Shen Jiuxiao hoped Zheng Dong would help her rescue Shen Bing and Shen Xue.
Zheng Dong did not rush to act.
They were currently inside the Soul Suppressing Tower, and rescuing people would be futile if they could not escape.
He quickly scanned the current level, hoping to find an exit.
To his disappointment, the 108th level also had no exit.
Not only Zheng Dong, but Wei Yi and the others who followed also found no way out.
However, they could see the outside through the transparent tower ceiling.
The ceiling was made of transparent crystal, enveloped in nine-colored radiance, and covered by multiple layers of barriers. It looked as if one could easily break through the ceiling and reach the outside of the Soul Suppressing Tower.
Yet, even a Quasi-Divine could not damage this ceiling.
Furthermore, within the Soul Suppressing Tower, affected by a strange power, spatial movement, spatial teleportation, and other such skills were useless.
Zheng Dong looked at Shen Jiuxiao and said after some thought:
"I can't save them either. They've been brainwashed. As you can see, a strange power is affecting them, and they cannot be awakened. We can only find a way to forcibly take them away."
Shen Jiuxiao immediately realized this. She looked at Shen Bing, Shen Xue, and then at Ming Cheng and the other Quasi-Divines.
Not a single one of them had woken up.
And her excited voice had been quite loud just now.
Following this, she, along with Wei Yi and the others, began searching for an exit.
She even used the bloodline power of the Undying Nether Phoenix, attempting to forcibly shatter the roof and escape.
Unfortunately, the roof remained intact, and she had overexerted herself, injuring herself with a comminuted fracture of her shoulder.
At this moment, the sacrifice outside continued.
The nine Nether God Tokens gathered together, forming a circle and spinning continuously, releasing a large amount of red light.
Any undead being that came into contact with this light was sent into the Soul Suppressing Tower.
Subsequently, they were drained of their elemental energy by the Soul Suppressing Tower, turning into ashes like spent firewood, which then thickly covered the floor of the tower.
As the energy was replenished, the Soul Suppressing Tower operated even faster, drawing upon more of the Nether Ghost King God's power.
The divine statue outside the Nether God Tomb also showed signs of awakening.
Seeing this, Zheng Dong and the others were astonished.
Were all the undead beings in the entire Nether Ghost King Realm going to be sacrificed like this?
The Hall Master of the Nether Hall abandoned any thoughts of escape. He stepped forward and organized all the undead beings to destroy the Soul Suppressing Tower together.
He believed that only by destroying the Soul Suppressing Tower could they have a chance to survive.
The other surviving undead beings also chose to act.
Even the arrogant Prison Kings of the Ghost Prison expressed their willingness to cooperate.
Unfortunately, the power they unleashed could not shake the Soul Suppressing Tower.
Afterward, more and more undead beings were sacrificed.
The number of living undead beings in the entire Nether Ghost King Realm quickly dropped to less than thirty percent of its original population.
The Blood Prison King was among this thirty percent.
He did not participate in any actions.
He remained in place as if resigned to his fate.
"Hahaha, they will all die. No one can escape. We will all die. Your efforts are futile..." the Blood Prison King laughed.
The Hall Master of the Nether Hall immediately found the Blood Prison King annoying.
"Blood Prison King, if you've resigned yourself to fate, that's one thing. But if you're not going to help, don't spout nonsense here and sow discord."
"Idiot, I'm helping you. You only have a few minutes left to live, so why bother struggling!" the Blood Prison King retorted.
The Hall Master of the Nether Hall's expression darkened, and he was about to teach the Blood Prison King a lesson when he felt a red light sweep towards him.
Before the Hall Master of the Nether Hall could react, he found himself inside the Soul Suppressing Tower.
Many other undead beings suffered the same fate.
Subsequently, they were also drained of their elemental energy, turning into piles of ashes.
The nine Nether God Tokens finally completed the sacrifice of all undead beings outside the Soul Suppressing Tower. The collected power then drove the Soul Suppressing Tower to operate continuously, drawing out all the power of the Nether Ghost King God that remained in the Nether God Tomb.
The divine statue outside the Nether God Tomb seemed to come alive.
She opened her eyes, looked calmly ahead, and took in the entire Nether Ghost King Realm.
Without a word, she then lowered her head and looked at the Soul Suppressing Tower beneath her.
It seemed as if everything was within her control.
Her expression remained unchanged.
She soon spotted Zheng Dong and the others, as well as Shen Bing and Shen Xue.
As her gaze fell upon them, Zheng Dong and the others felt as if time had frozen, rendering them immobile.
After an unknown period, the residual spiritual consciousness of the Nether Ghost King God seemed to be hesitating over whom to choose as a vessel.
Once a choice was made, the rest would be sacrificed, including the Quasi-Divine undead beings like Ming Cheng within the Soul Suppressing Tower, all becoming the final power for her resurrection.
The scope of selection was no longer limited to Shen Bing and Shen Xue.
Shen Jiuxiao, Wei Yi, and the others who had entered the tower's apex, including Zheng Dong's main body, were all within the range of selection.
