Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 238 Settling the Karma
The Sea of ​​Reincarnation, like the Heavenly River Divine Realm that Liang Yu first destroyed, is an independent small world. Within it lies a vast and boundless sea, roughly the size of a continent. The water of the Sea of ​​Reincarnation is almost entirely silver, resembling an endless galaxy descending and converging into a boundless ocean.

The birth of the Sea of ​​Reincarnation is actually related to the Underworld Lord. When the Underworld Lord established the Underworld, he and several supreme beings researched and discussed the methods of immortality. One of these methods of transformation involved using the Reincarnation Seal and the power of reincarnation, which would create a special substance called the Lake of Reincarnation. This lake reflects past and present lives, causing people to lose their way.

Since abandoning the Heavenly Heart Mark, the Underworld Lord has been undergoing this process of transformation. Now, this Lake of Reincarnation is located in the Underworld and has become one of the legacies inherited by the Prison Emperor, or rather, the Underworld Emperor.

The Sea of ​​Reincarnation actually originated from the Lake of Reincarnation. Essentially, it was a special liquid created by the Lord of Reincarnation and several other supreme beings, including the Carefree Celestial Venerable, based on the mysteries of the Lake of Reincarnation. It is quite useful for slowing aging and nourishing the primordial spirit. They continuously derived and created from it, eventually forming the forbidden Sea of ​​Reincarnation.

Since the supreme beings involved in this process were mostly those who had previously followed the Underworld Lord into the Netherworld, there are countless connections between the Sea of ​​Reincarnation and the Netherworld. In other words, the Underworld Lord has done it again, and he is still involved here, so he has to take some blame.

This time, Liang Yu's choice to invite the Underworld Lord to pacify this area can be seen as a thorough purge and a severing of ties. After all, this place is somewhat related to him. The Underworld Lord had already begun plotting with Liang Yu to eliminate the forbidden zone, and even the few bad apples in the Underworld were personally involved by the Underworld Lord, not to mention the later pacification of the Immortal Tomb.

One should finish what one starts, so the things that the Underworld Lord caused, directly or indirectly, should ideally be resolved by him personally. It just so happens that his current life is nearing its end, and this can be seen as settling the last remaining karmic debts.

However, since the Carefree Celestial Venerable later entered the Primordial Ancient Mine, only four Supreme Beings remain in the Reincarnation Sea. The Reincarnation Sea, this forbidden zone, has never had many Supreme Beings, and its resources cannot compare to places like the Primordial Ancient Mine or Burial Island. Therefore, it was the first forbidden zone to be pacified by Ye Fan in later generations. After all, others are special terrains or even wondrous places naturally formed by heaven and earth, while the Reincarnation Sea was merely a place created by a few Supreme Beings themselves; its scale was indeed not high enough.

However, it must be said that the Carefree Celestial Venerable was indeed ruthless enough. The Supreme Being in the Reincarnation Lake was an old acquaintance with whom he had cooperated and spent a long time, but this time he still swindled him without hesitation, almost squeezing out the already meager resources of the Reincarnation Sea.

So the Lord of Reincarnation was practically trembling with rage. After all, they'd known each other for hundreds of thousands of years; was it really necessary to be so ruthless? He was also one of the most sincere in his insults to the Carefree Celestial Venerable. After all, people can often tolerate harm from outsiders, but they find it incredibly difficult to forgive betrayal from those close to them. He considered himself an old friend of the Carefree Celestial Venerable, only to be completely sold out; this truly made him lose his composure.

Sensing the aura of the Underworld Lord, the Lord of Reincarnation was even more enraged. He said coldly, "What day is this? Why are all you old friends coming to stab me in the back?"

At this moment, the aura of the Underworld Lord began to fluctuate, clearly revealing his advanced age. However, the Heaven-Reaching Underworld Treasure above his head was indeed even more extraordinary, with countless streams of immortal light flowing and dissipating from it. If it weren't for the Underworld Soil and the Underworld Scripture supporting him, the Underworld Lord should have already begun his next life. But now, he has finally held on until this moment, to settle the remaining karma he left behind.

Recalling his pleasant conversations with the Lord of Reincarnation before he launched the Dark Turmoil, and how they worked together to deduce the matter of the Lake of Reincarnation, the Underworld Lord sighed, "Fellow Daoist of Reincarnation, you have fallen. From the day you launched the Dark Turmoil and began to eat people to prolong your life, we have been enemies."

The Lord of Reincarnation sneered, "Lord of the Underworld, what right do you have to pretend to be a good person with me? This Underworld and the Corpse Calamity are all your fault. Don't tell me you didn't expect these things to happen?" "You used them to complete your experiments, causing a great calamity to the human world. In the end, you even borrowed power from Lingbao and Wuji to eliminate them all. You've crossed the river and burned the bridge. Lord of the Underworld, your scheming is truly unfathomable! The whole process was done through others, all the sins are on others, and you yourself don't bear a single trace of karma."

"Now what are you pretending to be, accusing me? Do you really think you're so innocent? Do you really think you can fool me, fool everyone else? You're just deceiving yourself!"

The Lord of the Underworld was momentarily speechless, for he truly found it difficult to refute the Lord of Reincarnation's words. After all, the logic was too convincing; it even seemed plausible to him. Now, even if it wasn't excrement, it was still excrement in his eyes.

In fact, the Underworld Lord did not consider things thoroughly and made an unintentional mistake due to an unexpected event. He was not pretending to be innocent; he genuinely had not thought of it that way.

The Underworld Lord didn't actually transmit the method of proving one's Dao through corpses to the universe; it only circulated among a few supreme beings within the Underworld and some native life forms. This was mainly because there were too many ancient corpses in the Underworld, and they could indeed assist the Underworld Lord. With him in charge, any issues would be kept within the Underworld and wouldn't affect the outside world.

But who knew that the Underworld Lord later communicated with several other supreme beings and eventually developed the Transformation Method. So, before his lifespan had even ended, he began attempting the transformation. As a result, he nearly killed himself and fell into a long slumber. Without the Underworld Lord's presence, the Underworld descended into chaos, with demons running rampant and the entire universe suffering from a plague of corpses, causing widespread misery.

Therefore, the biggest problem with the Underworld Lord was his overconfidence; he didn't consider the consequences if his transformation went wrong. For this reason, he does bear some responsibility for this matter.

The Lord of Reincarnation said, "Come on, kill us, and you can be pure and innocent, free from all sins. However, we will not sit idly by and wait to die."

As they spoke, the four supreme beings also began to ascend to their ultimate potential. After all, they had already witnessed the terrifying power of the Underworld Lord, so they dared not be arrogant at this moment.

The Underworld Lord sighed softly, almost wanting to say that his sincerity was as clear as day, but he felt guilty about it and swallowed his words. However, destroying the Sea of ​​Reincarnation was indeed a way to settle the karma of this life, and it was something he had to do.

The treasure wheel above his head trembled, and countless Origin Heaven Divine Runes spread out. In an instant, boundless divine light flashed, and a light wheel composed of Origin Heaven Divine Runes fell down, trapping the four supreme beings within it.

(End of this chapter)