Feeling the changes in his body, the ferocious beast revealed an ecstasy that was hard to conceal on its face.

This body, which was only skin and bones, began to be filled with flesh and blood again, and his exhausted soul underwent the transformation of the incense and the way of the gods. The suppression of the rules of heaven and earth brought by the tide of spiritual energy was further weakened with the canonization of the divine position, and the pain that had always accompanied him was also alleviated.

At this moment, as long as he does not deliberately use strength beyond the current limits of the Xuanhuang Realm, he will not be tortured by the rules and the depletion of spiritual energy.

Whether it was the liberation of the soul or the revival of the body, the ferocious beast had a feeling of being reborn. The will that had fallen into confusion after thousands of years of torture was also restored with Shen Yuan's decree.

What is more important is that the Minghao Great Celestial Immortal's edict that had accompanied him for tens of thousands of years was completely shattered under the suppression of the status of Fengdu Emperor. The shackles that had trapped him for tens of thousands of years were finally removed, allowing him to be reborn.

And as the conferring of the throne of god was gradually completed, the incense, divine power and the authority of the underworld that flowed into its body also made the ferocious beast feel the blessing from the throne of god.

The beast of hell, just by listening to the name you can know that this is the god who guards the eighteen levels of hell.

The Eighteen Levels of Hell in the underworld evolved from the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower. The beast deity that guards hell seems to be no different from the ferocious beast that guarded the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower before.

But in fact, the ferocious beast knew very well that there was a world of difference between the two.

The beast was previously guarding the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower because of the decree from the great immortal Minghao, which prevented it from leaving the tower. This decree cost the beast tens of thousands of years of its lifespan.

After guarding for tens of thousands of years, the ferocious beast not only did not gain any benefit, but also suffered a lot.

The position of the beast of prison is another concept.

Guarding hell is the duty of the hell beast deity. The ferocious beast can fulfill the duty of guarding hell, thereby obtaining the authority of the underworld and a steady supply of incense, gods and power, allowing him to climb to a higher realm with the help of the deity.

Even if the ferocious beast hated guarding hell, as long as he stripped away the throne of the beast that guarded hell, he would be free from any constraints and leave the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower to the outside world.

But as long as the ferocious beast has a normal mind, it will not choose to strip the beast of the prison of its status.

You should know that this is the position of the god who holds the authority of the underworld. Its status is even higher than that of the gods in the lower world. It can almost be compared with the ten great underworld generals in the past. In the heavenly court, it should be one of the eight gods.

As long as it performs its duties conscientiously and waits for the transformation of the eighteen levels of hell in the future, the ferocious beast may even have the hope of ascending to the realm of celestial immortals.

Didn't he endure all these thousands of years of suffering just for this chance to be promoted?

I didn't even have time to fight for it, so how could I give up so easily?

If it is said that the decree of the great immortal Hao is a shackle, then the position of the beast of prison is a complete benefit.

With the conferring of the divine throne being completely completed, the ferocious beast that originally seemed likely to die at any time has now recovered to a large extent.

The dried up body regained its vitality, with lines like a scroll of hell outlined on its body, as if it was carrying a world of hell on its back.

A pair of scarlet eyes seemed to be burning with a flame that would never go out, and its four legs left behind a trail of burning fire marks in the void.

Within the eighteen levels of hell, the karmic fire that had been extinguished as the karmic mirror was shattered was reignited from the earth, and countless evil spirits were howling in the karmic fire.

In the sky above those many hell worlds, a pair of red eyes watched everything indifferently, and the eternal flame seemed to set the entire world on fire.

Looking at the changes in the Prison Beast, Shen Yuan couldn't help but reveal a hint of surprise in his eyes.

He was the one who personally bestowed the throne of the Beast of Hell, so he naturally knew that the power of the Beast of Hell should not contain the karmic fire that burns sins.

Even in the entire underworld, there is no authority related to karma fire.

The stars in his eyes were streaming and deducing the information, and the next moment Shen Yuan understood the cause and effect.

King Qin Guang's struggle before his death caused the Karma Mirror to shatter. As a treasure that manifests the rules of the underworld, the Karma Mirror itself symbolizes the rules.

If it is broken in the outside world, the incomplete rules in the karma mirror will be integrated into the world, because its own incomplete characteristics will be eliminated by the rules of the original world and no trace will be left.

However, the place where the karma mirror was broken was the underworld, an independent underworld separated from the underworld, with rules that were almost completely the same as those of the underworld.

This resulted in the karma rules after the karma mirror was broken and integrated into the underworld, not being eliminated by other rules of the underworld, but being preserved intact.

The Eighteen Levels of Hell are the place with the heaviest karma in the entire underworld. Shen Yuan's decree to confer the title of the Beast God of Hell just triggered the incomplete karmic rules, thus giving the Beast God of Hell a portion of karmic authority.

