The Ancient Saint Emperor of the Heaven-shading

Chapter 138 Slaughtering the Town's Prisoners, the Human Emperor Descends (8K)

The Western Sea is in turmoil, with fierce winds and waves.

Zhenyuzi appeared, clad in gray armor and a red cloak, surrounded by countless skull-shaped stars. His skin was very fair, yet he possessed no trace of effeminacy. His black hair fluttered in the wind, making him appear like a god from the deepest abyss.

Unlike ordinary underworld spirits, he did not have that obvious eerie feeling. He was just like an ordinary living being, showing no signs of anything out of the ordinary. But that was precisely why he seemed even more terrifying.

In the center of each of his palms, there was a crack, as if it were connected to a peerless demon from the deepest hell, which might burst out at any moment. The sound of a beast chewing could be heard as the dark cracks opened and closed, making the whole sky tremble.

"The Hellkeeper of the Underworld, the successor of the Three Great Halls, the future ruler, an existence more fully evolved than the Yama King of yesteryear, it is said that he once stood with his hands behind his back and trampled three seeds of the God Organization to death in a ruin!"

"Is there a ranking among the three halls?" "There is no such ranking. They have always been equal. It's just that because the Underworld Emperor founded the Underworld, many people assume that the Underworld Emperor's son is stronger."

"I've heard of his exploits in the Fulong Ancient Starfield. He appeared during the battle between the Holy Domain and the Underworld, where he killed a Holy Spirit and crushed a stone man with his bare hands!"

As everyone gazed at that young figure, they couldn't help but speculate. Even the army of the underworld had avoided that place, filled with awe and fear. This was a ferocious young supreme being who had killed a holy spirit with his bare hands, possessing heaven-defying combat power.

People know a little about Yama's background, but there is very little information about this jailer. His few appearances are always accompanied by the crushing destruction of enemies. Some people even suspect that he might be the real heir of the emperor.

At this moment, Wang Hongwu's body slowly rose into the air. The seawater below swirled in reverse, forming a huge void. Huge waves crashed against the sky, making him appear as high as the sun and as radiant as the stars and moon, standing opposite Zhenyuzi.

Gradually, some people became disoriented. In their vision, what stood there were not two people, but two enormous planets!
One star, golden on a red earth, and the other, gray on a white earth, stood side by side like the sun and the omen of death, emitting enormous field fluctuations that caused drastic changes in the environment. Earthquakes, tides, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, blizzards, thunderstorms—all sorts of dramatic weather changes appeared in an instant.

Saints are like stars hanging high in the sky; their mere existence can influence the world, causing numerous natural phenomena and weather changes. Not to mention those who are exceptionally outstanding, whose every move is accompanied by celestial phenomena.

"The Sun King/The Jailer!"

The two spoke at the same time, their eyes fixed on each other. Even the void between them opened up with a rumble, and a monstrous battle aura rushed out, causing the chaotic void to dissipate and colorful fragments to fly everywhere.

Without further ado, they tore through the sky and flew towards each other. Zhen Yuzi raised his hand and grabbed thousands of mountains, compressing them into fist-sized bullets that shot out. Each one was no less than a falling meteor. Wang Hongwu directly drew upon ten thousand earth veins and forcibly sculpted them into a giant staff. With each swing, he was as fierce as if he were carrying mountains and chasing the sun, forcefully shattering meteors and flattening bullets.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Amidst the flying fragments, the chains of divine order danced wildly. Wang Hongwu stomped his foot, shattering the continental plate of Xiniu Hezhou beneath his feet. Zhen Yuzi swung his palm forward, blowing away and drying up the vast ocean. The two clashed, and all sorts of strange phenomena appeared. No one could get close, and even other saints would be injured by the aftershocks. It was as if they were not at the same realm.

"This kid actually became a saint so quickly, leaping four levels in one go. His cultivation speed is too fast. How can this be? I've tried to stop him many times but failed. Could he really be a figure like an emperor or an immortal emperor? The more I try to stop him, the faster he grows?"

