Just as Jiang Wang had guessed.
Zhang Linchuan had, in fact, formed some conjectures about the White Bone Venerable God's current state.
Born of the White Bone Sect, he was deeply versed in White Bone Sect arts. Later, he seized the White Bone Saint Body, obtained the Supernatural Power that linked yin and yang, compiled the Life-less Scripture, and created the Life-less Mystical Arts...
The breadth of his vision was no ordinary thing.
He had always possessed a rough awareness of the Netherworld's circumstances.
When the Life-Ending Tribulation came to an end several years ago, he had suddenly felt relieved. He had completely mastered the White Bone Saint Body, and from this, made certain conjectures about the White Bone Venerable God's condition... Yet because of his karmic ties to the White Bone Venerable God, he had not dared enter the Netherworld in person to verify them.
Over these past few years, as his cultivation continued to soar and the World of No-Life steadily expanded, he had repeatedly tried to seize the White Bone Venerable God's Divine Handle... but had met with not the slightest resistance.
He believed that the White Bone Venerable God had either perished in some accident, or had already eliminated the hidden danger of Heaven's Will, taken that final step, and successfully reincarnated into the present world.
Whichever possibility it was, the White Bone Venerable God would find it difficult to influence the Netherworld again in the short term.
Thus, Lu Yan's entry into the Netherworld to seek his dead wife's soul had never truly been dangerous.
Yet after the Life-less Cult's destruction, he still had Lu Yan make a trip into the Netherworld to scout the way, to confirm that the White Bone Venerable God was indeed no longer there.
What was more, he had used