Chapter 674: The Immovable Underworld King of Divine Retribution

After Garula looked Zhang Nuo over several times, he did not feel that there was any change in him compared to before. The physical body of the Chaos Insect King could be said to have seized the creation of heaven and earth; even with the help of the Beast Taming Returning to One Illusion Immortal Art, it was likely impossible to refine the Insect King's body in such a short time!

"Human Emperor, how did you do it? Even with this Venerable's cultivation, it would not be this easy to refine the Insect King's physical body."

"It is nothing much to speak of. It is just that the Spirit Beast Xuan Jin within this Emperor's body occupied the Insect King's physical body. He was originally of the same origin as the Insect King, so naturally, there would not be too much rejection!"

Zhang Nuo explained slowly. The people present all had blank expressions, but in their hearts, they were speculating that with Zhang Nuo's divine abilities, now that he had obtained the Chaos Insect King's body, his strength had likely reached a terrifying level. If he were to enter the True Immortal Realm and further advance his cultivation to the True Immortal realm, then perhaps no one in this world would be his match!

These words were only secretly speculated upon by everyone in their hearts and were not spoken aloud!

"Human Emperor, you just said you have a way to deal with the lonely souls in Wujian Diyu. What is this method? Tell us about it!"

The Yama Son of Heaven was most concerned about matters of the Underworld. As for the ownership of the Insect King's physical body, he did not take it to heart at all. Furthermore, Zhang Nuo was the primary factor in being able to slay the Insect King!

"This matter is only an idea of this Emperor's. Putting it into practice might have some difficulties! Everyone, look, what is this?"

Zhang Nuo flipped his hand gently, and a small, tender green tree grew out from his palm. This small tree was only half a foot tall, and its dripping, emerald-green color gave one a feeling of thriving vitality!

"This is the Pure Underworld Divine Tree! It has long since gone extinct in the Underworld!"

The Yama Son of Heaven, Zhuanlun Wang, and the others only glanced at the small green tree and then said calmly. The fact that Zhang Nuo possessed the Divine Tree was no longer a secret, so they were not surprised!

"Correct. To resolve the crisis of the Underworld, we must rely on this tree. However, the Divine Tree has already been refined by this Emperor into a Wood Spirit Root, so it is impossible to take it out again! We can only do it through another method. This is also why this Emperor said earlier that we need the help of Fairy Ai!"

"Since the Divine Tree has already become the fellow Daoist's spirit root, is there any other way to let the Divine Tree return to the Underworld?"

Hearing Zhang Nuo's words, Zhuanlun Wang was greatly puzzled!

"It is possible! Fairy Ai has a pool that can allow demon cultivators to mutate and grow, called the Demon Refining Pool. This Emperor has also thought a lot these past few days; perhaps we can use this method to make the Pure Underworld Divine Tree mutate, thereby reincarnating it into the Underworld!"

"It is just that the Demon Refining Pool is only useful for demon cultivators, and even if a demon is formed, it is a walking corpse, though its power is much stronger than an ordinary demon."

Ai Yuchen had a puzzled look on her face. When she heard this plan of Zhang Nuo's, her heart pounded; she felt that this approach of the Human Emperor was a bit too bold!

"What we need is only the Pure Underworld Divine Tree's ability to purify souls. As for whether it has independent consciousness, that is not important!"

Speaking indifferently, Zhang Nuo flipped his palm, and the small tree that had appeared on his palm vanished!

"Since that is the case, then this young woman will fully assist you, fellow Daoist!"

Ai Yuchen did not hesitate in the slightest and agreed directly! When Zhuanlun Wang and the others saw this, they were also very happy, but the most urgent matter was still to reinforce the seal of Wujian Diyu first, to buy some time for Zhang Nuo and Ai Yuli!

There were over a dozen Great Accomplishment Stage existences present, so reinforcing the seal was not difficult. The only thing everyone had to wait for was the action of Zhang Nuo and the others!

"Fellow Daoist Zhuanlun, Zhang has one more thing that is unclear and wishes to ask for clarity!"

"If the Human Emperor has something to say, just say it! As long as this King knows it, I will certainly tell you truthfully!"

Since Zhang Nuo was willing to contribute to the Underworld, Zhuanlun Wang naturally would not hide anything anymore.

"Back when I was in the Human Realm, I once inadvertently entered the bottom of the Mi Hai Vortex. The situation there was very similar to the Underworld, and this Pure Underworld Divine Tree was also obtained there. Zhang just has one thing he cannot understand: what is the relationship between the space at the bottom of the Mi Hai Vortex and the Underworld?"

"Could the Human Emperor describe the situation there in more detail?"

The Yama Son of Heaven and Zhuanlun Wang exchanged a look; in their hearts, they had vaguely guessed something, but in order to be more certain, Zhuanlun Wang asked.

Seeing the expressions of the two, Zhang Nuo also had a clue in his heart, and he immediately recounted everything that happened at the bottom of the Mi Hai Vortex! Especially since he mentioned blue-gold copper, a precious ore that could only be produced in the Underworld!

After listening to Zhang Nuo's entire account, the Yama Son of Heaven let out a long sigh and said:

"Human Emperor! According to the situation you described, that place is very likely a region of the Underworld that fell into the Human Realm!"

"Fell?"

Not only Zhang Nuo, but the other few people present also revealed expressions of astonishment. How could a region of the Underworld fall into the Human Realm? This seemed too unbelievable!

