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Even the realm that Qin Zheng had just broken through was completely stabilized under the gentle brush of the Tao Rhythm contained in this statement.

At this moment, Daode Tianzun continued speaking: "In the past, before transcending, we fabricated our own Other Shore Avatars to prevent the disappearance of the other shore and the occupation by the neglected pollution when the Chaos Sea lost top-level combat power."

Upon hearing this, Qin Zheng’s eyes slightly narrowed. It turned out that the Other Shore Avatars were fabricated by the other shores themselves. Previously, he had thought they were created by the Heavenly Emperor using the power of the Spirit Ancient Dao Soldiers.

But thinking carefully, if the Heavenly Emperor had fabricated these avatars, there would be no reason he couldn’t completely activate them, only able to invoke their weak power through the Formation.

Many thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant.

Daode Tianzun’s voice continued: "Though we tried our best to overestimate the dangers of the Polluted Land, when we joined forces to transcend and delved inside, we still underestimated the peril within."

"That battle was earth-shaking, and the dangers within are hard to describe. Even the contingencies we left in the Chaos Sea had to be drawn out to combat the beings in the Polluted Land."

"Therefore, the Primordial, the Spiritual Treasure, the Buddha, and the Demon Saint all withdrew their Other Shore Dojos, leaving only the Eight Scenic Palace as the sole venue in the Thirty-Three Heavens."

"And our Other Shore Avatars also fell in that battle. Faced with the invasion from the Polluted Land, we simply couldn’t spare the effort to search for them, which allowed the Heavenly Emperor to seize them amid the chaos."

Qin Zheng, with a look of doubt in his eyes, immediately asked, "Since you saints can fabricate avatars of the Other Shore Level, why separate consciousness from the body instead of leaving an Other Shore Level avatar directly?"

If it was to leave behind Other Shore-level combat power to prevent pollution from occupying the Chaos Sea, then leaving an avatar should suffice. Why bother separating body and consciousness?

Daode Tianzun looked at Qin Zheng, his expression remaining calm, and simply replied with two words: "Transcendence."

Upon hearing this, Qin Zheng pondered slightly before suddenly realizing.

After Haotian’s transcendence and the arrival of the Polluted Land, many on the other shores in the Chaos Sea extinguished thoughts of transcendence, yet over time, they eventually touched that realm.

Thus, the event of countless others joining forces to transcend and break into the Polluted Land occurred millions of years ago.

Had the transcended others left their Other Shore level avatars, time would once again accumulate, and the avatars would eventually face transcendence.

Opening the passage to the Polluted Land once or twice, any mistake could lead to the Chaos Sea being completely occupied by pollution, rendering the avatars meaningless.

Therefore, by separating the body and consciousness of the avatars, an Other Shore Avatar became a consciousness-less Other Shore corpse while the consciousness merged with the dojo’s Qi Mechanism; neither could cultivate.

Only when the inevitable pollution reappeared would the sect disciples merge the Other Shore Avatar in the dojo with the consciousness, allowing an Other Shore-level avatar to manifest and tackle the pollution.

This was a solution carefully devised by the others on the other shore.

Daode Tianzun continued, "After Haotian transcended, creating a passage between the Chaos Sea and the Polluted Land, last time Haotian sacrificed someone to seal the passage. But this time, the Polluted Land was well-prepared."

"Though over thirty of us joined forces to transcend, we faced opponents double our number, and many Daoist friends fell as soon as they entered the Polluted Land."

"In this battle, we expended tens of times the effort of Haotian, only barely re-sealing the passage between the Polluted Land and the Chaos Sea, yet some pollution still fell into the Chaos Sea."

At this, Daode Tianzun’s gaze turned towards the direction of the Eight Trigrams Purple Gold Furnace, speaking, "Xuandu, realizing the immense strength of the fallen pollution, rushed to prove the Tao of the other shore, leading to a hasty failure."

Qin Zheng’s eyes flickered as he looked at Daode Tianzun, asking with a serious expression, "May I ask, Heavenly Venerable, what exactly is inside the Polluted Land?"

