Chapter 868 Taking That Step

"Returning home..."

"What do you mean 'should be'?"

"Why is he suddenly mentioning returning home now, when I'm just..."

"...No, it's definitely time."

Standing on the Naihe Bridge, looking down at the Underworld Palace, Hu Ma suddenly understood upon hearing the National Preceptor's voice behind him.

Before entering the Underworld Palace, he already possessed a pillar of incense from beyond heaven and earth, marking the realm of the inhuman.

After entering the Underworld Palace, he went a step further, using his body as a bridge to merge with heaven and earth, able to borrow the calamities of the human world, marking the realm of the non-ghost.

And after slaying all eight Palace Emperor Ghosts, eating and drinking... no, reclaiming the purple energy and devouring the Emperor Ghosts, he had rapidly improved his realm, which he had only just entered.

From the First Palace to the Eighth Palace, he had slain countless evil ghosts, accumulating fate and destiny, and by the time he reached the Second Palace, he had already reached the peak of the non-ghost realm.

The only thing separating him from the non-god realm was that final step.

Then, the National Preceptor arrived.

He used the Naihe Bridge to break his deadlock, sending billions of evil ghosts from the Yin realm, this vast power opened up the connection between the Underworld Palace and the Yin realm, allowing Hu Ma to borrow the Naihe Bridge and instantly shoulder the Yin realm, stepping into the non-god realm.

The Yin realm was also a part of the human world, just the yin part, hidden deep within.

The fantastical changes in his dream were vividly displayed at this moment. A moment ago, he had severed his body as a bridge, distancing himself from the human world, and a moment later, he had reconnected the living bridge, stepping into the non-god realm, actually bringing him closer to the human world.

But now was not the time for him to block the Underworld Palace with his body. Instead, the countless Yin souls from the Yin realm were storming into the Underworld Palace, helping him suppress the Uu-yang-yang evil ghosts within.

This was not over yet. Immediately afterwards, the aura of incense suddenly surged from behind, majestic and ethereal, soothing the soul, surging from behind Hu Ma.

It was the Pond God of the human world, arriving under the Emperor's decree of the Hu family.

If the Naihe Bridge and the City of Wrongly Dead represented the yin of the human world, then this aura of incense represented the wishes of the people.

Represented yang!

Hu Ma didn't need to look back to feel the incense enveloping him. He even saw countless disciples of the Ox-abstaining sect standing in the four fields of heaven and earth, before villages and stockades, raising green incense to worship the Cult Master, drawing in the endless incense of the human world for him.

He saw the shadows of Grandma, Mountain Lord, Pond God, and countless new gods and subordinate gods.

He even saw a willow branch fluttering over from who knows where, turning into golden threads, entwined around his wrist...

...Dry Mother is not easy, she has learned to be good.

Strands and layers of endless incense wrapped around him. Hu Ma felt that the pillar of incense within his body had undergone another transformation. This pillar of incense merged with the Pond God's incense, becoming one.

One pillar was endless, merging with the countless incense in all directions of heaven and earth, inseparable.

At this moment, he was in the Underworld Palace, far from the human world, yet he seemed to be at the closest moment to that world, even as if he had transformed into the world, overlooking the human world from the perspective of a divine incense offering, at an extremely close distance.

Hu Ma entered this completely new realm and felt the indescribable wonder.

"This is the non-god realm?"

Stepping on the Underworld Palace, shouldering yin and yang.

Originally, looking at the two Emperor Ghosts of the Underworld Palace felt extremely oppressive, but at this moment, he suddenly broke through the shackles: "You rely on Tai Sui, but I carry the Yin realm and the human world!"

The Great Saber of the Owl Emperor in his hand vibrated, stirring up monstrous waves, pushing the two Emperor Ghosts far away.

The countless eyes on their bodies had become terrified, as if unable to understand how Hu Ma had suddenly undergone such a change. The wonder of yin and yang returning to one was a realm they had never seen even when they were alive.

But this was not over yet. Achieving non-god status, stepping on yin and yang, the Eight Scenes of the Yellow Springs arrived.

