After the God Organization and the Underworld mobilized in unison, the present-day Divine Court was utterly shocked. It had never imagined that forces of such magnitude still existed in the universe.
The Divine Court promptly followed in their footsteps, trying to find the reincarnated Netherworld Emperor before the God Organization and the Underworld could, and uncover the secret of his continued existence.
At that moment, a fat Daoist on the Big Dipper was still enthusiastically digging up graves, utterly unaware that his forehead had already turned black and misfortune had arrived!
The major powers of the entire universe were searching for him, ready to give him an enormous surprise.
An old corpse, his whole body exuding an aura of decay, emerged from the deepest reaches of the Underworld. Dressed in the garb of the Mythological Era, he spoke in a voice as cold as iron, brimming with killing intent. "The Netherworld Venerable has returned!"
"As the force you founded with your own hands, how could the Underworld fail to offer its congratulations?"
Netherworld Emperor was a name later generations gave the Netherworld Venerable. It only came into circulation after the Undying Heavenly Emperor established the imperial Dao. In the Mythological Era, the title used was Heavenly Venerable, so strictly speaking, Duan De's second incarnation should have been called the Netherworld Venerable.
Later generations simply grew accustomed to calling Extreme Dao practitioners emperors, so as the name spread, Netherworld Venerable gradually became Netherworld Emperor.
Those who called Duan De's second incarnation the Netherworld Venerable were all beings from the Mythological Era. Clearly, this was an ancient corpse from that age.
Upon hearing news of the Netherworld Venerable's appearance, he had crawled out of the earth, intent on finding the Netherworld Emperor.
An emissary under his command asked, "My lord, this is