Dongfang Yuejian nodded and said:
"So most Upper Realm Forces would rather sacrifice a few powerful treasures than resort to such methods, lest they give others grounds for criticism."
"The reason Ningchan Cave would do this is that it followed the crooked path of demons and heretics in the Upper Realm to begin with."
"Rumor has it that what their sect enshrines is a Heaven-Outside Evil God."
After hearing Dongfang Yuejian's explanation, Xu Taiping nodded slightly, understanding dawning on his face.
Dongfang Yuejian continued:
"As for the second method, it involves exchanging the power of sacrifices for Divine Intent bestowed by certain true immortals, or even golden immortals, who have already ascended to the Immortal Realm, using it to briefly resist the Shangqing Realm's Heavenly Dao Edict."
Xu Taiping's gaze sharpened at her words, and he said:
"That sounds very similar to how cultivators in Mysterious Wasteland Heaven use the Heaven-Questioning Bell inside the Mysterious Wasteland Tower to summon Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland's Divine Intent."
"Exactly." Dongfang Yuejian nodded. "But the sacrificial offerings capable of summoning Divine Intent are usually extraordinarily precious. Even among those Upper Realm Forces in the Land of Chaos beyond the heavens, very few can produce them."
Hearing this, Xu Taiping felt that the threshold Upper Realm cultivators had to cross to descend to the Lower Realm seemed no lower than he had imagined.
"But why have I encountered so many Upper Realm cultivators descending to the Lower Realm lately?"
Xu Taiping then explained his doubts to Dongfang Yuejian beside him.
At his words, Dongfang Yuejian immediately knitted her delicate brows and said:
"Daoist Taiping, you aren't imagining it. There have indeed been far more Upper Realm cultivators descending lately than in the past."
"As for the reason..."
After a brief pause, Dongfang Yuejian looked up