The Heavenly Immortal Intent fused into his being, refining himself into a realm, its will integrated and near perfect, bringing with it the trait of immunity to all spells; however, the Heavenly Immortal Intent also bore a great hidden danger.
That being, once the state of integrated oneness vanished, the trait of immunity to all spells would be forcibly destroyed, as if the protective barrier of the world had been breached.
Even with the protection of the remaining Heavenly Immortal Intent, it would not be possible to repair the barrier quickly, and naturally, the trait of immunity to all spells would disappear because of this.
Shen Yuan had not mastered a power that surpassed the Heavenly Immortal Intent, but he did have a better choice, which was the sliver of Eternal True Intent he had gathered while forging the Heavenly General-Earthly Destroyer into the Great Tao Manifestation.
The Golden Immortal Stage is eternal, not just in terms of lifespan, the physical body’s eternity, but more so its True Spirit and will on a deeper level.
Even if obliterated by endless calamities, the Eternal True Intent could still withstand the ravages of time and reemerge in the world.
Powerful experts who entered the Eternal Realm were capable of occupying a region of the great chiliocosm, establishing an eternal Tao Orthodoxy, the true top powerhouses of the myriad realms.
Even if they ascended to the Upper World, they would be powerful enough to rank at the very top of the Canonical Gods of the Eight Bureaus, second only to the Emperors who ruled over The Eight Bureaus of Heavenly Court.
Gathering a trace of Eternal True Intent in the Great Tao Manifestation is still too weak for a true Eternal Golden Immortal.
But even if weak, it was still genuine eternity, and the Heavenly Immortal Intent, no matter how transcendent, could not be compared to the Eternal True Intent.
Despite having this trump card, Shen Yuan was very clear that he had only one chance to use it.
The precondition for Eternal True Intent to shatter the Heavenly Immortal Intent was that it must come into contact with the Heavenly Immortal Intent.
With the speed of the Judge of Life and Death, if he missed his first strike, Shen Yuan would definitely not have a second chance to make a move.
Thus, Shen Yuan abandoned the idea of striking back immediately and kept using the Rebounding Wind Returning Fire Great Divine Power to revive, wearing down the Judge of Life and Death’s strength while also numbing him, to seek the right opportunity.
And during this process, without the cover of Hell’s tributary, the Judge of Life and Death had already been exposed to the will of the world of Primal Chaos Realm.
Once the will of the world completed its lock on the Judge of Life and Death, it would bring down boundless divine retribution to suppress the Judge’s cultivation strength, and the situation could likely be reversed in an instant.
Faced with such a crisis, the Judge of Life and Death had no choice but to play every card he could to severely injure Shen Yuan, to kill him as quickly as possible.
In the Judge of Life and Death’s eyes, each time Shen Yuan reversed time brought about great consumption; just exhausting Shen Yuan’s trump cards would lead to victory.
And Shen Yuan was also feigning using the Rebounding Wind Returning Fire Great Divine Power to entice the Judge of Life and Death to expose his flaws.
In the end, after the Judge of Life and Death’s trump cards were exhausted, Shen Yuan deliberately slowed the activation of the Rebounding Wind Returning Fire Great Divine Power, causing wavering in the Judge’s mind and spirit.
At the cost of one hand, Shen Yuan seized the opportunity to lock down the Judge, then the Great Tao Manifestation descended with the Eternal True Intent to shatter the Heavenly Immortal Intent.
The immunity to all spells was breached; the Judge of Life and Death’s trump cards in his hand were already exhausted, and Shen Yuan unleashed the Heavenly General Divine Power without any reservations.
The long-awaited Ten Suns Crossing the Sky finally destroyed Yomotsu Hirasaka, the Judge of Life and Death bearing the full brunt of the Heavenly General Great Divine Power, nearly mortally wounded.
This gambit ultimately saw Shen Yuan come out on top.
On the fragmented head with remnants of True Sunfire, the hollow eye sockets of the Judge of Life and Death stared directly at Shen Yuan, his throat emitting a hoarse voice.
“You are not the Divinity Path Emperor!”
The voice of the Judge of Life and Death was piercing, like the wail of an evil spirit.
“But you are more dangerous than the Divinity Path Emperor, you are the greatest enemy ever to emerge from the kingdom of Hell throughout the ages!
The Ten Yama Kings, the 5 Regions Ghost Emperor, the Eastern Peak Great Emperor, Houtu, the Queen Mother of All Land... They will surely execute you, the thief who has stolen the Origin of the Netherworld!”
“And there are the Arrows Piercing Voodoo Strawman, Heaven Patching Sun Drenching; so many Great Divine Powers’ karma are linked to you alone, your fate has already been decided!”
Shen Yuan’s expression was unchanged.
“Is that your last word?”
A trace of boredom appeared on Shen Yuan’s face.
“No!”
