The world is like a prison, my body is holy

A chilling wind howled.

Wang Wen's long hair fluttered wildly in the wind.

He clenched his fists expressionlessly, standing motionless as he confronted the black scythe.

The terrifying energy, mixed with powerful laws such as death, decay, and disease, surged wildly over his body like a raging storm.

If someone were to examine his skin and hair under a microscope at this moment, they would find that every inch of his skin and every hair on his body has tens of thousands of black runes, which are frantically eating away at his skin and hair like bacteria eating away at rotten flesh. However, they are unable to leave even the smallest scar on his skin, and instead, they are being extinguished wave after wave by the golden light rippling on his body.

But that’s all!
He was like a reef, able to withstand the onslaught of storms and waves, but with little power to fight back.

And this was all under the home-field advantage of the Great Zhou World's Heavenly Dao Laws, which were exerting all their efforts to weaken and suppress the laws of the otherworldly undead.

The gap is really huge!

The owner of the black scythe is at least one level higher in strength than Wang Wen!

The laws of different planes can only suppress different laws of different planes, but cannot alter the most fundamental power.

In a sense, the laws governing different planes are like laws and regulations.

The most fundamental power is like an individual's ability.

Different laws and regulations result in some places having the driver's seat on the left and others on the right. It is difficult for an individual to override the laws and regulations of a particular region, but excellent driving skills can enable a driver to drive smoothly in either left-hand drive or right-hand drive areas.

Can that person change the power of laws and regulations?
Of course you can.

Becoming the head of a country that dominates a regional government allows one to push for changes to road traffic safety laws... and even national ideology!
This is the essence of interdimensional warfare!

……

After a stalemate of several breaths, this space seemed to finally adapt to the terrifying intensity of the energy impact. The edges of the shattered space filled the void as firmly and rapidly as a river flooding the land, and the energy of the black scythe also quickly slid down.

Sensing the shift in strength between the two sides, Wang Wen forcefully pushed against the black scythe with his fist, and in the instant he lifted the black scythe, he changed his fist into a palm, and with one palm, he conjured a huge millstone and pressed it down.

That enormous millstone, blue on top and yellow on the bottom, spun endlessly. Its powerful Yin-Yang annihilation force instantly shattered the black scythe, grinding the terrifying death power it contained into the purest and finest spiritual energy of heaven and earth. This energy flowed into Wang Wen's body like rivers flowing into the sea, replenishing his deficiencies.

Before the dimensional portal healed, a crimson eye, hundreds of feet tall, appeared at the other end of the portal, staring intently at Wang Wen with malice, brutality, chaos, and madness.

Wang Wen, without fear, stretched out a hand and beckoned with a finger towards the scarlet eye...

The massive dimensional portal, tens of feet high, was gradually swallowed by dark clouds. The two deities stared at each other across the portal, neither of them uttering a single word!

Before long, the dimensional portal disappeared completely.

But Wang Wen's expression showed no sign of brightening. He slowly turned around, gazing at the hundred-mile stretch of blood-soaked rain, his sense of urgency and anxiety growing stronger...

He knew that with the two undead servants perishing here, the corrupting influence of the laws of the dead on this world was becoming increasingly severe.

The arrival of the undead lord from the other side of the dimensional portal in this world is imminent.

Perhaps next year.

Maybe tomorrow...

That undead lord is truly a formidable character!

In order to invade this world, they cultivated divine servants for hundreds or thousands of years, and then sacrificed them at will.

"Cough cough... Pfft."

Wang Wen lowered his head and coughed a few times in a muffled voice. Finally, he suddenly covered his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood.

He glanced at his palm and saw that it was a mass of black flesh and blood resembling scabs.

He frowned, and a ball of golden flame shot out from his palm, instantly vaporizing the black flesh and blood.

Then, it transformed into a golden light and swept into the sea of ​​the dead on the ground. Wherever it passed, all the undead creatures within a radius of several miles, regardless of their level, were reduced to dust in a faint golden light wave. The dust drifted down like fine snowflakes, leaving not even a large piece of bone behind...

He knew that strangling these undead creatures would deepen the erosion of this world by the laws of the undead.

But he had no choice; allowing these undead creatures to live in the Great Zhou Dynasty only accelerated the erosion of this world by the laws of the undead…

Seeing this, the many experts and powerful figures guarding the gate also sounded the horn of counterattack and joined the ranks of besieging the Sea of ​​the Dead.

In just a quarter of an hour, millions of undead creatures outside Zhenyuan Pass turned into a layer of floating soil and merged into this vast plain.

