2051 The Three-lives Tablet, The Samsara Vortex Appears Again, What Do You Have to Say for Your Crimes, Divine Underworld Daoist
In the Underworld, Divine Underworld Daoist and Hua Wuai, two of the Underworld’s most powerful beings, were currently facing each other in battle. Powerful waves of samsara energy slammed into the void surrounding them.
The waters of the Three-lives River crashed about violently as a result.
The huge energy fluctuation from their battle naturally drew others over.
Many people looked toward the Three-lives River with solemn expressions.
Taishan Luyou, the High Priest, and many other Underworld Embodiers quickly rushed to the scene.
When they arrived, they could only see huge amounts of water blasting from the Three-lives River, eventually falling on them in a torrential downpour.
Every single drop of that water contained a tremendous amount of samsara energy.
Upon landing, the droplets left behind massive craters on the ground.
Even Embodiers like Luyou and the High Priest found it difficult to move freely in that unusual rain. They had to quickly channel their samsara energy into a shield for protection.
When they looked over, they saw two pitch-black figures facing each other in the air amidst the rain.
One of them was dressed in black-lavish imperial robes with a crown on his head and a jade belt around his waist. He also emanated a majestic and grand aura. That person was none other than the ancient Divine Underworld Daoist.
Meanwhile, the other person was the petite Hua Wuai.
Although having the appearance of someone barely in her teens, the aura emanating from Hua Wuai was so powerful that it made the onlooking Embodiers feel suffocated.
The auras of those two collided, causing the Underworld to tremble.
“It’s the Divine Underworld Daoist again!” the High Priest exclaimed with a conflicted look on his face.
After all, he originally came from the Yinsi, a place created by the Divine Underworld Daoist. Logically speaking, he should be standing on the Divine Underworld Daoist’s side and obeying his orders.
However, the moment he thought of Chu Kuangren, he became determined.
“My loyalty now is only to the Ghost Emperor!”
He then continued observing Hua Wuai’s battle with the Divine Underworld Daoist and said to those who had rushed over, “Cultivators who are Arch Gilded Immortals and below, move back beyond five million kilometers at once!”
He had witnessed the previous battle between Hua Wuai and the Divine Underworld Daoist before.
Even an Embodier would have trouble interfering with a battle of that scale.
Hence, the lives of Arch Gilded Immortals would be in danger if they stayed to watch the battle.
The High Priest gave an order, and everyone carried out his order efficiently.
Meanwhile, Hua Wuai and the Divine Underworld Daoist started to battle.
“Hundred Blooming Flowers Annihilation!”
As Hua Wuai stared at the Divine Underworld Daoist, several Equinox Flowers bloomed from the palm of her hand. Powerful waves of samsara energy swept out from these flowers, turning into an endless killer light beam aimed directly toward her opponent!
“Already starting with a lethal killing technique, huh? Damn, Hua Wuai, I didn’t know you were so cruel.” Divine Underworld Daoist snorted coldly.
Then, his body started to emit a grey-colored glow.
It was the Heavenly Samsara Physique’s divine ability.
“Reincarnation Tribulation Light!”
His samsara energy was turned into gray Tribulation Light that spread out in several waves and eventually destroyed the Equinox Flowers.
“You and I are nothing now. What else is there to say?”
“Flowers Bloom, Flowers Wilt, Flowers Fill the Overworld!” Hua Wuai said calmly.
An ominous energy fluctuation appeared from her ruby-like eyes. Following that, a giant, alluring, and gorgeous Equinox Flower bloomed in the surroundings.
The instant the giant Equinox Flower bloomed, a more powerful surge of samsara energy enveloped the surroundings and headed toward the Divine Underworld Daoist like a gigantic millstone.
Facing such overwhelming power, the Divine Underworld Daoist had nowhere else to run to.
However, he snorted and flung his sleeves, causing domineering samsara energy to erupt around him. Now, six different Daoist laws were swirling around him.
Those six Daoist laws represented the Heavenly Realm, Human Realm, Ashura Realm, Underworld Realm, Hungry Ghost Realm, and Animal Realm. That was the complete power of the Six Realms of Reincarnation!
“Divine Samsara Overworld!”
The second after the Heavenly Samsara Physique’s second divine ability was unleashed, the void was blown apart.
The Heavenly Samsara Overworld engulfed the giant Equinox Flower.
It was terrifying when the two samsara energies clashed against each other.
The sight of it made the High Priest and the others react solemnly.
“The battle this time is even more intense than the previous one.”
