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  The Infernal Plane

  Book 5 of the Coiling Dragon Saga

  Wo Chi Xi Hong Shi

  Translated by

  Ren Woxing

  Wuxiaworld Limited

  Copyright © 2018 by Wo Chi Xi Hong Shi, translated by Ren Woxing

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  Book 7 - The Planar Wars

  Book 8 - Lord of the Mists

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  Contents

  Prologue

  I. Fiend

  1. Mirrormoon Cliff

  2. Inkstone

  3. Black Dragon Tribe

  4. Royalwing City

  5. Fiend Medallion

  6. Red-Eyed With Greed

  7. A Bloody Battle

  8. Survival of the Fittest

  9. Omnipresent Danger

  10. The Three Castles of Royalwing City

  11. The Third Floor

  12. Instant Refining

  13. Planning to Commit Violence?

  14. Fiend Castle

  15. Royalwing Fiend

  16. The Full God Level!

  17. Profound Mysteries Fused, Power Greatly Strengthened

  18. Moon Lake

  19. The Pink Mist

  20. Cannon Fodder

  21. Chaos

  22. Deathgod Golem

  23. Moon Ring

  24. Black-Robed Guards

  25. Nowhere to Run

  26. You Can’t Kill Me

  27. Highest Bidder Takes It

  28. Wild Revenge

  29. Penitent Flames

  30. Inventory Checking

  31. Escort Mission

  II. Priceless Treasure

  32. The Fiends Assemble

  33. Extremely Heavy Casualties

  34. Probe

  35. Strength in Numbers

  36. Sword Intent

  37. The Ancient Castle of Sand

  38. To Choose

  39. Many Dangers

  40. Blue Water Drop

  41. Meeting

  42. Secret

  43. A Breakthrough in Wind

  44. Re-Employment

  45. The Scorching Volcano

  46. News of Olivier

  47. Golden Magma

  48. The Fight Over the Priceless Treasure

  49. Salomon’s Rage

  50. Kiss

  51. Talisman

  52. Sovereign’s Might

  53. Water Drop, Sovereign’s Might?

  54. Execution

  55. Insight

  56. A Trillion Years of Depression

  57. Head Out, Stay Behind?

  58. Disaster Descending From the Skies

  59. The Essence of Fire

  60. The Amethyst Mountains

  61. The Fog Sea

  62. Blessing, Curse

  63. Violet Light Rising to the Heavens

  64. The Strange Fog Sea

  65. Highgod

  66. Amethyst Beasts

  67. The Storm Caves

  68. The Rescue

  69. Juvenile Amethyst Beast

  70. Fleeing For Their Lives

  71. Life in the Amethyst Mountains

  72. Trapped Five Hundred Years

  73. 108

  For the rest of the Coiling Dragon Saga

  Prologue

  Linley’s affairs in the Yulan Plane have come to a conclusion. He survived the Necropolis of the Gods, ascended to godhood himself, and withstood the descent of deities from the planar prison known as Gebados. There are no challenges left in Yulan for him, and so Linley, Delia, and Bebe turn their eyes to the Infernal Plane, in search of the Four Divine Beasts clan which birthed the Four Supreme Warriors of Yulan…

  Part I

  Fiend

  1

  Mirrormoon Cliff

  The Infernal Realm, one of the Four Higher Planes!

  A cold, violet, knife-thin moon was hanging in the night sky, emanating a hazy, devilish, violet moonlight that covered the boundless world before them.

  Rumble… The dark, gloomy waves struck time and time again against the craggy cliff that was ten thousand meters high. Despite trillions of years having passed with the waters of the Starmist Sea continuously striking against it, this crag remained exactly as it had been ten thousand years ago, standing there unmoving.

  This crag was absolutely straight, like the edge of a knife. Its surface gleamed like a mirror. In the Infernal Realm, it was known as Mirrormoon Ridge.

  At the highest point of Mirrormoon Ridge, stood an ancient stone castle that was completely built from violet stones. It gave the aura of having been there forever. Only, on occasion, within the violet castle a few flickers of light would flash hazily, as though in a dream.

  In the center of the violet castle, there was an extremely flat empty area that was formed from ancient, earth-colored stones. In this space, there were two enormous magic formations that were a hundred meters across. This magic formation was untold times more complicated than the transportation formation located in the Arctic Icecap.

  Next to these two giant magic formations, there were two powerfully built men present. The two men wore violet robes with gold trims, and they also had unique violet seal markings on their forehead.

  “Third Brother always works so hard. He never gives up any chance he can get to train,” the violet-clothed warrior with black hair said.

