Of course, while many dare to enter the Underworld, they only venture along its outer fringes, never daring to go deep. This is because once you penetrate deep enough, you enter the territory of the original inhabitants of the Underworld. Once discovered in their domain, even a deity has a slim chance of survival. If one were to accidentally wander into the territory of a truly powerful native, not even a God King or a God Emperor would survive.
The Underworld is home to many beings at the God Emperor level. As for God Venerables, no one knows if they exist; perhaps they do, perhaps they do not. In truth, the "Specter Tribe" to which Master Miyuan belongs is merely a low-ranking, insignificant race within the Underworld; their strongest members are only God Kings. This is due to both their inherent limitations and the nature of their soul-based forms. Throughout the history of the Specter Tribe, the most powerful beings to emerge were merely Upper Celestial Kings; no one had ever reached the level of a Celestial Emperor. To be precise, without possessing a physical body, their limit was the Upper Celestial King stage; breakthrough to the Celestial Emperor level was impossible.
In the history of the Specter Tribe, there have been some who broke through to the Celestial Emperor level by seizing the physical bodies of others, but such individuals were generally no longer regarded as kin. The Specter Tribe has a supreme decree: any clansman who seizes a physical body—be it huma…
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