Lin Qi immediately thought of the sealed divine souls in Six Gods Cave.
Those cultivators had only been at Great Mahayana Perfection, yet they had still racked their brains to leave themselves a way out. The Five Gods had been even stronger—how could they have fallen so easily?
The thought that the Five Gods might still be alive sent a chill crawling down Lin Qi's spine.
If such divine souls, free from the rules of the Heavenly Dao, had a chance to be reborn, would the Five Continents become a sea of blood once more?!
"Then where have you suppressed them?!"
"Have you not noticed that the Five Gods Pagoda only has eight floors?"
Lin Qi opened her mouth, her mind racing as she recalled how many floors the Five Gods Pagoda she had seen possessed.
Thinking carefully, it really did seem to have only eight.
"Most towers have nine floors. Even if they do not, they usually have an odd number of floors. So... they are on the ninth floor?"
Ten Directions Venerate shook her head. "The first floor underground is where the Five Gods are suppressed."
"You... told me that just like that?"
"Otherwise?" Ten Directions Venerate calmly reminded Lin Qi, "I am already dead. The one chatting with you now is merely a wisp of my remnant soul. Once the inheritance ends, I will completely vanish from this world. Whether the Five Gods live or die is no longer something I can manage."
She carried an air of, after I die, who cares if floodwaters rage behind me.
Lin Qi: "...You cannot simply ignore this!"
Ten Directions Venerate watched her with a smile, saying nothing.
Lin Qi put on a mournful face. "If you do not intervene, the Five Continents will once again plunge into dire straits..."