  The nearby silver-haired man laughed as well. “Third Brother is so hard working that most likely he will soon take over the position of Commander.” As they spoke, the two turned to look at the nearby bald youth who was seated in the meditative position close to them and wore the same clothes as they did.

  Rumble… In the empty space, one of the massive magic formations began to emanate a misty light, and then three figures appeared within the distorted space in the center of the magic formation. After the misty light dispersed, they were able to clearly see those three figures. Standing in the center was a youth dressed in a sky-blue robe, while the other two were a golden-haired beauty as well as an impish, delicate looking youngster wearing a straw hat. The three looked curiously around at their surroundings.

  “Oho!” The black-haired warrior laughed loudly. “How rare. The three that came to the Infernal Realm this time are all at the Deity level. It seems two of them are even Gods. The three of them are quite clever. They didn’t come at the Saint level, haha…”

  “Those who come to the Infernal Realm at the Saint level are utter fools.” The silver-haired man snickered.

  The bald man who had been meditating now rose to his feet. This bald man had a pair of icy cold silver eyes. He walked over and said calmly, “Welcome to the world of experts — the Infernal Realm!” His hoarse voice echoed in the empty space.

  The three people who had been brought over were Linley, Delia, and Bebe. “They’re so powerful!” Seeing the three in front of him, Linley couldn’t help but grow guarded. “These three people should all be more powerful than me. They are most likely Gods. However, they could also be Highgods.”

  Bebe shouted l
oudly in excitement, “Wow! Hey, handsome fellas in purple, so this is the Infernal Realm? Whoaaaah, what a dense elemental aura. Also, there’s so many experts here as well… hey hey, check those guys out, those six-horned critters! This is my first time seeing them.”

  In this empty space, aside from those three men in violet, there were dozens of creatures off to one side who looked very strange. Half of them were humanoid, while most of the rest had all sorts of strange appearances, many of which Linley’s group had never seen before.

  The bald man stared coldly with his silver eyes at Bebe. “Shut your mouth!” Bebe couldn’t help but feel astonished as the man continued in a hoarse, toneless voice, “I will only say what I have to say a single time! Listen clearly, otherwise, if you get killed, you can’t blame me.”

  Bebe was clearly rather unhappy, but Linley reached out with his right hand and rested it on Bebe’s shoulder, applying just a bit of pressure as he said mentally, “Bebe, this is the Infernal Realm. We are new here and don’t know anything yet. Don’t make any more trouble. Lord Beirut might be powerful, but his authority doesn’t extend to the Infernal Realm.”

  Although Bebe was unhappy, he still behaved obediently and stopped making trouble. “Got it, Boss.”

  “The three of you came from a material plane. What you need to do now is wait over there!” The bald man pointed towards the empty space where those dozens of creatures were quietly standing.

  Linley couldn’t help but turn and look at them. Half of these creatures were humans, while the others were of different species. “These creatures only have five Deities amongst them. The rest are all Saints.” Linley could tell this at a glance.

  The bald man continued coldly, “What the three of you need to do is just stand there obediently. You aren’t permitted to make any sound, or to run about. You must obey us in all things. If you disobey, then your lives will come to a halt here.”

  The black-haired man laughed loudly, “Listen closely to what my Third Brother just said. Otherwise… haha.”

  The bald man glanced at the black-haired man, who simply chuckled. The bald man then continued to speak emotionlessly. “I have already told you what I needed to tell you. You are not permitted to speak or ask questions. Tomorrow morning, we will send you off!” After speaking, the bald man returned to his corner and began to meditate yet again, while the other two glanced at each other and began to laugh.

  Linley had a thought. “Send us off tomorrow morning? To where?”

  “Linley, we just arrived in the Infernal Realm. It’s best for us to first get a clear sense of the situation. Let’s listen to these men in purple robes for now,” Delia’s voice rang out in Linley’s mind. She held Linley’s hand as well. Linley turned and smiled towards Delia, and then led her and Bebe towards the empty space. They simply glanced at some of those previously unseen races amongst the creatures present.

  “These are all from material planes. Only, many of these races do not exist in the Yulan continent.” Delia chatted with Linley using divine sense with some interest. Linley nodded slightly as well. “Hey, Delia, look at that person over there.”

  There was a person towards the rear of the dozens of people present. His entire body was covered with draconic scales, and there was a draconic horn in the middle of his head as well. He seemed extremely similar to a Dragonblood Warrior.

  “Boss, that guy looks so similar to you when you are transformed,” Bebe said mentally as well. “Isn’t that one of the legendary Draconians?”

