Behind Ji Jingqiu and his companions.

"Lost track of them?"

Luo Xuan glanced over at Heart Venerable and Zhang Tiancheng's faces, and smiled faintly,

"That's interesting, just one path and you managed to lose them?"

Heart Venerable explained in a deep voice, "The original form of the Netherworld Soil consisted of numerous realm remnants collected by the Ancestor Master back in the day. In theory, the vastness of this place far surpasses ordinary realms, especially as time-space is chaotic here—what seems like a single step could actually contain two entire Heavens."

"Are you saying this is equivalent to the 'Burial Sea' of the Sea of Realms?" Luo Xuan showed some interest, "How did the Netherworld Lord handle this?"

"Most of the realm remnants should be in a compressed, sealed state." Heart Venerable said, frowning.

Since entering here, he's sensed something unusual.

Heart Venerable is no stranger to the Netherworld Soil.

During the reincarnation plan years ago, he was one of the participants, and some of the broken Heavens here were collected by him.

Not long ago, the Lord of Nether Ruins in the Netherworld attempted to use the Netherworld Soil as a foundation to establish a Daoist career and achieve breakthrough. It was discovered early by their Nether Mansion lineage, curbing the sensing between the Reincarnation Hall and that Divine Lord, even worsening the deterioration of the Netherworld Soil to delay the emergence of the Lord of Nether Ruins.

But now...

Heart Venerable glanced at his companions this time, feeling a sinking heart. Why hadn't the Bitter Vein, responsible for guarding the Reincarnation Hall, sent anyone? What happened?

Did something unexpected occur on the Reincarnation Hall's side?

Why has a large portion of remnants in the Netherworld Soil been unsealed and surfaced?

"Interesting." Luo Xuan stared ahead, muttering to himself, "The Dao Rhyme within this ruined Heaven is so dense; is someone dispersing the Tao?"

Suddenly, Luo Xuan frowned.

If it is true, as Heart Venerable said, that the vastness of this domain far exceeds ordinary realms, and the site of dispersed Tao extends across the entire Netherworld Soil...

A True Saint couldn't manage this!

Even he couldn't achieve this feat.

What can achieve this is only at a transcendent level!

"How much do you really know about this domain?" Luo Xuan immediately asked, attempting to contact Red Lotus at the first opportunity.

Heart Venerable hesitated for a moment and suggested, "Let's first head to the central hub. A part of the reincarnation plan was indeed successful. The remnants of the myriad Heavens and Realms now have a hierarchy, and a leadership role; otherwise, the Ancestor Master wouldn't have cast these remnants into the Sea of Realms before his death."

Luo Xuan suddenly asked, "Are you saying the Netherworld Lord cast out this Nether Mansion remnant back then primarily to preserve this Netherworld Soil? Was the birth of the Netherworld just an unforeseen outcome?"

"Naturally." Heart Venerable nodded, choosing to conceal the existence of the Reincarnation Hall.

Back then, it wasn't just partially successful; it reached at least sixty to seventy percent completion, perhaps even higher, with success in sight, or else the Ancestor Masters wouldn't have joined forces to attack.

Among them, the Reincarnation Hall could be called the core of the core, the ultimate nucleus of the reincarnation plan.

Yet no one expected that the birth of the Netherworld would be accompanied by five Divine Lords, with the Lord of Nether Ruins emerging from the Netherworld Soil.

If not for their timely intervention, the Lord of Nether Ruins almost became the Innate companion Divine of the Netherworld Soil, directly taking over the Reincarnation Hall!

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...

Xi Zhu shivered, being stared at coldly by dozens of Saints for the first time in his life, the sense of oppression was indescribable, and the world seemed to fall into shades of black and white.

Suddenly, Ji Jingqiu ahead beckoned him.

Xi Zhu almost instinctively rebuked, what dares a Heavenly Venerable to call him over like this?

But seeing All Saints behind Ji Jingqiu, Xi Zhu successfully overcame his instinct.

"My Taoist name is Xi Zhu, and how should I address this Taoist Friend?" Xi Zhu took a few cautious steps forward and inquired first.

"Where is this place?" Ji Jingqiu asked directly.

Xi Zhu glanced again at All Saints behind the other, the thought of rudeness suppressed before it could fully form.

"This is naturally the Taiji Mungyi Jia Yitian, which we also call 'Taiji Heaven', and it is the Sixteenth Layers of Heaven in the Heavenly Court."

"Heavenly Court..." Ji Jingqiu was silent for a moment, then said, "Is today's Heavenly Court still with thirty-six Heavens?"

Hearing the World Venerable's inquiry, the expressions of All Saints slightly tensed; was the ultimate mastermind behind this place indeed this World Venerable's former Taoist Friend?

"Of course." Xi Zhu replied matter-of-factly.

"Does the Heavenly Emperor reside in the highest Heaven?"

"The Heavenly Emperor, as the sovereign of the Heavenly Court, commands all gods and saints, governing everything of Yin and Yang, fortune, and misfortune in the Three Realms and Ten Directions, naturally resides in the Milo Hall of the Thirty-Third Layers of Heaven, the highest position of Heaven, holding the rules of Heaven!"

Xi Zhu spoke with confidence, his words and demeanor full of reverence for the Heavenly Emperor.

Among All Saints, some frowned; the Thirty-Third Layers of Heaven is the highest position, so what is above the upper Three Days?

Moreover, is this Heavenly Emperor the one known alongside Luo Xuan and Red Lotus?

Behind Ji Jingqiu, always ready to protect, the Saint King's expression grew deeper, eyes as fathomless as an ancient pond; besides Ji Jingqiu, none could discern his thoughts.

Ji Jingqiu knew very well the current thought of this Saint King was surely the Daluo Thirty-Six Heavens.

"Is there anyone living in the upper Three Days now?" Ji Jingqiu asked again.

Xi Zhu was stunned and shook his head, "That is unclear; let alone the upper Three Days, we can only reach as high as the Sixteenth Layers of Heaven at present."

Ji Jingqiu examined the Xi Zhu before him.

A Dao Ancestor... only ascended to the Sixteenth Layers of Heaven, and from what he said, he was the first?

"Where do you Taoist Friends come from? Never have I heard of such formidable beings in this world——" Xi Zhu, though puzzled, answered everything, and finally inquired about Ji Jingqiu and his party's origin.

The Saint King suddenly spoke, "If you have never been to the Thirty-Three Heavens, then how do you assert that the Heavenly Emperor resides in the highest position?"