Come to think of it, why did the scene before him look more familiar the longer he stared...?
Zhang Yuan frowned, fixing his gaze on the Ya Kingdom beyond the grand formation. He had an inexplicable sense of déjà vu, as though it were something he saw often.
Something I see often?
The [Great Grotto Yin-Scenery Immortal Domain]?
Sure enough, bloody light pierced the skies above the Ya Kingdom, white mist spread everywhere, and chilling Yin Qi abounded. It really did bear some resemblance to his own Dao Domain, the [Great Grotto Yin-Scenery Immortal Domain].
Of course, it was only a resemblance. The [Great Grotto Yin-Scenery Immortal Domain] did not contain so many Nether Bureau Ghost Soldiers and Ghost Officials. Moreover, its Qi of Earth Sha was merely a byproduct of the evolution of Yin and Yang. It held only a single strand of cinnabar yang fire qi, without so much as a strand of great yin spirit qi or mysterious yin death qi.
The [Ketu Thorn] resides within the Nether Bureau. Now Heaven and Earth are shrouded in darkness, and Solar Yang fails to rise, supplanted by Great Yin. This perfectly matches the golden position conceptual image of warding off calamity and swallowing stars, wielding Yang in the sun's stead and Yin in the moon's stead. In that case, everything beyond the Capital City is no different from the Netherworld. Is this actually Wu Duanzhuo's Truth-Seeking Rite?
Zhang Yuan pondered this, but something still felt wrong.
First, the heavenly laws forbade anyone from Seeking Truth and ascending to their position for five hundred years. Then there was the rule that Golden Core True Lords could not act during the year and ten months preceding the end of those five hundred years.
In Zhang Yuan's view, if Wu Duanzhuo truly