Master of Strange Dao

The chief director sat in that secret room for a long time, sighing softly as he looked at the painting of the Old Eunuch.

"I was still too careless..."

When the connection between that Old Eunuch and him had been severed last time, he should have done something.

After all, when that eunuch went to the Sealing of Dadui, he never intended to let him come out alive.

He knew what the situation inside the Sealing of Dadui was like.

Those who died there, even if he sent more people, they couldn't find out anything in reality.

Because if they went again, it would definitely mean the Sealing's process had started anew, and all traces of those who had died before would vanish without a trace.

Moreover, Tong Weishun came back and told him that the Old Eunuch had died at the hands of that peculiar demon.

Even though he still had a sliver of uncertainty, there was no proof of death, and the explanation brought back by Tong Weishun was reasonable and logical.

Most importantly, his vigilance towards Tong Weishun was nowhere near the level of caution he had against strangers.

Now, within just a few two-hour periods, all contact had been lost with four Ninth Tier incarnations, including Tong Weishun.

When the first one completely lost contact, he had tried to connect with the other three, to no avail.

They had used some method to obstruct this connection.

All he could do was watch helplessly as the remaining three, one after another, completely severed their connection with him.

In such a short span of time, he could do nothing.

He didn't even know where those incarnations were now.

Faced with such a situation, he could only reach one conclusion.

Those four Ninth Tier incarnations had all betrayed him at once.

After reaching this conclusion, he was full of shock, but after some thought, he started to feel a sense of relief.

Under heaven, in terms of who began the Cultivation of the Langya Incarnation Technique earliest and who was the strongest in it, he was confident that besides himself, there could be no second person.

Long ago, he had already noticed some problems.

The most perfect aspect of the Langya Incarnation Technique was that an incarnation was a complete person.

Apart from the flaw of potentially involving the original body which all general Incarnation Techniques had, the Langya Incarnation Technique lacked other shortcomings.

But being a complete person, in and of itself, brought about other flaws.

For example, an incarnation actually had its own emotions, its own thoughts, and its own character.

A long time ago, he had observed some incarnations for a long period.

But then, he began to ignore these issues.

Because, from the first incarnation to reach the Ninth Tier, to the second, and then to the third Ninth Tier incarnation.

There hadn't been any issues, even the two Ninth Tiers he had recently sacrificed went without any problems.

The times he thought there might be hidden dangers had already passed more than a thousand years ago.

And all the Ninth Tier incarnations who had lost contact were seeds planted over a thousand years ago.

They were actually Middle Period incarnations.

By the Late Period, the way he dealt with incarnations had actually changed somewhat.

Gazing at those paintings, he still couldn't help the surging anger within him.

Losing one or two Ninth Tiers, he could accept.

But now, having lost a full six, it was unbearable for him.

This meant that when the worst-case scenario emerged, the backup strength he could rely on was gone.

No, the worst-case scenario was happening right now.

He had indeed never imagined that he would suffer such heavy losses in such a brief period.

After all, according to all scenarios he could previously imagine, it was absolutely impossible for Ninth Tier Langya Incarnations, scattered all over the world, to fall several at once.

Looking back over thousands of years, aside from those Ninth Tiers who had died a natural death, the number of others who had died unnatural deaths wasn't even as many as in the recent twenty or thirty years. If his incarnations were included, then it certainly exceeded all previous thousands of years completely.

Although he could name every existing Ninth Tier Strong one by one and count the precise number, which at a glance might not seem small.

Those numbers were the slow accumulation over an extensive period.

A Ninth Tier Strong, depending on their Cultivation method, personal physique, taking Spirit Pills and Spiritual Medicine, could have varying lifespans, but generally, as long as they didn't die prematurely, most could live a few thousand years.

Such a long time was not like the overall turnover of low-tier Cultivators, who changed every hundred or two hundred years, with some needing to be replaced every few decades.

Some major sects replenished new disciples every three years.

There might be many disciples who started their training when the Sect Master was in secluded Cultivation, and by the time they died, the Sect Master might not have emerged yet.

And for their Sect Master, it might only be a minor secluded Cultivation.

There are common sayings about the total number of Cultivators and the number of Ninth Tiers, crudely calculating the proportion.

In fact, a single Ninth Tier might have seen the vast majority of low-tier Cultivators change ten or more times over.

The proportion of Ninth Tiers among the total number of Cultivators is at least ten times lower than one might expect.

The chief director suppressed his anger and the flood of fruitless emotions, sitting there lost in thought for quite a while, pondering the next steps.

The successful rebellion of four Ninth Tier incarnations definitely didn't mean that only these four wanted to rebel.

Rather, it meant that they had only found each other so far.

He had always been cautious in his actions; he rarely let incarnations know about each other.

Therefore, following the successful rebellion of those incarnations, they would inevitably spread the word, informing other unknown incarnations of this event and their success.

This was to identify where and who the other incarnations were.

At the same time, they could transfer all the pressure onto him, restraining him and preventing him from acting rashly.