Yin Ghost Death Emperor

When Yu Xian decided to enter the Avici Hell, he had already thought of several ways to break the deadlock. For instance, he could keep summoning beasts until he pulled one capable of leading him out, or he could simply settle down in the Avici Hell and rely on Little Nora continuously feeding to gain experience all the way to Level 250. In addition, Mengmeng Fortune Cat's Level 50 skill, Nine-Lives Kitty, also had a chance of getting everyone out of trouble. [Nine-Lives Kitty: When facing danger or a desperate situation, there is a slight chance to trigger the 'Turn Misfortune into Fortune' effect, thereby avoiding danger or escaping the desperate situation. Daily trigger limit: 9.] Of course, the best option was still to enhance the Death Emperor. He wanted to see if luck was on his side and if the enhancement would grant the Death Emperor the ability to lead them out directly. Holding the summoned beast enhancement stone, Yu Xian immediately used it on the Death Emperor. The enhancement stone in his hand transformed into a ball of light and swiftly merged into the Death Emperor's body. The moment it was enhanced, the Death Emperor's eye sockets widened in sheer disbelief as it stared straight ahead. The boundless, pitch-black space instantly fragmented into countless grids. Within every single grid stood a Death Emperor, and these densely packed Death Emperors were each making different choices. The Avici Hell was boundless and endless. Yet in reality, there were countless Avici Hells. The Death Emperor... was merely a mass-produced secret realm monster. The moment the Death Emperor realized it was just a mass-produced entity whose thoughts bore nothing unique, its body began to change. Densely packed incantations began surfacing across its bandages, while countless distinct incantations formed on its talismans. Its form shifted continuously, fading from solid to ethereal, then condensing from ethereal back to solid in an endless cycle. Moreover, every character of those newly emerged incantations radiated a purple aura, making it look all the more sinister and terrifying. Within its previously pupil-less eyes, a pair of eerie green pupils slowly coalesced, glowing with a ghastly green light in the darkness that chilled the spine. Yu Xian had been closely observing the Death Emperor's transformation. The moment its appearance changed, he immediately checked its attributes. [Rank-Broken - Yin Ghost Death Emperor] [Level: 10] [Skills:] [Avici Death Curse: For every seven deaths, returns to the Avici Hell to receive an enhancement, doubling its death resentment power capacity.] [Death Resentment Power: Continuously draws the most yin and toxic death resentment power from the Avici Hell. Anyone with a lower rank than the Yin Ghost Death Emperor will die upon contact.] [Death Talisman Malice Curse: Targets struck by the talismans on the Yin Ghost Death Emperor are trapped between life and death, suffering the torment of karmic fire day and night until their souls are utterly extinguished.] [Ghost Servant and Deity Command: Those who die by the yin ghost become servant ghosts; those who perish by the Death Emperor become death gods, eternally driven by the Yin Ghost Death Emperor.] [Avici Hell: Can enter and exit the Avici Hell freely. While inside the Avici Hell, gains the 'Invincible' effect.] [Description: Resent it. You should resent this damned fate.] ... When Xielina was enhanced, only the description of her ultimate ability had turned bizarre and incomprehensible. He had not expected that several of the Death Emperor's skills would also end up with vague, blurred descriptions. Yet counterintuitively, this very ambiguity proved one thing: the Death Emperor had grown stronger. In truth, Yu Xian had realized long ago that in the Zhen Realm, 'everything' meant not everything, and 'absolute' meant absolutely not absolute. Taking those words literally would only lead to immense grief. For example, the Death Emperor's former Death Seal had sounded like absolute immortality. In reality, if the Death Emperor fought the World Tree God, the one to die would definitely be the Death Emperor—there would not be the slightest suspense. Whether in the Zhen Realm or the myriad realms, measuring strength always came down to three factors. The first was attributes. When power grew immense to a certain degree, it naturally granted immunity to countless bizarre mechanics. This was the so-called 'brute force conquers all technique.' The second factor was mechanics. If one could not become an attribute monster, one had no choice but to become a mechanics monster. The Death Emperor was an exceptionally powerful mechanics monster belonging to the second tier. Only when encountering an absolute attribute monster like the World Tree God would it hit a brick wall. Unless it was an item from a Transcender, absolute effects simply did not exist. No matter how strong an ability was, it could hardly take effect against attributes that were dozens or hundreds of times superior. The Death Emperor's original Talisman of Death had claimed to kill upon contact, yet it had never once taken effect on the World Tree God—because the possibility of touching the World Tree God never existed in the first place. In fact, even if contact were made, the World Tree God could probably withstand the Talisman of Death purely through its overwhelming attributes. "Rank-Broken." After reading the Death Emperor's attributes, a thought struck Yu Xian. This 'Rank-Broken' very likely referred to breaking past the Death Emperor's original rank. Now, the Death Emperor had become an existence of a higher rank, or perhaps ranks could no longer bind it at all. "My desire to live might not truly be 'my' desire to live; my desire to die might not truly be 'my' desire to die. What... do you think I really am?" The Death Emperor finally recovered its senses and spoke slowly. Those countless Avici Hells, those countless Death Emperors—their thoughts were identical to its own. It was just that those other Death Emperors had not been fortunate enough to be summoned out by Yu Xian. Therefore, those Death Emperors remained the same as ever, bent on seeking death within the Avici Hell yet never truly dying. Looking into the Death Emperor's green pupils, Yu Xian smiled. "You are you. There is no doubt about that." "Yet I saw so many of me. Every single one was me. They simply did not meet you as I did, and so they endlessly repeat, stuck in samsara," the Death Emperor said in a deep voice. Yu Xian nodded, his smile remaining warm. "Do you know? Even beyond the Zhen Realm, there are countless other worlds. I am by no means the only one either. Countless versions of me exist across parallel worlds, yet I know those 'mes' are not me. When I feel pain, they feel nothing; when I am happy, they cannot sense my joy. Therefore, I am me, and you... are simply you." "Thank you. I... understand." The Death Emperor stared at Yu Xian, taking a long moment to digest the meaning of his words before speaking with heartfelt conviction. "Alright, back to business. Do you have a way to leave the Avici Hell now?" Seeing that the Death Emperor was no longer fixated on an existential dead end, Yu Xian quickly asked. The Death Emperor nodded. "I can. I can open an exit from the Avici Hell at any time. However, it is best to wait for now. The enemy outside is too strong." Having been enhanced, it understood the terror of the World Tree God far better than Yu Xian did. Facing the World Tree God, it would be blasted right back to the Avici Hell in minutes. "Yeah, then let's get some sleep first. Once the World Tree God is close to being defeated, we'll go out to deal some damage and leech a share of the rewards," Yu Xian agreed. Then he looked at the Death Emperor with curiosity. "Do you still want to die?" "..." The Death Emperor fell silent. Just as Yu Xian was considering changing the subject, it spoke. "My thoughts have not changed, nor has my pursuit of death wavered. But... I now know that my thoughts and my pursuit were merely flowers in a mirror and the moon in water—nothing real. I will try to find a true goal. Perhaps I will still die in the end, but before death comes, I will live properly." "A fine answer. Well then, until death comes, please take good care of me and guide me well," Yu Xian immediately said with a smile. He continued chatting with the Death Emperor for a while longer until they ran out of topics. Only then did Yu Xian reseal the Death Emperor into the Book of Sealing, after which he sealed himself inside the book as well. Within the Book of Sealing, he fell fast asleep, snoring away for an entire day and night.