Chapter 1575: Life Fruits

As the Spirit Eye Underworld King hunched over, his black eyes were fixed on the chasm in the ground and his withered face formed a smirk. "Do you want to know?"

Qin Jiujie indifferently replied, "If you don't want to speak, then so be it."

The Spirit Eye Underworld King smiled mirthlessly. "Now that you're an Underworld King of the Origin Reversion Institute, this is naturally a secret you're entitled to know about. You've been dispatched here by the Honored Lords to reap the fruits of our labor. The fruits I'm referring to are what we have termed 'Life Fruits.'"

"Life Fruits? What are they?" Qin Jiujie frowned. This was a term he had never heard before. Even the ancient records he had once perused had never mentioned these objects.

"Life Fruits are created through the reaping of lives. When a living creature dies, its life aura leaves the body and merges with the heavens and the earth. However, with the Origin Reversion Institute's special methods, we can capture it, condense it, and accumulate it to the point that it forms a fruit-like object. Thus, we have named it the Life Fruit," the Spirit Eye Underworld King explained with a merciless and cold tone.

Qin Jiujie revealed a look of surprise as he mused, "It's no wonder the Origin Reversion Institute has constantly caused numerous Other Disasters and wiped out the living without exception. It was all for the sake of gathering life force to be refined into Life Fruits?"

The Spirit Eye Underworld King screeched happily, "The Others require the negative emotions that result from such extinction events to breed, and life aura is useless to them. Thus, cooperating with us is a match made in heaven."

"What is the Origin Reversion Institute trying to do with so many Life Fruits?" Qin Jiujie asked.

The Spirit Eye Underworld King fell silent for a few moments before replying, "It's to allow the President to awaken."

"President?!" Qin Jiujie felt as though he had been struck by a bolt of lightning. He could put two and two together and knew that what the Spirit Eye Underworld King was referring to was the Origin Reversion Institute's reclusive and mysterious President. This was the world's biggest secret, and even the Heavenly Emperor powers were unable to see through it. After all, the Academic Federation had yet to exist when the Origin Reversion Institute was first formed. The one known as the President had never been seen.

Many had even wondered if the Origin Reversion Institute's terrifying President even existed. Perhaps the Honored Lords were the true rulers from the shadows. Thus, the supposed Origin Reversion Institute President was assumed to be a hoax. Perhaps it was a ploy meant to intimidate the Academic Federation and the Heavenly Emperor powers.

However, based on the words of the Spirit Eye Underworld King, this mysterious existence that even the Heavenly Emperors were unable to divine really existed.

"I've always thought that the President didn't exist," Qin Jiujie said.

The Spirit Eye Underworld King's gloomy eyes that resembled an endless pit revealed a look of respect at this point. "I was originally like you. It was only when I personally sensed a strand of the President's power that I changed my mind. It was incomparably frightening, and even the Honored Lords like the Emptiness Heavenly Emperor dimmed in comparison to it. Thus, I began to believe. The day the President awakens is when all of the chaos ends. All of the lives that were sacrificed for him will be worth it in the end."

His expression had turned zealous and pious like a devout believer at this point. Qin Jiujie was deeply surprised. The Emptiness Heavenly Emperor was already an existence that stood at the peak of the world. Yet the mysterious President was even stronger than that?

"So these Life Fruits are objects that can allow the President to awaken?"

The Spirit Eye Underworld King mused, "It's more accurate to call them sacrifices. The Origin Reversion Institute has been around for eons and our foundation far surpasses your grandest dreams. Generation after generation of Underworld Kings have worked hard to achieve this goal..."

At this point, he turned to Qin Jiujie. "You are truly very lucky. Perhaps you might be able to witness that day. After all, over these long years, numerous generations of the Thirteen Underworld Kings have come and gone."

Qin Jiujie lightly sucked in a breath of air. "Are you saying that... the President is on the cusp of awakening?"

"We shouldn't be very far. The Academic Federation has been steadily advancing and they think that their victory is in sight. Yet they simply cannot comprehend the sort of terrifying existence they are about to provoke. Perhaps the Origin Reversion Institute has remained silent for far too long and everyone has forgotten the terror we instilled when we crushed Heavenly Emperor powers in the past," the Spirit Eye Underworld King said.