The Great Sage of Bloodlust gazed at Wang Hongwu in the distance, his face grim. His five fingers had left marks on the command flag. He had targeted Wang Hongwu from the Big Dipper to the Purple Star more than once or twice, and each time he had taken it very seriously, but he always failed. He suspected that this person's destiny was too strong, and he could not touch him. So he simply transmitted his voice to Zhenyuzi and told him in detail about this Sun Saint, which was based on his experience from many battles.

Seeing this, the Beast King of Slaughter, who was furious at being called a traitor and constantly surrounded and attacked, immediately found a way to vent his anger and seek revenge. He promptly betrayed information about the Underworld, transmitting his voice to Wang Hongwu: "Be careful, this guy is no ordinary person. He was born with access to the Heavenly Gift Divine Treasury, and he coexists with the Ninefold Nether Mountain in the Underworld. That is the Daoist temple of the Prison Emperor, and it is also a cosmic divine mountain, only slightly inferior to the Undying Mountain, Mount Sumeru, and Mount Kunlun..."

Both Great Sages were sharing their experiences, and only then did Wang Hongwu realize that, as the inheritor of the Prison Suppression Hall, the Prison Suppression Child was born with a divine treasure within the human body, and there was a Dao pattern of the character 'Prison' between his eyebrows, which could summon the illusory image of the Nine Heavens Underworld Mountain.

His master, the King of Hell, once manifested the eighteen levels of hell with his physical body. Therefore, the son of the King of Hell cultivates the way of "suppressing the underworld with power and refining reincarnation through tribulations". His supernatural powers and phenomena all contain the power to suppress all ghosts and melt karma. In fact, his existence is that of a true innate Yin spirit, nurtured by the true blood of the King of Hell, and he is highly regarded.

"You killed Yama's son, but unfortunately, he didn't even fully grasp the inheritance of the Underworld. But I am different. I will make you understand why the Underworld caused the Heavenly Court to fall and why the Sun Emperor fought for it his whole life. It was nothing more than the Underworld lineage."

"Wang Hongwu, go back to the cycle of reincarnation!" Zhen Yuzi's words were calm, but cold. His eyes were empty, and then suddenly two gray beams of light shot out, exuding death energy, extremely intense, constantly stripping away life.

In the distance, some people with weaker cultivation levels were instantly reduced to skeletons, their flesh and blood withered, becoming mummies. The gray beams of death formed a gate, a place of reincarnation, meant to take Wang Hongwu inside, turning him into ashes of history and ending his life. Everyone felt a chill run down their spines. What kind of method was this? It could directly send a person to their death, their life coming to an end.

"You dare to speak of reincarnation before me!" Wang Hongwu sneered, divine forbidden lightning burning around his body. The character for "life" appeared on his left hand, and the character for "death" was engraved on his right. Yin and Yang evolved into a giant millstone of rebirth, grinding out and rumbling. The gate of reincarnation was stretched and swollen open, constantly collapsing under the grinding. Zhen Yuzi's expression remained unchanged, but his eyes became solemn. His opponent had somewhat surprised him.

How could a mere mortal possibly understand reincarnation?

It could even be said that the other party's understanding of reincarnation has surpassed that of many people in the underworld, and even he is somewhat wary of him, which is something that has never happened before.

Zhenyuzi felt a chill run down his spine, and his attacks became even more terrifying. When he spread his arms, the world turned into the Netherworld, and Zhenyu Netherworld Mountain stood tall. A blood moon floated on the mountaintop, and everything that the moonlight shone on was bound by the pressure of the Netherworld. It carried billions of evil souls on its back. Strange Phenomenon: Ghost Map of Zhenyu Mountain!

At the instant this strange phenomenon appeared, a huge Fusang divine tree also rose behind Wang Hongwu, with a golden crow perched on it and ten suns hanging above its head. This was another strange phenomenon in the Sun Mother Scripture: the picture of mending the sky and bathing the sun!

