âDo you know what this place is?â Shelly asked.
âThe Underworld!â
âThatâs right. This place is the Underworld, a place to suppress the Underworld God. Now that the
Underworld God had met his demise, do you think Dairaionji Temple will continue suppressing this
realm?â
Alexâs heart skipped a beat. âYou meanâ¦â
âThis world will return to its original state in three days at most. All the trialists who came in will be
cleared out and be returned to their original places,â Shelly said. âThus, if you want to acquire Grandâs
things, you must seize the time and act⦠Moreover, you still have to find the Pool of Afterlife if you
want to realize the bone patterns that youâve earned in this place.â
Shelly told him that there was a deep, hidden secret in the Pool of Afterlife. If he wanted to enter
Dairaionji Temple, he had to find the opportunity in the Pool of Afterlife.
Alex nodded, indicating that he understood.
Then, he selectively informed everyone of the information he had received after his divine
consciousness returned to his body.
Shirley asked, âBut, where exactly is the Pool of Afterlife? No one knows!â
âActually, I already know,â Alex said.
The Pool of Afterlife was the Grand Bodhisattvaâs greatest treasure, wasnât it?!
***
A day later, the golden bamboo boat reached the land. After going ashore, Alex headed to pick up the
twenty four formation flags in passing. Two days later, the golden bamboo boat reached Corpse King
City in the south.
Corpse soldiers were once all over the place there and killed thousands of trialists. Daya, Shirley, Ynes,
and Pigsy almost met their demise there.
Shirley pointed at a city gate and said, âChanning passed away here.â
Daya looked sorrowful. He was her former subordinate and had actually died protecting her.
âGuys, wait for me!â Daya walked over and stood at the spot where Channing died before sighing softly.
âChanning, from now on, as long as Iâm alive, no one can bully the Hendersons. This is my promise to
you.â
Alex, Mystic Maiden, Shirley, Ynes, Daya, and Pigsy all came over. Companions who had traversed the
Underworld together, it was comradeship that had grown from scratch to depending on each other in
this unfamiliar world.
Over there, the few of them had worked together to build a gravestone for Channing. After that, the
group entered Corpse King City.
Thanks to the Grand Bodhisattvaâs last will projected into Alexâs sea of consciousness, they soon found
the location of his treasure. It was an underground shrine, one that was extremely large.
When the crowd saw the complete appearance of the shrine, they were all shocked. It surprisingly
looked exactly like Shoraionji Temple in its full manifestation. The gate was tightly closed.
Using brute force was out of the question.
Eventually, Alex opened the gate and successfully found the Pool of Afterlife by relying on the Grand
Bodhisattvaâs consciousness.
âThis is the Pool of Afterlife.â
âAlthough we still have a day, based on conservative estimates, itâd be hard to guarantee that it wonât
happen before that.â
âNow, Iâll set up a formation. Everyone, take out all the bones containing bone patterns. After youâre
done using them, jump into the Pool of Afterlife to revive your flesh!â
However, the Mystic Maiden of the Nine Heavens was so dissatisfied that she stomped her foot out of
rage. âWhere are the promised treasures? Where are the spiritual herbs? Where are the magical
treasures? How could there be nothing? How could he be so poor? Did he even live up to the standard
of the Underworld God?â