The ferocious and terrifying Meteor Immortal Cliff became gentle immediately after the appearance of Princess Shiraku.
The terrifying corrupted alien races that had accumulated over the long years began to perish voluntarily.
Upon contact with the pink mist, everything within Meteor Immortal Cliff was engulfed.
However, the overflowing Dao power, laws, and divine abilities remained unchanged.
Princess Shiraku was radiant with immortal light, a true Immortal King descending to the mortal world.
Chen Jiuyang cupped his fists and said with a smile, "Congratulations, Your Highness Shiraku, on your escape and rebirth."
Princess Shiraku, rarely in a good mood, replied, "It's not true rebirth yet; the devoured Dao fruits and Dao power are insufficient."
"I have merely shed my 'old body' and will remain here forever."
"And I cannot leave this place for now, but I can breathe a little easier and move around without issue."
Chen Jiuyang nodded and said, "If that is the case, then I shall return to the Nine Nether Myriad Graves to refine the Dao fruit."
"Naturally," Princess Shiraku nodded slightly. "My clone inside will assist you."
"I am in Qingzhu City," Chen Jiuyang's words became reality. Using the power of 'I', his figure vanished from the spot without tearing space.
The next moment, he appeared in Qingzhu City.
Chen Jiuyang, at the ninth level of the Emperor realm, had Dao power surging within him like a galaxy.
Using Dao power to create a clone to accompany his family and children, Chen Jiuyang's true self headed towards the location of the Scattered Blossom Bamboo Immortal.
The Scattered Blossom Bamboo Immortal, just as Chen Jiuyang had left before, was still sitting quietly in place, waiting before the wooden house, though he did not know what he was waiting for.
Seeing Chen Jiuyang reappear, the Scattered Blossom Bamboo Immortal showed a hint of surprise. When Chen Jiuyang had entered before, he was at the peak of the Quasi-Emperor realm, but now he had reached the ninth level of the Emperor realm.
"You refined a complete Origin Dao?"
"Indeed," Chen Jiuyang nodded slowly.
The Scattered Blossom Bamboo Immortal asked, "Which one?"
"'I'," Chen Jiuyang replied.
The Scattered Blossom Bamboo Immortal said slowly, "Among the nine Origin Daos, this is the most harmless, the Dao origin that questions oneself. Besides this Dao, the remaining eight Origin Daos are extremely dangerous and terrifying. You must be careful."
Chen Jiuyang nodded slightly, "I am aware of this."
Then, he pushed open the door and walked into the small wooden house.
The bizarre and colorful scene before him suddenly shifted and turned countless times, and then Chen Jiuyang found himself in that desolate marketplace.
The terrifying old man holding a lantern, with empty eye sockets, was still strolling through the marketplace, and one could still hear him say, "My eyes are gone, could you lend me your eyes?"
"What kind of ghost is this..." Even now, at the ninth level of the Emperor realm, Chen Jiuyang could not discern the cultivation of this lantern-carrying old man.
His intuition told him that this ghostly old man was very dangerous, and he was not yet his match.
Chen Jiuyang immediately spoke out, "I am before Zhuang Wu."
The saying "words become reality" was not as invincible and simple as imagined; it had to be within Chen Jiuyang's cognition.
For example, if he had already been to the 'Zhuang Wu' Dao fruit, then he could directly speak the words and disappear from here.
The next moment, Chen Jiuyang reappeared before the 'Zhuang Wu' Dao fruit. This time.
Chen Jiuyang could see clearly that the servants cleaning the courtyard were Emperor-level 'Dao fruits', all below the ninth tribulation.
Zhuang Wu saw Chen Jiuyang but did not repeat his previous words, "It's your turn to make a move again."
Chen Jiuyang frowned slightly. It seemed that beings like the 'Zhuang Wu' Dao fruit had profound meanings in every action and would not waste time.
Chen Jiuyang asked, "Is it my turn to make a move?"
"No," the 'Zhuang Wu' Dao fruit said. "Let's not continue this game of chess for now. If you want to refine the next Origin Dao, help me with one thing."
After Chen Jiuyang refined the Origin Dao of 'I', the 'Zhuang Wu' Dao fruit's self-address changed from 'I' to 'I'.
Chen Jiuyang immediately frowned, "I want to know if this is true."
If he were to fall into 'Zhuang Wu's' trap again, it would not be a small matter.
"Naturally, it is true," the 'Zhuang Wu' Dao fruit said. "Please go outside the city to the Du You boat and retrieve 'San Hua's' life essence for me."
"'San Hua' has guarded me for such a long time. I promised her that if she perished, I would retrieve her 'life essence' from the Nine Nether Myriad Graves to let her live another life."
Chen Jiuyang frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"
The 'Zhuang Wu' Dao fruit explained, "After the martial path attains the Dao fruit, whether it is the mortal realm or the immortal realm, it will fall into the Nine Nether Myriad Graves under this ultimate chess game, the Myriad Things Floating Life Realm."
"Before I perished, I dismantled 'San Hua's' Dao fruit. Half of it was left in the Nine Nether Myriad Graves, ensuring her indestructibility through time."
"Once the life essence is retrieved, she will be able to reincarnate and be reborn as a person."
Chen Jiuyang pondered for a long time, "Very well, I can do it. I owe her a karmic debt."
The 'Zhuang Wu' Dao fruit nodded slowly and said, "Go south from the city, and there is a river. 'San Hua's' life essence is on the Du You boat. Retrieve it, and you can continue the game."
"Alright, I will go then."
Chen Jiuyang then got up, left the 'Zhuang Wu' Dao fruit's residence, and headed south of the city.
Leaving the City of Ten Thousand Ghosts, a thick, viscous fog surged towards Chen Jiuyang, but Chen Jiuyang, now at the ninth level of the Emperor realm, was not frozen like a 'ghost person' as before.
Instead, he walked as if on flat ground, unaffected by the mist.
Chen Jiuyang slowly walked through the thick fog, and before long, he heard the sound of waves ahead.
A boat was moored by the riverbank, inscribed with the words 'Du You'. It looked calm and ordinary, yet it gave Chen Jiuyang a sense of immense crisis.
Chen Jiuyang knew that retrieving 'San Hua's' life essence would not be simple. After a moment of hesitation, Chen Jiuyang slowly boarded the boat.
The boat was empty, with no other strange or peculiar features, completely vacant.
Where would 'San Hua's' life essence be? Would this boat move on its own? Or would it require some condition or karma to activate?
He would wait and see.
Chen Jiuyang sat down casually on the deck and began to ponder.
Suddenly, he seemed to have forgotten something.
Not long after.
"Rumble!!!"
Thunder boomed in the sky, and then...
Rain began to fall.
Chen Jiuyang's brows furrowed tightly.
"Does the Nine Nether Myriad Graves experience rain?"
"Where does the water, rivers, and fog here come from?"
While contemplating.
"Drip! Drip! Drip!"
The sound of footsteps boarding the ship and stepping onto the deck was heard.
It wasn't just one person, but several.
Seven or eight people boarded the ship, with cultivation levels ranging from Martial Saint, Great Saint, to Quasi-Emperor. They were likely people who had come to refine Dao fruits normally.
Each of them looked terrified and extremely uneasy, with some even bearing serious injuries.
But the people who boarded next caused Chen Jiuyang and the others to change their expressions.
Several mortals with no cultivation, dressed in ancient attire, boarded the ship.
In a place like this, even Quasi-Emperors could perish. Where could ordinary mortals come from in the Nine Nether Myriad Graves?