Twilight Divide
Chapter 865

The Imperial Ghosts' Conspiracy

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"An unresolved problem?"

Seeing the National Teacher's face, which seemed to be waiting for a troubled, tense expression to appear on his own, Hu Ma was taken aback.

In theory, he really should have been feeling the pressure mount by now.

This world was already buckling under its burdens, and now the Underworld Palace had suddenly appeared. Anyone would feel a weight in their heart. They might even wish they could simply pretend the place did not exist.

After all, Old Lord's Eyebrow, Mr. Longjing, and the others had handled things with enough finesse back then to defeat this powerful foe without drawing a single blade. Now that they were dead, with the Great Calamity raging across the human world, there was no need to go looking for more trouble.

But the moment the National Teacher mentioned the Underworld Palace, Hu Ma had already figured it out.

His expression barely changed. He only sneered and said, "What is there to be afraid of?"

"The Ten Imperial Ghosts of the Underworld Palace? They're probably just a bunch of evil ghosts who once tried to sell out the world, then stole the offerings meant for the gods. Asking a few questions is nothing. We should have dealt with them long ago."

Besides stirring up this Great Calamity and defeating the Wuchang Li Family, the most important reason Miss Red Wine had come to Fierce Tiger Pass was to deliver a warning to Tieguanyin:

Don't think you can casually change this world. Don't compromise. Don't settle.

If you're going to solve the problem, solve all of it.

You must even be prepared for the remaining Noble Families to destroy the human world rather than accept defeat once they realize they have no chance of winning.

Those people had the means to bring the

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