Stealing Heaven's Secrets! Seizing Creation!

A phoenix stood before him, the divine fire covering her body fading away.

Her physical body disintegrated inch by inch.

Only the phantom of her Primordial Spirit remained.

She raised her head and looked at Lin Yan.

"Go... quickly..."

"We can't."

Lin Yan reached out and pressed down on the phantom of her Primordial Spirit. In a soft voice, he said, "He has been waiting for me to come for a very long time."

"I have indeed been waiting for you for a very long time."

The Yin Emperor said grimly, "In this day and age, let alone you, a member of the human race—even if the Immortal Deities were to awaken, who could escape with their life before me?"

Even before the Great Calamity, only a handful of beings could contend with the Yin Emperor in the Underworld.

Even an upper Immortal Deity might not be able to flee from this place.

Even if the Ancient Azure Dragon Emperor Lord were still alive and at the height of his power, he could not possibly fight his way out of here.

The Yin Emperor was the only supreme existence to preserve himself through the Great Calamity.

Throughout the All Heavens and Myriad Realms, from the Heavenly Court above to the Nine Serenities below, he was the only complete Immortal Deity of the Emperor Realm!

The Great Emperor of the Netherworld!

"..."

Lin Yan did not look at him.

Nor was he worried that the Yin Emperor would simply strike him down.

This Yin Emperor has misgivings about me, and even more plans for me. He doesn't dare kill me directly, so he intends to shake my will.

Lin Yan reached out and held Yun Qing's Primordial Spirit. His gaze dimmed as he said softly, "I thought I had already grown