"I was careless!"
After hearing the headless corpse's account, Li Ling's expression grew grave.
A mighty cultivator of the Netherworld Sect had plotted against him at every turn, using a ghost marriage to draw a thread between them, laying a hidden trail that stretched a thousand miles and entangled him in the karma of the dead.
Before a truly mighty cultivator, intelligence, wisdom, quick judgment-all had their limits.
They had ample means and power to lay such a scheme, and could bear the consequences of failure. Thus, they had greater patience to wait for a seed to sprout, grow, and become a towering tree.
Had he never risen to prominence, this supposed blood descendant would have been nothing more than a pawn to discard at will.
But now, with this woman entangled in his karma, she had become a bargaining chip capable of influencing him.
Li Ling had to consider not only how the Heavenly Court perceived him, but also what his wife, Mu Qingsi, would think, as well as the future of his sect and its Dao Path.
The Incense Path had originally been a righteous, constructive path, naturally inclined toward the Heavenly Court. If it entered the Underworld and followed the ways of the dead, it would become something entirely different.
His fate was not his alone. It also concerned his disciples and hundreds of millions of living beings. He could not afford to treat it lightly.
Li Ling soon calmed down and said evenly, "You must be joking, Demon Venerable. Lin Rouniang's soul is still in my hands. How could she have gone to the Underworld to wait for me?"
The headless corpse said, "Do not forget that her body was also transported back to the sect."
That worked too?
The look the Vast Dharma Heavenly Lord