Beneath the abyss of the Mountain and Sea Realm, Sima Quan was walking down a flight of stone steps filled with Talisman carvings.
This was the Secluded Palace Platform built by the six sects. It was used to hide and suppress the strange creatures and objects found in the abyss.
Along the way, he met many junior disciples of the Six Sects who were stationed here. All of them had normal expressions on their faces, which was very different from the other sects who were panicking and uneasy. This was because although the Dao technique had been severed, the impact on the Six Sects of the Spirit Sect was not as great as imagined.
This was because the disciples of the Spiritual Sect could steal the spirits of devils and fuse them into their own bodies. However, if they were attacked by too much Yin energy, they could easily walk the path of evil. Therefore, in the past, if it was not for the fact that cultivators had poor aptitudes, no one would choose to do such a thing.
But now, they had no choice but to go back to the old ways.
At this moment, his footsteps came to a halt. In front of him were two wide and thick stone doors blocking his way. The two disciples guarding the doors bowed and opened the doors for him. They said respectfully, "Elder Sima, please come this way."
Sima Quan stepped inside and walked down a spiral stone staircase. Soon, he arrived at a grand underground palace. He saw Xue Dingyuan, the Sect Master of the Yuan Mirage Sect, and Su Muqing, the Sect Master of the Blood Soul Sect, waiting there. He cupped his hands and said, "Greetings, Sect Master Xue, Sect Master Su."
Both of them returned the greeting. Xue Dingyuan said, "I've invited Elder Sima here today for the long-term plans of the Spiritual Sect."
Sima Quan replied, "As expected."
Su Muqing said, "Sect Master Yuwen has already gone into seclusion. Within the Spiritual Sect, Sect Master Xue and Elder Sima have the highest achievements. Although I've discussed it with Sect Master Xue, there are still some issues that need to be resolved. I'll need Elder Sima's help here."
Xue Dingyuan took a few steps forward and said, "Elder Sima, please look over here."
Sima Quan looked over and saw that there were 21 cages covered in dense Yin energy. He could tell at a glance that they were all Heavenly Demons.
Xue Dingyuan said, "These are the Heavenly Demons that our six sects have captured from the depths of the Earth Abyss over the past several thousand years. They're currently being suppressed here."
He turned around and said, "We were thinking, if these Heavenly Demons can be used by us, then not only the junior disciples, but even the superior cultivators can also find a way out."
Sima Quan understood and said, "Are the two of you afraid that this Heavenly Demon is hard to tame and will secretly cause trouble again?"
Xue Dingyuan said, "I do have this concern, but as long as I can force these Heavenly Demons to sign a contract with me and ensure that one of their clones is not destroyed, they will naturally be able to adapt to the circumstances. I invited Elder Sima Quan here because I want you to be the final lock."
Su Muqing said, "The Heavenly Demon's cloudy Yin energy is especially strong, so it's not easy to stabilize it. After I've refined it, there will inevitably be mistakes, and I'm afraid that these will be used by external enemies. Therefore, I can only invite Elder Sima here to see if you can stabilize it."
Sima Quan pondered for a while and said, "This method can be done, but I also hope that the two of you will stop here. If it's only the Heavenly Demon, I can still guarantee that nothing will go wrong, but the Genyin Demon is not so easy to handle. If it's not done well, it will easily bring chaos to the world."
Xue Dingyuan and Su Muqing looked at each other and said, "We can promise you this, Elder Sima."
At this moment, Sima Quan looked below and said, "Speaking of the Genyin Demon, as the Spiritual Vigor continues to rise, I'm afraid that more will be born. I'm afraid that the prohibition that our six sects have worked together to set up in the past will need to be repaired."
Guan Liangzhou, Han Xiu Cloud Cave, where the Pingdu Sect's monastery was located.
The hierarch, Ni Tianping, stood on the jade platform and sighed.
Ever since the grand competition, he returned to the monastery with the power of achieving Mortal Metamorphosis and firmly suppressed the conservative faction. Initially, he planned to be free from the shackles of the Hidden Appearance Spiritual Tower. Just when he was full of ambition, he did not expect the world's Dao to be cut off. In this case, he had to rely on the Hidden Appearance Spiritual Tower instead. This was because with the tower spirit, the disciples of the Pingdu Sect could borrow its power even if they did not cultivate Qi Path and only used secret techniques. It was just that the cultivation here was slower, and it was not easy to reach the upper state.
Now, the conservative faction that he had painstakingly suppressed had once again raised their heads. Not only could he not stop them, but he had to support them instead.
Footsteps were heard behind him, and a middle-aged Taoist walked over with majestic gait. He cupped his hands and said, "Greetings, hierarch."
"Elder Ge is here."
Ni Tianping turned around and said politely, "Take a seat and talk."
Elder Ge could tell that he was a person who did not care about trifles. He rolled up his sleeves and waved his hands. "Hierarch, I will not be sitting. This time, I have chosen more than a thousand disciples, and all of them have contracted with the Dharma spirits. This way, even if there are losses in the future, as long as the Dharma spirits are not lost, there will be replacements.
Ni Tianping nodded. "Thank you for your hard work, Elder Ge."
Elder Ge said with a straight face, "It's not hard at all. I just hope that you will not interfere with the matters of your subordinates this time."
