# Chapter 1614: The Death of the Nether Emperor
"Forty-two years later?"
Qin Fengqing revealed an expression of anticipation. Although his younger brother Qin Mu always gave people an unreliable impression, in his heart, Qin Mu was the most reliable and trustworthy person, even more worthy of trust than their mother.
Qin Mu said that in forty-two years, the Kai Emperor would appear on the Ferry of Salvation Golden Ship, so the Kai Emperor would definitely appear!
"This existence who saved the Kai Emperor truly possesses divine abilities that are inconceivably vast..."
Qin Mu murmured: "His Dao techniques and divine powers leave me in awe as well. How can there be such a powerful existence in this world? Why would he save the Kai Emperor? And the Chaos Hall—this name seems similar to the Lingxiao Hall, Zixiao Hall, Taishang Hall, and others. Could he also be one of the young masters of Miluo Palace? If so, he should be a young master worth befriending..."
His gaze fell upon the battle in the Southern Heaven, setting aside distracting thoughts.
Below, the Nether Emperor suddenly cast a spell, bowing his head in worship toward the Fire Heavenly Venerable!
This was the Nether Emperor's most adept Netherworld divine ability, specializing in bowing to death the souls of others. Once bowed to, even those with higher cultivation than him would have their souls shattered into pieces, transforming into black soul sand!
The Fire Heavenly Venerable still stood there, steady as a mountain, receiving the Nether Emperor's bow.
The moment the Nether Emperor bowed, he suddenly sensed something amiss. Within his soul, Dao fire was burning fiercely!
This fire followed his divine ability back to him, directly igniting his soul at an extremely fast speed!
The Nether Emperor hastily activated his divine abilities to resist the Dao fire, but it was too late.
He could only throw himself into the Nether Capital Heavenly Gate, using its power to reincarnate and cycle through rebirth, hoping to extinguish the Dao fire through reincarnation.
The moment he flew out of the Nether Capital Heavenly Gate, he had already transformed from a male body into a woman. However, the Fire Heavenly Venerable's Dao fire followed him through reincarnation, continuing to burn toward his soul!
Startled, the Nether Emperor immediately reincarnated again.
His Nether Capital Heavenly Gate should more properly be called the Reincarnation Heavenly Gate. Passing through this gate once meant reincarnating once. Previously, when he had schemed against the reincarnated body of the Southern Emperor, Bai Yuqiong, each time Bai Yuqiong died, she would pass through the Nether Capital Heavenly Gate and reincarnate into another person—this was the principle at work.
Of course, the functions of the Nether Capital Heavenly Gate were not limited to these.
When the Nether Emperor himself passed through the Nether Capital Heavenly Gate, his cultivation and power after reincarnation remained intact. If it were someone else, passing through the gate would typically cause them to reincarnate as an animal or bird, losing all their cultivation and leaving them at his mercy.
The Nether Capital Heavenly Gate also had the remarkable effect of shielding against karma. This was why the Nether Emperor used the gate to evade the Dao fruit that the Fire Heavenly Venerable was burning toward his soul. However, he never imagined that the Fire Heavenly Venerable's Dao fire would invade the cycle of reincarnation itself, making it impossible to escape even through reincarnation!
He had originally thought that the Fire Heavenly Venerable's soul was very weak, that his Dao techniques couldn't train the soul, which was why he rashly bowed, attempting to bow the Fire Heavenly Venerable to death.
But the Fire Heavenly Venerable didn't die, while he himself had attracted Dao fire that invaded his soul and couldn't be shaken off.
Within the gate, he reincarnated repeatedly, cycling through rebirth countless times in an instant. The Eastern Emperor Azure Dragon could only see the Nether Emperor within the gate constantly changing forms, changing genders, changing races.
After each change, it felt as though he had become an entirely different person, with none of his former traits remaining.
This divine ability was truly inconceivable!
However, the terror on the Nether Emperor's face grew increasingly intense. He became more and more panicked.
He had pioneered the Great Dao of Reincarnation, evolving it from the Netherworld Great Dao. The Netherworld Great Dao originally had no reincarnation. In this single aspect alone, the Nether Emperor could be called exceptionally brilliant, worthy of being called an emperor.
But at the same time, limited by his own talent and wisdom, although he had pioneered the Great Dao of Reincarnation, he couldn't perfect it. It was ultimately developed and expanded by Qin Mu.
His Dao of Reincarnation could not completely isolate the Fire Heavenly Venerable's Dao fire.
He also had unique attainments in the Heavenly Nether Dao. The Nether Sea was refined using the Heavenly Nether Dao, consisting of a pure ocean of black soul sand.
Back then, the darkness of the Great Ruins was an extraordinary phenomenon formed by him activating the Nether Sea, combined with the Heavenly Nether loophole, creating the terrifying legend of not going out after dark.
But now, the Nether Sea was evaporating in large swaths, being drawn into the Nether Capital Heavenly Gate, becoming fuel for each of his reincarnations.
After he reincarnated, his soul changed, and the change in his soul used the black soul sand from the Nether Sea.
