"Besides these, there is also all manner of underground intelligence we have gathered here over tens of thousands of years."
Li Qing nodded slightly. Shadow Paper Dolls spread out from beneath his feet, silently sweeping past shelf after shelf.
Li Qing turned to the two of them. "I need some time alone."
The High Wizard and the Waterfall City Lord nodded and turned to leave.
Li Qing silently gathered information.
Inside a palace in the city, the High Wizard and the City Lord sat facing each other.
The City Lord said in a low voice, "High Wizard, what do you think this mysterious cultivator's purpose is?"
The High Wizard's gaze was profound. "I observed him carefully."
"Drawing upon the power of the feng shui configuration, I can confirm that there is almost no trace of Aberrant Contamination on him, although what appeared here was not his true body."
"But the aura of such contamination lingers around one's spirit. Even an incarnation cannot block it."
"His strength is formidable. At the very least, he is a Divine Soul-level cultivator."
"To have no traces of Aberrant Contamination at all is truly astonishing."
"At least, I have never heard of such a thing, nor have I seen it in the records of history."
"From what he told us, we can judge that the world is currently undergoing a great upheaval unseen in ten thousand years."
"A profound transformation is coming. If the Six Paths Investiture of Gods is truly completed—"
"All humanity will be penned in, forever serving as the source of essence for those immortals."
"There will almost be no chance of transcendence again, nor any chance of rebellion."
"Yet we underground have broken away from the surface and formed our own system. With the barrier of the earth's geomagnetic force, the