Tongtian Peak ruins.
With ring after ring tugging it into motion, the Life and Death Disk, serving as the anchor point for Three Realms Return to Origin, had its spirituality fully revive. Amid violent trembling and ringing, it broke free of the Nether Dragon's clawed restraint, transformed into a black-and-white pillar of light, and shot into the sky.
At the same time, beyond the Nine Heavens, deep in the Star Sea, a towering great tree appeared. It rooted itself in the void, rippling out a deep vortex that broke through the Spirit Void Immortal Realm and descended upon the firmament of the Sky River Realm.
The Life and Death Disk charged straight upward the whole way, like the long river that had cleaved Chaos apart when heaven and earth were first opened, heading directly toward the vortex.
"The Life and Death Great Dao is not something you can lay your hands on!"
At that moment, an angry shout rang out from within the Netherworld Gate. The vast, endless Yellow Springs shot out from the Deep Netherworld, and after passing through the portal, transformed into savage Nether Dragon heads. Their dragon mouths opened, and one transparent chain after another surged wildly like thunderclaps and lightning flashes. Though released later, they arrived first, and before the Life and Death Disk could enter the vortex, they locked it firmly in place.
Amid creaking sounds, the Dark Thunder Chains drew taut. With these innate gods, the Nether Dragons, joining hands, they actually stopped the Heavenly Venerable from devouring the Life and Death Disk.
The dragon heads kept retracting toward the inside of the Netherworld Gate. Along with this motion, the Life and Death Disk, which had already nearly thrown itself into the vortex, also began to be pulled out inch by inch.
"Alas, the