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Chapter 1357 - 1313: The Imperial Teacher’s Scheme, The True Form of Jiaotu! (Monthly Ticket Bonus - )

Chapter 1357: Chapter 1313: The Imperial Teacher’s Scheme, The True Form of Jiaotu! (Monthly Ticket Bonus Chapter)

Within the Chaos, a corner of an even more ancient and weathered world surfaced, wrapping itself in darkness and a frigid cold that made heaven and earth tremble, as if it were the source of all evil and darkness between them.

The ancient earth began to be obscured by darkness, and a faint, barely audible voice arose.

Huā lā lā! Huā lā lā!

This was the sound of the ancient Nine Nether River flowing fiercely, as if since the beginning of time, it had been washing over the dark world.

In the dim light, ghostly spirits, decayed dry corpses, and stark white bones floated on the river surface.

"The Nine Nether has appeared!"

The human kings who had long since retreated to a safe distance looked upon the phenomenon above the sky vault with a gasp of cold air, as the shadowy realm of the Nine Nether seemed to be transforming into the present world.

The dark stream descended like a waterfall, vast and mighty, making their minds tremble.

Witnessing this scene, Gui Tianquan’s eyes finally shone with a divine radiance, his body gradually enveloped by the spreading ghostly qi. At this moment, his eyes finally transformed.

Deep within his pupils were no longer crystal-clear eyes but replaced by a pitch-black flame, now pulsating more intensely, reflecting the scene of the Netherworld River within the Nine Nether.

"Great will of the Nine Nether Underworld, the younger generation of beings call out to you!"

With Gui Tianquan’s explosive shout, the flame suddenly crashed into the Nine Nether realm at the pinnacle of the sky vault. At almost the same instance, Gui Tianquan’s body was struck by lightning, shuddering before his entire being transformed into a cloud of ghostly qi in mid-air.

Atop the sky vault, King Long Deng and King Zhuan Lun exchanged glances. They did not make a move to suppress the ghost child.

Instead, King Long Deng produced a jade box in his hand once again, which, upon appearing, caused the heaven and earth to sway, a fleeting yet domineering will intimidating all living beings flashed by.

For on the jade box was an imperial seal—belonging to an emperor.

The jade box sealed with such an imperial seal must contain something of unimaginable value.

"Let’s begin. It seems Master Emperor Teacher’s prediction was correct; so far, everything is still within control. What comes next depends on whether heaven is on our side. Man proposes, heaven disposes!"

King Zhuan Lun’s eyes held a trace of solemnity. The reason for discovering the ghost child hidden in the Eastern Wasteland South Region was all thanks to Master Emperor Teacher of Wen Wang Palace, who had derived the innate Bagua and step by step deduced it.

"The hardest part is yet to come. Even though the Nine Nether realm has become dilapidated, it was once on par with the Desolate Wilds, a vast spatiotemporal realm of its own. The will of the Nine Nether is unattainable, and the innate Dao has been greatly affected."

King Long Deng also became quite solemn. Master Emperor Teacher of Wen Wang Palace had predicted that the ghost child would draw upon the Nine Nether, but not every step, nor all the actions, had been precisely predicted. At least, Xiao Chen triggering the thunderous noise of heaven and earth was not foreseen.

Master Emperor Teacher had deduced the outcome, but not the entire process.

But ever since Yun Wei advanced to kinghood, everything that seemed coincidental was actually inevitable. It unfolded in a scenario that no one could have anticipated.

"The arrow is on the string and must be shot!"

With King Long Deng’s explosive shout, he extended his hand and removed the imperial seal from the jade box. Instantly, a boundless divine radiance burst forth, and a tremendous aura surged like an overwhelming tide.

Click!

The jade box made a sound, and along with the seal being undone, it mysteriously opened itself, shooting a vast black pillar of light straight into the sky, stirring the Nine Nether. Humming vibrations filled the air!

Moments later, the black beam that connected heaven and earth shattered into nothing, and what replaced it before King Long Deng and his counterpart was an extremely dense black qi.

However, the most eerie aspect was that the qi emitted by the black qi was exactly the same as that which had been emanating from the ghost child, without the slightest difference.

The rich ghostly qi, the pure essence of the Nine Nether, was very much a Ghost Shadow.

The black qi continuously roiled, changing shapes, with countless ghostly silhouettes emerging within, causing anyone who saw it to shiver.

"Zhuan Lun, lend me your strength!"

Following closely behind, King Long Deng’s explosive shout jolted Zhuan Lun.

"What are you waiting for, we must not miss this opportunity,"

With a bellow, King Long Deng’s body shook violently, and an ethereal shadow of King Long Deng stepped forth from within his body.

Undying Martial Soul!

And so, King Long Deng’s Undying Martial Soul charged towards the mass of Nine Nether black qi.

Humming vibrations filled the air as the evil qi churned. The black mass, now merged with King Long Deng’s Martial Soul, flashed with a deep black radiance before transforming into the shape of King Long Deng.

"Long Deng, be careful!" King Zhuan Lun shouted lowly.

"Send me into the Nine Nether!"

The next moment, King Zhuan Lun exerted great power, propping up King Long Deng, and following the traces left by the ghost child, crashed toward the ethereal Nine Nether realm!

King Zhuan Lun’s aura surged vibrantly and could not be subdued for a long time. This could be said to be an adventure. As legend goes, while life and vitality persist, one must not enter the Netherworld River.

Any living being who steps into the Nine Nether will fall into its realm forever, never to be reborn.

Even if the realm of the Nine Nether Netherworld had become shattered, this grand order was nonetheless not something warriors could defy!

