“Ghost Gate… This place is permeated with a chilling coldness. Could we really be in the Netherworld?” Han Li released his spiritual sense, scanning over the blood-red city, touching his nose as he murmured.

The entire city was quite large, but strangely, there wasn't a single sign of life. Not a single living person, not even a single living animal like chickens, ducks, dogs, or cats could be found.

It was as if beyond this "Ghost Gate" was truly a ghost city.

Ti Hun didn't speak, her eyes looking past the city, fixed on the mid-air behind it.

Seeing this, Han Li followed Ti Hun's gaze, his heart slightly moved.

He saw that in the mid-air behind the blood-colored city, there was a vast expanse of blackness. Upon closer inspection, it was a large mass of black clouds, quite conspicuous in this blood-colored space.

The black clouds rotated slowly, as if alive, and seemed to contain something. However, the clouds contained an invisible force that prevented spiritual sense from penetrating.

After a moment's thought, Han Li activated the Nine Serenities Devil Eyes and looked towards the cloud.

At that moment, the black cloud suddenly shook, and an overwhelming pressure burst forth from within, causing the nearby void to rumble and shake, directly shattering his gaze.

Han Li felt a sharp pain in his eyes, and two lines of blood flowed from the corners of his eyes. His body swayed, but he quickly steadied himself.

"Master!" Ti Hun exclaimed upon seeing this.

"I'm fine. This black cloud is too strange; don't casually use magic to investigate it." Han Li said with his eyes closed, then slowly breathed in and out.

After a moment, he opened his eyes, and his eyes had returned to normal.

"This place is not a good place; we shouldn't go down there. Let's leave quickly." Ti Hun glanced at the black cloud, then looked at the blood-colored city, saying this.

"This blood-colored space is very stable; it's not easy to leave. Besides, since we're already here, let's go down and take a look." Han Li said, then took the lead and flew towards the blood-colored city.

Seeing Han Li's calm demeanor, and glancing at the black cloud, Ti Hun followed silently.

The two landed in front of the city gate. The gate was not closed, but open. Looking into the city from the gate, one saw a wide avenue that could accommodate more than a dozen horses abreast. On both sides of the street were tall buildings, all with their doors wide open.

However, the situation inside the city was as the spiritual sense had scanned before. There wasn't a single person, giving a strange sense of lifelessness.

Ti Hun frowned slightly, subconsciously leaning closer to Han Li.

"Let's go. I want to know what this place is." Han Li said, stepping into the city.

As soon as he crossed the "Ghost Gate," Han Li shuddered for no reason, which made him a little surprised. But other than that, he didn't find anything wrong.

He glanced at Ti Hun, who had followed him, and it seemed that the latter had no abnormalities.

With their speed, they quickly strolled around the city. The city had all the necessary facilities, no different from ordinary cities in the Immortal World. There were tables, chairs, pots, and bowls in the residential buildings, and even some tea and rice on the tables of some residents, but there wasn't a single person.

"How is it possible… Could it be that the people here were just taken away?" Han Li murmured.

The two were currently standing in a residential room, with some tea and water placed on the table next to them.

Ti Hun seemed to have gradually calmed down. She looked around, her face thoughtful, as if considering something.

Suddenly, she took a few steps forward and picked up a cup of tea from the table. The tea inside also had a faint red color.

"Ah!" Ti Hun's face suddenly showed surprise and doubt, letting out a cry.

"What is it? Did you find something?" Han Li asked.

"I know! Master, come with me quickly." Ti Hun exclaimed with a sudden realization, and then pulled Han Li without saying a word, running towards the outside of the city, and soon arriving near the blood-colored lake.

"What did you find? Why are we here by the lake?" Han Li asked.

"Master, don't ask so much, jump into this lake first." Ti Hun said, jumping into the lake and immersing her body in it, leaving only her head exposed.

Her delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly, but quickly relaxed.

Han Li didn't jump down with her, but used his spiritual sense to explore the blood lake.

The lake water was filled with a faint yin and cold aura, but there was nothing else unusual.

"Sure enough, Master, come down quickly!" Ti Hun showed a look of joy, waving her hand to urge Han Li to come down.

After a moment's thought, Han Li also flew into the lake.

His brows suddenly furrowed together, and his facial features were slightly distorted.

As soon as his body was immersed in the lake water, he immediately felt excruciating pain all over his body, as if being cut by knives and burned by fire, causing him to tremble. His eyes were also covered with a layer of mist, and everything he saw became blurred.

If it were ordinary knife cuts and burns, Han Li wouldn't care, but the pain in his body at this moment seemed to directly affect his soul. Even with his strong will, he couldn't bear it.

It was as if an invisible force was wrapping his entire body, stripping something from his body and soul.

