Arc 7The Dark Purge and Return

Yuangeng and his allies defeated the dark rulers, purged darkness from the universe, and watched the survivors rebuild over vast stretches of time. After completing his fourth life and traveling through the River of Time, Yuangeng revived Cao Yusheng and confronted Netherworld Venerable as he awakened to a new life.

  • Little Phoenix returned to the Undying Heavenly Emperor, who outlined his plans to gather strength and revealed that the Old Nine Heavens remained protected by the Desolate Pagoda and hidden reserves.
  • Yuangeng broke through the Dark Heavenly Court, joined forces with the uncorrupted Emperor Venerable, and killed Dark Emperor Venerable while the White-Clothed Female Emperor and Cao Yusheng defeated other dark leaders.
  • Yuangeng and the Nine Heavens' forces killed the remaining dark beings and began extracting darkness from corrupted stars, while Cao Yusheng taught others how to disperse it.
  • Yuangeng created and sealed a dark version of himself to study the dark primordial spirit, then Cao Yusheng died peacefully as Emperor Venerable led the restoration of life across the universe.
  • After more than eighty-eight thousand years, Yuangeng completed his fourth life, received the Dao Integration Flower from Emperor Venerable, and met Emperor Bone Brother in the River of Time.
  • Yuangeng returned to the present and met the awakened Supremes, including Yun Gen, before learning about Tai Chu's work protecting Saint Spirit embryos and the Netherworld Venerable's approaching rebirth.
  • Yuangeng revived Cao Yusheng from his four perfected Reincarnation Seals, then intervened when the newly awakened Netherworld Venerable broke free of the Supremes' restraints and attacked him.
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Ch. 153The One Who Broke the Stalemate

Little Phoenix returned from annihilation by taking over the Heavenly Emperor's Eldest Son's body, and the Undying Heavenly Emperor explained the dark faction's plans for the Immortal Domain. Their discussion was interrupted when four powerful figures arrived beyond the darkness, prompting Little Phoenix to recognize a familiar sword cry.

  • Little Phoenix emerged from the Five-Colored Immortal Phoenix Hall in the Heavenly Emperor's Eldest Son's body, and the Undying Heavenly Emperor welcomed his return.
  • The Undying Heavenly Emperor told Little Phoenix that the Old Nine Heavens faction remained beyond their reach because of the Desolate Pagoda and their hidden reserves.
  • The Undying Heavenly Emperor described his plan to gather strength, seize Immortal Domain Fragments, and raise three experts to the level of Mortal World Immortals.
  • Little Phoenix learned that the Undying Heavenly Emperor had reached his sixth life on the dark red dust immortal path and that Emperor Venerable had survived in his seventh life.
  • A familiar sword cry sounded, and four towering figures appeared beyond the darkness as Little Phoenix asked whether they meant to begin the decisive battle.

Ch. 154The Final Battle Suddenly Began

Yuangeng and the four Nine Heavens leaders attacked the Dark Heavenly Court, breaking its great formation and forcing the Undying Heavenly Emperor and his allies to confront them. The final battle began as both sides summoned their strongest weapons and powers.

  • Yuangeng used the Immortal Tribulation Sword Art to strike the Dark Emperor Formation, overwhelming its formation spirit and destroying parts of the Heavenly Court.
  • The Undying Heavenly Emperor sent out the Five-Colored Heavenly Blade to clash with Yuangeng's golden greatsword, and the two weapons eventually withdrew to their masters.
  • The Undying Heavenly Emperor appeared with Wang Bo of the Chaos Body, Heavenly Venerable Lingbao, the Tyrant Body who had proven his Dao, the Dark Fourteen-Headed Fusion Monster, and other Dark Dao Provers.
  • The Undying Heavenly Emperor offered Cao Yusheng, Wan Qing, the White-Clothed Female Emperor, and Yuangeng positions in exchange for accepting darkness, but Cao Yusheng rejected him and attacked.
  • The Undying Heavenly Emperor summoned the Dark Immortal Ascension Cauldron to fight Cao Yusheng, while the Dark Heavenly Emperor and other powerful dark beings advanced toward the four leaders.