Two extraordinary phenomena intertwined: the Fusang Divine Tree and the Zhenyu Mingshan Mountain collided, and golden crows fought fiercely with the God of the Underworld. The battle was so intense that the two even broke through the atmosphere and fought into space!
At this moment, they only attacked and did not defend, wanting to quickly finish off the other side. They were all injured, and blood kept falling into the sky. However, their eyes became colder and colder. Not one of them frowned. Many meteorites in the vicinity exploded, like fireworks blooming, and directly flashed to the surface of a desolate planet to start a great battle.

Bang! With a punch they exchanged, the planet beneath their feet was riddled with holes, its terrain shifting repeatedly in the explosion. Countless towering peaks were squeezed out, and the once dormant volcano erupted again, covering the entire surface of the planet with volcanic ash and dust.

The continental plates also began to fracture, completely altering the planet's topography. The continents sank, and the Earth's crust was smashed open. Red magma gushed out of the cracks like a fountain. The light and heat generated by the explosion made it difficult to see the changes taking place. Fragments of the disintegrating planet flew in all directions, reaching the earth through the dark sky and causing all living beings to tremble.

In a single, explosive punch between the two, a planet shattered!

"Kill!" Zhen Yuzi roared, his figure suddenly becoming ethereal and elusive, moving at extreme speed, weaving through Wang Hongwu's fist light, impossible to catch, and even his movement trajectory could not be seen. He was so fast that he appeared in front of Wang Hongwu in an instant, punching him squarely in the chest, while his other hand flicked his fingers, shooting out five fragments of the laws of time, causing the surrounding meteorites to decay and reach the end of their lives.

The Secret of the Word "Xing"? Wang Hongwu realized that, apart from the Secret of the Word "Jie" and the Secret of the Word "Zu", the Underworld had all of them. It was not surprising that his successor had mastered them. Facing danger, he withstood a punch from Zhenyuzi. The Venerable One in the Cave Heaven revived, and the incomplete transformation of the Heavenly Venerable reappeared. He unleashed the Golden Crow Wings along with the Transformation of the Word "Xing", directly dodging the next five fragments of time. He then dragged out the Taiyin Immortal Fire and flung it out, which transformed into the Taiyin God-Slaying Blade and pierced through his shoulder.

*Poof!* Blood flashed as Zhenyuzi's shoulder was cleaved open. He shifted to the side, glanced at the wound expressionlessly, and then activated his essence. A shout rang out from there, and bursts of immortal light instantly repaired the wound. It was a complete and flawless Zhe-character secret technique!
"The Celestial Venerable of Longevity has entered the Underworld, and I never expected that the Prison Suppressor would also learn this one of the Nine Secrets." Wang Hongwu pondered. Yama's son has mastered the numerical secret, and the Prison Suppressor in front of him has demonstrated the secrets of the character "行" and the character "者". So what about the most mysterious Underworld Prince?
"You are indeed very strong. Even my cultivation, which is four levels higher than mine, cannot suppress you. If I want to kill you, I'm afraid I'll have to violate the divine restrictions." Zhenyuzi gently touched his shoulder, seemingly lost in thought. Then, he suddenly pointed at Wang Hongwu and used the killing technique, Zhenyu Eight Desolate Finger!

A gigantic hand appeared in the air, but it was clenched tightly, and the palm was a terrifying Netherworld, as if it were being suppressed by the giant hand. At this moment, under the control of the Prison Suppressor, one finger was raised and extended, and the power of the Netherworld also emerged. The flames roared and instantly engulfed Wang Hongwu. There was no trajectory of attack; it came from within his body and could not be avoided.

This is the "Fire Burning Sin Finger," which ignites the karmic fire of cause and effect. The deeper the sins of killing, the stronger the damage. It ignores the physical body and directly attacks the primordial spirit. Under the burning of this raging karmic fire, tens of thousands of figures appeared around Wang Hongwu. They were all the beings he had killed. Of course, 99% of them were corpses and ghosts from the underworld. At least in his eyes, it was not killing, but rather salvation and liberation.

