The number of evil ghosts visible in the images from Xu Taiping's Moonshadow Stone alone already numbered in the hundreds. Those outside its view were bound to be even more numerous.
"That's right. The evil ghosts in there don't number in the dozens or hundreds, but in the thousands upon thousands."
Xu Taiping nodded solemnly and said:
"That's why I need to gather the strength of cultivators from the Five Heavens and enter the ninth layer of the Mysterious Wasteland Tower together."
An understanding look appeared on Sect Master Zhao Qian's face.
With so many evil ghosts, only by gathering the strength of cultivators from the Five Heavens would they have any chance of driving them back.
"Wait."
Something suddenly occurred to Zhao Qian, and he immediately asked Xu Taiping in puzzlement:
"With the Eight Views Dao Palace's capabilities, they couldn't possibly be unaware of this. Yet they didn't make it public just now. Why?"
Xu Taiping smiled at the question before answering:
"Because that senior from the Eight Views Dao Palace wasn't deliberately stopping me from bringing people into the Mysterious Wasteland Tower. He was testing me."
Zhao Qian froze for a moment at this, then realization dawned across his face as he said:
"In other words, the Eight Views Dao Palace actually wants to see someone reach the top of the Mysterious Wasteland Tower and thereby resolve this great calamity facing Mysterious Wasteland Heaven. They just don't quite trust you, Taiping."
"Exactly."
Xu Taiping nodded.
It was precisely because he had seen this that he had discussed it with Fairy Lingyue and decided to earn the Eight Views Dao Palace's trust by offering the slaying of the Snow Domain's Ghost Kings as proof.
What neither he nor Fairy Lingyue had expected, however, was that the legendary Three Sovereigns