Death and Return

By the time Li Qing returned, eighty years had passed on this land.

The two great celestial phenomena continued developing rapidly, each vying with the other. The ancient tree built the Nine Heavens Tribulation, while the ancient dragon built the Abyssal Greater Realm.

The Abyssal Greater Realm was far less vast than the ancient tree's Origin Continent, yet it was like a subterranean dark river, allowing the ancient dragons to thrive like fish in water as they roamed and swam through this abyssal sea.

In fact, one generation of them even began calling itself the Abyss Monarch Emperor, donning the Six-Thorned Crown of Thorns and Demonic Abyss Battle Armor.

It sat upon a throne at the endless depths of the Demonic Realm, gazing up at the All Heavens World above as radiance spilled into the Abyss Ocean.

"Hmph, what a joke."

"The true Knuckle Nokron isn't dead. It's probably almost time for him to resurrect. In the end, you're merely descended from that one's demonic remains, yet you actually want to pretend to be the true master?"

"You're nothing but evil formed from demonic remains! And you're pretending to be human?"

"The ancient dragon and the ancient tree appear to be two great factions, but the ancient dragon is far too weak by comparison. The ancient tree is the origin that nurtured the universe and the Myriad Worlds. What is the ancient dragon? A pest. It's nothing more than a story about a giant tree whose roots have grown a wood-boring worm beneath it. All you want is to rot your own roots."

"The ancient tree is the true orthodox protector of the celestial phenomena—the universe's umbrella!"

It was said that a new minor faction had emerged on the Origin Continent of the Upper Realm, known as the Umbrella Corporation.