"They're already dead, why do they still want to defy the heavens?" Looking at the densely packed vengeful spirits, he didn't care at all. The little figure of his primordial spirit between his eyebrows recited the Sutra of Salvation, and with the seven-colored stream of light transformed from the "Former" secret, he continuously delivered them away. He swept away a whole area with a single sweep. He also formed a hand seal and pressed down, and activated the "Approach" secret. The supreme divine power suppressed the void and his physical body, freezing Zhenyuzi, who wanted to make another move.

Then, the Golden Crow spread its wings and appeared in front of him. Its five fingers formed six hand seals and slapped the boy's chest. The Six Paths of Reincarnation reappeared, directly freezing the boy's physical body in the void, while his soul flew away from his body.

His physical body remained in place, but his primordial spirit was directly blasted away from his body by the six-fold killing technique, drifting in the sky. In a daze, he only saw Wang Hongwu take the opportunity to kill him, the Three Yin Demon-Slaying Blade slashing and sweeping, directly dismembering his body into eight pieces. The intense pain was transmitted through the connection, which awakened Zhenyuzi's primordial spirit, and he once again manipulated the palm in the air to point out the second finger.

"Nether River Abyss Finger!" Suddenly, the sound of rushing river swept over, and a dark Nether River appeared out of thin air, submerging the battlefield, enveloping the remains of Zhenyuzi, and reshaping him from the location of his primordial spirit on the other side. It also peeled away the traces of wounds, forming a curse that directly fed back to Wang Hongwu.

This finger summoned a tributary of the Styx to flood the battlefield, causing it to be eroded by the tides. Only Zhenyuzi could use the power of the Styx to regenerate his physical body and even turn his injuries into a curse to reflect back. However, Wang Hongwu ignored it, joined his hands in the Life and Death Seal and twisted them together, directly reversing the Heavenly Rebirth Wheel and transferring all the curses to a distant planet, causing it to be torn to pieces.

Without any attempt to pause, the two clashed once again, like heaven and earth colliding head-on. Various secret techniques swept and flew, and the nine ancient characters of the Sun Sutra and the Prison Suppression Sutra suppressed the void, vying with each other and condensing into two figures sitting there, like two ancient Daoists debating the Dao, trying to determine who was superior across eternity with their scriptures.

After a long exchange, the secret of the "All" character was finally triggered. Wang Hongwu suddenly unleashed a punch, and the supremely yang and powerful Sun Emperor Fist reappeared, shattering everything. The golden-red fist light directly pierced through Zhenyuzi and sent him flying, smashing through ten stars along the way and igniting and shattering the meteorite belt. Only after a long time did he suddenly step onto a green planet. The terrifying residual force plowed a burning path through the surface of the planet, but he was still retreating!

It retreated, retreated wildly, and no mountain range could stop its momentum, nor could any ocean or glacier stop it.

Finally, after a long time, Zhenyuzi, the next Palace Master appointed by the Zhenyu Emperor, was able to stop and observe him again. It was clear that the current Young Lord of the Underworld looked far from pleasant.

The powerful and terrifying friction caused the retreat route to heat up, turning it into giant fire snakes. Even on the surface of Ziwei, people only needed to look up to clearly see the cracks on the planet and the burning trails.

He was even directly blown apart just now, but the Prison character between his eyebrows revived and protected him, transferring the damage to the Ninefold Nether Mountain in the Underworld, which allowed him to withstand the attack of the All-Encompassing Secret.

That divine ability was a divine treasure bestowed upon him by heaven. He used it to cultivate the Netherworld Battle Body. Every time he suffered a fatal injury, the Netherworld Mountain Protection would be automatically triggered, transferring the damage to the nine layers of the Netherworld Mountain phantom. If the mountain collapsed, the divine ability would be ineffective. Now, it had actually been directly destroyed by the Sun Emperor Fist.

"Is there really such a big difference?" He wavered slightly, thinking of Yama, who was a half-saint but was killed by Ni Fa. Was he going to follow in his footsteps? That shouldn't be the case.

Amidst turbulent emotions, Zhenyuzi roared and unleashed his newly mastered Divine Form: Nether Turtle and Mysterious Serpent Transformation!

