The evil ghost felt that the stupidest thing it had ever done was take Qiu Jian in. The second stupidest was letting Qiu Jian lure those three harbingers of disaster here.
They had left it penniless and destitute.
The next time it met other ghosts, it would almost certainly be laughed at.
And then there was its cave...
It simply could not understand. Qiu Jian had been the one pulling all those ridiculous stunts, so why had it been forced to swallow every last bitter fruit?
The evil ghost seethed with resentment. It wanted to resist, and even succumb to corruption.
Of course, for now, it only dared think about any of that.
Corruption? It was certain that if it dared succumb to corruption, that female cultivator holding the glowing sword would send it straight back into the world, without leaving so much as a speck behind.
Now, it could only sigh over how hard a ghost's life was. Fortunately, those three gods of calamity had left after taking its things, rather than continuing to torment it.
Meanwhile, Su Jiu and her two companions, who had already gone some distance, were also discussing the illusion.
"A Jiu, have you figured anything out?"
Su Jiu nodded. "There's a way to break out of this situation, but we need to wait for some people to arrive."
After the Enforcement Hall's group entered the secret realm, disciples from other sects and rogue cultivators followed one after another.
Most had come to look for friends and relatives, though a few hoped to fish in troubled waters and see what was happening inside the secret realm.
After all, once they heard the accounts of cultivators who had emerged, many developed a fresh curiosity and interest in the place.
Then there were cultivators brimming with