“Emperor Wu?” The Three-Eyed Emperor turned around, glanced at Emperor Wu, and spoke.

He was the ruler of the thirty-sixth heaven, and the Martial Emperor was the ruler of the thirty-fourth heaven (the previous chapter wrote him as the ruler of the thirty-fifth heaven, which has been corrected). The thirty-sixth heaven and the thirty-fourth heaven were not far apart, and they were fairly familiar with each other. However, they were only familiar with each other and their relationship was not very deep. Once they spoke, it was considered that they had greeted each other. Afterwards, the Three-Eyed Emperor turned around again.

"I never expected that the Three-Eyed Emperor would break through the thirty-seventh heaven so quickly, breaking through the thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh heavens in succession, spanning two small realms. This is truly a cause for celebration..." Emperor Wu took a deep breath and offered his congratulations.

Since the thirty-seventh level has already been broken by the other party, there is no use in him being upset. The other party was already stronger than him, and now that the thirty-seventh level has been broken, he should be even stronger. It would be better for him to be polite and make friends with the other party.

"Heh... Emperor Wu must be mistaken. It wasn't me who broke through the thirty-seventh heaven..." Upon hearing Emperor Wu's words, the Three-Eyed Emperor turned his head again to look at Emperor Wu and smiled faintly.

"What? You weren't the one who broke through the thirty-seventh heaven?" Upon hearing the Three-Eyed Emperor's words, the Martial Emperor was greatly surprised.

As he spoke, he looked carefully toward the position of the Three-Eyed Emperor. Sure enough, the Three-Eyed Emperor was only somewhat close to the place where the thirty-seventh heaven was broken, but the one who was really stirring up the storm was not the Three-Eyed Emperor.

The Three-Eyed Emperor was looking up at the true core of the place that had broken through the thirty-seventh heaven. Following the Three-Eyed Emperor's gaze, the Martial Emperor also hurriedly looked up. He saw that at the true storm, terrifying Yin-attribute energies were surging wildly towards that place, obscuring the scene and making it impossible for him to see clearly for a moment.

"Who exactly is it... Could it be Ao Di, the Lord of the Thirty-Fifth Heaven? No, his strength shouldn't be enough..." The Martial Emperor's expression shifted, and he said in a deep voice.

"boom!"

Just as Emperor Wu was speaking, a spatial rift tore open in the space near them, and a black dragon flew out from it like a fleeting shadow.

"Emperor Ao?" Emperor Wu's brows twitched slightly as he spoke.

This black dragon is none other than Ao Di, the master of the thirty-fifth heaven. It is not an innate ghost cultivator, but a black dragon from the realm of living beings. After its fall, it rebuilt its power in the Netherworld as a ghost cultivator and finally broke through the thirty-fifth heaven of the Netherworld, which can be considered quite monstrous.

It's like he was talking about someone and they showed up immediately; he had barely mentioned the other person when they arrived.

"Emperor Wu? Three-Eyed Emperor?" The black dragon flew nearby, its ghostly form transforming into human form, and looked at Emperor Wu and Three-Eyed Emperor, saying.

"Emperor Ao, you've come too?" The Three-Eyed Emperor turned his head and glanced at Emperor Ao, greeting him again.

However, this time, Emperor Ao did not reply to the Three-Eyed Emperor. Instead, he fixed his gaze on Emperor Wu and said in a deep voice, "Emperor Wu, you killed a Saint King-level ghost cultivator in my Heavenly Realm without cause. Do you not take me seriously?"

If the ghost cultivator killed by the Martial Emperor was just an ordinary ghost cultivator, he wouldn't even ask questions. However, the ghost cultivator killed by the Martial Emperor was a mid-level Saint King, which is a top-tier combat force in the entire Netherworld.

That ghost cultivator at the intermediate Saint King level was cultivating in the thirty-fifth heaven, not in any other heaven. Naturally, he had some connection with him and was considered his subordinate in some respects. If the other party died and he didn't care, it would be too disheartening for the other ghost cultivators.

Moreover, Emperor Wu's actions did indeed somewhat slap him in the face.

"You're exaggerating, Emperor Ao. That Karso dared to deceive me, so I had no choice but to punish him. Otherwise, would he still think I'm so easy to fool?" Emperor Wu smiled and said.

"Punish him? Does that mean killing him outright?" Emperor Ao roared.

"I've already shown Emperor Ao face by not letting him die without a trace. Otherwise, if an ordinary mid-level Saint King dared to provoke me, I would have made him vanish from body and soul, never to be reincarnated again!" Emperor Wu said calmly.

"So, I should thank Emperor Wu? As far as I know, Karso was severely injured by a creature, and Emperor Wu took advantage of the situation to kill him, right? Well, Emperor Wu is indeed Emperor Wu, this is truly Emperor Wu's style!" Emperor Ao laughed angrily.

"You—" Upon hearing Ao Di's sarcastic words, a cold glint flashed in Wu Di's eyes.

