This meant that Shen Yuan had the confidence to protect himself against the ferocious beast.
The ferocious beast’s gaze grew ever more dangerous, its voice becoming deep and hoarse.
The roar trembled through the space, and the massive platform at this moment collapsed thunderously, plummeting into the Endless Void.
The ferocious beast stood above the void, its powerful aura no longer held back, and even with the augmentation from Emperor Fengdu’s incorporeal persona, Shen Yuan felt an overwhelming pressure, the space beneath his feet beginning to slowly collapse.
Even as the primordial giant beast was on the brink of death, it was still a true Immortal Realm behemoth, against which even Void Refining, let alone ordinary beings, could not directly face the pressure it unleashed.
Faced with the enraged ferocious beast, Shen Yuan smiled.
“I can indeed be the Donghua Emperor.”
He slowly extended his right hand, the space fractured as he flipped his palm, as if a scorching great sun rose from within his hand, filling the space with light.
At the same time, the aura about Shen Yuan abruptly transformed; the Netherworld Path represented by Emperor Fengdu was quietly suppressed.
The aura of the Divinity Path Emperor burst forth without reserve, and the Gods Purging Divine Power was activated to its extreme in this moment, linking the entire Netherworld’s Incense Offering Divinity Path Origin.
With various extraordinary phenomena upon him, Shen Yuan at this moment seemed like a sun emperor born from the Great Sun, his brilliance illuminating the ten directions of all realms, making even the ferocious beast before him dare not gaze directly into the light of the Great Sun.
Facing the Great Sun Emperor, the body of the ferocious beast couldn’t help but start to tremble slightly.
If ten thousand years ago, Shen Yuan merely had a trace of the Donghua Emperor’s aura, regarded by it as the avatar of the Donghua Emperor,
Then now, Shen Yuan, who bore the Great Sun and presided over the Incense Offering Divinity Path, wandering the world, was indeed the true Donghua Emperor!
In a trance, the ferocious beast seemed to return to the scene from tens of thousands of years ago, when it first ascended to the Immortal Realm and saw the Donghua Emperor driving the Xihe Golden Chariot, touring the various realms.
Although this figure in front of it, compared to the grandeur of the Great Sun that shook the realms, was like the difference between glowworms and the bright moon, the essence that shone through was not the least bit different.
However, at this moment, Shen Yuan was not satisfied; with a wave of his hand, he sealed the spatial passage directly leading to the Courtyard Secret Realm, and the light of the Sun Star projection in the courtyard began to recede.
Then, the aura of the Divinity Path on Shen Yuan gradually weakened, yet his steps moved toward the direction of the ferocious beast.
“Boom!”
The ferocious beast only felt the heavens and earth tremble violently, as the roar echoed from the 18 Levels of Hell inside the Primal Chaos Nifty Pagoda, the sprawling Fengdu City outside, the land of the Yin World, and even encompassing the entire Primal Chaos Realm, the incense offering magic domains nurturing within tens of thousands of cities.
Accompanied by the Netherworld Path and the evolving Incense Offering Divinity Path Origin descending, Shen Yuan carried two path origins, fully exhilarating Emperor Fengdu’s incorporeal persona.
His robe transformed into regal black-golden imperial raiment as if covering the entire Yin World, the 24 Celestial Bead Crown on his head hung down, his indifferent gaze piercing every corner of Netherworld, and as the cloud-patterned footwear settled, the evil spirits within the 18 Levels of Hell wailed.
In the Netherworld, everything was extolling the Emperor’s name.
Shen Yuan’s gaze was indifferent, the fragmented Emperor Fengdu’s incorporeal persona alone was not enough to let him, with his Spirit Transmutation Early Stage cultivation, forcefully dominate the Immortal Realm.
But with the entirety of Netherworld bestowed upon him, Shen Yuan’s presence effortlessly suppressed that of the primordial giant beast.
With a calm and lingering tone, a slow voice emerged from Shen Yuan’s mouth:
“I am also the Fengdu Emperor!”
At this moment, the ferocious beast’s brain lost the ability to think; it could not comprehend how a single person could bear the positions of two emperors.
Especially since one of those emperors was the Donghua Emperor, known as the leader of myriad immortals and gods, in the Heavenly Court second only to the Jade Emperor and the four Deputy Emperors.
“Boom!”
The thunder of the heavens reverberated, in which seemed to be the roar of billions of supernatural beings within the Netherworld, as well as the wailing of the 10th Hall Yama and the lamentation emitted at the death of the Samsara King.
The terrifying vision that flashed through the thunder was beyond the ferocious beast’s understanding. The phenomenon of the Samsara King’s death, in particular, filled it with dread. Instinctually, it took a step back, trying to avoid the sharpness of this great Emperor.
It was this act of retreat that caused the oppressive presence built up over tens of thousands of years by the weakened primordial giant beast to collapse thunderously, with the momentum of the confrontation decisively lost in an instant.
As he came to his senses after a brief lapse, the ferocious beast looked dazedly at its retreating steps.
