Primordial Emperor Xihuang

Chapter 39 The Netherworld Empress, Discussing the Dao

Chapter 39 The Netherworld Empress, Discussing the Dao

"Houtu, from the Netherworld, greets fellow Daoist."

A smile appeared on her bright face. Houtu looked at Fuxi, bowed, and said...

"The Netherworld? Fellow Daoist was actually able to pass through the barrier between the two realms, impressive."

"Cangli of the East Sea greets Fellow Daoist Houtu."

When Fuxi heard the name Houtu, he frowned. He had never heard of this name before, but when he learned that Houtu came from the underworld, Fuxi understood.

The Netherworld is located on the dark side of the primordial wilderness. It is boundless and vast. Even though Fuxi lived in the Netherworld for a period of time, he did not know much about this great world, which was no less than the primordial wilderness.

Or rather, very few people in the vast primordial world know about the Netherworld, and most cultivators and demons probably haven't even heard of the name Netherworld.

If Fuxi hadn't been lost in the dreamlike world of the universe in the past, he wouldn't have known of the existence of the Netherworld.

"Does this fellow Daoist know about the Netherworld?"

Houtu looked at Fuxi with a hint of surprise in her eyes. Since she entered the primordial world, Fuxi was the first innate god-demon to know about the Netherworld.

"I once entered the Netherworld and barely escaped after a near-death experience. This vast world left a very deep impression on me."

A hint of reminiscence flashed in Fuxi's eyes. In the past, he had just transcended the Great Thousand Dreams and transformed into a Primordial Pure Yang God-Demon. Naturally, he was full of pride and joy. However, he did not expect that the Netherworld was still evolving, and within it, forty million eons of tribulations were naturally evolving!

Every living being experiences a minor tribulation every hundred years, a medium tribulation every thousand years, and a major tribulation every ten thousand years.

Fuxi lived in the Netherworld for millions of years, experiencing hundreds of major calamities, thousands of medium calamities, and tens of thousands of minor calamities, and was seriously injured more than ten times. Fuxi's life was the most miserable in the Netherworld, so naturally he had a very deep impression of it.

"It seems that you don't have a good impression of the Netherworld."

Houtu smiled, naturally knowing what the Netherworld was like now. Not to mention ordinary innate and acquired beings, even innate gods and demons would be seriously injured or even die in the Netherworld once they stepped into it.

There is a barrier between the Netherworld and the Primordial World. Cultivators must either find a loophole in the barrier, possess a supreme innate treasure, or be born from the origin of the Netherworld like her. Only then can they freely travel between the two worlds.

Otherwise, once anyone enters the Netherworld, it will be extremely difficult for them to leave.

"It's hard to say whether it's good or bad. I did suffer a lot in the Netherworld, but that great world was also where I clarified my true self and established my path. If the Heavenly Dao could temporarily open the barrier between the two worlds, I would like to go back and take a look."

There will be an opportunity.

Houtu looked at Fuxi, a hint of joy flashing in her eyes.

Houtu, as a primordial deity born from the origin of the Netherworld, was ahead of almost all living beings in the primordial world from the very beginning of her birth. Houtu can be said to be the natural ruler of the Netherworld.

Unfortunately, the Netherworld is plagued by countless calamities, and its inhabitants, gods, and demons are extremely rare. It does not occupy a large share of the destiny in the primordial world, which is extremely detrimental to its future development.

If Houtu can pull Fuxi into the Netherworld, then with Fuxi's cultivation and foundation, the fortune of the Netherworld will naturally rise accordingly.

"I sense a trace of dragon energy emanating from you, fellow Daoist. Could you perhaps be the Dragon Emperor of the East Sea?"

Houtu's eyes flashed, and she saw the eerie blue dragon formed by the gathering of wind and cloud energy behind Fuxi. She had already roughly guessed Fuxi's origin, which was also why Fuxi did not hide it.

"Indeed, I recently joined the Dragon Clan and became the Azure Dragon Emperor. Fellow Daoist, you possess immense fortune and faintly resemble a giant bear. You must be the lord of the Mountain Bear Clan."

Fuxi looked at Houtu and sensed a trace of the immense aura of a great clan emanating from her. He then understood Houtu's identity.

The two looked at each other, remained silent for a moment, and then suddenly laughed.

As the leaders of their respective powerful clans, they would inevitably clash when many clans fought for the throne in the future. However, that future was too far away for them.

At present, Fuxi and Houtu have no conflict of interest. The Dragon Clan has not yet occupied the East Sea, let alone landed to conquer the Eastern Continent.

The Mountain Bear Clan, founded by Hou Tu, was only one of the twelve major clans of the Eastern Continent. Surrounded by numerous other major clans, and unable to even conquer the others, how could they possibly consider the affairs of the East Sea Dragon Clan?

"It is fate that we meet. Brother, the two elements of life and death are in constant circulation and harmony. I also have some understanding of life and death. I wonder if you would be willing to teach me?"

Houtu pointed her jade hand at the surrounding sea of ​​clouds, and golden light descended, splitting into the two energies of life and death. The life and death energies rotated with each other like spirit snakes, and a chaotic void of life and death appeared, within which wisps of netherworld energy were faintly generated.

"Since you are interested, I am happy to accompany you."

Fuxi chuckled softly, his Daoist spiritual light connecting heaven and earth. The power of life and death between heaven and man transformed into a vast azure dragon. Its slender body resembled a Tai Chi string, with vibrant life and shimmering green light on the left and deathly darkness and silence on the right.

Houtu looked at the azure dragon that appeared behind Fuxi, smiled, and waved her right hand. Golden light spread above the sea of ​​clouds, and the essence of the earth and the pure energy of the sky merged together, and an octagonal jade pavilion appeared in the sea of ​​clouds.

Fuxi and Houtu entered the Jade Tower, and a pure aura rose from the back of their heads, causing their primordial spirits to manifest many extraordinary phenomena.

Houtu wanted to discuss the great principles of life and death, which was exactly what Fuxi wanted to do.

The origin of Fuxi's dragon body is the life and death energies evolved from the Daoist spiritual light drawing upon the great power of heaven and earth. The Dao of life and death is what Fuxi is most proficient in at this time in his dragon emperor form.

Fuxi used the True Dragon Dao to carry the two energies of life and death. The pure energy of his primordial spirit behind his head evolved into a blue dragon that coiled in the void. With a stroke of its tail, a vast and majestic wheel of life and death slowly turned, operating the heavens and the earth and sorting out all things.

As Houtu gazed upon the Azure Dragon and the Great Wheel of Life and Death that Fuxi had manifested, a profound and vast Netherworld power was revealed in her eyes, and the magnificent Netherworld world floated and sank before Houtu.

With a human body and a snake's tail, seven heads blooming like lotus flowers on his back, and his two hands embracing the sacred body of the underworld in front of him.

The grand true meaning of governing life and death, presiding over the netherworld, and maintaining the order of heaven and earth poured down, almost instantly causing the great wheel of life and death evolved by Fuxi to teeter on the brink of collapse.

Looking at the smile on Houtu's face, Fuxi knew it was a joke, but no matter what, Fuxi had no intention of being at a disadvantage.

(End of this chapter)