"The abbot of Fire Cloud Temple, Jingkong?"
"He's a Demon Emperor whose strength rivals a Heaven Questioning Realm cultivator's."
Xu Taiping frowned.
When they had discussed Transformation Realm experts earlier, Fairy Lingyue had said that the abbot of Fire Cloud Temple, the Heavenly Wolf King of Cloud Emergence Kingdom, and that Night Demon all possessed strength comparable to the Heaven Questioning Realm.
Now that all the Heaven Shocking Realm experts had gone into hiding, they were the strongest beings in this world.
If they were facing Jingkong, Xu Taiping still felt it was far too dangerous, even if Fairy Lingyue agreed to act.
"Don't worry, Taiping. This time, there's no need to fight to the death. We only need to hold him off for the time it takes an incense stick to burn."
Noticing Xu Taiping's hesitation, the old Martial God Zhu Huai immediately added this.
"Taiping, asking the senior backing you to act is also a last resort."
Zhang Tianze spoke up as well.
"This time, several eminent monks from Cloud-Hidden Temple and the Buddhist temples of Cloud Emergence Kingdom accidentally intercepted a secret report concerning the Nine Abysses. If the report is accurate, the kingdoms of Youyun and the Cultivation World could join forces to deal the Nine Abysses a crippling blow."
"Youyun Heaven would enjoy at least a hundred years of stability."
At this point, Zhang Tianze paused, then continued with an extremely grave expression:
"More importantly, after dealing the Nine Abysses this crippling blow, we'll be able to seize the initiative in the future Heaven-Demon War."
"When that time comes, the Heaven-Demon War that occurs once every six hundred years will take place not on the Heaven-Demon Battlefield, but in the arena of the Heaven-Demon Grand Tournament."
Hearing this stirred something in Xu Taiping's heart.
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