“However, I cannot help but demand justice from my subordinate ghost cultivators. Let us have a fight!” At this moment, Ao Di snorted and said.

“I say, Emperor Ao, even if you want to have a showdown, you should choose a better time. Right now, the thirty-seventh heaven is being broken by ghost cultivators. Don’t you want to know who broke it?” Emperor Wu took a deep breath and said in a deep voice.

"What? The thirty-seventh heaven has been broken?" It has to be said that Emperor Ao was a bit oblivious, or perhaps, in his anger, all his attention was focused on Emperor Wu, and he hadn't carefully sensed the surrounding situation. Hearing Emperor Wu's words, he was greatly surprised.

Then, he suddenly looked up in the direction of the Three-Eyed Emperor.

The commotion over there was quite loud; he had vaguely sensed it earlier, but hadn't observed it closely.

He was the master of the thirty-fifth heaven, a top-ranking figure among the nine emperors. He didn't need to care about anything that might be detrimental to him in the Netherworld. So, when he entered the thirty-sixth heaven, although he sensed some great commotion there, he didn't pay any attention to it.

What does it matter to him, no matter how big the matter is?

He only needs to do his job and get revenge on Emperor Wu!

However, the breaking of the thirty-seventh heaven was an earth-shattering event that he could not ignore!

"Sure enough, this is the sound of the new Heaven being broken. Could it be that you, Three-Eyed Emperor..." The next moment, Emperor Ao exclaimed in shock.

Hearing Ao Di's words, the Three-Eyed Emperor felt somewhat helpless, realizing he had been misunderstood again.

“According to the previous pattern, the breaking of the thirty-seventh heaven should have given birth to a new time world. There are time turbulences around it now, so it’s no wonder that you, Emperor Ao, haven’t noticed it yet. However, you’ve misunderstood. I didn’t break the thirty-seventh heaven…” The Three-Eyed Emperor shook his head and said.

"Uh, you didn't break through the thirty-seventh heaven, Three-Eyed Emperor?" Upon hearing Three-Eyed Emperor's words, Emperor Ao was also taken aback. However, he quickly realized that the real force behind the upheaval in this space was the source of the chaos.

The Three-Eyed Emperor was indeed not a ghost cultivator who broke through the thirty-seventh heaven; there were other ghost cultivators who broke through the thirty-seventh heaven.

"If it's not the Three-Eyed Emperor, and not the Martial Emperor, then who is it..." Emperor Ao frowned.

The birth of a new ruler of the Heavens is related to the changing landscape of the Netherworld. The Thirty-Seventh Heaven is not an ordinary Heaven, but the beginning of a new small entity.

Based on the previous pattern, the flow of time alone is ten times faster than in their own realm. Even if the opponent is not as strong as them now, they will eventually reach their level, or even surpass them.

If their current strength is no less than theirs, or only slightly less, then after breaking through this level, their strength might be even greater than theirs.

Unfortunately, when a new heaven is broken, they can usually observe it up close and even absorb some of the ordinary energy that descends from heaven and earth. However, this is the breaking of the thirty-seventh heaven, which is the beginning of a new small entity with powerful temporal turbulence. Now that it has just been broken, it is at its most chaotic moment, and even they dare not get too close.

Therefore, they did not know who broke through the thirty-seventh heaven.

The names of powerful ghost cultivators flashed through their minds, only to be eliminated one by one.

"Three-Eyed Emperor, you don't seem too concerned about who the ghost cultivator who broke through the thirty-seventh heaven is? Could it be that you know who the ghost cultivator who broke through the thirty-seventh heaven is, and you have a good relationship with him? Could it be one of your genius subordinates?" Just then, the Martial Emperor saw the Three-Eyed Emperor with a faint smile on his face and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and ask.

It was both an inquiry and a test.

If the ghost cultivator who broke through the thirty-seventh heaven is some genius who emerged from some remote corner, and whose true strength isn't that great, then they might have to consider whether to wait until the other party completes the process of breaking through the thirty-seventh heaven and then take the opportunity to kill the other party and obtain the Netherworld Origin Power that the other party obtained, which would also be a great gain.

If the other party knows the Three-Eyed Emperor, or even has a good relationship with him, they might have to give up the idea.

Just a Three-Eyed Emperor, whose strength surpasses theirs, plus the Lord of the Thirty-Seventh Heaven, if they survive one blow, they'll be in trouble. They'll have to worry about being besieged by two top-tier experts at all times.

Not only should you not try to take advantage of the other party, you should also cultivate a good relationship with the Three-Eyed Emperor.

“Indeed, Three-Eyed Emperor, the opponent broke through the thirty-seventh heaven in the thirty-sixth heaven. You are the master of the thirty-sixth heaven, so you should know who it is, right? Or, as Emperor Wu said, it is your friend or subordinate?” Upon hearing Emperor Wu’s words, Emperor Ao also looked over and asked.

