Abyss of the Netherworld Is Collapsing!

Seeing the crowd gathered all around him, all looking at him with fervent eyes.

The tens of thousands of years of frozen time within the Abyss of the Netherworld had long worn away the will of the immortals.

But today, Li Yan's many unusual actions had shown them hope.

Perhaps it really could work?

Purple Micro Star Lord cupped his hands and said, "Lord Li Yan, as long as you can make time flow within the Abyss of the Netherworld, whatever you need, we will give you our full cooperation."

Li Yan pointed at the Primordial Chaos Guardian Formation protecting the Heavenly Emperor's Divine Coffin.

"Open the Divine Coffin and let me come into contact with the Heavenly Emperor's corpse."

Hearing Li Yan say this, Purple Micro Star Lord and Xuan Yue War Marshal exchanged glances.

Right in front of Li Yan, they secretly communicated through voice transmission.

"Xuan Yue, do you think this man can be trusted? If he is one of White Jade Capital's people, would we not be falling right into his hands?"

Xuan Yue War Marshal kept a straight face and answered with utmost gravity, "If he were one of White Jade Capital's people, why would White Jade Capital need to capture him?"

"The condition they secretly offered me was that if I captured this man, I could exchange him for the lives of myself and one hundred thousand brothers."

"For them to offer such terms, this man must clearly pose an enormous threat to White Jade Capital."

"I was testing him just now, and his performance only strengthened my conviction. We absolutely cannot hand him over."

This war marshal clad in black armor clearly had thoughts of his own.

Li Yan was important to White Jade Capital, which meant they could not hand him over. He was surely the key to overthrowing White Jade Capital!

Those treacherous immortals of White Jade Capital wanted to capture him so desperately—did that not prove something?

After Purple Micro Star Lord and Xuan Yue War Marshal exchanged another glance, they reached a consensus.

Give it a try!

At present, they could only let this cultivator of unknown origins give it a try.

They had languished in despair for tens of thousands of years and no longer wished to continue living like walking corpses.

Purple Micro Star Lord summoned the Star-Dipper Compass, turned the Eight Trigrams at its center, and slowly removed the protection surrounding the Divine Coffin.

"The Divine Coffin is open. Please proceed, sir!"

"Sir, do not let us down!"

Amid everyone's hopes, Li Yan turned and stepped into the great hall.

Looking at the Heavenly Emperor's corpse lying inside the crystal Divine Coffin, Li Yan slowly pushed open the heavy coffin lid.

For a moment, a peculiar scent wafted out from the Divine Coffin.

Looking at the Heavenly Emperor's corpse before him, Li Yan slowly extended his hand downward.

As long as he touched the Heavenly Emperor, he could try Side Effect Suppression!

It would allow everyone in the Abyss of the Netherworld to begin cultivating and receive healing.

That way, the Old Heavenly Court could contend with White Jade Capital once more and draw the hatred away from Li Yan!

When the time came, White Jade Capital would be too occupied dealing with the Old Heavenly Court to spare attention for Li Yan.

It would be best if he could drag the Ancient Dragon clan into this as well, letting the Ancient Dragons and the Old Heavenly Court join forces, using the Abyss of the Netherworld as their base...

Let them fight for hundreds of thousands, even millions of years, and they would have more than enough time.

Then Li Yan could "brush off his sleeves when all was done, hiding his merits and fame deep away."

"Side Effect Suppression!"

The instant he spoke those words in his heart, Li Yan froze.

Hm!?

Why was there no effect? Why was there no system notification?

What was going on?

Could it be that the Heavenly Emperor could not be selected for side effect rectification?

Why was time within the Abyss of the Netherworld still frozen?

Li Yan frowned tightly, sensing that something was wrong.

Could it be that his current power was still insufficient to alter an entire minor world?

Was the Abyss of the Netherworld too vast, with too many immortals living inside it, for the side effect system to transform the entire secret realm on such a large scale?

