"That's right!" Old Cao said. "Back in Dao Collapse and Yellow Fall, Young Master saw a lump of Taisui. Later, that Taisui was slain by the Gu Household's Divine Emperor!"
"Actually, it wasn't slain. It was sealed away!"
He Pingsheng spoke up. "Then wasn't that enough?"
"No..." Old Cao shook his head. "Everyone thought that thing had already been sealed by the Gu Household's Divine Emperor, so they gradually let down their guard!"
"In reality, the Gu Household's Divine Emperor only sealed part of it, not all of it!"
"A small lump of Taisui's body was left outside!"
"That small lump lurked in the Dao Collapse and Yellow Fall Deadly Grounds, seizing opportunities to devour low-level living beings and strengthen itself. Then it grew bigger and bigger, bigger and bigger... until eventually, it devoured every living being it saw!"
"And that led to today's Taisui calamity!"
He Pingsheng finally understood!
He had never expected so many twists and turns to be involved.
He asked, "So this power of incense offerings is meant to seal that thing?"
"Yes, Young Master!" Old Cao said. "If it were an ordinary Taisui, a Divine Emperor could seal it. But this Taisui has grown far too large. Even three thousand Divine Emperors working together couldn't seal it completely, so the only option is to gather power of incense offerings to counteract the curses and resentment on it. As for... exactly how that works, this old servant doesn't know!"
"Heh heh heh... in any case, it requires a vast amount of power of incense offerings!"
"I heard that without power of incense offerings, a Divine Emperor would have to be offered as a blood sacrifice!"
"So Taisui really is a terrifying thing!"
Hiss, hiss, hiss...
Even He Pingsheng drew a deep breath upon hearing that. *Good