In one of the universe's darkest corners, where laws twisted and demonic qi seethed, there existed forbidden races that made all living beings tremble.
The Yama Imperial Clan was one of them.
Among the six Calamity Immortal lineages, it was a terrifying existence renowned for its uncanny ways, tyranny, and bloodlust.
At that moment, deep within the Ten Thousand Demons Eroding Abyss—the Yama Imperial Clan's central forbidden ground.
There was no light here, only eternal darkness and churning, viscous demonic qi that seemed alive.
Throughout the void, twisted resentful souls could be seen howling soundlessly.
Across the ground flowed a filthy River of the Underworld, formed from the mingling of divine and demonic blood with curses.
The air was thick with a sickening, bloody sweetness and a chill that penetrated the marrow.
An immense altar, built from countless bleached bones and pitch-black demonic stones, stood at the center of the abyss.
Its surface was inscribed with dark runes of extreme complexity, which writhed slowly as though alive.
They continuously drew in the surrounding demonic qi and the filthy power of the River of the Underworld, channeling it toward the altar's center.
Prince Yama sat cross-legged at the altar's heart.
Dark demonic qi so dense it could not be dispersed shrouded his entire body, leaving only a faint, indistinct silhouette visible.
Compared with his time inside the Myriad Dao Gate, his aura had grown far more than several times stronger.
He had already reached the very pinnacle of the Great Emperor Realm, only one final step away from the transcendent domain of a True God!
Vast Emperor’s Might mingled with pure dark origin, forming distorted force fields that continuously crushed the space around him into collapse.
Several figures stood solemnly around the altar.
Their forms varied. Some resembled desiccated corpses, all