Suddenly, he transformed into a Xuanwu-like Netherworld Beast, possessing the dual energies of life and death, achieving an alternative cycle of reincarnation, and became entangled with the divine form of the Heavenly Emperor Ta Yingzhao, which was transformed from Wang Hongwu.

The back of the Nether Tortoise Shell is engraved with the 'Prison Suppression Scripture' runes, which can reflect damage and absorb the aftershocks to transform into Nether Qi; the Black Serpent can detach from its main body and transform into a phantom, continuously devouring the opponent's mana and life force; under the resonance of the two, the power of the Black Tortoise Suppressing Prison surges forth, suppressing Wang Hongwu's physical body, rendering him unable to move, and the divine form evolved from his physical shell also stiffened there, showing a momentary flaw.

Kill! The tortoise and snake transformed into a burst of life and death light, but Wang Hongwu also shot out an eternal immortal light from between his eyebrows, which was the merging of his primordial spirit with the Dao!

Although the physical body was bound, this powerful primordial spirit killing move was unimpeded and even multiplied under the impetus of the "Former Word Secret".

Bang! The two lights clashed, and the tortoise and snake collapsed upon contact, their forms and spirits crushed head-on. The physical body of Zhenyuzi was shattered once again. Thanks to the heaven-defying power of the Xingzi Secret Technique, he successfully withdrew, avoiding Wang Hongwu's killing move. However, in a series of exchanges, he was undoubtedly at a disadvantage. He found it somewhat unbelievable that he had actually lost.

How can one accept being four levels above the opponent in cultivation level yet still unable to defeat them?

"The forbidden realm of the gods is not my fault in battle." Zhen Yuzi was also somewhat helpless. It wasn't that he didn't have secret techniques to enhance his combat power, but he was restricted by the Eight Forbidden Realms and could not use them. He also did not step into the forbidden realm of the gods at this moment, which naturally led to a huge disadvantage. What should have been an evenly matched battle turned into a situation where he was being suppressed.

However, he did not intend to stop there. He pointed at the character "狱" (prison) between his eyebrows, and then, with a clenched fist, slowly drew out a halberd.

Crack! The outer starry sky was directly cleaved by the aftershock, and the terrifying divine power of the extreme path boiled. Zhen Yuzi held a black battle halberd in his hand. Its blade was very sharp, with a few specks of blood light appearing. Endless killing intent was sealed, as if it had drunk the blood of millions of living beings.

At this point in the battle, he finally unleashed the ultimate divine weapon of the Prison Suppressor Emperor. The battle halberd in his hand trembled slightly in the starry sky, its killing intent as cold as the dead of winter, chilling the entire world to the bone, as if millions of living beings were struggling, their blood forming a sea.

This is absolutely an unparalleled and deadly weapon. Its terrifying killing intent and endless chilling aura are contained within the blade, but now they are unleashed, chilling people to the bone. It is about to sweep across the field and start an extreme battle.

"Wang Hongwu!" Zhenyuzi roared, wielding the Extreme Heavenly Halberd in battle. The void collapsed, and everything in its path was shattered. He forcibly opened a chaotic passage. Wang Hongwu shouted lightly, and the Sun Emperor Tower spun and suppressed him. The chaotic firelight draped him in a layer of rosy light. With wide and powerful movements, he clashed head-on with the Heavenly Halberd. The light of his fist illuminated the outside world, and the power of his fist surged through the void for thousands of miles without dissipating, like a surging wave.

Within the Ziwei Star below, many people witnessed a wondrous sight: divine light soared into the sky, shaking down celestial bodies from beyond the realm.

"Is that some kind of magical artifact?"

"No, that was a person's fist strike that swept across the heavens and earth, entered the cosmos, and pierced through some celestial bodies!"

Some explained that those who heard it turned pale; what terrifying power that was! The Sun God was too terrifying; his fist force pierced through the stars, truly possessing invincible might.

