Master of Strange Dao

The massive pillar of light swept forward, stopping in front of Yu Ziqing, the swirling winds roaring up from the ground, as if there were endless power continuously erupting.

Yu Ziqing could feel the Mountain Lord's rage, truly more terrifying than a real volcanic eruption.

It was said before that the Mountain Lord was the pinnacle of pure power among the human race throughout history, but now it seems that was an understatement.

In terms of pure power, other races probably couldn't find anything comparable.

The Mountain Lord's shortcomings are likely in his mastery of the mysterious arts, but in terms of pure power, he has no rivals.

Yu Ziqing felt a burning sense of stinging pain all over his skin, and couldn't help but retreat slightly, fearing that if the Mountain Lord lost control, he might end up being collateral damage.

"What about those useless guys?"

"Cha Wang unfortunately died of illness.

The Heavenly Devil King split into thousands and most of them ran away.

This is the first layer of the Abyss, teeming with demons, the main territory of King Jiunian. Although he has almost lost all his power, he still managed to escape smoothly.

The Crisis Devil King came out a bit slow, exhausted his power, and might have accidentally been infected by the Disease Devil King, and was confined in this bamboo slip."

Yu Ziqing raised the black and gray bamboo slip in his hand.

This object was initially that blank Book of Extermination, first sunk by Yu Ziqing into the shards of the rank of powerless Cha Wang.

It became the foundation to absorb power, unexpectedly not dissipating after Cha Wang died of illness.

The process of his death, or rather his medical records, became a new Book of Extermination.

Of course, now it's not called the Book of Extermination, and hasn't been named yet.

Yu Ziqing felt that no name seemed quite appropriate, calling it a medical record might be fitting, but it seemed to diminish its prestige.

Oh well, it's best left nameless for now.

The Mountain Lord, upon hearing this, fell silent.

Upon arrival, he found that the gateway was not in the current world but in the Abyss, which was already a bit unexpected.

Now hearing that Cha Wang died of illness...

In this brief time, from Cha Wang being in the dark world to everything now, too much has happened, too much information, leaving him a bit shocked.

Seeing the Mountain Lord silent, Yu Ziqing quickly explained at lightning speed.

"The story mostly begins a long time ago, when these useless guys were first suppressed, back then Cha Wang... blah blah blah..."

Yu Ziqing explained his deductions, then elaborated on how Cha Wang unfortunately died of illness.

"That's basically it. Given he's the Disease Devil King, if he couldn't contract a disease, he wouldn't be qualified to be called the Disease Devil King, as his rank wouldn't permit it.

Sort of like the God of Slaying, surely powerful enough to even kill himself."

"So, from the beginning, these guys were all interconnected and prepared to return all at once?"

"I guess that was their plan, otherwise it would be one returning at a time, like the Calabash Brothers saving their grandpa.

After Dadui returned, Evil Dao cultivators began to create disturbances, and the Great Mistake started to spread.

Over here, nothing was managed at all, letting the Great Mistake spread at an increasingly insane speed.

That probably went against their expectations.

Based on my deductions, they expected to encounter very strong resistance.

Everyone, all the cultivators, were supposed to exert every effort to resist the Great Mistake.

So, from mortals unable to perform Qi Refinement, to the First, Second, Third Tier, and even Fourth-tier and above cultivators starting to scatter Qi.

According to ancient human spirit, surely able to resist strongly, at least temporarily.

Until the Great Mistake brewed sufficiently to restore gateway fragments, possibly needing several hundred years.

During these hundreds of years, massive consumption of energy and foundation would occur.

Then those suppressed beneath the Abyss in the darkness.

Along with the Yang Devil in the Extremely Cold Forbidden Land, the one in the Void, and the Seven Yin King hiding constantly.

According to the plan, they should all return simultaneously during that period.

The result at that time, surely with no one able to resist."

"Who's the Calabash Brothers?"

"That's not important..."

Yu Ziqing sighed, why are they all getting the focus wrong?

In some respects, Cha Wang's plan was very good.

But his understanding of humans remained in a very distant era, still thinking of humans as those who, even top-tier powerhouses, appeared unreliable but at critical moments could smile and sacrifice.

Who would've thought, the epoch has changed, the Great Mistake appeared, four Divine Dynasties either voluntarily lay down or were forced to lie down...

The epic struggle crossing hundreds of years against the Great Mistake, consuming foundation and power, simply didn't appear.

Furthermore, some major forces fled with their baggage at the beginning, while others directly sealed mountains and vanished.

Even though after Dadui returned, opened the path to the Tenth Tier, breaking through the Tenth Tier isn't easy, and even if someone can break through to the Tenth Tier, the gap between just breaking through and the Tenth Tier Peak is absurdly large.

If the plan proceeded according to Cha Wang's vision, indeed it couldn't be halted.

Expecting the Mountain Lord alone to block everything, that's simply impossible.

The Mountain Lord's power is strong, adept only at killing, not at protection.

Like the Heavenly Devil King, appearing and then splitting into thousands, with even one avatar undying, the Heavenly Devil King can't die.

Even though a Heavenly Devil True Name Spell was developed to target the Heavenly Demon, whether it can kill the Heavenly Devil King remains uncertain.