Use You to Fill the Tribulation

Back in Maple Forest Territory, Wei Quji had brought out the Underworld Candle to draw the snakes from their holes and slaughtered White Bone Cult followers in droves.

Among all those sealed-away relics of the White Bone Sect, why had he chosen the Underworld Candle?

The truth was, it hadn't been Wei Quji's choice. He had been "chosen."

After his Divine Soul had mostly recovered, Zhuang Chenggan had chosen to resume his involvement in the affairs of The Present World through this subtle, untraceable method.

After White Bone Sect followers stole the Underworld Candle, it had briefly remained with Xiong Wen before finally hiding in Jiang Wang's Heaven-Connecting Palace.

This showed that the Underworld Candle had always been able to move, and Zhuang Chenggan had never been short of options.

The question was, among all the people in Maple Forest Territory, why had he chosen Jiang Wang and no one else?

It wasn't just because Jiang Wang had formed his meridians perfectly. It certainly wasn't merely because of his cultivation talent.

As far as talent went, Wang Changji had already been chosen by the White Bone Venerable God, but Zhu Weiwu and Zhao Rucheng were no less talented than Jiang Wang—and they had gotten an earlier start.

Yet in the end, Zhuang Chenggan had chosen Jiang Wang without a hint of wavering. Naturally, he had his reasons.

From the very beginning, he hadn't been looking for just a perfect vessel. He was looking for a perfect replacement! Someone who could truly embody him, equal him, and take his place.

Zhuang Chenggan couldn't afford to be modest. He was a rare figure in this world. Not just any exceptionally talented seed of a cultivator could reach the point of replacing him.

More than cultivation talent, it was the quick-wittedness, decisiveness, toughness,