First Meeting with Zhou Tong
This is a massive ancient palace buried deep underground and shrouded in a sky full of light arrays. Although it is located in the Ancestral Court of the Yuan Sect, it does not appear in any of the records of the Yuan Sect.
Only the three giants who reside atop the Sacred Mountain are aware of its existence.
Deep within the extremely dark hall, a slender figure draped in a black robe sat cross-legged, enveloped in a faint black mist, motionless, like a statue.
"Buzz!"
Suddenly, the space began to ripple violently, and an unremarkable black scroll abruptly burst forth from the void, releasing three solidified human figures.
"This is it. The resonance of the Devouring Ancestral Symbol is more intense than ever before. The Space Ancestral Symbol must be here. I have already sealed this place with the Ancient Qiankun Formation, and not a single trace of its aura will leak out."
The handsome man with a face like jade took the black scroll.
"Big brother, Second Brother, look!"
Little Flame, who was examining the grand hall, suddenly raised his voice.
Lin Dong and his companion looked in that direction and saw a slender figure clad in a black robe immediately come into view at the deepest part of the hall.
"That's... Alien Demonic Qi? The Yuan Sect is actually colluding with Yi Mo?!"
The Little Marten, who was about to move, suddenly stopped and stared blankly at the extremely evil and eerie black mist surrounding that slender figure.
Back in the Great Desolate Sect, Little Marten learned from the Elder Black Pupil that there were still Yi Mo in this world, and their power was quite strong, capable of easily destroying a Super Sect with a top-tier Samsara Stage expert in Reincarnation.
He was no stranger to such iconic things as Alien Demonic Qi.
Deep within the main hall, the handsome young man in black robes was none other than Zhou Tong. Their intelligence indicated that Zhou Tong had been crafted into a mindless puppet by the Yuan Sect, but the main hall was now filled with Alien Demonic Qi, the source of which was Zhou Tong.
If Zhou Tong was corrupted by Alien Demonic Qi, doesn't that mean the Yuan Sect is colluding with the Yi Mo? Otherwise, how do you explain the source of the Alien Demonic Qi on Zhou Tong's body?
However, the thought that Yuan Sect, the top of the Eight Great Super Sects in the Eastern Xuan Region, was actually colluding with the Yi Mo, or that it was directly supported by the Yi Mo, sent chills down Little Marten's spine.
Just how many hidden schemes have those eerie creatures laid in this land?!
"The Space Ancestral Symbol is inside this person's body, and this person's appearance is exactly the same as the portrait of Senior Zhou Tong that I saw in the Desolate Hall. His identity can be confirmed, but he seems to have lost his mind."
Lin Dong spoke up to confirm the identity of the figure.
"I understand, I understand. No wonder the rise of the Yuan Sect was so strange. It turns out that there is the shadow of the Yi Mo behind it."
"Thousands of years ago, Yuan Sect was only a second-rate Super Sect in the Eastern Xuan Region. However, it suddenly rose rapidly like a comet, soaring to the top of the nine sects at that time and quickly becoming number one. It has existed ever since."
"Previous generations have always speculated that the Yuan Sect must have obtained a complete ancient Super Sect inheritance, which is why it rose so quickly, because there was no precedent for this before."
"Now it seems that Yuan Sect didn't just receive the inheritance of an ancient Super Sect, but probably directly received the support of the Yi Mo."
Little Marten looked enlightened, but his enlightenment was mixed with a hint of anger.
The Heavenly Demon Marten Tribe is a top-tier Overlord Clan of the Demon Domain Yuan Sect existed before the Heaven and Earth War and Earth Heavenly Demon Marten Tribe existed even before the origin of the Yuan Gate was born, so they have a very clear record of the history of the rise of the Yuan Sect.
"Lord Black Pupil said that the remaining Yi Mo beings in the world may have merged and secretly formed an organization. Now it seems that what Lord Black Pupil said was true, because those damned creatures have learned to support their own agents, just like they did on the Tianxuan Continent."
"The Demon Clan has killed countless top experts of my Tianxuan Continent and destroyed one ancient Super Sect after another. If we take out even a small portion of their sect's inheritance and resources, we can easily cultivate a top-tier Super Sect."
"Many things that the Demon Clan cannot do can be left to the Yuan Sect. Even directly attacking and destroying a Super Sect is an internal matter of the Human Race."
"It seems that even if the Yuan Sect has not been completely infected, the sect's higher-ups have already fallen into the hands of the Otherworldly Yi Mo. The Demon Clan have a method called the Demon Seed, which can very secretly and slowly erode the strong in the Tianxuan Continent."
"The reason why the Three Great Yuan Gate Giants have not been exposed is probably because they have been implanted with Demon Seed in their bodies. As for whether it was done actively or passively, it is hard to say."
Lin Dong brought up the words of the Elder Black Pupil from back then, and the two complemented each other.
"The most powerful force in the Eastern Xuan Region is actually colluding with the Yi Mo? Should we leak this information and expose the Yuan Sect completely?"
Little Flame looked at Lin Dong with an eager expression.
"Of course not, we must not act rashly. How do we know how many forces the Yi Mo have supported in the Tianxuan Continent? If we hastily expose the Yuan Sect, it may trigger a catastrophic Demonic Disaster that will spread throughout the entire Eastern Xuan Region, and even the Four Great Profound Regions."
"We must not announce this matter lightly without being absolutely certain, otherwise it will surely lead to widespread suffering."
Before Little Flame could finish speaking, Little Marten interrupted him directly.
"It's not as exaggerated as Little Marten said. I think Yuan Sect is probably the largest force that the Otherworldly Yi Mo are secretly supporting in the Four Great Profound Regions. First of all, the more they support, the more they expose themselves. It's better to choose one to support with all their might, which is faster and more covert."
"Secondly, if the remaining power of the Demon Clan had truly expanded to that extent, they would probably have already launched a second Demonic Disaster long ago, instead of waiting until now."
"However, Little Marten is right. We should not act rashly before we are absolutely certain that we have a large number of Peak Expert suppressing our side. At most, we should selectively reveal information to forces that we can completely trust, such as the Dao Sect."
"It's better to expose them to the light than to keep them hidden in the shadows. If the Yuan Sect still exists, we can still deduce the movements of the Yi Mo from their actions. But if the Yuan Sect is gone, we'll be completely clueless about the Yi Mo."
Lin Dong nodded in agreement.
"Hehe, I was just saying it offhand."
As soon as he uttered his words, his eldest and Second Brother refuted him together. Little Flame couldn't help but shrink back, realizing he shouldn't speak carelessly.
"When Samsara Stage Senior Zhou Tong was captured, he had only just entered the Death Mysterious Stage. Unexpectedly, a hundred years have passed, and he has already entered the Samsara Stage despite being corrupted by the Yuan Sect's Demon Hand. Could this be considered a different kind of blessing in disguise?"
Turning the page, the three men turned their attention back to Zhou Tong.
The terrifying energy fluctuation emanating from his body was enough for everyone present to understand his true strength: Samsara Stage, and not just any ordinary Samsara Stage expert!