The Heavenly Emperor Divine Drum resounded throughout the universe. Its ancient battle rhythm set blood boiling. With four Emperor Weapons and three Ninth-Heaven Quasi-Emperors reinforcing it, the Phoenix Nest rallied and pushed back against Emperor Zun's Horn.
The gates of hell opened, and the Underworld's vast army charged out. There were far more than one or two Quasi-Emperor-level Yin Spirits. The Nether Soil had accumulated its reserves for a million years, gathering countless battle slaves. After every Dark Turmoil, their figures could be found.
The Restricted Area Supremes harvested the life essence of all beings, while the Underworld swept the battlefield, dragging away the remains of untold peerless experts.
Yin energy surged. The Underworld's methods were sinister and strange; countless experts of the mortal world instantly lost their flesh and blood, becoming bare bones.
"Recite the Scripture of Deliverance!"
The Cai Family's Quasi-Emperor shouted, gathering the Heavenly Court's forces and leading them in chanting Lingbao Tianzun's scripture to protect themselves. Vast yang energy swept through the river of stars, seemingly about to rush into the Nether Soil. Brilliant runes blazed like divine weapons, gathering a hundred thousand blades to slay Yama.
"Amitabha, Amitabha-"
The Victorious Fighting Buddha also invoked the Buddha's name, sheltering the living beings around him and using the Buddhist Sect's rebirth scripture to oppose these monsters that were dead yet would not fall.
The Underworld had wreaked havoc for years, and both Buddhists and Daoists possessed secret arts specifically designed to counter it. This time, however, the Underworld had emptied almost its entire nest. It had accumulated too many corpses over a million years. One wave was slain only for another to follow, an endless stream with no end in sight.
Corpses were buried in the nether tombs of the Nether Soil and refined through secret arts