Chen Ze frowned tightly. The news struck like a thunderclap, stirring certain suspicions in his heart.
He stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze piercing through the void as though he could see the conspiracy brewing in the depths of the Spirit Realm.
"Old Ancestor Xuanyin... Nine Nether Soul Devouring Banner..." Chen Ze murmured.
From this alone, it was clear that the Spirit Realm was not a solid monolith. The ties between its factions were merely bonds of interest.
But he did not know whether the Bone-Eroding Demon Lord's shadow was involved.
When he had used the Fate Peering skill before, he had seen the Bone-Eroding Demon Lord planning to absorb flesh-and-blood essence in preparation for resurrection.
Now Old Ancestor Xuanyin wanted to devour cultivators' divine souls. Why?
The connection between the two was likely far more than a simple coincidence.
It seemed the waters of the Spirit Realm ran deeper than he had imagined!
Just as Chen Ze pondered this, Ye Wuchen's expression suddenly tightened.
Within the deduction scene on the Karma Bridge, Old Ancestor Xuanyin abruptly turned his head. His ghostly green gaze seemed to pierce through space and time, stabbing straight at them.
"Pfft—"
Ye Wuchen let out a muffled groan. A trickle of blood spilled from the corner of his lips, and the golden Karma Thread snapped in response.
An incomparably frigid strand of Netherworld Qi surged back along the severed Karma Thread, instantly invading his meridians.
Ye Wuchen's face changed drastically. He hurriedly formed a hand seal and severed the remaining karma.
"Not good!"
Seeing this, the chaos halo around Chen Ze surged wildly. All seven fused laws operated at once, and only then did he completely grind away that strand of Netherworld Qi.
"What happened?"
"Thank you, Domain Lord, for saving my