Naihe Bridge, Ghost Gate Pass, Blood Pool, Broken Money Mountain, Homecoming Terrace, Clothes-Stripping Pavilion, Wild Dog Village, Meng Po's Shop, each came to his body, making him, who was extremely close to heaven and earth, surge with energy again, both illusory and real, as if he had transformed into this world.

"With the Eight Scenes in hand, heaven and earth return to one."

Hu Ma was unprecedentedly clear-headed and immediately understood the entirety of the human-world-ascending-bridge method that the National Preceptor and the Great Luo Dharma Sect had previously spoken of.

The Ten Surnames only needed to master one Scene to become living immortals, but the Great Luo Dharma Sect had the ambition to control all eight Scenes with its own power, transform into heaven and earth, and become the Old God!

It was no wonder the National Preceptor could never achieve this. He couldn't carry the Eight Scenes, not even one Scene. Even the original himself with ten pillars of incense couldn't carry the Eight Scenes, until he walked through the Underworld Palace in this way.

Devouring the Emperor Ghosts, destiny added to his body, and becoming an emperor, gaining the protection of the Heavenly Pond God, the purple energy returned to the human world, nourishing the people, and establishing immeasurable merit.

All sorts of reasons, at this moment, intertwined within himself, creating the subtle moment of allowing one person to shoulder the Eight Scenes of the Yellow Springs, shoulder-to-shoulder with this heaven and earth. This was non-god.

Humans were originally humans, but they stood shoulder-to-shoulder with gods, shouldering heaven and earth.

But, there was still a little bit missing...

He had transformed into heaven and earth, and everything between heaven and earth would manifest in his body. These two Emperor Ghosts were obstacles to heaven and earth, and now they were also his obstacles.

With a clear mind, Hu Ma suddenly opened his eyes, coldly swept towards the Emperor Ghosts in the Underworld Palace, then raised his hand and threw the Great Saber of the Owl Emperor aside, directly raising his hand towards the mid-air.

"Whirr!"

At this time in the human world, in an uncertain place of nothingness, the stone box guarded by golden-armored warriors suddenly sensed something and automatically opened.

A golden light flew out of it, disappearing into the sky in an instant.

This golden light directly entered the Yin realm from the human world, then flew into the Underworld Palace via the Naihe Bridge.

Even the National Preceptor guarding the Naihe Bridge at this time suddenly tilted his head, almost being hit by this golden light. Then, watching the golden light, carrying the force of ten thousand jun, suddenly arrive before Hu Ma, being grasped by him.

The nine sections of the mace clashed, emitting the roar of an invisible fierce beast. It was the Hu family's treasure, the Demon-Suppressing Golden Mace.

Holding the mace in hand, golden light blazed, and just the movement of the golden light and the collision of the nine rings on the mace suppressed the ghosts of the Underworld Palace.

"Rebelling against the heavens, the human world will surely perish!"

In the next moment, a rolling fierce aura pressed against his brows. The Emperor Ghosts of the First and Second Palaces looked ferocious, pierced through the golden light emitted by the Demon-Suppressing Golden Mace, shook off countless Yin souls trying to climb on them and devour them, and rushed directly in front of Hu Ma.

At this time, they looked as if they no longer had much of a human form, but rather endless tentacles writhing.

They were too close to Tai Sui. Although they still existed in the form of Emperor Ghosts, although they still believed themselves to be the two former emperors of Du Yi, in reality, whether they were Emperor Ghost Yin souls or Tai Sui incarnations was no longer debatable.

They only knew that they carried the Tai Sui aura that did not belong to this human world, turbid and sinister, rolling and intertwined, wanting to devour Hu Ma and the Yin realm at this time.

As long as they devoured Hu Ma, there was still hope of entering the Yin realm.

Originally, they disdained entering the Yin realm. In life, they were emperors, and they would not be buried with mortals after death. They wanted to be above all living beings.

But now, this had become their only chance. Entering the Yin realm was the only way to glimpse the human world.

But no matter what they thought, Hu Ma now simply held the Demon-Suppressing Golden Mace and slammed it down fiercely.

