Unexpected Situation
Gu Qing Shan did not stay in the wilderness for long.
The final battle was about to begin, and he was under immense pressure.
Besides, he had told Luo Bingli that he was going to study some cultivation problems, so he couldn't return right away.
So he decided—
to go check the Evil Bone Ghost King's corpse and confirm the unlucky fellow's identity.
If this Evil Bone Ghost King had also been an impostor, that would mean two fake Evil Bone Ghost Kings had appeared in this world, and his deductions would all be wrong.
Of course, that was basically impossible.
But until the corpse had been examined, every possibility remained open, so Gu Qing Shan decided to take a look.
He had to make sure every deduction rested on facts beyond a shadow of a doubt.
Only then could he avoid making the wrong choice in his final strategy.
Pulling the hood of his cloak over his head, Gu Qing Shan vanished from the wilderness.
He activated Shrinking the Earth to an Inch and arrived at the castle.
The Evil Bone Ghost King's corpse still lay on the ground. Its head had been crushed into a lump of mush, and brain matter was scattered across the ground.
"Stop!"
"You there in the black cloak!"
"Y-you! Who are you?"
A demon guard shouted in alarm.
One Evil Ghost King was dead, and another had left. Now the entire castle was in chaos.
Some bold demons had already entered the castle and were sending messages about the Evil Qi Demon Realm in every direction through the void.
"I've got news to sell!"
"Boss, that's right, they've split up."
"There's nobody in the Evil Qi Demon Realm now."
The demons chattered away, reporting the situation here to the various