Western Immortal Abyss Continent, Myriad Ghost Cave.
"Nine Nether Sky Sovereign... that useless old bastard, I heard he's exposed his tracks?"
"So what? The Ghost Immortal's Ghost Embryo has already formed. Whether that piece of trash is around makes no difference."
"True... let's just treat it as those people of the Righteous Path solving a problem for us."
"Heh heh heh... with the Ghost Immortal in hand, all beneath the Refining Void Realm are ants... the day the Demon Path rises begins today!"
Above an enormous mausoleum, several minor Demon Path leaders were grandly envisioning their future and talking with great fervor.
With an ancient baleful artifact they had obtained by chance, coupled with Nine Nether Sky Sovereign's guidance in the Dao, they had successfully created a batch of powerful evil entities.
They were the "Ghost Calamity" that had recently thrown people into panic.
The terrifying thing about these evil entities was that they could ignore a cultivator's Spiritual Energy defenses and directly attack the mind, making their opponents feel fear and lose their will to fight.
Now that an immortal king among ghosts had appeared out of nowhere, even Spirit Transformation Stage cultivators would only become food for the evil entities!
If this continued to accumulate, the Ghost Immortal's realm could rise even further.
Given enough time, it might truly slaughter the Righteous Path clean!
At the thought, everyone was utterly thrilled.
Their original plan had been to coordinate from within and without with Nine Nether Sky Sovereign, pretending to teach Righteous Path disciples how to deal with ghostly evils.
Then, they would arrange a unified assessment for the Five Great Sects and have them head to the Barrier.
In the end, the Ghost Immortal arranged beforehand by the Demon Path would turn every disciple within the Barrier