When Yin and Yang were utterly extinguished, Mutual Extinction came to be.
[Palms joined]
Boundaries vanished in an instant. Only twilight covered heaven and earth, pale and cold, erasing every radiance little by little. The stars swiftly fell silent and died.
Everything uneven, skewed, or disorderly grew still beneath that twilight.
A faint glimmer of golden light flickered.
"Immortal Sovereign, must you truly go this far?"
"Jiang Dian, you may ascend with your entire clan and leave this world."
[A hand extended]
The golden light was brushed away.
Amid the pallor, only six points of light flickered underground, gathering into a disc. Bright blue thunderbolts surged and condensed within it, as though a newborn child were about to emerge.
[A finger pressed down]
The Sky Thunder Divine Being about to be born was gradually halted. Countless green laws wove themselves into being, stabilizing the existence of this newborn Divine Being and setting the Six Paths of Reincarnation in motion.
Reincarnation had been reopened.
The Venerated Deity's form grew clearer, resembling an azure bird whose wings could blot out the sky. Bearing the Six Paths of Reincarnation on its back, it sought to break through the boundless pale twilight. The bright blue Dharma Method gradually dimmed, and the immortal figure within it was about to disappear. This old form of Heavenly Thunder spoke, bestowing a name upon the newborn Venerated Deity. "Your name shall be Emperor Nether."
The supreme might of Abyss-Severing struck one final time, tearing an opening in the twilight and allowing the azure bird its first breath.
The Netherworld fell utterly silent. Every netherworld bailiff and underworld clerk, every wandering soul and stray ghost, sensed a new master descending here, just as when King Heng had fallen and Taojue had stolen the Dao.
Only this time, it was