Chapter 1154: Chapter 1055: Human Skin Conceals Di Ji

“Lord of Samsara?!”

The Ash Mist Creature, the Twelfth Marquis of Grey, exclaimed in shock, his words filled with astonishment.

At this moment, the endless Ash Mist Creatures, the infinite Ghostly Beings of the Netherworld, as well as Yama’s Infernal Soldiers and the like, all turned their gaze in that direction.

A man emerged from the vast cycles of samsara.

Black and white interspersed, Yin and Yang converged, life and death overlaid, immortals and demons danced in tandem!

He seemed to have undergone innumerable cycles of reincarnation, with shadows of calamity that had shaped the masses lingering behind him.

“The Lord of Samsara… has finally returned, has finally returned!”

At this moment, Meng Po was overwhelmed with excitement; she directly prostrated before the man and said:

“Greetings, Lord!”

“Greetings, Lord!”

The Ten Directions Underworld all knelt in salutation!

At the end of the Forbidden Ancient Path, the Nine Great Giants were also shaken to their cores.

“The Lord of Samsara…”

“He actually returned… What on earth happened? Wasn’t he supposed to have fallen into darkness, with the cycles of samsara shattered?”

“There must be an upheaval in this realm, a great upheaval indeed. Those people’s last remaining essence did not perish, The End of Myriad Paths has reincarnated, and now the Lord of Samsara has reemerged in this realm… Could it be that there is still hope for this era?!”

At this moment, the Nine Great Giants couldn’t help but get stirred up!

The End of Myriad Paths, those people’s final vestiges, and now… the Lord of Samsara has returned.

They once fought against the source but, seeing no hope, sought only to control reincarnation in order to cling to life.

But now… these people, they are all still here, all returned.

This era… perhaps there is still hope!

“The Lord of Samsara is still here!”

“He has returned!”

“…Is this era not utterly desolate after all?”

The endless Ghostly Beings that emerged from samsara couldn’t help but shout out!

Between heaven and earth, four characters echoed.

Lord of Samsara!

And within the vast samsara, amidst the Ten Directions Underworld.

The man approached with his hands behind his back, his gaze sweeping over the broken Netherworld, the ceaseless rolling grey mist, he saw the Nine Great Giants, he saw the endless Ghostly Beings.

He also saw that unimaginable terrifying battle that could not manifest between heaven and earth.

Yet, with one step taken, he had already appeared at the end of the Forbidden Ancient Path, appearing before Nan Feng and the others.

“Is Senior Li… still well?”

The first matter upon the Lord of Samsara’s return…

Was to actually enquire after another’s well-being!

Seeing the Lord of Samsara, Nan Feng, Jiang Li, and the others were also filled with joy.

The Lord of Samsara… was indeed Black White!

Black White, hailed as a legend back in the Yin Realm, had once borrowed an opportunity from Li Fan.

In the Yang Realm, he willingly bore the sins of Ghost Domain, accepting eternal reincarnation.

Now… he has finally returned!

“Master is well.”

Jiang Li spoke, comfort apparent in his eyes as if reuniting after a long separation, and added:

“This time, we are obeying his command to send the Demon Ancestor and the other twelve into the Netherworld, to take control of the Ten Halls Yanjun and the authority of Purple Majesty and Ksitigarbha.”

Upon hearing this, Black White nodded and said:

“Senior has indeed taken great pains. The grand design of eternity finally takes its place… Fortunate it is that my return coincides with this moment, most fortunate indeed!”

Saying so, he smiled faintly and added:

“Your path of chess has become even more exquisite; now, if I were to play against you, perhaps I am no longer your match.”

He could feel that Jiang Li had now, on the path of chess, perceived his own true path.

Jiang Li replied:

“The Path of Reincarnation can also lead to the heavens.”

Black White did not specialize in the path of chess but used it as a metaphor for samsara; hence in the end, his path of chess was replaced by the Path of Reincarnation.

