Chapter 655 - 337: Demon-Slaying Deity! Blood-Clad Zhong Kui
As more abundant primordial power merged into the Ancestral Tree God, it continuously gathered within the black eggs through the system of the entire Divine Tree.
All the black eggs began to shake violently, with an inexplicable mysterious power converging, and the contained aura growing increasingly dense. A more powerful mysterious aura continuously spread outward, forming a misty fog.
The incubated Divine Spirit Eggs strengthened successively from bottom to top, taking on a fully pyramidal shape.
This is the hierarchy created by the system of the Innate Divine Spirits.
Among them, the Divine Spirit Eggs at the very bottom were the reddest on the surface, far from being as deep and dark as the Divine Spirit Eggs at the upper levels, resembling black holes.
Under the impact of primordial power, these lower-level Divine Eggs swayed the most intensely, becoming even redder, akin to ripe apples. The red glow on their surfaces flowed continuously, like fiery serpents.
Traces of life began to hatch from the gradually maturing black eggs, containing a surge of power that was still being channeled through the Ancestral Divine Tree, completing the evolution of the final rules of the Divine Realm.
The Divine Eggs also began to change step by step towards the process of fully mature hatching.
Crack!
Crack!
With several crisp sounds in succession, a dozen black eggs in the upper-mid level reached their peak of maturity and suddenly burst open.
Immediately, gigantic dark shadows fell from the black eggs.
Roar!
The Gods and Demons that landed let out a long roar towards the heavens. The powerful death aura unique to the Yin Spirits spread over more than a hundred feet, stirring up waves of torrents in the void.
Like a sea of death, they nurtured a surge of death power, causing an even greater tremor in this space, forming a massive vortex that advanced layer by layer outward.
As the fruits ripened, the first batch of Innate Divine Spirits of the Netherworld was finally born, representing the growth and development of the primordial power of the entire Divine Realm, gradually forming an independent system.
The winds continued to rage relentlessly.
The Gods and Demons that landed, each standing a hundred feet tall, with their towering figures slightly swaying, brought about sounds akin to air explosions.
It was evident that the power contained within these Gods and Demons was extremely peculiar, connected with the entire Netherworld, nearly originating from a single entity. In this vast Netherworld, the strength they could wield was extremely terrifying.
The slightest movement could bring unimaginable destruction to the space.
Huff!
Huff!
With each breath of these Innate Yin Spirits, massive amounts of death black mist were exhaled, enveloping an area within a thousand miles.
This is one of the primordial powers of the Netherworld. As the black mist was inhaled and exhaled through the void, this death aura gradually merged into the Netherworld’s space, becoming the mark of these Yin Spirits.
As this core space continuously absorbed the power, it became increasingly stable.
"One-Horned Ghost King, Strong Ghost King, Golden-Eyed Ghost King, Soul-Catching Ghost King..."
In an instant, Zheng Yi’s voice resounded.
In less than a fraction of an instant, he had already transferred from the highest place of the Celestial Realm’s rules to the front of these enormous dark shadows.
He arrived at the end of the Netherworld’s Death Divine Tree.
In front of these gigantic dark shadows, he appeared insignificant, like a speck of dust.
About the size of an ordinary human body.
Though he seemed small, the moment his foot touched the void, the light from all directions in the entire Netherworld space seemed to focus on him.
Starting from his footfall, the intangible laws of the entire Divine Realm world radiated outwards, resembling a giant wheel. Heaven and Earth reversed, locking everything in place, forming a unique and indescribable form.
The entire Incense Fire Divine Realm draped like a thin veil behind him.
He stood as the axis of Heaven and Earth, bearing the entire world on his shoulders.
These seemingly towering dark shadows were all powerful Lords of the Eighteen Layers of Hell, also known as the Kings of the Prison.
Some were familiar faces, originating from the dozen or so Ghost Kings nurtured in the Chaos Cyan Gourd when Zheng Yi was weak.
"Originally, you were transformed postnatally, emerging from my Spirit Refining. Following me in battles everywhere, you also have corresponding merits!"
"With the Innate Spiritual Awakening Method, I have enabled you to be reborn under the Ancestral Tree God by borrowing eggs, nurturing the Dao of Innate Divine Spirits to become the Lords of the Eighteen Layers of Hell. You must endeavor diligently, not to disappoint my expectations!"
Zheng Yi’s voice gently spread in all directions, but in the ears of the Lords of the Eighteen Layers of Hell, it fell like countless thunders. This was the majesty of the Master of the Divine Dao.
They prostrated themselves on the ground, knelt, and bowed their heads as if they were huge mountains, suppressing the void above with a terrifying power of the Prison Guardian.
In the entire Netherworld, only Zheng Yi, the Lord of the Myriad Divine Domains, could endure their obeisance.
Of course, he also has the right to endow the Divine Egg nurtured by the Ancestral Divine Tree with a new will, allowing these old souls to be reborn by borrowing a body.
However, there is a prerequisite condition, which is one’s own strength and will.
Otherwise, not only would one be unable to be reborn, but they would also be assimilated by the Primordial Power of the Divine Egg, completely becoming nutrition and being absorbed by the Divine Egg instead.
