Death Spirit Fetus, Three-Headed Hellhound

"Surprise?"

"I'd call it more of a scare!"

Goddess Houtu glanced at the thing that was continuously churning within the river of Laws of Death, then rolled her eyes at Taiyi and said coquettishly.

Within that stretch of the river, dense power of the Laws of Death had gathered, nurturing a Great Dao creature born bearing the Great Dao's Will of the Laws of Death.

The Death Spirit Fetus!

Since it had been born from the will of the Great Dao Laws of Death, even Goddess Houtu, as the saint of the Underworld, had only discovered it after observing it from close range now.

Just as the Heavenly Dao, Earth Dao, and Human Dao had each nurtured their own Sages of the Great Dao, this Death River, formed from the souls and resentment of the entire Primordial Continent, had also reached a certain stage and nurtured a saint belonging to its Great Dao of the Laws of Death!

However, it had only just been born and was not yet a true saint.

Moreover, the Netherworld was, at its root, still Goddess Houtu's territory.

Therefore, this Death Spirit Fetus had not dared to act too recklessly. It had been carefully concealing its aura and whereabouts all along.

But becoming a saint was bound to cause quite a commotion.

Sure enough, the disturbance in the Death River had alerted Goddess Houtu.

And because she could not make sense of it herself, she had specifically sent an incarnation to invite Taiyi the Supreme to the Underworld.

After Taiyi explained the Death Spirit Fetus's origins and history one by one, Goddess Houtu finally came to a belated realization.

"No wonder I've felt so unsettled lately. It turns out that a Great Dao holy spirit has been sleeping soundly beneath my bed."

Goddess Houtu's expression