Afterward, Chu Mo began to collect Netherworld insects here. With a whole lot of golden fish scales at hand, he wasn't worried about not catching any Netherworld insects.

Chu Mo stayed here for several days and caught countless Netherworld insects, the number probably reaching into the trillions!

The Netherworld insects in the river seemed inexhaustible, making Chu Mo even suspect that perhaps the entire river was composed of these creatures; otherwise, how could there be so many? Even the lake inside the Heavenly Mirror had been expanded several times.

In the end, Chu Mo grew somewhat tired of it and roughly estimated that the Netherworld insects he had caught could feed the Creation Fish for thousands of years. Then he stopped. He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he even felt that the color of the Netherworld River had faded quite a bit.

However, he didn't realize that this wasn't an illusion—it was the truth!

Over the past few days, he had captured at least one percent of all the Netherworld insects in the river!

They might have seemed insubstantial, but in reality, these Netherworld insects had accumulated over countless eons. Chu Mo had captured so many of them within just a few days. If there indeed existed a Netherworld King in the underworld, he would probably itch with hatred towards Chu Mo.

For it was the presence of Netherworld insects that gave the Netherworld River its name!

Otherwise, it would just be an ordinary river.

In this world, only one thing could attract Netherworld insects and make them so frenzied—

The scales of the Seven-colored Golden Fish!

Ordinary golden fish are also transformations of natural rules and require certain fortunes to be found, but they hold no appeal to Netherworld insects. Only the Seven-colored Golden Fish is irresistible to them.

The Seven-colored Golden Fish represents the embodiment of the Great Dao and is not a real creature. Their significance to Netherworld insects is akin to the significance of a top-tier cultivation technique to a cultivator.

The scales of the Seven-colored Golden Fish can enable Netherworld insects to develop spiritual intelligence and thus step onto the true path of cultivation!

There was an ancient legend that a Netherworld insect received an enormous fortune and obtained the scales of an entire Seven-colored Golden Fish, which then awakened its intelligence. It not only stepped onto the path of spiritual cultivation but also became a Heavenly Genius. In the end, it ascended the path of the supreme and even took control of the entire Netherworld.

Of course, this was just an ancient legend. Chu Mo didn't know about it, and very few in the Cultivation Realm did. The unintelligent Netherworld insects were even less likely to know.

But this did not hinder their crazed longing for the scales of the Seven-colored Golden Fish.

It was an instinct embedded deep in their bones!

Just like the human instinct for light!

The Seven-colored Golden Fish seldom appear in the Netherworld River and are never seen by anyone, and living Seven-colored Golden Fish are completely unapproachable by Netherworld insects!

Even approaching them slightly would result in being crushed by the Dao forces emanating from their bodies.

Only the scales from a Seven-colored Golden Fish that had died out of water wouldn't harm the Netherworld insects. Because Chu Mo had not restored his cultivation and couldn't activate the Heavenly Mirror, he was obliged to leave the scales here, which attracted a vast number of Netherworld insects.

That led to what happened afterward.

Looking back, it seemed as though everything was destined, with one link leading to another. Without any single part of it, this event would not have developed to this extent.

Initially, Chu Mo was sent to this sinister place because of the combined actions of the Heavenly Mirror and Chaos Furnace, two divine items.

However, the true purpose of the Heavenly Mirror and Chaos Furnace remains unclear to Chu Mo even now.

They sent Chu Mo here, but what fortune or gains this might bring was not their real intention.

They aimed to cleanse all the karma from Chu Mo's body!

During his fight with the Blood Demon Ancestor's avatar in the Spirit Realm, Chu Mo had essentially defied heaven, nearly destroying the Spirit Realm and killing countless beings.

Even though most of these beings were ordinary creatures without spiritual intelligence, it still meant he was wrapped in tremendous karma.

If this karma was not cleansed, it would severely impact Chu Mo's future path of cultivation.

Since his crimes hadn't reached the level that divine punishment would send him to this place of sin, the Heavenly Mirror and Chaos Furnace thus joined forces to do this—concealing their actions from Tianji and sending Chu Mo here directly!

Because Chu Mo had qi movement on his body, it was as if he had "mistakenly" entered a land of sin; thus, when he appeared, the seven-colored golden fish appeared as well.

So, these two artifacts really went to great lengths for their host. These things they did, Chu Mo could not know now, only when his cultivation improved one day in the future, he might suddenly recall this matter and truly understand.

Even if Chu Mo temporarily did not understand the true intentions of the two artifacts, his heart was already full of emotions, having some enlightenment: although one cannot overcome heaven, one can actually choose their destiny to a certain extent! Because every step you take could have a huge impact on the future.

But in this, qi movement becomes very important.

Chu Mo summoned the Sky Mirror and looked at the three blood moons embedded on it.

Not until now did Chu Mo truly feel the value of these three sky stones, which was countless times greater than he had ever imagined before!

At this moment, Chu Mo had decided to go back.

Exploring the land of sin, Chu Mo had absolutely no interest, thinking that this vast land was utterly barren!

There were simply no resources worth noting at all.

Chu Mo was somewhat interested in Netherworld, but he was well aware of his limits. With his current realm, trying to explore Netherworld was like courting death.

Not to mention he had just captured countless Netherworld insects, and although he didn't know if the people of Netherworld would mind, he thought it better not to trouble himself further.

Afterward, Chu Mo took out the colorful fish scale, then cut his finger, dropping a drop of blood on it.

Next, a black sailboat appeared swiftly in front of Chu Mo, seemingly born out of thin air!

This was the method to leave this place, seemingly simple, but without Wang Zhong's diary, Chu Mo wouldn't know how many years it would have taken him to figure it out.

Chu Mo leaped onto it, and then, a mysterious power made him feel dizzy all of a sudden as if his eyelids weighed tons, desperately trying to close.

Chu Mo wanted to try hard to open his eyes to see just how this boat was leaving this world, but regrettably, in the end, he reluctantly closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

When Chu Mo opened his eyes, he found himself back in the sea of magma.

All around him was an endless sea of lava, emitting terrifying heat.

He subconsciously looked at his skin, which had completely returned to normal, and then felt incredibly light all over!

His realm had unknowingly stepped into the peak of Primordial Infant!

Chu Mo couldn't help but be stunned for a while, feeling like he was in a dream. He quickly activated the Sky Mirror and looked inside it.

The vast Netherworld Lake and the countless Netherworld insects within the waters of the lake made Chu Mo realize that everything he had experienced was as real as it could be.

"It feels good to be back!" Chu Mo said, standing up from the sea of magma and then, taking a step, he activated Shrinking Ground into Inches with the Phantom Wind Step. The next moment, his figure appeared high above in the sky.

The sky above, chaotic and crumbling from its collapse, made the entire world seem utterly dilapidated in Chu Mo's eyes!

The entire north of the Spirit Realm had completely fallen!

Though it was the Blood Demon Ancestor who took the crazy action to destroy the Spirit Realm, Chu Mo still felt a deep sense of apology in his heart.

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The fifth night watch!!!

Four more hours!!!

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