Finally, the Nether Ghost King God made her decision.
The nine Nether God Tokens, surrounding the remnants of her spiritual consciousness, surged towards Zheng Dong.
Zheng Dong was unable to move.
He felt as if he were frozen in time, incapable of any resistance.
His thoughts could not even function.
He watched helplessly as a strange power surged into his body.
In an instant, he was almost shattered by this immense power.
His spiritual consciousness could be likened to a small boat.
In the face of the Nether Ghost King God, it was utterly vulnerable. She was not a large ship, nor an aircraft carrier, but an ocean.
Her sheer volume of memories alone could drown and crush Zheng Dong's spiritual consciousness.
The reason she chose Zheng Dong was his exceptionally strong physique and immense potential.
If he were to become the vessel for her resurrection, she could quickly recover her strength and reach the Divine level again.
Of course, this was not the most crucial factor.
She also coveted the two powerful forces within Zheng Dong's body: the Netherworld Tower and the Elemental Ancient God Tree.
The Netherworld Tower was originally a divine artifact. She had obtained it before; at that time, it was called the Nether God Tower, but it was later destroyed.
The Elemental Ancient God Tree reminded her of the World Tree, one of the few supreme deities in this world. She had once coveted the World Tree's power, but without success.
As for the various other bloodline powers on Zheng Dong, she considered them too chaotic and of little value.
With her resurrection in Zheng Dong's body, these bloodline powers would eventually be purged by her.
With the pride of the Nether Ghost King God, even with only fragmented spiritual consciousness remaining, she was still confident that everything was within her control.
As her spiritual consciousness fully entered Zheng Dong's body, preparing to usurp it,
the Grudge Ghost Ring erupted.
The strange power continuously eroded the Nether Ghost King God's spiritual consciousness.
"Begone!"
The Nether Ghost King God was furious.
She detested the power of the Grudge Ghost Ring. If she were alive, a mere breath would have cleared it away.
But now, she was merely fragmented spiritual consciousness with limited power and even fewer means.
Clearing it away was proving to be a strenuous task.
What made matters worse was that Zheng Dong's Relic Bead had shattered.
The Spirit of the Relic from the Grudge Soul Relic Space had sacrificed the entire Relic Space, abandoned its identity as the Spirit of the Relic, and gained immense power, emerging from it.
It had waited for days, specifically to obtain the Nether Ghost King God's power and resurrect itself.
It was incredibly bold and had no retreat.
Therefore, it burrowed into Zheng Dong's body and activated the Grudge Ghost Ring to continuously attack the Nether Ghost King God.
With every fragment of spiritual consciousness it tore from the Nether Ghost King God, it gained a portion of the Nether Ghost King God's inheritance.
This enraged the Nether Ghost King God.
Unfortunately, the means she could employ were limited, and the damage inflicted upon the Spirit of the Relic was not significant.
However, it was impossible for her to yield so easily.
With Zheng Dong's body as the battlefield, the two began to clash.
Zheng Dong could only sense their presence; he was still unable to move.
The Soul Suppressing Tower continued to operate, and with the effect of the Nether God Tokens, it drew vast amounts of power into Zheng Dong's body.
Leveraging the power drawn by the Soul Suppressing Tower, the Nether Ghost King God's fragmented consciousness could resist the Spirit of the Relic's attacks.
The Nether Ghost King God's power symbolized the purest and most magnificent power of the Netherworld Hell.
The Grudge Ghost Ring's power, wielded by the Spirit of the Relic, was the most insidious and peculiar force, possessing a strong counteracting effect against the Nether Ghost King God's power.
It would always seize opportunities to rip consciousness fragments from the Nether Ghost King God.
These fragments contained vast amounts of memories, including many skills mastered by the Nether Ghost King God during her lifetime.
Most of them were snatched away by the Spirit of the Relic, while a small portion merged into Zheng Dong's body.
Zheng Dong also gained considerable memories of the Nether Ghost King God, including some inheritance.
Unfortunately, Zheng Dong could do nothing.
It wasn't until the Nether Ghost King God's fragmented consciousness gathered enough power to heavily wound the Spirit of the Relic.
The Spirit of the Relic took the opportunity to shatter more of the Nether Ghost King God's consciousness fragments.
Suddenly, the Nether Ghost King God's power became unstable, and Zheng Dong was freed from his frozen state.
He could move.
But he couldn't move completely, only control the power within his body.
For this reason, he seized the opportunity to snatch more of the Nether Ghost King God's consciousness fragments from the Spirit of the Relic.
These consciousness fragments brought Zheng Dong a massive amount of memories.
An ordinary person might have collapsed long ago.
But Zheng Dong did not.
He used the various bloodline powers within his body to refine these consciousness fragments, gaining considerable information about the Nether Ghost King Realm, the Soul Suppressing Tower, and more.
This information was not particularly important.
Most importantly, Zheng Dong gained some experiential memories of the Nether Ghost King God condensing her divine spark.
This gave him hope of condensing the nascent form of his own divine spark.
Zheng Dong attempted to further integrate the powers within his body.