  “Probably.” Linley found it quite interesting as well. Just standing there, he saw so many different races. Although more than half were humanoid, that was including the five Deities as well. Any race, upon reaching the Deity-level, was capable of taking human form.

  “Linley, from what that bald man just said, it seems that at daybreak we will be sent away. I imagine that they send people off every day.” Delia was quickly able to come to a general deduction as to what was going on. “There really are so many material planes. So many come to the Infernal Realm each day!”

  Linley nodded to himself as well. In the Yulan continent, normally speaking, a person would go to the Higher Planes perhaps once a century. There were simply too many material planes, however. Even though they all went separately to the Infernal Realm, each day, many people arrived.

  “Over the course of countless years, an unfathomable number of experts must have been accumulated here in the Infernal Realm.” Linley glanced at the three violet-robed men. Linley had the feeling… that the uniform that these three men wore had a peculiar aura which caused Linley to feel nervous. Those were no ordinary uniforms, nor were they items that had simply been formed from divine power.

  “And those seal markings.” Linley naturally noticed that the three men had a violet seal marking on their forehead. But before he had a chance to take a closer look, the magic formation once more lit up with misty light. This time, two enormous creatures appeared within the magic formation. The two were at least ten meters tall, and their entire bodies were covered with golden fur. They looked like some sort of simian apes. In addition, these two strange creatures actually had black scales growing out of their forehead.

  “Grow smaller, motherfucker!” the black-robed man shouted angrily.

  The two massive creatures that were three stories tall clearly were the most powerful creatures in their own material planes. Upon being cursed, one of them grew hot-headed and actually roared back in anger. He even swung his tail viciously towards that violet-robed warrior.

  “You asked for it!” The violet-robed warrior glared, suddenly manifesting an elongated black staff in his hands. Dozens of black staff shadows suddenly came smashing down, filling the air with a destructive aura and instantly terrifying those two creatures and bringing them to their senses Only, it was too late!

  Boom! That ten-meter-tall creature instantly became smashed into a pile of demolished flesh. The other creature immediately shrank in size to just two meters tall, staring in terror while speaking in the human tongue, “Milord, spare me!”

  “You are in the Infernal Realm now. Do you still think you are in a material plane? You really were asking for it,” the violet-robed warrior snorted. “Listen up. What you need to do right now is stand over there. Don’t ask any questions. We’ll tell you what needs to be told. What doesn’t needs to be told, we’ll kill you for asking about.”

  “Simply put, don’t make any sound and listen to our orders!” The black-haired warrior made the black staff disappear with a flip of his hands. “Enough. Go back over there.”

  “Sixth Brother, clean the floor up,” the bald man who was meditating said suddenly.

  “Uh…” The black-haired man looked at the bloodstained ground and the corpse that had been smashed apart. He couldn’t help but frown. He immediately turned to stare at that seemingly simian creature. “You, hurry over.” The creature couldn’t help but tremble. He immediately pointed at himself in confusion, his eyes mystified. He didn’t dare make a sound!

  “Yeah, I’m talking to you.” The black-haired man nodded, and the creature immediately ran over at high speed quite obediently. The black-haired man pointed at the floor. “Go right now, hurry up and clean this floor up. If there’s a trace of blood left, you can accompany your friend in death.” The creature was so frightened he hurriedly nodded.

  Linley, Bebe, and Delia all felt their hearts shaken in surprise. “Boss, it seems the people here really kill people at the drop of a hat. They don’t hesitate at all,” Bebe said mentally.

  Linley glanced at the black-haired man. “He doesn’t care at all. So many people come every day to the Infernal Realm. Who would care about a few people more? Also, that black-haired man is extremely powerful!”

  Delia and Bebe both agreed. They could both sense that the three violet-robed men were at least at the God level of power.

  “Just from that technique, we can tell that this black-haired man trains in the Way of Destruction. His att
ack just now contained both a material component as well as a spiritual component. It seems he has fused at least two profound mysteries!” Linley couldn’t help but feel astonished at this violet-robed man’s power. In addition, Linley could also tell that of the three violet-robed men, the most powerful one should have been that cruel-looking bald man.

  “The gravity here in the Infernal Realm is nearly a hundred times stronger than that of the material planes as well.” Linley was carefully sensing the differences in this new place. For the gravity to be so strong didn’t mean much to Deities. “When I went to the Necropolis of the Gods, my spiritual energy was restricted to one ten-thousandth of my normal range. But here in the Infernal Realm, my divine sense’s range is restricted even more!”