penglai would hand it over to the Red Robe Summoning Emperor.

Swamped by these thoughts, Yun Sheng returned to the Great Zhou embassy, determined to further seek out the King of Penglai in the coming days, to see if she might retrieve the Netherworld Ghost Key.

However, Yun Sheng wasn’t the only one concerned about the Ghost Key’s fate.

On Ice Mountain Island, one of Penglai’s main islands, inside the Summoning Court’s council hall.

Penglai’s two authoritative figures, the Red Robe Summoning Emperor and the King of Penglai, faced each other, both tall and imposing.

One clad in red, the other in purple, they stood like two stone statues, locked in mutual challenge, neither conceding an inch.

The Seventh Summoner, standing in the council hall, didn’t dare make a sound.

Since being summoned by the King of Penglai, for hours, the two supreme figures of Penglai hadn’t spoken a word.

The Seventh Summoner, without orders, dared not leave, lamenting internally.

Few outsiders knew that although the King of Penglai and the Red Robe Summoning Emperor were Penglai’s two highest authorities, their relationship was as polar opposite as the ice and fire of Penglai’s two main islands, forever tense.

"I’m acting for Penglai’s benefit. Those remnants of the Bahuang Tribe have always been restless. If we had the Netherworld Ghost Key, we could invade their Beast God Altar and eradicate them completely," the Red Robe Summoning Emperor’s search for the Netherworld Ghost Key was meant to be secret.

No one expected to unexpectedly encounter an Abyss Tentacle Monster, resulting in the deaths of a thousand people on the Dragon Soaring. This incident incited the King of Penglai’s fury.

This was the most troublesome aspect: even if it fell into any other power’s hands on the continent, the Red Robe Summoning Emperor was confident of retrieving it. But with the Ghost Key in Princess Ru Mo’s hands, reclaiming it was immensely difficult.

Thus, the Red Robe Summoning Emperor hastily summoned Princess Ru Mo.

Yet seeing Princess Ru Mo’s reaction, he seemed disinclined to comply.

"Spare me your righteous excuses; every action of the Summoning Court comes with an excuse. What do you plan to do with the woman in the Water Prison?" The King of Penglai’s voice lost its usual warmth, cutting like a cold wind in the depths of winter, chilling the soul to its core.

At first glance at the woman in the Water Prison, his breath nearly froze.

Fortunately, he soon realized she wasn’t Yun Sheng.

Otherwise...

Princess Ru Mo’s aura turned colder.

Does he know about that Sky Fox woman? 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

The Red Robe Summoning Emperor’s expression darkened further; the matter couldn’t be concealed from him.

He knew well that Princess Ru Mo’s significant changes in recent years related to the woman in the Water Prison.

"Hmph, that woman is of the Sky Fox Clan. I shall use her as a blood sacrifice and announce it at this Dutian Summit," to avoid long delays, the Red Robe Summoning Emperor decided to promptly kill the "Yun Sheng" in the Water Prison.

"You thought to gather people from the Four Great Countries under my name?" Princess Ru Mo was even more incensed that not just the Netherworld Ghost Key, but even the assembly of the Four Great Countries in Penglai was unknown to him until afterward.

With just a glance, Princess Ru Mo was certain that the woman in the Water Prison held some connection to Yun Sheng.

If Yun Sheng found out, she would definitely intervene.

"How dare you address me in this manner, don’t forget, without me, you wouldn’t exist!" the Red Robe Summoning Emperor was deeply agitated.