On the battlefield, divine light shone, and figures clashed. The battle was so intense that in just a moment, the two figures, enveloped in the ultimate divine power, exchanged hundreds of blows.

This place is filled with extreme Dao patterns, and the killing intent sweeps across tens of thousands of miles. The battle is boiling over, and the two are like two balls of light dancing. If they are slow to react or take a wrong step, they will be killed on the spot, and their bodies and souls will be destroyed.

Imperial majesty is pervasive!
Zhenyuzi charged forward relentlessly, wielding his Heavenly Halberd in eight consecutive strikes. The light was dazzling, and the momentum was like a thunderbolt, dimming the sun, moon, and stars. This power was awe-inspiring, causing many meteorites in the outer realms to explode into dust, and distant planets were cleaved in two and turned into dust.

However, Wang Hongwu blocked this powerful offensive. The chaotic firelight spreading from the Sun Emperor Tower enveloped his hands, and he struck with palm after palm, causing the Heavenly Halberd to tremble. The immense force forced Zhenyuzi to retreat. He was awe-inspiring, his divine figure was awe-inspiring, and he soared above the world. His eyes shone like swords, and he became more and more courageous with each battle.

Zhen Yuzi's expression was solemn as he fought back with all his might. Under this pressure, he continuously squeezed out his potential, reaching the pinnacle of his life. Suddenly, he roared and finally broke into the forbidden realm of the gods. In that instant, his battle aura was terrifying, tearing everything apart and surging forward.

His strength increased greatly, and he was forced to unleash his full power by a powerful enemy. His entire body shot out beams of dark light, and any one of these beams that reached beyond the realm would pierce through the sun and moon!

"Trash, you've only just touched the Divine Forbidden Realm, you've barely scratched the surface. I'll kill you in three moves." Wang Hongwu scoffed, his Divine Forbidden Realm at its peak. He activated the Reincarnation Secret Technique, and a massive wheel appeared behind him, sprouting six arms, each unleashing a killing move. But Zhen Yuzi glared angrily and said, "I have entered the Divine Forbidden Realm, how dare you be so arrogant!"

After saying this, an ancient character lit up between his brows, directly summoning nine Netherworld Mountains to descend. Each of them transformed into a Ghost Emperor, wearing a Burial Heaven Crown, a Netherworld King's Robe, with a blue face, fangs, purple hair, and red eyes. They also had four faces and eight arms, each wielding a weapon such as a knife, spear, bottle, or seal, and attacked him in succession. However, the one that had been destroyed by the Sun Emperor's Fist was very faint and did not have a Ghost Emperor appear. Only eight figures fought alongside him.

The Six Paths of Reincarnation versus the Nine Linked Rings of the Underworld!

In the clash of divine barriers, only the first move was enough for Zhenyuzi's killing move to be crushed and destroyed by the six killing techniques amplified six times. He himself was also blown apart, unable to resist. The huge wheel directly flattened the Nether Mountain, and the six arms swung in succession, blasting the Ghost Emperor apart one after another. Then, it pierced through his flesh and tore him to pieces with a powerful rip.

Roar! In that bright red light, it was as if a prehistoric beast was roaring, ferocious and deafening, its roar terrifying. Although Zhenyuzi's body had been blasted apart, he was still alive and was trying to gather his blood energy and revive his primordial spirit, wanting to regenerate immediately.

The unparalleled power of the "Zhe" character technique allowed him to reappear. With the activation of the "Xing" character technique, he avoided the aftershocks and launched a swift counterattack. He chanted incantations, and a colossal phantom of an emperor appeared behind him, suppressing hell. Silver spatial power converged, strengthening his physical body and making it incomparably powerful, as if it could suppress all things. It caused all the surrounding celestial bodies to freeze and stop rotating, and even the Dao traces of heaven and earth were suppressed.

"Second move!" However, Wang Hongwu triggered the All-Encompassing Secret, opening the gate to human potential. The Dao Seed of the fusion of the two methods flew out and circled the surface of his fist, suddenly striking. This fist intent was too terrifying. With each swing, it suppressed heaven and earth, blocking the movement of the emperor's phantom, forming immense pressure here, and directly confronting his Prison Suppression Power.

