Master of Strange Dao

I once speculated whether there was some massive natural disaster, like a comet hitting the Earth, causing Dadui's sealing to take the entire Dadui with it.

I made countless guesses, but never thought it was like this.

Emperor Dui indeed made a move, that's true, but the nature was completely different.

Yu Ziqing had only one thought now.

Destroy it, there's no saving it.

This ghost world, this last Dadui, no longer needed saving, let it be destroyed quickly...

Yu Ziqing took a while to digest it, only then managing to absorb this news.

"Someone came in from outside, did you know?"

"I know, I came out this time precisely because of this matter.

We received news that there was an anomaly in Wuzi City, and the County City God of Wuzi City was seriously injured, the temple collapsed, and its foundation was damaged.

This has already made quite a stir in Dingmao City today; it's impossible to cover up.

The court has already sent people to investigate.

Since I was nearby, I came to check at the first opportunity upon getting the news.

If I encountered a strong outsider, I would promptly take them away."

"Have the previous strong outsiders already had conflicts with the Earth Deities here?"

"Yes, several times now, they have killed a City God of the capital, several County City Gods, earth lands, and River Gods.

But there was also one strong individual who didn't escape in time and was besieged and killed.

So, this time I hurried to come first, afraid of being too late.

It is the best situation if you can come out of the Divine Country of the Evil God; now we had better leave quickly as well."

The two left Wuzi City, heading southwest.

Along the way, passing places where people once lived, no one could be seen anymore.

Cities, towns, villages, all were empty, houses in ruins, fields untended, like an apocalypse.

The people did not disappear; they all became citizens of the Earth Deity Divine Country, becoming Incense-eating People.

The more Yu Ziqing looked, the more he felt it should be destroyed quickly.

Bing Bajiu led Yu Ziqing through a cluster of mountains, finding a blessed land.

Upon arrival, someone immediately held a Magical Treasure to begin detection.

Detecting whether the two of them were Incense-eating People, whether they followed the Incense Fire Dao.

Upon confirming they weren't, and after confirming their identities, they quietly led them into the Grotto Heaven.

Once Yu Ziqing entered, he finally saw several familiar faces.

These were the Ninth Tier Strong who had entered here earlier.

However, there were only seven people here, and each was wounded, with a not-so-good expression.

"Qing Ziyu from Jinlan Mountain, besides you, has anyone else come in?"

An elder, whose face was like gold paper and clearly heavily injured, asked immediately upon seeing Yu Ziqing.

"For now, only I came in to check the situation; after all, I have Dadui's Big Seal in my hand."

Seeing the elder wanted to say something, Yu Ziqing immediately continued.

"No need to ask, I can't get out even with the Big Seal; everything has changed here, and the Big Seal is almost useless."

Everyone's hearts sank, each looking as though they'd hit a brick wall.

The ones who came in first this time were the strong individuals from big sects and significant powers, and although they weren't Sect Masters, their status was about the same.

They could make decisions, were strong enough, and were visible powerhouses.

These people, with fame and prestige, made visible matters easier to deal with and facilitated communication.

Naturally, this made it more convenient for Yu Ziqing too.

Yu Ziqing looked at each of them in turn. Among the seven people, six could be judged at the first glance.

The remaining person was the elder who had spoken first.

The Sect Master of Duobao Sect in Daqian, who should have already retired, had come forward for this matter.

There was a new managing Sect Master inside Duobao Sect, so any incident to him wouldn't particularly affect Duobao Sect.

"Senior, you don't have to worry too much.

We from Jinlan Mountain were invited to help, and I just came in first to explore.

If I'm gone for a while and don't return, people outside would naturally know I'm stuck here.

They would act more cautiously.

People outside already know about the Sect Master's fall of Nirvana Sect.

Before dying, the Sect Master of Nirvana Sect sent a bit of news saying he was betrayed.

What exactly happened?"

As everyone listened to these words, their faces darkened, looking increasingly unpleasant.

The Duobao Sect Master looked at the others, sighed, and said,

"The Sect Master of Nirvana Sect was indeed betrayed.

When we came in, there were as many as fifteen of us.

We secretly investigated, discovered those Earth Deities, and after fighting with them, gradually learned about the situation here.

A rift emerged among us."

"Don't tell me; they wanted to help those Earth Deities?" Yu Ziqing found it somewhat inconceivable.

"They believed that since we came here and found this wasn't just the Sealed Land of Dadui's Jade Seal.

But the Sealed Land of the vanished Dadui, our target essentially was at the final stage.

We only needed the vanished Dadui to return, and the road to Tenth Tier could open.

Once the road to Tenth Tier was opened, be it for the Three Divine Dynasties or our sects and families, someone would undoubtedly break through.

By then, even if this last Dadui was like a Ghost Domain.

We could turn the clouds over and rain at will, exterminating those Earth Deities.

Even if it means helping those Earth Deities and aiding Emperor Dui now, it's only a temporary measure."

The Duobao Sect Master smiled bitterly, shaking his head.