The decisive voice of the Judge of Life and Death rose again, his hollow eye sockets filled with an unfathomable depth and deathly stillness.
“You are already a dead man, no matter what the Yama Kings have planned this time, it cannot affect the ultimate outcome.
Therefore, I wish to make a deal with you.”
In the midst of speaking, a sinister look appeared on the face of the Judge of Life and Death.
“A deal?” Interest colored Shen Yuan’s eyes.
“Let’s hear it.”
“My leading the Netherworld’s big army to invade Ying Island was just a cover, the Yama Kings are wary of you, so they kept a covert ace up their sleeve.
If you let a thread of my true spirit reincarnate, I will tell you about the last arrangement the Yama Kings have made here in Ying Island.”
Shen Yuan looked at the Judge of Life and Death mockingly.
“The last arrangement? Are you talking about Izanagi and Izanami of Sky High Plateau?”
The Judge of Life and Death’s face immediately showed a look of astonishment.
“How could you possibly know?”
Shen Yuan sneered disdainfully.
“Just two Unity Realm Stage main gods thinking of rebelling against a Heavenly Immortal Realm’s innate deity, there can only be two possibilities.
Either they are fools, or they have someone else’s support behind them.
In all of Ying Island, aside from the kingdom of Hell, who else would bet on them?”
As he spoke, Shen Yuan slowly raised his right foot towards the head of the Judge of Life and Death.
“If that’s all the information you can provide, then you are no longer of any value.”
“So, the deal is off.”
The dead soul of the Judge of Life and Death panicked, quickly speaking aloud:
“I have another piece of information.”
Shen Yuan remained unmoved, his right foot continuing to slowly descend towards the Judge’s head.
“This piece of information is about the Dusk Realm!”
Shen Yuan finally paused his movement.
The Judge of Life and Death immediately let out a sigh of relief and continued to shout loudly:
“As long as you promise my true spirit enters the cycle of reincarnation, I will tell you about the Dusk Realm.”
Shen Yuan didn’t immediately agree but asked instead:
“How can you guarantee the authenticity of the information?”
The Judge of Life and Death gritted his teeth and said:
“I can first give you information about Izanami, and you can choose whether to continue the deal.
Once you accept, you must make a Great Tao oath to ensure my true spirit can be reincarnated.”
“Good!”
Shen Yuan nodded without hesitation.
“After the first failed invasion of the Primal Chaos Realm by Hell’s tributary, Yomotsu Hirasaka fell under the occupation of Netherworld’s big army.
The original idea of the Ten Yama Kings was to extradite me to Yomotsu Hirasaka and send down part of a split soul to ensure I could unleash strength close to that of a Major Heavenly Immortal.”
“But at that time, Izanami, one of the main gods of Sky High Plateau, took the initiative to step into Yomotsu Hirasaka.”
“Izanami, who is intricately linked with the authority of death within the Ying Island Divine Pantheon, offered her allegiance to the Yama Kings, claiming she would help them overthrow Amaterasu.
Details of the deal between the Yama Kings and Izanami are unknown, but one thing is for certain, Izanami seemed to have designs on upsetting the rightful succession from Sky High Plateau, aiming to topple the position of Amaterasu as the Master of the Deities.”
“Izanami?”
Shen Yuan’s expression tightened slightly as the image of the quiet goddess who always accompanied Izanagi flashed through his mind.
Izanami had always appeared as a Subordinate Deity to Izanagi, and Shen Yuan had not expected that it was Izanami, seemingly a subordinate figure, who was leading the defection to the Netherworld.
After revealing this information, the Judge of Life and Death stared straight at Shen Yuan without saying another word.
Shen Yuan could only swear:
“Here, by the Great Tao as my witness, if the Judge of Life and Death voluntarily confesses about the secrets of the Dusk Realm, I shall protect his true spirit to undergo reincarnation.”
As his words fell, there seemed to be an echo reverberating through the boundless void.
Then, Shen Yuan looked toward the Judge of Life and Death: “Speak!”
A smile appeared on the battered head of the Judge of Life and Death as he uttered each word in a hoarse voice:
“In fact, the schemes of the Dusk Realm preceded even those of the kingdom of Hell, their target is the moon...”
Before he could finish speaking, a fragment of a torn page appeared from within the body of the Judge of Life and Death. The remaining will of the Heavenly Immortal upon it pierced Shen Yuan’s divine soul true spirit like an unparalleled Immortal Sword.
A look of ecstasy appeared on the face of the Judge of Life and Death, and in the next moment, the Rebounding Wind Returning Fire Great Divine Power activated, and time began to flow backward to its origin.
“How is this possible! Under the suppression of the Boundary-opening Treasure’s partial volume, how can you still reverse time?”
Shen Yuan’s gaze was calm as he appeared completely unconcerned about the Judge’s little trick.
“Is this your last word?”
The right foot fell, shattering the damaged head along with its true spirit completely.

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