156: Chapter 156: Venturing into the Forbidden Zone, Signing in at the Netherworld!

Since the movement in Heaven Burial Abyss in the previous chapter, a spying intent came from the depths of the darkness, carrying scrutiny and an imperceptible trace of greed, slicing through the Void Realm and landing on the newly established Heavenly Court.

This time, what it touched was no longer a vague Grand Unity aura, but a supreme will sitting in the Lingxiao Treasure Hall, coexisting with the Universe, with all Daos as its subjects.

"Hmph."

A cold snort, devoid of joy or sorrow, yet possessing the world-shaking power of creation.

Within the Lingxiao Treasure Hall, Li Xuan opened his eyes.

With just a single gaze, he followed the Karma line of the spying intent upstream, piercing through hundreds of millions of miles of time and space to strike directly at the dark core of Heaven Burial Abyss.

"Wooo—!"

A dull roar of pain, as if coming from the primordial era, echoed in the deepest part of Heaven Burial Abyss.

That Quasi-Immortal Emperor-level terrifying will seemed to have been heavily wounded, retreating frantically, no longer daring to leak out the slightest bit.

Li Xuan rose from his throne; he had given his opponent a chance, but they did not cherish it.

As the newly appointed Lord of the Heavenly Court, some threats must be eliminated at their source.

"Watch the house."

As soon as his voice fell, his figure disappeared from the Lingxiao Treasure Hall.

Stepping out, the galaxy beneath his feet seemed to be reversing.

Heaven Burial Abyss, one of the oldest and most terrifying Life Restricted Zones in the Immortal Realm, is neither a planet nor a continent, but a massive "scar" on the structure of the Universe, a bottomless, giant rift that swallows light and Laws.

Eerie dark matter dissipated from it, serving as the source of the dark turmoil.

Since ancient times, countless Immortal King giants have tried to explore its mysteries, only to fall within and become part of the abyss.

As Li Xuan's figure appeared at the edge of Heaven Burial Abyss, the entire silent Universe lit up.

He wore a simple black imperial robe, with no world-shaking phenomena around him.

His Chaos Body operated automatically; wherever he went, the dark matter that could easily erode a Golden Immortal's Dao fruit and make a Taiyi Golden Immortal wary was rapidly melted and purified without leaving a trace.

He walked slowly, step by step into that absolute darkness where even light could not escape.

"Human... you dare... to intrude into my kingdom!"

A grand and ancient will, full of the aura of decay, woke up in the deepest part of the darkness.

The voice rang out directly at the level of Laws, enough to make a common Grand Unity Golden Immortal's Primordial Spirit collapse on the spot.

Along with the voice, the darkness of the abyss began to condense, and a single eye, ten thousand times larger than a star, opened.

There was no pupil in the eye, only a patch of Chaos, a vortex filled with malice and the desire for destruction.

It stared fixedly at Li Xuan, and the majestic Quasi-Immortal Emperor pressure crushed toward Li Xuan like countless Star Domains.

This power was enough to make an Immortal King despair.

Li Xuan's footsteps did not pause for a moment; he didn't even spare it a second glance.

"Your kingdom?"

"Noisy."

Li Xuan looked up at the giant eye.

Time, space, Laws, and Dao rhymes all lost their meaning.

What did that single eye see?

It was Chaos, the birth and destruction of the Universe, a figure who was the Dominator of all things.

Before that figure, its so-called Quasi-Immortal Emperor cultivation was pitifully small.

The darkness origin it was so proud of seemed more like a joke in the face of pure Chaos Qi.

It wasn't just suppression; it was absolute crushing at the level of existence!

"Arghhh! Chaos... it's the Chaos Ancient Ancestor! No... this is impossible! Who exactly are you!"

Boundless fear flooded this dark creature.

Its massive eye snapped shut, its enormous body trembled uncontrollably in the darkness, and the Quasi-Immortal Emperor pressure that could crush the heavens vanished without a trace, replaced by the humble submission of wagging its tail for pity.

Li Xuan ignored it; killing such a creature that lingered on the brink of death in the abyss was uninteresting.

His gaze had already pierced through layers of darkness to see the true secret beneath Heaven Burial Abyss.

Continuing to descend, the scene before him changed.

This was not the material world, but a broken space of Laws, a giant ruin so magnificent it was beyond imagination.

A massive stone gate, dilapidated yet still exuding supreme majesty, stood across the path ahead.

On the gate, two ancient characters written in primordial divine script were faintly discernible—[Ghost Gate].

An Ancient Yellow Sand Road stretched into the endless distance, with countless powerful remnant souls scattered along it, moving forward numbly only to dissipate halfway, over and over again.

This was the long-dried Yellow Springs Road.

