Cha Ran, the True Immortal, felt a chill crawl down his spine. He stood stunned for quite a while before speaking in a low voice. "Should we verify those forty-nine Golden Cores?"
"There's no need. I've already performed a Divination," Nether Shadow said, shaking his head without expression. "The outcome is already set. Even if someone had immense fortune and somehow survived, their luck would inevitably decline... They really were ruthless enough to do it!"
Cha Ran froze for a moment before understanding, his face also filled with shock. "They aren't afraid of karmic backlash?"
"That's the more troublesome part," Nether Shadow said impassively. "If it were merely a reckless act of courage, higher cultivation would make it manageable. What we must fear is that they possess some secret art or backing capable of ignoring karma—or even transferring it elsewhere. People like that truly should not be provoked!"
If an ordinary cultivator had spoken of transferring karma, Cha Ran would never have believed it. But he knew very well that Nether Shadow Patriarch himself possessed some ability to transfer karma. Things like Fate-Substitution Puppets had been personally refined by the Patriarch.
He finally understood how he should treat the other side, so he spoke again. "Then I'll agree to their demands unconditionally. But... what if they make some outrageous request?"
Nether Shadow lightly shook the token in his hand and said blandly, "This token ended up in my hands. Do you think they'll go too far?"
Cha Ran considered it, then nodded. "They probably won't go too far, but... it still feels like they have something to rely on."
Nether Shadow nearly choked on those last four words, but in the end, he still said, "Those with strength naturally have something to rely on... Oh, right. Look into what may