Following the Netherworld Ghost Butterfly, Zheng Dong arrived at the Temple of the Boundless God.
What was called a temple had already collapsed for the most part, leaving only a badly damaged statue of a god.
This was a clay statue, its features no longer discernible.
It was impossible to tell if it was indeed the King Yama of the Boundless.
However, strangely, the moment Zheng Dong laid eyes on it, he felt it was the King Yama of the Boundless.
It was as if he had seen it countless times in the unseen realms.
"This is the statue of the King Yama of the Boundless. It stands eighteen zhang tall. Although it appears severely damaged, the fact that it has withstood the wind and rain from the mythical era to the present without collapsing shows its extraordinary nature!" the Netherworld Ghost Butterfly exclaimed.
Zheng Dong blinked.
He looked at the Netherworld Ghost Butterfly in surprise. What the Netherworld Ghost Butterfly had just said seemed familiar, as if he had heard it before.
Could everything be repeating?
Was the world in a cycle of reincarnation?
Something felt very wrong.
This feeling shouldn't exist.
Zheng Dong's heart filled with doubt as he looked at the statue of the King Yama of the Boundless.
Instantly, he felt as if it were smiling at him.
Its smile was eerie, as if it were crying.
Yet, Zheng Dong found himself captivated, unable to look away.
As Zheng Dong's mind drifted, the scene replayed.
Suddenly, Zheng Dong felt as if he had just arrived at the temple, and the Netherworld Ghost Butterfly beside him was repeating its earlier words.
The only difference was that the statue before him was now clearer.
But this was not the end.
The cycle continued.
The Netherworld Ghost Butterfly's words repeated, and Zheng Dong performed the same actions, looking at the statue again.
The statue became clearer and clearer, and the collapsed temple seemed to be rebuilt.
Although Zheng Dong felt something was terribly wrong, he couldn't shake himself free, unsure of what was happening.
To outsiders, Zheng Dong and the Netherworld Ghost Butterfly arrived at the temple, looked at the statue, and remained frozen in place, their gazes fixed.
This bizarre state persisted until the statue before Zheng Dong came to life.
Of course, to outsiders, the statue remained broken and unchanged.
But in Zheng Dong's eyes, the living statue exuded a terrifying aura, stronger than that of the Abyss Dragon God, capable of easily suppressing transcendent beings of the Sovereign level.
Zheng Dong even felt that a single finger from it could defeat him.
"Kneel, and I shall bestow upon you supreme glory!" the statue of the King Yama of the Boundless spoke.
The Netherworld Ghost Butterfly beside Zheng Dong could not withstand the aura released by the King Yama of the Boundless and collapsed onto the ground, prostrating itself in reverence.
Zheng Dong was also close to his limit.
Fortunately, Youyou released the power of reincarnation, awakening Zheng Dong from the vortex he was trapped in.
Because Youyou and Ling'er were symbiotically linked with Zheng Dong, they could clearly sense his abnormality.
Without Zheng Dong's summons, Youyou could directly utilize the power of reincarnation.
With Youyou's assistance, Zheng Dong regained consciousness.
He looked at the statue before him, which was still dilapidated.
However, the Netherworld Ghost Butterfly, still kneeling beside him, served as a reminder that everything that had happened was real.
He frowned and couldn't help but step back.
Indeed, no Supreme being was simple.
Even a statue left behind by one of them years ago was terrifying.
As if sensing Zheng Dong's intention to leave,
The statue's eyes suddenly emitted an eerie light.
The light rapidly spread outwards, and in an instant, the entire world transformed.
Zheng Dong felt as if he had entered hell.
Terrifying auras permeated everywhere.
Hellfire continuously surged upwards from the ground, causing him discomfort.
What was happening?
Zheng Dong found it all too bizarre.
He used various perception-based skills to confirm that everything before him was real, not a hallucination from his earlier mental disorientation.
Could the King Yama of the Boundless still be alive?
Zheng Dong looked at the statue again.
The damaged statue actually began to move.
Pieces of mud rapidly detached from its body, and a humanoid transcendent being emerged from within the statue.
It was tall, clad in a black robe and a black hat, its eyes glaring fiercely at Zheng Dong.
Hellish Impermanence?
This was the Hellish Impermanence under the King Yama of the Boundless, created by the King Yama of the Boundless, just like the Abyss Dragons and Abyss Monsters, absolutely loyal to the King Yama of the Boundless.
Zheng Dong couldn't understand why the Hellish Impermanence would appear within the statue of the King Yama of the Boundless, and why it harbored such hostility towards him.
He hadn't done anything since arriving here!
The Hellish Impermanence was incredibly powerful, its aura vast and deep like an abyss.
Zheng Dong felt it was at least at the level of a Main God or a Sovereign.
However, having just awakened, its usable power was severely limited.
It would require a significant amount of time to recover its state.
It was like a lion on the verge of starvation, its stored power having been depleted bit by bit over the long ages.
