Hyper-Dimensional Player

The campfire flickered.

Of course, Duncan wasn't a body of an underworld specter; on the contrary, he possessed a Pure Yang Body, pure and flawless. Anyone who has used it praised its excellence.

He gazed at the eerie woman in front of him and said solemnly, "Do you know the Celestial Demon Undying Body of the True Method?"

Her sudden appearance must have a reason.

Duncan didn't believe this eerie woman had followed him for so long and appeared suddenly just to point out flaws in his techniques.

There's no such thing as a pie falling from the sky.

Indeed, Ji Shaojiang nodded slowly, her voice distant, "Yes."

"I can teach you not only the True Method of the Celestial Demon Undying Body from the Ancient Era."

"I can also reveal the True Heavenly Demon Art!"

"But you must assist me in one thing as well."

Duncan's expression grew serious upon hearing this, and he asked solemnly, "What is it?"

Ji Shaojiang gazed at Duncan before her, her voice soft, "I am now a body of an underworld specter, neither human nor ghost, unable to stay among the living nor enter the Netherworld, sustaining my own life only through consuming vital blood."

"I want you to help me become a god!"

That's all?

Duncan thought it would be something significant.

He had experience helping others ascend to godhood before, and given the lower difficulty of deification in the Eastern planes, even mortal emperors could appoint divine spirits, so this task posed little challenge for him.

Ji Shaojiang was somewhat surprised by Duncan's 'that's all' expression, her demeanor very serious, "As a body of an underworld specter, I cannot become a true god of the Celestial Court."

"If you wish to assist me in becoming a god, you can only seek a divine position within the Nine Nether Underworld."

Understood.

Is it about joining the system of the Death Pantheon?

The Death Pantheon is indeed an ideal structure among the various pantheons, and Duncan once ascended as a god through slaughter, maintaining a good relationship with the Death Pantheon, being someone who boosted the achievements of the Death Gods.

The Underworld of this world was messed up by Buddhism, and Duncan encountered many wandering ghosts and spirits left among the living on his journey.

With the Underworld and the Ten Halls of Yama unable to handle matters, he didn't mind intervening.

The words of this eerie woman implied exchanging two supreme secret techniques from the Ancient Era to have Duncan help her attain a divine position within the Death Pantheon. In the East, the divine spirits must perform legitimate tasks, and many divine positions are akin to assignments—if one refuses to work, there are plenty willing to take on the job.

Deification.

This task can be both difficult and easy.

Ordinary people cannot fulfill her desires, but Duncan can, and very adeptly—it's a familiar territory for him where he can proceed smoothly, merely requiring a change in posture to repeat the process.

He nodded thoughtfully and asked, "What divine position?"

"Yama's rank?"

"Or East Peak Emperor's standing?"

If it's the latter, it indeed would be quite troublesome as humans may not readily acknowledge her due to her lack of earthly achievements."

Forget about the Celestial Empyrean and Terrestrial Sovereign.

Even if attempting to elevate the standing forcibly, her status could never reach the level of the Terrestrial Sovereign.

The standing of the East Peak Emperor is also very high.

Given Duncan's current power and resources in this world, at most, he could elevate to the rank of one of the Five Ghost Emperors.

Upon hearing Duncan's words, Ji Shaojiang was rather stunned, staring at the man in front of her, seemingly in admiration, and after a long silence, cautiously said, "About the rank of an Underworld Judge would suffice."

"A divine position of the underworld deity is enough to stabilize my form."

That's all?

And Duncan thought it was something more!

If it's merely the rank of a judge, that's just slightly higher than a high-level Otherworld Divine Envoy, approximately approaching the standing of a demigod, although the Eastern plane and Western system differ, it could possibly reach the level of weak divine power.

Duncan agreed on the spot and replied slowly, "If it's just the rank of a judge."

"I will ensure you ascend to the position."

"If you can also conquer ghosts, I could even elevate you to one of the Five Ghost Emperors."

Ji Shaojiang deeply stared at Duncan before her, then glanced at Lai Bao'Er beside her. Knowing some of Duncan's promises in overcoming the Dao Entrance Realm, she clearly understood that this man valued commitments greatly, so she respectfully bowed, "If they are ordinary ghosts, I can easily eliminate them."

"But if they have the rank of an underworld deity."

"I may be restrained by them and might not prevail."

Fighting is possible.

If it's to the death, even as an underworld specter deity, she could struggle to a stalemate.

However, being a body of an underworld specter does suffer restraint from the underworld.

So that means having the ability to slay ghosts.

Duncan pondered for a moment and said slowly, "If that's the case, I can help you glimpse the standing of a Ghost Emperor."

"But you must follow my arrangements going forward."

Duncan agreed to three tasks with Lai Bao'Er, as pledges of innocence, a child's oath, thus solidifying a promise within the Dao Entrance Realm.

Among them, for world peace, he has to govern the human realm and the underworld.

This world's chaotic state is unbearable, with military warlords holding territories, Duncan has to take their heads—within nearly a century from the Huang Chao Rebellion to now, the Song dynasty's emergence, the Central Plains have countless wrongful deaths, wandering spirits everywhere, numerous fierce evil ghosts, along with man-eating monsters appearing, etc.

Duncan must clean them all up!

Otherwise, leaving a crowd of ghosts among mortals, is it like everyone playing A Chinese Ghost Story together?

If there's killing to be done, then clean it up thoroughly.

Both the living must be slain.

And the dead must also die.

Duncan originally had other arrangements; Lu Shanjun was a tiger transformed, possessing the rank of Mountain Monarch, and could also slay ghosts, but since this eerie woman approached him proactively, Lu Shanjun can attend to other matters.

He actually intended to elevate Lu Shanjun to a Western god, one of the four symbols, the esteemed White Tiger.