Behind Li Yan, Purple Micro Star Lord, Xuan Yue War Marshal, and the Ancient Dragon Ao Jiao all stared at him with hopeful eyes.

They all wanted to see how Li Yan would change the Abyss of the Netherworld and restore everyone's right to cultivate.

But...

Things seemed a little awkward. The entire Abyss of the Netherworld had not changed in the slightest.

Li Yan's hand rested on the Heavenly Emperor's chest, yet nothing in the secret realm changed.

What was he supposed to do now?

He had just boasted to the heavens, yet now he could not deliver. He truly had no face to meet the immortals.

"Strange. Why is there no response?"

Beads of sweat on Li Yan's forehead rolled down past his brows and along his cheeks.

He tried for a long time, but never heard the system notification.

Gradually, Li Yan became increasingly aware that something was wrong.

"Wait, where has the Heavenly Emperor's divine soul gone?"

He suddenly realized that only the Heavenly Emperor's physical body remained in the Divine Coffin. Where had his divine soul gone?

The moment Li Yan asked that question, Purple Micro Star Lord and Xuan Yue War Marshal immediately stepped forward.

When they saw that the Heavenly Emperor's divine soul was absent from the Divine Coffin, the expressions of the two Immortal Emperors darkened to the extreme.

"Not good..."

"Someone stole the Heavenly Emperor's divine soul right under our noses."

The words of the two great emperors sent the gathered immortals into an uproar.

"How is that possible?"

"Who could possess such divine powers as to steal the Heavenly Emperor's divine soul right in front of us?"

"This... this is absurd!"

At that moment, a stellar immortal stumbled and crawled into the hall in a panic.

"This is bad!"

"The Abyss of the Netherworld... the Abyss of the Netherworld!!!"

Seeing that this subordinate could barely speak properly, Purple Micro Star Lord roared, "Speak clearly! What happened to the Abyss of the Netherworld?!"

The stellar immortal's face was as pale as paper, his eyes filled with terror.

"The Abyss of the Netherworld is collapsing! The edges of the secret realm are crumbling!"

The words struck Li Yan, standing in the middle, like a bolt of lightning.

Moon Eater Commander had previously revealed to him that the Abyss of the Netherworld would eventually cease to exist.

He had never expected that prophecy to be true. They really could make this place where the Old Heavenly Court had barely clung to life vanish into the void chaos.

Li Yan had thought the prophecy referred to Xuan Yue War Marshal's rebellion, but now it seemed there was someone else!

Of the Old Heavenly Court's four great emperors, Youdu Houtu and Longevity Siming had yet to appear.

Those two Immortal Emperors had remained unseen all this time. That was exceedingly suspicious.

Could it be... they were both traitors?

His Spiritual Sense extended outward. The edges of the Abyss of the Netherworld were collapsing, the land splitting apart as countless rocks and sands tumbled into the void chaos.

It was over.

The Abyss of the Netherworld, the greatest reliance of the immortals and Li Yan, was crumbling bit by bit.

The Heavenly Emperor's divine soul had been stolen, and that person was dismantling the Abyss of the Netherworld, forcing the immortals to jump into a pit of fire.

There were only two paths left now.

First, escape. Outside, White Jade Capital would surely have laid a net that covered heaven and earth waiting for them. Going out now was no different from stretching out their necks for the blade.

Second, slip into the chaotic void along with the Abyss of the Netherworld and be torn to powder by twisted spatial forces, their souls scattered and spirits dispersed.

Xuan Yue War Marshal clenched his fists and roared, "Even after we hid within the Abyss of the Netherworld, White Jade Capital still wants to strike us down without mercy and exterminate us completely."

"Brothers, rather than wait here for death, we might as well burn away our lifespans and fight them to the end!"

Purple Micro Star Lord gritted his teeth, considering how to deal with the collapse of the Abyss of the Netherworld.

The entire world was like a collapsing tower, sliding into the abyss of chaos.

Just then, Li Yan suddenly thought of something and flung a Divine Artifact from his hand—the Coiled Dragon Pillar!