History’s Number 1 Founder - Chapter 1412

Chapter 1412

The Heavenly Grandmaster Grand Sage, the Crimson Gorilla Grand Sage, and the Shen Dragon King were all injured .

While Xin Longsheng, the Tiangang Swordmaster, and Shi Xingyun were all injured too, their injuries were lighter compared to the three demons . With Gu Jun and the Longevity Lotus Seat leading them, their situation, in face of the three demons, was greatly alleviated .

Shi Tianhao and Gu Jun communicated and then, they decided to stop their pursuit . A light shone from the center of Shi Tianhao’s head . The Origin Holy Light shone down on them and healed them of their injuries .

He fixed his gaze into the void . After thinking for a while, he opened his hand to reveal a talisman shining with red light . On the talisman, one could see the word ‘Yan’ .

This was a talisman that Xiao Yan had made specially with much difficulty . There were only a few circulating around, even within the Celestial Sect of Wonders . They could help Xiao Yan and the rest enter and exit the Nether Sea . While the users would still be subject to the power of the Nether Sea, it would be much calmer .

Shi Tianhao broke the talisman, which turned into a ray of red light instantly . The light was dark and appeared almost black . From the light, one could hear heart-chilling cries that sounded like the apocalypse .

The red light opened a crack in the void . Instantly, black rays of lights shot out from the crack like Yin wind . Where the Yin wind touched, heaven and earth froze over instantly . It was the Nine Nether Drought .

Following behind the Nine Nether Drought was the Avīci Infernal Gale that resembled a red fog of light . Then, the noxious and repulsive Blood River flowed out too, followed by the Heavenly Apocalyptic Blaze, the Nefarious Spectral Primordial Fire, and the River Styx Primordial Water . All of them started to spread out in the void .

Shi Tianhao looked at the tear leading into the Nether Sea and frowned slightly . “It was more chaotic than before . Big Senior appeared to be under much pressure indeed . ”

He stepped into it and slowly walked about in the Nether Sea . Everywhere he went was like an invisible tunnel . The tunnel seemed to exist and disappear at will . A vast amount of destructive power seeped out from it and started to attack Shi Tianhao .

This tunnel was much more difficult for Shi Tianhao to navigate, compared to before . However, it was not able to trump him yet .

As he walked forward, Shi Tianhao looked into the distance and saw numerous calamities . The world here was on the verge of continual destruction . Not a single moment of it was calm .

The disasters merged together and formed an extremely chaotic state . Through this chaotic state, one could see a huge red pillar of light that stood erect in the middle of the Nether Sea .

The pillar of light stood unmoving there . It was like the only calm place in the entire Nether Sea . However, it sent chills down the hearts of everyone who saw it and an odd uneasiness . From Shi Tianhao’s perspective, there was an indescribable distance between the red pillar and himself .

As space folded, one could not simply describe the distance between the two as ‘near’ or ‘far’ . The red pillar of light appeared to be in its own space in the Nether Sea . Yet, it seemed extremely far from Shi Tianhao too . If not for Xiao Yan’s talisman, he would not be able to reach it even after many months .

As he advanced, Shi Tianhao reached the red pillar . When it was before him, his gaze suddenly paused .

Shi Tianhao knew that the red pillar was the master-less Destiny-level magic treasure in the Nether Sea . It was a manifestation of the power of Catastrophe .

Earlier, thanks to the presence of Catastrophe, there were many worlds within the Netherworld Sea . They were all giant bubbles in the Netherworld Sea, separate from each other . They seemed to revolve around Catastrophe, but in reality, they were all in separate dimensions .

At this moment, these worlds within a world were all stuck together . Together, they formed a world by itself . While one could see barriers that separated them, it was also clear that they had started to merge .

The many worlds around Catastrophe resembled rings on a stick . A red light flashed non-stop from one of them .

Shi Tianhao noticed that there appeared to be a face-off .

One of the people sat cross-legged . He was about 30 meters tall and underneath him, one could see a huge lotus made from different types of fire, which were purplish-blue, pure-gold, milky-white etc . They shone and flashed like a huge torch .

On the person’s head, one could see a black-and-white Taiji Diagram . His facial features resembled Xiao Yan . This was Xiao Yan’s Virtual Entity, which he had formed after he ascended into the Immortal Soul Second Level .

Around his body, indescribable types of light flashed . They shone brightly at first and then dimmed completely . They were like the embers of a dying fire . Even as the fires flashed, they were all eventually extinguished . At times, they would come back to life .

As calamities around Xiao Yan raged, his eyes shone brightly . A fierce, dark red light flashed in an abnormal fashion .

Before Xiao Yan, there were other people on the giant ring .

There was a solitary figure clad entirely in white . Clouds were stitched on his robe, a clear sign that he was from the Great Void Sect .