Ch. 155Searching for Emperor Venerable

Yuangeng defeated a Fourteen-Headed Fusion Monster and claimed the Dark Kunlun Immortal Bell while his companions fought dark Heavenly Emperors. He then headed deeper into the Dark Heavenly Court to find Emperor Venerable and destroy the darkness’s strongest being.

  • The Undying Heavenly Emperor swept Cao Yusheng toward the Cosmic Frontier, while Canghai and Heavenly Venerable Lingbao joined forces against Wan Qing.
  • Wang Bo challenged the White-Clothed Female Emperor, and she met him in battle beyond the heavens, leaving Yuangeng alone against a Fourteen-Headed Fusion Monster.
  • The monster attacked Yuangeng with the Dark Kunlun Immortal Bell and a fused imperial-dao strike, but the Heaven-Burying Heavenly Coffin shielded him.
  • Yuangeng annihilated the Fourteen-Headed Fusion Monster and suppressed the Dark Kunlun Immortal Bell.
  • Yuangeng entered the deepest reaches of the Heavenly Court to seek Emperor Venerable.

Ch. 156Dark Emperor Venerable

Yuangeng stormed the Dark Heavenly Court and slew more than a dozen Dark Dao Provers with immortal tribulation arrows. He reached the source of the universe’s darkness and found Emperor Venerable seated on the altar’s throne.

  • Yuangeng burned away the Dark Heavenly Court’s darkness and faced a group of Dark Dao Provers who rose from their seals to attack him.
  • Yuangeng formed a golden Heavenly Bow from immortal tribulation light and killed dark Taihuang and the other Dark Dao Provers with his arrows.
  • Yuangeng pressed through the Heavenly Court, killing more than a dozen Dark Dao Provers, including Dao Yan, Light Emperor, Qilin Emperor, God Venerable, and Longevity Heavenly Venerable.
  • Yuangeng reached the deepest recess of the Heavenly Court and used an arrow to reveal dark Order Divine Chains extending from a towering altar that served as the source of darkness.
  • Yuangeng ignored the altar’s illusions, climbed to its summit, and found Emperor Venerable seated on a throne.

Ch. 157The Desolate Heaven Emperor's Contingency!

Yuangeng confronted Dark Emperor Venerable, who revealed that he was being prepared as a vessel for the Corpse Immortal Emperor. A hidden, uncorrupted Emperor Venerable emerged and joined Yuangeng, revealing that the Desolate Heaven Emperor had planted him as a contingency to oppose the darkness.

  • Yuangeng attacked Dark Emperor Venerable, breaking his dark chains and trading blows with his cauldrons, artifacts, and manifestations.
  • Yuangeng suspected that the Corpse Immortal Emperor was using Emperor Venerable as a vessel and learned that Emperor Venerable stood at the peak of the dark hierarchy.
  • Dark Emperor Venerable admitted that he sought to become a Dark Mortal World Immortal and serve as the Corpse Immortal Emperor's vessel.
  • A second will awakened in Emperor Venerable and told Yuangeng that killing Dark Emperor Venerable would sever the world's darkness from its root.
  • The uncorrupted Emperor Venerable separated from his dark counterpart and revealed that the Desolate Heaven Emperor had secretly nurtured him as a contingency.

Ch. 158Our side played far too dirty

Yuangeng and Light Emperor Venerable joined forces against Dark Emperor Venerable after the Desolate Heaven Emperor’s contingency created a new, darkness-free personality within him. They defeated and destroyed Dark Emperor Venerable, ending his threat outside the Heavenly Court.

  • Yuangeng accepted the darkness-free Emperor Venerable as an ally after learning the Desolate Heaven Emperor had prepared his new personality.
  • Dark Emperor Venerable unleashed the Unity of the Nine Secrets, but Yuangeng and Light Emperor Venerable attacked him together and pierced his chest.
  • Light Emperor Venerable summoned Kunlun Immortal Mountain while Yuangeng struck with the Great Kun, shattering Dark Emperor Venerable’s dark mountain and throne.
  • Yuangeng and Light Emperor Venerable drove Dark Emperor Venerable out of the dark source land and destroyed the Dark Immortal Ascension Cauldron.
  • Dark Emperor Venerable fled and sacrificed Dark Beings for dozens of days and nights, but Yuangeng and Light Emperor Venerable killed him outside the Heavenly Court.
  • Yuangeng and Light Emperor Venerable annihilated Dark Emperor Venerable’s Primordial Spirit and repeatedly destroyed his body to prevent his return.

