Shen Bing and Shen Xue had just woken from their coma, looking somewhat dazed at Ming Cheng.
Ming Cheng's expression was blank, offering no explanation as he directly activated the Holy Grail of Faith in his hand.
Following this, a strange power permeated the surroundings, engulfing Shen Bing, Shen Xue, and Zheng Dong's clone.
Instantly, a peculiar voice echoed in the depths of their hearts.
It was the sound of countless undead praying to the Underworld Ghost King God, fueled by faith.
The voices possessed a strong mind-altering effect.
They could alter Shen Bing and Shen Xue's perspectives, turning them into believers of the Underworld Ghost King God.
Naturally, Zheng Dong's clone could not escape this fate.
After all, even the Nine Nether Ghost Emperor could not resist, let alone a mere clone.
Even Zheng Dong's main body heard the strange voices in his heart.
Zheng Dong hastily severed his connection with his clone.
This prevented him from being brainwashed.
"What the hell was that? It's so powerful?"
Zheng Dong felt a lingering fear. He could share the memories of all his clones and was very curious about the Holy Grail of Faith in Ming Cheng's hand.
He believed it to be a divine artifact, and not an ordinary one at that.
Perhaps it was a life-bound divine artifact used by a high-level god.
Of course, Zheng Dong was only guessing.
Wei Yi, standing beside him, noticed Zheng Dong's unusual reaction and quickly asked,
"What happened? Were you ambushed by someone?"
Zheng Dong briefly recounted the events.
"If they get brainwashed and willingly become vessels, they probably wouldn't even have the will to resist, and would die without knowing how they died."
"To think such a divine artifact exists. No wonder these believers of the Underworld Ghost King God are so united. The higher-ups have never had disputes; I think they've all been brainwashed," Wei Yi remarked.
Zheng Dong also frowned.
He now wanted to escape even more, to get away from the Soul Suppressing Tower.
He also wanted to know if he could still control his clone after it had been brainwashed.
Subsequently, Zheng Dong and Wei Yi worked together to wake up Professor Nong Xiu, Legend Xiang Ru, and Shen Jiuxiao.
As for Shi Qian, he had entered a state of suspended animation.
No treatment was needed; Wei Yi used a special method to awaken him.
Before leaving, Zheng Dong attempted to contact his clone.
To his surprise, the brainwashed clone, apart from having its own opinions on the Underworld Ghost King God, was otherwise the same, still obeying the commands of Zheng Dong's main body.
This made Zheng Dong realize that the Holy Grail of Faith only altered the clone's thoughts and consciousness, but not its relationship with him.
Immediately after, Zheng Dong's main body's consciousness took over the clone.
Through the clone, he could see that Ming Cheng had not yet left.
After using the Holy Grail of Faith for brainwashing, Ming Cheng began to examine the bodies of Shen Bing, Shen Xue, and the clone.
To Zheng Dong's surprise, Ming Cheng also failed to discover the Ghost Ring of Resentment on Shen Bing and Shen Xue.
The Ghost Ring of Resentment seemed to have merged with Shen Bing and Shen Xue; when inactive, there was no sign of abnormality.
Zheng Dong's clone was also not seen through.
This clone possessed ninety percent of Zheng Dong's strength and had been continuously using the perfect disguise combo skill.
Afterward, Ming Cheng, along with Shen Bing, Shen Xue, and Zheng Dong's clone, proceeded to the top floor, the hundred and eighth floor.
They were preparing to resurrect the Underworld Ghost King God.
As for who would ultimately become the vessel for the Underworld Ghost King God, it would depend on the Underworld Ghost King God's own choice.
On the hundred and eighth floor, besides Ming Cheng, all the quasi-god level undead from the other eighteen ghost towers were also present.
Following Ming Cheng's command, all the quasi-god level undead activated the grand formation.
The grand formation, through the Soul Suppressing Tower, connected to the entire Underworld Ghost King Realm.
To fully drive its operation, Ming Cheng and the other quasi-god level undead would have to pay a great price.
Instantly, Ming Cheng and the other undead desperately mobilized their elemental energy.
The grand formation slowly began to operate, and the entire Soul Suppressing Tower emitted a dazzling red light.
The red light spread outwards. Any undead outside the Soul Suppressing Tower that was illuminated by it instantly died.
These fallen undead had their life force stripped away, their flesh and blood vanished, and their remaining bones turned to dust.
The undead who had rushed over from various ghost towers had never expected to have their lives extinguished in the initial stages of the resurrection ritual.
All their power would be used to fuel the operation of the Underworld Ghost King God's resurrection grand formation.
The undead within the Soul Suppressing Tower were unaware of the situation outside.
As the grand formation continued to operate, Ming Cheng and the others grew increasingly strained.
The red light emanating from the Soul Suppressing Tower became even brighter and more dazzling.
It was like a red torch burning in the heavens of the Underworld Ghost King Realm.
The sky of the Underworld Ghost King Realm also began to undergo strange transformations.
