Now, Liu Yuanchen was the illustrious Great Emperor of Mount Tai, governing many immortal mountains of the Primordial World.
His seat of governance was on Mount Tai, and the Netherworld Passage lay right in his own backyard. Naturally, he would take this route and enter the Netherworld openly.
He immediately used the Death-Substitute Clone Divine Ability, swapping places with Divine Ability Clone No. 5, who was stationed on Mount Tai.
Mount Tai lay in the eastern Primordial World, not far from the East Sea.
It was separated from Longevity Mountain in the west by more than half the Primordial Continent.
Yet traveling by Death-Substitute Clone took only an hour.
After his true body arrived on Mount Tai, he found himself inside a magnificent palace.
He extended his Divine Sense and discovered four large characters inscribed above the gateway in the palace wall: "Eastern Peak Divine Prefecture."
Within the Divine Prefecture, cultivators of the Earth Immortal and Celestial Immortal Realms were handling administrative affairs.
Many Botanical Dao Soldiers also patrolled the surroundings.
"My clone certainly hasn't been slacking off over the years.
"This Eastern Peak Divine Prefecture really does look the part."
He transformed into a streak of escape light and reached a valley deep within the Eastern Peak, thick with gloomy yin energy.
Layer upon layer of formations guarded the valley, where the Netherworld Passage lay.
As the Great Emperor of Mount Tai, Liu Yuanchen held all of Mount Tai under his jurisdiction, so entering was naturally easy.
He took out his token, and the layers of formations immediately dispersed, revealing a passage.
Liu Yuanchen was about to enter the Netherworld through it when his heart suddenly pounded with dread, as though his body and Dao would perish in the very next breath.
Even when the immortal Dao three calamities