Ding Ning finally understood, but he still couldn't accept it. He asked hesitantly, "Then the mermaid oil is …"
"It's not Yiyi's or the mermaid race's. I extracted it from a merman race in the Thirty-three Heavens."
Emperor Ming's expression didn't change.
Ding Ning was completely speechless. But then he remembered that this was a bloodthirsty human demon. For his daughter, it was normal for him to destroy an entire plane, much less extract the merman race's oil.
"I haven't killed anyone in a long time."
Emperor Ming seemed to be able to read his mind. He pursed his lips and said smugly, "The thing I'm most proud of all these years is that I managed to control my inner demons. I even comprehended the divine arts of Buddhism and gained control over my demonic arts. You should know this."
It suddenly occurred to Ding Ning that the Heart Sutra of Bodhi and the Devil Sutra of the Heart that he had been practicing seemed to be inextricably linked to Ming Di. This should also be part of his plan.
Although he was curious about Emperor Ming's intentions, Ding Ning couldn't be bothered to ask if he wasn't willing to say.
"Are you done with your questions? If there's anything else you don't understand, ask away. I will answer accordingly. "
Emperor Ming turned to look in the direction he had come from, his expression calm.
Ding Ning thought for a moment, then took out the Nine-tailed Centipede, the Sunshot Divine Bow, and the bronze horn. "Senior, what are these? Also, who was the demonic energy trapped in the underground palace? And who was the demonic corpse in the valley? "
"These three are the ultimate treasures of the Netherworld. They were the divine weapons I used to conquer the Netherworld."
Emperor Ming beckoned and the Nine-tailed Centipede flew into his hand.
"Ultimate treasures of the Netherworld? No wonder I couldn't activate them. "
Ding Ning suddenly realized that the three treasures on the Path of Reincarnation required Netherworld energy to protect their master.
"You don't have Netherworld energy, so you can't activate them. They can only be used to their full potential in the Netherworld. This is the Nether God's Halberd, my weapon in the Netherworld. It ranks seventh on the Divine Weapon List of the Three Realms."
Emperor Hades reached out and touched it. The nine-tailed emblem turned to dust, revealing a chilling halberd. His face was filled with arrogance as he spoke.
"What about this?"
Ding Ning's eyes brightened as he raised his bow and asked.
"This is the Sun-Shooting Bow, the weapon of the ancient God of Archery, Da Yi. It once shot down the nine Golden Crows that wreaked havoc in the human world. After Da Yi died, this bow fell into the Underworld and was obtained by me. It is ranked twelfth in the Three Realms Ranking."
Emperor Hades lamented, "Actually, the Sun-Shooting Bow should be ranked even higher. It's just that after Yi the Great, no one in the Three Realms has been able to reach the Dao through archery. That's why it's ranked twelfth."
Archer God Da Yi? He should be the legendary Hou Yi.
Ding Ning thought to himself. While he did not know why their names were slightly different, Ming Di was an old antique who had lived through that era. His name was more reliable than the legends.
"As for this nameless horn, I obtained it by accident. I don't know where it came from. Although it's not listed in the Three Realms Ranking, it's the number one divine artifact in the Underworld."
Emperor Hades caressed the horn with a look of longing in his eyes. "It's not a divine artifact, but it's even more powerful than one. When I blow the horn, all the yin spirits within a radius of ten thousand miles will listen to my command. If I'm in an ancient battlefield where a powerful cultivator has fallen, I can even destroy an Immortal Emperor and a Human Sovereign. I named it the Yin Spirit Horn."
"It's that powerful?"
When Ding Ning thought of blowing the horn and the nether spirits swarming over to listen to his command, he felt his blood boil with excitement.
"Of course, the level of the summoned yin spirits is also linked to the cultivation of the person who blows the horn. Usually, the strongest one can summon is a level higher than their own cultivation."