This was the naturally Wu Mengqi, an elder from the Great Void Sect . With the powers he had inherited from his forebears, he was able to enter the Netherworld Sea to use its powers

However, his expression was serious . His eyes flashed and his gaze alternated between Xiao Yan and the other people . No sign of joy could be seen .

From afar, directly opposite Xiao Yan, there was a person clad in black dragon robes . He wore a crown on his head and he emitted a regal awe .

The person appeared to be 30 years old, but he brimmed with a powerful awe . His eyes, which shone from underneath his crown, gave off a black light .

His gaze was icy-cold but it was extremely dark . Silent and ethereal, it was as if everything belonged to an eternal slumber .

He gave off an aura of death as if he came from Hell itself . However, in the aura of death that he emitted, one could sense a strong, vital energy too . He seemed to possess an understanding of the flow of life and death, which made death appear much less frightening .

While his appearance had changed and he already became a young man, everyone, from Xiao Yan to Wu Mengqi, recognized this person as the Emperor of the Dead .

The last time the Emperor of the Dead revealed himself, it was during the War of the Two Worlds . Since then, he concealed himself almost perfectly .

This time, everything could feel that his powers were stronger than before . It was as if he had returned to his peak in the Antiquity Age .

Since his rebirth, only about 30 years had passed . The Emperor of the Dead Mantra was powerful indeed . Even the two most powerful cultivators of today, Xiao Yan and Wu Mengqi, were in admiration of him .

This was no mere rotation of the Wheel of Samsara . Instead, it was a genuine rebirth .

The Emperor of the Dead was calm . However, his gaze fell onto Xiao Yan . Next to him, there was a middle-aged man who was clad in ancient robes . His expression was calm and expressionless . His gaze was like water and he was emotionless .

Wu Mengqi stared at the middle-aged man with a complicated gaze .

This was because the man was the second leader of the Great Void Sect, Yan Xinghe .

Wu Mengqi claimed descent from Wen Chiyang . Ideologically speaking, he was very different from Wen Chiyang . Wu Mengqi was a leading figure of the Radical Faction of the Great Void Sect . His views were radically different from Wen Chiyang and he was more extreme than Yan Xinghe .

Yan Xinghe appeared to have felt Wu Mengqi’s gaze and identified who he was . He looked over, but his expression did not change .

As the Emperor of the Dead had already cultivated him into an Evil Soul, he was able to face his junior with a calm expression on his face . There was no awkwardness or shame .

When he saw the clouds stitched onto Wu Mengqi’s robes, Yan Xinghe’s expression remained calm . However, Wu Mengqi felt an immense sadness in his heart .

The Great Void Sect was very particular about the robes its members wore . When Yan Xinghe was the leader of the sect, there had already been many regulations in this aspect . Many of them continued until today, including the white clouds that were stitched on them .

Yan Xinghe took note of Wu Mengqi . He nodded his head and then retracted his gaze .

After Shi Tianhao’s gaze had swept over Wu Mengqi, the Emperor of the Dead, Yan Xinghe, he looked in another direction . There, two people stood .

One of them was a handsome young monk clad in gray . That was the Golden Cicada .

The Golden Cicada sat in a lotus position . To his side, there was another young monk clad in black . His body too shone with Buddhist light and his body was as clear as marble . On his head, there were 18 lamps . As the light from the lamps shone, one could see the silhouettes of bodhisattvas and ethereal Buddhist chants .

The young monk was as handsome as the Golden Cicada . However, his skin was paler and under the shine from the marble, he appeared dark too .

While his appearance had changed since he joined the Buddhists, how could Xiao Yan not recognize that this young monk was the Shen Tuze, a descendant of the Emperor of the Dead and a disciple of the Nether Priest?

From the light image that Xiao Yan had provided, Shi Tianhao too had seen the true face of Shen Tuze before . Hence, when he saw him, he recognized him almost immediately .

He had disappeared for many years and it was shocking that he became Buddhists . However, it was still within expectations .

The Emperor of the Dead recognized Shen Tuze too . However, he pretended as if he did not exist . He fixed his gaze on Xiao Yan . Shen Tuze, clad in Buddhist robes, stared at Xiao Yan too .

The two of them were injecting their mana into the giant red ring of light underneath them .

Xiao Yan too was using his supernatural awareness to contact Catastrophe .

Among everyone present, his connection with Catastrophe was the deepest . However, he was unable to fully control Catastrophe and the power of the Netherworld Sea .

If the others allied together, they could destroy Xiao Yan by using the power of the Netherworld Sea . The red ring separated them from the currents of the Netherworld Sea outside, which was becoming increasingly ferocious .

While everyone stood on top of the ring of the light and could see each other, they were still in different dimensions . Only when the different worlds had merged and the barriers between them had disappeared could they come into contact with each other . That moment was fast approaching .