In this instant, all of the underworld emissaries throughout the entire Nipponese Underworld turned toward the same direction.

Fearsome Yin energy fluctuations washed over the entire nation, and it was as if a terrifying monster were awakening from a long slumber. Wisps of Yin energy rose up from the ground all over the Nipponese Underworld, then immediately bloomed into a series of black lotus flowers.

Honda Tadakatsu drew a sharp breath as he turned around with an incredulous expression to inspect his surroundings. Countless inky-black lotus flowers had bloomed all around him on the nearby mountains, the moat in front of his tenshu pavilions, and all of the surrounding rock faces! In what seemed like the blink of an eye, the entire Nipponese Underworld had been stained black.

Gusts of Yin wind swept past, causing the black lotus flowers to gently sway amid an unsettling rustling sound.

Time seemed to have fallen completely still in this instant, and all of the surviving netherwordly citizens and Yin soldiers raised their heads in unison to turn their attention toward the same spot. In the next instant, all of the black lotus flowers trembled in unison before flying up into the sky as fast as lightning. An impenetrable screen of Yin energy quickly appeared in the sky,...