Nine Nether Dao Palace

The moment the Year Beast spat out its treasure, Zhao Xing and Yi Ren seemed to freeze in place, staring intently at the miniature palace on the ground.

Yi Ren put away the talisman array and couldn't help but walk towards the miniature palace.

He seemed to have forgotten about Du Yun's head, his face filled with fanaticism.

Du Yun's head also burst out of the ground at that moment, and flew over together.

Zhao Xing did something similar; he subconsciously withdrew all his troops and walked towards the palace at the feet of the Year Beast.

Even the Headless Du Yun, who was watching from within Internal World, was desperately flying towards the Boundary Wall, trying to escape from Zhao Xing's Internal World and reach that palace.

However, the process was not entirely smooth.

Behind Yi Ren appeared an eight-sided scepter, a man adorned with jewels and whose face was covered in paint.

Clang!

The scepter fell to the ground, abruptly halting Yi Ren's steps.

Yi Ren's face showed struggle as he growled, "Let me go! Let me go!!"

He growled and slapped his dantian, causing a crack to appear on the Priest's spirit.

The deity holding the scepter glanced strangely at the palace beneath the Year Beast's feet, then his phantom vanished.

Immediately afterward, a second deity appeared, but before it could make a move, Yi Ren struck again, shattering the newly appeared illusory deity.

To prevent Yi Ren from harming himself, the remaining gods dared not appear again.

We can only hurry up and think of other solutions.

"Da da da."

On Zhao Xing's side, Origin Vine Immortal's eight vines, like sharp thorns, were rooted in the ground, desperately pulling at his body.

At the same time, it joined forces to transmit its consciousness into the Life Palace, intending to gain control of Zhao Xing's body.

However, the Life Palace is closed.

"Master, don't go!"

Origin Vine Immortal's thoughts kept striking Zhao Xing's Life Palace, and this action gave him partial control over Zhao Xing's body.

However, Zhao Xing acted like a madman, desperately tearing at Origin Vine Immortal.

"Get out of my way! Don't stop me!"

"Rip~"

Large chunks of flesh, along with vines, were pulled out, dripping with blood, revealing internal organs.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Origin Vine Immortal was forcibly pulled out, not because Zhao Xing was incredibly strong, but because Origin Vine Immortal was unable to resist any longer.

If he resists again, he'll destroy himself before Zhao Xing even gets to the Year Beast's territory.

"Broken!"

The Thousand Feather Great World, deep within the Dao Ancient Layer.

The fake Gu Luo River suddenly changed his expression. "How could it have this thing!"

Upon hearing the sound, the fake Qing Yuzi looked bewildered. "Your Highness, what is that—Your Highness?"

When he turned around, he found that the person next to him was gone.

The interior of the Great Derivation Divine Weapon Sub-body suddenly began to shake violently.

The Zifang of the Great Derivation Divine Weapon, Zi Fang, quickly manifested. The General Nangong saw it, because the spirit of the weapon had actually manifested the appearance of the Great Emperor.

"Your Majesty, how could you—"

Red Star Great Emperor ignored him and solemnly ordered Lu Ya and Yan Ao, "Lu Ya, Yan Ao, immediately enter the Bayuling Desolate Plains of the Thousand Feather World!"

Above the River of Time, amidst the mist, the Old Man Shu Ji suddenly frowned, and the five fingers beneath his right sleeve twisted involuntarily.

Human facial features appeared.

These were the gods worshipped by Yi Ren. Two of them had cracks on their faces and were recounting what had just happened.

"I see."

The Old Man Shu Ji nodded, and then the flesh of his left hand under his sleeve suddenly twisted, forming a fleshy disc, and he began to calculate.

A moment later, the Old Man Shu Ji was startled.

"Huh? That Dao Lord is still alive?"

"No wonder the Gu Xiao Divine King City was willing to make a deal with me; it turns out the Year Beast holds such a big secret."

A crack appeared on the Old Man Shu Ji's cheek as he muttered to himself, "Yi Ren probably won't survive. Gu Xiao, the treasures you gave me aren't enough."

Outside Qianyu Great World, on a nearby small Star Continent, two figures were swept out from the Void River.

A bald man dressed in white stripes held an oil lamp in his Zuo Qing, the faint light enveloping a straw figure beside him.

The straw man quickly transformed into a living human being; it was Zhao Xing's Traveling Clone and Wu Tian who had arrived.

"Why did we stop? The Thousand Feather Great World is just ahead," Zhao Xing's Soul Fragment immediately asked.

"Something's happened." Wu Tian's expression was grave, and the circular light in his palm turned dark and murky. "The Thousand Feather Great World has suddenly become extremely dangerous."

"What?!" Study Abroad Clone that even Wu Tian had warned of the danger and stopped in his tracks. Could it be the power of Dao Master Level?

