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270: Suppress and seal, Lord of the UnderworldUpon hearing this, Emperor Ancestor Sovereign cast his gaze toward the location of the Nether Luo Great Domain, where black-purple Nether Qi surged like clouds and mist.

His immortal sense probed forward, penetrating the thick mist; when he clearly saw the source, he felt his scalp go numb.

Densely packed, surging white skeletal insects had red threads growing from their heads that twisted and danced. They opened like cracks, revealing rows of tiny, sharp teeth inside.

They were frantically crowding into the flesh of a rotting corpse.

But the most terrifying part wasn’t that; it was that the damaged parts of this rotting corpse were actually slowly repairing themselves!

He gulped. Having now achieved the seven-colored Immortal King Physique, he could sense the aura emanating from that rotting corpse—it was the same Earthly Dao Origin aura as Yellow Sky Divine Mother.

Furthermore, the moment his immortal sense landed on the corpse, it seemed to sense something as well, and an invisible gaze seemed to stretch out and land upon him.

Cold and greedy, like a primitive human coveting meat.

“W-what is this?! A corpse... a corpse that is coming back to life!”

Emperor Ancestor Sovereign’s pupils constricted slightly. In the past Nether Luo Great Domain, these skeletal insects were merely a troublesome natural disaster, but in reality, they were indestructible existences.

And now, these skeletal insects were frantically swarming into a corpse of unknown age, and this corpse actually showed signs of impending revival!

He couldn’t understand it; even a true Immortal King wouldn’t have such a method, right?

“Lord Yin Ming, an Innate Earthly Dao Divinity who died in an ancient era,” Qin Jiang said.

It seemed Emperor Ancestor Sovereign was unaware of the rotting corpse within the Nine Luminaries Immortal King ruins.

Looking at it this way, those Nine Luminaries Immortal King ruins might truly be a projection of the past, which, after evolving over long eons under the influence of this rotting corpse, became the current Nether Luo Great Domain.

Since the rotting corpse here has emerged, what state would the Nine Luminaries Immortal King ruins on the continent be in?

He knew that power at the Immortal King level had transcended the River of Time, meaning that at any single point in time, two corpses of Lord Yin Ming could not exist.

Would it disappear? Or did only Lord Yin Ming’s corpse disappear?

“Lord Yin Ming! The legendary Dominator of the Underworld! He actually truly existed?”

Emperor Ancestor Sovereign couldn’t help but gasp, unable to imagine that a figure from legend would appear just like that.

Unlike the Ancestor King or the Yellow Sky Divine Mother, who both left behind at least some evidence of their existence,

this Lord Yin Ming was different. Since the time he first heard the name, this figure was the Lord of the Underworld, much like the Heavenly Dao itself.

That kind of description seemed far too high-end, even for an Immortal King.

Qin Jiang nodded slightly. The era in which Lord Yin Ming existed was far too ancient; even the Human Emperor, who personally lived through the Ancient Era, knew nothing of his deeds during his active period, let alone those in the current Recent Ancient Era.

“Let’s go, let’s head over and take a look.”

The two walked toward the Nether Luo Great Domain. As they entered the black-purple mist shrouding the domain, a sensation completely different from the Yellow Spirit Great Domain assailed them from all sides.

If the Yellow Spirit Great Domain gave off a heavy feeling like the earth, then this Nether Luo Great Domain gave off the eerie, profound feeling of the Underworld as described in ancient records.

Emperor Ancestor Sovereign, in particular, felt this sensation very clearly after absorbing the Earthly Dao Origin of the Yellow Sky Divine Mother.

He could even sense the intense malice surging within the surrounding black-purple currents—a greed that wanted to swallow him alive.

Before long, the two arrived at the core of the Nether Luo Great Domain, a buzzing sound ringing in their ears.

Looking ahead, they saw a tall black jade altar with a rotting corpse floating a meter above the center of the altar.

Walking up the stone steps of the altar, the jade carvings on both sides of the path were exquisite, featuring unknown exotic beasts and rare flowers recorded to have gone extinct.

By the time they reached the top of the altar, the buzzing in their ears was deafening.

Only then did they realize the source of the sound: it was the noise of the skeletal insects’ wings rubbing against flesh as they burrowed into Lord Yin Ming’s corpse.

Looking closely, although Lord Yin Ming’s corpse appeared no different from rotting flesh, it was not actually a body of flesh and blood, but a type of extremely hard material.

“Myriad Spirit Immortal Gold Mother Root? This corpse was actually forged from Immortal Gold Mother Root?”

