Chapter 1650 — The Fall of the Underworld's Heavenly Son
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 3 of 5
Youdu was at this moment divided into two great spheres of influence: one the domain of the Void Heavenly Venerable, the other the domain of the Yin Heavenly Son. Each was guarded by countless demon-gods, impregnable as metal and boiling water.
The Void Heavenly Venerable's domain had already been put in order by her. She had forcibly joined together the pieces of Youdu continents formed from the disintegration and collapse of the Earth Lord's fleshly body, composing the Yuan Continent of Youdu—vast beyond measure, broad beyond bound.
The Yin Heavenly Son's domain was far more scattered: countless continents floated within Youdu, linked by chains forged of Youdu black iron, forming one cableway after another.
After the Earth Lord's death, the souls of Youdu, freed from his restraint, fled in all directions. Some escaped to the mortal realm, forming ghost realms in the world of the living and wreaking havoc upon the world. Others took refuge with the Yin Heavenly Son and the Void Heavenly Venerable, becoming demon-gods of the ghost path under their command.
The Yin Heavenly Son's domain likewise contained countless demon-gods of the ghost path—all of them gods and demons in life, fallen to Youdu in death—and added to the original demon-god army of the Nether Capital, they could be called the single most powerful force among all the heavens and myriad worlds.
At this moment, countless demon-gods of the ghost path and demon-gods of the Nether Capital suddenly sensed something and raised their heads, only to see the burning ocean of the Nether Sea and the Heavenly Gate of the Nether Capital descending from the sky.
The Yin Heavenly Son stood within the gate, his whole body wreathed in blazing Dao fire. In this reincarnation he had become a woman, and the burning Dao fire made her resemble a bride in bridal red!
"I am Yin Heavenly Venerable! No one can kill me!"
From within the gate came the Yin Heavenly Son's scream, piercing and shrill: "Better that I betray the whole world—"
Suddenly the Yin Heavenly Son within the gate bowed down toward those below. The bodies of the ghost-path demon-gods and Nether Capital demon-gods who had looked up were shaken violently. From the eyes, ears, mouths, and noses of countless demon-sages of the Nether Capital, black sand poured forth in a mad torrent—their primordial spirits were directly bow-killed by the Yin Heavenly Son!
As for the ghost-path demon-gods, who had no fleshly bodies and possessed only primordial spirits or souls, a single bow from him shattered them directly into countless motes of soul black sand.
The Yin Heavenly Son bowed again and again. Upon one continent of the Earth Lord after another, countless demon-gods had their primordial spirits dissolve in succession, and the soul black sand transformed into roaring torrents that swept upward, flying toward the burning Heavenly Gate of the Nether Capital and the Nether Sea.
As the Yin Heavenly Son kept bowing, upon the continents of the Earth Lord below, the ghost-path demon-gods and Nether Capital demon-gods seemed to realize that doom was at hand and fled outward in swarms.
Some demon-gods even tore open the void, intending to flee into the world of the living, but the moment their bodies rose, they shattered directly into countless black sand that rushed up into the sky!
For the sake of his own life, the Yin Heavenly Son had unleashed a slaughter. When Youdu fell into the hands of the Heavenly Court, he had carved out half of Youdu for himself and commanded countless mighty troops—one might say one of the greatest powers in the Heavenly Court.
Yet now this army of ghosts and gods was rapidly dwindling and perishing under his own massacre!
Above one continent of the Earth Lord after another, thick columns of soul black sand, like crazed spinning tornadoes, came roaring and plunged into the Heavenly Gate of the Nether Capital—and actually pressed the Dao fire down until it was extinguished!