"However, our mission now is to ensure that the Life Fruits are harvested. After this, we should head to the outer divine continent as the changes that will shake the world will start from there."

Qin Jiujie nodded. He then turned and glanced into the darkness where Others filled with dense amounts of corruption surfaced. His gray eyes focused upon two of them in particular.

These Others had not reached the level of Other Kings but were still ninth-grade True Devils due to the Heavenly Emperor's Edict. If Qin Jiujie and the Spirit Eye Underworld King's true bodies were here, these True Devils would've been harmless to them. However, only their clones were present as the Heavenly Emperor Edict remained in place, suppressing all Kings. Thus, they couldn't enter personally and could only allow their weaker clones to do so.

"There is no need to bother with these True Devil Others. They will not disturb us. On the contrary, we need to make use of their strength to allow the Life Fruits to further mature. This location is filled with the Tri-Pupil Enigmatic Fetus Grand Devil King's will, and I think it will need to cooperate with us. After all, the Origin Reversion Institute and the Shadow World's Grand Devil Kings have worked together numerous times," the Spirit Eye Underworld King explained. As his voice sounded out, he raised his head and glanced at the World's End River Region in the depths of the spatial rift. More accurately, he was staring at the ancient stone tablet sitting atop the Blood Bridge.

The Spirit Eye Underworld King turned towards the tablet and respectfully bowed. "Honored Tri-Pupil Enigmatic Fetus, the Heavenly Emperor forces of the Qin, Zhao, and Li bloodlines are steadily advancing into our territory. The Other Tide is finding it hard to resist them. I am here to offer my help on behalf of the four Honored Lords."

The world was deathly silent, but Qin Jiujie could distinctly sense that a mysterious and terrifying gaze had pierced through the void, focusing upon them.

Their clones began to show signs of shattering.

Very quickly, the gaze seemed to have vanished. At the same time, the ninth-grade True Devils began to give way.

Qin Jiujie understood that this was the Tri-Pupil Enigmatic Fetus accepting the offer to cooperate.

The Spirit Eye Underworld King didn't seem very surprised, as if this was expected. There were mutual benefits and their goals were aligned.

"What do you plan to do?" Qin Jiujie asked.

"Add fuel to the fire, of course. The Life Fruits require more nourishment and the Heavenly Emperor forces have sent us a wonderful gift. If we don't accept it, then don't you think we would be looking down on their kindness?" The Spirit Eye Underworld King cackled.

Qin Jiujie's face was emotionless. He was only here to cause trouble, including revealing information that Jiang Qing'e was the Genesis Seed and Li Luo was the Absolute Resonance Seed. Their goal was to incite the greed of others and bring them endless trouble.

"Are we not going to capture Jiang Qing'e and Li Luo? If we leave them alone, the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li might turn into a festering disaster for us." Qin Jiujie asked.

"There's no time to bother with them now. The battle with the Academic Federation has brought us some trouble." The Spirit Eye Underworld King shook his head before he said playfully, "I never would have thought that the Nine Tribulations Underworld King would still be worried about the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Qin. As expected of an exceptional Chief Palace Master."

Qin Jiujie indifferently replied, "I just feel that these two brats have grown too quickly. It's better to cut the weeds sooner rather than let them cause us trouble later."

"There is no rush, there will be an opportunity to do so later." Spirit Eye Underworld King stopped speaking, then he raised his hand and the center of his palm split apart, revealing a grayish-black talisman.

The talisman was engraved with countless runic patterns that emanated a fearsome aura, clearly containing the power of a Heavenly Emperor.

The Spirit Eye Underworld King spat out a mouth of stark white flames that ignited the talisman, which then began to soar into the air, transforming into a dense, sooty fog that tunneled into the void. It entered the World's End River Region, drifting towards the Blood Bridge and finally infusing into the mottled stone tablet.

An additional ancient word appeared on top of the four bloody characters on the stone tablet, resulting in there being five words.

"

True Kings May Not Enter

."