Ch. 159Slaying the Dark Emperors

Dark Emperor Venerable and Wang Bo were killed in battle, leaving the Dark side short two powerful fighters. Cao Yusheng and the Undying Heavenly Emperor continued their fierce duel until the Burial Emperor arrived and joined forces with Cao Yusheng.

  • The White-Clothed Female Emperor killed Wang Bo after his grief over Dark Emperor Venerable’s death left him open to attack.
  • The White-Clothed Female Emperor extracted a strand of chaos origin from Wang Bo’s body, destroyed the corrupted Chaos Body, and headed toward Wan Qing’s battlefield.
  • Cao Yusheng and the Undying Heavenly Emperor fought for days without either gaining the advantage, then discussed Dark Emperor Venerable’s death and their opposing natures.
  • The Burial Emperor arrived in a pitch-black Heavenly Coffin, and Cao Yusheng welcomed him and merged their Burial Dao laws.
  • Cao Yusheng and the Burial Emperor struck together with the Heavenly Nether Treasure and Heaven-Burying Heavenly Coffin, forcing the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s Five-Colored Heavenly Blade to shake under their combined assault.

Ch. 160The purge

Yuangeng and Emperor Venerable confronted the Dark Heavenly Court’s remaining Dao Provers as they fused into a single monster. Despite the fusion’s power, the two overwhelmed it, leaving the battle against the darkness nearing its end.

  • Wan Qing defeated the Dao-Proving Tyrant Body and his Azure Heaven Tyrant Bell.
  • Emperor Venerable told Yuangeng that the Desolate Heaven Emperor had created an untouched universe within his primordial spirit so he could cultivate apart from darkness.
  • Little Phoenix led more than twenty Dark Dao Provers in merging into a Dark Fusion Monster.
  • Emperor Venerable struck the forming monster with Dao Tribulation Divine Thunder while Yuangeng used Immortal Tribulation Sword Art to destroy two Dark Dao Provers.
  • Yuangeng and Emperor Venerable attacked the Dark Fusion Monster together, and it fell after only a few dozen exchanges.

Ch. 161This Was No Time for a Soft Heart

Yuangeng, Emperor Venerable, and their allies defeated the remaining Dark Dao Provers, but realized the universe was still saturated with darkness and its inhabitants had become Dark Beings. They began their campaign to cleanse the darkness, with Yuangeng wiping out all life on Gou Chen Ancient Star and drawing dark matter from the world.

  • Cao Yusheng destroyed the Undying Heavenly Blade and killed the Dark Undying Heavenly Emperor, while the White-Clothed Female Emperor and Wan Qing survived Heavenly Venerable Lingbao's self-destruction.
  • Cao Yusheng, Emperor Venerable, the White-Clothed Female Emperor, and Wan Qing discussed how darkness remained rooted in the universe and how its corrupted inhabitants could not be restored.
  • Cao Yusheng shared scriptures describing methods to disperse dark matter, and Emperor Venerable urged the others to kill every Dark Being rather than hesitate.
  • Yuangeng brought the group to Gou Chen Ancient Star, where a dark Quasi-Emperor was preparing a blood sacrifice against the Nine Heavens' side.
  • Yuangeng killed every being on Gou Chen Ancient Star, then used Cao Yusheng's scripture to draw dark matter from its inhabitants, terrain, and laws.

Ch. 162Unleashing Upheaval in the Dark Universe

Yuangeng spent eighteen years stripping the darkness from Gou Chen Ancient Star, after which Cao Yusheng resettled it with uncontaminated cultivators and mortals. Cao Yusheng then sent the Nine Heavens' returning Dao Provers to cleanse other stars, beginning a universe-wide purge of the Dark Beings.

