As he spoke, he paused and looked at the Skeleton Queen. "Do you know who is strongest in the Primordial World?"
The Skeleton Queen raised her head and looked up at the sky. "Who else could it be but that one? But he cares only about himself. He has no concern whatsoever for evil ghosts like us."
Venerable Ghost Buddha smiled. "You people truly pay no attention to the affairs of the Primordial World."
"According to the information I gathered, the great Sage, Demon Emperor Daochen, is an anomaly in the Primordial World. His very existence poses a deadly threat to it."
"One day, the Heavenly Dao will surely eliminate him."
The Skeleton Queen looked at him in confusion. "So what? He is the Demon Emperor of the Demon Race. What does he have to do with evil ghosts like us? Although the Heavenly Court hasn't sent anyone to eliminate us, surely he won't come to help us either?"
Venerable Ghost Buddha snorted. "Women truly have long hair and short insight. Do you think beings like us aren't anomalies too?"
"If we were truly meant to exist, the Primordial World wouldn't have deliberately changed its rules and marked us as targets that must be killed."
"Since the Heavenly Dao treats us this way, surely no one can blame us for fighting back?"
"I believe Demon Emperor Daochen shares our enemy and our interests. He will certainly help us."
The Ghost Sages all nodded, as though they had glimpsed a ray of hope.
Come to think of it, their position really was much like Demon Emperor Daochen's.
In truth, if they had not established these evil ghost factions...
They were not, on the whole, bad people.
Take Thousand-Hand Yama, for instance. He had originally been the chief of the Thousand-Hand Tribe,