“It looks like the Divine Underworld Daoist is set on snatching the Underworld Authority from Hua Wuai. Can she survive this?”
“I’m not sure, but this battle is not something we can interfere in.”
Although the High Priest and Luyou were Embodiers, a difference in strength still existed among different levels of Embodiers.
Both Hua Wuai and the Divine Underworld Daoist were one of the most terrifying beings of the Embodier Realm. Their Reincarnation Dao proficiency was even said to surpass that of a Primordial.
As Hua Wuai’s battle with the Divine Underworld Daoist was getting intense, King Yama and the other Ghost Emperors, who were followers of the Divine Underworld Daoist, quickly went above the Three-lives River. They took out a stone tablet and channeled samsara energy into it.
Suddenly, the stone tablet lit up with endless brilliance, and a strange energy started flowing out from it. That energy resonated with the samsara energy contained within the Three-lives River.
Hua Wuai, who was battling the Divine Underworld Daoist, sensed something and looked into the distance in shock.
“This energy…”
The waters of the Three-lives River began to flow violently, forming a giant vortex.
Millions of dead souls screamed and shrieked in misery as they were dragged into the vortex.
An unparalleled surge of samsara energy emanated from that vortex.
Hua Wuai looked at the vortex with fear in her eyes.
“The samsara vortex… How can this be?”
The vortex before Hua Wuai was the culprit for causing her to reincarnate endlessly. However, Chu Kuangren had destroyed that vortex.
‘Why has it appeared again?’
Hua Wuai was puzzled.
However, the moment she saw King Yama and the other Ghost Emperors controlling the stone tablet, she identified what it was right away. “The Three-lives Tablet!”
“That’s right. It’s the Three-lives Tablet that you lost back then!” the Divine Underworld Daoist said indifferently.
The Three-lives Tablet originated from the Three-lives River and was acquired by Hua Wuai in the past. She had always kept it beside the river, but it mysteriously disappeared one day.
“So, it was you who took it all along.”
“That’s right, Hua Wuai. I can’t believe that you, who have been restricted by the samsara vortex, had no idea the samsara vortex originated from the Three-lives River. The power of the Three-lives Tablet and the Three-lives River comes from the same source, so both of them can complement and counter each other. Although the samsara vortex has been destroyed, I can make it reappear with the Three-lives Tablet!”
“Complement and counter each other, huh…”
Hua Wuai pondered and then let out a chuckle. “Does this mean I can use the Three-lives Tablet to break free from the samsara vortex?”
“Not really. Although you can’t completely break free from it, it can prevent you from being trapped in an endless reincarnation.”
“Hmph, to think you knew this secret yet willingly allowed me to suffer the torture of endless reincarnations. I can’t believe you stole it from me because you were afraid I’d learn the secret behind the Three-lives Tablet. Divine Underworld Daoist… After doing all that, how dare you still call yourself my friend?”
Hua Wuai felt utterly insulted.
However, the Divine Underworld Daoist remained indifferent. “Back when I established order in the Underworld, your power made you a wildcard in the Underworld. Without the samsara vortex keeping you in check, do you think I’ll allow you to remain in the Underworld? I have no choice but to do that.”
“Hmph, at the end of the day, you’re just a selfish b*stard.”
Hua Wuai shook her head. Then, a powerful burst of absorption energy erupted from the samsara vortex above the Three-lives River and instantly enveloped her.
Being the natural counter to Hua Wuai, the samsara vortex had troubled her and kept her restrained for countless years. Now, having been targeted by the samsara vortex, she felt that her soul was going to leave her body and be dragged into endless reincarnation again.
The Divine Underworld Daoist made his move.
He immediately unleashed the Heavenly Samsara Physique’s third divine ability. “Samsara Universe!”
Hua Wuai immediately felt the Underworld Authority inside her body drawn out and entering the Divine Underworld Daoist’s body instead.
With the samsara vortex engulfing her and the Samsara Universe attack absorbing her Underworld Authority, Hua Wuai found herself in unprecedented danger.
“My authority has finally returned to me.”
The Divine Underworld Daoist felt delighted when he sensed the familiar energy returning to him and felt himself regaining control of the Underworld again.
Meanwhile, Hua Wuai’s soul, which had been dragged out, was heading toward the samsara vortex.
As she was close to being devoured, an incomparably dense aura enveloped the space, causing the entire Underworld to tremble.
Following that, surges of Yin qi gathered, forming a gigantic human face in the air, and a domineering aura of authority spread everywhere.
“What do you have to say for your crimes, Divine Underworld Daoist?”