The Shock of the Mastermind: What the Hell Is That?

The next morning.

Bone Demon Royal City, the imperial palace's main hall.

Today, this place was originally meant to officially announce the establishment of the Four Seas Alliance Dynasty, formed by the Four Dynasties, with the Phoenix Dynasty as the leader of the Four Seas Alliance.

But this perfect plan for uniting the Four Seas was shattered by an accident.

"That's roughly what happened!" Giant Shell Elder was very clever. Knowing he could not keep it hidden, he recounted the entire sequence of events and conversation.

After he finished speaking, the entire hall fell deathly silent.

The truth contained in those words was simply too terrifying.

The White Tiger and Xuanwu Races in particular were utterly stunned:

So our ancestral tombs, once pieced together, will summon the ancient Progenitor White Tiger and Progenitor Xuanwu?

Even the two great Divine Beast races of the Nine Continents are merely lowly Grave Keepers?

Our existence, our reproduction—all of it is merely to serve as tomb-ember vessels for "Him," so He can be resurrected?

At this thought, the representatives of Xuanwu and White Tiger could not help looking toward the Phoenix Race.

If that was how things were analyzed, then among the Four Great Divine Beasts, the Phoenix Race was probably the only one that was not a Grave Keeper, right?

Because of the Phoenix Race's special nature, their Ancestor Phoenix had formed an unconventional Earthbound Spirit with eternal life.

Ancestor Phoenix was right before their eyes!

It had merely undergone Rebirth from Flames generation after generation, gradually losing its ancient memories.

Ning Zheng, in the form of the Bone Demon Emperor, revealed a pained expression. "The meaning of our lives has completely collapsed at this moment! The continuation of our Bone Demon Tribe actually exists only to fuse with embers and resurrect the