  • Yuangeng gathered and sealed all the dark substance within Gou Chen Ancient Star after an eighteen-year examination.
  • Emperor Venerable, Cao Yusheng, Wan Qing, and the White-Clothed Female Emperor examined the concentrated darkness, which Cao Yusheng judged could contaminate a Dao Prover.
  • Cao Yusheng placed Burial Heaven Island on Gou Chen Star and spread its uncontaminated grotto-heavens and blessed lands across the dead world as new seeds.
  • Cao Yusheng summoned the rescued Dao Provers from the small Immortal Domain and taught them how to remove darkness.
  • Heavenly Venerable Daode, the two Human Emperors of Lunar Essence and Solar Essence, and the Western Emperor set out with people and resources to cleanse other contaminated stars.
  • Cao Yusheng asked Wan Qing and the others to watch for remaining dark methods and Dao Provers as the Nine Heavens' forces began their purge.

Ch. 163But a Light Upheaval!

The Nine Heavens lineage continued purging darkness from the universe, and the surviving Dark Supremes gathered at the Primordial Ancient Star to make a last stand. Yuangeng and the Light Emperor Venerable broke through their defenses, and Yuangeng ended all life on the star with a single technique.

  • The Dao Provers of the Nine Heavens slaughtered dark beings across the universe and discovered that several Dark Supremes had escaped the fall of the Dark Heavenly Court.
  • Twelve Dark Supreme-level combatants gathered behind Hangu Pass on the Primordial Ancient Star, hoping to defend their last stronghold.
  • Yuangeng and the Light Emperor Venerable arrived at Hangu Pass, where the Dark Supremes begged them to withdraw and promised to remain confined to the star.
  • The Light Emperor Venerable shattered the Dark Emperor Venerable's formation and Hangu Pass, while Yuangeng killed the Dark Annihilation Heavenly Venerable and a Great Accomplished Tyrant Body.
  • The Light Emperor Venerable blasted the Dark Kunlun Supremes into blood mist, and Yuangeng used Return to Stillness to kill every living thing on the Primordial Ancient Star.

Ch. 164A New Approach

Yuangeng collected darkness from Earth and tested a transformation method by infecting his former body, made from the Heaven-Burying Coffin, with it. The body awakened as a dark being with a powerful new primordial spirit, and Yuangeng observed its transformation.

  • Yuangeng and Emperor Venerable spent over twenty years killing Earth's dark beings and gathering its dark substance.
  • Yuangeng explained his proposed Dark Primordial Spirit Transformation Method to Emperor Venerable, then asked Cao Yusheng about the connection between the Burial Domain Method and darkness.
  • Cao Yusheng warned Yuangeng that darkness could swallow his primordial spirit, but Yuangeng decided to proceed with the experiment.
  • Yuangeng transformed the Heaven-Burying Coffin into a body resembling himself, sealed it with Burial Dao Chains, and placed a drop of his primordial spirit blood inside.
  • Yuangeng poured the collected darkness into the former body, which transformed into a dark being with an entirely new personality and an astonishingly powerful dark primordial spirit.

Ch. 165Transformation in Darkness

Yuangeng subdued the dark Primordial Spirit born from his discarded old body and confirmed that his own true self remained uninfected. With darkness’s advance broken, the group discussed the risks of dark transformation and the long work of restoring the corrupted stars, while Cao Yusheng finally allowed his exhausted body to age.

  • Dark Yuangeng unleashed the Immortal Tribulation Sword Art, but the White-Clothed Female Emperor’s Flying Immortal Art only briefly checked his attack before she was driven back.
  • Wan Qing’s Demon Emperor’s Nine Slashes clashed with dark Yuangeng’s Six-Eared Immortal Ape innate art and shattered, leaving Wan Qing shaken by the old body’s strength.
  • Yuangeng used the Burial Dao Chains to suppress and seal dark Yuangeng, then drew the cocoon into his brow as Cao Yusheng, Emperor Venerable, and the others confirmed Yuangeng was uninfected.
  • Wan Qing and the White-Clothed Female Emperor said they would wait before attempting dark transformation, while Emperor Venerable observed that cleansing and rebuilding the darkened stars would take far longer than destroying their inhabitants.
  • Cao Yusheng, relieved that darkness’s momentum had been broken, let his aging flesh decline and thanked Yuangeng for sparing him from dying in battle.

Ch. 166Ninety Thousand Years in This Realm, the Burial Emperor's Fourth Life

After Cao Yusheng died, Emperor Venerable led the Nine Heavens’ recovery from darkness while Yuangeng secluded himself to study his dark self. More than eighty-eight thousand years later, Yuangeng began transforming into his fourth life, and the Dao Provers witnessed his nirvana in the ruins of the Dark Heavenly Court.

