Chapter 1096
"We'll die."
Ge Qing spoke with unwavering certainty.
"We might die, but we might also survive, as long as that really is a great power whose lifespan has run out."
Tang Ke said with a serious expression, "As long as we confirm that they're a great power at the end of their lifespan, we've struck it rich! Even if we really die, the Mystic Token will preserve our souls. When we walk out of the Soul-Summoning Platform someday, we'll be heroes again."
"The Soul-Summoning Platform..."
Ge Qing knew what soul-summoning was.
When cultivators of the underworld died outside, the Mystic Token would collect their souls. They would wait for other underworld emissaries to retrieve their tokens, then their yin souls would ascend the Soul-Summoning Platform.
There were three choices after walking out of the Soul-Summoning Platform.
First: reincarnate and cultivate anew.
Second: become a ghost cultivator and continue cultivating.
Third: place one's soul within a puppet's Violet Mansion, earn merit, and await the right time.
There was another choice he had not mentioned and had no need to trumpet about: entering the Soul Banner, which was no different from selling oneself for all eternity.
Ge Qing's expression shifted unpredictably.
Win, and I'll be granted rank and title in the Senluo Hall.
Lose, and I'll ascend the Soul-Summoning Platform and be a hero again.
As long as they confirmed the other party was a Dao Lord whose lifespan had run out, they could invoke Lady Houtu's projection and send word back to the underworld to await reinforcements. They might not even die.
The prefect lord was offering a toast.
Heaven itself was lighting the cigarette.
It was right before their eyes.
No matter how he thought about it, there was no loss to be had.
As if he had