The Eight Scenes of the Yellow Springs were all authorities of heaven and earth. Now that they all belonged to Hu Ma, Hu Ma wielding the mace was almost at the point of doing as he pleased.

The Li family threw out a white banner, and he grabbed it in his hand. When he waved it, blood seas rolled everywhere, devouring everything. That was the authority of the Blood Pool, and with a wave of his finger, it was a sky-filled bloody aura.

The Zhou family threw out a dharma seal, which merged with the Heaven and Earth Unmoving Seal that Hu Ma had previously cultivated, transforming into his body, bearing yin, shouldering yang, which was in line with the method of guarding the year, life and death adding to the body. Man stood in the Underworld Palace, and he himself was the Ghost Gate Pass.

Benefiting the Sun family, they returned the Homecoming Terrace. The Disaster Object Bag that Hu Ma had been holding in his hand turned green, and even the Disaster Snake inside flexibly spat out its venomous words, sticking its head out of the bag and spitting out endless evil flames.

The Zhao family's Clothes-Stripping Pavilion transformed into a dharma robe, worn on Hu Ma's body. With this dharma robe, it could transform into countless things. It could be a mud-legged person, or an emperor, or a demon, or a ghost, it could transform into all things.

The Zhu family's Wild Dog Village transformed into a green mist, surrounding his body, with the sounds of barking dogs constantly heard, at his disposal, able to swallow all things.

The Jiang family's Meng Po's Shop transformed into a bottle, held in the palm of Hu Ma's dharma form's fourth hand, able to distort cause and effect, wash away cause and effect, impervious to all dharmas.

At this point, Hu Ma looked at the two Emperor Ghosts of the Underworld Palace, and they were simply like ants.

"Chi-la!"

The first mace, breaking skin and stripping clothes.

The turbid imperial robes, animal skins, jade belts, and even the skin that still belonged to humans on their bodies all shattered under the first mace.

No matter if you are an emperor or a wicked name, go to the Clothes-Stripping Pavilion and strip away all identities, fates, abilities, and faces.

Only one remained, a person.

Immediately afterwards, Hu Ma swung the second mace.

This mace not only carried a rolling murderous aura, but also stirred up countless barks in the yin and desolate void. That was Wild Dog Village, devouring the consciousness, knowledge, pride, and ambition of people, stripping these two Emperor Ghosts even lower.

In the next moment, Hu Ma swung the third mace, as if the sound of flowing water rang out, wrapping around the Emperor Ghosts, washing away their karma.

Without karma, they were like blind men, and they were now only left with instinctive roars.

But at this time, Hu Ma had already swung the fourth mace, firmly smashing the two Emperor Ghosts down, blood and flesh splattering, quickly falling, directly towards the deepest part of the Underworld Palace.

It was as if a clear mark had appeared between heaven and earth, running through the middle.

Not only were the two Emperor Ghosts forced back, but even the evil ghosts in the palace were forced back, forced into a corner of the Underworld Palace.

That was the Ghost Gate Pass, the boundary between yin and yang, life and death as prisoners.

"Yin and yang as boundaries, life and death have distinctions..."

"So-called spells, so-called principles, it turns out, are so simple..."

Heaven and earth endowed everything, and could also strip everything away. Even the former possessions of the Underworld Palace Emperor Ghosts were all bestowed by heaven and earth, and could naturally be stripped away.

The return of the authority of heaven and earth had allowed Hu Ma to reach an unprecedented realm. Even the Underworld Palace Emperor Ghosts could no longer withstand the Demon-Suppressing Golden Mace in his hand, and were desperately howling from being crushed by the weight of the Demon-Suppressing Golden Mace.

In this moment, a huge, overlapping, and intertwined Underworld Palace appeared with cracks everywhere. The once indescribable ferocious, evil, terrifying Emperor Ghosts and court officials were all making fearful cries, then collapsing piece by piece.

"But it's not enough!"

Hu Ma's gaze was stern as he looked over. The two Emperor Ghosts, having endured these few maces, were still not dead.

It was just that the part belonging to humans had completely collapsed, but their bodies had still transformed into swollen and writhing flesh, still struggling to swallow everything they touched.

