When suffering in hell, by chance, she obtained the Samsara Divine Artifact.
The Samsara Divine Artifact possessed functions of concealment, cultivation, and time reversal. If the user was a ghost, they could only return to the moment they first became a ghost. If the user was human, they could return to the moment of their birth.
The concealment function was for hiding oneself, but it had a usage limit. Cultivation referred to providing the user with corresponding cultivation techniques.
Zhu Mianmian learned how to use the Samsara Divine Artifact. With the artifact's help, she returned to the moment she and the other person died and became ghosts. She then used the artifact to escape, concealed herself in the mortal world, and began absorbing ghosts to cultivate according to the artifact's methods. She planned to seek revenge on Ji Mu, who was doing tasks in the underworld, once her strength was sufficient.
As it turned out, by chance, she learned that Ji Mu had reincarnated. Already a fierce ghost, Zhu Mianmian found a way to secretly kill Ji Mu's reincarnation.
In the end, killing Ji Mu's reincarnation still alerted the underworld staff. However, Zhu Mianmian had already become a fierce ghost and, with the concealment function of the Samsara Divine Artifact, dealing with underworld ghosts was incredibly easy.
Later, Zhu Mianmian not only devoured Ji Mu but also stormed the King of Hell's palace.
Ultimately, the King of Hell was heavily injured and disappeared. The underworld staff either obeyed her or were directly devoured by her.
Zhu Mianmian later lost her sanity and devoured any ghost she encountered, further plunging the ghost realm into chaos.
"If the upper realm lost a divine artifact, didn't anyone descend to manage it? Did the King of Hell's disappearance prompt a plea for help from the upper realm?" Luo Yunshi asked, confused.
"They did. The King of Hell's disappearance did prompt a plea for help from the upper realm. That's why we got this mission to open a shop in the ghost realm's apocalypse. The system, Little Seven, and I were sent down to save this world," System Little Seven said matter-of-factly.
Luo Yunshi: ...
"Alright! What exists is reasonable, and everything has its predetermined course. I'm just a shop owner, and the apocalypse in the cultivation world was almost resolved without me knowing anything, wasn't it?" Luo Yunshi said calmly.
"Mhm, yes, host. Without the Fortune Shop and your presence in the Cang Ling Realm, everyone in the Cang Ling Realm would have died, and the entire Cang Ling Realm would have been occupied by extraterrestrial races, eventually being called the Extraterrestrial Battlefield. The Cang Ling Realm would cease to exist; it would be more than just an apocalypse.
Host, don't be discouraged. We can handle the ghost realm's apocalypse.
Right now, Zhu Mianmian is killing Ji Mu's reincarnation. She's been discovered by underworld staff, and they are about to go out and catch Zhu Mianmian.
After a day-long battle between both sides, Zhu Mianmian will only gravely injure the King of Hell and disrupt the underworld and the entire ghost realm tomorrow. We've essentially arrived the day before the ghost realm's apocalypse. Host, do you want to unlock the ghost realm's apocalypse now?"
"Yes, unlock it now," Luo Yunshi nodded.
After all, she was a cultivator at the early Golden Core stage, and she had encountered many ghosts in the Cang Ling Realm. She was mentally prepared. Besides, it wasn't certain when a ghost with luck would appear in the ghost realm.
"Okay, host. The ghost realm's apocalypse has been activated."
...
In the second-dimensional medium ghost realm. The entire sky was a hazy gray, with no moon and no stars.
On a bustling street filled with ghosts coming and going.
A young male ghost wearing a black suit, a wicked smile on his lips, with his left hand in his pocket and a rose in his right, approached a beautiful female ghost in a qipao with a typical domineering CEO line.
"Female ghost, are you playing hard to get? Very well, you've successfully caught my attention. Behind me is the Bugatti Veyron sports car my father just burned for me. Your era didn't have that, did it? Want to take a ride? I'll have the driver take us to a Western restaurant for a meal?"
The female ghost in the qipao rolled her eyes at this self-proclaimed Young Master Qin.
"No!" she said, about to leave.
Seeing this, Qin Shaosen chuckled.
He was handsome and rich, so why didn't Miss Cang like him? What a unique ghost.
"Excellent, even your eye-rolling is so cute. I like you even more." The man's voice was hoarse and sexy, with a hint of a bubble sound.
The butler ghost standing behind Qin Shaosen smiled contentedly.
"Miss Cang, young master hasn't smiled like this in a long time. You are the most special ghost to him."
Just then, several buildings appeared out of thin air in the distance.
"Young, Young Master! In the distance! I wonder which influential ghost family has such power to open such a large shop here," the butler ghost pointed at the Fortune Building and said.
Those who could open shops in the ghost realm were either public officials or ghosts with great merit.
Even their young master, a domineering CEO like himself, who had donated so much money and done many good deeds when he was alive and before he died, had a large villa and a sports car in the ghost realm, but did not have the right to open a shop.
Qin Shaosen, and the ghosts nearby all saw it.
"Let's go! Let's go take a look!" Qin Shaosen said with great interest.
...
Luo Yunshi discovered that the Fortune Shop in the ghost realm had been formed, and with a thought, she arrived at the Fortune Shop in the ghost realm.
"By the way, host. The ghost realm is quite similar to the modern world. The underworld is the ghost realm's office. The ghost realm also has many streets, shops, various entertainment venues, residential areas, and so on.
Ghosts who haven't reincarnated live here as if they were alive. There is no day or night in the ghost realm; the sky is always gray. I forgot to tell you earlier," System Little Seven said sheepishly.
As soon as Luo Yunshi entered the Fortune Shop in the ghost realm, the things ghosts in the ghost realm could use to exchange for points automatically appeared in her mind.
In the ghost realm, there was a grass called You You Grass and the other shore flower. Their talents, knowledge, various languages, and memories learned during their lives, as well as luck, merit, and faith, could all be exchanged.
However, luck, merit, and faith were very precious, and generally, only fools would exchange them. Talents, languages, and knowledge learned during life would not be remembered after reincarnation, so more ghosts would exchange them. You You Grass was relatively easy to find; as long as ghosts were willing to work hard, it could be found on several ghost mountains. The other shore flower grew on the Yellow Springs Road and was difficult to pick, only new ghosts on their seventh day and underworld staff could pick it.
"It's fine. Once I arrive in the ghost realm, I'll naturally know," Luo Yunshi said indifferently.
She had already arrived in the ghost realm, and her Golden Core divine sense had a further detection range. She could detect those streets, ghost crowds, and buildings if she wanted to.
System Little Seven: *Sniffle*! So touching. I will definitely work hard from now on.
"Little Seven! At what time will the underworld staff go to capture Zhu Mianmian today?" Luo Yunshi asked.
"This should be during the shift change of the underworld staff. The plot describes it like this: It was during the underworld staff's shift change, there were very few workers in the King of Hell's shop. The Book of Life and Death showed an abnormal change, emitting golden light as a warning. The rotating staff member happened to discover it and informed the King of Hell, who was resting and eating."