Necropolis Immortal

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While Qing Yu had also derived this earlier, it was another matter to hear someone else speak of it.

Holy Kings Atrophy, Antiquity, and Violetshade also arrived on the scene at this time.

A gray avenue slowly extended from the Tomb of Heaven and Earth, paving the way for two dim figures on it.
This road was extremely similar to the bloody path before it, but it lacked the tang of blood and hint of spirit from the latter.

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“I see, so the tomb was using Chi Wuxia to destroy the rules of trial.
If not him, someone else would’ve acted.” Lu Yun suddenly understood more of earlier events.

It was no coincidence that the Tomb of Heaven and Earth had appeared here, at this time.
The layout of burial was fully complete within it, and the next step was to assimilate it into the underworld.

Though its layout centered around a massive burial pit, it was still a layout of burial all the same.

The gray avenue gradually extended to the group in the underworld, bringing the two figures into focus.

“You two?!” Lu Yun’s eyes shot wide open when he took a clear look. 

Coldnight Merefrost, Dawnruin! Two of the four chaos experts first to discover the creation seed and recruited to Lu Yun’s banner!

The other two had died before the tomb appeared, and Lu Yun hadn’t seen Merefrost or Dawnruin after entering the tomb.
He’d thought they were dead too, but to think they’d become holy kings of the underworld instead!

…wait, if they’re holy kings… Doesn’t that mean they really did die?

Dense hordes of zombies followed behind the two—the inhabitants of the zombie sea and burial pit within the tomb.

“Greetings to milord.” Merefrost and Dawnruin bowed circumspectly to Lu Yun, surprising the other holy kings.
They didn’t know of the relationship between Lu Yun and their two newest brethren.

“No worries, let’s forget the matters of the past since you two are holy kings of the underworld now.” Lu Yun waved a hand.

“While the past is indeed in the past, the two of us have become holy kings only due to your grace.” Dawnruin shook her head.

“Eh?” Lu Yun blinked.

“We died in the tomb, but became holy kings because of milord.” Merefrost straightened up.

“I know what happened,” Holy King Desolation interrupted.
“The holy kings to be born from the mythological realm should’ve been you and someone else.
But since you’d departed beyond the realm’s reaches, and Merefrost and Dawnruin have a karmic relationship with you, they took your place.
…you come from the mythological realm?”

Desolation had been a heavyweight of an incomparable realm when alive.
Though he’d lost his memories of that life, he still understood the rules.

“Ah, it probably has to do with my past self.
If I hadn’t absorbed it again, then it would’ve slipped out from the state of being a dao fruit and become a holy king instead.” Lu Yun snapped his fingers.

This made sense—his Xing Chen replica had once accepted the heritage of the underworld and been a holy king.
Therefore, his past self would’ve been instantly selected as a holy king candidate by these mysterious rules.
As for the other to come from the mythological realm… it was most likely Qing Han.

However, the Tome of Life and Death severed this connection to the underworld, so the rules had no choice but to shift to the dead Merefrost and Dawnruin.