The instant the last undead creature fell, the many powerful cultivators present simultaneously sensed an immense pressure sweeping across the heavens and earth, stirring up a gale. Within the wind, it seemed as if countless cries and wails echoed layer upon layer, boundless and endless…

All the great cultivators released their divine senses to look around in surprise and doubt, but they knew nothing.

In the entire Zhenyuan Pass, only Zhang Tianshi and Jinping Daoren, after a series of calculations that left afterimages in their fingers, looked up at Wang Wen in the distance with inexplicable joy.

At that moment, Wang Wen's vision was already obscured by the radiance of the Imperial Seal.

[The Great Emperor Tianqi Renwu of Mount Huangshan (Emperor Beiyin of Fengdu, Emperor Shenwei Zhenyuan Wusheng Dijun, the Great Emperor of Zhoutian Subduing Demons)]

[Achievements: 8895327]

[Yin De: 4462134]

Merit: 1999845

[Realm: Physical Sainthood (First Reincarnation)]

【Shrine: Huangshan Shrine】

[Hundred Schools: Yin-Yang Profound Skill (Level 1) (+), Pot Heaven Technique (Perfect), Heavenly Punishment and Earthly Annihilation (Perfect), Withering and Flourishing Annihilation (Perfect), Inch-Force Opening Heavenly Spirit (Perfect), Twelve Terrifying Spears (Perfect), Pointing Through the Surface (Entering the Inner Chamber)...]

Wang Wen was shocked to see the changes in his divine position... Had the underworld reopened?
how is this possible? ? ?

His divine status, though seemingly complex, is actually quite simple.

He is the foremost of the Five Sacred Mountains, the "Central Peak Huangshan Tianqi Renwu Emperor," who also holds the title of "Fengdu Beiyin Emperor." His earthly title is "Zhou Tian Fumo Emperor, Shenwei Zhenyuan Wusheng Emperor."

The Great Emperor Renwu of Zhongyue is the true self and his primary role, while the Great Emperor Beiyin of Fengdu is an avatar and a secondary role, just like the Heavenly Venerable Taiyi Jiuku who transforms into the Heavenly Emperors of the Ten Directions.

As for the Zhou Tian Subduing Demon Emperor, it was merely a title of respect bestowed upon him by human dynasties. It was a channel and means for him to intervene in the human world and obtain national fortune and incense offerings, but he did not have a real divine position or divine power. However, if he could obtain human worship for hundreds of years with this divine title, perhaps another divine position and corresponding divine office could truly be born.

Wang Wen released a wisp of his primordial spirit with a mixture of surprise and doubt. He traversed space in one step and arrived at a dark yet clear desolate space, carefully looking around.

It is described as gloomy because there is neither sun, moon, nor stars in this space, and the sky is a hazy gray.

To be clear, although there is no light source in this space, it is not pitch black; on the contrary, everything around is as clear as a 4K ultra-high-definition picture.

He looked out and saw an endless expanse of sky and earth, devoid of any vibrant color.

As far as the eye could see, there was only barren, lifeless land, mountains, and rivers, without even a breath of wind...

He then opened his senses again, carefully perceiving this space, and soon captured the aura of Huangshan in the void.

He took a step following that aura, and his primordial spirit immediately arrived at the bright and spacious Huangshan Cave.

"Right!"

He stepped back into the Netherworld, thinking to himself, "This Netherworld was created on the basis of the Yellow Mountain Grotto-Heaven, so the entrance to the Netherworld is naturally also in Yellow Mountain..."

Before he could finish speaking, he sensed an extremely faint yet omnipresent aura of the laws of the dead in this world!
This aura was incredibly faint, so faint that it was like a single speck of dust in a cubic meter of soil emanating the aura of necromancy. If he hadn't possessed divine status and authority, he wouldn't have been able to sense it at all...

If something exists, it exists!
He was certain that his perception was absolutely correct!
Has the erosion of the Great Zhou world by the laws of the dead reached this point?

A thought immediately popped into his mind.

But he immediately rejected it himself.

He is the Emperor of Fengdu.

He was also the Great Emperor of Zhongyue, and the entire Great Zhou Dynasty was under his jurisdiction.

If the erosion of the Law of the Dead on the Great Zhou World has penetrated into every inch of the Great Zhou World, there is no reason why he would only discover it now!
Since it's not due to the corruption of necromancy, then it can only be...

'Could it be that something has gone wrong with the Heavenly Dao?'

He pondered with astonishment, "Isn't this like digging a mouse hole in your own field, attracting field mice to move in with their families?"

The Netherworld, its nature and laws are naturally very similar to the divine position and authority of the Lord of the Dead. If it is further enhanced by the laws of the dead, is this the domain of the Netherworld Emperor or the Lord of the Dead?
Even with home-field advantage, he couldn't defeat that undead lord.

