As the will of the Netherworld descended, a tide of greyish-white nether mist swept across the battlefield, draining color from everything it touched.
The first to suffer were the low-level Cultivators.
The first unfortunate Sword Cultivator at Spirit Transformation Stage, who had just condensed three-tenths of his Sword Qi, suddenly found his arm growing stiff. He looked down to see greyish-white patterns seeping beneath his skin, like decaying tree roots spreading through his flesh and blood.
“Senior Brother… save me…” He turned back in horror, only to find his voice hoarse and distorted, as if his throat was filled with ashes.
The next second, his eyeballs burst with a “pop,” and greyish-white mist surged from his eye sockets. His entire face rapidly shriveled and cracked, eventually turning into a greyish-white statue. His Natal Flying Sword also twisted bizarrely, and a blurry human face emerged on its blade, emitting a silent shriek.
— He had been “Netherized.”
With the Netherization of the first Soul Transformation Cultivator, this greyish-white anomaly spread like a plague across the battlefield.
“Retreat! Quick, retreat!” A Combined Body Realm Elder roared, waving his sleeve. Vast spiritual power transformed into a barrier, attempting to block the invading nether mist. However, the greyish-white mist, like a living entity, coiled back along the spiritual power, instantly wrapping around his arm!
“Hiss—!”
His skin instantly withered, and his flesh and blood flaked off like sand, revealing stark white bones. Even more terrifying, his Primordial Spirit was forcibly “nailed” within his Physical Body, watching helplessly as he was eroded bit by bit!
“Ah—!!!”
The shrill scream abruptly ceased.
His head exploded with a sudden burst, and the greyish-white mist condensed into a twisted “face,” which actually grinned and let out a hoarse whisper.
— A dignified Combined Body Cultivator had, in an instant, become a Netherworld Creature!
“No, no! My Demonic Qi… is being devoured?!” A Void Refining Demonic Cultivator discovered in horror that his Demonic Qi, cultivated for a thousand years, had become nourishment for the Netherworld’s will. His skin peeled off inch by inch, revealing wriggling greyish-white flesh and blood beneath, and his bones twisted and deformed, eventually turning him into a faceless “Nether Demon” with limbs broken in reverse, crawling in a bizarre posture towards his former companions.
“Kill… kill… me…” The Void Refining Demonic Cultivator squeezed out the last shred of rational plea from his throat, but the next second, his head exploded, and greyish-white tentacles erupted from his neck, coiling like venomous snakes towards the nearest living beings.
The entire battlefield was “withering” at a visible speed.
— The Talismans of Talisman Cultivators burned in the air, but the flames turned greyish-white, eventually becoming scattered ashes, which only further fueled the spread of the nether mist.
— The Formations of Formation Masters were being inversely corrupted. The Formation patterns twisted into bizarre runes, and actually began to turn against and strangle the Formation setters.
— The Physical Bodies of Body Cultivators were originally indestructible, but at this moment, their muscles melted like wax, their bones made “crack, crack” sounds, and they eventually turned into greyish-white skeletons, swaying as they stood up and joined the ranks of the Netherworld Creatures.
Most terrifying of all, the Netherized Cultivators could actually use the Divine Abilities of the beings they once were!
A Netherized Lightning Cultivator raised his hand to summon heavenly lightning, but the descending lightning transformed into greyish-white “dead lightning.” Any Cultivator struck by it instantly stiffened, shattering like a stone statue.
A Netherized Illusion Cultivator grinned, his entire face splitting into four petals, revealing countless densely packed greyish-white eyeballs inside. Anyone who met his gaze had their Divine Soul instantly pulled into an illusion, screaming madly in an endless greyish-white world until their Physical Body also underwent the anomaly.
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The Demon Abyss World trembled, as if the entire world was being “digested.”
The bodies of the fallen Demonic Cultivators, which should have been absorbed by the Demon Abyss as nourishment, were instead wriggling and reorganizing in the nether mist, eventually forming “Nether Demons” that inversely gnawed at the Origin of the Demon Abyss!
“No!” A Demon Lord knelt on the ground, watching helplessly as his Law Domain was eroded by the greyish-white. The once monstrous Demonic Qi was now as docile as a lamb, being assimilated by the nether mist bit by bit.
The high-level Cultivators maintained their Law Domains, still struggling to hold on, but they discovered in horror—
Even “death” had become a weapon of the Netherworld!
