Chapter 683: Chapter 683

Shen Siyuan withdrew from his Sea of Consciousness, feeling an impulse to immediately head to the Netherworld and test the power of the Ten Thousand Soul Banner.

Thinking and acting simultaneously, Shen Siyuan directly exited the Sea of Consciousness and shouted towards the living room.

"Coming." Duoduo responded promptly, then happily dashed over.

However, she was followed by a few little tagalongs. Not only did Dou Dou and Xiao Yue come running, but even Tang Tang followed along.

Shen Siyuan glanced at Tang Tang, "We have something to discuss, you go play aside for now."

Tang Tang nodded, indicating agreement, but then plopped down on the ground, looking up curiously at Shen Siyuan.

"We need to go somewhere, take her to her mom," Shen Siyuan said to Xiao Yue.

Xiao Yue nodded, walked over, and pulled Tang Tang up. The little one, naive as always, didn’t resist her sister’s pull, obediently following Xiao Yue inside.

"We’re going to the Netherworld for a bit," Shen Siyuan said.

Dou Dou was a bit surprised and glanced at the burning sun outside the balcony.

Duoduo didn’t waste any words, directly summoned the Qiankun Umbrella, hovering above her head.

"Should we wait for Sister Xiao Yue?" Duoduo asked.

"No need to wait for her, she will find us," Shen Siyuan said.

Through the connection of the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, even if they went to the Netherworld, Xiao Yue could still reach them, Dou Dou had done this before.

So, Duoduo wasted no time, with a thought, the Qiankun Umbrella rotated above everyone’s heads. In an instant, heaven and earth flipped, and they arrived on a vast, endless plain, the ground covered in ashes burnt by fire.

"Where did you take us?"

Shen Siyuan looked around in shock, seeing a gigantic mountain range lying on the earth in the distance like a massive gray dragon.

"Did we arrive at Sister Ruan’s home?" Dou Dou looked around, also very surprised.

"This belongs to the Nine States, Yangzhou Netherworld," Shen Siyuan explained.

Dou Dou scratched her head, indicating she didn’t understand.

Nonetheless, Shen Siyuan was equally surprised, why did Duoduo bring them here?

He then leaned down to Duoduo and said, "Let’s try going back."

Duoduo heard and immediately rotated the umbrella handle clockwise, and everyone instantly returned to the Mortal World.

Shen Siyuan looked at the surroundings; this was clearly not the Bin Hai home, but Ruan Hongzhuang’s home in Si Ming. Fortunately, the house was empty at the moment, otherwise, it would have startled Ruan Xiangqian and Jiang Yingxue.

"When you teleported, what were you thinking?" Shen Siyuan asked Duoduo.

Duoduo awkwardly scratched her head and then rotated the umbrella handle clockwise again. The Qiankun reversed, the surrounding scenery elongated and blurred, and in the blink of an eye, they reappeared on the Bin Hai home’s balcony.

Xiao Yue was just coming out of the house, meeting them, completely unaware that in this brief moment, they had not only gone to the Netherworld but also thousands of miles away.

Dou Dou stared with wide eyes, looking around with a shocked expression.

Shen Siyuan also felt quite amazed, only Duoduo was still looking puzzled, seemingly not believing she had become so powerful.

"Try again, this time we need to go to the Qiongzhou Netherworld, you know where I mean, right?" Shen Siyuan said.

Duoduo nodded, with a thought, the Qiankun Umbrella above everyone rotated counterclockwise. Instantly, the world spun, and the surrounding scenery changed again, presenting a scene filled with skeletal remains.

"That’s more like it."

Duoduo grinned broadly.

"I wonder if you’ve become powerful or if we never realized the Qiankun Umbrella could be used this way before," Shen Siyuan marveled.

Anyway, it would be much more convenient to go wherever they wished.

As Shen Siyuan and the others vanished in an instant, Tang Tang rushed out of the house, found everyone gone, stomped her little feet in annoyance, and bounced around angrily, puffing air towards the sky.

The previously calm and windless noon suddenly whipped up a great wind, raging across the sea and the void, as if determined to uncover those missing culprits.

Shen Siyuan, unaware of all this, had already summoned the Ten Thousand Soul Banner.

As he chanted, the Ten Thousand Soul Banner unfurled in the wind, instantly covering the sky and standing upright in the void, exuding an immense force.

