Inside the Ninth Hall.
The instant the Underworld High Command from every faction stormed into the Ninth Hall together,
they sensed the Nanshan Sacred Land suddenly erupt with an even more powerful aura.
The Sacred Master's aura shot into the heavens, while the Southern Ghost Emperor's might was fully revealed.
In contrast, on the Ninth Hall's side, the "Sacred Master's immense aura" from earlier had vanished without a trace.
It was like a meteor streaking across the sky—brilliant to behold, yet lasting only a fleeting instant.
The true Sacred Master was already powerful enough to rival the star gods of the myriad heavens, remaining eternally beneath the firmament, with the stars shining over the Nine Provinces!
"The Sacred Master isn't here!"
"This is a scheme to lure the tiger away from the mountain!"
"What this Human Sacred Master wants isn't to seize the Ninth Palace Yama King's foundation!"
"He wants to seize the Southern Ghost Emperor's foundation!"
"He doesn't want to become a Yama King of the Netherworld as a living human. He wants to become the great emperor of the Underworld!"
"What an arrogant Human Sacred Master!"
"What boundless ambition!"
The various members of the Underworld High Command sensed that something was wrong and hurried toward the south.
The Central Ghost Emperor immediately changed direction as well and said coldly, "If he had set his sights on one of the Yama Kings, he might truly have succeeded."
"But how could the great emperor of my Underworld be someone like him—a junior who has yet to become a heavenly god—be able to deal with?"
"Even if the Southern Emperor's origin is weak, even if the human race exerts itself to the fullest, it still won't be enough for that Human Sacred Master to suppress the Southern Emperor in a brief