The boundless cold in the northern part of the Earth Immortal Realm kept gathering, forming one strange world after another.
A figure darted through the frigid northern wasteland. It was Old Ancestor Xuanbing. He hadn't charged into the Six Paths of Reincarnation in the Netherworld; he lacked the strength to do so.
After the Six Paths of Reincarnation had been infused with the Power of Creation from the Creation Jade Disk, they had become far more powerful. Almost no force in the outside world could destroy them. Countless restrictions were at work, further increasing their might.
The entire Netherworld had broken away from the Immortal Realm, becoming a strange existence that controlled reincarnation across the Immortal, Mortal, and Demon Three Realms. Though subject to the Celestial Court, it stood on equal footing with it. In the hearts of the people, they were Emperor Heaven and Empress Earth: one was Heaven, the other Earth. Together, they governed all under Heaven.
The Netherworld had also settled into its proper order. The Ten Kings of Hell commanded countless Underworld Soldiers, guarding the Netherworld. Empress Houtu, who had accumulated immense merit, continued to grow more substantial through the people's faith, returning to life. Though she had no physical body, she was practically the Heavenly Dao of the Netherworld and could command the power of all six paths. Almost no one could force their way into the Netherworld unless they had some other reason to do so.
Old Ancestor Xuanbing knew that he had expended too much spiritual power in the Mortal Realm. There was almost nothing in the mortal world that could restore what he had lost; he had only a few Xuanbing Fruits on him. These were rare fruits nurtured in the North Sea Eye and could replenish spiritual power. He had returned