Thus, the three spirits within the banner, including Xiao Yue, couldn’t help but swallow nervously.

The originally tattered purple banner surface, repaired by Merit, now glimmered with specks of gold, like a sky full of stars.

Billowing black smoke poured out from the banner surface, interspersed with strands of golden light, coexisting uniquely.

The black smoke obscured half the sky, and a giant vortex appeared on the banner surface.

Countless vengeful souls, residual souls, and even evil were absorbed into the banner, unable to struggle at all.

The Ten Thousand Soul Banner wasn’t picky, yet it was surprising even to Shen Siyuan that it could absorb evil as well.

In just the blink of an eye, every vengeful ghost and evil presence within a few miles around them, including evil, was completely cleared.

Shen Siyuan deliberately controlled its power, not daring to make a big spectacle; otherwise, it could have swept through a range of several dozen miles instantly.

The Ten Thousand Soul Banner has a total of nine layers of restrictions, with severe damage primarily from the second layer to the eighth, which is the middle part of the banner.

But as Merit gradually repaired it, the second layer was finally fully restored, and the Ten Thousand Soul Banner grew even stronger.

However, what delighted Shen Siyuan the most was that the Ten Thousand Soul Banner’s traits subtly changed, likely because he used Merit, rather than Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, or Demonic materials, for repairs.

Most notably, the backlash ability of the Ten Thousand Soul Banner seemed to have diminished significantly.

As a Demonic Magical Artifact, the Ten Thousand Soul Banner harms both others and oneself, gradually influencing one’s mind and altering personality.

The more yin souls it devours, the greater the backlash. For those with low cultivation, it’s possible to have their sanity destroyed by the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, turning into its puppet.

This was why Shen Siyuan always hesitated to use the Ten Thousand Soul Banner excessively, fearing backlash and eventual loss of self, becoming its puppet and causing chaos in the Mortal World, uncontrollable by anyone.

Fortunately, after repairing it with Merit, the backlash trait of the Ten Thousand Soul Banner seemed weakened.

At least after devouring so many vengeful souls, residual souls, and evil, Shen Siyuan did not feel much discomfort.

Though a surge of violent emotion still rose from the depths of his heart, he quickly suppressed it, remaining within his control.

After several tests, Shen Siyuan finally told Duoduo, "Let’s go back."

Duoduo asked no further questions, directly twisting the handle of her umbrella, reversing heaven and earth, instantly teleporting the group back to the previously vanished balcony.

Then they saw Tang Tang crouching by a nearby table, looking angrily at the sky with her little head tilted up.

Hearing the commotion, she turned her head and saw Shen Siyuan and the others at once.

She instinctively grinned, but quickly remembered she was still angry, forcibly changing her expression, twisting her little face into a strange grimace.

Shen Siyuan and the others only felt a gust of wind hit them face-on, messing up their hair and flipping their clothes, as if someone was shouting at them.

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Shen Siyuan walked over and rubbed her little head.

Tang Tang was still somewhat annoyed, but Dou Dou came over and teased her a bit, and her anger disappeared completely.

Kids are , quick to anger, quick to let go.

Watching the two little ones go inside to play, Shen Siyuan was pondering the gains from this venture.

Initially, he didn’t hold much hope for repairing the Ten Thousand Soul Banner because it required too much Merit, making it impossible for him alone to completely restore it.

But now he saw hope; with many hands, the task is easier. As long as Tao Guangsha and Lin Libo as a couple put in some effort, the complete repair of the Ten Thousand Soul Banner would be within reach.

Moreover, without the self-harming backlash characteristic, cleaning up the Netherworld would be much simpler.

Unfortunately, starting from the second layer, the damage to the Ten Thousand Soul Banner was more severe, with less than a tenth of the items stored within the second layer space remaining.

Of course, there was another gain this time.

Shen Siyuan glanced at Duoduo; it turned out that Duoduo’s Qiankun Umbrella’s void-escaping ability allows reaching specific locations based on her thoughts.

The reason Duoduo previously could only teleport randomly was that she hadn’t been to many places, with vague self-awareness, which led to random teleportation positions.

Thinking of this, Shen Siyuan suddenly wondered if Duoduo could teleport based on images or video footage.

Doing as he thought, Shen Siyuan immediately took out his phone, intending to have Duoduo try it.