A colossal palace, like a mirage, appeared above the Soul Suppressing Tower.
It still looked ethereal, faintly visible.
As the resurrection grand formation continued to operate, this palace seemed to be on the verge of truly manifesting.
On the palace's gate hung a blood-red token.
It was indeed the last Underworld God Token.
This bizarre scene was visible throughout the Underworld Ghost King Realm.
At the same time, many undead who possessed Underworld God Tokens found that their tokens also began to emit a faint red glow.
The Hall Master of the Underworld Palace looked up at the palace above the Soul Suppressing Tower, even more astonished.
Could this be the true Underworld God Tomb!
He believed that the Underworld Ghost King God's corpse was very likely within the palace.
Given the current situation, whether he wanted to or not, he had to participate.
Without hesitation, he summoned the ghost messengers of the Underworld Palace and rushed towards the Soul Suppressing Tower.
Concurrently, the Hall Masters of other Ghost Messenger Halls issued similar orders.
The Blood Prison King also ceased his healing.
His sea of blood had not expanded for several days.
Upon seeing this scene, he grinned coldly.
"Is it time for a cleanup? I need to leave quickly!"
He left his sea of blood behind and flew alone towards the exit of the Underworld Ghost King Realm.
Unfortunately, as the grand formation operated faster and faster,
The gates of the Underworld Ghost King Realm were firmly shut.
Besides Zheng Dong and his companions, many bold beast tamers had also quietly infiltrated after the Nine Nether Ghost Emperor entered.
But now, none of them could leave.
Within the Soul Suppressing Tower, Zheng Dong's main body learned some information through his clone.
However, he was not aware that the operating grand formation would release red light to kill the undead outside.
Urged by Wei Yi and the others, they still planned to leave the Soul Suppressing Tower.
Only Shen Jiuxiao refused to leave, determined to save Shen Bing and Shen Xue.
Just as they were preparing to descend, they discovered that they could only go up, not down.
This meant they could proceed all the way to the top floor, but could not descend to any lower floor.
Even if they went up one floor, they could not return to their original floor.
Zheng Dong and the others were unaware that after the undead outside had fallen, it would be the turn of the undead who had entered the first floor.
As Ming Cheng and the others continued to activate the grand formation,
The operation of the grand formation accelerated, consuming more and more elemental energy.
The undead on the first floor of the Soul Suppressing Tower knelt devoutly on the ground, praying for the resurrection of the Underworld Ghost King God.
But what they received was the deadly red light.
With a flash of red light, all the undead on the first floor were split in two, their elemental energy drained, and their bodies vanished.
After the first floor, it was the turn of the second floor.
With each layer of sacrifice, the Soul Suppressing Tower shone brighter.
Until all the undead who had entered the Soul Suppressing Tower were sacrificed.
Even the previously unopened floors held powerful undead.
As for when these undead were captured, Ming Cheng did not know.
That would be a question for the Soul Suppressing Tower or the Underworld Ghost King God.
It was not until nine days after Ming Cheng activated the resurrection grand formation that the Underworld God Tomb in the sky finally fully manifested within the Underworld Ghost King Realm.
The Underworld God Token hanging on the gate of the Underworld God Tomb emitted a dazzling red light, attracting numerous undead to vie for it.
At this point, any undead still wanting to contend for the Underworld God Token were those who feared no death.
The Hall Master of the Underworld Palace, for instance, was cautious. He did not act personally but sent his subordinates to compete.
He himself organized other undead to launch an attack on the Soul Suppressing Tower.
There were many quasi-god level undead.
However, few were willing to act; most preferred to fight alone.
After all, many Hell Kings of the Ghost Prisons were accustomed to freedom and could not trust anyone.
Of course, they would also seek opportunities to attack the Soul Suppressing Tower themselves.
Outside the Soul Suppressing Tower, a large number of quasi-god level undead swarmed around it like flies.
Many of them attacked alongside the Hall Master of the Underworld Palace.
Unfortunately, their power could not shake the Soul Suppressing Tower in the slightest.
The concentrated powerful attacks merely caused the red light surrounding the Soul Suppressing Tower to flicker a few times.
Subsequently, many Hell Kings of the Ghost Prisons also made their moves.
However, they did not cause any ripples, not even making the red light flicker.
This surprised all the quasi-god level undead.
Immediately after, they heard screams from above.
It turned out that any undead attempting to retrieve the Underworld God Token were killed by the red light emanating from the token.
This made all the undead holding Underworld God Tokens feel uneasy.
For the first time, they felt that the Underworld God Token in their hands did not belong to them.
And indeed, it was so.
A quasi-god level undead who took out his Underworld God Token had his head severed by the red light shot from the token before he could react.
This quasi-god level undead did not die.
However, he was rendered immobile.
His body and head fell from the sky, and the Underworld God Token directly sent him into the Soul Suppressing Tower to be sacrificed.
Where there was one, there would soon be a second.
The Hall Master of the Underworld Palace hurriedly threw away the Underworld God Token in his hand.
