Longevity: Beginning from the Great Zhou Dynasty

Chapter 665 Returning from Fengdu, Flowers Fall into Different Homes
The eighteenth level of the Ghost Prison in Fengdu.

As the imposing figure slowly raised his heavy eyelids, his gaze, which had been clouded and confused, gradually regained some clarity, reflecting all the events that had occurred in the underworld in recent years since his fall from grace.

"Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun..."

"No, it is to emulate Taiyi and pave the way ahead."

“Zhou Zhengyan…”

The Great Emperor of Fengdu, with a gaze devoid of joy or sorrow, calmly swept over the numerous ancient ghosts and demons gnawing and ravaging his body.

In an instant, many beings who could become Buddhas and Ancestors in the void universe, high above all others, froze, and then a trace of reason returned to them, and they rushed to get away.

The beings imprisoned on the eighteenth level of Fengdu were all infamous figures in the ancient and prehistoric eras. Some were born with divine power and were born with certain great Daos, while others were Dao Lords who wreaked havoc in the void and universe.

Now, after countless years of wear and tear, their cultivation has shrunk considerably, and their rationality has been almost completely swallowed up by madness. But their essence remains, and they all still possess a certain ferocity.

There are not many beings with intact reason like the Primordial Ancestral Demon and the Netherworld Ghost Saint, and most of them closely follow the Ghost Saint and rush out of the Ghost Prison.

At this moment, as the Emperor of Fengdu's gaze swept over them, many figures fell silent in fear and hurriedly tried to escape.

However, as a deep darkness surged forth from the eyes of the Emperor of Fengdu, the eternally silent and stagnant true meaning of the Great Dao of Death instantly became like an abyss, sucking in all existence.

"Ziwei! How dare you do this!"

"You old bastard from Fengdu, I...!"

"..."

The power of beings at the Dao Lord level should not be underestimated; their various venomous curses and filthy words alone stirred up chaos in the depths of the Ghost Prison.

However, faced with the supreme supernatural powers of the myriad realms below the Great Emperor of Fengdu, and the Great Black Heaven Eternal Silence Divine Light at the level of external descent, these old, weak, sick, and disabled Dao Lords were utterly powerless to struggle.

"The reason I spared your lives back then was simply because you still had a use, to fight against the ultimate power of reincarnation."

"Now that your time has come, you shall ascend to heaven after your success."

The indifferent and lofty voice echoed in the eighteenth level of the Ghost Prison. Apart from the beings that were already feeding on the body of the Emperor of Fengdu, some bystanders or those fleeing towards the outside world could not suppress their own trembling and spontaneously turned towards the eternal light of the Great Black Heaven. Like weary birds returning to their nests, they all showed expressions of fear and despair, but no matter what methods they used, it was all in vain.

The immense divine power of the Great Emperor of Beiyin in Fengdu is evident.

Immediately, his gaze turned sharply to the outside of the Ghost Prison, and everyone inside and outside the Netherworld felt a chill in their hearts as a faint celestial sound resonated in their minds.

"After comprehending the cycle of reincarnation and breaking through the profound abyss, one realizes the aversion of the Purple Extreme upon waking from the dream."

Delusional thoughts from the heavens invade the netherworld; the wrathful gaze of Fengdu shakes the nine banquet halls.

The turmoil in the netherworld will now cease; the majesty of the Great Dao cannot be altered.

With a single palm strike, he pacified the affairs of the three realms; all souls bowed in reverence to the Underworld.

Inside the Netherworld, the Western Ghost Emperor and the others breathed a sigh of relief, and obvious smiles appeared on their faces.

In contrast, the Primordial Ancestral Demon, the Netherworld Ghost Saint, and the three unfathomable figures who barely managed to break free of their cages at the last moment couldn't help but tremble.

Where the divine senses of the immortals and great immortals penetrate, one can see the inner darkness, where chaos surges.

In an instant, an ancient and weathered aura soared into the sky, stirring up the winds and clouds of both the Yin and Yang realms. At the deepest part of the eighteen levels of the Ghost Prison, the very source of reincarnation, a beam of eerie light suddenly split open. A stone bridge slowly emerged from the endless darkness. The bridge was entirely black, yet it gleamed with an ancient, luminous quality. Countless ancient runes and strange patterns were carved upon it, each line seemingly containing boundless profound truths, exuding a solemn and sacred aura.

Wherever the bridge passed, black mist surged like a tide, and the howling of ghosts and wolves shook the heavens and the earth, but it vanished without a trace as it approached the stone bridge. As the stone bridge continued to extend, a figure slowly walked from the end of the bridge, stepping through the void.

The man wore a nine-tasseled crown, beneath which lay a majestic and mysterious face, his eyes deep and unfathomable, seemingly capable of piercing through the cycles of reincarnation. He wore a netherworld imperial robe, embroidered with countless ghostly patterns of the underworld, edged with gold thread, radiating a faint glow in the darkness. The robe fluttered in the wind, its sleeves billowing, displaying unparalleled majesty.

With each step he took, the void rippled like a mirror, and the stone bridge trembled. A chilling pressure swept outwards like a surging tide. This pressure contained anger at betrayal, disdain for those who coveted it, and supreme confidence in controlling the Netherworld and pacifying the Three Realms.

