Outside the gateway to the Nine Netherworlds of the Primordial World—
Hongjun stood ready with the Jade Plate of Creation in hand. He could sense the fierce battle within the Nine Netherworlds; even its passageways had been trembling before gradually settling down. Had the Heavenly Emperor and the others won? The Twelve Ancestral Witches had brought two World-Opening Supreme Treasures with them.
Meanwhile, deep within the Nine Netherworlds, the Earthly Dao continuously unleashed the power of its origin. Earthen-yellow halos surged like waves, slowly repairing the land while searching for the whereabouts of the other five Demon Gods—Darkness, Death, and the rest.
Watching the regions swept by the Earthly Dao's power, Wangshu furrowed her brows and murmured, "Did those five Demon Gods escape? But the gateway to the Nine Netherworlds behind us is intact, and the Netherworld World hasn't been invaded."
A sharp glint flashed through Li Fan's eyes as he suddenly said, "Houtu, ask the Earthly Dao where the entrance to Return to Ruins in the Yin World is."
"Heavenly Emperor, you mean..." Houtu was startled upon hearing this, and the Earthly Dao swiftly realized it as well. Its earthen-yellow power abruptly changed direction and blasted toward the boundary between the Nine Netherworlds and the Underworld!
"Buzz—!"
Layers of ripples spread across the void at the boundary, and a concealed crack was forcibly shaken open. Its depths were pitch-black, with Guixu Power raging within.
Yet the instant the Earthly Dao's power entered the crack, it caught only several vague projections.
The five Chaos Demon Gods—Darkness, Death, Soul, Yellow Springs, and Curse—had long since entered Deep Guixu.
The Darkness Demon God's voice arrived, wrapped in icy killing intent. "Earthly Dao, and the Hunyuan Grand Unity beings on the Yang side of the Primordial World, I hope we meet again someday."