Suddenly, flames appeared in the Nether Sea—Dao fire.
The Dao fire burned out from the Reincarnation Heavenly Gate, quickly spreading across the entire Nether Sea sky, igniting the whole Nether Sea!
Dao fire also appeared on the Nether Capital Heavenly Gate, setting the gate ablaze!
Within the gate, the Nether Emperor screamed.
The Fire Heavenly Venerable stood with his hands behind his back, coldly watching him. Behind his head, the various heavens twisted into a wheel, slowly rotating.
The Eastern Emperor Azure Dragon watched this scene in terror. The newly promoted Heavenly Venerable, the Nether Emperor, couldn't even last a single move against the Fire Heavenly Venerable!
The Fire Heavenly Venerable hadn't even used any techniques, hadn't displayed any divine abilities. He merely, when the Nether Emperor used his shamanic divine ability to bow to him, let the Dao fire on his own soul burn back, and the Nether Emperor couldn't withstand it!
His Dao fire was so powerful that it could even burn black soul sand to nothing!
"His soul has no weakness!"
This terrifying thought suddenly arose in the Eastern Emperor Azure Dragon's mind: "Did the Hao Heavenly Venerable know that the Fire Heavenly Venerable's soul was this strong? If he did, then the purpose of sending us here..."
He felt a chill run down his spine.
On the Ferry of Salvation Golden Ship, Qin Mu's eyes flickered, and he said softly: "The number one sacred fire under heaven lives up to its reputation. If I were to activate the reincarnation divine ability, I might not be able to escape either. The Fire Heavenly Venerable's Dao fire is already approaching chaos, with a hint of the heat-death wind."
"I am immortal! I am the Lord of the Netherworld, the newly promoted Tu Bo! No one in this world can kill me!"
The Nether Emperor shouted. The burning Nether Sea and Nether Capital Heavenly Gate suddenly sank, crashing down into the Netherworld with a thunderous roar!
The Netherworld was now divided into two major spheres of influence. One side was the territory of the Void Heavenly Venerable, the other was the territory of the Nether Emperor. Each had countless demon gods guarding it, as solid as gold and as impenetrable as iron.
The Void Heavenly Venerable's territory had already been organized by her. She had forcibly pieced together the pieces of Netherworld continent formed from the collapse and disintegration of Tu Bo's physical body, forming the original continent of the Netherworld—vast, boundless, and infinite.
The Nether Emperor's territory was much more scattered. Countless continents floated in the Netherworld, connected by chains refined from Netherworld black iron, forming numerous rope bridges.
After Tu Bo died, the souls of the Netherworld, without Tu Bo's governance, fled in all directions. Some escaped to the mortal world, forming various ghost realms in the yang world, bringing disaster. Others defected to the Nether Emperor and the Void Heavenly Venerable, becoming ghost Dao demon gods under their command.
In the Nether Emperor's territory, there were also countless ghost Dao demon gods. In life, they were gods and demons; after death, they fell into the Netherworld. Combined with the original demon god army of the Nether Capital, they constituted one of the most powerful forces among all the heavens and myriad realms.
At this moment, countless ghost Dao demon gods and Nether Capital demon gods suddenly sensed something and looked up, seeing the burning Nether Sea ocean and Nether Capital Heavenly Gate descending from the sky.
The Nether Emperor stood within the gate, his entire body covered in blazing Dao fire. In this reincarnation, he had become a woman, and the burning Dao fire made her look like a bride in a bright red dress!
"I am the Nether Heavenly Venerable! No one can kill me!"
From within the gate, the Nether Emperor's scream came, extremely shrill: "I would rather wrong the world than let the world wrong me—"
Suddenly, the Nether Emperor within the gate bowed downward. Those ghost Dao demon gods and Nether Capital demon gods who were looking up trembled violently. Countless Nether Capital demon gods had torrents of black sand frantically gushing from their eyes, ears, noses, and mouths, their primordial spirits directly bowed to death by the Nether Emperor!
As for those ghost Dao demon gods, they had no physical bodies, only primordial spirits or souls. Bowed to by him, they directly shattered into countless black soul sand particles.
The Nether Emperor bowed repeatedly. On the Tu Bo continents below, countless demon gods had their primordial spirits disintegrate, and the black soul sand turned into rolling torrents that roared upward, flying toward the burning Nether Capital Heavenly Gate and Nether Sea.
The Nether Emperor kept bowing. On the Tu Bo continents below, those ghost Dao demon gods and Nether Capital demon gods seemed to realize that disaster was imminent and fled in all directions.
Some demon gods even directly tore open the void, intending to escape into the yang world. But the moment their bodies rose, they directly shattered into countless black sand particles that shot into the sky!
To save his own life, the Nether Emperor opened the gates of slaughter. The Netherworld had fallen into the hands of the Heavenly Court, and he had divided half of it, commanding countless mighty troops. He could be said to be one of the greatest powers of the Heavenly Court.
But now, this ghostly army was rapidly diminishing and perishing under his own massacre!
