King of Assassins

The Netherworld Water is extremely filthy, able to corrode everything.

Although the Five Elements Formless Divine Light is a top-grade Earth Artifact, it can still endure under the scour of the Netherworld Water. However, the filthy power of the Netherworld Water is continuously corroding its spiritual nature.

Though the Five Elements Formless Divine Light is strong, it is most afraid of such filth and corrosion.

Gao Xuan simply retracted the Five Elements Formless Divine Light, and stored away all other magical artifacts as well.

When he perfected his Horizontal Training Golden Body before, he was not afraid of the Netherworld Water. Now that he has perfected his Innate Primordial Chaos Dao Body, he is even less afraid of the corrosive and filthy power of the Netherworld.

Yet, flowing along the Netherworld Water all the way down feels very uncomfortable.

Before, when his cultivation was lacking, he wouldn’t notice the filth of the Netherworld Water. Now that his cultivation is extremely high, the Netherworld Water appears like a septic tank to him.

No, it’s hundreds, thousands of times dirtier than a septic tank.

It is imaginable that following this stream downward is by no means a pleasant journey.

Though said to be not large, the ten realms of the Netherworld take quite some time to traverse following the Netherworld Water. Especially the mysterious changes of the Netherworld Water, silently passing through the boundaries of realms.

Flying above the Netherworld River causes one to lose their way, spinning around within a Netherworld Realm.

Gao Xuan could only hold his nose and follow the Netherworld Water downward, passing through nine boundaries, and finally reaching the familiar tenth realm of the Netherworld.

He hadn’t been here for thousands of years, but the Reincarnation Realm remains unchanged.

Except that the old turtle went to the Nirvana Realm, and the King Zhuanlun was killed by him.

"I wonder if there’s a new King Zhuanlun born?"

Gao Xuan was pondering this when a black-gold divine light fell before him.

The divine light quickly transformed into a human form, this person wearing a crown of Vairocana and clad in black celestial attire, with long eyebrows and slim eyes, his features dignified and solemn, his gaze slightly lowered with a face full of compassion.

This person’s image is dressed in the style of a Buddhist powerhouse, but his body showing flashes of gold amidst black lacks some of the dignified and precious aspect of the Buddhist sect, adding an indescribable eerie sinister air.

Gao Xuan had never seen this person, yet recognized him at once: Ksitigarbha King.

Thousands of years ago he suffered a strike from this individual; specifically, the opponent merely used divine techniques from afar to tap him lightly with a fingertip.

It was just this strike that forced him to reincarnate and retrain. However, this step turned out to be well-placed.

After reincarnating for a thousand years, Gao Xuan refined his divine soul to an incredibly pure and resilient state. This allowed him to ascend to the Celestial Realm at once, proving the Innate Primordial Chaos Dao Body.

All of this can be said to originate from Ksitigarbha King. Yet, Gao Xuan holds no gratitude for this figure.

Ksitigarbha King had no intention of aiding him; his achievements are entirely due to his own endeavors. He certainly does not appreciate the favors of the Ksitigarbha King.

Gao Xuan carefully scrutinized this old adversary, whose appearance was roughly what he imagined, only the sinister aura around him caught him off guard.

Thousands of years ago, when Ksitigarbha King struck, he was still dignified and solemn, typical of a Buddhist powerhouse.

How did he now become cloaked in eerie ghost qi, seemingly having entered the Demon Dao.

Yet looking into Ksitigarbha King’s eyes, there is an abundance of compassion, suggesting an incomplete transformation.

Gao Xuan could not discern Ksitigarbha King’s state, thus increasing his vigilance.

The Nine-Revolutions Divine Cicada also emitted a gentle hum, reminding Gao Xuan to be cautious.

Ksitigarbha King was also inspecting Gao Xuan, showing a hint of doubt in his narrow eyes; the aura of this person in front felt familiar, yet he could not recall where they had met.

This conflicting feeling made Ksitigarbha King’s mind feel sluggish in waves.

"Ksitigarbha King?" Gao Xuan broke the silence by asking.

"Indeed, it is Ksitigarbha."

Ksitigarbha King pressed his hands together: "I do not know who you are, nor why you have come to the Netherworld Realm."

Gao Xuan smiled: "The noble Ksitigarbha King forgets things easily. Thousands of years ago you struck me, and now you’ve forgotten."

"Oh, so it’s you."

Ksitigarbha King suddenly remembered; for thousands of years he struck only once, due to someone opening a passage to the Nirvana Realm, releasing nirvana aura.

At that time, there happened to be an outsider present, whom he casually struck. Unexpectedly, that person survived and even advanced greatly, reaching the peak Earth Immortal layer.

Ksitigarbha King had dwelled in the Abyss for tens of millions of years; his Buddhist powers were nearly all polluted by the abyssal toxins, yet he maintained some sanity, not completely fallen.

However, this corrosion gradually altered his temperament unknowingly, leading him to always favor casually exterminating everything when problems arose.

Ksitigarbha King contemplated these past events, without any emotional ripple, he sighed lightly, merely lamenting how indifferent and cold he had become.

He said to Gao Xuan: "Now that you have come, what do you intend?"

Gao Xuan sneered: "Naturally, to seek revenge on you."

As he spoke, Gao Xuan unceremoniously extended his palm with a virtual press. Seeing this, Ksitigarbha King, initially intending to speak further, had no choice but to respond.

Countless golden runes appeared on Ksitigarbha King’s palm, and his hand grew larger and larger. In an instant, it covered the sky, completely enveloping Gao Xuan beneath the giant palm.

Under the giant palm, Gao Xuan seemed like a mere speck of dust, small to the point of being indiscernible.

However, the palm force Gao Xuan’s right hand manifested was fierce and unparalleled. As his palm power burgeoned, heaven and earth instantly changed color, becoming mute. Only Gao Xuan’s boundless palm force swept turbulently and roared.

The immense golden hand covering the sky silently disintegrated, and Ksitigarbha King shattered along with it into a sky full of dark gold flowing light.

"Merely so."

Gao Xuan muttered to himself while looking at the sky filled with scattered dark gold light, then his eyes focused and said: "Surely it isn’t this simple..."

The scattered dark gold light quickly converged and reunited into Ksitigarbha King.

The difference being, now Ksitigarbha King’s body had turned pitch black, and his once compassionate and pure eyes had become two masses of dark red flames.