The Heavenly Emperor of Chu

Chapter 229 Conquering the Underworld
"Fellow Daoist Emperor Tai, what do you mean by walking slowly?" Duan De was taken aback, not understanding the meaning behind Emperor Tai's words.

"I mean your path to immortality in the mortal world is too slow. At your current pace, it might take another one or two million years to achieve the status of an immortal in the mortal world." The Thai Emperor shook his head.

Although Duan De's path was relatively safe, each awakening required a significant amount of time. Coupled with occasional setbacks, this made his journey increasingly difficult.

Even though he has now formed the Six Paths of Reincarnation Seal and seems to be close to becoming a mortal immortal, each of his awakenings takes hundreds of thousands of years, and even if everything goes smoothly, it will still take one or two million years.

"Fellow Daoist Taihuang, it is already quite difficult to walk the path of immortality in the mortal world, how dare we ask for more?" Duan De said with a wry smile.

Throughout history, among so many who have sought enlightenment, how many have truly been confident of becoming immortals in the mortal world? Most perished during the transformation process. Although Duan De felt his progress was a bit slow, his advantage lay in his steady approach; he would eventually succeed.

Therefore, although Duan De felt that he was progressing relatively slowly, he did not take it too seriously. In any case, he would eventually become a mortal immortal, so why rush it?

"Fellow Daoist Mingzun, you are mistaken. The sooner you achieve the status of a Mortal Immortal, the more composed you will be when facing great changes in the future."

The King of Thailand sighed softly. He could see that Duan De didn't take it seriously, so he decided to urge him on.

Although the Heavenly Emperor has already wiped out the Ultimate Ancient Land, judging from our last conversation, there are still many shady dealings there, and the Heavenly Emperor is investigating some things.

To be able to play hide-and-seek with the quasi-Immortal Emperor Taiyi, one must at least be at the quasi-Immortal Emperor level, no matter how weak one is. There might even be higher-level beings interfering.

Currently, apart from the Supreme Heavenly Emperor, who is a quasi-Immortal Emperor, the strongest being among all beings in the world, the Ten-Crown King and the Double-Pupiled One, is only a Supreme Immortal King, still some time away from becoming a Quasi-Immortal Emperor.

Once the Heavenly Emperor is bogged down, the Mysterious Clan will be uncontrollable. If they send out even a quasi-Immortal Emperor level being, the myriad realms will likely be reduced to ashes in an instant.

This worried the Thai king. If darkness were to return, and the celestial realm were to be destroyed, the mortal world would be next. He hoped that more immortals could emerge from the mortal realm during this period to prepare for the potential crisis.

This is also why he started urging Duan De to complete the Path of Immortal Cultivation as soon as possible. If an Immortal Cultivation progresses smoothly, becoming an Immortal King is a piece of cake, and there is even a high probability that they will become a Quasi-Immortal Emperor. They will definitely be able to play a huge role in the future.

On the other hand, Duan De was completely confused. Although he did not understand the deeper meaning of the Thai King's words, he still understood the implied meaning.

"Fellow Daoist Taihuang, you just said that there will be a great change in the future. What exactly happened that even those who have achieved the Red Dust Immortal realm cannot protect themselves?" Duan De's expression immediately became solemn.

Originally, Duan De thought that he could rest easy after becoming a celestial empress, but today, the Thai king's invitation revealed a corner of the truth. Duan De felt that boundless darkness was rising from an unknown place and was about to devour the heavens.

Moreover, judging from the King's words, merely achieving the status of a mortal immortal is not enough; one must accelerate the pace of progress.

Duan De had also suspected that the Thai King was exaggerating, but after thinking about it, he felt that the Thai King had no reason to deceive him.

"Don't even mention the Immortals of the Mortal Realm. Even beings at the level of Immortal Kings are nothing more than ants in such a terrifying battle. Their life and death are not in their own hands."

"As for what exactly happened, it's too early to tell you now. You only need to know that on that distant shore, there are people waging war for the heavens. Their greatness is beyond the limits of human comprehension. A single oversight on their part can cause the heavens to perish and all paths to cease to exist."

The Thai king did not choose to tell Duan De the whole truth. He has not yet attained the Dao of the Mortal Realm, so knowing too much would not be of much use to him.

All he needs to know now is that a major crisis may occur in the future, and that he needs to accelerate the process of nine reincarnations in order to cope with the great changes to come.

"Even Celestial Kings can't protect themselves? They're fighting on the other side of the heavens? A single oversight could destroy all the heavens?"

Duan De's mood grew increasingly heavy, even the joy of achieving the highest Dao level was somewhat diminished. He didn't know what level of being could decide the fate of the entire universe with a single thought.

If the situation is truly as the Thai King says, then the safety of all the heavens and the myriad realms now rests entirely on "them"—their prosperity is theirs, and their loss is their loss.

If any unexpected event occurs ahead, it will be a great disaster for all the heavens and myriad worlds.

"Alright, you don't need to worry too much. This is all just my speculation. It may not actually happen. Maybe they'll go even further and completely eradicate the trouble," the Thai King comforted him.

There are many possibilities for the future. Perhaps the Heavenly Emperor and his allies will be able to end everything and completely eradicate the strange race.