If the balance of power shifts again, wouldn't he be beaten to a pulp by the Lich King?
'No, no...'

Thinking this, Wang Wen shook his head vigorously, clearing his mind of negative thoughts, and encouraged himself: 'Interdimensional wars are like wars of national subjugation and genocide. We are at best civil and military officials; the Heavenly Dao is the true emperor.'

'If the Great Zhou world is defeated, those of us who surrender quickly enough might still have a sliver of hope. But the Heavenly Lord is doomed. How could he possibly destroy his own Great Wall?'

He sorted out his thoughts, starting from the fact that the Heavenly Dao Lord was more unwilling than anyone else for the Yilinlas Plane to devour the Great Zhou World, and deduced the end of this event from the reverse, gradually smelling the scent of a "conspiracy".

Two possibilities!

'The first possibility is that the Heavenly Dao is detoxifying itself, treating the necromantic laws that are eroding the Heavenly Dao as waste, and injecting them into the Netherworld through waste recycling to alleviate the pressure on the Heavenly Dao's laws and postpone the arrival of the Necromancer's true form in this world.'

'The second possibility...'

He let his thoughts wander in that direction, and suddenly felt a chill run down his spine: 'Is it possible that all of this was part of the Heavenly Dao's plan?'

'Did the Heavenly Dao deliberately expose itself to the Lord of the Dead, luring him into its scheme, intending to devour his power and fill the void in the Netherworld?'

Where did the underworld come from?

According to mythology, the underworld was transformed from the body of an ancient powerful being!
Wang Wen didn't know whether the legend was true or not.

But this Netherworld, a calamity he created, was something he knew all too well. Without external assistance, the power of the Great Zhou Dynasty...

Note that this is not the power of Wang Wen alone, but the power of the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, including the current and future development trends of the Great Zhou cultivation world and the secular world!
It would take at least two hundred years to evolve a complete Netherworld that does not include the Six Paths of Reincarnation!

Is two hundred years a long time?

For the masses whose lifespan is generally less than a hundred years, two hundred years is certainly a very long time, long enough for more than a dozen generations to reproduce.

But for immortals and gods who have long lost the meaning of time and can sleep for thirty or fifty years in a single nap, two hundred years may just be a fleeting moment that can be wasted in a single grand event.

But what time is it now?
A world of constant conflict, where planes are constantly evolving and three thousand planes are locked in a chaotic war, with planes constantly growing stronger and planes constantly being destroyed!
Where would the Great Zhou Dynasty have two hundred years to evolve the Netherworld?

However, since the Netherworld has not emerged, a significant part of the Heavenly Laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty has been lost.

The completeness of the laws of Heaven is directly related to the strength of the Heavenly Dao Lord. The more complete and rigorous the laws of Heaven are, the stronger the Heavenly Dao Lord's combat power will be.

On the contrary, the more severely the laws of Heaven are lacking, the weaker the fighting power of the Heavenly Lord becomes!
How can a weak Heavenly Dao cope with the increasingly brutal interdimensional wars?

In this situation, the Great Zhou World was suddenly exposed, and it just so happened that it was exposed to a death-related main god who was severely unbalanced.

The reason for saying "a moment" is that the undead monarch in the Yilinlas plane only holds divine duties related to death, and has no divine duties related to reincarnation...

If this deity is merely a lower-middle-level deity within a vast pantheon, then there is naturally no problem at all.

But He happens to be a supreme god, second only to the main god, and has even seized control of a plane of existence...

Isn't this kind of stuff the perfect material for offering sacrifices to the underworld?
It's all about who benefits and who orchestrates the outcome... To say there's nothing fishy about this would be an insult to Wang Wen's intelligence!

But if we say that this invasion of the Great Zhou world by the Yilinlas plane was orchestrated by the Heavenly Dao itself...

But then a new problem arises!

On what basis does the Lord of Heaven think that Wang Wen can withstand that undead monarch?

Wang Wen was not a self-deprecating person, but if the Heavenly Dao were to truly appoint him, Wang Wen, as the general to fight against the Yilinlas plane...

All Wang Wen could say was that the Heavenly Lord thought too highly of him!

Today, after testing his skills against that undead lord across dimensions, he has come to understand the lord's true strength.

He knew very well that even if the Heavenly Dao itself gave him a cheat code, even if that undead lord was willing to remain his number one leader on the online leaderboard...

Without ten years of honing his skills, he would have no chance of defeating that undead lord!
But they don't have ten more years. (End of Chapter)