Cultivators believed their fate was in their own hands, not the heavens', and usually did not believe in destiny. But toward the unknown and mysterious, they still held reverence.
When the cultivators of Lianxing World realized that the Jieyi Realm was rather uncanny, they urged the Heartless Dao to manage it.
After all, that sect had once produced a Grand Lord. Even if there had been other circumstances, the karma of a Grand Lord still existed in the end.
And the Jieyi Realm was not entirely without merit. After the Heartless Dao took over, they could gain some benefits from it too.
The other forces of Lianxing World could also trade for some materials through the Heartless Dao, and that was enough.
The Heartless Dao's management of Jieyi was almost hands-off. They rarely stepped forward on their own, partly because they were somewhat wary of its uncanny nature.
They had managed it effectively for nearly ten thousand years without encountering anything, yet who would have thought that this uncanny curse... would finally come true!
The Kui Ox, this mountain-guarding divine beast, had actually been swallowed in one gulp by an even more powerful existence!
What was especially thought-provoking was that when they brought out the Jingyu Pact to make their case, they could barely stop their losses.
At the very least, they had moved a little farther from the crisis. Wasn't that precisely the karma of a Grand Lord?
This explanation sounded a bit far-fetched, and the Heartless Dao was unwilling to believe it, but they could not deny that the previous uncanny incidents had been similar.
On the mystical side, there were some things where one truly could not afford to dismiss the uncanny.
At this point, the two of them also felt somewhat relieved. Fortunately, while rage had