With each death in battle, the nether mist grew stronger.
With each powerful being that fell, the Netherworld’s will drew closer to reality.
This war, it seemed from the very beginning… was destined for defeat?
“Rumble—!”
From deep within the greyish-white gate, a second and third gigantic hand emerged consecutively. They were no longer pieced together from world fragments, but purely condensed from “Inverse Dao Runes”!
These gigantic hands directly grasped the Demon Abyss World, their palms splitting open with countless greyish-white eyes. Each eye was analyzing, tampering with, and devouring the Laws of the Demon Abyss!
“It’s rewriting the Heavenly Dao of the Demon Abyss!” Star Dome Old Ancestor’s voice carried an unprecedented horror.
—
“Crack—!”
Celestial Venerable Fentian’s nine blazing suns… were enveloped by white mist, gradually extinguishing!
The Green Emperor’s Jianmu Dao Domain… gradually decayed!
Grand Profound Sword Revered’s Sword Orb… shattered!
Mind Clarity Holy Monk’s Buddhist light… was dyed greyish-white!
The Primordial Demonic Formation jointly set up by the Eight Great Demon Gods… was collapsing!
The various ultimate powerful beings struggled to maintain their ultimate Dao Domains, resisting the invasion of the Netherworld’s will, falling into unprecedented despair.
Just as the greyish-white gigantic hands were about to completely tear apart the Demon Abyss Heavenly Dao—
“Boom—!”
The power of the Heavenly Dao of the entire Demon Abyss’s sky suddenly gathered.
The dark clouds were torn open by an invisible hand, and billions of black lightning bolts erupted from the depths of the Nine Netherworlds. Each lightning bolt contained the purest will of the Demon Abyss, like a sword of heavenly punishment, striking fiercely at the greyish-white gigantic hands!
“Hiss—!”
The moment the black lightning collided with the greyish-white gigantic hands, a piercing shriek erupted, as if two worlds were devouring each other! The gigantic hands, condensed from “Inverse Dao Runes,” were shattered inch by inch by the lightning, and the greyish-white eyes on their palms exploded one after another, oozing viscous grey blood.
“The Demon Abyss Heavenly Dao… retaliated!”
The Eternal Night Demon Lord suddenly looked up, dark demonic flames burning in his eyes beneath his black robe.
The wrath of the Demon Abyss’s will completely erupted at this moment!
The earth cracked open into countless abysses, and pitch-black demonic flames surged skyward like waterfalls, merging with the black lightning, transforming into “Demonic Dragons” that spanned heaven and earth, madly tearing at the greyish-white gigantic hands. These Demonic Dragons were not physical entities, but manifestations of the most primordial Demon Abyss Laws. With each bite, one could hear the silent shriek emitted by the Netherworld’s will!
“Crash—!”
The greyish-white gigantic hands began to collapse, their fragments falling like an avalanche, but were completely annihilated by the black lightning in mid-air.
However, the Netherworld’s counterattack was even more terrifying!
From deep within the greyish-white gate, a “gigantic tongue” suddenly emerged, pieced together from countless world fragments. Its tip split open, revealing a massive mouth filled with sharp teeth, and it actually bit down on several Demonic Dragons, tearing them apart by force!
“Roar—!”
The Demon Abyss Heavenly Dao let out an enraged roar, and the black lightning suddenly condensed, forming a “Spear of Heavenly Punishment” that spanned heaven and earth. The spear body was entwined with billions of demonic runes, each representing a primordial Demonic Path Law!
“Boom—!”
The Spear of Heavenly Punishment pierced through the greyish-white gigantic tongue, nailing it in the Void Realm! Grey blood splattered, each drop corroding into huge spatial crack, but the black lightning followed closely, like a persistent disease, madly eroding the main body of the Netherworld’s will along the wound!
Dao Struggle
At this moment, the battlefield was no longer a struggle between Cultivators and Netherworld Creatures, but a mutual devouring of the Heavenly Dao of two worlds!
The Demon Abyss World continuously rose, forming pitch-black “Demonic Mountains.” Primordial demonic runes appeared on the mountain surfaces, wriggling like living things, inversely analyzing the greyish-white nether mist.