Wu Tian looked into the distance, his expression grave. "Originally, it could only bear the power of a few God -King Grade at most, and God King from all sides could enter at any time. But now, this situation has suddenly arisen, and even God King cannot enter the Thousand Feather Great World."

"The Thousand Feather Great World will likely soon be Destruction, and countless innocent lives will perish—a terrible sin."

"Isn't my true form destined to escape?" Zhao Xing cried out anxiously. "Senior Wu Tian, is there any way to save me?"

"Your true form once received a wisp of my Heart Fire."

"I'm now trying to enhance its power." The Heart Lamp in Wu Tian's hand shone brightly. "Even if I don't survive, I'll take you far away from this place. The Heart Lamp can preserve your Soul Seed, and perhaps there will be a chance for reincarnation."

In the Thousand Feather Great World, outside the Bayuling Desolate Plains, General Starfire and Di Jun have resumed their operations.

Before they could figure out what was going on, all their teammates who had been waiting outside came down.

Wu Zhao, Nangong, Lu Ya, Yan Ao, Qing Yuzi, Lan Chuan, Bogang, Pang—everyone was standing Great Derivation Divine Weapon Sub-body.

The empire's divine artifact forcefully broke through the Boundary Wall, tearing open the sky like a pair of scissors, and rushed straight towards the Bayuling Desolate Plains.

Immediately afterwards, General Starfire saw a second group of people, a triangular flying shuttle, and he actually saw the Gu Luo River.

"Senior Gu has come too?" Di Jun asked, puzzled.

"I don't know," General Starfire gravely, "But something big must have happened, Di Jun, let's go."

In Divine Mechanism City, the gates of the Immeasurable Divine Hall suddenly burst open, Immeasurable True God, his body radiating black light, rushed out of the gates and into the Clock Tower Dial outside.

"Master, Zhao Xing..." The Peacock outside the gate was about to report something when it discovered that the Immeasurable True God had already disappeared.

But the next moment, another Immeasurable True God rushed out of the hall and continued flying towards the dial.

The third, the fourth... countless afterimages darted about, and the Peacock's eyes widened in surprise.

"My God, what on earth happened? This is the first time Master has used Divine Mechanism City as a base to cast the Great Time Technique."

"The last time that God King attacked, he couldn't force my master to use his full strength."

The next moment, the Immeasurable True God appeared in the Thousand Feather Great World.

The moment he arrived, he appeared directly on the outskirts of the Bayuling Mausoleum.

The area outside the Bayuling Mausoleum was almost entirely filled with Immeasurable True God.

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom~"

Countless Immeasurable True God are attacking the Bayuling Mausoleum.

But at this moment, a black, viscous barrier appeared in the Bayuling Mausoleum.

No matter how the Immeasurable True God attacked, they could not break through.

Since the Immeasurable True God is True God who Heaven and Earth Attainment, he was actually the first to appear here.

Then the Desolate Territory Faction and the Evil God faction arrived simultaneously. They only saw the Immeasurable True God, filled with malevolent energy, colliding with the Black Sphere Barrier.

"Immeasurable True God?" General Jieluo shocked. "Has he gone mad? He's actually traversed time and space so many times, isn't he afraid of leaving any flaws?!"

General Jieluo is also a formation master. Although he is not from the same school as Immeasurable True God, you can still see the clues.

The Immeasurable True God doesn't have many avatars, but rather it's due to repeated time-space reversals that many Immeasurable True God appear here.

The advantage of doing this is that every Immeasurable True God is at their peak, but almost no one does this because leaving too many remnants of time in a great world can easily leave flaws that can be exploited.

"He's trying to save Zhao Xing; the real Zhao Xing is inside," the Little Yellow Duck on Yan Ao's body said.

Lu Ya was also adept at manipulating space and time, and it instinctively saw through the intentions of the Immeasurable True God.

Originally, Lu Ya hated the Immeasurable True God, believing that he had abducted Zhao Xing.

Seeing this scene, Lu Ya didn't know why, but the hatred in his heart dissipated a lot.

"Your Highness, Boundless has gone mad, what should we do now—" On the other side, the fake Qing Yuzi also forgot to address Gu Luo River and directly reverted to the original address for the person next to him.

"Whether it's true or false, everyone will die. The outcome is irreversible. This is beyond our control. Let's go." "Gu Luo River" sighed.

As if in regret, he came and went in a hurry, and no one noticed.

"Metaphor~"

The entire black barrier suddenly collapsed after a brief attack from the Immeasurable True God, shrinking into a small black dot and disappearing completely.

A large void appeared in Ba Yu Ling, directly revealing the Boundary Wall of the Thousand Feather Great World. The origin of the world was presented to everyone in abstract lines and chaotic colors.

All the Immeasurable True God stopped.

He tried to turn things around many times, but failed every time.

