Chapter 48

Tai Ming's methods emerged one after another. He directly extracted his memories and sent him into reincarnation to be cleansed.

After experiencing 840 million Baptisms in reincarnation, the Limitless Demon God's imprint had completely vanished.

Faced with this scene, the Limitless Demon God was furious and terrified. He could not understand Tai Ming's bizarre method of stripping away memories and washing away the Great Dao imprint.

This was not merely the power of the Reincarnation Demon God's Reincarnation Law. It also contained the binding power of the Oblivion River Soul-Entrusting Tree. Even the memories of the Limitless Demon God, who originated from a Chaos Demon God, found it difficult to escape.

Under the same circumstances, many Grand Unity experts would have long since lost their minds. The fact that the Limitless Demon God could retain his consciousness already made him extraordinarily special.

The Limitless Demon God was now completely powerless to resist Tai Ming's attacks.

In the distance, the Heart of the Earthly Path observed Tai Ming and felt that his behavior was somewhat abnormal.

Tai Ming had returned from the depths of the Netherworld, and his methods had become extraordinarily unusual. Even the Heart of the Earthly Path found them difficult to describe.

If its own memories were stripped away, its being disassembled into scattered parts, and it even lost the chance to be reborn in the Return to Ruins, it would choose to abandon life outright.

However, Tai Ming's method of dealing with the Limitless Demon God sent chills down its spine.

Although the Limitless Demon God could not even enter the Return to Ruins, Tai Ming had found a way to completely deal with a Grand Unity existence, which greatly satisfied it.

Suddenly, delight appeared on Tai Ming's face, because he had discovered something important—the Primordial Chaos Creation Primordial Embryo! In an instant, Tai Ming successfully found and extracted it from the Limitless Demon God's memories.

The mysterious embryo was revealed to be dark gray as it appeared before Tai Ming.

The Limitless Demon God's memory body struggled frantically on the Oblivion River Soul-Entrusting Tree.

Seeing this, the Heart of the Earthly Path and the others all looked over curiously.

Tai Ming began to explain everything.

Through the Oblivion River Soul-Entrusting Tree, he had completely received the Limitless Demon God's memories. During this process, he had successfully stamped his own imprint onto the Limitless Great Dao.

In truth, within a short period, he had evolved countless Timelines, using the Ghost Dao Profundity revealed unconsciously to lure the Limitless Demon God into appearing.

From the moment Tai Ming noticed the Limitless Great Dao when the Limitless Demon God first appeared in the world, he had begun planning how to use this vessel for divine-demonic incarnation.

He had always kept watch over the Limitless Demon God's every move. Thus, even when the Limitless Demon God was active in the Primordial Wilderness as a remnant soul of a Chaos Demon God, Tai Ming had continued to regard him as his target.

The other party had always concealed a crucial trump card, allowing the Limitless Demon God to cleverly evade the will of the Primordial World and helping him reconstruct his identity as a Chaos Demon God.

While using the Underworld Emperor to constantly probe the Limitless Demon God, Tai Ming was also carrying out deductions.

When the Power of the Earthly Dao had nearly sent the Limitless Demon God into the Return to Ruins, Tai Ming caught a crucial flash of inspiration and uncovered the Limitless Demon God's trump card**.

Thus, Tai Ming decisively took action, breaking the Limitless Demon God down into three parts: a memory body, a demon god soul, and the origin of the Great Dao.

Through the Limitless Demon God's memories and countless attempts across lengthy Timelines, Tai Ming finally grasped the origin of the Limitless Great Dao.

The Primordial Chaos Creation Primordial Embryo—the initial gestational state of the Chaos Great Dao Demon God—had been obtained by the Limitless Demon God.

It was an extremely precious treasure among the three thousand Chaos Great Dao Demon Gods.

Under normal circumstances, Chaos Demon Gods could not find these gestating embryos.

The births of the Chaos Demon Gods occurred early or late. Among them, the Chaos Limitless Great Dao Demon God was an existence that had been born relatively early and possessed great strength.

By a fortunate coincidence, the Limitless Demon God encountered the embryo of another Chaos Demon God—the Demon God of Nothingness.

The Great Dao Laws represented by the Demon God of Nothingness complemented the Limitless Great Dao. Thus, the Limitless Demon God decisively seized the origin of the Great Dao that it was gestating.

Without the origin of the Great Dao, the Primordial Chaos Creation Primordial Embryo could not complete its gestation.

During the Great Tribulation in which the Primordial Heavenly King, Pangu Clan, opened up the Primordial World, the Limitless Demon God suffered severe injuries.

The Pangu Clan did not pay attention to the gravely wounded Limitless Demon God and merely mixed him into the Primordial World.

Afterward, the Limitless Demon God's body gestated the Limitless Demon God Grotto-Heaven World within the Primordial World.

