Three burials, three extinctions, three lives of reincarnation.
Seated upon the imperial throne in the Netherworld, Yuangeng resembled the sovereign of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, looking down upon every change of life and death in this universe. He allowed the deathly energy from the Epoch Burial Pit to scour his flesh and primordial spirit without cease, drying up his bitter sea, exhausting his life spring, collapsing his dao palace, and cracking his immortal platform-
His aura drew ever closer to utter extinction, yet the mighty power of burial dao from the Epoch Burial Pit never paused. Yuangeng's true body was also developing the method of three burials and three extinctions, seeking new life amid death and annihilation.
Whoosh!
At a certain moment, driven by that boundless netherworld power, Yuangeng's old body finally fell into utter stillness. Yet the foremost Quasi-Emperors of the Underworld Star Domain and the Four Supreme Venerables all saw it clearly: at the Heng Emperor's brow, a more transcendent, more vast vitality was being born from the extremity of death.
Thump! Thump! Thump!
At first, that vitality seemed no more than a tiny, insignificant mote of light, but its essence was exalted to the utmost. It intertwined and transformed amid the radiance of the Netherworld, becoming a heart in the blink of an eye. Every beat shook the myriad daos.
With that heart at its core, dao blood surged, and immense vitality formed a cocoon of light on the spot. It hung directly above Yuangeng's old body, its surface burning with the eternally undying life-and-death dao flame.
Crack!
Under countless tense, expectant gazes, a long while passed before the sound of tearing cloth came from the luminous cocoon. A lustrous white hand thrust straight out of the Dao Cocoon formed from light, sharp as a