Unconsciously stretching out tentacles, extending upwards, as if wanting to grab something, and even the flesh was still churning, wanting to transform back into the appearance of Emperor Ghosts.

The Eight Scenes of the Yellow Springs were supposed to suppress all living beings in the world.

But these two Palace Emperor Ghosts clearly had a large part that did not belong to the human world.

Belonged to Tai Sui!

So, facing the rolling flesh and blood, golden light flickered in Hu Ma's eyes. He pointed out with the mace from afar, his voice majestic, like muffled thunder from heaven and earth, carrying streaks of rune laws: "Twilight as the boundary, yin and yang are divided."

"Life and death divide the yin and yang realms, living people and evil spirits abide by the rules."

"The Demon-Suppressing Manor is opened with an edict, and punishment and rewards are merciless!"

"Demon-Suppressing Manor, open!"

"..."

"..."

Rumble!

The Underworld Palace was impacted by the aura released by the Demon-Suppressing Golden Mace, and countless places collapsed.

The former Demon-Suppressing Manor was only in the human world, and had never even been opened in the Yin realm. Only Hu Ma had ever opened it once in the City of Wrongly Dead.

But now, Hu Ma actually directly summoned the Demon-Suppressing Manor into this Underworld Palace, outside the Yin realm, independent of heaven and earth, and fused with the Tai Sui.

Thick and solemn high walls appeared, and a sinister aura surged in mid-air. The Demon-Suppressing Manor appeared in mid-air, behind Hu Ma, and then, the huge gate was opened with a bang. The golden-armored warriors inside simultaneously opened their golden eyes.

A dull and oppressive voice echoed in the Underworld Palace, intertwined with endless ghost howls: "The Demon-Suppressing Manor is opened with an edict, and punishment and rewards are merciless!"

"Suppress demons, punish sins!"

"..."

"..."

Rumble!

In the Underworld Palace, the Demon-Suppressing Manor suddenly shone with golden light, and streaks of golden chains instantly flew out of the Demon-Suppressing Manor.

One by one, one after another, with an overbearing spirit that would not allow resistance.

Directly pierced through the two masses of flesh that were still writhing, wanting to transform back into the appearance of Emperor Ghosts, and then quickly wrapped around them. Under the pull of hundreds of golden-armored warriors in the Demon-Suppressing Manor, they were forcibly dragged into the Demon-Suppressing Manor.

In the next moment, Hu Ma swung the mace and shouted, "Chop!"

"Ka!" "Ka!"

Without time to carefully select, two dog-head guillotines were moved out, pressing them under the guillotines, and then they fell heavily.

Flesh and blood were instantly divided into two pieces, mixed with silent roars, slowly dissipating.

Killing the Emperor Ghosts, heaven and earth were clear and peaceful.

Not only did the evil ghosts in the palace suddenly become silent and disappeared, but even the Yin souls in the underworld that still had some spiritual awareness were stunned at this time.

Those were the founding emperors of Du Yi, existences with heavy destinies, earth-shattering presences, but now they were actually chopped by the Demon-Suppressing Manor... and using dog-head guillotines!

...

On Great Sorrow Mountain, the ten pillars of incense that the National Preceptor had previously burned were extinguished at this moment, the last two pillars suddenly extinguished.

Old Abacus suddenly widened his eyes, looking in disbelief.

The huge Underworld Palace also suddenly became empty and silent at this time. An indescribable purple aura was taken back by Hu Ma in a moment, returned to Great Sorrow Mountain, and then instantly dissipated into the sky with the ubiquitous wind in the mountains, transforming into purple clouds representing vitality.

"Really chopped?"

In the human world, Erguotou suddenly opened his eyes, as if not daring to believe it, his palms were trembling slightly.

The Wang family on Great Sorrow Mountain, looking at the elixir that had not yet been refined, looking at the endless purple aura transpiring, were as stunned as wooden puppets.

And amidst the silence in this world, the National Preceptor's voice suddenly sounded behind Hu Ma, sinking heavily:

"Manor Lord of the Demon-Suppressing Manor, quickly turn back, achieving return home is at this moment!"

"..."

"Achieving return home is at this moment!"