  • Cao Yusheng died peacefully, and Wan Qing and the others held a funeral for him on Gou Chen Ancient Star.
  • Yuangeng began studying his dark self in seclusion near the ruins of the Dark Heavenly Court.
  • Emperor Venerable led the Dao Provers in cleansing the Life Origin Stars of darkness and restoring life across the universe.
  • Tianxuan Great Emperor became the first emperor of the post-darkness era, and Emperor Venerable later rebuilt the Heavenly Court.
  • More than eighty-eight thousand years after Cao Yusheng’s death, Yuangeng began his fourth-life transformation, and Emperor Venerable recognized the Burial Emperor’s nirvana.

Ch. 167The Dao Integration Flower, a Reunion

Yuangeng reunited with Emperor Venerable, Wan Qing, and the White-Clothed Female Emperor after living into his fourth life, and shared his new cultivation method with them. Before preparing to leave the era, he received the Dao Integration Flower from Emperor Venerable and saw the Desolate Heaven Emperor waiting beyond the Stone Door.

  • The Heavenly Court learned that the Burial Emperor had lived into his fourth life, and countless beings offered him their congratulations and devotion.
  • Emperor Venerable, Wan Qing, and the White-Clothed Female Emperor met Yuangeng in the ruins of the Dark Heavenly Court, where they shared Enlightenment Tea and discussed their cultivation.
  • Yuangeng gave the three visitors Jade Spirits containing his method of cultivating the Primordial Spirit, and they described their own progress toward new lives.
  • Yuangeng said he would leave before Cao Yusheng awoke, and he gave his companions his remaining Enlightenment Tea Leaves.
  • Emperor Venerable gave Yuangeng the Dao Integration Flower, and Yuangeng later saw the Desolate Heaven Emperor waiting beyond the Sick One's Stone Door.

Ch. 168Dark Immortal Emperor? Emperor Bone Brother of the Light!

Yuangeng encountered the original Dark Immortal Emperor, who introduced himself as Emperor Bone Brother and took a photograph of Yuangeng and the Stone Door. Emperor Bone Brother revealed that he had come not for Yuangeng, but for a tributary of the River of Time.

  • Yuangeng returned to the River of Time and discovered an Immortal Emperor watching from beyond the ages.
  • Yuangeng greeted the figure, who identified himself as the original self of the Dark Immortal Emperor and agreed to be called Emperor Bone Brother.
  • Emperor Bone Brother drew Yuangeng closer and used an old camera to take a photograph that captured Yuangeng, the Stone Door, and the River of Time.
  • Emperor Bone Brother gave Yuangeng the photograph and asked him to show it to him if they met again.
  • Emperor Bone Brother explained that he had come to see a tributary of the River of Time, not Yuangeng.

Ch. 169The Timeline Converges! (Arc Finale)

Emperor Bone Brother explained how his dark self had created the timeline’s divergence and revealed that Desolate and Yuangeng’s actions had stopped its resurrection. After sealing the dark remnant, Emperor Bone Brother departed to fight in the Calamity Land, and Yuangeng left the converged timeline by traveling upstream.

  • Emperor Bone Brother told Yuangeng that a contingency left by his dark self had disrupted history and created the tributary timeline.
  • Emperor Bone Brother explained that Desolate and Yuangeng’s interventions had extinguished the dark self’s resurrection and restored history’s normal course, in which the Second-Generation Heavenly Court joined Desolate’s Heavenly Court.
  • Emperor Bone Brother discussed the uncertain futures of the Netherworld Venerable and others, saying Cao Yusheng had his best chance in this timeline to become an Immortal Emperor.
  • Emperor Bone Brother drew his weakened dark remnant from the universe and sealed it inside an earthenware jar.
  • Emperor Bone Brother departed to continue fighting the Calamity Land, and Yuangeng activated the stone gate and traveled upstream along the River of Time.

Ch. 170Return

In the Strange World's Life Forbidden Zone, Fighting Saint Emperor watched Beast God and Light-Dark Supreme battle and learned more about the Supremes he hoped to surpass. As Carefree Heavenly Venerate pointed out Heng Emperor's strength, Heng Emperor's Faith Dao Body stirred and opened its eyes.

