Master of Strange Dao

The Mud Sea of the Muddied World slowly returned to its former peace, even more stable than before.

In the depths of the Mud Sea of the Muddied World, without any True Form or True Name, the Great Devil with incomplete rank thoroughly calmed down, falling into deep thought here.

Even now, he still didn't understand why things happened this way, and what puzzled him even more was why the Seizing Dao was so... so effortlessly achieved, like a mere crush.

He felt a fear that came from deep within his heart.

Even though he had faced generations of ruthless humans, be it sinister, most adept at deceiving others, or with incredibly strong power,

he had never felt this kind of fear from the depths of his heart.

Because he was certain, even that fierce tiger couldn't possibly annihilate him completely.

He was different from Cha Wang; Cha Wang's strength wasn't great, and he always considered contingency plans for everything, even in the direst situations, he could quickly set up a backup plan.

Momentary success or failure, momentary disadvantage, didn't mean much to them.

They were confident they would always return, rising and falling, sending away generation after generation of ruthless humans.

They would arrange things that couldn't even be perceived, stretching the entire plan across an era, or even two eras.

When the humans who won the war back then slowly entered decline and began to weaken, they would return and stand once more in the position that originally belonged to them.

The time spent in between was of little concern to them.

Without the shackles of lifespan from both inside and out, the thoughts of All Gods would fundamentally differ from humans.

Their greatest advantage was time; time always stood on their side.

And with the Undying, then, on a sufficiently long time scale, even if they didn't immediately achieve victory, they were innately in an undefeated position.

They could make mistakes, constantly make mistakes.

There would always be opportunities to recover.

In fact, they didn't even feel they lost, they were just at a disadvantage.

After outlasting those ruthless figures of the past, with only a few remaining, their disadvantage would grow less apparent.

Yet on this long time scale, the humans who seemed to have won the war back then couldn't afford mistakes.

A major blunder could mean losing everything with no chance to recover.

After suffering a significant loss, All Gods would certainly not offer a second chance for cultivators to rise.

Initially, everything was running smoothly, with humans constantly weakening, and they only needed to wait quietly for the right time to return.

But somewhere, at some time, a massive error occurred, changing everything.

The error was so great it could even annihilate Cha Wang.

Now, even the Seizing Dao could be so effortlessly achieved.

Rank was the essence of the All Gods' power; if someone could really seize their rank completely, that so-called All Gods would face a true twilight.

Time and the Undying would become meaningless.

He felt some fear; was it possible that such a smooth Seizing Dao would happen again?

The next time, and the time after next, happening multiple times, the Dao would be entirely seized.

They once believed that the start of the Seizing Dao by humans back then was impossible to replicate; even Shi couldn't.

Now all had changed; everything seemed different.

The Great Devil began to fear and then started to proactively contact others.

The Heavenly Devil King had no response, nor did King Jiunian; these could be understood, hiding and waiting for recovery, as exposure would be troublesome.

Yet the Great Devil could sense the presence of the Heavenly Devil King and King Jiunian, and indeed felt that his call was heard by them.

However, when he called upon the Seven Yin King, it was as if this figure was already dead; the call vanished without trace, and the Great Devil couldn't feel whether the Seven Yin King was truly dead or not.

The Great Devil suppressed the fear, restraining from reckless actions.

With the Seven Yin King like this, he wouldn't even feel anger; he might even sigh and acknowledge the Seven Yin King's level of concealment, which was truly becoming higher, to the point where even the All Gods who once knew him best couldn't determine if he still existed.

The Great Devil then turned to call upon the Cliff Divine King, and this time received a response.

The two built a connection, carefully exchanging intelligence; the Cliff Divine King also wanted to know what exactly the Great Devil had gone through.

However, after hearing him out, the Cliff Divine King still couldn't make a judgment.

Because the Mountain Lord moved, the Four Divine Dynasties moved, and even the True Dragon emerged.

The Great Devil only sensed that the process of the Seizing Dao was like breaking through bamboo, almost without obstacles, so swift that he barely noticed before it was over.

Others were even more helpless.

Everyone moved, who could clearly confirm who it really was?

Impossible, it could only be confirmed as humans, that's all.

The Great Devil and the Cliff Divine King communicated for a long time, sharing his thoughts, his ideas about Cha Wang's death, and all his notions and sensing about the Seizing Dao.

Two words instantly emerged in the Cliff Divine King's mind.

"Hungry ghost."

"Yes, it's definitely that, everything started with the appearance of the hungry ghost.

And even more, the Hungry Ghost Dao.

This was the greatest mistake, an unchangeable mistake.

It had to be this, no other possibility."

A large amount of information was shared by the Cliff Divine King with the Great Devil of the Mud Sea.

After sharing intelligence, the two communicated for a long time again.

After disconnecting, the Great Devil quietly pondered.