"Then you know who we enshrine in our hall, right?" Baili Ji asked.
"Of course we know that. King Wuguan Wang is someone we worship every day," Baili Hong replied.
"King Wuguan Wang is just one of the Yama Kings in our Halls of Yama. There are a total of ten Yama Kings in our Halls of Yama," Baili Ji explained.
"Ten? Then wouldn't our Halls of Yama be invincible?" Baili Hong asked in surprise.
"Invincible under heaven? If our Halls of Yama could unite as one, then that might be possible," Baili Ji said with a wry smile.
"Unfortunately, our Halls of Yama has been embroiled in various open and covert struggles since its inception."
"In order to seize power and obtain the position of chief master, the kings of the various palaces have been suppressing each other."
"Moreover, the Great Qin Empire at that time was not solely dominated by our Halls of Yama. There were also the Saint Heaven Sect, the Mystic Sky Sect, Star Cloud Saint Sect, all lurking in the shadows."
"Most importantly, the Qin Emperor at that time was not so easy to deal with; they had several Saint Realm warriors alone."
"The Qin Emperor has several Saint Realm experts? What about the Saint Heaven Sect, the Mystic Sky Sect, and the Star Cloud Saint Sect?" Baili Hong asked incredulously.
"These sects also have several Saint Realm experts, but the Mystic Sky Sect is the weakest, with only two Saint Realm experts."
"Our Halls of Yama is the strongest, with ten Yama Lords, all of whom are at the Saint Realm," Baili Ji said with emotion.
"Ten Saint Realm?" Baili Hong exclaimed in amazement. He knew that even one Saint Realm was hard to come by now, but back then, the Halls of Yama had ten.
"Then how did we get here?" Baili Hong asked curiously.
"That's a long story," Baili Ji said with a sigh.
"Let me explain!" Baili Qiang said from the side.
Of everyone present, Baili Qiang was the oldest, and he understood these things most clearly.
Baili Ji nodded, signaling Baili Qiang to continue.
"This all started with the ten Yama Kings of our Halls of Yama, who wanted to advance further and reach the Martial God Realm."
"Legend has it that the ten Yama Kings of our Halls of Yama are all disciples of the Abyssal Hell, and the gatekeeper of the Abyssal Hell is Martial God Realm."
"However, these are now unverifiable and their veracity is unknown. All that is known is that the ten Yama Kings seem to have come from the same school, and although their cultivation methods differ, they are largely the same."
"As you know, our cultivation method requires absorbing the essence of martial artists to achieve rapid progress."
"Therefore, the ten Yama Kings each set their sights on each other, hoping to devour the other and further enhance their strength to advance to the Divine Realm."
"Most importantly, each Yama King can directly devour the others without fear of rejection, because all ten Yama Kings are from the same sect."
"This directly caused infighting within our Halls of Yama, with people fighting to the death every day."
"And that's when our Fifth Judge Palace fell into ruin. Our ancestor Baili Yi, was originally a Core Disciple of the Fifth Judge Palace."
"But later, our Fifth Judge Palace was defeated by the other palaces. Then the other palaces launched an extermination campaign against all of us, which is why our ancestors fled here."
"Actually, the reason we are hiding here is not to avoid anyone, but to avoid the successors of the other halls of the Halls of Yama. We can't let them know that we are hiding here."
"After all, the allure of advancing to the Saint Realm is something not everyone can resist," Baili Qiang said in an ambiguous tone.
"Advance to the Saint Realm? Old Ancestor, are you saying that if we people from the Halls of Yama devour each other, we can advance to the Saint Realm?" Baili Hong asked excitedly.
"This is just speculation, and whether it can be verified remains to be seen."
"However, over the years, many of our ancestors have perished, yet none of them have been able to advance to the Saint Realm. I suspect there is something wrong with them."
"Now that I think about it, the most likely thing is that there is a problem with our Big Dipper Constellation Formation, or with the essence blood we usually use for cultivation."
"However, all of these still need to be verified one by one before they can be proven," Baili Qiang replied.
"If that's really the case, then if we launch a large-scale invasion of the Great Qian Dynasty, it will definitely be known to the successors of the other halls of the Halls of Yama," Baili Hong nodded and said.
"However, according to the intelligence we have received, the other successors of the Halls of Yama have not shown up for a long time."
"I guess they went into hiding after that incident. Could they be like us, hiding in some corner?" Baili Hong continued.
Baili Qiang nodded and said, "It's not impossible. However, what we fear is that they will continue to join forces against us."
"If they continue as before, capturing and devouring all the people of our Fifth Judge Palace, then we will have no chance of escape."
"But if the other palace officials devoured our King Wuguan that time, why didn't any news of the Divine Realm appearing afterward?"
"And then they all disappeared without a trace?" Baili Hong asked in confusion.
"I don't know. Maybe other things happened later," Baili Ji replied.
"But even if something happened to our Halls of Yama, what happened to the Saint Heaven Sect, the Star Cloud Saint Sect, and the Mystic Sky Sect? Did they also experience something?" Baili asked curiously.
Baili Qiang, Baili Ji, Baili He thought about it for a moment, but they were also completely confused.
Could it be that after their ancestors escaped from the Qin Dynasty, something else happened on the entire Qin continent?
Otherwise, how come people nowadays have never heard of the names of the Saint Heaven Sect or the Mystic Sky Sect, and even the Star Cloud Saint Sect has split into two sects?
More importantly, over the years, the name of this Halls of Yama has never spread.
Could it be that for some reason, or perhaps there was some formidable enemy, that they were all wiped out?
And how exactly did the Great Qin Empire perish?
This series of questions made them feel as if there was a force targeting the entire continent.
However, let's leave these issues from the distant past for now.
The main problem at present is whether or not to go to the Great Qian Dynasty to plunder martial artists to replenish cultivation resources.
What Yao Guang Island has revealed so far is only the Pseudo Blood Saint Art, not the true inheritance.
Therefore, there's nothing to worry about yet, and there's no fear of being investigated by people from other halls.
If they were to personally enter the Great Qian Dynasty, the fear is that they would expose themselves directly.
If they are hunted down from now on, then it would be a losing proposition for them.
After all, cultivation resources don't necessarily have to be provided by the Great Qian Dynasty.
Since the surrounding small islands can't supply enough, there are several larger islands further away, and the population and martial arts practitioners on the Japanese islands are not small either.