Who hid My Corpse!

This is indeed the most direct and reliable method, but...

"It's not that simple." Diana shook her head, "The Right Eye's status in the Star Relic Sect is no less than their Pope. Even the Contract Land can't execute him without evidence."

"Not just that, right? Even if you had concrete evidence, you'd still find it hard to execute him, wouldn't you?" Bai Wei said with a smile, "People at this level are really difficult to restrain with rules. Even if it's proven he really has four Corpse Blocks, the Contract Land and other Churches would just pressure him to hand them over, wouldn't they?"

Diana stayed silent, but it was obvious she agreed.

"Since that's the case, why don't we help him find a reason that forces you to act?" Bai Wei said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, a strong sense of unease surged in Diana's heart. She raised her head and looked directly at Bai Wei: "What do you mean?"

"The four Corpse Blocks can no longer satisfy him. He has begun to covet even greater power." Bai Wei said slowly, "So, he has set his sights on the deepest part of the Contract Land, that most core, most forbidden secret... How about this reason?"

Diana stared hard at Bai Wei.

Bai Wei leaned back, looking very relaxed.

"So? Is this reason enough to take his life?"

...

Diana opened her eyes and returned to reality.

"Master, you've awoken."

The servant knelt by the bed, skillfully offering a warm towel.

Diana took the towel and asked, "Has anyone noticed my abnormality?"

"No, Master." The servant replied respectfully, "As you instructed, the moment you fell into slumber, I brought you back to your room and instructed outsiders not to disturb you. Even the Prison Director didn't come looking for you."

Diana nodded slightly, then wiped her face with the wet towel.

Every time she was summoned into Taoyuan Village, she would fall into a coma, which over time would surely attract attention. Moreover, not everyone in the Contract Land was her servant. The Prison Director was the one in control of everything, so Diana had to be cautious to avoid exposing the secret of Taoyuan Village.

It's fortunate that they had agreed beforehand to hold gatherings only at night, which greatly reduced the risk of exposure.

After wiping her face, the servant timely handed her a basin. Diana instinctively glanced at the basin and saw her own horribly pale face in the reflection.

Diana hesitated for a moment and then closed her eyes. The servant's body trembled slightly as Diana projected her consciousness into his mind.

Through the servant's eyes, Diana could better see her current state—despite having washed her face, she still looked as though she'd just awoken from a terrible nightmare, filled with unease and frailty.

Diana withdrew her consciousness, threw the towel to the servant, and waved him away.

No doubt, this gathering in Taoyuan Village was the most pressuring one for Diana so far. Before, being in the Contract Land, Diana had always had the mindset of "let them fight for it, I quietly watch."

But now, it's no longer viable. Isaiah killed the Tongue and acquired four Corpse Blocks, making him appear stronger on paper than the three of them combined.

Moreover, what exactly the four Corpse Blocks can do, and whether her identity had been exposed to Isaiah, these were things Diana was uncertain about.

Diana hated the unknown, just as her mother and the previous owner of the finger on her hand had told her—never let anyone or anything slip out of your control.

After acquiring this finger, she had mostly achieved this, standing as the puppeteer above all. But now, the board seemed to be slipping out of control.

Diana rose and left the room.

The night was clear with sparse stars, and the weather was cool.

Diana wanted to use the night breeze to clear her mind, but when it actually brushed her face, she only felt her thoughts, already tangled like a ball of yarn, becoming more complicated and hard to unravel.

On the surface, the most out-of-control and the one needing to be dealt with was Isaiah. Yet, what unsteadied Diana was not only Isaiah, but also the Hand Eye.

Diana had always been highly cautious of him. After all, during the first gathering in Taoyuan Village, Hand Eye had tricked her, successfully extracting the greatest secret of the Contract Land from her mouth. To this day, Diana didn't understand how Hand Eye knew she was from the Contract Land or why he was interested in its secrets.

Of course, the latter could be explained by curiosity since knowing of a secluded existence like the Contract Land naturally evokes the desire to understand its purpose.

But would Hand Eye really do something without a purpose? Knowing he could push the Tongue, who owned three Corpse Blocks, to the extent of risking his life against Isaiah, yet remain uncontainable.

So this time, when Hand Eye proposed using the pretext of "coveting the deepest sealing of the Contract Land" to trigger Heavenly Sound Obedience to execute Isaiah, Diana couldn't help but wonder if Hand Eye had other motives.

Unwittingly, Diana had walked to the Abyss Prison, staring into what seemed an endless vortex, recalling past conversations with her mother.

"Mother, what's locked beneath?"

"Things beyond understanding and imagination."

"Why?"

"You'll understand when you have my finger."

Diana lightly touched her ring finger.

Indeed, after acquiring this finger, she understood what her mother meant.

With just this finger, it could compel thousands to willingly die for her, worship her as the master, regardless of how powerful or prestigious they once were, they could not resist the rules set by this finger.

And this was merely a finger.

So what kind of presence would the true Visa have?

Without seeing the real Visa, what power lay in that actual corpse inside the Abyss Prison?

If I could obtain this power...

Diana widened her eyes, taking a deep breath, repeating her mother's admonition "beyond understanding, beyond imagination" to banish this dangerously tempting thought.

At that moment, she couldn't help but recall what Hand Eye had said in Taoyuan Village—"Once you've experienced this power, no one can refuse it, we're all the same."

Indeed, everyone is the same.

But the prison must never be opened, that corpse must never see daylight.

This was Diana's bottom line. Regardless of whose intent it was to open the prison, she would instantly consider them an enemy.

Nevertheless, Hand Eye did not propose to open the prison. His idea involved using certain methods to fabricate the notion that someone wanted to open the prison, tearing open just a little of its perimeter, finally pinning the blame on Isaiah's head.

This plan logically worked, as requiring a reason to execute a figure like a pope, but none for someone attempting to open the prison.

Just as well, Diana in the Contract Land, alongside the unassuming ring finger, indeed had the maneuver space for such a plan, making its feasibility present.

However, this involved the Abyss Prison, concerning the millennia-old unchanging Sealing.

Making a small change, tearing a tiny opening, was it really safe?

Diana felt unsure, thus she didn't immediately agree with Bai Wei, suggesting she'd consider a better plan.

Yes, provided there's a better way, she would never damage the prison, not even slightly.