"Nether Emperor, what kind of person was he, exactly? Was he not dead either?"
Gu Sheng and Suppression Prison Emperor's conversation drew the attention of the others as well, and someone could not help asking.
"If he were dead, the Netherworld would not have become like this."
Suppression Prison Emperor stood before Suppression Prison Hall and muttered, "At the end of the Mythological Era, Nether Emperor passed away. At the time, we all thought he had died, and he had indeed been buried.
"But more than a million years ago, the Supreme beings in the Netherworld sensed his aura. He awakened. He was still alive in this world.
"And the Heaven-Piercing Immortal Treasure—or rather, the Heaven-Piercing Nether Treasure—flew away several tens of thousands of years ago. Other than Nether Emperor emerging again, no one could summon it away from the Netherworld."
The Heaven-Piercing Nether Treasure had once been Nether Emperor's most powerful weapon. Like Emperor Lord's Green Copper Cauldron, it was an extremely powerful Emperor Weapon. Back when Beginningless Great Emperor attacked the Netherworld, it was this secret treasure that concealed the Netherworld, causing the vast Netherworld Soil to vanish from the universe.
This divine weapon was of vital importance to the Netherworld. It was the foundation that allowed this Forbidden Zone to stand above the others. Without the Heaven-Piercing Nether Treasure, the Netherworld would eventually decline and fall apart.
Over the past tens of thousands of years, the Netherworld Army Borrowing Passage had frequently appeared across the major starfields, searching for ancient divine corpses. This made their terror and prosperity seem increasingly unstoppable. In reality, this was the Netherworld trying to save itself, hoping to find Nether Emperor's present incarnation and bring back the Heaven-Piercing Nether Treasure.
"Nether Emperor is coming back. He will reclaim everything that belongs to