With a deafening boom, Hongyun's body exploded, revealing a soul wrapped in Gold Nature, furious beyond measure.
He had failed again!
Though he had grown used to it over the past five thousand years, this had been his most promising attempt. He had been on the verge of success, yet he had still failed to seize it!
Unlike ordinary Foundation Establishment True Persons, Hongyun, as the reincarnation of a True Lord, would not turn into a Dao Abomination even if his Golden Seeking failed. Gold Nature would merely protect his soul as the Netherworld guided him into reincarnation. But if that happened, how long would it take for him to recover his current cultivation?
Chongguang. Chongguang!!!
Hongyun could not help roaring inwardly. Thoughts born of his shattered composure surfaced one after another; even the surging waters of every river could not wash away his resentment.
Yet he did not dare linger.
With so many True Lords before him, he was a soul with only Gold Nature left. If he did not swiftly answer the Netherworld's summons, death was all but certain!
. Go!
The next moment, the Netherworld opened wide, and Hongyun vanished from the scene. It happened in a flash of lightning and spark—no one could possibly catch his soul.
That was also why True Lords were so difficult to kill.
To erase a True Lord completely, one had to kill them at least three times. The first was to destroy their Grotto-Heaven, causing them to fall from their Fruit Position and lose the realm of a True Lord.
The second was to destroy their soul, preventing them from fleeing into the Netherworld through reincarnation.
Only the third was the destruction of their Gold Nature, ensuring that it could not attach itself to something else and grant them another