This thing had now become a harbinger of death.
Unfortunately, the Underworld God Token could not be discarded.
It always hovered around him, ready to take his life at any moment.
The Hall Master of the Underworld Palace panicked.
He suddenly felt a sense of irony.
He had risked his life to obtain the Underworld God Token. If he had known it would be like this, why would he have bothered to compete for it?
Now, he couldn't even get rid of it.
What should he do?
The Hall Master of the Underworld Palace was also very clever. He looked at a relatively strong totem-level undead.
"You, come here!"
This totem-level undead sensed that nothing good was happening but dared not refuse.
"I'll give you this Underworld God Token. Consider it your reward for these years of service!"
Instantly, countless thoughts ran through the mind of this totem-level undead.
If it could defeat the Hall Master of the Underworld Palace, it would surely grind him into dust.
Unfortunately, it could not defeat him.
It did not dare to refute, extending its claw to grasp the Underworld God Token, and its own thoughts began to form.
Subsequently, it summoned a overlord-level undead.
Using the same method as the Hall Master of the Underworld Palace, it passed the Underworld God Token on.
But things were not that simple.
This method was not only used by the Hall Master of the Underworld Palace; other quasi-god level undead also employed it.
The Hell King of the Lava Prison forcibly gave an Underworld God Token to a totem-level undead.
However, the Underworld God Token eventually erupted, sending both the Hell King of the Lava Prison and the totem-level undead into the Soul Suppressing Tower.
It seemed that escaping the fate of being sacrificed was not so simple.
At this moment, the Underworld God Token on the gate of the Underworld God Tomb shone brightly. Any undead that approached the Underworld God Tomb had their heads severed and were sent into the Soul Suppressing Tower.
Afterward, the gate of the Underworld God Tomb opened.
Behind the gate, countless corpses were revealed.
These corpses, who were subordinates of the Underworld Ghost King God in life, were all god-level transcendent beings, and not a single one was alive.
Judging by the shape of these corpses, they seemed to have suffered greatly before death.
Furthermore, after death, they had been arranged as sacrifices for a certain grand formation.
This scene sent shivers down their spines.
Instantly, the Hall Master of the Underworld Palace and many other undead felt a desire to retreat, intending to return to the Soul Suppressing Tower.
The first to flee were, of course, the weaker undead.
Following them were the Emperor-level and Overlord-level undead.
Finally, all the undead scattered like birds and beasts.
The area around the Soul Suppressing Tower returned to peace.
Within the Soul Suppressing Tower, Ming Cheng and the other undead ceaselessly pushed the resurrection grand formation with unwavering focus.
They seemed undisturbed by the outside world.
Or perhaps they were controlled by some force, compelled to activate the grand formation regardless of the consequences.
As the red light from the Soul Suppressing Tower intensified, the spiritual consciousness of the Underworld Ghost King God was increasingly drawn from the Underworld God Tomb.
The Underworld Ghost King God was dead.
Its divine personality was shattered.
However, it had sealed fragments of its spiritual consciousness and, through the grand formation within the Underworld God Tomb, ensured they would not be destroyed.
These fragments of spiritual consciousness were incomplete. Through the continuous drawing power of the Soul Suppressing Tower, they converged.
Finally, a phantom image of the Underworld Ghost King God was formed.
A beautiful goddess, seated on a nine-colored lotus pedestal, seemed about to open her eyes.
But the power was still insufficient.
Instantly, the Underworld God Tokens before the Underworld God Tomb emitted a shining light.
At the same time, the Underworld God Tokens in Ming Cheng's hand and Zheng Dong's hand flew out of the Soul Suppressing Tower.
They emitted the same light.
Soon, the Underworld God Tokens that had followed the Hall Master of the Underworld Palace and others also appeared outside the Soul Suppressing Tower.
The nine Underworld God Tokens simultaneously shone, gaining authority over the entire Underworld Ghost King Realm.
All undead within the Underworld Ghost King Realm were teleported outside the Soul Suppressing Tower.
This terrified the Hall Master of the Underworld Palace and other undead, making them even more panicked and at a loss.
Inside the Soul Suppressing Tower, Zheng Dong was unaware of the situation outside.
He tried to seize the Underworld God Token but failed.
Perhaps it was because he was inside the Soul Suppressing Tower that he was no longer attacked by the Underworld God Token.
At this moment, Zheng Dong and Wei Yi and the others were getting closer and closer to the top floor.
Through his clone, he discovered that his clone, Shen Bing, and Shen Xue were controlled within the grand formation, unable to move.
Moreover, after being brainwashed, they had no intention of resisting.
Shen Jiuxiao, anxious to save them, reached the hundred and eighth floor even before Zheng Dong and the others.
Unfortunately, no matter what method she used, she could not rescue Shen Bing and Shen Xue.
What to do?
Shen Jiuxiao also panicked.
She turned to Zheng Dong, who had just climbed up:
"Quick, help me save them!"