Ni Tianping shook his head. "I am not a pedantic person. As long as it is beneficial to the sect, I will do it. Now that only the tower spirit can protect the Pingdu Sect Just Now, I will naturally rely on it."
Elder Ge seemed to be relieved. "That's good. I was worried that you would be stubborn and not allow others to speak. I will go now. "He cupped his hands and walked out excitedly.
Ni Tianping said behind him, "Elder Ge, when the Dharma returns in the future, I will also do what a hierarch should do. I hope you can understand the logic behind this."
Elder Ge paused, then waved his sleeves. "If that is the case, it is still up to hierarch to decide." He turned around and left with the sound of flying through the air.
To the west of the Western Desolate Domain, on a wasteland that was tens of thousands of miles away, more than a hundred thousand heavenly ghosts were cutting mountains and building altars. These heavenly ghosts came from different tribes, and after being disrupted, they were sent here.
Under the watch of many cultivators, the tribes did not have any strange thoughts. After all, they had lived like this for thousands of years and were long used to being enslaved by the sects.
But recently, some of the Elders of the Heavenly Ghosts noticed that something was wrong. Over the past six months, the number of cultivators guarding them had gradually decreased. Thirty days ago, the last two cultivators left in a hurry after handing over most of the matters here to them.
At first, the Heavenly Ghosts did not dare to act rashly because these cultivators had done something similar in the past, deliberately giving them a chance to rebel so that they could slaughter them justifiably.
But as the days passed, the cultivators showed no signs of returning, causing many of the Heavenly Ghosts to become restless.
A few Elders gathered together boldly, thinking that something must have happened behind the scenes of the Daoist cultivation sects. The first thing they thought of was to escape, for the chances of success were very high. This place was desolate, and the cultivators would never waste their time and energy on a few heavenly ghosts.
One of the Elders suddenly said, "Why don't you leave with the tribe?"
The other Elders looked at each other, and someone said, "Elder Ying Huang, how can we escape with the tribe?"
Elder Ying Huang showed a disdainful look and said, "This place is very far from the Western Desolate Region, and there are countless ferocious beasts around here. Even if we are born with divine abilities, how can one or two of us fight against these ferocious beasts?"
"So what if we don't do that?" another Elder said indignantly. "If the cultivators return, we will be the ones to be slaughtered."
Elder Ying Huang said with certainty, "These cultivators will not return."
The Elders of the Heavenly Ghosts were very surprised, not understanding why he was so sure.
Elder Ying Huang said in a deep voice, "I have an innate divine ability that can sense the heart. A few days ago, I sensed that these cultivators were in a panic, and they were in a hurry to leave. I guessed that something big had happened in their sects, and since they haven't returned for so long, their sects might have already been destroyed.
The Elders were shocked and doubtful. They were following a group of itinerant cultivators who were preparing to establish a sect in a remote place, and it was said that they had borrowed a magical boat from a large sect to transport them here. They were not strong, so it was possible that they were suddenly destroyed or dispersed due to internal strife.
An Elder asked, "But even so, where can we go with so many of us?"
Elder Ying Huang said in a firm tone, "Continue to the west. Rumor has it that the Ancestral Tribe obtained an item that fell from the heavens in the west, and that was how they were able to build the Heavenly King City." At this point, he stood up, and his eyes lit up. "If the Ancestral Tribe blesses us, we can also find something similar, and we might be able to reclaim our former glory!"
Zhang Yan sat in the hall and sensed inside and outside, paying attention to every ripple of Qi activity in Jizhuang Daoren's direction. In order not to alarm him, he did not observe or calculate in depth, and only relied on his senses.
Ever since the Dao was cut off, the living beings in this world were in a much more difficult situation than before. Although it was also greatly beneficial for the living beings to bathe in the spiritual aura due to the prosperity of Qi activity, it was still not as good as the ferocious and strange creatures. He had seen many living beings in this world being destroyed before they could find a way to deal with the demons.
After sitting and observing for a year, he finally discovered some clues in one of the worlds. The living beings here only had to worship a certain ghost god, and after a long period of time, they would naturally obtain the power to move mountains and shake mountains.
If that was all, it would be normal. Some of the evil spirits who had cultivated for a long time could do that, but due to the limited power of these evil spirits, it was impossible for every believer to respond to them. This ghost god was different. Whether it was sincere worship or perfunctory worship, everyone could respond to it. There was also an extremely complicated ritual, and the more the people followed the rules when they worshiped, the more power they could obtain. Therefore, sincerity was secondary.
However, he did not observe for long before the ritual lost its effect, and the people naturally gave up on this method. Until the collapse of this world, nothing similar happened.
Logically speaking, he could be said to have watched countless of the worlds at the same time, and there were countless strange things happening. This was just an insignificant matter, and not worthy of much attention. However, the problem was, when he was suspicious of Ji Zhuang's purpose, he had observed something similar in the void.
It could only be a coincidence that this happened in one of the worlds, but for it to happen in two places consecutively, there must be a mighty person behind it. However, there was no sign of Ji Zhuang's Qi activity seeping into this place, so he could not be completely sure that it was done by him, and he had to continue observing.
However, after that, he did not see anything similar. Only he knew that as long as the other party did not give up, he would definitely reveal his tracks, so he waited patiently.
After sitting for another ten years, one day, his heart suddenly skipped a beat. He opened his eyes and looked at a certain place in the modern world.
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