So, to date, only these powerful Ghost Kings, having been refined by Zheng Yi and progressing step by step, have integrated the Divine Power of the Divine Egg and eventually grown into the Lords of the Eighteen Layers of Hell.
These exceptionally powerful Ghost Kings have endured the hardships of the Innate Divine Egg. With the supplementary power of the Netherworld’s authority, their combat power surged, and they acquired the unique Power of Demon Suppression, becoming a formidable force to suppress demons in the Netherworld.
The originally illusory space of the Eighteen Layers of Hell nurtured in the Chaos Cyan Gourd had long been extracted by Zheng Yi and thoroughly integrated with the rules system of the Netherworld, transforming into a real and genuine Eighteen Layers of Hell.
Especially now, with the opening of the Divine Realm, which has swallowed the entire Western Continent of the Doomsday World, it has completely transformed these Eighteen Layers of Hell from virtual to real, turning into the Eighteen Layers of Netherworld Netherworld.
The birth of the Lord of the Eighteen Layers of Hell is also due to sensing this opportunity, aligning with Heaven and Earth, veritably living up to their name.
But this is not the end.
Zheng Yi slowly turned his head, leaving behind eighteen enormous divine and demon black shadows like mountains that still knelt respectfully behind him, their heads touching the ground, forming eighteen towering peaks.
Zheng Yi paid no mind to the kneeling of these Innate Yin Gods, raising his head to look at a slightly red-glowing fruit-like Divine Egg above.
Gods and demons are not just entities that plunder the power of the Divine Dao System but are also beings that nurture in return. The part of the Primordial Power they absorb ultimately returns to the entire world system.
Or rather, the innately nurtured Divine Spirits and the entire Divine Realm inherently exist to complement and enhance each other.
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A powerful storm of death continued to surge like tides before the Death Divine Tree at the heart of the Netherworld. The trembling death aura inadvertently accelerated the hatching process of the Black Egg still incubating.
Within the entire Divine Dao System, a Divine Egg occupying a remarkably high position came under Zheng Yi’s watchful gaze, beginning to stir, its surface continually burning with a faint red light, closely followed by a faint golden hue.
Clearly, this newly born Divine Egg, compared to those Lords of the Eighteen Layers of Hell that had fallen before, was of a nobler level, holding significant weight even within the entire Netherworld Divine Dao System.
Crack!
As the surface red light reached its peak, the faint blood color became a blazing flame, transforming into a continuous sweep of Hellfire, with the Flame of Red Lotus blooming, nearly cradling the massive Black Egg within the heart of the lotus.
The Red Lotus Flame leaped, petals blooming, almost arriving at the final moment of its full bloom.
The stems holding the Black Egg fell, and that Black Egg, containing terrifying Primordial Power, ultimately sank completely into the Red Lotus, falling alongside it into the void.
The Red Lotus lifted the Black Egg, the surface’s red light still burning, turning the surrounding space into a scarlet hue.
Boom!
The sky overhead, a flickering red glow evolved directly into a blood-red color, like a cloud afire, covering the sky.
Blood-red filled the space, surrounding red clouds floating, as if nurturing this space into a Blood Realm with a unique ambiance.
Buzz! Buzz!
The trembling blood clouds constantly converged, spread, entwined back and forth in the space. The surging air created a terrible Blood Passage with its surrounding vibrations.
In an instant, the Black Egg upheld by the Red Lotus exploded, giving way to a colossal red shadow towering in the space, reaching a height of three hundred zhang, undoubtedly more formidable and terrifying than the previously incubated Lords of the Eighteen Layers of Hell.
The red clouds spread, seemingly drawn apart by an invisible force, revealing the fearsome God of the Netherworld born from the Red Lotus.
Under Zheng Yi’s gaze, nothing could be hidden; the face of this Great God of Hell was incredibly clear.
It was a deity clad in a blood-red robe of towering stature, big-bellied and whiskered like Mr. Mei. At his waist hung a Purple Gold Gourd, his right hand adorned with a Demon Suppression Sword, walking slowly out from the Blood Passage.
The entire aura swept over, emanating from the blood-colored robe, exuding not only the terrifying mysterious Power of Demon Suppression but also an imposing murderous aura, giving an irresistible feeling.
The Lords of the Eighteen Layers of Hell behind Zheng Yi, upon witnessing this presence reveal itself, lifted their heads, showing slight reverence, then bowed their heads again in worship.
Blood-Clad Zhong Kui!
This is an extraordinarily unique entity within the Yin Court System of Netherworld, belonging to a tier higher than the Lords of the Eighteen Layers of Hell, a powerful god and demon.
"Blood-Clad, you rose with me from humble beginnings; achieving the Dao today is also a testimony to your initial fruit."
Zheng Yi spoke as he watched the Blood-Clad deity kneel before him.
"In the future, strive diligently in cultivation, follow me to vanquish demons among all beings..."
This Blood-Clad Zhong Kui was the first Blood Evil Level Fierce Ghost subdued by Zheng Yi upon entering the Doomsday World. At the time, this Fierce Ghost was in female form, clad in a Blood Robe, and was named Blood Robe.
After enduring trials, they became the first Ghost King crafted by Zheng Yi’s hand.
Later, as Zheng Yi evolved the Incense Fire Dharma Realm, they began to settle into the eighteen fields of the Chaos Cyan Gourd.