The cultivation of the figure before it had hardly progressed compared to ten thousand years ago, but the momentum it carried made the ferocious beast involuntarily fear.
“Yes, it’s my presumption!”
At last, the ferocious beast lowered its proud head, and even its voice no longer carried the previous rasping of spite and anger.
Shen Yuan’s expression was cold and detached, not dispelling the overwhelming presence that suppressed the entire Netherworld beneath him.
Gazing down at the ferocious beast, Shen Yuan’s voice was chilly. “Why do you harbor animosity towards me?”
The body of the ferocious beast trembled, as the remnants of hatred and rage in its heart surged once more, its crimson eyes desiring to tear the mere human at the Spirit Transmutation Stage before it to pieces.
However, the oppressive might, packed with overwhelming force, made the ferocious beast restrain itself, daring not to strike.
With its thoughts in turmoil, the ferocious beast had no choice but to speak honestly,
“You... you once said, as long as I guard the Primal Chaos Nifty Pagoda for ten thousand years, you would bestow upon me a divine opportunity.
However, the Great Schism of the Primal Chaos Realm and the depletion of Spirit Energy subjected me to endless torment, and all the dissatisfaction in my heart turned into resentment towards you, hence the transgression I committed.”
Upon hearing this, Shen Yuan rebuked in a cool tone,
“Idiot!”
“Utterly foolish!”
The ferocious beast’s spirit was in turmoil, its eyes once again turning a deep red, but Shen Yuan’s next words suddenly calmed it down.
“If guarding the Primal Chaos Nifty Pagoda for ten thousand years was an easy task, why would I promise you an opportunity for transformation?
“In your eyes, is my opportunity merely a mundane object that one can obtain by idly sitting for ten thousand years?”
The ferocious beast was suddenly taken aback.
An Emperor’s opportunity held rare treasure in all the realms, especially when granted by Donghua Emperor, the master of the Incense Offering Divinity Path and a leader among the myriad immortals and deities.
An opportunity from the Donghua Emperor could create a canonical god among the Eight Bureaus, and even glimpsing a higher tier was not impossible.
If such opportunities were easily obtained, the Heavenly Court’s canononical gods would surely number more than just a few hundred.
Seeing the reaction of the ferocious beast, Shen Yuan also understood that this Heavenly Immortal giant beast before him had come to believe his words.
In truth, when Shen Yuan had uttered those words a myriad of years ago, he had only intended to whet the appetite of the beast, deeming that after ten thousand years the Primal Chaos Nifty Pagoda might still be preserved, but the ferocious beast would surely have perished long ago, so casually bluffing carried no real loss.
Who could have anticipated that due to the transformation of the Primal Chaos Nifty Pagoda into the 18 Levels of Hell, the ferocious beast luckily survived until now, inadvertently causing significant trouble for Shen Yuan.
Yet behind what seemed to be trouble also lay an opportunity.
Suppressing the tumult within his heart, Shen Yuan spoke with a heavy voice,
“Being a primordial mutant type, you would attain the Immortal Realm upon maturation, and although your innate foundation is robust, seeking further advancement will be fraught with difficulties.
To achieve a seat in the pantheon and ascend to a higher plane, you must endure mortals’ unbearable ordeal to cleanse yourself and find that sliver of a chance for life.”
The ferocious beast couldn’t help but widen its eyes.
Having suffered for ten thousand years, it was not inclined to believe in the trials Shen Yuan mentioned; in fact, it would rather give up the chance at further progression than endure an inhumane ordeal.
But as Shen Yuan continued, the ferocious beast suddenly realized that whether the person before it was the Donghua Emperor no longer mattered.
Because Shen Yuan was the only one who could bring a glimmer of hope to its millennia of suffering.
The beast awoke with a shock in its heart; all its anger and resentment were cast aside as it focused solely on one thing.
For the ferocious beast, finding release from its tribulations was the only thing that mattered.
The proud primordial giant beast slowly lay down its body, its expression humbled and respectful,
“I am ignorant and failed to comprehend your deep intentions, Emperor. Please punish me as you see fit!”
A smile finally appeared on Shen Yuan’s face.
He did not care whether the ferocious beast was truly convinced or not; the fact that the primordial giant beast showed such a gesture was enough for him.
A Heavenly Immortal giant beast, even if it could only exert its strength within the Primal Chaos Nifty Pagoda, was still a tremendous aid to him.
Shen Yuan slowly extended his right hand, his index finger tracing in the void, forming a dazzling Divinity Path Edict.
“The ferocious beast guarded the Primal Chaos Nifty Pagoda for ten thousand years; its contribution is everlasting!”
“I, in the name of Fengdu Emperor, decree the ferocious beast as the Hell Suppressing Beast of the Netherworld, guarding the 18 levels of Hell and overseeing the evil spirits!”
As the majestic sound of the Divinity Path echoed, the ferocious beast felt as if invisible shackles had shattered explosively, and the edict that had bound it for tens of thousands of years from Great Divine Immortal Minghao disintegrated instantly!

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