These eight words echoed in the Underworld Palace, and seemed to be too heavy, reverberating in the Underworld Palace and the Yin realm, and returning to the human world.

On Great Sorrow Mountain, Old Abacus, who was staring wide-eyed at Hu Ma, cried out in surprise, "He can return home!"

"If he returns home, what will he be?"

"..."

The National Preceptor's mind was all on the Naihe Bridge, reminding Hu Ma, unable to answer him.

Beside him, the Wang family's manager, having heard and seen too much, bitterly replied, "The Old God!"

In all parts of heaven and earth, Zhou Zhiming, the manager of the Zhou family, the impermanent Li family, the mountain-watching Zhu family, and even the Mountain Lord, the ancestral hall in the capital, did not know how many people heard these eight words, and their minds trembled for a moment: "In this world, is the first true return home about to appear?"

"It actually fell on the Hu family, the Hu family..."

"..."

It was impossible to describe the envy in their hearts at this moment. That was the return home of the Eight Scenes, that was truly holding the authority of heaven and earth. Even if Tai Sui was expelled, it would not affect him in the slightest.

The former Ten Surnames only needed to hold one Scene to be able to become living immortals for generations, and they would already feel satisfied and not at a loss.

But the current Hu family...

Their moods became extremely complicated, but they thought of all the sacrifices the Hu family had made in the past twenty years, no, it should be since the rise of the Ten Surnames, the Hu family's forbearance, and the things they had done...

They were relieved in their hearts, and only sighed lowly: "Hey, it seems that only the Hu family is qualified to obtain this fate..."

"Who told their family to be ruthless enough..."

"Blame only the old thing of the Zhou family, looking like a reckless man, but he is the most shrewd. He actually gave up his daughter early and exchanged it for this cause and effect..."

"My family also has many daughters, why didn't I think of it?"

"..."

"..."

In the Underworld Palace, the Emperor Ghosts were killed, the evil ghosts were executed, and everything Hu Ma had transformed into the Ghost Gate Pass, even the ghosts in the Yin realm, were sent to the Naihe Bridge by him.

Hu Ma stood alone at the head of the Naihe Bridge. Before him, there was only the empty, collapsing Underworld Palace, and the endless darkness and emptiness. He could only vaguely feel that in the depths of the darkness, countless tentacles seemed to be shaking gently.

It seemed to become extremely quiet all of a sudden, with only the National Preceptor's shout ringing from behind.

Now, he had become the person with the heaviest destiny in this world, and also the closest to Tai Sui, and he was also draped in the imperial decree, holding the Eight Scenes, protected by the Pond God, the highest person.

He had already reached the non-god realm and was about to enter the realm of transforming into heaven and earth, but because the two Emperor Ghosts of the Underworld Palace were there, he was still hindered to some extent. Now that the obstacles were cut off, his realm had advanced another step.

He only felt that his mind was clear, and he gently put down the Demon-Suppressing Golden Mace in his hand, then slowly formed the Heaven and Earth Unmoving Seal in front of him.

As soon as this seal came out, his corpse in the human world slowly sank, and the mark in the Yin realm that was like a blazing sun came along the Naihe Bridge. The three bodies transformed into one, the aura was vast, the golden light blazed, and rolling incense surrounded his body and rotated.

The dharma form solidified, with three heads and six arms, each holding an object.

The left hand held the precious seal, the right hand held the golden mace, and the other hands held the disaster object, wearing a dharma robe, with green mist wandering around him, the sound of barking dogs heard inside, stepping on a bloody sea, one head looked towards returning home, one head watched the human world, and one head looked forward intently.

Shouldering heaven and earth, mastering the Eight Scenes, all spells and methods, the leverage point where the authority of heaven and earth could be borrowed, were already in his hands.

"It's done, the human-world-ascending-bridge method, heaven and earth on both shoulders..."

On the Naihe Bridge, the National Preceptor's eyes revealed indescribable joy. That was the realm he had dreamed of, that was the achievement he had longed for, a great ability that had never been seen before and would never be seen again.