Today’s act was nothing more than a bait and switch, the extremely dense black qi with the Nine Nether brand, was in fact the Nine Nether essence extracted, including the essence originating from the ghost child.

Over the years, the Human Race has continuously sent powerful beings to infiltrate the Ghost Realm. Although those they killed were merely avatars of the Ghost children, they did not come back empty-handed. This origin energy of the Underworld was exactly from those avatars.

The purpose was to conceal the origin life energy of the Human Race entering the Nine Nether World.

In this way, when King Long Deng entered the Nine Nether, his origin would be the same as that of the Ghost children. Of course, this was only theoretical deduction. Actually, when it was carried out, how it would turn out was completely unknown.

As early as eleven years ago when the Ghost child stepped into the Eastern Wasteland, the Imperial Teacher of the Human Race had already calculated this. Zhuan Lun, the King, received this task at that time and, along with Execution King Fang Tian and others, was commanded to come to the Desolate Land of the Eastern Wasteland.

However, they had not expected to wait for eleven years, and moreover that all this would happen under such circumstances, which the Imperial Teachers of the Human Race could not fully deduce.

"Zhuan Lun, we have already done what we needed to do. What comes next will depend on the luck of our Human Race!" said the Execution King Fang Tian, with a serious expression, as he flickered and appeared in front of him.

"The calculations of the Imperial Teacher cannot truly encompass the entire universe. There are too many forbidden areas among All Heavens. Once one harbors the intent to peek into them, one will suffer backlash," he said.

"That’s why we exploited the Ghost child’s origin, descending together into the Nine Nether, a ploy of bait and switch to bamboozle the Nine Nether!"

The eyes of King Zhuan Lun bored into the Sky Vault above.

Suddenly, Execution King Fang Tian pondered for a few moments, then hesitantly spoke, "Zhuan Lun, could it be that there are still those existences hidden in the Nine Nether World? Didn’t they all leave cleanly back in the day?"

"Even the emperors cannot know. The will of the Nine Nether Realm has become extremely violent since time immemorial. Anyone who peeks into the Nine Nether, even emperors, must be disheartened. Fortunately, in this era, the Ghost child of the Nine Nether was born, giving us a chance to explore the Nine Nether and see what ghostly things are inside!"

The expression of King Zhuan Lun was grave, as if he had thought of something.

"Let’s hope Long Deng can return safely. The Nine Nether River, the Netherworld Road... what kind of existence could shatter them?"

Hearing this, Execution King remained silent, reflecting that in this world, all living beings were nothing more than pawns.

"Who would have thought that this Saint Son would inadvertently start to push everything forward? Zhuan Lun, do you think this is a coincidence?"

Hearing this, King Zhuan Lun was startled and then said, "At the end of an era, when the calamities descend, the luck of our Human Race will naturally reflect upon the entire earth. Whether it be a Child of Luck being born or someone bearing the luck of the race, since they have been blessed by luck, their actions will inevitably align with the development of the clan. So, whether it is a coincidence or not is indeterminable."

"Let’s hope there aren’t any of those things in the Nine Nether Realm, otherwise, just a single Ancient Land has already cost our Human Race too much effort."

After a long while, there seemed to be an almost imperceptible sigh resonating between heaven and earth.

...

At the pinnacle of the Sky Vault, Xiao Chen was still immersed in the ancient times of the Desolate Wilds!

He had collected the treasures from the Spiritual Vein mountain and began to head deep into the Desolate Land following the guidance of the small pepper map.

"My home is in Big Turtle Mountain of the Azure Dragon Divine Domain."

Xiao Chen, running at full speed while feeling anxious and frightened, heaven knows where Big Turtle Mountain was. Almost at every moment, a colossal figure would appear before his eyes.

The divine beasts of the Desolate era were as tall as mountain ranges; no wonder the Desolate Land was vast and boundless. Otherwise, it would hardly support these massive bodies.

Fortunately, the two were in different timespaces, and even though Xiao Chen had entered this illusory world, they were unrelated, unless he courted death by altering the rules and order.

The small pepper map spoke of an ’instant’, yet for Xiao Chen it felt like running until his legs broke; the earth was simply too vast, and wherever he looked, it all appeared the same.

"Small pepper map, what else do you remember?" Xiao Chen asked as he ran.

"All I remember is that my home is at Big Turtle Mountain."

In this illusory world, Xiao Chen had run for half a year, enduring the overbearing presence of divine beasts every day and constantly feeling his spirit shaken, until once again the small pepper map recognized a familiar place.

"This is the outer area of Big Turtle Mountain."

Ultimately, Xiao Chen breathed a sigh of relief, having finally arrived!

"This is not what my home looks like."

However, a voice full of panic came from the small pepper map.

What appeared before Xiao Chen was nothing but a wasteland stretching to the ends of heaven and earth—the remnants of broken mountain ranges, collapsed peaks, fissured earth, exposed abysses.

Even some areas were directly lakes of lava.

"How can this be?"

This was a scene left from ancient times—it certainly couldn’t be mistaken. Clearly, in that era, the small pepper map’s father had faced a great calamity.

Looking at it, the spirit of the small pepper map may not have entered the Sea of Suffering by chance; otherwise, it would have been destroyed along with this land long ago!

"I... I can feel my body?"

What!

After a long while, as the small pepper map settled down, a single sentence shocked Xiao Chen!

At this moment, he couldn’t distinguish between reality and illusion!

If he said it was real, what he saw was but a phantom!

If he said it was illusory, yet he felt as if he was in the real world, and could even bring the treasure mountain back into reality.