Chapter 846 - 481: Emperor Fengdu

These elite squads had fought tirelessly to kill the Ten Hall Yama, only to inadvertently accelerate the awakening of the Emperor Fengdu Golem. Even worse, the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect lacked accurate intelligence on exactly how powerful the golem would be once fully awakened.

"Elder Undying, do you know anything about the remaining nine Yamas?" Zou Feng asked immediately after making up his mind.

Having grasped the abilities of the Book of Life and Death, Zou Feng realized that merely knowing his targets’ names wasn’t enough to unleash the maximum effect of the Poison of Reincarnation. It was best to understand their life experiences. Only then could he construct a relatively more authentic Reincarnation World, allowing the poison to truly take hold.

Seeing Zou Feng’s interest in this intel, Undying Master naturally held nothing back, offering a brief summary of the Yamas ruling the other halls. However, even the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect’s extensive intelligence network hadn’t managed to uncover details on all of them. They only knew the pre-Yama life histories of five individuals.

Yet, for Zou Feng, this number was more than enough; in fact, it was slightly excessive. Fabricating a Reincarnation World was no easy feat. He estimated that consecutively creating three such worlds would push him to his absolute limit. Furthermore, he needed mandatory rest after each creation. Otherwise, his mental state would deteriorate, and he would gradually lose the ability to distinguish between Reincarnation and the Current World.

Once Undying Master finished his explanation, Zou Feng stopped asking questions and settled down, seemingly focusing on Cultivation. But in Truth, he had silently opened the List of Gods and used his mind to write the names of the remaining nine Yamas on it. From them, he selected three to occupy the top spots.

One of them, naturally, was Ye Luo.

Having fought him face-to-face, Zou Feng was relatively familiar with him, and Ye Luo was already afflicted by his Poison of Reincarnation. In theory, causing Ye Luo’s Nascent Soul to die suddenly posed the least amount of difficulty. The only problem was that Zou Feng had previously tried using the side effects of his Tribulation-Indestructible Body to torment Ye Luo. Yet, every time the man’s name was about to Scatter, a mysterious force would pull him back from the brink.

At the time, Zou Feng hadn’t understood what was happening, but now he knew for certain that the Emperor Fengdu Golem was behind it. However, the golem’s energy source couldn’t possibly be endless. Saving Ye Luo must have consumed the Nascent Soul power of the other Yamas! Now, he just had to see how long this thing could keep it up.

Zou Feng’s next plan was to pay special attention to the three Yamas tied for the top rank. It would be ideal if he could kill them with the Poison of Reincarnation, but even if he failed to torture them to death, he could still drain the Emperor Fengdu Golem’s power. This way, when the final battle began, his side wouldn’t have to face the golem at its absolute peak, and they might even be able to destroy it with ease.

With this thought in mind, Zou Feng completely immersed his Divine Sense into the List of Gods, glaring intently at the names of those three big shots. He wanted to construct a Reincarnation World that would make them wish they were dead. Ideally, he wanted them sobbing uncontrollably, perhaps even weeping tears of blood as they screamed that it wasn’t them who were wrong, but the world itself. Ultimately, the more they broke down mentally, the deeper the Poison of Reincarnation would seep into them.

Of course, fabricating such a Reincarnation World was extraordinarily difficult. Fortunately, they were in the Rebirth Hall, which was still permeated by a dense aura capable of plunging people into Reincarnation. This special aura was actually vaporized Meng Po Soup.

Faced with the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect’s invasion, the Yama Underworld had naturally gone all out, throwing every trump card they had at the problem. They had directly vaporized vast amounts of Meng Po Soup to increase the chances of forcing Zou Feng and the others into Reincarnation. But now, this only worked to Zou Feng’s advantage.

With every breath he took, he inhaled large quantities of "Meng Po’s Breath," continuously infusing it into the List of Gods. It took over an hour for Zou Feng to finally make some headway. Relying on the Reincarnations he had personally experienced, he built a fictional world that he could actively participate in.

