"Of course! The Underworld's forces never gave up searching for the Netherworld Venerable-the Netherworld Emperor!"
Recalling the memories in her mind, Li Qingyue suddenly understood.
The Netherworld Venerable had founded the Underworld and passed away in meditation in his twilight years. Everyone knew this.
Yet afterward, he had returned to the world in a way no one had imagined, living out a second life.
He had attained the Dao, called himself the Netherworld Emperor, and continued to rule the Underworld.
Many Underworld powerhouses had seen more than one Reincarnation Seal on the Netherworld Emperor's body and suspected that he had a terrifying past.
They even suspected that he had founded the path of the Reincarnation Seal himself.
In his twilight years, the Netherworld Emperor had vanished once more.
But the Underworld powerhouses of that time had wielded his imperial weapon and joined many other powerhouses to ambush and kill Emperor Venerable, who had been both his mentor and his friend, destroying the Heavenly Court.
That battle had nearly shattered more than half the starry river. It had been the most terrifying battle of gods since ancient times.
Even Emperor Venerable's Immortal Ascension Cauldron had been shattered.
Afterward, however, everyone involved had lived in dread of the Netherworld Emperor's might.
They had all feared that he would live another life and come to settle accounts with them.
The Longevity Heavenly Venerable had been so afraid that he had left the Underworld outright and entered the Primordial Ancient Mine.
The other powerhouses had also entered forbidden zones, never to emerge again.
The Underworld had fallen apart in an instant. Yet its powerhouses had nowhere to flee, so they could only fall silent, disappear from the world's sight, and hide in the shadows.
In secret, they had speculated about the Netherworld Emperor's latest