Ignoring the surprised expressions of the crowd, the Yama Son of Heaven continued:

"Since things have reached this point, there is nothing left to hide. Before the Myriad Year Calamity, there was a powerful figure in the Underworld who was proficient in all Underworld cultivation methods. In the end, his cultivation in the Underworld was unmatched. However, because this person was single-mindedly determined to ascend into the True Immortal Realm, he had been searching for a way to go to the True Immortal Realm after his cultivation reached its peak!"

"The person Fellow Daoist Yama is talking about, wouldn't that be the one known as the Immovable Underworld King back then?"

Jiemie Heshang's expression changed slightly. Recalling the figures who had appeared in the Underworld back then, there was only this one person!

"Oh! Fellow Daoist Jiemie also knows of the Immovable Underworld King?"

The Yama Son of Heaven was slightly stunned, then looked at Jiemie Heshang with some surprise!

"I have heard of him, but back then this old monk was just a small cultivator at the Qi Refining Stage. Once, when my grandmaster returned, he was severely injured. I heard it was at the hands of the Immovable Underworld King!"

Recalling that scene from back then, Jiemie Heshang still had lingering fears. Although his cultivation was low at the time, everything he witnessed was hard for him to forget! It was precisely that incident that made the monk understand that one's cultivation must become the highest and strongest, otherwise, it would be very easy to be wiped out like an ant!

"Alas! The number of cultivators who fell at the hands of the Immovable Underworld King is countless! But it was precisely because of this that this Lord Immovable Underworld King was ambushed by several Great Accomplishment Stage cultivators while out, and in the end, he escaped back to the Underworld heavily injured! However, most of his cultivation was also lost. Knowing that he was about to perish, he used a region of his former territory as a tomb and used great divine abilities to make it completely disappear from the Underworld!"

"A tomb?"

A flash of light appeared in Zhang Nuo's eyes. So the bottom of the Mi Hai Vortex was actually the tomb of the Immovable Underworld King!

"Correct! It is just that the Underworld at that time had not yet decayed to the current situation. Although many cultivators pursued the Immovable Underworld King's tomb to that plane, they all returned empty-handed. I did not expect that he actually went to the Human Realm and even hid in such a strange place!"

After thinking for a moment, the Yama Son of Heaven said again:

"Human Emperor, is the Dharma image you cultivate based on the Immovable Underworld Art?"

"Exactly!"

Zhang Nuo answered noncommittally.

"That set of Immovable Underworld Art was created by Lord Immovable Underworld King himself, and you are able to enter his tomb. It seems that all of this has a destined outcome in the dark! It is truly Heaven's will!"

"There is one more thing! Back then, the Immovable Underworld King left behind a portrait in the Underworld. Could it be that Fellow Daoist Yama has not noticed that the Human Emperor bears some resemblance to the Immovable Underworld King in the portrait?"

As soon as the Yama Son of Heaven's voice fell, Zhuanlun Wang continued, but this sentence of his made everyone gasp! With his discernment, such a thing should not be misread!

Zhang Nuo raised his eyebrows slightly, vaguely guessing what Zhuanlun Wang would say next!

"The Human Emperor possesses several divine abilities in his cultivation, but Underworld divine abilities are the most numerous! Even the most important Dharma image is evolved from the Immovable Underworld virtual image. This King suspects that this might not be a coincidence?"

This final sentence once again confirmed the speculation in everyone's hearts!

"Are you saying that this Emperor might be the reincarnation of the Immovable Underworld King?"

Zhang Nuo said with an expressionless face.

"Exactly! Back then, the Immovable Underworld King had long since jumped out of the cycle of reincarnation. Furthermore, before he perished, he sent his tomb across planes to the Human Realm! This could not have been without any purpose! And the two peerless wonders, the Hell Butterfly and the Pure Underworld Divine Tree, were extremely rare even in the most prosperous period of the Underworld! Yet the Human Emperor obtained them both at once; I really cannot help but have such a suspicion!"

The Senluo Dian became deathly silent. If Zhang Nuo really was the reincarnation of the Immovable Underworld King, perhaps many previous things could be explained, especially his rapid cultivation speed, which made everyone present feel out of reach!

Everyone was a Great Accomplishment Stage cultivator; they all knew the time and energy required to advance their cultivation to this level! And Zhang Nuo had advanced to the Great Accomplishment Stage in only a thousand years or so. This had to be called a miracle! What made everyone feel even more terrified was!

If one wishes to advance to Great Completion, the tempering of the previous several realms is indispensable, yet Zhang Nuo, you actually ascended smoothly through all the previous realms!

"Human Emperor! It seems you have a significant background!"

Garuda looked down at Zhang Nuo below and said with deep meaning.

"If Emperor am the reincarnation of the Heaven-Condemned Underworld King, why can Emperor not remember a single thing about the memories of a past life?"

Zhang Nuo still did not quite believe it, even though all kinds of evidence indicated that he had an inseparable connection with the Heaven-Condemned Underworld King!

"Memories of a past life naturally will not be passed down; even for an existence like the Heaven-Condemned Underworld King back then, I fear it would be impossible to reverse such laws of heaven and earth! According to this old man's conjecture, the Heaven-Condemned Underworld King placed the opportunity for reincarnation into the Human Realm, wanting to let his new life be tempered once more, so as to erase his previous arrogance! At the same time, in his future cultivation, he would also be able to learn the cultivation arts of many realms!"

With a faint smile, Yama Son of Heaven said while deep in thought!