After a moment's contemplation, Old Daoist Huang said gravely:
"According to the basic texts I have consulted, the Great Dao is flawed. Within incompleteness lies completeness, and within completeness lies incompleteness."
"Just as nothing in this world is perfect."
"Nothing can ever be absolutely incomplete, either."
"Thus, after the Netherworld shattered, many Human Race Powerhouses surmised that a complete Netherworld Edict must still exist in the Shangqing Realm."
"After tens of thousands of years of searching."
"Some cultivators finally found such a place in the Yellow Springs Ruins. Its name was Three Paths Village."
Xu Taiping said, dumbfounded:
"This is actually a place where a complete Netherworld Edict remains?"
Heavenly Lord Xuanbei looked at Old Daoist Huang with considerable appreciation:
"You really do know quite a lot."
Old Daoist Huang smiled sheepishly and said:
"You flatter me, Senior."
Heavenly Lord Xuanbei then said:
"In that case, you can explain to Xu Taiping just what sort of place Three Paths Village is."
Old Daoist Huang said with a fearful expression:
"My knowledge is limited. If I say anything wrong, I hope you two seniors will forgive me."
Heavenly Lord Xuanbei and Daoist Fengzhu said nothing, merely watching Old Daoist Huang in silence.
After giving it careful thought, Old Daoist Huang finally began:
"According to an ancient scroll I read, Three Paths Village was, as its name suggests, merely a small village of eighty or ninety households."
"But when the Netherworld was damaged, a Netherworld Artifact containing a complete Netherworld Edict fell into Three Paths Village."
"In the end, all the villagers were trapped by this edict, unable to enter the cycle of reincarnation. Day after day, year after year, they endlessly repeated the events of the seven days before that Netherworld Artifact fell into the village."
"As for what makes Three