Although under normal circumstances the Limitless Demon God would reincarnate and emerge as an Innate Demon God, because he possessed the Primordial Chaos Creation Primordial Embryo, he had always sought an opportunity to become a Chaos Demon God again.

Unfortunately, the Grotto-Heaven Worlds of the other Chaos Demon Gods of this era did not emerge in the Primordial World. The Limitless Demon God himself also failed to reincarnate as an Innate Demon God, remaining trapped in the Grotto-Heaven World.

After the previous alternation of the Heavenly Dao, when the Primordial World's control was at its weakest, he sensed the world's suppression weaken and attempted to enter the Primordial World more deeply.

Along the way, he nearly became lost amid the endless world barriers.

Fortunately, Tai Ming's Diagram of Three Thousand Demon God Great Dao appeared and guided the Limitless Demon God's path, allowing him to successfully enter the Primordial World.

After that came the various experiences of the Limitless Demon God in the Primordial World.

Tai Ming was moved by this. Although Chaos Demon Gods could abandon part of their foundations to reincarnate in the Primordial Wilderness, they could still make their mark.

Ancestor Yang Mei and others in the Primordial Wilderness were examples of this.

However, some Chaos Demon Gods remained attached to their former glory and yearned to regain their status as Chaos Demon Gods, making it difficult for them to integrate into the Primordial World.

Abandoned by the world, most of them met with unfortunate fates.

Several Chaos Demon Gods had already vanished because of Tai Ming.

If the Primordial World opened by the Pangu Clan could easily be overturned by living beings obsessed with being Chaos Demon Gods, would it not be undeserving of its name? Yet none of this had anything to do with Tai Ming. He lived at ease in the Primordial World and had no intention of overturning it.

Tai Ming knew his position and responsibilities and no longer had the leisure to concern himself with others.

The Tai Ming of today had surpassed the Limitless Demon God, controlling the origin of the Limitless Great Dao and the Primordial Chaos Creation Primordial Embryo.

His only thought was to gestate the second incarnation in the Nine Transformations of Ghost Dao Origin, and then stir up the winds and clouds in the Primordial World.

No one knew any of this besides Tai Ming.

The Heart of the Earthly Path had only witnessed a mysterious embryo fall into Tai Ming's hands.

With the embryo's appearance, the Limitless Demon God, who had initially resisted fiercely, seemed to lose his will to fight.

Under the effects of the Oblivion River Soul-Entrusting Tree, his memory body gradually lost its ability to resist and ultimately became nourishment.

A single memory body of a Chaos Demon God was enough to fill the Oblivion River Soul-Entrusting Tree. Afterward, it fell into slumber and gave rise to countless Innate Spiritual Root Dao Restrictions.

In the blink of an eye, Tai Ming grew to the level of a mid-grade Innate Spiritual Root above twelve Dao Innate Spiritual Root Dao Restrictions.

During the remaining time, apart from focusing on the Heart of the Earthly Path, the Yin-Yang Ghost Clan and the Ghost Soldiers and Ghost Gods also gradually recovered their strength through the Netherworld Ghost Seal.

The Ghost Clan and Ghost Gods that had recovered their strength began rebuilding the first layer of the Netherworld.

However, Tai Ming did not immediately begin cultivating the second incarnation through the Primordial Chaos Nine Slashes God-Demon Incarnation Book there.

He had already selected a location and was preparing to gestate his second Ghost Dao Origin incarnation.

That place was the Limitless Demon God Grotto-Heaven. It was extremely suitable.

Afterward, Tai Ming used the energy of the Netherworld to carry out the first large-scale transformation.

In the future, the eighteen layers of the Netherworld would gradually open, and the Yin-Yang Ghost Clan and Ghost Gods would no longer be limited to the first layer of the Netherworld.

Previously, the seventeenth and eighteenth layers of the Netherworld had been sealed because of the lingering thoughts of the Chaos Demon Gods.

Now that the lingering thoughts of the Chaos Demon Gods had vanished, there was naturally no need to seal the Netherworld below so tightly.

With Tai Ming's assistance, Ming He and Huang Quan delved into the deeper Netherworld and began flowing through it.

The Bridge of Helplessness split into countless bridges. Starting from the Three Lives Stone, after Ming He and Huang Quan, the mysterious River of Forgetfulness also began appearing throughout the eighteen layers of the Netherworld.

On both banks of the River of Forgetfulness stretched vast seas of Shore Flowers.

These seas of flowers had been nurtured from the spiritual roots once given to Tai Ming by the Yellow Old Lord, providing the Ghost Soldiers and Ghost Gods with excellent vessels.

Their existence meant that the Ghost Gods were no longer confined to the world of the Netherworld Ghost Seal and could grow anywhere in the Netherworld.