  • Beast God rang the Kunlun Immortal Bell and challenged the Life Forbidden Zone's Supremes to battle.
  • Fighting Saint Emperor and Light-Dark Supreme left their halls, and Light-Dark Supreme charged at Beast God beneath the bell.
  • Beast God and Light-Dark Supreme fought within the forbidden zone's Supreme Formation Patterns while Fighting Saint Emperor watched.
  • Carefree Heavenly Venerate encouraged Fighting Saint Emperor to keep pursuing immortality through battle and compared himself unfavorably with Heng Emperor.
  • Carefree Heavenly Venerate and Fighting Saint Emperor looked toward Heng Emperor's Faith Dao Body, which opened its eyes after more than ninety thousand years of stillness.

Ch. 171Old Friends and New Friends

Yuangeng's faith body awakened after more than ninety thousand years beneath the Sixteen-Foot Bodhi Tree, and the Supremes gathered to welcome him and introduce themselves. He reunited with old allies, met several new emperors, and ended by hearing the name of a mysterious silver-haired cultivator: Yun Gen.

  • Heng Emperor's faith body awakened, absorbed the thought power of living beings, and was strengthened by the Sixteen-Foot Bodhi Tree.
  • The awakened body released vital essence that nourished the flowers and ancient trees throughout the life forbidden zone.
  • Supremes gathered beneath the Bodhi Tree, and Yuangeng told them he had completed his fourth lifetime after more than ninety thousand years in seclusion.
  • Annihilation Heavenly Venerable and Dongfang Taiyi introduced themselves, while Yuangeng learned that Kui Emperor and Fighting Saint Emperor had also joined the gathering.
  • Yuangeng encouraged Fighting Saint Emperor to accumulate strength toward becoming a Battle Immortal, then asked the last unfamiliar emperor his name.
  • The silver-haired emperor introduced himself as Yun Gen.

Ch. 172None Walks the Immortal Dao Alone

Yuangeng learned that the Carefree Heavenly Venerate and Yun Gen had been separated into independent sovereigns, then tested the Carefree Heavenly Venerate’s strength. Yuangeng easily defeated his completed Unity of the Nine Secrets, leaving the Carefree Heavenly Venerate amazed by the Myriad Transformation Sacred Art.

  • Yun Gen introduced himself after the Two-Spirit Separation Method freed him and the Carefree Heavenly Venerate from their fused state.
  • The Carefree Heavenly Venerate explained that he and many allies had spent fifty thousand years devising the method, and Yun Gen thanked them for their help.
  • Yuangeng challenged the Carefree Heavenly Venerate to test his strength, and the surrounding Supremes stabilized the vast space between them.
  • The Carefree Heavenly Venerate revealed his Unity of the Nine Secrets and sent its immortal beam at Yuangeng.
  • Yuangeng used the Myriad Transformation Sacred Art to erase the attack and strike the Carefree Heavenly Venerate, who acknowledged Yuangeng’s overwhelming strength.

Ch. 173A hundred thousand years of change

After returning to the Shrouding the Heavens universe, Yuangeng met Tai Chu in the Divine Ruins and asked what had happened during his hundred-thousand-year absence. Tai Chu reported on the era’s sovereigns and warned that the Netherworld Venerable was close to returning to life.

  • The Divine Ruins reappeared above Origin Star, and cultivators across the universe wondered whether the Heng Emperor had survived.
  • Yuangeng absorbed the gathered celestial light, then met Tai Chu, the Saint Spirit who had endured for over a hundred thousand years.
  • Yuangeng learned that Tai Chu was in his third lifetime and had been using his power to restore the Primordial Ancient Mine.
  • Tai Chu told Yuangeng about the Kui Emperor, the Fighting Saint Emperor, and a Great Accomplished Tyrant Body who had failed to prove his Dao.
  • Tai Chu revealed that the Netherworld Venerable had formed his fourth Reincarnation Seal and was about to return to life.

Ch. 174The Saint Spirits' Reserves

Yuangeng visited Tai Chu at the Undying Mountain and saw the Immortal Tears Green Gold Saint Spirit nearing the third extremity of the Four Extremes Secret Realm. After Yuangeng advised Tai Chu to give the murderous Stone Egg a final chance as a trial for the next emperor, they set off together for the Underworld.