He had once wanted to reach such a realm, but unfortunately, he had taken the wrong path from the beginning. But now, seeing this realm about to appear with his own eyes, he felt sincerely happy because he had facilitated this matter.

But there was still one step missing. He was afraid that that guy would take the wrong step, and shouted loudly, "Why don't you turn back, transform into heaven and earth?"

At this time, Hu Ma, standing at the head of the Naihe Bridge, only felt that the endless fog in front of him was swept away.

Sometimes, it was not that he could reach a realm only after seeing through the fog, but that with the addition of the realm, he had the eyesight to see through all the fog.

He could naturally feel the National Preceptor's anxiety, and he could even feel that the Emperor Ghosts of the Underworld Palace had been killed, the last obstacles between heaven and earth had disappeared, the general trend of the human world had been completed, and it was time to hold the Great Luo Celestial Sacrifice and expel Tai Sui from this world...

As the chief priest of the Great Luo Dharma Sect, he should return to the human world and preside over the great sacrifice.

So, as the National Preceptor said, he had to retreat!

With this step back, he would merge into heaven and earth with the body of the Eight Scenes, becoming the "only" in the world.

With the Eight Scenes in hand, he would become a living immortal in this world, forever immortal, generation after generation.

He would be an immortal, the "Old God" in the mouth of the Great Luo Dharma Sect!

Countless results that people in the know, emperors, and the Ten Surnames craved and hoped for, and dreamed of obtaining, were already on his body, and what he was doing now was just taking a step back.

Taking this step back would be returning home.

Returning home was directly pointing to the origin.

And now, he had already transformed into heaven and earth, holding the Eight Scenes. Turning back a step, he would be the origin of heaven and earth. What difficulty was there in returning home?

But...

Listening to the National Preceptor's urging and shouting behind him, Hu Ma only stood quietly at the end of the Naihe Bridge, silent for a long time.

He only slowly raised his head and looked towards the endless darkness ahead.

There was Tai Sui!

Although he was only one step away from transforming into heaven and earth, becoming the only one returning home, and achieving a realm that had never been seen before and would never be seen again, it was just...

...What was the point of returning to the human world and being the Old God, a living immortal?

...

So Hu Ma suddenly smiled. He finally turned his head and glanced at the human world, then shook his head gently.

The Heaven and Earth Unmoving Seal in his hand suddenly underwent a slight change. His body dispersed once again. His physical body returned to the human world, his karma remained in the Yin realm, and he was still that golden, dazzling true spirit, then stood on the head of the bridge.

He didn't retreat, but slowly stepped forward.

"What are you doing?"

At the end of the Naihe Bridge, the National Preceptor's anxiety from the beginning had turned into fear, and his whole body was trembling.

He had thought of countless possibilities, afraid that this descendant of the Hu family was too young to carry the weight of the Old God, and didn't know what kind of changes a living immortal would bring to this world in the future.

But he never expected that at this time, he would not retreat this step, but instead step forward.

"In this world, the general trend has been completed. The Great Luo Celestial Sacrifice only needs to follow the trend to be successful. It doesn't need a living immortal like me!"

Hu Ma's voice came back from the front of the bridge, falling into the National Preceptor's ears, like a thunderous bell, "Since my Hu family wants to cut off fate, giving the mud-legged people of this world a chance to stand up, then it is even less necessary to let the Hu family be the person with the heaviest fate in the end."

"So, I will not return to this home!"

"..."

He said softly, and when he took this step, some light thoughts appeared in his mind.

Why did the transmigrators name this realm "returning home?"

Coming from the origin, and directly pointing to the origin, holding the authority, it seemed that the word "home" could indeed be used to describe it.

But in it, were there also many attachments, and that longing and unattainable extravagance?

"I have the opportunity to take this step. I can merge into heaven and earth, becoming a living immortal of this world, carefree from then on. But I hope even more that through this step of mine, I can point my sword at Tai Sui and find a way home for you..."

"If this step can merge into heaven and earth, then how can it not merge into Tai Sui?"

"..."

Returning home was just a realm, referring to the end of non-god, the end of the bridge, the step into the other shore.

Therefore, returning home only needed to contact the origin, only needed to touch the source.