Emperor Ancestor Sovereign spoke in disbelief. Since ancient times, there have been instances of Immortal Gold and Divine Gold manifesting as living beings; legend even says an Immortal King whose name was lost to history attained the Dao through Immortal Gold. But there had never been an Immortal Gold Mother Root taking the form of a living being.

The reason was that the Immortal Gold Mother Root is the very source of Immortal Gold veins, and it possesses a special trait called ’Source Shift’.

This meant that the Immortal Gold Mother Root would change its position following the fluctuations of the world’s source qi.

This trait implied that the Immortal Gold Mother Root was blessed by the Laws of the Heavenly Dao, and this very trait eliminated the possibility of it developing a self-aware consciousness.

“No need to be surprised. The Earthly Dao is a high-level existence corresponding to the Heavenly Dao. Even an ordinary Grandmaster of Crafting can refine a humanoid Puppet from Immortal Gold Mother Root; with the capabilities of the Earthly Dao’s physical manifestation, it is not difficult to have the Immortal Gold Mother Root manifest a body.”

Qin Jiang spoke. Although the Immortal Gold Mother Root manifested under the influence of Heavenly Dao Laws, it was ultimately born from the earth. There was nothing surprising about the Earthly Dao using it to manifest a body.

Emperor Ancestor Sovereign nodded slightly. Looking at the recovering corpse, he found it strange that after approaching the altar, the greedy sense of being peered at with malice had actually vanished.

“Then how should we deal with this corpse?”

This corpse was still in the process of reviving, much like the previous Yellow Sky Divine Mother. It was protected by Earthly Dao Laws; until it fully revived, no one could harm it in the slightest.

“Like the Yellow Sky Divine Mother, let’s seal it here first. Based on the speed of its Physical Body’s revival, it will probably take about another year,” Qin Jiang said.

The protection of the Earthly Dao was too absolute, with no blind spots. Perhaps when he truly attained the status of an Immortal King, he would have a chance to break through this layer of blockade.

But now, it was clearly impossible.

Hearing the words ’seal it,’ Emperor Ancestor Sovereign did not hesitate for a moment and directly took to the air.

Qin Jiang glanced at him, somewhat surprised.

Looking at the rotting corpse before him, he raised his hand, and a halo of platinum light spread out, encircling the entire altar.

One after another, array patterns extended from the ring toward the center, forming a cauldron-shaped pattern.

Platinum brilliance was released from the patterns, transforming into chains that wrapped around the altar, and then the entire Nether Luo Great Domain began to tremble.

As the chains tightened, black-purple currents surged from the ground beneath the altar, but they were suppressed by the platinum brilliance in the next moment.

The surging black-purple Nether Qi had nowhere to vent and poured out from beneath the platinum array patterns toward the surroundings, squeezing and cracking the ground.

Spiderweb-like cracks occasionally spewed black-purple Nether Qi, and the scope of the cracking gradually expanded, as if the entire Nether Luo Great Domain was about to completely shatter.

“Suppress.”

Qin Jiang gave a soft shout, and the platinum array patterns released a dazzling brilliance. A phantom of a giant platinum cauldron appeared, lifting the entire altar within it.

In the next instant, the giant platinum cauldron suddenly plummeted, as if the ground below did not exist.

Once the altar was completely submerged into the ground, the platinum array patterns gradually dissipated, the surrounding area stopped spewing black-purple Nether Qi, and the shattered ground slowly closed up.

Phew~~~

He let out a long breath. This Heavenly Formation was something he had improved based on ancient texts and his own power characteristics.

Although its effect was stronger, the consumption was also much greater. This single layer of Formation was more effective than the hundred-layered Heavenly Formation used to seal the Yellow Sky Divine Mother before.

Emperor Ancestor Sovereign breathed a sigh of relief and landed on the ground. “Fellow Daoist’s attainment in the Dao of Formations is already beyond my comprehension. It is truly aston—”

Before he could finish his sentence, the surrounding Nether soil suddenly vibrated. The ground beneath their feet abruptly split open, releasing a dazzling platinum brilliance.

But in the next instant, the platinum brilliance was swallowed by thick black-purple Nether Qi, and a terrifying aura surged wildly from underground toward the surface.

Qin Jiang’s expression changed drastically. “It’s the Earthly Dao! The Earthly Dao is personally taking action! Quickly, leave!”

As he spoke, he moved to pull Emperor Ancestor Sovereign away, but before he could raise his hand, a burst of black-purple flames erupted. A rotting hand, large enough for the white bone to be visible, suddenly reached out from the flames and grabbed Emperor Ancestor Sovereign in its palm.