This incomplete authority naturally could not be compared with the real Karma Mirror. Even if the Karma Mirror that appeared in the Xuanhuang Realm was weakened countless times, it was still far superior to the Beast of Prison.

However, the existence of karmic authority ultimately made up for some of the defects in the rules of the underworld, making the entire underworld more perfect.

When he thought of this, the smile on Shen Yuan's face became even more intense.

The Beast of Prison also woke up from his perception of the divine position. Although he still could not leave the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower at this moment, he was fundamentally different from before.

Looking at Shen Yuan in front of him, who was wearing the black-gold imperial robe, the Beast of Hell no longer had any resentment in his heart. The nameless fire in his red eyes quietly extinguished. The Beast of Hell lowered its head and prostrated itself in front of Shen Yuan, saying respectfully:

"Thank you, Emperor, for granting me the throne!"

"Zhen will definitely live up to the emperor's kindness and stay in the eighteen levels of hell for him forever!"

Feeling the feedback from the incense and the gods, the will of the beast of the prison has already merged with the god's throne, which means that the beast of the prison has completely submitted to him, which made Shen Yuan nodded approvingly.

In this way, Shen Yuan doesn't have to worry about the Prison Beast rebelling.

Even if he could display the strength of a fairyland in the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower, as long as he stepped into the realm of the underworld gods, Shen Yuan, as the master of the conferred divine throne, could suppress him with just a thought.

Shen Yuan was quite satisfied that he had turned a hidden trouble into a help.

However, Shen Yuan knew very well that the prison beast was just a minor detail, and his real goal from beginning to end was the spirit of the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower that had made a promise for ten thousand years.

As soon as he thought of this, Shen Yuan's status as the Emperor of Fengdu faded away, and he returned to his white clothes. He whispered to the Beast of Hell:

"During these ten thousand years, has anyone ever been to the core area?"

Upon hearing this, the Prison Beast immediately stood up straight and said in a serious tone:

"I have been guarding here for ten thousand years in compliance with the Emperor's decree. You are the first person to set foot here since the Zhenlong Small World."

As it spoke, the ferocious beast raised its claws and a golden portal appeared in the void. This was the portal leading to the core area of ​​the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower, and it was also the place that the ferocious beast had been guarding.

Compared to thousands of years ago, the light above this door has become much dimmer.

The ferocious beast respectfully explained:

“Since the pagoda evolved into the Eighteen Layers of Hell, the pagoda spirit seems to have entered some kind of strange transformation.

The countless sins and evil spirits accumulated in the Eighteen Layers of Hell have had a certain impact on the Tower Spirit, so please be careful, Emperor."

Shen Yuan nodded and stepped into the final portal.

Ten thousand years ago, Shen Yuan had personally visited the core of the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower and saw a world that was constantly evolving from the Xuanhuang Qi. Every blade of grass, every tree, every mountain, and every river were transformed by the Xuanhuang Qi, and were experiencing the cycle of destruction and creation, which benefited Shen Yuan a lot.

But when Shen Yuan stepped into the core area for the second time, the scene before him made him stunned.

The magnificent world once constructed by the Xuanhuang Qi has collapsed, and countless Xuanhuang Qis have dissipated into the dark void and scattered around, without any trace of the mystery that once evolved into the world.

Chaos replaced order. Amid the scattered turbulence of mysterious and yellow energy, only a piece of barren land retained a trace of pure land.

On this desolate land, Shen Yuan saw a constantly changing human silhouette, and in the center of its body was a Xuanhuang Linglong Tower that had been shrunk countless times.

He is the center of this void and the source of the mysterious and yellow energy.

Shen Yuan instantly determined that the vague human-shaped outline was the tower spirit that had made a ten-thousand-year agreement with him.

Stepping into the barren land, the tower spirit in front of Shen Yuan sometimes turned into a ghost with its tongue pulled out, and sometimes turned into a corpse that was cut into countless pieces.

His body seemed to be constantly experiencing and repeating everything in the eighteen levels of hell, and a strange aura slowly dissipated from him.

Sensing Shen Yuan's presence, the tower spirit finally raised its head slowly, and stared at Shen Yuan with eyes that were sometimes angry, sometimes hateful, and sometimes sad, and spoke softly:

“You’re here.”

There was a sigh of relief in his calm words.

"You have fulfilled your promise. After the trial in the Zhenlong Small World, I have indeed gained ten thousand years of freedom and am no longer under the control of the Great Celestial Immortal Minghao.

So after these ten thousand years, I can obey your orders and let you drive me."

Shen Yuan was quite surprised by the tower spirit's calm attitude.

Shen Yuan was naturally aware that the agreement he had made with Tower Spirit ten thousand years ago was completely intended to be a trick.

He knew that the connection between heaven and earth would come in a few decades, and by then the great immortal Minghao would not be able to interfere in the affairs of the Xuanhuang Realm.