In other words, despite its fearsome appearance, its actual usable power was very limited.
Of course, Zheng Dong's condition was also poor.
Having traveled across space and time, Zheng Dong was subjected to intense suppression, able to exert at most the strength of a Totem level.
Therefore, this Hellish Impermanence was significantly stronger than Zheng Dong.
The Hellish Impermanence raised its black mourning staff and struck towards Zheng Dong.
"How dare you blaspheme the Divine Lord! I shall tear you limb from limb!"
Zheng Dong quickly dodged the Hellish Impermanence's mourning staff.
The mourning staff struck the ground, causing it to collapse.
The Netherworld Ghost Butterfly, which had been devoutly prostrating itself, fled in panic.
But here, its strength was the weakest.
Before it could get far, it was killed by the Hellish Impermanence's mourning staff.
In the eyes of the Hellish Impermanence, anyone who did not devoutly worship the statue of the King Yama of the Boundless was blaspheming the King Yama of the Boundless.
Furthermore, what was even more detestable was that it sensed the power of reincarnation from Zheng Dong.
This was a power mastered by the King Yama of the Boundless, and it absolutely forbade outsiders from wielding it.
For this reason, it intended to kill Zheng Dong.
Zheng Dong dodged the Hellish Impermanence's attack and drew out his Blade of the Past to counterattack.
He saw the Netherworld Ghost Butterfly, which had been devoutly prostrating itself, attempting to flee, only to be struck down by the mourning staff. He couldn't help but frown.
The power of this mourning staff was more terrifying than he had anticipated; it might be a high-grade divine artifact.
Following that, the mourning staff swung towards him.
The Netherworld Ghost Butterfly was shattered by the mourning staff, its blood and flesh clinging to it.
The bloody appearance made the mourning staff seem even more terrifying.
Zheng Dong raised his Blade of the Past and swung it at the incoming mourning staff.
Instantly, he felt a terrifying force emanating from the mourning staff, forcing him to retreat repeatedly, almost losing his balance.
While he was still unsteady, the Hellish Impermanence swung its mourning staff at him again.
Zheng Dong hastily dodged, but he was still half a beat too slow, and was sent flying by the mourning staff.
The power unleashed by the Hellish Impermanence was significantly stronger than he had anticipated.
Zheng Dong frowned.
To defeat this Hellish Impermanence, he had to continuously deplete its strength and prolong the battle.
He could tell that the Hellish Impermanence wanted to finish him off quickly.
Therefore, Zheng Dong used Bloodline Manifestation, summoning numerous divine beasts to surround and attack the Hellish Impermanence.
Because Zheng Dong was suppressed, the strength of these divine beasts was also only at the Totem level.
However, their sheer numbers could hold off the Hellish Impermanence for a while.
Afterward, Zheng Dong summoned Ling'er and had her release a large number of elemental spirits from the Elemental Dimensional Sea.
These elemental spirits could also deplete the Hellish Impermanence's strength.
Although the Hellish Impermanence was powerful, it had only recently awakened and its usable power was limited. If this continued, it would eventually be worn down.
The Hellish Impermanence also realized this.
It glared fiercely at Zheng Dong, attempting to break free from the entanglement of the surrounding divine beasts and elemental spirits to deal with Zheng Dong.
Unfortunately, after several attempts, it could not break free.
Therefore, it resorted to its divine skill, Hellish Command.
It roared towards the sky, and a strange power spread outwards.
The undead creatures living in the relic space all obeyed the Hellish Impermanence's command and gathered towards them.
Hellish Command could command all undead in the Boundless Hell to fight for it.
Even undead creatures stronger than the Hellish Impermanence would obey its command.
After all, the Hellish Impermanence was backed by the King Yama of the Boundless.
Unlike the divine skill "Undead Sovereign" mastered by Youyou,
The Sovereign level could command all undead of the same or lower level.
However, it could not command undead whose strength surpassed Youyou's level.
Similarly, the Hellish Impermanence could not command undead outside the Boundless Hell.
In other words, the power of Hellish Command would greatly diminish once it left this relic space.
However, at this moment, it was perfect for dealing with Zheng Dong.
It was observed that almost all the undead within this beast-taming space were converging towards them.
The undead closest to the temple arrived first.
They obeyed the Hellish Impermanence's command and attacked the divine beasts and elemental spirits summoned by Zheng Dong.
This allowed the Hellish Impermanence to break free from their entanglement and attack Zheng Dong again.
The already large mourning staff, under the urging of the Hellish Impermanence, grew larger and longer, striking towards Zheng Dong.
Zheng Dong dared not be careless and swung his Blade of the Past at the mourning staff.
However, the power gap remained.
Zheng Dong was once again sent flying backward, sustaining injuries.
Fortunately, he also sensed the Hellish Impermanence's strength diminishing.
As long as he continued to deplete its power, he had a chance.
However, he was also consuming his own strength.
He had to ensure that his own consumption of power was significantly lower than that of the Hellish Impermanence to gain an advantage in the final moments.