The surrounding scenery, even Wu Zhao and Nangong, couldn't help but rewind many times, but the center of the incident remained unchanged.

On the River of Space-Time, in the misty Lingtai, Heaven Divine King Xi withdrew the hand that was resting on the Old Man Shu Ji.

"So that's how it is. The Immeasurable True God must not be loyal to the Emperor Yu— "

The Old Man Shu Ji turned around and said, "Xi Heaven, the cause and effect are settled. Please."

"Wait," Heaven Divine King Xi, "What triggered the black barrier?"

"That's a different price, do you want to hear it? Half a Chaos Domain."

"Fine." Heaven Divine King Xi shook his head. Territory in the Chaos Era was hard to come by; he had already paid for half a territory before, and now he wanted another half just for hearing a piece of news?

Even if you have money, you shouldn't spend it like that.

Moreover, he could also tell that it was nothing more than a remnant treasure left behind by some Dao Master Level.

Living a long life and having good luck, it's quite normal for some people to possess one or two extremely powerful treasures, even if they can't discern their origins.

However, since this matter has become so big, people will find out sooner or later, so there's no need to be killed by the Old Man Shu Ji.

"Cause and effect are cleared."

After speaking, Heaven Divine King Xi's figure disappeared into the mist.

After he left, the Bookless Divine King also departed.

Having achieved his goal, after witnessing firsthand the Fake Zhao Xing and Qing Yuzi, he finally understood the key to the leak and roughly figured out who the traitor was within the Bookless Divine King City.

"Cause and effect are cleared."

"Cause and effect are cleared."

But some people in the fog were still dissatisfied. "Old Man Shu Ji, you said Bowei would appear, but we haven't seen him yet. Are you playing us for fools?"

"We've provided you with quite a few Void Divine Item; how can we absolve ourselves of this karmic debt?"

The Old Man Shu Ji, frowned. "I only promised to give you information about Bowei, but I didn't say I would definitely see Bowei here."

"Please be patient, I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer."

After calming down the people behind him, the Old Man Shu Ji was also somewhat annoyed.

Both the "True History" and "Void History" factions are vying for Bowei, and the one who just asked the question was a God King from the Void History Party.

The Old Man Shu Ji knows absolutely nothing about Bowei; he's just using this as a way to stall for time.

The Thousand Feather Great World, the outer edge of the former wasteland, was now utterly desolate.

Some seemed to realize that Zhao Xing had died in this battle, and some were saddened, while others pondered what had happened.

Soon, a voice filled with anger and coldness startled everyone awake.

"Qing Yuzi!!!"

Immeasurable True God, seemingly without warning, surrounded the Great Derivation Divine Weapon's avatar.

Looking at the angry and icy gaze of the Immeasurable True God, Qing Yuzi couldn't help but shiver, as if her soul had fallen into an ice cellar.

"I kindly took you in, yet you lured Zhao Xing here!"

"He shouldn't have suffered this calamity; it's all because of you!"

The Immeasurable True God was like that of God King. Even within the protection range of the divine object, everyone felt extremely unsafe.

Qing Yuzi smiled bitterly to himself.

Damn it, he knew it would turn out like this!

The problem is, in his perception, Zhao Xing is not dead at all.

However, Qing Yuzi was powerless to defend himself at this moment, and based on his position, he could not defend himself either.

"You're dead! I will definitely kill you!"

Boundless!

A majestic voice came from Zifang's divine object, interrupting the other party.

"The location of your Divine Mechanism City, and even your Dao Attainment Land, has been exposed. I advise you to leave first."

The Immeasurable True God remained silent; Zhao Xing was dead, beyond redemption.

Now the voice of the Red Star Great Emperor has reappeared. After all, in the Spirit Domain Era, it was easier for the Evil God of the Desolate Territory Faction to provide timely support.

His plan to vent his anger on the Qing Yuzi is probably impossible now.

The Immeasurable True God gave Qing Yuzi a deep look, and then all the figures in the sky disappeared.

Qing Yuzi was drenched in sweat, and only after the Immeasurable True God left did his heart seem to relax and return to its own.

However, Qing Yuzi soon lost interest in how the Immeasurable True God would treat him.

Since there are already many people who want to kill him, one more True God won't matter.

His thought was, if Zhao Xing wasn't dead, then where had he gone?

The sky was dark, and the floor was cold.

Zhao Xing suddenly woke up with a start, opened his eyes abruptly, and found himself standing at the bottom of a set of steps.

Above was a palace gate, seemingly built on a cliff, with black winds howling.

Behind the palace was a black vortex, seemingly capable of sucking away one's mind and spirit.

My gaze fell upon the palace gate, beside which were two couplets:

From the highest heavens to the Yellow Springs, I reign supreme Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.

The plaque in the middle has four characters: Nine Nether Dao Palace. "Nine Nether Dao Palace? What arrogance! Does it think it's some kind of Divine Emperor?! - Wait, how did I get here?!"