With the help of his understanding of the future, he made a contract with the Tower Spirit. In reality, he didn't need to do anything at all, just let time pass to fulfill the agreement.

Shen Yuan used his supernatural power to drive gods to connect with Xuanhuang Realm and make an oath in order to prevent the tower spirit from realizing the reason and breaking the contract out of reluctance.

As it turns out, Ta Ling doesn't seem to have this idea at all.

Ta Ling did not try to figure out Shen Yuan's psychological changes, but looked at Shen Yuan with interest and asked:

“I have been promoted to a half-step world-opening treasure. Although my spiritual essence has been damaged due to the spiritual energy tide, as long as the spiritual energy tide returns to heaven and earth and replenishes the missing Xuanhuang Qi, I will be able to exert the power of a half-step world-opening treasure.

This may be very difficult for others, but it is very easy for you. After all, there is an unimaginable amount of Xuanhuang Qi outside the Xuanhuang Realm. With your means, you can easily collect it by leaving the Xuanhuang Realm."

"what will you do?"

"Are you taking me out of Xuanhuang Realm to complete the Half-Step World-Opening Treasure?

Or do I simply use my remaining body to help you suppress the enemies in this world?"

Ta Ling seemed quite curious about Shen Yuan's choice.

However, Shen Yuan just shook his head and said solemnly:

"I'm not taking you away."

“If I take you away, I will just have one more treasure that can defend against enemies. It may be of some value to me, but it will be of no benefit to the entire Xuanhuang Realm.

But leaving you in the underworld to continue evolving the eighteen levels of hell and maintaining the order of the underworld is your true destiny."

Taling was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that Shen Yuan would actually give up a treasure that could open up the world half-way and be willing to let him stay in the underworld.

The Xuanhuang Linglong Tower was nurtured by the Xuanhuang Realm. It was the tower spirit's natural responsibility to evolve the eighteen levels of hell to give back to the Xuanhuang Realm.

On the contrary, Shen Yuan did not need to take any responsibility, but was able to give up the opportunity to obtain the Half-Step Opening World Treasure, which made the tower spirit's simple intelligence difficult to understand.

Tower Spirit's reaction made Shen Yuan smile.

This decision had been made before he entered the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower. It seemed incredible, but considering Shen Yuan's identity, it was not difficult to accept.

As the King of Fengdu who is in charge of the underworld, all things in the underworld are under his control.

Leaving the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower in the underworld to continue evolving the Eighteen Levels of Hell is still under Shen Yuan's control. The only difference is that the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower cannot be used at any time.

For Shen Yuan, after obtaining the Seven Arrows with Nailed Heads and the status of Emperor Fengdu, the existing means of attack were more than enough. Having an incomplete Half-Step World-Opening Treasure on him would not be of much benefit.

On the contrary, allowing the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower to evolve into the Eighteen Levels of Hell can not only stabilize the order of the underworld, but also allow the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower to further transform.

If the underworld expands in the future and encroaches on more power of the underworld, the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower may evolve into a real eighteen levels of hell and transform into a treasure for opening the world.

Although this goal is far away, it is not impossible to achieve.

At least for Shen Yuan today, the value of leaving the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower to stabilize the underworld is far greater than having an extra protective treasure.

After repeatedly confirming that Shen Yuan was not joking, Ta Ling finally breathed a sigh of relief, and a smile appeared on his constantly changing blurry face.

He also wanted to give back to the Xuanhuang Realm and wanted to further transform into a true treasure of opening the world, but he would only have that opportunity if he stayed in the underworld.

If Shen Yuan made such a choice, it would just be what he wanted.

Each person and each tower achieved satisfactory results.

Shen Yuan's eyes fell on the tower spirit's constantly changing figure, frowned slightly and asked:

"Why do you have this body?"

Ta Ling looked at him and said with some helplessness:

"I'm already in the process of transformation. There are countless evil spirits in the eighteen levels of hell. Even I can't help but be affected by the long-term infection. There are remnants in each level of hell.

If it were just this, it would be fine. At most, I would turn myself into a demon. To me, there is no such thing as a Nanzhou tea farmer.

But in addition to this, as more and more souls entered hell, I gradually realized that some of the souls seemed to have a little elusive and strange aura left, which even affected my transformation. "

As he spoke, Ta Ling stretched out his right hand, which had turned into a ghost claw and was surrounded by a heart-pounding aura.

Shen Yuan's mind exploded, his eyes fixed on the wisp of ethereal breath, his face filled with unprecedented solemnity.

He recognized that aura!

In the Sun Star hanging high above all worlds, on the corpse on the surface of the broken star that had not been burned for thousands of years, Shen Yuan had felt the same breath as the one in the hands of the Tower Spirit.

This kind of aura is definitely not something that could be born in the Xuanhuang Realm.

It is related to the catastrophe that swept across the upper realm!