“Lord of Samsara… do you think I don’t exist?”

At this moment, from within the roiling grey mist, in the chariot, the Twelfth Marquis of Grey bellowed in anger!

It stood to the side, having brought about the return of the Lord of Samsara, only to be ignored and treated as though he didn’t exist!

This… was the utter disrespect!

Upon hearing this, Black White still paid him no heed and instead, smiling towards Jiang Li, said:

“Once the matters here are concluded, I shall then visit Senior Li.”

Having said so, he then turned alone to face the grey mist.

He took one step forward!

Instantly, the vast grey mist was repelled a thousand li!

As he continued walking forward, the rolling grey mist kept retreating, as if unable to withstand his power.

“Lord of Samsara, do you wish for combat?”

Within the chariot, amidst the grey mist, the Twelfth Marquis of Grey spoke up, his voice tinged with wariness:

“You have only just reappeared, and you cannot compare to your peak state from the past… To battle with me now, there is no benefit.”

“Abide by the pact these old ghosts made with us in days gone by, leave a place for our grey mist within samsara, and this battle can be avoided!”

“Otherwise…”

But before he could finish speaking, Black White suddenly raised his hand, with black and white chess lines, images of worldly calamities, and the essence of immortals and demons erupting in unison, causing the sea of grey mist to behave like a tsunami, retreating furiously towards that world!

Even the chariot atop the mist was nearly lifted off!

“Do you truly seek battle?!”

The Twelfth Marquis of Grey roared with fury, a fist formed from grey origin Qi smashing forth from the chariot, colliding with Black White’s giant hand!

A Great Battle erupted!

Black White stood amid the boundless grey mist, with the power to turn over clouds and cover lands with rain. Behind him, merged into a single furnace, were the lines of the Black White chessboard, the power of immortals and demons, and the tribulation of life and death, coalescing into a terrifying grinding mill!

That mill stretched across heaven and earth, sucking in the endless grey mist, grinding it into oblivion.

“The most fearsome Divine Skill of the Lord of Samsara… the Mill of Life and Death!”

“No… this is even more terrifying than the Mill of Life and Death… even the grey mist can be ground away!”

“Grey mist… a law of existence that is undying and Indestructible in the cosmos, is it about to be broken?”

The mill was too terrifying, devouring the vast grey mist, reducing everything to nothingness.

Even the chariot of the Twelfth Marquis of Grey was crushed to pieces, no longer existing.

“I have to admit, your Divine Skill… is stronger than the legends of old…”

The Twelfth Marquis of Grey staggered backward, beaten by Black White, his eerie, indifferent eyes bursting with shocking murderous intent, he said:

“Pity, your strength has not yet returned to its former level!”

“I had thought to spare your life, but you are too arrogant. Today… I will summon the Emperor Artifact to deliver your ultimate demise!”

The Twelfth Marquis of Grey suddenly changed form, transforming into a spring!

This spring, connected to an unknown place, where the forbidden Grey Mist Origin Qi boiled furiously, as if something terrifying was about to emerge from it.

In an instant, the Forbidden Ancient Path was crushed, and the apocalyptic mechanism shattered everything.

“The Grey Emperor?!”

“Is the Grey Emperor about to descend?!”

“It’s His mechanism…”

For a moment, the Nine Great Giants were all struck with horror.

The Grey Emperor… an extremely ancient and mysterious Great Emperor, the origin of the grey mist, the creator of the Grey Mist Path.

At this moment, Di Ji appeared, startling the very heavens!

Finally, under the watchful eyes of all, from within the spring transformed by the Twelfth Marquis of Grey, emerged a broken Stone Spear!

The Stone Spear, full of mottled marks, only its tip remained, while the shaft had disappeared.

Yet, even in its broken state, the Stone Spear still possessed a Supreme might that made hearts tremble and even inspired a desire to worship and submit.