"Master, this lake water is Three Lives Water, which can wash away the yang energy on a person's body. Please be patient, it will be fine soon." Ti Hun quickly said.

Hearing this, Han Li gritted his teeth and closed his eyes to endure.

After a full quarter of an hour, the pain on his body began to subside, and soon disappeared completely. At this time, he felt that there was nothing unusual about himself, and instead, soaking in this pool gave him an unspeakable comfortable feeling.

Han Li breathed a long sigh of relief, opened his eyes, and found that his vision had returned. He was about to stand up from the lake.

"Master, wait a moment, look at the city first." Ti Hun suddenly reached out and held Han Li down like lightning, preventing him from going out, and said in a low voice.

Hearing this, Han Li looked towards the blood-colored city in front of him, and his eyes couldn't help but widen.

In front of the originally empty blood-colored city, there now stood two rows of guards wearing blood-red armor.

Although those guards looked like humans, they had single horns on their heads, long mouths and large ears, and long tongues in their mouths, which they stretched out from time to time, like dogs panting. Their appearance was both terrifying and somewhat comical.

Through the city gate, he saw that the originally empty city had also become very lively, with people coming and going, having a great time.

Not only that, but shadows also appeared in the sky above the blood lake from time to time. They were also people wearing blood-colored armor, holding chains, locking up struggling figures and throwing them into the blood lake.

Those people screamed miserably as soon as they entered the blood lake, and bursts of green smoke rose from their bodies, as if they were being corroded by the lake water.

However, after a while, the green smoke on those people's bodies would dissipate, and their bodies would become translucent. They would continue to be locked up by the blood-armored people and taken to the city gate, lined up in a team, inspected before entering the city, and then enter the blood-colored city.

Those blood-armored people turned a blind eye to Han Li and Ti Hun in the lake, as if they couldn't see them.

Han Li looked at the scene in front of him in surprise.

"These blood-armored people are all soul-reaping envoys from the Netherworld, who go to various places in the True Immortal World to reap the souls of the lost and dead. They wash away the yang energy from their bodies in this Three Lives Lake, and then take them to the Netherworld." Ti Hun said.

"It looks like that's the case… But Ti Hun, how do you know this?" Han Li nodded, then asked curiously.

"Just now, when I entered the Three Lives Lake, when I washed away the yang energy from my body, for some reason, these memories suddenly popped up in my mind." Ti Hun said after a moment of silence.

"How could these things be in your memory?" Han Li was stunned when he heard this.

"I don't know either. Maybe it's because I am a Punishment Beast, and I have a natural connection with the land of the Netherworld." Ti Hun shook her head and said blankly.

"Maybe." Han Li nodded.

Although there were still many things he didn't understand, he also planned to investigate further. The bizarre scene in front of him was already unbelievable enough.

"I used to think that the affairs of the Netherworld were illusory, but I didn't expect them to really exist… But why can't these soul-reaping envoys see us?" Han Li sighed softly and asked.

"These soul-reaping envoys and our cultivators are in a yin and yang relationship, and they can't see each other. Only the dead, or those who have washed away the yang energy from their bodies through the Three Lives Water, can see each other. In order to prevent accidents, I just performed a special secret technique to shield the aura of the two of us, so those soul-reaping envoys still can't see us. However, I just remembered this technique, and I have no idea how effective it is." Ti Hun explained.

"I see." Han Li nodded silently. After a slight hesitation, he soared from the lake and flew towards the city entrance.

"Master, I said I wasn't sure." Seeing Han Li's actions, Ti Hun was greatly anxious and hurriedly followed.

Fortunately, the effect of Ti Hun's secret technique was better than she expected, and they were not discovered.

There were only a few soul-reaping envoys guarding the city gate, and there were no such things as sensing immortal artifacts, so naturally they couldn't find Han Li and Ti Hun either. The two entered the city very easily.

"Master, I said I wasn't sure, but you still flew out suddenly. That was too risky." Ti Hun couldn't help but complain.

"I believe your secret technique must be useful, and if your secret technique is useless, there's no point in us continuing to hide in the lake." Han Li said with a faint smile.

"I wonder what Master plans to do next?" Ti Hun nodded and asked.

"Follow these people and see how they deal with these souls." Han Li pointed to the soul-reaping envoys in the city.

Those soul-reaping envoys were escorting the souls towards a certain direction in the city, lined up in a row, which was very eye-catching. The originally lifeless streets were now crowded with people, and many people stopped to watch, pointing and pointing at the soul-reaping envoys and their group.

The two mixed in with the surrounding crowd, following the soul-reaping envoys from a distance, and soon came to the entrance of a tall building.

Those soul-reaping envoys escorted the souls into the tall building one after another, like herding sheep into a pen.

Han Li and Ti Hun exchanged glances, and after confirming that there was nothing unusual outside the building, they followed in.