NOVPUB"Divine Master?"
Wang Ba looked towards Yao Wudi with confusion:
"Master, what exactly is a Divine Master?"
Yao Wudi did not hold back and explained:
"According to the information given to me by the Sect, a Divine Master is the highest level of existence among the Evil gods of the Kingdom of Thousands Gods."
"These Evil gods are divided into five ranks, with the lowest being ’God Seed,’ roughly only at the Nascent Soul stage. After that, there are Third-Order Gods, Second-rank Gods, First-rank Gods, and Divine Masters."
"Currently, the Kingdom of Immortals has three Divine Masters, who are ’God of Longevity,’ ’Mother Goddess,’ and ’God of War.’"
"Is the Yin God a Divine Master?"
Wang Ba exclaimed in surprise.
Yao Wudi nodded and carefully scanned the gold paper again, then confirmed:
"Yin’s Great Dream Sutra... More than a hundred years ago, among several Evil gods who had fallen in the Kingdom of Immortals, there was a false god known as ’Dream Master,’ who was one of the two earliest Divine Masters to appear in the Kingdom of Immortals. The Sect has conducted a detailed inquiry and recorded information about this deity."
Wang Ba couldn’t help but frown slightly, puzzled:
"Master, if a First-rank God is close to a Cultivator at Mid Conversion Stage, and a Divine Master is even above a First-rank God—possibly not at the Late Nascent Soul Stage but still wielding the power of the Mid Phase of Huashen—such beings, they should not have been killable by anyone in the fallen Wu Dynasty, including the Qi Dynasty, the Chu Dynasty, right? So who acted against them?"
Hearing Wang Ba’s question, Yao Wudi’s expression became a bit more solemn, as if thinking of some daunting existence, and he said gravely:
"You shouldn’t have been told this, to avoid disturbing your Dao-heart... Do you know why, despite only having one primitive Demonic Sect to be proud of, Yan could still stand on equal footing with Jin, which boasts three major Sect families, and sometimes even seems to slightly have the upper hand?"
Wang Ba, although not understanding why his master did not clarify directly, was still curious and asked:
"Why is that?"
Yao Wudi stated word by word:
"This is because inside the primitive Demonic Sect, there is a hidden Void Refining!"
"Void Refining?!"
"The primitive Demonic Sect actually harbors such an existence?"
Wang Ba’s face showed a surprised expression, and then he suddenly had an epiphany, exclaiming:
"Was it that Void Refining from the primitive Demonic Sect who took action?"
Yao Wudi was very pleased with Wang Ba’s quick reaction and then nodded with a solemn expression:
"Correct, this Void Refining from the primitive Demonic Sect has never attempted Crossing Tribulation for Cultivation Ascension, nor has he shown himself. Jin once suspected that he had perished due to prolonged meditation. Unexpectedly, over a hundred years ago, this Void Refining suddenly appeared in the Kingdom of Immortals. The Sect is unclear about what exactly happened, only knowing that several Evil gods fell."
Wang Ba couldn’t help but express his curiosity:
"Why would the Void Refining from the primitive Demonic Sect act against the Evil gods of the Kingdom of Immortals? Could it be that the Evil gods of the Kingdom of Immortals provoked him?"
"We don’t know that."
Yao Wudi shook his head:
"However, it was after that incident, when the Kingdom of Immortals, which only occupied a corner of the Wu Dynasty and used to skirmish on a small scale, began its rapid expansion into foreign territories."
"Before long, they completely occupied Wu."
"The Elders within our Sect discussed this matter before and suspect that the Kingdom of Immortals has mostly been subdued by the primitive Demonic Sect, wary of that Void Refining. Jin did not intervene, mainly because not long after, the Great Flood occurred..."
Wang Ba, listening to the causes and consequences recounted by Yao Wudi, gradually clarified the timeline in his mind.
More than a hundred years ago, the Void Refining from the primitive Demonic Sect, for some unknown reason, acted against the still small power of the Kingdom of Immortals, killing several Evil gods led by the Yin God.
And according to the information he once obtained from the Incense-burning Dao Cultivator of the Yin God Lineage, this Void Refining also used some means to forcibly erase everyone’s memory of the "Book of Yin God’s Grand Dream," and destroyed all statues of the Yin God.
This caused the Cultivators from the Yin God Lineage to lose their Cultivation Method and rendered them unable to cultivate by meditating on the Yin Shen Statue.
Several decades later, he entered the East Saint Sect and became a laborer for Ding 87 Villa.
After encountering Old Sun, a descendant of the Yin God Lineage Cultivator spreading beliefs, he received the rubbing of "Book of Yin God’s Grand Dream" as a gift.
Afterward, when the Demonic Sect of the Chu Dynasty, Tianmen Cult, sought to seize control of the East Saint Sect and a Cultivator of the Yin God Lineage traveled tens of thousands of miles to snatch the "Book of Yin God’s Grand Dream," he got caught up in the clash of forces, drifting with the tide, relying on luck and effort to ultimately escape from Chen State.
Later in Yan State, he met Martial Uncle Tang Ji and his master and eventually became a disciple of the Myriad Phenomena Sect, thus freeing himself from the endless strife of the lower-tier countries...
A change from more than a hundred years ago in a land tens of thousands of miles away dramatically altered his life.
After all the twists and turns, who would have thought that today he would return to Chen State, back to the East Saint Sect.
Yet times have changed, and so have the people.
"After saying so much, you should realize how special this Cultivation Method in your hands is."
Yao Wudi frowned and said, "This method is said to have somehow vanished among the Yin God’s lineage of Cultivators. According to the Sect’s speculation, it is mostly related to the Void Refining of the primitive Demonic Sect, only it’s unknown why he did it."
"He considered the Yin God a threat, so he preemptively extinguished it?"
Wang Ba pondered for a moment before voicing his speculation.
"That’s a possibility... But the Sect knows far too little about the Evil gods of the Kingdom of Immortals. As for the truth, who can be sure?"
Yao Wudi shook his head.
"Then, Master, did you say earlier that this is the Incense Fire into Deity?"
Wang Ba suddenly remembered a key term that the other party had mentioned.
Yao Wudi nodded and said:
