Chapter 1138

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Chapter 1138 Hell’s Origin

A flash of black light passed through Shen Qingzhu’s chest amid the silence.

A faint dao halo emanated from his body, and a profound, supreme aura filled the cave. Lin Qiye and An Qingyu both froze, instinctively stepping back.

Thump—!

Thump—!!

In the quiet cave, heavy heartbeats sounded again. A dao halo spread from Shen Qingzhu’s chest throughout his entire body. His nearly dried-up blood began to flow again, and his severed, cold hand started to regenerate at a visible speed.

His life force was reviving.

“What’s happening?” Lin Qiye asked in confusion, his eyes still red.

“That jade pendant is reconstructing Zhuai-ge’s body,” An Qingyu’s eyes brightened. “He’s coming back to life!”

As the dao halo surged, Shen Qingzhu’s body finally became whole again. His pale skin regained its color, and his tightly closed eyelashes trembled slightly before his eyes slowly opened.

Shen Qingzhu, back from the dead, stared blankly at the two people before him for a moment before coming to his senses.

“It’s you two?”

“Zhuai-ge!” Lin Qiye quickly ran forward, grabbed Shen Qingzhu’s shoulders, and rapidly scanned his body with his mental power. After confirming there were no more wounds, his face filled with excitement and joy. “Are you okay?”

Shen Qingzhu looked down at his healed palm in confusion.

“I just…”

“You just died,” An Qingyu added. “I confirmed it—there shouldn’t have been any life force left in your body.”

Shen Qingzhu seemed to remember something and pulled out a black jade pendant from his pocket, holding it in his palm with a complex expression.

“Before leaving the Heavenly Palace, Fatty gave me a jade pendant, saying it could bring people back from death… Thanks to this thing, I’m alive again.”

“A treasure that can resurrect the dead?” Lin Qiye asked puzzled. “When did he get something like that?”

“I don’t know,” Shen Qingzhu looked at the pendant with a bitter smile. “It seems I owe that little fatty another life.”

Shen Qingzhu stood up and briefly moved his body. All his injuries had disappeared, and he was no different from before being wounded, moving with ease.

“Zhuai-ge, what happened after we left?” Lin Qiye asked.

Shen Qingzhu was silent for a moment, then sighed deeply. “After you left, the exploration ship just drifted with the waves. Later, I heard two loud booms from the sky, and then the ocean currents changed. By the time I realized what was happening, the ship had already entered a narrow waterway.

I was planning to find a place to turn the ship around and get out, but suddenly a giant python emerged from the blood-colored water, smashed the ship’s keel, and bit through my body. It carried me through the mountains.

After a desperate battle, I killed the giant python, but my injuries were too severe. Plus, there were those black-winged monsters circling in the sky, so I could only find a cave to hide temporarily. After I leaned against this wall, I gradually lost consciousness… When I woke up, I saw you two.”

So he did come here through the gap in hell… Lin Qiye nodded.

“Zhuai-ge, where is the shipwreck?” An Qingyu asked seriously.

Shen Qingzhu thought for a moment, then pointed in a direction. “The python carried me through many mountains, so I don’t remember the exact location, but it’s roughly in that direction, probably about ten kilometers away.”

“And the gap?”

“Also in that area.”

Lin Qiye nodded. “Good, then we’ll go rescue Jiang Er and leave directly through the gap.”

Lin Qiye stood at the edge of the cave and looked outside.

“There are many demons outside. I’ll go in front, Zhuai-ge…”

Lin Qiye paused. “Zhuai-ge will be in the middle, and Qingyu will guard the rear. If you notice anything, let me know immediately.”

For this single-file formation, the person at the front faces the greatest risk, followed by the person at the rear. The middle position is the safest.

Previously, Shen Qingzhu had always been at the rear of the team, but now the situation was special. An Qingyu was only present as a clone, so if something happened to him while guarding the rear, his actual life wouldn’t be in danger, making him the most suitable choice for the position.

Comparatively, Shen Qingzhu was more vulnerable to injury, so having him walk in the middle was reasonable. Lin Qiye knew this arrangement might increase Shen Qingzhu’s sense of helplessness, but now was not the time to worry about such things.

He had just witnessed Shen Qingzhu’s death with his own eyes. As the team leader, he couldn’t let Shen Qingzhu take risks again.

He didn’t want to experience the feeling of losing a teammate a second time.

Hearing Lin Qiye’s arrangement, Shen Qingzhu paused slightly, then silently nodded and obediently followed the order, walking in the middle, closely following Lin Qiye out of the cave.

“Have you noticed that the falling ash seems to have decreased?” An Qingyu observed the sky through the air barrier Shen Qingzhu had created, thoughtfully remarking.

“Maybe it’s coming to an end. After all, the ash can’t be endless. Otherwise, if it fell like this everywhere, the entire Earth would probably be overrun.”

“That’s true…”

Since the three of them made a larger target, Lin Qiye moved more cautiously this time. It took them nearly half an hour to cover half the distance.

However, as they went deeper, the mysterious red-glowing area in the depths of hell gradually came into their view.

Through the gaps between the mountains, the three looked toward the core area and saw a blood pool the size of a lake lying quietly among the surrounding mountains. The ash falling into the blood pool was quickly swallowed, as if it had never existed.

In the center of the blood pool, a black crystal-like fragment was floating.

Countless blood filaments extended from the pool, clinging to the surface of the black crystal, writhing like blood vessels. Hundreds and thousands of demons circled above the blood pool, like a dark cloud.

The moment Shen Qingzhu and An Qingyu saw the black crystal, their gaze seemed to be drawn to it, unable to look away.

An unprecedented desire welled up in their hearts.

A pair of hands simultaneously slapped the backs of their necks, and they snapped back to reality as if waking from a dream. Without realizing it, their backs were already soaked with cold sweat.

“What is that thing?” An Qingyu deliberately fixed his gaze on the edge of the black crystal, observing it with his peripheral vision.

“That is the origin,” Lin Qiye stared at the black crystal and slowly said,

“The origin… of hell.”