Fortunately, he was not fighting alone.
Ling'er and Youyou could help him recover his strength quickly.
This allowed him to drag out the fight with more composure.
However, the Hellish Impermanence had no intention of giving Zheng Dong this opportunity.
It gathered its strength and used its divine skill, the Tongue-Pulling Hell.
A giant pair of tongs descended from the sky, reaching for Zheng Dong, as if to pull out his tongue along with his intestines.
Zheng Dong immediately felt the terrifying power around him suppressing him, making it difficult to dodge.
He took out the Corridor of Time and, with its power, used Time Skip to evade the Hellish Impermanence's attack.
If he hadn't been suppressed, he could have used Time Skip on his own.
But now he couldn't, and still needed the power of the Corridor of Time.
After avoiding the Hellish Impermanence's attack.
Zheng Dong also swung his Blade of the Past at the Hellish Impermanence.
The Hellish Impermanence, having expended significant energy using the Tongue-Pulling Hell, had little remaining strength and found it difficult to resist the Blade of the Past.
The Blade of the Past struck the Hellish Impermanence, and the power of the past surged into its body.
Instantly, the Hellish Impermanence's face contorted, and it let out a piercing howl.
The Hellish Impermanence felt incredibly wronged. If it hadn't just awakened, how could it have been unable to resist the Blade of the Past?
The power released by the Blade of the Past ravaged its body, as if countless ants were gnawing at its flesh, causing it immense pain.
Seeing this, Zheng Dong summoned the Curse Beast.
The Curse Beast, possessing the power of curses and the power of laws, could corrode the Hellish Impermanence's divine personality and soul, completely annihilating it.
As soon as the Curse Beast appeared, it unleashed the Ultimate Curse Domain.
Within the Ultimate Curse Domain, curse spirits appeared and continuously attacked the Hellish Impermanence.
This made the Hellish Impermanence even more uncomfortable.
The Hellish Impermanence struggled, trying to swing its mourning staff.
Its remaining strength was meager, and even swinging the mourning staff became a difficult task.
This was also due to its miscalculation; it had thought using Tongue-Pulling Hell would deal with Zheng Dong, but it didn't expect him to escape, leading to its current passive situation.
Zheng Dong didn't actually intend to kill the Hellish Impermanence.
He was more interested in obtaining more information about the King Yama of the Boundless from it.
He swung his Blade of the Past and struck the Hellish Impermanence.
He directly severed the Hellish Impermanence's arm holding the mourning staff, along with the mourning staff itself.
The pain made the Hellish Impermanence's face contort with rage, wishing it could devour Zheng Dong alive.
Unfortunately, its immense fury could not be unleashed due to its lack of power, and it could do nothing to Zheng Dong.
"I can spare your life, but you must tell me about the King Yama of the Boundless."
"Dream on!"
The Hellish Impermanence would rather die than betray the King Yama of the Boundless.
It intended to self-destruct its divine personality.
However, Zheng Dong's movements were faster. He swung his Blade of the Past again, severing its head.
Following that, he extracted its divine personality, forcing its soul to separate from its body.
Seeing the soul of the Hellish Impermanence, Zheng Dong did not hesitate, suppressing it and preparing to read its memories.
"You dare kill me, the Divine Lord will not let you go!" the Hellish Impermanence threatened.
But Zheng Dong paid it no mind.
Whether the King Yama of the Boundless was alive or dead was still unknown, and even if it were alive, it would not rashly come to kill him for a mere Hellish Impermanence.
Zheng Dong killed the Hellish Impermanence and read its memories.
Originally, this relic space had indeed been abandoned by the King Yama of the Boundless.
However, with the change of eras and the arrival of great calamities, the King Yama of the Boundless had rearranged its defenses, leaving behind means of resurrection within this relic space and appointing this Hellish Impermanence to suppress it.
The Hellish Impermanence and this relic space had been sealed by the King Yama of the Boundless for a long time.
Therefore, this Hellish Impermanence chose to hide within the statue and slumber.
But for some unknown reason, the King Yama of the Boundless's seal shattered, and the passage of time within the relic space returned to normal, gradually transforming it into a paradise for numerous undead.
If Zheng Dong had not appeared, this relic space would have eventually merged with Blue Star and been corrupted by countless curse spirits.
Zheng Dong did not obtain further information about the King Yama of the Boundless.
However, he learned the specific location of the resurrection means arranged by the King Yama of the Boundless within this relic space.
It was not in this temple.
This temple was merely a decoy to attract attention.
Moreover, this was merely a backup plan for the King Yama of the Boundless's resurrection.
If the King Yama of the Boundless had already been resurrected, these arrangements would be of no use to it.
Of course, Zheng Dong still intended to investigate, perhaps finding resources or divine artifacts left by the King Yama of the Boundless.
As for the key to leaving this relic space, it was on this Hellish Impermanence.
Zheng Dong soon found it on the corpse of the Hellish Impermanence.