After Wu Shi, the Desolate Lord, and the others wiped out the Underworld's remaining elite forces, they followed Jun Moxiao's arrangements and returned straight to Big Dipper Star. The masterminds behind the ominous curse had been destroyed, so their objective had been achieved.
Great Emperor Wu Shi also took the Prison-Suppressing Emperor's Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon, the Prison-Suppressing Spear, intending to reforge it into another Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon. As for the cold-iron garment, Wu Shi shattered it.
Everyone returned to Jade Pool and gathered at its Immortal Lake to drink tea and discuss the Dao. Wu Shi, the Desolate Lord, the Azure Emperor, and Gai Jiuyou were all Great Emperors with plenty in common. Once they started talking, there was no end to it.
Jun Moxiao and Ye Lan listened nearby as the Great Emperors bragged, finding it quite entertaining.
"I just examined the rules within the Great Dao. The curse still exists within it. It hasn't disappeared."
The Desolate Lord had thought that killing the masterminds behind the ominous curse would make it disappear, but unexpectedly, it remained.
"Don't worry about that. The Holy Body's combat strength is too powerful. Back then, many Forbidden Zone Supremes feared a Holy Body becoming an emperor, so they also took part in cursing it."
"A curse is essentially a kind of rule and secret art. As long as your blood and vitality remain strong, it can't do anything to you. You all know that ominous afflictions generally strike Holy Bodies in their twilight years, when their vitality declines."
Hearing Jun Moxiao's explanation, the Desolate Lord understood. He had only been worried about Holy Bodies of later generations.
"You're right, young master. As for the Ominous Twilight Years that befall Source Heavenly Masters, their work primarily violates the harmony of heaven and