The Underworld's methods were uncanny, originating from the Burial Scholar system, which had been devised by the Dark Dao Ancestor of old and shared countless threads of connection with the source of the uncanny.
One could say that the Underworld of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths was a branch of the Ancient Underworld. It commanded various ominous curses and had inherited both its strengths and its flaws.
Compared with the infighting in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths and the Immortal Realm, the Dark Faction was united to an unbelievable degree.
That unity stemmed from a strict hierarchy and the supremacy of bloodlines, an almost insurmountable class system that granted absolute power over life and death.
The Dao-Attainers throughout history had all possessed iron backbones. They dared to challenge Wu Shi and resist Emperor Zun, each believing that only they were supreme and refusing to bow to anyone.
Yet the Corpse Emperor had nearly been frightened out of his wits upon hearing the Netherworld Emperor's name, proving the terror of the Reincarnation Seal. When the Underworld's Yin soldiers and Yin Generals saw Duan De, they became like puppets, obeying his commands alone. The black-robed god-demon inside the Bronze Coffin bowed incessantly, trembling like a minister prostrating himself before an emperor.
"The Netherworld Emperor truly is extraordinary."
Lin Xian sighed softly. Even he was this astonished, let alone the others. The Great Saints of the myriad races erupted into an uproar, and everyone began trembling with fear.
They had thought a Quasi-Emperor from the Heavenly Court or the Buddhist Sect had arrived, but now it seemed that an ancient relic of the Underworld had emerged instead.
The dread inspired by the name of the Underworld rivaled that of the Life Restricted Areas, and it even accompanied them when they ventured