In an instant, countless eyes of cultivators from the Three Realms and demons from the Nine Netherworlds focused on that figure. In everyone's mind, the same thought arose—the Great Emperor of Fengdu has returned!
Moreover, it is highly likely that he has grasped some of the profound mysteries of the Great Dao at the beginning of the void universe, and has returned with great progress in his cultivation.

And it also symbolizes that the true form of this Great Dao Lord has taken another solid step forward!
The Netherworld instantly became extremely solid, and the three thousand Dao principles became extremely active.

Zixia Daojun smiled leisurely and put away the Taiji Diagram. He then raised his hand and gestured for Luotian Daojun and Wuliang Guangming Zunwang Bodhisattva to invite them.

However, in the void, only a few traces of Dao Lord's aura remained in an instant. Dao Lord Zixia stroked his beard and smiled, nodding to himself: "Since Dao Lord Mi Luo was the first to spy on the Underworld, these two top Dao Lords will have a good fight to settle things now."

Within his mind, a deep, ancient voice echoed: "In this way, Taixu and Xihuang will have more time to make final preparations, and the fate of the Chiming Human Race's 'Divine Dynasty' will have more chances to continue."

Upon hearing Taiji Diagram's words, Daoist Zixia nodded and chuckled almost imperceptibly.

This effort was extremely risky and exhausting, and the Taoist sect expended a great deal of energy, but the results were also remarkable.

The various celestial and terrestrial positions in the Netherworld are merely a bonus; the real prize is a "Saving Lord of Suffering" who has a background in the Xuanmen sect and owns a vast universe as his own Daoist temple.

As for the Daoist Lord of Salvation's past life achievements and insights, although they are extremely valuable, they are merely a smokescreen. It would be best if one could obtain them, but if not, the Daoist Lord of Salvation can simply spend some time later recording his insights.

On the contrary, they went to great lengths to deceive the world by using the Ferry of Salvation and the Tree of Great Void as their two treasures.

However, successfully misleading the Great Sage Ziji to the Netherworld can also be considered a success.

Otherwise, once they enter the underworld, their understanding and mastery of the underworld will inevitably have a great impact on the rituals of the three religions and the breaking of Fengdu.

Zixia Daojun's gaze pierced through the void, looking towards a place of nothingness outside the Crimson Bright Great Thousand World, and he couldn't help but blink in surprise.

"Senior Brother Taixu's original body from his previous life was dismembered by those few..."

But then, from the void, the Great Void Tree burst open into three parts from a cluster of seven-colored light.

When the tree roots, heartwood, trunk, and crown were divided into three parts, a ball of clear jade light suddenly shone between Lin Xuanzhi's brows, as if the three thousand Great Daos were resounding in his Purple Mansion.

Under the distant call, before Yunxi Lingjun could react, Lin Xuanzhi directly used the "Dao" that the Taixu Wonderful Tree most craved to attract her.

Buzz!
Under the influence of the Supreme Nine Palaces Spirit Platform Pill, Lin Xuanzhi's cultivation level was barely maintained at the level of the initial formation of the primordial spirit, making his movements particularly strenuous.

However, the treatment was effective, and the roots and heartwood of the tree were the first to turn into streams of light and fly towards Lin Xuanzhi.

Just as Yunxi Lingjun was about to make a strong move after immediately stopping and stabilizing the trunk and canopy, he saw Lin Xuanzhi unleash a Nine Tribulations Undying Creation Profound Qi to meet him.

Faced with a treasure that concerns the second calamity of their family, anyone would hesitate. It was during this opportunity that Lin Xuanzhi used the Heavenly Extreme Abyss Bell to seal the two fragments of the Great Void Tree.

At this moment, Meng Taibai had barely managed to break free from Gu Zhenren's entanglement and could only change direction and exert all his strength towards the Ferry of Salvation.

However, before the attack could be completed, a majestic imperial decree was issued.

"All Ghost Emperors shall return to their positions immediately."

Meng Taibai trembled and, without the slightest hesitation, vanished into the void, heading straight for the Underworld, leaving Lin Xuanzhi utterly astonished.

The next instant, the Zhuxian Sword Formation also dissipated automatically. Su Xuanchen nodded to Gu Zhenren and then returned to the Underworld with the Hunyuan Divine Embryo and the Western Ghost Emperor's attire on Gu Zhenren's body.

This situation is quite awkward...

A newly awakened Bone Immortal and Lin Xuanzhi, who was barely maintaining his primordial spirit level, faced the incarnation of the Crimson Emperor and the original body of Yunxi Lingjun, who was at the first stage of decline.

The raft that saves the world between the two floats uncertainly in the void, its aura transcendent.

Before Bone Master could make any move, he and Lin Xuanzhi froze.

But then, crimson feathers fell like fire rain into the void, instantly imprisoning the two within a fiery heart, slowly descending towards a slender, jade-like hand.

In the dim light, Lin Xuanzhi felt as if a pair of sharp phoenix eyes were indifferently watching them.
Gu Zhenren muttered bitterly, "Fire Phoenix..."

Just then, a gentle breeze blew out from the infinite heights, instantly transforming into countless different kinds of wind breaths.

The Southern Bright Fire Emperor's Heart Lamp Technique shattered with a whoosh, and Lin Xuanzhi and the other person were clearly still in the same spot.

"Huang'er, why bother attacking a junior?"

The Crimson Emperor's avatar scoffed, thinking to himself, "I knew Shao Qing, that old Taoist priest, was watching us suspiciously."

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