Daode Tianzun withdrew his gaze from the Purple Gold Furnace and turned to Qin Zheng, his expression unexpectedly grave: "It’s a piece of land cursed, with twisted Tao, inverted yin and yang, utter chaos."

"Surviving on such lands are utterly mad creatures, powerful in realm, the weakest being of the Spirit Ancient Realm, or the Transcendence Level." freeweɓnovēl.coɱ

With this revelation, Qin Zheng connected it to the information Dao Xuan had told him, understanding that Daode Tianzun referred to the curse of the Ancient Clan Dao Xuan had spoken of!

And those twisted, mad creatures are the Polluted Land or might have once been strong beings of the Ancient One Realm in the Nine Provinces!

Any presence in the Nine Provinces that touches on the power of the Ancient One Realm suffers the curse from the Ancient Clan, either having their flesh and soul withered or turning into mindless monsters.

Much like Dao Xuan before being purified by the Merit Scroll, rotten all over, mindless, merely spreading the pollution curse by instinct!

As thoughts churned in Qin Zheng’s mind, he asked again, "Do you, Heavenly Venerable, have any knowledge of the current situation in the Polluted Land, and what are the saints’ current circumstances?"

This time, Daode Tianzun shook his head gently, replying immediately, "After the passage between the Chaos Sea and the Polluted Land was re-sealed, I could no longer sense the situation of my true self over there."

"Their current circumstances, whether alive or dead, or consumed by cursed pollution into mindless monsters, are all unknown to me."

Qin Zheng nodded upon hearing this.

Daode Tianzun also fell silent.

The hall descended into silence.

Several breaths later,

Daode Tianzun’s gaze turned mysteriously towards Qin Zheng, speaking again, "Since the fellow Daoist is awake, why not come out and meet?"

Hearing this, Qin Zheng’s heart stirred. He understood that Daode Tianzun wasn’t speaking to him but addressing Dao Xuan within the Mountain and Sea Scroll.

As Daode Tianzun’s voice fell,

Swish!

The Mountain and Sea Scroll appeared in front of Qin Zheng, and as it unfurled, the figure of a young Taoist emerged in the hall.

"This humble Taoist, Dao Xuan, greets fellow Daoist."

Dao Xuan bowed with clasped hands.

Daode Tianzun also stood slowly, returning the bow to Dao Xuan, responding, "This humble Taoist is Taishang."

After the two exchanged words, there was a brief silence before Daode Tianzun spoke first, "Though your body perished, the revival of spirituality and return of reason isn’t without a path to resurrection."

Dao Xuan gently shook his head, replying, "It’s not out of arrogance, but that with my current realm, the Chaos Sea cannot nurture a vessel for my Divine Soul."

"As for the Nine Provinces, now fallen into curses, even if there are treasures capable of nurturing a body for me, they are likely filled with curse power and not to be touched lightly."

Daode Tianzun nodded understandingly and glanced towards Qin Zheng.

Dao Xuan immediately spoke, "My revival of spirituality and reason is indeed reliant on the assistance from Mr. Qin."

"I have transformed my own power into divine skills granted to Mr. Qin and divided the remaining power of my last wisp of remnant soul into three parts, promising three acts for Mr. Qin."

"Indeed, I have no more to give now."

Dao Xuan ended with a bitter smile.

Qin Zheng gained an insight, realizing that Daode Tianzun was subtly hinting at receiving benefits ostensibly meant for Dao Xuan’s revival.

Indeed, a ploy from one’s elder!

Hearing this, Daode Tianzun gently shook his head, brushing past the topic, and asked again, "You, as one from the Nine Provinces, can you tell me why it has fallen to its current state?"

Dao Xuan pondered briefly before nodding, "I’ve previously shared the reasons and my speculations with Mr. Qin, but since you wish to hear, I can recount them once more."

Having said that, Dao Xuan began to relay the information he had previously shared with Qin Zheng.

The Ancient Realm...

The Ancient Clan...

The curse of the Ancient Clan...

All sorts of information flowed swiftly into Daode Tianzun’s ears.

Simultaneously,

Somewhere in the darkness of the Chaos Sea,

strands of filthy black gas coalesced, slowly forming an imposing figure...