The Forward Supreme Mechanism was formless and intangible, far too ethereal. Whenever it wished to hide, it was nearly impossible for anyone to find it—not even Li Qing's Jade Tablet.
Moreover, the Forward Supreme Mechanism had now merged with the omnipresent Tribulation, making its source even harder to trace.
However, the changes wrought by the Tribulation's influence upon all living beings were still detected by the Jade Tablet.
Yet it could only confirm that the Calamity Qi had been affected; exactly what would happen was impossible to determine.
A negative seed was silently emerging within the hearts of all living beings.
In a field somewhere in Northern Immortal Vast Province.
Old farmer Li Er watched the figures streaking across the sky from time to time, his eyes glinting with envy.
An inexplicable resentment was rising within his heart.
"Why can those cultivators stand so high above everyone else?"
"Why do I have to scrape out a living from the earth?"
"Why? On what grounds?"
Unwillingness and resentment flickered constantly in his heart, but in the end, they were crushed beneath the helplessness of reality.
He was not a scholar and could not earn academic honors. Cultivation was impossible for him. That was an ironclad rule.
With a deep sigh, Li Er lowered his head and continued with the day's work.
Invisible Calamity Qi shrouded him, endlessly nourishing his resentment.
Scenes like this were unfolding continuously between the two universes. The resentment in countless hearts was accumulating, and once it reached a critical point, it would erupt.
This was the Supreme Heavenly Lord's plan: use Calamity Qi to infect more people, then wait for the day of final judgment.
Li Qing's Past Body observed and monitored everything, quickly discovering that vast numbers of ordinary lives were accumulating resentment.
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