Hunt the Undead

"Undying Daoist was one of the masterminds behind the Dark Turmoil back then. With no Human Emperor reigning in this era, once he broke free, he would surely bring calamity upon all living beings."

"Why not simply kill him and take his Dao Fruit to nourish ourselves?"

"The Great Emperor ordered me to guard this place, so he must have had his reasons. As for what exactly they were, I cannot say. Besides, as long as I am here, he cannot escape."

"What reason could there be? Isn't it merely the path to Immortality? The Great Emperor has already dissolved into the Dao of Heaven and Earth. What meaning is there in pursuing that illusory method of attaining the Dao and becoming Immortal?"

"No, I cannot disobey..."

The two supreme divine beings spoke in hushed voices, but fragments of their conversation occasionally leaked out, leaving the members of several ultimate Daoist factions trembling with fear.

That was the most mysterious path to Immortality of the Desolate Ancient Era!!

"Very well. I was ordered by the Great Emperor to guard Saint Cliff and have never been able to leave without permission. The Great Emperor's attainments were as profound as creation itself. In his later years, he even lived out a second life without consuming an Undying Medicine. I refuse to believe that the Great Emperor would perish so easily."

"Killing that bastard Undying would be fine too. I will travel across the Big Dipper and search for traces of the Great Emperor."

That was why hunting Undying required the Wushi Bell to step in.

Even with the divine being of the Wushi Bell personally taking the lead in persuading it, the Investiture of the Gods only reluctantly agreed after fiercely debating with it for most of the day.

"Fine, I'll go