Eternal world, thirty-sixth layer of heaven, cemetery space.
Countless broken tombstones stand on the bloody ground, and the atmosphere of vicissitudes of desolation permeates the entire space. An old man in black robes sits quietly next to a small tomb in the center of the space, seemingly guarding the tombs of many dead souls.
Buzz!
Ripples like water suddenly appeared in the cemetery space, and bright spots of light appeared all over the sky, condensing into an invisible light-shaped figure. The supreme and majestic aura of heaven instantly dispelled the aura of death that had remained for thousands of years.
Emperor Zhenwu opened his eyes and looked calm. He stood up, bowed slightly to Mu Yuan and said, "Zhenwu pays homage to His Majesty the Crown of Heaven!"
Mu Yuan's calm and indifferent eyes fell on Emperor Zhenwu and said: "You should know my purpose this time!"
Emperor Zhenwu was silent, his eyes were so deep that they seemed to contain the endless sea of stars.
Since the Yuan Realm and the Zhenwu World merged into the Eternal Realm hundreds of years ago, he has entered this realm with the Cemetery Space.
Mu Yuan has also been busy with upgrading the world, opening up the underworld and other matters, leaving Emperor Zhenwu and the cemetery space aside. Now that the eternal world is basically stable, Mu Yuan also has time to deal with them.
The cemetery space hangs thirty-six layers high like the stars in the sky, overlooking the entire Eternal Continent. In the past, the two realms of Yin and Yang were connected and the souls of the dead were led into the underworld. Emperor Zhenwu naturally saw it clearly.
There is a realm of life, a realm of death, a realm of death, yin and yang are different, and the souls of the living and dead live in the same realm.
Strictly speaking, Emperor Zhenwu is also a dead soul, and the cemetery space can be regarded as a land of the underworld, so Mu Yuan wants them all to integrate into the underworld and become part of the underworld.
"You also helped me when I was promoted in the eternal world, and you have great merits, so you now have two choices."
Mu Yuan stepped forward slowly, wiping the broken tombstone from time to time, and said in a calm tone: "First, you enter the underworld, take charge of a continent of underworld, and become the emperor of the underworld.
Build an underworld and manage hundreds of millions of ghosts and dead souls on behalf of Emperor Yin. From now on, you will live as long as heaven. The eternal world will not be destroyed, and you will not be destroyed either!"
"The second is that you enter the land of reincarnation, your cultivation dissipates, and you are reincarnated. With your merits, you can be reincarnated into a mythical beast, a different species, or another race, and start all over again."
Emperor Zhenwu was once the strongest person in a thousand worlds and reached the True Spirit Realm. Now, even as a remnant soul, his strength is comparable to that of Heaven in a small world. Moreover, the cemetery space was created by him alone and is not under Mu Yuan's control at all.
If in the future when Mu Yuan goes to war with the heavens of other worlds, this powerful man who is not under his control has evil intentions and takes the opportunity to stab him in the back, then the eternal world will be in danger, and Mu Yuan himself will probably be swallowed by other heavens.
Therefore, for someone as powerful as Emperor Zhenwu, Mu Yuan could not possibly let him stay in the cemetery space and be as independent from the world as he was in the Zhenwu world.
The two options given by Mu Yuan are that one is to let Emperor Zhenwu become the emperor of the underworld and control part of the power of heaven and earth. His cultivation strength will become stronger with the growth of the eternal world. He can be said to be the most noble and powerful existence in the eternal world.
However, the disadvantage is that from now on, his true spirit will be completely controlled by Mu Yuan, and he will never be able to transcend it forever. Mu Yuan can take back his authority and cultivation in a single thought, and cast it into dust from the sky.
The other is that Emperor Zhenwu's cultivation is dissipated and fed back to the eternal world. Only his true spirit is thrown into the pool of reincarnation and reincarnated, starting a thousand reincarnations and starting all over again.
His true spirit will also be imprinted with the imprint of the eternal realm along with reincarnation. As long as his cultivation level does not reach a certain level, he will never be able to escape Mu Yuan's control.
It is impossible for Mu Yuan to allow creatures that cannot be controlled by him to appear in the eternal world!
Emperor Zhenwu sighed quietly, his eyes scanning the entire cemetery space, containing indescribable complex emotions, as if he was recalling everything in the past.
"How many epochs have passed...all living beings in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths have been indirectly destroyed because of me. I am a sinner.
In these eras, I have been waiting in this cemetery space as a gravekeeper, just to atone for my sins."
Emperor Zhenwu looked at Mu Yuan, bowed again and said: "So, Your Majesty, I would like to become the emperor of the underworld and take charge of a continent of the underworld.
In this way, I can continue to serve as a gravekeeper, guarding the souls of all living beings in the nine heavens and ten earths, and continue to atone for my crimes!"
Hearing Emperor Zhenwu's choice, Mu Yuan couldn't help but have a flash of surprise in his eyes. According to his guess, Emperor Zhenwu would choose the second option and reincarnate in the land of reincarnation.
After all, Emperor Zhenwu, as the strongest man in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, had reached the True Spirit Realm in cultivation, and his will was comparable to Divine Iron and Immortal Gold. Even after reincarnation, he would definitely reach the pinnacle of martial arts in the Eternal Realm again in the shortest possible time.
Even if he can retrieve the memory of his previous life, relying on his martial arts experience in his previous life, there is a glimmer of hope to become a strong man in the true spirit realm again, and to reach the realm of living as long as heaven again.
True Spirit Realm, as the name suggests, warriors in this realm can master their own true spirit, thereby getting rid of the reincarnation of thousands of lives, and their life span can truly be said to be as long as heaven!
Of course, Emperor Zhenwu is just a remnant soul now. Although he once reached the True Spirit Realm, he now does not have the strength of the True Spirit Realm and cannot escape reincarnation.
Unexpectedly, Emperor Zhenwu actually chose the first option, becoming the emperor of the underworld, just to continue to serve as a gravekeeper for the souls of all living beings in the nine heavens and ten earths.
Mu Yuan was silent for a moment, then waved his sleeves, and his figure turned into spots of light that slowly dispersed in the sky. Only one word echoed, saying:
"Forget it, since you have chosen to become the emperor of the underworld, then return to your throne now."
Boom boom boom!
I saw the mighty power of the infinite world coming and covering the entire cemetery space. In just an instant, this cemetery space spanned thirty-six levels of sky and seventy-two levels of earth, and appeared in the small world of the underworld.
As soon as the cemetery space appeared, it instantly attracted the attention of hundreds of millions of souls who had not yet gone through reincarnation. Just when they were wondering, the indifferent and ruthless voice of the Emperor Yin, the will of the underworld, resounded throughout the underworld.
"Emperor! You are the first emperor in the underworld - the Zhenwu Emperor. You are in charge of the Netherland Continent, commanding hundreds of millions of dead souls, and controlling life and death, longevity, and nobleness!"
The pillars of the rules of life and death in the underworld emerged, separated part of the rules and authority, formed a series of divine patterns and spiritual inscriptions, and finally turned into a golden edict, which fell directly into the true spirit of Emperor Zhenwu.
Next to Emperor Zhenwu, the ghostly energy of the netherworld was swirling and flowing, condensing into a black dragon robe with gold patterns, and an imperial crown on his head, exuding a supreme majesty belonging to the emperor of the underworld.
boom!
Eventually, the cemetery space merges into the Netherworld Continent, and an imperial city rises from the ground out of thin air. Emperor Zhenwu will establish the underworld system here to handle all affairs in the Netherworld Continent!
ps: There is only one update today, I will make it up tomorrow, sorry.