Zhao Xing's expression changed. He suddenly remembered that he had just been fighting the Year Beast and Yi Ren in the Thousand Feather World.

But after the Year Beast spat out a palace, its consciousness suddenly became confused, and it walked over without thinking.

"Wei Liu~"

Zhao Xing was about to survey his surroundings when he heard a voice behind him.

Goosebumps rose on my skin, and I turned around stiffly. There, I saw the Year Beast lying under a statue in the square behind me, with a round nest made of fiery red tree branches beneath it.

He was licking Du Yun's body, making slurping sounds.

With each lick, Du Yun's body became one step more transparent.

In just a few moments, most of Du Yun's flesh and blood were gone, revealing a golden skeleton with golden divine fire flickering within its skull.

Where did Yi Ren go? Has she already been eaten?

Wasn't Du Yun's body inside his own Internal World? How did it get out?

When the Year Beast saw Zhao Xing awaken, it raised its head and glanced at him.

The purple pupils seemed to say: Don't worry, you're next.

Zhao Xing discovered that in this place, he couldn't muster any divine power at all, just like an ordinary mortal.

But he couldn't just stand by and watch Du Yun die, especially since he himself wanted to live.

"Senior, wait!"

"I don't like that title. You should call me Lord Year Beast."

"Wait, Year Beast Nian Beast!"

"Don't rush, I'll enjoy you right away."

"It's my blessing to be enjoyed by the great Year Beast." Zhao Xing's mind raced. "But I'm definitely not as delicious as him." The Year Beast gnawed on Du Yun's skull, seemingly not wanting to be distracted.

Zhao Xing continued, "Year Beast, is it delicious?"

This time, the Year Beast spoke, nodding. "Delicious!"

"Does the Year Beast want to keep eating?"

The Year Beast stopped licking and looked up at us. "What do you mean?"

Zhao Xing pointed to Du Yun's skeleton, then to himself. "Year Beast, this kind of food is rare."

"If you can give it to me, I have the ability to make it grow flesh and blood."

"Make him cut off pieces of flesh and blood for Year Beast to enjoy every day."

Du Yun 'Soul Fire twitched beneath the gaping maw of blood.

You, Zhao Xing, how could you even think of that!

"Can you do it?" The Year Beast looked down at Du Yun, then at Zhao Xing, its eyes filled with doubt.

"Yes, absolutely!" Zhao Xing said.

"If you dare to lie to me, you're dead!" The Year Beast bit Du Yun's skull, then flung it at Zhao Xing.

"Year Beast, please release my seal, otherwise I will not be able to restore his flesh and blood." Zhao Xing made the request.

"I didn't give you the seal." The Year Beast glanced at Zhao Xing and pointed to the southeast of the palace. "There's a meadow there; walk past the pillar and you'll recover."

"Remember, don't wander off, or you're all dead!"

Having said that, the Year Beast spat out a halo of light, then shook its head and walked inside.

"Yu~" The halo closed, Year Beast disappeared to who-knows-where.

Zhao Xing carried the injured Du Yun over the pillar and arrived at a grassland about ten miles in circumference. Sure enough, his divine power had recovered a lot, but it was still severely suppressed.

However, the World Core could still be opened, and he immediately found many fruits for Cloud Uniform.

Du Yun's flesh and blood rapidly multiplied.

Soon Du Yun was able to speak.

"Brother, what a ridiculous idea! Being trapped here and forced to cut off my own flesh to feed the Year Beast every day is worse than just killing me."

"Of course we won't stay here forever. We need to survive first before we can talk about anything else," Zhao Xing said in a low voice. "But we need to figure out where we are first."

"I know." Du Yun's Bone One opened and closed.

You know?

"Isn't it written there, Nine Nether Dao Palace?"

"Nonsense, I saw it too, you don't need to tell me."

"I actually know." Du Yun sat up straight. "If I'm not mistaken, the one enshrined here is the Nine Nether Dao Master who failed in the competition to become the Divine Emperor. He was defeated by Emperor Luo."

Du Yun slowly analyzed, "God King Gu Xiao followed Emperor Luo and participated in that war. The Nine Nether Dao Palace was very likely Emperor Luo's spoils of war, which were then given to Gu Xiao."

"The Year Beast was formed from the Time Origin, while the God King Gu Xiao controlled the Great Dao of Time, sealing away all the Time Origin."

"The reason the Year Beast was able to escape was probably because it swallowed some spoils of war, and that spoils of war is the Nine Nether Dao Palace."

"The Year Beast just said that the power of the seal doesn't originate from it, so it's likely that the Year Beast doesn't control this place either."

Zhao Xing was stunned. "Brother, you've changed."

"What's the meaning?"

It's grown a head.

"Roll!"