In theory, this home could be heaven and earth, or it could be Tai Sui.

In his mind, there was only the feasibility that he had thought about countless times since he entered the Underworld Palace.

The path of cultivation was the process of returning to the essence and controlling the essence. That was also why, when it came to returning home, transmigrators and natives had different paths.

Natives returning home was returning to the Eight Scenes of the Yellow Springs, using this to control the Eight Scenes, and then they could become living immortals in this world.

But transmigrators could not return home, because if they returned home, they would return to Tai Sui and be controlled by Tai Sui.

However, he was an exception...

With a laugh, his divine soul peeled off, revealing his natal spirit temple. This dilapidated spirit temple had long become incomparably sacred and stable with the increase of his cultivation and the baptism of purple energy, even more stable than Brother Erguotou.

And in that natal spirit temple, that statue had long become himself. That was his unique existence, belonging to Tai Sui, yet independent.

"This step of mine can both retreat into heaven and earth, and enter Tai Sui to glimpse the origin..."

"..."

Old Junmei had given this natal spirit temple to him as a gift, and now, this was the seed of hope.

His heart became more and more firm, and the natal spirit temple rushed straight towards the endless darkness and weirdness. The natal spirit temple blocked the endless tentacles and weirdness, and continued to move forward, rushing into the boundless darkness, and then, the divine soul merged into the statue, and then walked out...

In the distance, on the Naihe Bridge, the National Preceptor, watching him take this step, was already roaring, angry, but in the end, he just collapsed weakly on the ground, bitterly laughing.

But in Hu Ma's heart, he was extremely firm.

Retreating this step was heaven and earth, was becoming an immortal, was the ultimate obtainable everything.

But taking this step towards Tai Sui was nothingness, was a thing that no one could see, a result that no one could imagine, even possibly despair, eternal punishment, but he must take this step.

Only because, if he retreated this step, he would become a living immortal, this world would be consummated, but those transmigrators would be buried in a desolate place.

There were not many opportunities to step into returning home. Perhaps since the beginning of heaven and earth, this was the only opportunity, and he did not have much hope of returning home with the help of Tai Sui. Although it was theoretically possible, Tai Sui was too mysterious and bizarre.

If it was about the success rate, it was probably less than one percent.

But it was enough. After all, if he didn't take this step, those transmigrators wouldn't even have this one percent chance...

Thinking of his decision, Hu Ma didn't have the panic and confusion when he stepped into the mysterious and unknowable, only a piece of firmness, and even a smile on his face.

"Chi-la!"

The endless darkness in front of him襲來.

In the darkness, there seemed to be endless tentacles, weirdness, madness, and despair.

Hu Ma had made all the preparations, made all the preparations for his body to die and his dao to disappear, his soul to fly and his spirit to scatter, made all the preparations that there would only be endless darkness in front of him, and moreover, there would only be endless darkness forever and ever.

But even he didn't expect...

When he took this step, he suddenly saw a sight he had never imagined.

He saw that in the infinite darkness, countless natal spirit temples suddenly appeared. They were like candles in the darkness, suddenly appearing around him.

Some were close, some were far away, and then, in these natal spirit temples, one after another, figures emitting golden light, either familiar or unfamiliar, appeared around him at the same time, following him, floating up from the human world and arriving at this boundary between heaven and earth and Tai Sui.

As far as he could see, Hu Ma saw familiar faces, Tieguanyin, Miss White Wine, curious Sweet Potato Shochu, Carved Wine, Old Sorghum, Miss Red Wine, Zhuyeqing, Yubing Shao, all the transmigrators who still existed in this world had all appeared here.

Stars, like lamps in the dark night...

Pairs of eyes looked at him from the darkness, and each face had a smile on it, "In the end, it's still the most badass Laobaigan..."

"You dare to take this step."

"Only you dare to take this step..."

"Since you have the courage to take this step, then why should we begrudge this last strength and accompany you on this journey again?"

"..."

Faces with expectation and smiles appeared in front of him, and hands stretched out to Hu Ma.

Although the light on their bodies was weak, at this moment, it even illuminated the boundless darkness, paving the way straight to Tai Sui.