“It’s this Emperor Weapon… one of the twelve from the time the Grey Emperor attained his Dao. It is said that when the Grey Emperor asserted his Dao, he struck towards the origin once, and as a result… all twelve Emperor Artifacts were snapped, falling directly from the Imperial Path, with nearly no mechanism left…”

“Later, those twelve damaged Emperor Artifacts, devoid of the Great Emperor’s mechanism, were bestowed upon his mightiest subordinates…”

“Now that this spear has appeared… even though it no longer bears the imperial might, the current Lord of Samsara is far too distant from the Imperial Path… unable to resist!”

The Nine Giants murmured, recounting the origin of this Stone Spear, their eyes filled with a grave expression!

At this moment, everyone’s breath unintentionally halted!

It seemed as if just a slight quiver of this Stone Spear could destroy the entire world.

Yet Black White stood with his hands behind his back, looking indifferently at the Stone Spear, saying:

“With the original darkness at hand, who will you kill, them or me?”

“You have a choice to make.”

Facing the Emperor Artifact… he was still so dominantly confident.

He was even giving the opposition a choice…

This was almost… looking down from a superior position!

At that moment, even the Emperor Artifact seemed to fall silent for an instant.

As an Emperor Artifact, it possessed a spirit.

It naturally could see the unfathomable great battle, could see the existence of that original dark hand…

Original, dark… the shadows looming over the entire Forbidden Realm.

A common foe.

Yet, in the end, the Stone Spear only trembled slightly, and then, it pointed at Black White!

It sought to execute Black White!

A strand of murderous intent from the Stone Spear shattered everything, unbeatable by anyone!

“No…”

“The Lord of Samsara retreats, we will block it!”

“Black White has hardly returned, how could he fall at your hand in this life!”

Tai Yi and the other Giants all fought desperately, their voices shrill, trying to transform into the last strength to help Black White counter this Emperor Artifact!

Even Jiang Li had stepped forward, ready to offer treasures.

But Black White simply shook his head, saying:

“No need.”

“Do you really think Black White would dare to return without any confidence?”

Suddenly, he waved his hand and whispered:

“My Emperor Fruit, return!”

With his words!

At this moment, at the end of the Forbidden Ancient Path, the Grey Mist Sea, at the end of the Grey Mist Sea, the Ancestral Mist Realm, and within the Ancestral Mist Realm, Martial Desolate!

Before a small mountain village in Martial Desolate, a humble mound suddenly cracked open, and from within, a human skin flew out!

This skin, leaving the grave, bowed toward the small mountain village.

Then, turning around with a step, it disappeared from its original place!

In an instant, this skin spanned across the Ancestral Mist Realm and the Grey Mist Sea, and directly appeared at the end of the Forbidden Ancient Path.

As this skin emerged, it burst forth with a dreadful Imperial Path pressure, with endless Dao evolving, illuminating the diverse phantasms of great Daos dazzlingly bursting forth.

Those were grasses, coated with frost and dewdrops, withering and blooming year after year, ultimately evolving into an endless forbidden path reaching the heavens.

That was a plum tree, with seasons coming and going, years passing similarly, in the end, refining all mechanisms, invincible.

That was a Supreme being, wielding a hoe to till the heavens, creating a vast expanse of creation!

That was the Most High Supreme, wielding a scythe through realms, with a slaying aura sweeping across the Forbidden!

All of this… were the shadows once seen by this skin, the Dao that it had witnessed, these shadows, these Dao, merged into the Supreme mechanism of this skin!

Black White beckoned, and the skin, instantly landed on him, merging with him as one!

Boom!

At this moment, Black White’s aura shook the wilds, swept through both realms, causing the stars in the heavens and earth to rotate for him!

…

Good night.

I might need to skip the update tomorrow because of a writing block, sincerely.

My thinking process wasn’t very smooth to begin with, and with the recent events, I really can’t calm my mind to ponder over the plot.

I will take a day off tomorrow, not updating, going to the library over the weekend to seek inspiration and sort out the gloomy emotions from the past few days.

That’s it, good night.