The greyish-white gate, on the other hand, spewed out more Netherworld Creatures. They no longer took the form of Cultivators or Demon Gods, but were pure “Inverse Dao Forms”—some resembled twisted Law chains, others were like festering Heavenly Dao fragments, and there were even bizarre existences similar to “inverted Lightning Tribulations,” striking inversely at the Demon Abyss’s black lightning!
The shattered fragments of the greyish-white gigantic hands, broken by the black lightning, actually reassembled themselves during their descent, transforming into countless small “Netherworld Gates,” attempting to take root throughout the Demon Abyss!
“We can’t let it spread!” Celestial Venerable Fentian gritted his teeth, and the nine blazing suns rose again. Their light was slightly dimmed, but they crashed like meteors into those small Netherworld Gates!
“Attack together!”
The Green Emperor, Grand Profound Sword Revered, Mind Clarity Holy Monk, and others also went all out, fully unleashing their ultimate Dao Domains, cooperating with the Demon Abyss Heavenly Punishment to madly strangle the extension of the Netherworld’s will.
“Buzz—!”
From deep within the greyish-white gate, a bizarre hum suddenly emanated.
The next moment, millions of Netherized corpses on the battlefield, whether Cultivators, Demonic Cultivators, or the remnants of Demon Gods who had died earlier, all began to tremble violently at the same instant!
“Not good!” The Eternal Night Demon Lord’s pupils constricted, a mix of shock and anger in his voice: “It’s reclaiming the power of Netherization!”
Before he finished speaking—
“Puff! Puff! Puff!”
Countless greyish-white corpses exploded, turning into a viscous torrent of grey blood that flowed backward, converging towards the greyish-white gate! Every drop of grey blood contained the memories, cultivation, and even insights into the Great Dao of the devoured, all now becoming nourishment for the Netherworld’s will!
“Crack—!”
The Spear of Heavenly Punishment was actually corroded by the grey blood, and cracks appeared on its shaft!
True Form of the Netherworld
After absorbing the essence of millions of Cultivators, the greyish-white gate suddenly expanded. Densely packed, twisted faces appeared on the gate frame—these were the remnant souls of the devoured, now silently wailing, becoming part of the gate!
The scene inside the gate finally became clear—
It was a “graveyard” piled up from countless shattered worlds, and in the center of the graveyard, stood a “throne” intertwined from billions of greyish-white arms. Upon the throne sat a blurry figure. It had no fixed form, sometimes appearing human, sometimes like a beast, sometimes transforming into a wriggling mass of grey mist. Only its eyes, those “Netherworld Eyes” condensed from countless broken Dao Principles, coldly stared at them!
The ultimate powerful beings were greatly shaken. Just a single glance at it caused their Dao Principles and bodies to suffer terrifying Netherworld Dao invasion.
“Don’t! Don’t look at it!”
Star Dome Old Ancestor angrily warned. Before he finished speaking, his body transformed into specks of starlight, piercing through the nether mist, and he decisively chose to flee the battlefield.
The Netherworld’s will had already broken through the Demon Abyss interface channel, and blocking or sealing it was no longer a possible option.
“Escape—!”
Seeing this, Celestial Venerable Fentian followed closely. His nine shattered blazing suns exploded with a roar, turning into a sky-filling rain of fire that obscured the heavenly secrets. His figure dematerialized in the firelight, actually sacrificing 30% of his Fire Dao Origin with the “Dao of Burning Technique,” forcibly tearing open a path through the greyish-white Netherworld Domain to the Spirit Realm!
“Go!”
The Green Emperor let out a long cry, his Jianmu Dao Domain completely disintegrating. Countless withered branches twisted. This ultimate powerful being, known for his vitality, was now extracting the life force of the Jianmu, strengthening the escape path along Celestial Venerable Fentian’s Fire Dao Principles.
“Crack!”
Grand Profound Sword Revered’s Sword Orb completely shattered, and his Physical Body instantly transformed into a clear Sword Light, directly piercing through the Void Realm. Wherever it passed, even the greyish-white nether mist was temporarily cleaved open!
Mind Clarity Holy Monk’s golden body of Buddhist light was already covered in cracks. At this moment, he clasped his hands together and suddenly unleashed his full Buddhist power— “If I do not enter Hell, who will?!”
Mind Clarity Holy Monk’s golden body exploded with a roar. The bursting Buddhist blood temporarily opened up a pure land within the nether mist, buying the others the last moments for escape. At the same time, he himself transformed into a wisp of Buddhist light, following closely after the other ultimate powerful beings.
