Chen Xuan dared not delay. He left the Jade Pool at once and rushed toward the Underworld!
He knew better than anyone that the Underworld was the true ballast of the Human Emperor Realm. If anything went wrong there, the consequences would be dire!
Especially now, with the Kun Clan's seven prodigies having descended three years ago, they could afford no mishaps...
Down he plunged!
Deeper and deeper!
Chen Xuan sensed Meng Ningzhi sitting cross-legged on the Three Lives Stone beside the Yellow Springs, but he had no time to greet her. He plunged onward in one breath.
At last, he reached the heart of the Six Paths Reincarnation.
Still, weighty, ancient, magnificent...
Nothing seemed amiss with the Six Paths Reincarnation itself, but a layer of oily, sinister black matter had appeared around its outermost edge and was steadily eating into it.
"Husband, you're here?"
An ethereal voice rang out, and a breathtaking figure appeared.
Nether King Acha!
His beautiful eyes blinked. He was as dazzling as ever, his long sleeves drifting around him like the lord of darkness.
But Chen Xuan keenly sensed a change in Acha!
He had lost some of his former liveliness. In its place was an air of immortality, of existing alongside heaven and earth and turning the heavens in their cycles.
Chen Xuan's heart skipped a beat!
"Acha, your aura... I've already killed Great Black Heaven. You don't need to merge so deeply with the Six Paths Reincarnation. Otherwise, it'll be all too easy to..."
Before he could finish, a slender hand covered his mouth.
"Husband, I understand all that! The situation forced my hand, which is why I contacted you the moment I could! Right now, I'm afraid only your Human Emperor Dao can remove what's clinging to the Six Paths Reincarnation!"
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