It can be said that Zhen Yuzi was really strong. His physical body under this supernatural power could destroy a Saint King and even suppress all stars. However, he encountered the All-Encompassing Secret with a tenfold amplification and could only suffer a bitter defeat. That fist intent suppressed and killed everything, and even made his primordial spirit shatter.

"Undying Body of the Underworld!" Zhenyuzi shouted. He was the victim, and no one knew better than him how terrifying this attack was. It was as if an ancestral emperor had appeared, coming from ancient times to destroy everything. The divine mountain that protected his life was directly blasted apart, and the remaining eight mountains collapsed. Even the Zhezi Secret could only barely save him. If he hadn't swallowed a drop of divine medicine in time, he would have perished by now.

This is unprecedented. It is unbelievable that a successor of the Prison Suppression Hall would be so ruthlessly suppressed.

"Impossible! Prince Zhenyu has never been defeated, how could this be? It must be because of the secret of the All Characters!" The army of the underworld was silent. After a brief silence, the group of people who came out of the Zhenyu Hall all wailed and cried out in despair.

Wang Hongwu ignored it, and the grotto-heaven behind him shone brightly. The nine celestial beings all stood up, overlapping each other, and a grand Daoist voice rang out: "Lin, Bing, Dou, Zhe, all form groups and advance!"

Nine Secrets Unite: Seeking the Dao and Pursuing Immortality!

This was his greatest gain after completing the Saint Tribulation. The incomplete Nine Secrets combined into one, possessing seventy percent of their power, formed an immortal light under his fusion, which directly pierced through Zhenyuzi.

Bang! Celestial light soared, and blood gushed across the battlefield, so dazzling that it stained the entire sky red—the scene of Zhenyuzi's body exploding into pieces.

Under the combined killing technique of the Nine Secrets, his primordial spirit shattered inch by inch, turning into a rain of light, which then quickly dimmed, and he truly died.

"I've lost? I've lost! Nine Secrets, Nine Secrets, I hate it!" With a final roar, Zhenyuzi perished! The light of his primordial spirit exploded and went out completely, while all the blood rain burned and turned to ashes.

"Three moves? Zhen Yuzi had entered the forbidden realm of gods, yet he was actually killed in just three moves!"

"This is too cruel. Is the Sun God Lord really going to be invincible? He can even defeat a divine genius who is four levels higher than him."

This conclusion is disheartening, and everyone sighs with regret. Even in the underworld, it is incredibly difficult to find such a successor, and his passing is a momentous event.

"I told you, I'll kill you in three moves; the only reason you can fight me is because your cultivation is four levels higher and you were lucky enough to enter the Divine Forbidden Realm. If I were truly at the same level, I could kill you with one hand." Wang Hongwu stomped on the remains of Zhen Yuzi, crushing them, and directly collected his primordial spirit fragments, intending to extract the secret of the word "Xing" from them!

If he can't find it on the Big Dipper, then he'll steal it from the underworld.

Boom!
At this very moment, with the fall of Zhenyuzi, the underworld finally revealed its true colors. The vast Ziwei trembled violently, and terrifying array patterns appeared underground in Shenzhou, Luzhou, Hezhou, and Buzhou. These were left behind by countless Yin soldiers passing through, and they directly burst forth with soaring blood light, sacrificing the lives of Ziwei!
A tiny bloodstain emerged from the center of the array pattern and rapidly expanded in all directions. It started as the size of a fingernail, quickly grew to the width of a palm, and then to the size of a human body or a house, becoming larger and larger, and was still spreading rapidly in all directions.

Every living thing touched by the blood was annihilated; they all became part of the blood. Some experts became alert, their hair standing on end, and they leaped up to flee without hesitation. But it was all in vain. At the same time, streaks of blood-red light shot up from the patterns on the ground, enveloping and devouring these people. Only screams remained on the spot. Those who tried to escape were reduced to pus and blood, their bones dissolving into a gruesome sight.

