Blood Moon Descends Upon the Netherworld

"Rahu?"

This was the first time Jiang Sheng had heard the true name of that Xuanming Senluo Celestial Emperor.

The Purple Empyrean Emperor said, "That is correct. Back in Mountain Sea Heaven, he and I were His Majesty's left and right aides, overseeing the Nine Luminaries and jointly governing the heavens."

"He governed the Netherworld as the Xuanming Senluo Venerable God, while I governed the Heavenly Palace as the Lord of Purple Empyrean Tianyi."

"At the end of the previous kalpa, His Majesty and the rest of us sacrificed the Heavenly Realm and all the immortals and gods within it, buying Mountain Sea Heaven another kalpa of opportunity. He was the first to step forward and offer himself in sacrifice. I was even a step slower than he was."

As the Purple Empyrean Emperor spoke, he could not help but let out a soft sigh.

Jiang Sheng listened in silence. Those two Great Vehicle Immortal Monarchs who had voluntarily sacrificed themselves for the Mountain Sea Realm back then, one after the other—had they truly done it all for the Mountain Sea Realm?

Just how many people in the Mountain Sea Realm knew of that Great Heavenly Demon Lord's Taiyin Void-Returning Body-Refining Scripture?

Jiang Sheng was still pondering when the Purple Empyrean Emperor turned solemn. "Little Friend Ling Yuan, since you know of the Taiyin Void-Returning Body-Refining Formation, you must know how vicious this formation is."

"I originally believed that Rahu had voluntarily sacrificed himself for the sake of Mountain Sea Heaven and Earth. But thinking on it now, he was the supreme god who governed the Netherworld for His Majesty. If he had made corresponding arrangements in the Netherworld, they would surely have remained unknown to others."

"You said that the Mountain Sea Annals recorded that, at the beginning of