  • Tai Chu told Yuangeng that Netherworld Venerable's body had developed spiritual awareness with help from powerful visitors, and Yuangeng said they feared he would disappear after reviving.
  • Tai Chu brought Yuangeng to the Undying Mountain, where they found the Immortal Tears Green Gold Saint Spirit developing rapidly under Tai Chu's care.
  • Tai Chu explained that he had gathered and protected Saint Spirit embryos to prevent premature emergence and reduce their hostility toward living beings.
  • Yuangeng suggested that Tai Chu create scriptures to help interrupted Saint Spirit gestations reach perfection.
  • Tai Chu showed Yuangeng the Stone Egg whose inhabitant had a strong urge to destroy everything, and Yuangeng advised releasing him when the next emperor emerged as a final trial.
  • Tai Chu agreed to accompany Yuangeng to the flourishing Underworld.

Ch. 175The Underworld: Flourishing by the Day

Yuangeng and Tai Chu visited the flourishing Underworld, where Yuangeng met the Lunar Essence Human Emperor and learned that the Netherworld Venerable was nearing revival. Guided by the Heavenly Nether Treasure, Yuangeng headed toward the hall where Cao Yusheng would soon awaken.

  • Yuangeng and Tai Chu entered the Underworld Star Domain and saw how its branches and undead forces had grown stronger over the past hundred thousand years.
  • Yuangeng recognized the Lunar Essence Human Emperor in Rebirth Hall, and the Human Emperor explained that he had rebuilt his body and spirit and was preparing to live a new life.
  • The Heavenly Nether Treasure greeted Yuangeng, who drew it into his sleeve with the Burial Dao Chain and learned it had grown stronger while studying the path of Saint Spirits with Tai Chu.
  • The Heavenly Nether Treasure told Yuangeng that the Netherworld Venerable's fourth Reincarnation Seal had formed and that he would soon awaken into his fifth life.
  • Yuangeng followed the Heavenly Nether Treasure's guidance and vanished toward an ancient hall deeper in the Underworld.

Ch. 176Cao, wake up!

Yuangeng used the completed fourth Reincarnation Seal to awaken Cao Yusheng, whose memories from four lifetimes merged as he returned to life. Cao Yusheng woke to find himself unable to move, surrounded by Underworld Supremes inspecting him.

  • Yuangeng arrived at Cao Yusheng’s corpse-nurturing grounds and found the opened coffin guarded by six Imperial Dao Weapons and sealed formation patterns.
  • Yuangeng examined Cao Yusheng’s four perfected Reincarnation Seals and asked about the suppressed jade bowl beside him.
  • Yuangeng gathered netherworld energy, transformed it into pure life force, and struck Cao Yusheng between the brows.
  • Cao Yusheng’s four Reincarnation Seals connected, awakening memories spanning his four lifetimes as his heart began to beat.
  • Cao Yusheng opened his eyes, lamented that he had entered another lifetime, and discovered he could not move while the Supremes watched him.

Ch. 177Netherworld Venerable, Tribulation Transcendence, Yusheng

Netherworld Venerable awakened in the ancient hall and broke free of the seven weapons suppressing him, confronting Yuangeng and the former Underworld Supremes. Yuangeng overpowered him and, recognizing that he had sealed away memories of the Chaotic Ancient Era, pressed his attack to force those memories to return.

  • Netherworld Venerable recognized Carefree, Annihilation, Prison-Suppressing, Rebirth, Yama, Corpse Emperor, and the other Supremes, who demanded answers about his abandonment of the Underworld.
  • Netherworld Venerable declared that he would sever his past ties if they obstructed his immortal path, then shattered the iron coffin and the cage formed by seven Supreme Artifacts.
  • Yuangeng stepped forward to protect the weapons and invited Netherworld Venerable, whom he called Yusheng, to join him on the Burial Domain cultivation path.
  • Netherworld Venerable used Nine Secrets: Qian against Yuangeng, but Yuangeng dispelled the attack and struck him with a palm of Order Divine Chains.
  • Yuangeng realized Netherworld Venerable had sealed some memories of the Chaotic Ancient Era and attacked with the Immortal Tribulation Sword Art to break the seal.
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