Meanwhile, the battle between the Spirit of the Relic and the Nether Ghost King God's fragmented consciousness was gradually drawing to a close.
Even though the Spirit of the Relic was heavily wounded, it did not give up. It continued its attacks, seemingly intending to shatter all of the Nether Ghost King God's fragmented consciousness and then merge it into its own body, thereby obtaining the Nether Ghost King God's inheritance.
The Nether Ghost King God's fragmented consciousness was less stable than the Spirit of the Relic and could not fully unleash its power.
As it was about to be completely shattered by the Spirit of the Relic, she chose to merge her consciousness with Zheng Dong.
Zheng Dong immediately felt a torrent of memories surge into him, a vast consciousness attempting to engulf his own.
At that point, he would become a part of the Nether Ghost King God.
Although he would not die, he would only be able to exist by depending on the Nether Ghost King God.
Zheng Dong could only counterattack using the various bloodline powers within his body.
These bloodline powers, which the Nether Ghost King God disdained as chaotic, were fundamentally no inferior to the Nether Ghost King God's power. However, each individual power was limited, far less vast than the Nether Ghost King God's power.
Protected by these bloodline powers, Zheng Dong stabilized his spiritual consciousness and attempted to condense the nascent form of his divine spark to counterattack.
On the other side, the Spirit of the Relic chose to destroy Zheng Dong's body.
In its view, if the Nether Ghost King God chose to merge with Zheng Dong, she would inevitably gain the dominant position.
At that point, this body would become the Nether Ghost King God's foundation. Only by destroying it beforehand could there be hope of defeating the Nether Ghost King God's fragmented consciousness.
Zheng Dong's body was incredibly resilient, and with the reinforcement from Ling'er and Youyou, even the Spirit of the Relic would require some time to completely destroy it.
The three parties continued to fight, with Zheng Dong suffering the most, his body becoming a battlefield, and his spiritual consciousness constantly under attack from the Nether Ghost King God.
Fortunately, the nascent form of his divine spark was gradually taking shape, resembling a blood-red flame, with the phantoms of divine transcendent beings such as the Azure Dragon and Vermilion Bird soaring around the flame.
The blood-red flame was still unstable, but it contained immense power. It gathered all the bloodline powers within Zheng Dong's body and could also integrate and absorb more bloodline powers.
Zheng Dong felt that if it could fully form, he would possess the strongest bloodline power and the most powerful body.
With the help of the nascent divine spark, Zheng Dong resisted the Nether Ghost King God's powerful consciousness and began to counterattack.
Gradually gaining the upper hand, he shattered the Nether Ghost King God's fragmented consciousness.
Subsequently, he devoured the fragments of the Nether Ghost King God's fragmented consciousness.
He gained a vast amount of the Nether Ghost King God's memories.
As a result, Zheng Dong gained a more comprehensive understanding of the Divine level.
The nascent form of his divine spark became even more stable.
After resolving the Nether Ghost King God's fragmented consciousness, Zheng Dong gained control of the nine Nether God Tokens.
Through the Nether God Tokens, he could mobilize the power of the Soul Suppressing Tower.
Instantly, the vast power drawn by the Soul Suppressing Tower entered Zheng Dong's body, and under Zheng Dong's direction, it strengthened his body to resist the Spirit of the Relic.
The Spirit of the Relic was startled by this sudden turn of events.
"Damn it, did the Nether Ghost King God win so quickly?
Beast Tamers are truly useless."
The Spirit of the Relic had abandoned the Grudge Soul Relic Space and sacrificed it, gaining immense power in a short period.
However, this power was ultimately limited.
Therefore, it was also in a hurry at this moment.
But Zheng Dong was no longer in a hurry.
He slowly engaged in a battle with the Spirit of the Relic.
As the Spirit of the Relic continuously damaged his body, he continuously strengthened it.
His body was already very strong.
After this tempering, it was bound to become even stronger.
After an unknown period, the Spirit of the Relic's last reserves of power were also depleted.
However, the damage it had just inflicted on Zheng Dong's body was healed in an instant.
Zheng Dong's body had surpassed most Quasi-Divine transcendent beings.
If Zheng Dong could condense the nascent divine spark into a true divine spark, his body would likely reach the Divine level as well.
Finally, the Spirit of the Relic was also refined by Zheng Dong.
All the Nether Ghost King God's consciousness fragments it had consumed also benefited Zheng Dong.
Zheng Dong did not rush to leave.
After consuming the Nether Ghost King God's memories,
he activated the Nether God Tokens.
The Nether God Tokens began their final sacrifice.
In the highest level of the Soul Suppressing Tower, a red light flashed, and Quasi-Divine undead beings like Ming Cheng became sacrificial offerings.
After their power was transformed by the Soul Suppressing Tower, it was drawn into Zheng Dong's body.
Zheng Dong's body was further strengthened, constantly breaking through.
Following the Nether Ghost King God's memories, Zheng Dong gradually forged his body into the Nether God Physique.
The entire process was very slow.
Zheng Dong also stayed in the Soul Suppressing Tower for a long time.