"Zhang Chen seemed to have settled everything and returned to our Five Evil Realm. I never expected him to choose to set up a barrier and begin secluded cultivation the moment he returned. Could he have gained some insight into something along the way? Or had he sensed the coming crisis?"
Yu Ming tried to approach the area where Zhang Chen was, but he was immediately repelled by a Ghoul Devouring Barrier. Helpless, Yu Ming could only wave his hand. Zhang Chen's behavior was rather unusual, so it was best not to disturb him.
"Since we've already handed the eyeball over to our clown friend, all we need to do next is wait for the Five Evils to gather. Aside from Gu Chen, whose arrival time is uncertain, the other two should come to me soon enough. Still, something is rather strange. With the Cultivation World destroyed, Jia Xin should have come to report in several days ago. Why hasn't he arrived yet?"
"Jia Xin can freely control his inner demon and has even cultivated the Confucian Path canon, which Bodhi Patriarch took pride in. But no matter how well the inner demon is controlled, it ultimately exists within Jia Xin's body... Last time, in order to obtain the Evil God's Scythe, he drew Azathoth's suppression upon himself. Left with no choice, he exchanged Ksitigarbha King's information for one chance at survival. I wonder whether Azathoth immediately set his sights on Jia Xin."
"If he discovers the inner demon Jia Xin has suppressed within his body, things could become rather troublesome..."
The exploration operation had come to a temporary end. The only matter Yu Ming had currently announced to the world was Azathoth's attempt to establish a kingdom of his own within the Apostle Forbidden Zone after fusing with the