Chapter 2589: Undying Netherworld Palace

Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang silently entered the Undying Realm.

This seemingly empty and peaceful starry sky was not as tranquil as ordinary people and the vast majority of cultivators perceived; in Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang's pupils, black and white light slowly flickered, constantly analyzing everything before him, silently bypassing one invisible causal thread after another.

"Interesting."

"Undying Ancient Emperor, your achievements in concealment and escape must certainly not be low—"

Jiang Ding murmured in his heart.

Along the way, he saw one rule after another, one causal thread after another, spread throughout the Undying Realm like a spider's web, dense and thick; every living being entering here would be instantly detected by the Undying Ancient Emperor, and as one drew closer to the center of the Undying Realm, these invisible causal threads became increasingly dense.

Finally, when Jiang Ding arrived at the core of the Undying Realm, the Ancient Realm of Netherworld, the intensity of these causal threads suddenly surged by countless times!

"Quite spectacular!"

Jiang Ding exclaimed in astonishment.

Gazing into the distance, countless causal rule threads spread throughout the ancient realm like spun silk; these were no longer mere threads, but formed into fabric!

Dense and thick, layer upon layer, impenetrable.

The entire Netherworld Ancient Realm was enclosed within a formation known as the Undying Netherworld Life-Death Immortal Array, layered upon layered, so that even rules and time could not penetrate.

It can be clearly stated that during the Nine-Character Immortal Scripture era, Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang could not infiltrate this place.

Even merely infiltrating the core region of the Undying Realm, approaching the Netherworld Ancient Realm, would result in instant detection with no chance of escape; this Undying Ancient Emperor had delved too deeply into this aspect of exploration and research, making assassination nearly impossible among peers, and death virtually unattainable.

However, now—

"Fellow Daoist, your fate is unfortunate."

"Tsk tsk—"

"I truly feel embarrassed—"

Jiang Ding spoke apologetically with his mouth, yet his pupils remained fixed on the entire Netherworld Ancient Realm; the black and white light in his eyes suddenly intensified, forming a deep, terrifying vortex, then transformed into a faintly visible black line emitting an extreme sense of danger, yet not spreading outward in the slightest.

The Great Sun Immortal-Mortal Sword Soul characteristic, the Eye That Annihilates Laws to Attain Immortality!

This is a rare treasure born in the spiritless universe, a miracle; after undergoing countless cultivations, refinements, and temperings over ninety million years, it has advanced further, achieving an existence infinitely close to the True Immortal's Eye, possessing the inconceivable trait of violating cosmic rules and creating miracles, currently supreme in the Endless Starry Sky.

This is a pair of eyes capable of efficiently analyzing the universe and heaven and earth.

"Impenetrable, infallible—"

"This, however, may not be the case, Undying Daoist."

Jiang Ding murmured.

At the instant the Eye That Annihilates Laws to Attain Immortality was fully activated, everything before him began to change.

The Netherworld Ancient Realm continuously magnified—from layered black mist formations, to the undulating earth of mountains and rivers, to an endless continent, then to mountains, rivers, lakes, flora, and fauna—then rapidly shifted to the microscopic structure of immortal-path molecules, immortal-path atoms, and spiritual particles, and finally to rule-vision, causal-vision, and grand-path-vision.

Ultimately, the essence of the immortal path gradually appeared before Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang.

At this level of immortal-path essence, the impenetrability of the Undying Netherworld Life-Death Immortal Array failed; the dense causal net, with rule-fabric layered like cloth, revealed vast gaps between them—so much so that one needed not be overly cautious; merely lifting a foot allowed one to step across without disturbing anything.

This is the high-dimensional vision of the Eight-Character Immortal Scripture!

The immortal path has reached this point; a single character's difference is like heaven and earth, like standing higher, like seeing farther, utterly unreasonable.

This gap cannot be bridged by your superior talent and foundation.

"I feel,"

"that it might be possible to launch a surprise attack and kill a forbidden-zone ancient emperor in one strike, with considerable likelihood—"

Jiang Ding muttered to himself.

He placed his hand on the sword hilt, lifted his foot, and stepped across several causal threads before him.

In an instant, heaven and earth transformed!

Countless scenes flashed by—netherworld starry sky, netherworld ancient realm barriers, one after another netherworld undying dao soldiers rushing past like swift winds, various mountains, rivers, and palaces flickering, countless spatial and rule changes, finally stabilizing and freezing here, heaven and earth once again clear and stable.

Before him, a palace of white bones, continuous and endless, vast and nearly infinite, appeared before Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang.

This is the landing place of the fallen Undying Forbidden Zone, the Undying Netherworld Palace!

The cultivation ground of the Undying Ancient Emperor!

Everything was so effortless and casual, as if visiting a neighbor's home for a chat—completely unobstructed, utterly unsurprising.

Here, emperors of the Netherworld Dao Tong came and went, busy with something.

Occasionally, an ancient emperor of the Phoenix Immortal Clan descended here, furrowed his brows, glanced around, and flew into the palace amid blazing flames.

Among the forbidden-zone ancient emperors of the Phoenix Immortal Clan, the Undying Ancient Emperor is notably powerful, respected by several other forbidden-zone ancient emperors.

However, many ancient emperors of the Phoenix Immortal Clan do not favor residing here, as the environment is unsuitable for the growth of the Phoenix Immortal Clan.

Only one branch of the Phoenix Immortal Clan, the Undying Nether Phoenix, is the master of this place.

"Is anyone here?"

"Could there be a possibility of a deceptive formation—"

Jiang Ding silently gazed toward the depths of the Undying Netherworld Palace.

One after another, heavenly dragon-like domain spirit qi long dragons roared as they converged, transformed into netherworld-system heaven-and-earth spirit qi, surged into the palace, accompanied by vast rivers of heavenly materials and earthly treasures flowing in, gradually becoming the forbidden-zone ancient emperor's provisions to drive the transformation from the Nine-Character to the Eight-Character Immortal Scripture.

Simultaneously, long-term plans for Undying Immortal Elixirs, Seven-Character Immortal Scripture, and others also began.

Preparation leads to success; lack of preparation leads to failure.

The gaze of the forbidden-zone ancient emperors is never limited to the present; they always look to the future, seeing too far—any casual move made now will, in the future, become a crucial weight influencing the endless starry sky's battlefield.

Numerous powerful beings and ancient emperors of the Phoenix Clan linger nearby in a hazy state, serving the Undying Ancient Emperor, accelerating his transformation process.

The unity within the Phoenix Immortal Clan is indeed generally better than that of the human race.

Just as now, numerous human ancient emperors remain in a neutral state, aiding no one, merely observing, arrogant and unruly, always possibly provoking the former hegemon.

This is a point mocked by all races, referring to the human race's tendency for internal strife.

In the eyes of some human powerhouses, however, it is the human race's indomitable spirit, fighting heaven and earth, where kings, lords, generals, and ministers possess no kind of racial advantage.

Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang instantly completed confirmation.

"The immortal essence is right here."

"That's correct."

"It's just the escape immortal formation, immortal techniques are extremely numerous, densely packed, like a hedgehog—"

Jiang Ding took a light breath.

This old turtle is too timid!

Clearly it's the old nest, but the attacking immortal formations and immortal techniques are only a few dozen, while the remaining thousands of immortal techniques are all escape techniques, involving causality, substitution, spatial translocation, Great Dao restoration, time reversal and rebirth, possession— and so on, nearly all-encompassing escape.

It's downright ghostly!

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