Martial research master

"I think the boy will be able to survive the passage of eternal suffering. If he does, we might have hope for the future of this world." The voice said.

"This might be the last time someone can walk into this area. If this boy doesn't succeed, then the most probable situation is that thing being freed from its chain and unleash hell onto this plane. He might be our last chance for redemption. Yet I don't think he could achieve the desired results." The other voice was skeptical.

"The reason I am interested in this guy is his cultivation level."

"He is just a Qi King." The other voice said.

"You are not from this plane and hence you couldn't feel hi slaw base properly. If you could,  you would have understood what sort of a demon this guy is."

"So he might have connected with multiple laws. All of us have done that in our planes. It's not that big a deal."

"How many heavenly laws did you manage to connect with?" The voice asked.

"I remember being able to connect with 6 and my plane was higher than yours, meaning my laws were far more powerful. Even if he has connected to the same number, I still look down on him." The skeptical voice stated sarcastically.

"That is the surprise here. I can feel more than ten different kinds of laws from his body, at least 3 kinds of energy, 2 of which are far superior in comparison to yours and mine. So tell me, is he worth it." The voice said.

The skeptical voice was silent for a long while. He was shocked by the revelation. More than ten laws and 2 energies are superior to either of their reneges. Which meant that he practiced art from a higher plane than theirs. Just where did this guy come from?

"Even more astounding is the fact that he is also a body cultivator. How long has it been since I saw someone who is pursuing body cultivation with this much enthusiasm? He has managed to completely open all his acupoints and is heading towards the Channel Tempering realm":

"A meager QI King has reached the completion of Acupoint opening and is approaching Channel Tempering." The Skeptical voice sounded shocked. 

"He might be able to do what other failed at."

"Let's see how he does in the passage of eternal suffering. If his will is powerful enough, we might just be lucky." The voice said.

The two voices faded in the background as they looked at Li Meng going into the passage of eternal suffering.

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Li Meng finally went to the end of the hall, when he came across what looked like any other passage he passed through. The only thing he could see at the other end was darkness. He wasn't sure what lay at the other end but all the signs pointed in this direction if he wanted to get the treasure.

"Should I go in?" Li Meng wanted to confirm this with the Keeper.

" I have to inform you that the passage in front of you is different. The only problem is we can't rig it like the last time, since this isn't a formation but a treasure. You need to pass it with effort. I won't be able to help this time."

Li Meng took some time to analyze the situation. He then decided to proceed into the passage since the extreme Yin tree was a must-have treasure for him. He wanted to start cultivating hell and understand the world's energy.

"Once he set foot into the cave, nothing happened and he continued walking until he felt something different about the situation. The passage went on and on, but there was simply no end to it. LI meng seemed to be walking for a very long time. but he couldn't reach the end.

He looked around the passage, but the walls were quite thick. He tried to use his Qi, but there wasn't even a scratch. The energy was completely absorbed by the walls. Li Meng tried to attack a few other spots, but there were no effects. The path looked even longer this time, and he could feel a huge amount of heaviness in himself.

It was as if the attack were converted into some weird power that was working against him. Li Meng tried some other methods, like the QI bombs and physical attacks, but he wasn't able to do so. He once again tried to reach the other end of the cave, but he couldn't reach it even after walking.

He tried to contact the Keeper, but there was no response from the other side. He tried to rush to the other side but failed to do so. He tried his law energy and failed too. The law energy seemed extremely weak in this passage as if it didn't exist.

"Could it be that this cave is from another world?" Li Meng guessed. Time passed by, days if not weeks, but he couldn't feel the passage coming to an end. He tried to find another alternative approach by using Crimson World energy and Hell-Heaven Energy, but they failed too.

"Wasn't the cave called Netherworld Cave?" Hell-Heaven energy should work here. Why isn't it working?" Li Meng was beginning to lose his mind to the situation. He couldn't calm himself down. He tried every single method in the bag and still couldn't reach a good conclusion.

There was something he hadn't tried. It was his soul's energy. Since he had reached the soul grandmaster level, he could protrude his soul out of his body. That was the only alternative remaining to try out and he decided to go forward with it. He sat down and began to activate his soul energy. A transparent figure popped out of his body and came into the passage.

He began to explore the walls around him, and a sudden disturbance took place in the passage. The whole walls were starting to break down and a big void appeared at the top. It exerted a force and sucked Li Meng's soul into it.