More than eleven hundred years after Cao Yusheng successfully entered his fifth lifetime, the Underworld once again became the focus of the universe's attention, all within a mere thousand years.
That day, dazzling heavenly light suddenly flared in the deepest reaches of the long-silent Underworld Star Domain. The vast star domain trembled, and the entire Epoch Burial Pit shook with it.
Yet this black light, powerful enough to blind any Saint, did not inspire the slightest panic among the cultivators of the Underworld Star Domain. Instead, many cheered, for that heavenly light carried no malice whatsoever, only the pure essence of the netherworld.
It was their Underworld's newly born emperor!
Many powerful Netherworld Quasi-Emperors gazed toward the region where the Epoch Burial Pit lay, but they could see nothing clearly. They could only vaguely discern a tall, imposing figure emerging from an ancient coffin within the Burial Emperor Hall. Black light pierced heaven and earth, making all those Netherworld Quasi-Emperors tremble involuntarily.
"We pay our respects to the supreme emperor!"
For a time, cheers rose throughout the Underworld Star Domain like mountains roaring and seas surging. They were exhilarated, for this meant that, after the Burial Emperor, the Underworld had welcomed an entirely new emperor in this new age.
Unfortunately, this new Netherworld Emperor did not announce himself to the world as the Burial Emperor once had. His majestic will merely swept across the Underworld Star Domain before falling completely silent.
"Congratulations on your resurrection and return, Human Emperor. Your fourth lifetime is complete-a joyous achievement indeed."
Naturally, Yuangeng learned of the new emperor's emergence immediately. In truth, he had never left the Burial Emperor Hall over these years, continually expounding the Dao for this fellow traveler.
Without a doubt, the cultivator who had returned from death was the Lunar