Emperor Hades chuckled. "If I hadn't planned to blow up the Sacred Mountain, I could have blown the Yin Spirit Horn and all the zombies on the Sacred Mountain would listen to my command. It would have been a piece of cake to kill Immortal Emperors and Human Sovereigns."
Ding Ning didn't say anything. He felt that this old man was bragging a little. But he was curious as to why Emperor Hades wanted to blow up the Sacred Mountain.
"The Sacred Mountain is the sacred land of the Myriad Demon Territory and also the core of the Nine Territories' formation. If we don't blow up the Sacred Mountain, how can we force out those who harbor ill intentions?"
Emperor Hades sneered. "For example, the demonic nature you asked me about, and the demonic corpses in the Demon Rearing Land."
"Demonic corpses?"
Ding Ning looked at Emperor Hades in shock.
"The Yao Thearch thinks he's smart, but he doesn't know that he's already fallen into the Demon Emperor's trap."
Emperor Hades nodded. "Do you know why the Yao Thearch wanted to possess you?"
"Could it be the Demon Emperor's doing?"
A thought flashed through Ding Ning's mind.
"That's right. The Yao Thearch always thought that Demon Emperor Chong Yang was his best friend and even taught him the Three Spirits Transformation Technique. He didn't know that Chong Yang used the Three Spirits Transformation Technique to plant a demonic seed in the Yao Thearch's body. He possessed you because of the demonic seed."
Emperor Hades sighed. "I know that you've always been angry at the Yao Thearch for scheming against you. I'm not trying to explain for him. I'm just telling the truth. Although the Yao Thearch is ruthless to outsiders, he still cares a lot about his kin. Moreover, most of the demons are all brawn and no brains. Although the Yao Thearch is a little smarter than the average demon, he's still a far cry from the Demon Race, which is famous for its craftiness and treachery. Moreover, Chong Yang is an expert in bewitching people. It's only natural that the Yao Thearch would fall for his tricks."
"Demon Emperor Chong Yang? Isn't the Demon Emperor Chong Tian? "
Ding Ning asked in confusion.
"To be precise, Chong Yang is the former Demon Emperor and the current Demon Emperor Chong Tian is his son. When Chong Yang came to the human world, he passed on the Great Emperor's Fruit to Chong Tian. Father and son, one in the open and the other in the dark, plotted to take over the Three Realms."
Ming Di revealed yet another earth-shattering secret, leaving Ding Ning dumbstruck.
"The demonic corpse and the demonic nature in the underground palace belonged to Chong Yang. Chong Yang overestimated himself and came here through the Demon Emperor. He couldn't wait to devour the Kun Peng's Origin. He didn't know that even though the Kun Peng's will was only left with its instincts, he couldn't devour it. The remaining will of the Kun Peng killed him. Because the demonic nature couldn't be completely destroyed, he was trapped in the underground palace and was slowly killed by lightning. His demonic corpse was buried in the Ninth Territory."
Ignoring Ding Ning's shocked expression, Emperor Hades continued calmly, "Unfortunately, the Kun Peng's will was muddled and the Demon Emperor was bewitched by the demonic seed. He set up the Great Formation of Heavenly Spirits and Earthly Fiends in the Ninth Territory to nurture the demon."
"The underground palace was built by the Kun Peng?"
Ding Ning couldn't be more shocked. He didn't expect it to be so complicated.
"No, the underground palace is a sacrificial altar built by the Demon Clan in the early days of the Kunpeng World. Through the sacrificial altar, one can enter and exit freely. Later on, many warriors from the Human Realm entered the Kunpeng World unintentionally or were lured into it. They all had selfish motives and wanted to control the entrance and exit alone. They didn't want to be discovered by others, so they built this underground palace in the name of building a tomb."