The eight Demon Gods also retreated, their movements swift and decisive.
“Eternal Night! You—” Blood Hell Demon God roared.
“Shut up!” The Eternal Night Demon Lord’s black robe surged, and he directly sacrificed his Natal Demonic Artifact, the “Eternal Gloom Bell.” With a single chime, the space-time within a ten-thousand-mile radius instantly solidified, even the greyish-white nether mist paused for a moment! But the price was—his left arm instantly turned to ash, disintegrating into dust!
“Go!”
The Bone Emperor Demon God’s ten-thousand-zhang bone dragon beneath his feet suddenly self-destructed, its dragon bones transforming into countless pale spatial anchor points, guiding the retreat for everyone; the Myriad Poison Gu Mother spat out her Natal Gu blood, corroding a highly toxic passage in the Void Realm; the Profound Fiend Demon God was even more ruthless, directly grabbing tens of thousands of low-level Demonic Cultivators, using their flesh and blood as a sacrifice to perform the Blood Escape Great Art!
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The many Cultivators from the Three Realms who survived the invasion of the Netherworld’s will all followed closely.
“Escape! Quick, escape!”
A Mahayana Formation Master’s eyes were bloodshot. He fiercely bit the tip of his tongue, spitting out a mouthful of essence blood. The blood mist condensed in the air into hundreds of blood-colored Talismans, each flickering with spatial fluctuations—these were “Blood Escape Void Talismans,” capable of instantly teleporting ten thousand miles!
“Explode!”
Hundreds of surviving Cultivators surged in frantically, but the moment the last person stepped in, that Cultivator discovered in horror—his ankle was covered in greyish-white patterns, he didn’t know when!
“No! Don’t close the gate! I haven’t—”
“Boom!”
The blood-colored portal slammed shut, cutting off the half-Netherized Cultivator at the waist! His lower body remained in the Demon Abyss, instantly turning to ash; his upper body fell into the Void Realm turbulence with the others, letting out a desperate wail.
The twelve Demon Lords jointly formed Seals. The demonic earth beneath their feet cracked open, revealing an ancient altar built of white bones, awakening the sleeping “Nine Netherworld Escape Boat”—this was the Demon Abyss’s last escape secret treasure, each activation requiring the sacrifice of ten thousand Demonic Cultivators!
“Board the boat!”
The surviving Demonic Cultivators surged towards the bone boat like a tide, but a fierce struggle erupted the moment they boarded. A Void Refining Demonic Cultivator had just taken half a step when he was pierced through the heart by a sword from a fellow disciple behind him!
“Senior Brother… why…”
“Limited spots.” That Demonic Cultivator coldly pulled back his blood-stained longsword: “If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for being too slow.”
When the bone boat ascended, the deck was already piled with corpses. And the Demonic Cultivators who failed to board the boat turned greyish-white in despair.
The moment before they escaped into the Void Realm, everyone looked back—
The existence on the greyish-white throne slowly raised its hand.
With this raise of the hand, the entire Demon Abyss began to “fade.” The pitch-black demonic earth turned pale, the boiling demonic sea solidified like a mirror, and even the bodies of the fallen Cultivators were wiped away like sand paintings by an invisible hand!
Most terrifying of all, the Heavenly Dao Laws of the Demon Abyss were being rewritten!
When the last escape light disappeared into the Void Realm crack—
“Crack.”
The existence on the greyish-white throne gently clenched its fist.
The entire Demon Abyss completely solidified.
Those Cultivators and Demonic Cultivators who couldn’t escape, regardless of their cultivation level, were all frozen in place, like insects in amber. Their expressions were forever fixed in the terror of the last moment, and their physical bodies gradually turned greyish-white, becoming part of the Netherworld.
In the turbulent passage leading to the Spirit Realm, the ultimate powerful beings who had narrowly escaped all had pale faces.
“The Demon Abyss… is gone.” The Eternal Night Demon Lord’s voice was extremely hoarse.
Everyone was silent, knowing that this was just the beginning. When the Netherworld finished digesting the Demon Abyss, its next target would be the Spirit Realm!
Behind them, the eye of the Strange Dao from within the greyish-white gate, spanning the Void Realm, was watching them… (End of Chapter)
