Netherworld Retrograde

Capítulo 793: Chapter 370: When Despair Spreads Across the Sky, I Shall Turn My Broken Body into Green Flame!

Jing Tianming was born 75 years ago in a peaceful little village within the Divine Treasure Immortal Palace.

The village had a population of over a hundred and boasted four Spiritual Ability Users, who relied on the geography to shelter the village from the disturbances of Extraordinary Creatures. The villagers revered them as Guardians.

And Jing Tianming had aspired to become a Guardian himself, to continue protecting the village, safeguarding his companions.

However, a terrifying curse suddenly struck.

Right before Jing Tianming’s eyes, his mother, eight months pregnant, had her swollen belly violently torn open as a monster burst forth from the bloody flesh. Emitting a squeal like that of a baby’s cry, it lunged at Jing Tianming.

By the time he came to his senses, he was covered in blood, having strangled the creature that was meant to be his brother or sister.

And his mother had also bled to death…

The horror of that moment drove Jing Tianming to despair, but he did not give up his dream. Instead, he trained even harder.

It was all because he was too weak, that he couldn’t protect his family and friends, that he couldn’t save his mother.

Thus, in the years that followed, he honed himself tirelessly, advancing to the Sixth Sense at the age of thirty within the unique environment of the Immortal Palace, and successfully transforming into a rare God Blood Ancestor Returner.

Had he been in the outside world, in any family or Giant City, he would have been cultivated as a key figure. He could have ascended to become an Overlord, or even a Supreme.

However, this was the Immortal Palace, bound by the constraints of the Heavenly Tribulation; the Sixth Sense was already the limit.

Even though he was a prodigy, ascending to the Sixth Sense at the age of thirty, he dared not take the final step in the forty-five years that followed.

In theory, those of the Sixth Sense were the strongest within the Immortal Palace.

Yet still, he couldn’t protect his own kind; the wicked curse continued to strike one after another, pushing them deeper into the Immortal Palace. Like a dog on a leash being pulled step by step to a position precalculated by someone.

Within the Immortal Palace, there existed enemies filled with malice toward humans.

All the suffering that humanity endured was undoubtedly the scheme of that enemy.

His companions thought he was mad, blaming it on the curse of the Immortal Palace.

In his quest to find the enemy, he had traversed the entire Immortal Palace and even once witnessed the projection of an Immortal.

He cautiously asked the Immortal Projection if it could save his companions.

The Immortal Projection just smiled and shook its head, stating it was merely a mechanism left by an Immortal, and could not save anyone, just like the battlefields of yore…

However, the Immortal Projection did point him in a certain direction, which lay deep within the Void Realm.

Following the Immortal’s guidance, Jing Tianming saw a fleeting scene… It was the majestic figure of someone walking upon the pitch-black ocean, with every step they took, the stars trembled. Countless stars fell silent beneath their feet, only to be reborn anew.

The figure was enveloped in a dazzling green flame that seemed to illuminate the entire night sky… and behind them, countless stars twinkled with varying degrees of brightness.

He became… that entity’s Believer, acquiring even greater power.

But still, he could not find the enemy.

Not until the Immortal Palace opened, not until the Jing Family’s strong stepped into the Pagoda, not until that Ghost Immortal stood before him.

He had wished to avenge his fallen comrades by slaying the enemy himself, to exact Revenge!

Yet, even as the strongest in the Immortal Palace with the Sixth Sense, he was no match for the Ghost Immortal. A complete Immortal’s physical body could easily shatter him…

How hateful it was – had he been in the outside world, he could have been promoted to an Overlord, even to a Supreme, or even a King, to fight against his foe!

But at this moment, he could only collapse powerlessly on the ground, watching the Ghost Immortal’s mocking smile.

His relatives, his companions, had they all died at the hands of such a creature? Trifled and toyed with until death!

Unforgivable!

He had indeed lost, suffered a terrible defeat; his full-power strike had only left a mere scratch on the Ghost Immortal’s wrist. His comrades, who had fought alongside him, also perished by his side.

Overwhelming despair enveloped him, but a strand of green fire sparked in his eyes.

As if beneath the pitch-black night canopy, a flame was ignited, illuminating the darkness before the dawn!

He finally understood the teachings of that Divine entity; only by choosing to resist in the despairing night could one ignite the fire of hope!

“Walking upon the Sea of Black Mud, the King of Green Flames tearing through the night of despair…”

“I am willing to become the kindling that ignites the fire of hope!”

“Facing despair that fills the sky, let my broken body transform into green flame!”

Jing Tianming’s voice roared in the Virtual Realm Projection, resplendent green flames bursting forth upon his body.

His battered frame rose from the ground, his faltering heartbeat hammering wildly at that moment.

The dazzling fire almost illuminated the entire Sky Dome!

Jing Tianming’s aura soared to its peak in an instant, continuing to swell!

Within the Virtual Realm, his Virtual Realm Projection had been ignited with Green Fire, yet he still crossed through the Soul Well, daring to take the step he had feared for forty-five years!

Jing Tianming, at this moment, ascended to the status of an Overlord!

Simultaneously, in the sky, massive Thunder Clouds emerged, the purple-gold Thunder forming a colossal engraving in the heavens!

That was the defensive mechanism of the Immortal Palace, forbidding the existence of any being above an Overlord.

A terrifying Heavenly Tribulation was brewing.

The Ghost Immortal narrowed his eyes, looking down at Jing Tianming wrapped in the green flames. The moment the Green Fire ignited, he sensed immense danger. His inspiration warned him, his body trembled in fear; if contaminated, the cause and effect upon him would ensure a death with no place for his body!