But for the Eastern Emperor, who harbored lofty aspirations and boundless ambition-
This was naturally not his best choice.
Everything had two sides. The harsher and crueler the environment, the more likely it was to temper truly powerful beings.
If he could attain the Dao Fruit of a Red Dust Immortal in a world that did not permit immortality-
Then neither his combat strength nor his potential would be remotely comparable to those of an ordinary True Immortal.
His future would be all the more limitless.
"Next, it's time to settle accounts with the Underworld!" The Eastern Emperor looked into the depths of the starry sky.
He walked out of the great hall cast from eternal blue gold, covered in supreme formation patterns, steeped in mystery, and isolated from everything.
"A pity. Aside from that fellow, the Prison-Suppressing Emperor, a few little rats have hidden themselves away!" The Eastern Emperor's icy gaze brimmed with killing intent.
He took a single step.
In an instant, he arrived in the starry sky.
He pressed out a palm, and space exploded.
A boundless expanse of nether soil, thick with sinister yin energy, appeared there.
After the Eastern Emperor attained the Dao, the Underworld had guessed that this descendant of the Sun Saint Emperor would surely seek justice for the Sun Saint Emperor lineage, and had decisively hidden itself.
But the heaven-reaching immortal treasure left behind by the Netherworld Emperor had long since departed. With only the Prison-Suppressing Emperor remaining in the Underworld, it had nowhere to hide, and he found it outright.
Even setting aside his experiences in that glimpse of the future, the blood he had inherited from the Sun Saint Emperor lineage and the Sacred Body Lineage meant that their grudges with the Underworld had long since become irreconcilable.
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