In the distance, a stone bridge broken into two stood lonely; the giant stone at the bridgehead, which should have been inscribed with "Three Lifetimes," had also shattered into several pieces.

The Naihe Bridge was broken, and the Sansheng Stone was shattered!

Towering divine halls of various styles, yet similarly half-collapsed, were scattered throughout the ruins; fragments of plaques could be seen, inscribed with names like Qinguang Hall, Chujiang Hall, and Yanluo Hall.

This place was actually the ancient Underworld that had long been destroyed in myths and legends!

To think that the entire Underworld had been smashed and sunk into this Heaven Burial Abyss.

Li Xuan's heart stirred; he felt a faint yet extremely pure Reincarnation Dao rhyme remaining at the core of these ruins.

With a flash, he appeared in the center of the ruins.

It was an even larger circular altar, a wheel that had completely stopped turning.

Six giant passages extended from the wheel toward different broken spaces; it was the legendary six paths of reincarnation disk.

In this core location symbolizing the ultimate cycle of heaven and earth's order, an unprecedented desire to sign in surged in Li Xuan's heart.

"System, sign in at this location!"

[Ding! Mythical-level sign-in location detected: [Netherworld underworld core Ruins]!]

[Signing in... Sign-in successful!]

[Congratulations to the host! Triggered a mythical-level billion-fold critical hit!]

[Congratulations to the host, you have obtained a mythical-level reward: [underworld core]!]

[Congratulations to the host, you have obtained a mythical-level reward: [Life and Death Book Fragment (Mythical)]!]

[Congratulations to the host, you have obtained a mythical-level reward: [Houtu Essence Blood] x1!]

System notification sounds.

Three unprecedentedly brilliant divine lights bloomed before Li Xuan, instantly illuminating this eternal darkness as bright as day.

The first item was a gray stone ball the size of a human head.

It looked ordinary, but the moment Li Xuan held it, he perceived the Origin Laws of a complete Underworld contained within.

Life and death judgment, punishment, and Reincarnation... By holding this ball, one has the Foundation to rebuild the Underworld and establish the order of the Netherworld!

This was the [underworld core]!

The second item was a fragment that was neither metal nor jade.

As soon as it appeared, the surrounding river of time manifested, with countless Karma lines entwined around it.

On the page, true names flickered in and out of existence, each representing the fate of a living being from birth to death.

Even with just a single fragment, the Reincarnation Karma contained within was vast and boundless.

This was the [Life and Death Book Fragment]!

And what shook Li Xuan's heart the most was the third item.

A drop of blood that was golden with a hint of yellow!

As soon as this item appeared, Li Xuan's Chaos Body resonated with it.

The broken Underworld ruins beneath his feet and the entire Heaven Burial Abyss began to tremble slightly, as if worshipping their source, their mother!

[Houtu Essence Blood]!

The essence blood of the supreme Ancestral Witch who, in legends, transformed her body into Reincarnation to complete the order of the Heavenly Dao!

"Good! Good! Good!"

Li Xuan felt a surge of heroic spirit and swallowed the [Houtu Essence Blood].

Boom!

Reincarnation Profound Truth and the Dao of the Earth's Burden exploded within Li Xuan's body.

His Chaos Body operated at high speed, absorbing this Origin power, and his understanding of life and death advanced another level.

At that moment, a mysterious connection crossed time and space through the Bloodline, transmitting back to the Heavenly Court.

A concubine resting in a palace suddenly had her Virtue-Bearing Holy Body activated; in her lower abdomen, a spark of life born from the resonance with the Houtu Essence Blood quietly condensed.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host, your twelfth child has begun to gestate! Fusing with the Houtu Dao rhyme, born as the Incarnation of the Earthly Dao, destined to be the Lord of the Netherworld in the future!]

The new child had actually arrived in such an unexpected way!

Li Xuan restrained his joy, holding the [underworld core] in one hand and the [Life and Death Book Fragment] in the other, his gaze sweeping across this dilapidated Netherworld world as a grander ambition than ever before burned in his chest.

Rebuild the Heavenly Court and manage the Heavenly Dao.

But that was not enough.

Beneath the Heavenly Dao, there should be an Earthly Dao.

If there is a Heavenly Court, there should be an Underworld!

If there are immortals and gods, there should be Reincarnation!

"The Netherworld shall be established, and Reincarnation shall restart."

Standing on the ruins of the six paths of reincarnation disk, his voice was not loud, yet it turned into a supreme decree of heaven and earth, setting a new order in this place where Laws had collapsed.

"This is the Heavenly Emperor Decree!"

The entire Heaven Burial Abyss shook.

That Quasi-Immortal Emperor-level creature cowering in the dark corner trembled incessantly; it knew that a supreme taboo transcending the old era was announcing his arrival.

And this abyss that buried the ancient Underworld was about to welcome a new master.