Devotion of Origin, Lord of the Netherworld

Di Jiang felt the nascent Yin-Yang Law taking shape within him. The profound Dao rhythm granted him a deeper understanding of the workings of all things.

He looked at the nascent Netherworld slowly rotating before him within a ball of Five Elements Power, absorbing and expelling energy. A bolder, more ambitious thought surged into his mind.

"Relying solely on the passive nourishment of the Five Elements Power, the evolution of the Netherworld is still too slow. Hongjun's preaching is nearing its end, and the wheels of the Heavenly Dao's grand momentum are about to accelerate. Time is running out for me."

Di Jiang's gaze was intense. He had to make the Netherworld grow faster, and he had to ensure it remained absolutely under his control!

He would share his own origin essence and integrate it into this unformed world! This action carried immense risk. His origin essence was tied to his foundation; any loss could lead to a regression in cultivation at best, or even death at worst. But the reward was equally astonishing! If successful, he would become the future Lord of the Netherworld ahead of time!

Risk and opportunity coexisted. Di Jiang was formed from Pangu's origin blood essence and bore the Heaven-Opening Merit. His bloodline shared the same origin as the Primordial World! His origin essence might just be the best catalyst for the development of this nascent Netherworld!

Di Jiang took a deep breath, mobilizing the Pangu Power settled deep within his bloodline. He then brought his fingers together like a blade and sharply pressed them onto the ancestral aperture between his eyebrows!

A Dao resonance sounded from within him. A drop of blood essence, containing unimaginable energy, carrying a wisp of his condensed Primordial Spirit's will, along with fragments of Space-Time Law, Five Elements Power, Wind, Rain, Thunder, and Lightning, and numerous other laws, slowly emerged from his brow.

This drop of blood essence was no ordinary Ancestral Witch blood essence; it was "Origin Blood Essence" infused with a sliver of Di Jiang's fundamental origin power! Its color was chaotic, and countless minute law runes flowed and extinguished on its surface, exuding an ancient, vast, and all-encompassing aura.

After forcing out this drop of Origin Blood Essence, Di Jiang's face instantly turned paler, and his aura fluctuated and declined noticeably, clearly indicating a massive depletion.

"Go!"

Di Jiang let out a low cry, forming a Dao seal with his hand, controlling the drop of Origin Blood Essence as it slowly flew towards the ball of Five Elements Power before him.

The Innate Five Directions Banner seemed to sense the origin shared with the Primordial World within this drop of blood essence. Instead of rejecting it, it actively parted a gap, allowing the Origin Blood Essence to smoothly integrate into the gray mass at the core—the nascent Netherworld!

The moment the Origin Blood Essence integrated, a deafening roar, as if the heavens and earth were being created, exploded within Di Jiang's Primordial Spirit! The previously slowly evolving nascent Netherworld, as if injected with the most potent catalyst, instantly expanded and churned violently!

The gray, extreme Yin energy surged madly, and the distinction between clarity and turbidity began to clearly differentiate within it. Di Jiang's origin essence transformed into countless infinitesimal law threads, like the world's veins, rapidly spreading to every corner of the Netherworld.

His Space-Time Law fragments began to stabilize the spatial structure of this nascent world, initiating the derivation of a unique flow of time. His Five Elements Power fragments integrated into the earth, evolving mountains and rivers, laying the material foundation. His Wind, Rain, Thunder, and Lightning law fragments, enveloped by the extreme Yin energy, transformed into the Netherworld's unique celestial phenomena and energy tides...

More importantly, Di Jiang's bloodline power, originating from Pangu, acted as the most authoritative pass, allowing this nascent Netherworld to establish a deep-level connection with the Primordial World's main world with almost no resistance!

The laws of heaven and earth in the Primordial World, as if finding a natural subsidiary plane, began to spontaneously flow into the Netherworld, filling and perfecting its rules. The process, which might have naturally taken countless eons, was now proceeding at a visible speed under the impetus of Di Jiang's origin power!

And Di Jiang's Primordial Spirit's will, along with the diffusion of his origin, spread throughout the entire Netherworld like all-pervasive mercury. He felt as if he had become this world itself! The earth was his body, the Yin energy was his breath, and the nascent law veins were his thoughts!

Refinement? There was no need for refinement at all! The moment his origin became the world's cornerstone, he was already the undisputed master of this Netherworld! An absolute authority, like an extension of his own arm, controlling everything, was naturally generated!

"It's done!" A smile of extreme exhaustion yet immense excitement appeared on Di Jiang's pale face.

The Netherworld was rapidly expanding and stabilizing. Its internal laws, due to the integration of his many law fragments, were far more complete and powerful than the purely extreme Yin and silent world in the original Heavenly Dao trajectory! The future Six Paths of Reincarnation and the Netherworld's Underworld would have a more solid foundation and infinitely greater potential!

Concurrently, through the Netherworld as an intermediary, he also felt his connection with the entire Primordial World becoming closer. It was as if he could clearly hear the gentle warmth originating from Pangu within the vast lands of the Primordial World.

"From now on, the Netherworld is me, and I am the Netherworld!"

Di Jiang slowly clenched his fist, feeling the origin within him, though weak, tightly connected to the entire newborn realm, and the threads of pure Dao rhythm that fed back as the realm grew!

"Once the time is right, I will establish the cycle of reincarnation, wield order, and for this world, renew the universe!"

Di Jiang's gaze pierced through the Pangu Divine Hall, as if seeing the future Netherworld that would govern the reincarnation of all beings and maintain order, with his figure standing at the apex of that world!