"You're right, Senior. I've gauged the heart of a gentleman with the yardstick of a lowly person. You're the mighty Netherworld Emperor, and your words are the law.
Ding Ning flattered him without batting an eyelid.
"You little rascal, you're really sly. Don't worry, I may not be a good person but I'm not one to go back on my word."
Ming Di immediately saw through his intentions and shook his head with a wry smile.
"Senior, do you know who set up this boundary?"
Ding Ning asked cautiously, feeling slightly reassured.
Ming Di stared at the boundary in a daze. A hint of sorrow flashed across his eyes. "I set it up."
"Ah! It really is you! "
Ding Ning exclaimed. Although he had guessed that Ming Di had set it up, he was still surprised to hear Ming Di admit to it.
Ming Di nodded but didn't speak. He just stared at the boundary … or rather, the glacier in a daze.
Ding Ning's curiosity was piqued. "Senior, why did you set up a boundary? I've been passing through dry lands all this time. Won't the people who live there have no water to drink? Also, it's damaging to the environment."
Ming Di took a deep breath. An unforgettable pain flashed across his eyes. Gritting his teeth, he said, "They got off too easy. If it wasn't for … sigh, never mind. You'll understand in the future."
There was a story behind all this. Although Ding Ning was very curious, he didn't dare to ask when he saw that Ming Di wasn't in a good mood. He was afraid that Ming Di would turn on him.
Since Ming Di wasn't willing to talk about this, Ding Ning decided to ask something else. "Senior, what is this place? Didn't you say it was the Land of Reincarnation? I don't think so. "
"Who told you this is the Land of Reincarnation?"
Ming Di's emotions faded as quickly as they came. He pursed his lips in disdain. "Those two idiots, Ji and Hao, think they know everything. Actually, they just think that I want them to think that way."
Although this sounded a little awkward, Ding Ning understood. It seemed that Ming had purposely made the Human Emperor and Immortal Emperor think this was the Land of Reincarnation.
"Why?"
Ding Ning's curiosity was piqued. He really wanted to know the reason.
"Because …"
Ming Di smiled slyly. "I'm happy."
Ding Ning was focused on waiting for his answer and didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he heard this. He hadn't expected the great Ming Emperor to be so … mischievous.
However, this also made him lower his guard against Ming Di. He felt that Ming Di wasn't as bad as he thought. He was a little speechless. "Then what exactly is this place?"
"This was once the Sky Water Jie of the Ninth Heaven."
Ming Di's eyes were filled with nostalgia as he spoke.
"Nine Heavens? Tian … Tian Shui Tian? "
Ding Ning's heart trembled and he stammered.
Because he suddenly thought of the Nine Great Totems, and the mermaid was called the Tianshui Totem. Nine Heavens, Tianshui Sky, he wondered if it had anything to do with the Nine Great Totems.
Ming Di glanced at him and his lips curled into a meaningful smile, as if he had seen through his thoughts. He explained in detail, "That's right, the Nine Heavens refers to nine different worlds in different spaces. They are also the basic components that make up the Three Realms. They are located between the Human World and the Immortal World. But after the Great Wilderness Continent shattered, the Nine Heavens was also heavily damaged and escaped into the void, drifting about."
Before Ding Ning could ask, Ming Di continued, "Later on, the Human World repaired itself and transformed from a continent into a sphere. The Nine Heavens also reappeared. But the Nine Heavens used to be connected together, but when they reappeared, they were separated into nine different spaces."
"Other than the Sky Water Jie, what are the other eight Heavens called?"
Ding Ning's mouth was dry as he asked impatiently.
"Gengjin Tian, Green Wood Tian, Blazing Flame Tian, Thick Earth Tian, Black Wind Tian, Misty Fog Tian, Lightning Tian, Dark Shadow Tian."
Ming Di glanced at him with a half-smile.
Ding Ning felt as if he'd been struck by lightning. His mind buzzed and waves of shock surged in his heart. The Nine Heavens were exactly the same as the Nine Great Totems. Was this a coincidence or was it inevitable?
"The Nine Heavens was originally a part of the Three Realms. When the Great Wilderness Continent shattered, the origin of the Heavenly Dao was lost, causing chaos in the laws of the world. In order to repair the Three Realms, the Nine Heavens expended a great deal of its origin, resulting in some kind of mutation."
Ming Di's expression suddenly turned sorrowful as he revealed a shocking secret. "After the mutation, the Nine Heavens, just like the Three Realms of Heaven, Earth, and Human, as well as the Thirty-three Heavens, each had its own Emperor's Dao. That was why countless experts coveted it. Although I was already the Emperor of the Underworld at the time, I was still tempted."
"The Emperor's Dao of the Nine Heavens is probably inferior to the Emperor's Dao of the Underworld, isn't it? Why are you interested in it, senior? "
Ding Ning calmed down slightly. Perhaps Ming Di could give him an answer, so he asked in confusion.
Ming Di rolled his eyes at him. "The Nine Heavens' Emperor's Dao is the same as the Thirty-three Heavens. Of course it's not as good as the Underworld's Emperor's Dao. But I'm also human and I can be greedy. Although I don't care for it, my family does."
Ding Ning nodded in understanding. If he were in Ming Di's shoes, he would fight for his family as well.
A gentle look flashed across Ming Di's eyes. "The Heavenly Dao is fair. There are gains and losses. At my level of cultivation, although my lifespan has been extended indefinitely, it's extremely difficult to reproduce. I only have one daughter in my life, so I naturally have to fight for her Emperor's Dao."
Ding Ning's heart suddenly skipped a beat. A bold idea popped into his head. He asked in a dry voice, "Don't tell me your daughter is fighting for Tianshui Heaven's Emperor's Dao?"
