As for why the Demon Divine Clan's Wu Zhiqi later fell, and what he encountered, that was beyond Feng Ling's knowledge.
The reason he had learned all this was because that Tiantian Clan Chief who had suffered a sudden calamity back then had been quite close to Huai Queen and knew many secrets.
"According to the records I found, although the Supreme Scepter was nominally forged, refined, and revered jointly by the Hundred Clans, Wu Zhiqi actually inscribed much of his divine essence into it—especially his Dao of water calamities and Dao of disasters.
"Thus, my ancestor of old speculated that this scepter might also be able to trigger heavenly disasters and earthly calamities, thereby enhancing its power!"
Just as there were good people and bad people, divine artifacts too differed in the powers they wielded.
The Nine Tripods' power lay in suppressing the Nine Provinces, forging the Human Clan's great fortune into walls of bronze and ramparts of iron, utterly unbreakable.
Beyond unifying the Hundred Clans, the Supreme Scepter possessed the ability to spread the aura of calamity and bring chaos upon the world.
Hearing this, Meng Zhao and Zhao Rulíng exchanged glances, both of them involuntarily thinking of the Heavenly Demon Palace Lord.
Meng Zhao especially. He was a counterfeit, but the real Meng Zhao of those days had entered the capital and gone to Great Compassion Temple precisely because heavenly disasters, earthly calamities, and man-made catastrophes had plagued every corner of the Divine Land. He had recited sutras and prayed for blessings there for a full ten years.
Later, through numerous channels, he learned that those heavenly disasters, earthly calamities, and man-made catastrophes had been stirred up by the collusion and conspiracy of Beitang Sheng and the Heavenly Demon Palace Lord.
Now that the Heavenly Demon Palace