Becoming a Deity from Planting the Bodhi Tree-Chapter 1288 - 456: The Mystery of Returning to Truth and the Nether Mansion, Taiping Universe_2

The Sword Master nodded and said, "Since you've all been instructed, don't hold back anymore. Make sure everything that needs to be explained is explained clearly."

Mo's words made them recall certain secrets, so they unanimously decided not to dwell on each other's identities anymore, and even resolved to cut away some memories before returning to avoid any unintended disasters.

Yu Hua snorted coldly, not bothering with him, and looked at Ji Jingqiu, asking, "May I ask the illustrious name of the senior?"

"World Venerable."

"World Venerable?"

Both were startled. Like the previous three, they had heard numerous honorific titles, many of which were regarded as "all-seeing," but this one's title, combined with previous behaviors, sparked certain associations in their minds.

A hundred epochs ago, World Venerable...

"Stop imagining things." As someone who had been through it, the Sword Master immediately guessed what they were thinking and said impatiently, "Get on with the matter. Can't you see the fog across the bridge is surging wildly? Who knows what might happen next."

Since Ji Jingqiu had decapitated the person across the bridge, the once calm fog had gradually begun to boil, churning up layers of gray waves.

It seemed as if something terrifying in the depths of the fog was stirring everything.

"Because this bridge is connected, those on the other side are also roused to action," Mo sighed. "I didn't expect that the World Venerable would have such divine skills."

Completing the stone bridge?

Ji Jingqiu recalled in his mind. It seemed that he had completed the bridge body with a flash of the blade, but the nature of the powers involved was more than one, including Wisdom Light and the True Realm.

He didn't know which had actually played the crucial role.

Mo paused for a moment, and since things had come to this point, he simply laid everything out openly:

"Back then, You had disappeared for many years and claimed to have visited the Returning to Truth Land upon reappearing, bringing back a fragment of a realm, which is now the Returning to Truth Road beneath our feet."

"The uniqueness of this Earth Territory needs no elaboration from me. Just its 'Chaos' attribute alone, capable of confusing and influencing our karma, is enough to prove that You's words were not false."

Cang Jian interjected solemnly, "Back then, when the Nether Mansion was besieged, I did not participate, but I heard you divided all its treasures. Did it include control of this Returning to Truth Road?"

"Control?" Yu Hua said lightly, "If such a thing existed, the ancestors would have already had a battle over it."

"Before You lost the battle back then, he not only sent away the core of the Nether Mansion but also threw this Returning to Truth Road into the Sea of Void, beyond anyone's ability to lock its coordinates," Mo explained.

Ji Jingqiu murmured, "I've never heard of the Nether Mansion."

The people exchanged glances, thinking that if he really had been sleeping for a hundred epochs, it was normal not to have heard of it.

Mo gave Ji Jingqiu a brief introduction:

"The founder of the Nether Mansion was named 'You.' This individual came from humble origins and established the first Spiritual System in the Sea of Realms, being one of the Great Dao Ancestors."

Ji Jingqiu's expression deepened, though inwardly it was as if an earthquake had struck.

It was unexpectedly the original founder of the Spiritual System in the Sea of Realms!

The Yin Spirit Realm, represented by Qi Tian, upon seeing him, would probably reverently address him as Ancestor Master. They are one of the orthodox Spiritual Systems.

However, a Spiritual System such as that founded by the Netherworld was not a complete cultivation system. For example, in the Federation, Spiritual Cultivation merely serves as an alternative to Tao Realm cultivation, fundamentally relying on Martial Arts.

"After achieving enlightenment, he single-handedly suppressed and harmonized with the Nether Sea, yet for unknown reasons, the Nether Sea eventually left him. Having provoked many formidable enemies by then, he sought to compensate for his lost combat power by eventually finding an Eye of the Sea of Suffering, forcibly harmonizing and suppressing his foes, making his strength among the top tier of that era."

Mo spoke slowly, with a slightly distant look, as if recalling the past years.

Back then, You was far more than a top-tier powerhouse; only when he returned from the Returning to Truth Land did the combined strength of many ancestors manage to suppress and seal him.

Within less than a century, though, the realm sealing him was pierced, and his remaining soul and thoughts vanished without trace.

According to their theories, You didn't choose to resurrect; instead, he chose to enter reincarnation, and now it's unknown where he has been reborn.

Yu Hua snorted, "Most of that guy's strength wasn't his own but from external forces. In the end, when we took him down, we removed all his reliance on external forces first."

The Sword Master sneered, "Though I didn't participate in the battle, from afar I saw someone being pressed into the depths of the Sea of Realms with one palm, almost directly suppressed."

"And you think you're any better? Cowardly to even dare to join the battle," Yu Hua scoffed, "Back then, he harmonized with all the Bitter Seas, attacking without defending. Except for those few individuals, who could resist?"

The Sword Master chuckled coldly, "Only a guy covered in demonic karma like you would fear the Bitter Sea inciting boundless karma. Wearing merit on my body, blessed by the heavens, why would I fear the power of the Bitter Sea!"

Ji Jingqiu couldn't be bothered with the bickering of these few people; he was almost unable to maintain his poker face.

Harmonizing with the Nether Sea... 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

Eye of the Bitter Sea...

Harmonization with the All Worlds Suffering Sea...

These were merely supplemental descriptions, yet they brought about numerous inner earthquakes for Ji Jingqiu.

Is the Netherworld the remnants of the Nether Mansion from the old days?!

Before the Four Demons, the existence that harmonized with the Nether Sea was this person?!

Moreover, why do the subsequent actions of this person sound so similar to the figure known as Master Mu from the Four Demons' accounts?

No, compared to him, Master Mu is a novice!

Cang murmured to himself, "Back then, Qian Wanqiu said, although You chose reincarnation, given his temperament, he certainly had arrangements long ago and would surely return one day."

Mo chimed in, "That's why we proposed the covenant back then, to jointly go to the Returning to Truth Land and bind Latecomers; they must go to the Returning to Truth Land."

Ji Jingqiu pondered, could the current state of the Netherworld, the peculiarities of the two long rivers, and the existence deep within the Burial Sea all be this person's arrangement?