"What do you think?"
Ming Di countered. His penetrating eyes seemed to be able to see through a person's heart.
Ding Ning's mouth went dry. He asked anxiously, "Does it mean that obtaining the Emperor's Dao of the Nine Heavens will result in an elemental mutation corresponding to the heaven?"
Ming Di nodded sadly. "Not only will there be a mutation, but she will also lose all her memories. She won't even be able to recognize me as her father."
"Mermaid?"
Ding Ning said with a dazed expression. Although it was a question, he had already confirmed it in his heart.
"Yes, mermaid. My precious daughter has become a mermaid. Even if she loses all her memories, so what? She can rule an entire world and obtain the Emperor's Dao. She can live happily. So what if she doesn't remember her father?"
Ming Di murmured with an indescribable gentleness. There was no trace of the Underworld Emperor's peerless demeanor. He was clearly a kind father who doted on his child.
This touched the softest part of Ding Ning's heart. He suddenly missed his father very much. He didn't know where he was now, if he was doing well, or when he would be able to reunite with him.
"But I didn't think that my actions would harm her, harm her."
The benevolent expression on Ming Di's face was replaced by a look of unforgettable hatred. The muscles on his face contorted.
Ding Ning took a deep breath. He knew that this was the most crucial part of the story. The culprit who had harmed the mermaid and imprisoned her soul in the oil lamp would soon surface.
But to his great disappointment, Ming Di didn't know who had harmed the mermaid either. When he received the news and rushed to Celestial Water Heaven, his daughter had already been murdered. Her soul had been extracted, leaving behind only her body.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that Ming Di was the most powerful person in the Three Realms. But someone had dared to take the risk of offending him to harm his precious daughter. How could he not be devastated?
Ming Di began interrogating the living beings of Celestial Water Heaven, hoping to find any clues. But to his surprise, these living beings didn't know anything. They didn't know who had harmed the mermaid.
In a fit of rage, Ming Di wanted to slaughter the entire Celestial Water Heaven. But then he remembered that his daughter was so pure and kind that she wouldn't want to see him kill the innocent.
So Ming Di, who had nowhere to vent his anger, set up this barrier and extracted all the water in Celestial Water Heaven as punishment, leaving these people to fend for themselves.
But when he calmed down and thought about it, he felt that if his daughter could come back to life one day, she would definitely not want to see her people suffer because of her death. But if he didn't punish these living beings, he wouldn't be able to quell his anger.
After some hesitation, he finally came up with a compromise. He ordered people to inform all living beings of Celestial Water Heaven that they had to move to the Imperial Palace within the stipulated time. Otherwise, they would be responsible for their own lives.
No one dared to defy the emperor's might. The living beings of Celestial Water Heaven all moved to the Imperial Palace within the stipulated time. This also answered Ding Ning's questions. No wonder all the living beings living in the nine palaces had moved together. They had all moved to the Imperial Palace.
Ming Di sneered. They could be spared from death, but they couldn't escape punishment. Once all the living beings had moved to the Imperial Palace, he extracted all the water outside the barrier and sealed the living beings and the Celestial Water Heaven Palace in ice. If his daughter could come back to life, these living beings would naturally be freed. If she couldn't, these living beings would all be buried with her, sealed in ice for all eternity.
After dealing with the matter of Celestial Water Heaven, Ming Di began to search for the murderer. He wanted to find his daughter's soul.
Although the mermaid was pure and kind and had lost her memories, she was still a supreme being who had attained the Great Emperor's status. In the Three Realms, only the Great Emperor of the 33 Heavens, the Human Emperor, and the Immortal Emperor had the power to harm her.
Thus, Emperor Ming set his sights on these thirty-five cultivators. However, he didn't have any evidence, so they naturally denied it. They refused to admit it even if they were beaten to death.
But Ming Di didn't care. He was certain that one of them had done it. Since no one would admit to it, he would kill them all and bury them with his daughter. Although he had been rash in his rage, he had completely lost his rationality. He changed his appearance and identity and began to slaughter the Great Emperors.
He killed five of the Great Emperors of the 33 Heavens and heavily injured nine. In the end, he incited the public's anger. The Great Emperors of the 33 Heavens joined forces with the Immortal Emperor to hunt him down.
Although Ming Di's battle prowess could be said to be the strongest in the Three Realms, he had changed his identity and naturally couldn't use the formations he was most adept at. Under the combined attack of the gods, he was quickly injured and had no choice but to fight his way out before fleeing.
His daughter had died for no apparent reason and he had almost been killed trying to avenge her. It was easy to imagine Ming Di's feelings. After recovering from his injuries, he went into a frenzy and began to hunt down all the Great Emperors and their disciples who were alone.
He was strong to begin with and he hid in the shadows to hunt. He caused havoc in the 33 Heavens and even the Great Emperors didn't dare to venture out alone for fear of being hunted down.
That was the darkest and most terrifying period in the Three Realms. Countless members of the Great Emperor's sect were slaughtered. Because of this, Emperor Hades, who had changed his appearance, earned the title of Human Demon. He became a terrifying butcher that everyone in the Three Realms had to punish.
Later, the Immortal Emperor and the Human Emperor went to the Underworld together and invited Ming Di to join forces to kill the Human Demon.
Ming Di was already in a killing frenzy. After agreeing on the surface, he changed into the Human Demon and launched a sneak attack on the two Great Emperors.
Unexpectedly, the two Great Emperors were already prepared for the Human Demon's sneak attack and set up an ambush. Not only did Ming Di return empty-handed, he was also gravely injured.
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