At the end of the Gray Mist Sea, on the Forbidden Ancient Road.
Inside a secret chamber.
"Black Emperor... are you really going to help them take control of reincarnation?"
Yang Daomei and Jiang Yunsheng looked at the dog-headed Daoist anxiously.
"The beings on the Forbidden Ancient Road are plotting to seize reincarnation. We should be stopping them..."
"Why don't we just go take the Reincarnation Great Seal right now?"
At that, the big black dog said:
"Woof, what's the rush?"
"What's the point of stealing the Reincarnation Great Seal? They've even prepared the ritual formation. What a waste not to use it."
As it spoke, it focused on the formation diagrams in its paws, studying them.
—These were the formations needed for the reincarnation ritual. Since the big black dog had now been confirmed as one of the "four," the Rotation Forbidden Master had given it the diagrams so it could familiarize itself with them in advance.
Hearing this, Yang Daomei froze for a moment, then suddenly realized something.
"Black Emperor, do you mean you're going to play along and take the authority over reincarnation for yourself?"
But the big black dog said:
"I'm not the only one scheming to seize authority over reincarnation..."
"That Void Messenger is deeply suspicious... Heh, he wants to catch the mantis stalking the cicada, but he has no idea that I'm the oriole waiting behind him..."
Its dog eyes gleamed darkly.
At those words, Yang Daomei and Jiang Yunsheng exchanged an even more bewildered look.
Did that mean the Void Messenger wanted to steal the Rotation Forbidden Master's authority over reincarnation?
"But wasn't the Void Messenger sent by those old ghosts of the Void Land? He should be on the same side as the Rotation Forbidden Master..."
Jiang Yunsheng asked.
The big black