"I don't know which ghost cultivator broke through the thirty-seventh heaven, but his talent must be extremely strong. I was in seclusion cultivating just now, and I just sensed the change and found that the thirty-seventh heaven had been broken. It seems that the speed at which he broke through the thirty-seventh heaven was extremely fast..." The Three-Eyed Emperor pondered for a moment and said.

He was the master of the thirty-sixth heaven. In theory, he should have been able to sense any major disturbances in the thirty-sixth heaven. However, he didn't have time to sense it before the thirty-seventh heaven was shattered.

The speed was so fast that he could hardly believe it. Now, he also suspected that it was broken by a ghost cultivator who was cultivating in the thirty-sixth heaven and had a good relationship with him, because there had been some kind of array set up beforehand, so he hadn't sensed it for a while.

This is quite normal. Breaking through a new heaven is a momentous event. It is said that the Netherworld may have eighty-one heavens. If one heaven is broken, there will be one less heaven. Not every ghost cultivator wants the new heaven to be broken, especially for top ghost cultivators like them.

Therefore, it's quite normal for some ghost cultivators to prepare in advance and not want them to notice.

However, after reviewing the information in his mind and sensing the space of the thirty-sixth heaven again, he still couldn't sense any ghost cultivators who fit the description. He had already sensed the ghost cultivators who were slightly compatible, so it wasn't them.

Actually, if there really were such ghost cultivators, you're overthinking it.

He did not reject other ghost cultivators breaking through to new heavens; in fact, he hoped that other ghost cultivators would break through to new heavens.

Because, based on the information he obtained, he was quite certain that as new heavens were continuously broken, the limitations on these old heaven lords breaking through higher new heavens would also continuously decrease.

At the same time, he was very self-aware.

He knew very well that with his talent, he was absolutely incapable of breaking through the thirty-seventh level.

Therefore, it would be even better if a peerless ghost cultivator could break through the thirty-seventh heaven, or even break through several more heavens in succession.

At that time, he can cultivate better in the new environment, and the restrictions on breaking through the new heaven will be greatly reduced, so he will have the hope of breaking through another new heaven.

Conversely, if no peerless ghost cultivator breaks through the thirty-seventh level, he may be suppressed indefinitely at the bottleneck of breaking through the thirty-sixth level.

Without an improved environment, it's difficult to increase strength, and there's no hope of breaking through to a new level.

Even if the Thirty-Sixth Heaven is the highest heaven in the Netherworld, with the best environment, and even if his strength is the strongest in the Netherworld, what does it matter?

It's better now!

The thirty-seventh heaven has been shattered!

His hopes were greatly increased!

"I wonder what the Three-Eyed Emperor thinks of this ghost cultivator who broke through the thirty-seventh heaven..." Upon hearing the Three-Eyed Emperor say that he did not recognize this ghost cultivator who broke through the thirty-seventh heaven, Emperor Wu breathed a sigh of relief, but soon asked again.

“This ghost cultivator was able to deceive our sight, especially the Three-Eyed Emperor, and break through the thirty-seventh heaven. He is probably no ordinary person…” Ao Di said slowly, his eyes gleaming.

He could grow from a lowly acquired ghost cultivator to his current level, not only because of his talent, but also because of his various temperaments. As the saying goes, character determines destiny, and this is exactly the case.

You must strive for everything, otherwise you will have nothing. The more you strive, the stronger you become, and the stronger you become, the more you can gain. This is his spiritual insight.

The breaking of the thirty-seventh heaven presents an opportunity—an opportunity for the ghost cultivators who broke through the thirty-seventh heaven, and also for them. In this process, the attitude of the Three-Eyed Emperor is extremely important.

The Three-Eyed Emperor frowned slightly.

This could be an opportunity, he was well aware of that, but he didn't quite approve of this approach. What if the ghost cultivator who had broken through the thirty-seventh level was killed by them right after breaking through?

From now on, which ghost cultivator would dare to easily break through the new heaven?

Are they, the former lords of the old heavens who have broken through the new heavens?

However, those old lords who were further back in the hierarchy did not have much hope, and the old lords who were further back in the hierarchy were not strong, so how many of them dared to break through the new hierarchy?

If this continues, it will be extremely detrimental to the development of the Netherworld!

It's not that he has a magnanimous heart...

He also wants to continue getting stronger! To get stronger quickly!

However, this short-sighted approach is not in line with his path of cultivation!

Also, he had a sense of crisis...

Ghost cultivators and living beings are natural enemies!

The overall strength of the Netherworld is significantly weaker than that of the Great World of Living Beings!

He had once witnessed a legendary god from the Great World of Living Beings in action... He was truly powerful!

If such powerful beings entered the Netherworld, even if their strength was suppressed, could they withstand it? He wasn't sure!

Therefore, driven by this sense of crisis, he also needs to become stronger quickly!

He naturally disapproved of this approach that hindered the development of the Netherworld!