As the bloodstains multiplied, hundreds and thousands of people were reduced to blood and gore almost instantly. The four states were shrouded in gloom and despair, thick with blood mist and filled with cries of anguish. Many figures ran about, crying out, kneeling and praying to the heavens, dragging their children along as they fled. But what could they do?

The sky is not responding to the call, and the earth and the earth are not working.

Amidst the chaotic crowd, a child crawled and dragged half of an old man's body out of a pile of corpses, crying as he rushed into the old man's arms. His white hair was covered in blood, staining his clothes. A swaddled infant curled up in the blood and mud, sobbing, with the crushed bones still faintly visible beneath him. Everywhere was a scene of utter desolation, and such formations were even found throughout the four corners of the world.

Whether it was the great demons in the sea or the cultivators living on the islands, they had all been killed and turned into bloody light that soared into the sky, forming a huge portal outside the Purple Star Heaven.

A wail echoed throughout the four continents of Ziwei. Apart from the territories of the major sects and royal families, all other living beings suffered heavy losses. There was no possibility of resistance below the Saint Realm. In an instant, hundreds of thousands of people were sacrificed and merged into the outer gate. There, the passage to the Netherworld was opened, and one huge coffin after another was transported out, spreading the aura of a Quasi-Emperor.

"What ruthless methods! Are they going to sacrifice the entire Ziwei Sect in blood?!"

Everyone's expression changed drastically. They never expected that in such a short time, the creatures from overseas would be slaughtered by the underworld, all turned into sacrifices, used in the blood sacrifice array, and even summoned other quasi-royal corpse spirits to descend into the world.

Beyond the Purple Star Heaven, two quasi-emperor corpse spirits appeared, each possessing unparalleled divine might and supreme strength. Their withered yellow hair flew wildly, and their faces were utterly indifferent. Just their aura alone was enough to terrify anyone.

Even with the protection of quasi-royal weapons and supreme array patterns below, the crowd could not withstand the pressure at this moment, and many were trembling.

This isn't a lack of courage, but rather that their bodily instincts betrayed their hearts, causing them to tremble uncontrollably.

That's a quasi-emperor, how can anyone rival him?
Wang Hongwu also looked solemn as he pondered a solution. Suddenly, he sensed something, looked towards Yu Yuan's direction, and noticed a slight fluctuation. Only then did he feel a little relieved.

Suddenly, the sky shook, and two quasi-emperor corpse spirits made their move, intending to annihilate everyone. But then a black cloak descended from the sky, completely obscuring them. The cloak was covered with lines of Dao patterns, exuding Yin energy and the aura of an unparalleled supreme being.

"The power of Yin!?" Everyone was shocked. Their bodies turned cold, and they trembled with fear, as if steel needles were piercing their bodies, causing a sharp and unbearable pain. It was the invasion of the ultimate Yin, which could freeze and crack a person's soul and bones.

They couldn't be mistaken; that was an unparalleled sacred power that could only be cultivated through the Taiyin Mother Scripture, and the one who made the move was related to the Taiyin lineage.
The next moment, the black cloak that had blocked the power of the quasi-emperor corpse spirit flew up, revealing a snow-white face, like an ancient corpse that had been buried underground for many years, coldly looking at everything in the world.

He stood blocking the way before the ancient star of Ziwei, like an insurmountable divine mountain. From within the ancient star below, streams of divine rivers, formed by the convergence of vows, flowed out and cascaded down like magnificent waterfalls.

What is this? Which powerful figure has come to our aid? The heroes all paled.

'The Human Emperor!' 'The Human Emperor!' 'The Taiyin Human Emperor!'

The next moment, people heard the roar of all living beings, as if hundreds of millions of people were praying devoutly, their voices echoing throughout the universe and the starry sky. This was a vast power of thought.

Within the Purple Star Palace, all the saints trembled and knelt down, including the beings of the underworld who were also forced to kowtow.

This is not something that can be done autonomously; it is a form of surrender and worship that originates from the soul.

The Human Emperor has reappeared!

(End of this chapter)