Above the Tu Bo continents, massive tornadoes of black soul sand spun wildly, rolling in and rushing into the Nether Capital Heavenly Gate, actually suppressing the Dao fire until it was extinguished!
The number of dead demon gods was truly too great. Their souls were powerful, even suppressing the Fire Heavenly Venerable's Dao fire so it couldn't rage, and even the Dao fire on the Nether Sea was suppressed.
The Nether Emperor's cultivation and power soared crazily. After Tu Bo died, he had devoured and refined the Netherworld Great Dao. Although he hadn't improved as quickly as the Void Heavenly Venerable, his cultivation and power were still increasing rapidly, far surpassing before. This was why he dared to attack the Fire Heavenly Venerable.
Now, having obtained countless black soul sand particles, his cultivation and power experienced another astonishing increase. But the Dao fire within his soul was still there. He immediately flew back and forth through the Nether Capital Heavenly Gate at incredible speed, frantically reincarnating. Each of his reincarnated bodies was ignited by the Dao fire and burned to ashes, but before the reincarnated body burned out, he always managed to escape!
Back then, the Grand Venerable Banguocuo, famous throughout Yankang, had cultivated his Dao techniques and divine abilities, counting as his disciple or grand-disciple, and was hailed as the number one escape artist of Yankang. But compared to the Grand Venerable, the Nether Emperor was truly a case of a small witch meeting a great witch.
The Nether Emperor frantically reincarnated, finally shaking off the Dao fire. He immediately cut off his connection with the Nether Sea and the Nether Capital Heavenly Gate and flew out from the gate.
He looked back. Without his activation, the Nether Sea and the Heavenly Gate burned fiercely, soon consumed by the Dao fire.
The Nether Emperor's face flushed red, and he vomited blood—whether from internal injuries or grief over his treasures was unclear.
Just then, he suddenly saw the figure of the Void Heavenly Venerable.
The Void Heavenly Venerable stood on the other half of the Netherworld. The horns on her head had become like the molten rivers of the Netherworld, winding and twisting.
This Heavenly Venerable looked up at the Southern Heaven, then suddenly rose, cutting through from the Netherworld and drilling into the Fire Heavenly Venerable's Life-and-Death Divine Treasury!
"So the Hao Heavenly Emperor's trump card was never me."
The Nether Emperor's heart turned cold, and he felt even more miserable. A mouthful of blood surged into his throat. The Hao Heavenly Venerable had only used him to test the Fire Heavenly Venerable's depth. The real trump card was the Void Heavenly Venerable, who was far more powerful than him!
The Void Heavenly Venerable would directly invade his physical body from the Fire Heavenly Venerable's Life-and-Death Divine Treasury and slay his primordial spirit!
Just as the Nether Emperor thought of this, he saw a bride in bright red clothes walking toward him.
"Chaojin, do you still remember the oath you made on the day you married me?"
The bride smiled sweetly at him: "You said you would never betray me."
"Di Yiyue!"
The Nether Emperor panicked and immediately leaped to escape. But the moment he turned around, a hand grabbed him and pulled him out of the Netherworld.
"Yin Yulang, we meet again."
In the Heavenly Nether Realm, the Nether Emperor shook off that hand and looked up to see the Heavenly Nether Empress. The Heavenly Nether Empress said coldly: "I have been waiting for you."
At the same time, Di Yiyue, dressed in a bride's bright red clothes, entered the Heavenly Nether Realm from the Netherworld.
At the same moment, the Void Heavenly Venerable killed her way into the Fire Heavenly Venerable's Life-and-Death Divine Treasury, attacking his primordial spirit!
She activated supreme demonic fire, igniting the Fire Heavenly Venerable's primordial spirit in an instant!
The Fire Heavenly Venerable seemed to have anticipated this. The heavy Dao fire wheel behind his head spun wildly, and he laughed heartily: "Dao fire refines the divine soul, indestructible great vajra! Void, you are too inexperienced! I will use your demonic fire to complete the final link that my soul cultivation cannot reach!"
Boom!
The Fire Heavenly Venerable's primordial spirit frantically devoured the Void Heavenly Venerable's demonic fire. The Void Heavenly Venerable was shocked to see that the Fire Heavenly Venerable's primordial spirit did not burn in her demonic fire but instead absorbed its power!
"I once went to see the Nether Heavenly Venerable and asked him to use demonic fire to temper my soul, but he absolutely refused, saying something about different paths not allowing for collaboration! I once wanted to marry you, not for alliance, but to obtain your demonic fire! But now..."
The Void Heavenly Venerable was about to withdraw her demonic fire when suddenly the Fire Heavenly Venerable's aura exploded, forcefully shaking her out of his body!
The Fire Heavenly Venerable raised his hand to grab her, sneering: "But now, I no longer need you!"
His palm grew larger and larger, distorting space, completely enveloping the Void Heavenly Venerable!
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The 17th-anniversary celebration of Qidian has ended, and Zhai Zhu should go home. He hasn't slept well these past few days and needs to catch up on rest when he gets home.