Emperor Ming knew everything that had happened in the Kunpeng Realm like the back of his hand. "But the underground palace was a dead object after all, and humans were greedy beyond measure. They treated the Kunpeng Realm as a rich mystic realm and wanted to take it for themselves. There were even fierce battles over it. In the end, an array master took over the underground palace and set up all sorts of array formations to hide it. But there were many array masters who were more skilled than him in array formations in this world. Later on, the array master broke through his array formation and, with the same mentality, set up more advanced array formations based on the previous one."
Ding Ning finally understood the origin of the underground palace. However, he could not understand why Genghis Khan would treat it as a mausoleum. Moreover, the wolf demon guarding the underground palace said that Genghis Khan was a servant of the Demon Clan.
"That wolf demon wasn't wrong. The Kun Peng World is the ancestral land of the demon race. That wolf demon was a descendant of the demon race that left the Kun Peng World a long time ago. Its clan was ordered to guard the altar, but when the human experts discovered the secret of the altar, they exiled and massacred the wolf demon clan. That wolf demon probably followed the records left by its ancestors to find the entrance to the underground palace. But it didn't understand formations and couldn't return to the Kun Peng World through the altar. So when Temujin was at his lowest, it pretended to be a god and gave him the Three Treasures to help him conquer the world. That was how the legend of Genghis Khan was forged."
Emperor Hades explained patiently.
Ding Ning was confused. "Aren't the Three Treasures Senior's? Why are they in the wolf demon's hands? "
"The Yao Emperor wants to attract more human experts into the Kun Peng World to promote its development and spread the flames of civilization. He's my pawn, so I naturally have to help him."
Emperor Hades grinned.
Ding Ning's face darkened, but he understood what the wily old fox Emperor Hades meant. The old man had used the Yao Emperor's hand to give the Three Treasures to the wolf demon. The wolf demon obviously couldn't activate the Three Treasures, so it gave them to Temujin, helping him build a glorious empire. The fact that Temujin was able to activate the Three Treasures meant that Emperor Hades had done something.
But there was one thing he couldn't understand. "What is the wolf demon's goal?"
"Totemic faith, guarding the altar!"
Emperor Hades' simple words enlightened Ding Ning.
The Yao race placed great importance on the continuation of their race. That wolf demon was probably the last survivor of the clan that guarded the altar. So when it accidentally discovered that the down-and-out Temujin could activate the Three Treasures, it pretended to be a god and made a deal with Temujin, giving him the Three Treasures to help him build his empire.
It wasn't hard to guess the wolf demon's goal. First, it wanted the people of the grassland to worship the wolf as a totem, so that its clan could harvest the power of faith and give birth to more wolf demons. After all, Earth didn't have as much blood energy as the Kun Peng World did, so the power of faith was one of its few options.
Second, it wanted to make use of Temujin's reverence for it. After conquering the world, it would make the mountain where the underground palace was located a sacred mountain. Then, it would use Genghis Khan's reputation as the ruler of the world to repair the underground palace and make it his tomb after death. Outsiders wouldn't dare to covet it, thus completing the clan's mission of guarding the altar.
This wolf demon was quite intelligent. However, even in its death, it would never have guessed that all of its actions were caused by someone's subtle influence in the dark.
"Then what is Senior's goal?"
Ding Ning persistently asked. He thought he was smart, but compared with these old guys who had deep thoughts, he was too immature.
"My goal is to wait for you. I can't keep an eye on the entrance to the underground palace all day, can I?"
Emperor Hades said matter-of-factly. "So after Genghis Khan died, I tampered with the Three Treasures. Only those with the bloodline of the Three Supremes can take them away at the same time. Once someone takes them away, I will sense it and know that you've arrived."
Ding Ning was dumbfounded. He had thought that Ming Di would come up with some grand excuse. He hadn't expected the three treasures' emotions to be nothing more than a f * cking sensor.
This made him feel like he could die. According to Emperor Hades, anyone else would only need to subdue one of the treasures, but he had to fight to the death to take all three at once. What special treatment! Ding Ning immediately snapped, "Aren't you afraid that I'll be killed by those guys who keep coming back to life?"
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