The Zhongzhou Sect's Nascent Soul elder Wei Chengzi had attempted to assassinate Zhao Layue and then been silenced. That had been that person's arrangement.
The Ghost-Eyed Ling in Turbid Waters and the Western Prince's plan, followed by the affair involving Liu S sui, had also been that person's arrangements.
The shadow of the Nether Department lay behind both affairs, showing that even now, that person still held considerable influence over it.
The Nether Emperor's face was too pale to show a darkening expression, but the strange gleam in his eyes revealed his anger.
Those slaves whose audacity reached the heavens, those useless good-for-nothings, had actually willingly let a human command them...
Just as he was about to denounce them, he suddenly thought of his own predicament and fell silent.
After a moment of silence, he asked, "Where did Taiping's prestige come from? Do those slaves still not know that he was the villain who brought this upon me?"
Jing Jiu said, "He entered the Netherworld again three hundred years ago. With his abilities and the foundations he left in the Nether Department, gaining his current prestige wasn't particularly difficult. If no one stops him, once he regains his cultivation realm and strength and enters the Netherworld again, no one will be able to stop whatever he does."
The Nether Emperor stared into his eyes and said, "You think Taiping will shake the foundations of the Nether Department?"
Jing Jiu said, "No new Nether Emperor has emerged because you cannot designate a successor, but the more important reason is that the Nether Master has refused to enthrone a new emperor in your name. But this also means he cannot wage war on the human world again and can only barely maintain the situation. If that person enters the Netherworld again, what