Next, using the names of the three Yamas on the List of Gods as mediums, he began the Reincarnation evolution. Naturally, this didn’t literally drag their physical bodies or souls into Reincarnation. Instead, through this evolution, he simulated everything that would happen to them after entering the cycle. Because this simulation was so close to the Truth, the targets themselves would subconsciously accept it.

Once the simulation was complete, transferring this Reincarnation experience back to them via the List of Gods would cause them to severely doubt whether they had unwittingly fallen into such a Reincarnation. The more they doubted, the deeper the Poison of Reincarnation would take root.

For convenience’s sake, the Reincarnation World Zou Feng fabricated was the Great Yan Yuan Guang County instance he had experienced multiple times. He cast the three Yamas in the roles of the Blood-handed Butcher, the Jade Snake Young Master, and the Thousand-Faced Widow. Meanwhile, acting as the "protagonist" of this fictional world, he had plenty of ways to make them beg for death.

What should have been a walk in the park turned out otherwise; Zou Feng had underestimated these beings who had managed to become Yamas. After stepping into the shoes of the three Evil Cultivators targeting the Yang Mansion, they still managed to carry out their revenge that very night, despite Zou Feng’s active sabotage.

Although Zou Feng intervened in time, he still let the "Blood-handed Butcher" escape. Even if he could eventually capture the man, there was no telling how much time and energy it would cost. He had to keep in mind that maintaining this fabricated Reincarnation World for even a moment longer caused a massive drain on his resources.

Therefore, Zou Feng immediately exited the Reincarnation and decisively restarted the simulation.

As for why he didn’t simply assign the three Yamas to easily manipulated roles—like a Household Servant or a beggar—he refrained from doing so because it would heavily conflict with their actual capabilities. Zou Feng had just gotten a general sense of their pasts from Undying Master. To put it bluntly, anyone who could rise to such heights in the Tribulation Cultivator Camp was an absolute genius, at least when it came to Cultivation. Even if they truly fell into Reincarnation and had to start from scratch, they would never be completely incompetent. If Zou Feng gave them new identities that didn’t match their caliber, these Yamas wouldn’t believe they had experienced this Reincarnation. Consequently, the effect of the Poison of Reincarnation would be greatly diminished.

Unexpectedly, things still didn’t go smoothly after the restart. The actions these three took were completely different from the last time, leaving Zou Feng scrambling to juggle too many variables at once. This time, he let the "Thousand-Faced Widow" slip away.

This simulation ended in failure yet again.

Without hesitation, Zou Feng exited the Reincarnation to try again. He absolutely refused to accept defeat.

Armed with the experience of his previous two failures, Zou Feng finally managed not to slip up. On his third attempt, he completely dominated the trio, subjecting them to severe torment. It was a good thing the third attempt succeeded; otherwise, Zou Feng wouldn’t have been able to instantly start a fourth round and would have been forced to rest.

With the simulation successfully concluded, Zou Feng immediately transferred the Poison of Reincarnation. Slamming it into them all at once via the List of Gods was absolutely more potent than a long-stored Critical Strike from his side effects...

Meanwhile, the number of flames ignited on the chest of the Emperor Fengdu Golem had reached five. This meant that the elite squads dispatched by the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect had already eliminated five of the Ten Hall Yama.

Such efficiency proved that the Immortal Sect had indeed come prepared; every squad had accurately exploited the weaknesses of their respective Yamas. However, everything about the Emperor Fengdu Golem post-awakening remained an unknown. In response to this, the higher-ups of the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect had actually already prepared for the worst...

As the five flames burned, the aura radiating from the Emperor Fengdu Golem visibly stirred an extremely terrifying entity deeper within the Underworld, causing it to grow restless. What the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect’s higher-ups didn’t yet know was that the Emperor Fengdu Golem was not only the Underworld’s final combat asset but also a seal. The chaotic monsters of the Underworld hadn’t all been released earlier; the truly lethal abominations were actually still sealed beneath the golem.

Empowered by the five flames, the Emperor Fengdu Golem could now move. Amidst a terrifying, muffled rumbling, it actually attempted to stand up.

Yet, just as it was about to straighten its back, one of the flames extinguished without warning. The golem instantly stumbled, nearly crashing to the ground.