After all, judging from the current situation, although there are some problems above the heavens, they are still within the control of the Desolate Heaven Emperor.

After Taiyi Tiandi achieved Quasi-Immortal Emperor status, he had already pacified the Ultimate Ancient Land. According to him, there are still some small cockroaches remaining, but they pose no threat to Taiyi Tiandi.

On the contrary, the little cockroaches in the Ultimate Ancient Land are now afraid that the Heavenly Emperor will find any clues.

The situation is unlikely to change drastically in the short term, and these future immortals of the mortal world still have a long period of good days ahead of them.

Regardless, the Thai King still hopes that more celestial beings can emerge from the mundane world, so that if problems arise in the future, there will be sufficient strength to deal with them. Without a sufficient sense of crisis, even the greatest talent will gradually fade away in the mundane passage of time.

This is not the situation that the Thai Emperor wanted to see, which is why he left the Thai King to oversee the construction.

Duan De then spoke with the Thai King for a long time, mostly asking questions and receiving answers. Several days later, Duan De finally rose to take his leave, departing from the Immortal Mountain with a heavy expression.

Although the Thai king did not tell him the key information, Duan De still learned a lot of information through indirect means.

As it stands, the Heavenly Emperor Tai and the Divine Emperor are no longer in the mortal realm, leaving only the Emperor Tai to oversee the mortal world. At the same time, in accordance with the Heavenly Emperor's instructions, he is trying his best to cultivate some promising talents to prepare for the future.

The revival of heaven and earth and the emergence of countless talents over the past hundreds of thousands of years are the work of that Taiyi Heavenly Emperor, who aimed to cultivate a number of high-quality Daoists.

"We can't worry about that now. We should start researching the reincarnation method to see if we can speed up the awakening of consciousness."

For Duan De, the most difficult step in the Reincarnation Method was to revive from the dead silence and restore his primordial spirit.

As for what comes next, whether one achieves the highest level of enlightenment or attains enlightenment through other means, it won't be a big problem; one can simply proceed step by step.

If one can awaken earlier, then one can naturally accelerate the pace of becoming a mortal immortal and gain more time.

However, before researching how to shorten the recovery time of the primordial spirit, Duan De still needs to go to the underworld to capture the Tongtian Mingbao and the Source God and Source Ghost who betrayed him in the past, to assist his research.

In the mythological era, Duan De once used the identity of the Underworld Lord to forge a supreme treasure wheel as his proof of enlightenment.

Subsequently, relying on his mastery of source techniques, he pushed the Tongtian Mingbao to a new peak, giving it self-awareness and the possibility of autonomous evolution.

The Source God and Source Demon were also the results of his research in the past, mainly to collect Sources for himself and prepare for the next life.

But he never expected that after he buried himself at the end of the mythological era, the Tongtian Mingbao would bewitch the source god and the source ghost, causing it to break free from his control.

They then searched for his whereabouts repeatedly, intending to eliminate him and establish complete independence. Even with Duan De's good temper, he could not tolerate this.

Although he had awakened once in the ancient era, there were too many supreme beings from forbidden zones lying dormant in the underworld at that time, making it impossible to know where to start. After much consideration, he finally chose to give up.

Things were completely different in the ancient era. After several cleansings, the underworld had suffered heavy losses and there were not many supreme beings left.

Duan De had the chance to deal with them last time, but because of the Emperor's matter, he didn't have the mind to do so, so he let them go.

And now they come in handy. He is currently at his peak and has a natural advantage over the Heavenly Nether Treasure and the Origin God and Origin Ghost, so Duan De naturally cannot let them go.

"Did you really think that by hiding the underworld, I wouldn't be able to find you?" Duan De muttered to himself.

During his tribulation, he sensed a familiar aura that seemed poised to attack him, but it quickly subsided and led the Underworld to disappear completely into the depths of the starry sky.

However, all of this was in vain for Duan De. As the creator of the Underworld and the master of the Heavenly Treasure and the Source God and Source Ghost, as long as they were still in the human world, they could not escape his senses.

Even without the incident with the Thai king, he was prepared to capture the Heavenly Nether Treasure and the Source God and Source Ghost and regain control.

boom!
The next moment, a magnificent golden road unfolded beneath Duan De's feet, and the boundless imperial might of the Supreme Dao followed the road, disappearing straight into the depths of the starry sky.

An awe-inspiring killing intent soared into the sky, instantly spreading throughout the entire universe and weighing heavily on the hearts of all living beings.

Duan De made no attempt to conceal his true intentions, carrying an overwhelming killing intent, as he sought to settle old scores.

Such a massive commotion naturally awakened countless people, who all looked towards the majestic imperial figure in the sea of ​​stars, utterly shocked.

"Hiss! What terrifying killing intent! Even across vast distances of time and space, it makes my body feel waves of pain, almost like it's about to collapse."

A peerless expert looked at the Emperor's shadow deep in the universe and immediately felt a deadly killing intent coming towards him, causing him to feel a stinging pain in his body.

"The Source Emperor has just attained enlightenment. Judging from his appearance, it seems he's going to settle scores with some old enemies?"

(End of this chapter)