439 Betrayed

He Ping remembered very clearly that when he had fought Great Sun Martial Venerable, Little Stone Buddha had contributed as well, yet had never told him this secret.

If the Spiritual Resonance Dao Brush and Painting Gu Spirit Insect of the Painting Immortal Path were so convenient, why had he needed to expend so much effort fighting Great Sun Martial Venerable to the death back then? He might even have had a chance to seize the Divine Diagram hidden behind the bronze gate.

Little Stone Buddha fell briefly silent before his voice drifted out calmly.

"The Cloud Heaven Dao Palace's arrangements are more complicated than you imagine. There is another gate within the bronze gates that has yet to be opened—a gate even the Other Shore wishes to open.

"Furthermore, Great Sun Martial Venerable and the final diagram of the Six Paths Diagram are hidden within for other reasons. The time is not yet ripe to retrieve that diagram."

"The time is not yet ripe?"

He Ping suddenly recalled that there were indeed three enormous gates deep within the Eight Sounds Heavenly Palace. One was connected to the inheritance of the Five Calamity Divine Weapons; of the remaining two, one sealed Great Sun Martial Venerable, while the other sealed another unknown being.

"It has something to do with the Other Shore?"

If Little Stone Buddha spoke the truth, then the destruction of the Cloud Heaven Dao Palace at the hands of a mysterious expert was rather thought-provoking.

"The Cloud Heaven Dao Palace was once a great sect that dominated the Nine Provinces of Central Huan. At the height of its prosperity, it surpassed even the later Taiyi Daoist Prefecture and Sanyuan Devil Palace. Yet such an unparalleled lineage, such a mighty power ruling an entire region, seemed to pass from