The Netherworld, Houtu Palace.
Houtu Niangniang was contemplating what she had learned from listening to the Dao when she suddenly felt a sudden, inexplicable unease. She had a vague feeling that something precious was about to be taken away from her.
She quickly finished her cultivation and began to deduce the secrets of heaven. After a short while, she understood the cause and effect.
"Xuanxiang brat! You've gone too far!"
She shouted angrily and stood up abruptly.
She immediately went to the back hall, retrieved the magical treasure, and rode the clouds straight to Yinshan.
From afar, she saw Hu Le and Tongtian Daoren standing above a sea of black mist.
Those mists were all formed from the condensation of innate Yin energy, deep and dense. After condensation, they resembled a sea of clouds in the sky, rising, flowing, and changing in countless ways.
Hu Le and the other person also saw Houtu arrive.
He turned his head and looked at Tongtian Daoist, "Brother Daoist, I'm leaving the person to you."
Tongtian Daoren was not a talkative person. He simply nodded and rode on auspicious clouds to greet Houtu Niangniang.
After they met, Tongtian Daoren stopped Houtu Niangniang and said, "Your Majesty, please wait."
Houtu Niangniang stopped and frowned at Tongtian Daoren: "Brother Tongtian, please step aside. I have something to discuss with that brat Xuanxiang."
Tongtian Daoist shook his head. "Fellow Daoist Xuanxiang is about to act according to the will of Heaven. Not to mention you, even I cannot stop you. You should not do anything futile and go back."
Houtu Niangniang is a female immortal, and if he could, Tongtian Daoren would not want to be known as someone who bullies women.
"So you really intend to join forces with that Xuanxiang to oppose me?!"
Houtu Niangniang's eyebrows shot up, clearly indicating that she was quite angry.
If she hadn't been wary of Tongtian Daoren's strength, she would have already made her move...
Just then, a thunderous roar suddenly rang out, echoing throughout the entire Netherworld.
The various ghosts wandering in the underworld would be terrified if they encountered such thunder on ordinary days.
But after the thunder, they became inexplicably excited, as if some great opportunity and good fortune was about to befall them.
So, driven by instinct, they all drifted toward the direction from which the thunder came.
Tongtian Daoren and Houtu Niangniang also looked towards that sea of dark mist at the same time.
A bolt of chaotic lightning descended from the sky, crashing into the sea of mist and exploding with a deafening roar, turning the entire sea of mist into chaos.
Hu Le stepped into the chaos, reached out and grabbed at the void. A flash of light appeared in his palm, and a Chaos Bell instantly materialized.
He picked up the Chaos Bell and threw it forward. The Chaos Bell was immediately enveloped in a ball of five-colored light and flew away in a spinning motion.
In an instant, the entire chaos began to shatter.
A spark ignited, and in the blink of an eye, that spark transformed into a raging sea of fire, quickly engulfing the void.
Just as the sea of fire was burning fiercely, a dark yellow gust of wind suddenly arose, swirling and blowing towards the sea of fire.
At the same time, a turbid torrent, like a flood bursting its banks, surged from afar and collided with the sea of fire that filled the sky in an instant.
At the same time as the water and fire collided, a cloud of yellow sand rose from the sky and transformed into a yellow dragon that rolled and flew in.
In just a moment, chaos shattered, and earth, fire, water, and wind surged forth.
With a thought, Hu Le summoned back the Chaos Bell, which was then suspended above his head to withstand the onslaught of earth, fire, water, and wind.
He gently stroked the bamboo staff in his hand, emitting a primordial Yin-Yang chaotic divine light, which resembled a cloud bridge spanning earth, fire, water, and wind.
The primordial Yin and Yang inherently possess the power of creation; wherever the divine light passes, the earth, fire, water, and wind gradually transform into something pure and turbid...
Seeing that Hu Le had already made his move, Houtu Niangniang could no longer hold back. She produced a sword in her hand, pointed it at Tongtian Daoren, and shouted, "Tongtian! Get out of my way! Otherwise, don't blame me for being impolite to you."
Tongtian Daoist shook his head and chuckled, "With me here, you can't get through. You'd better retreat obediently."
Upon hearing this, Houtu Niangniang stopped talking and raised her hand to shoot out a beam of sword light.
She was one of the most powerful beings in the primordial world, proficient in all kinds of supernatural abilities, and also had extraordinary attainments in swordsmanship.
The sword light shot out like a Milky Way across the sky, and the chilling killing intent turned into a cold aura that almost froze time and space.
Tongtian Daoren smiled faintly, and a Qingping Sword suddenly appeared in his hand. He gently touched the sword light.
The sword light instantly disintegrated.
While Houtu Niangniang was skilled in swordsmanship, she was far inferior to a master swordsman like Tongtian Daoren.
In terms of mastery of the sword, let alone Houtu, in the entire prehistoric world, if Tongtian Daoren claims to be second, no one would dare to claim to be first.
When Houtu Niangniang saw the sword light collapse, she didn't take it seriously. She had just used that sword strike casually, and she herself didn't think it could do anything to Tongtian Daoren.
She immediately drew her sword and stepped forward, thrusting it towards Tongtian Daoren's chest.
Tongtian Daoren extended the Qingping Sword from his hand, and with a flick of his wrist, deflected the sword that Houtu was thrusting at him.
Houtu Niangniang's sword missed its mark, so she quickly thrust out another sword. At the same time, she glanced at Hu Le and found that the earth, fire, water and wind had completely disappeared and transformed into pure and turbid energies flowing in the void.
She immediately became even more anxious.
If Hu Le successfully opens up the cycle of reincarnation, then the destiny of the entire Netherworld will inevitably be taken away by Hu Le.
Her identity as the Lord of the Underworld will also be stripped away...
When the thought of Hu Le preparing to accept the mandate of heaven and open up the netherworld arose in his mind, the mystery of the six realms of reincarnation was revealed in the heavenly way.
Houtu had just calculated the secrets of heaven and immediately understood the past and the future.
She then realized that all these years, she had been guarding a mountain of treasures without even realizing it.
If she had understood the mystery of reincarnation earlier, she might have been able to find a way to create reincarnation first and collect the merit and fortune of creating it.
If that were truly the case, how could she possibly have lost when competing with Goddess Nuwa for the Earthly Sovereign's Dao Fruit?
Thinking of all this, she couldn't help but feel a surge of bitterness and resentment.
She felt that the heavens were truly unfair and that fate had been too cruel to her.
She was clearly the disciple of the Earthly Sovereign Yue Jianshi, and should have been the one to inherit the position of Earthly Sovereign, but in the end she lost to the Goddess Nuwa.
She had inherited the Netherworld for many years, and reincarnation should have been her doing, thus gaining immeasurable merit. However, Hu Le seized the opportunity first.
Oh, heavens, how cruel you are to me!
Houtu Niangniang unleashed several sword strikes, but she was unable to force Tongtian Daoren to retreat, which only fueled her growing resentment and indignation.
"Don't panic, sister! I'm here to help you!"
Just as Houtu Niangniang was becoming increasingly anxious, Xuanming Niangniang arrived on auspicious clouds and joined forces with Houtu Niangniang to attack Tongtian Daoren.
Tongtian Daoren remained calm and composed. Facing the two women's combined attack, he flicked his Qingping Sword and shot out two beams of sword light towards the two women.
With his strength, he could easily handle the two women.
The two women attacked together for several moves, but they still couldn't force Tongtian Daoren to retreat even half a step.
Just then, Gonggong, Jumang, and the others sensed the situation and flew over on their own clouds, joining the battle one after another...
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