After You Hun fell into the River of Forgetfulness, their memories, together with the Oblivion River Soul-Entrusting Tree, would vanish and transform into memory fruits.

After their memories were washed away, the Ghost Clan, Ghost Gods, and You Hun were reborn like phoenixes from the ashes, becoming purer and no longer mixed with other powers.

Finally, the newborn You Hun were drawn in by the Samsara Rebirth Banner and transformed into the Yin-Yang Ghost Clan or a new, pure Netherworld Ghost Clan.

The birth of the Netherworld Ghost Clan gave Tai Ming's Ghost Dao the most suitable foundation.

They were pure Ghost Dao lifeforms, possessing incomparably pure intelligence from the moment they were born.

The Netherworld Ghost Clan was a unique existence. Like newborn infants, they inherited Tai Ming's teachings and gained the ability to cultivate independently.

Unlike the Yin-Yang Ghost Clan and the Ghost Soldiers and Ghost Gods, they did not have such severe restrictions on reproduction, nor did they possess the trait of immortality.

At first, they were merely ordinary living beings, but their growth potential far surpassed that of other races.

Like the Five-Colored Human Race in the Primordial Wilderness, the Netherworld Ghost Clan possessed powerful growth and adaptability.

Although they might lack profound foundations, aptitude, destiny, or merit, they could grasp the powers of the Yin-Yang Ghost Clan during cultivation, learn the abilities of the Ghost Soldiers and Ghost Gods, and even explore the Innate Great Dao beyond the Ghost Dao, along with countless Postnatal Great Daos.

Even more precious was the fact that the Netherworld Ghost Clan possessed the ability to reproduce on their own. This was a tremendous breakthrough.

Their appearance allowed the Yin-Yang Ghost Clan and the Ghost Soldiers and Ghost Generals in the Netherworld to integrate into it.

With the rise of the Netherworld Ghost Clan, the Netherworld began to develop something known as "civilization."

Civilization was a concept that was both simple and complex.

It was simple enough for one person to become a civilization, yet complex enough to contain countless things, laws, concepts, and living beings.

Watching the Ghost Clan in the Netherworld carry out various activities like ordinary mortals, create tools, establish families, reproduce and pass things down, create knowledge, and invent written language, Tai Ming could not help but sigh with emotion.

Under Tai Ming's guidance, the civilization of the Netherworld developed at a cheat-like speed.

In just ten thousand Yuan Hui, all kinds of fresh things had appeared in the Netherworld: skyscrapers, gourmet food and entertainment, means of transportation, divisions into nations, and so on.

At the same time, the Ghost Dao Cultivation System had completely merged into civilization. From the most basic Ghost Spirit to Ghost Gods, it corresponded to the seven major realms of the Primordial Wilderness's Divine Path.

Although during those ten thousand Yuan Hui, the strongest realm reached by Ghost Dao cultivators was only the Ghost Emperor, equivalent to a Heavenly God, the Netherworld Ghost Clan had a low starting point but an extremely high endpoint.

Through constant effort and exploration, they possessed limitless growth potential.

Of course, only exceptionally gifted members of the Ghost Clan could possibly rival the Yin-Yang Ghost Clan and the Ghost Soldiers and Ghost Generals.

The Netherworld Ghost Clan inherited an orderly Ghost Dao Cultivation System, different from the investiture system of the Ghost Dao Deities.

From now on, whether they were members of the Yin-Yang Ghost Clan or Ghost Gods and Ghost Soldiers, they could all be included within the category of the Netherworld Ghost Clan.

They were merely two special components of the Netherworld Ghost Clan.

With the rise of the Netherworld's Ghost Dao civilization system, the Netherworld grew increasingly prosperous.

When the Heart of the Earthly Path and Yue Jianshi traveled through the myriad worlds, they had once seen similar scenes.

From the Yin-Yang Ghost Clan to the Ghost Soldiers and Ghost Generals, and then to the Netherworld Ghost Clan, the Netherworld's completeness improved year by year, displaying the vitality of a true world.

Unlike the transcendence of the Realm of the Nine Heavens, the Netherworld was more down-to-earth.

The first layer was inhabited by ordinary members of the Netherworld Ghost Clan. As one went deeper, the Ghost Clan's strength gradually increased.

Below the thirteenth layer of the Netherworld, there were no longer any ordinary members of the Netherworld Ghost Clan.

Farther down, most were members of the Netherworld Ghost Clan devoted to cultivation.

The seventeenth layer was the Dao Field of the Grand Unity Ghost Gods, with Tai Yi Ghost Emperors occasionally appearing.

As for the eighteenth layer of the Netherworld, it was Tai Ming's Dao Field. Other than Tai Ming, no one could enter.

The completion of the Netherworld system gave rise to various divisions of power, such as the Innate Divine Beings, the Myriad Races of the Primordial Era, and groups of ordinary Primordial Beings.