"This is……"
As soon as he entered the boundary wall, Elder Fu suddenly froze.
He suddenly noticed two brand-new travel marks in the boundary wall, one going in and one going out. Judging from the marks, the two were no more than a quarter of an hour apart.
"Damn it! Has a powerful expert secretly infiltrated the desolate region?"
Elder Fu was enraged. His mind raced, and he instantly thought of terrible things.
Those who can enter the desolate region must be at least at the level of a God Emperor, while those who can capture Mo Hao in less than a quarter of an hour must be at least at the mid-stage of a God Emperor.
The key lies in...
During this time, Mohao was unable to send him a message.
This is not something that a mere mid-stage God Emperor could easily achieve; it is more likely to be a late-stage God Emperor, or even a God Emperor at the peak of his power.
Even if Mo Hao, the God Emperor, was weak at the early stage of cultivation, he could still react immediately when facing an enemy and send a message to him right away.
But the truth is... no!
"Who exactly is it?"
Elder Fu was furious. He forced himself to calm down and used his immense spiritual power to carefully scan the two traces of passage, trying to obtain more information from the aura within them.
However, the result disappointed him greatly.
"The energy is too chaotic; we can't get any useful information at all. This is intentional!"
Elder Fu couldn't help but grit his teeth.
One in and one out means that if they were enemies, they would have already left the wasteland.
"A quarter of an hour, that's too fast, just a quarter of an hour..."
Elder Fu's teeth chattered as he thought of the lost Ten Thousand Souls Banner. Suddenly, something occurred to him, and his expression changed drastically. He thought to himself, "Could it be... that Mo Hao is colluding with someone from the inside?"
Thinking of this, he hurriedly sent a message back to the sect, asking the other God Emperor disciples to inquire whether there was a problem with Mo Hao's life bead.
He was too anxious just now, worrying about both his Ten Thousand Souls Banner and Lu Tao's secret being exposed, so he didn't have time to think about this matter.
In fact.
He already had the answer in his heart.
The reason is that if Mo Hao had truly perished, this information would definitely have been conveyed to me immediately.
really.
In an instant, he received a reply: "Junior Brother Mo's life bead is fine!"
This result caused Elder Fu to tremble uncontrollably. "Was it really him who conspired with other God Emperors to plot against my Myriad Soul Banner? To plot against the opportunity on Lu Tao's body?"
No! I don't believe it!
As if to convince himself, Elder Fu took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed his emotions; he couldn't believe it was possible!
call--
Elder Fu forced himself to calm down. While sensing the aura in the traces of entry and exit, he quickly headed towards the desolate region.
soon.
Elder Fu then crossed the boundary wall, but to his regret, he did not obtain any useful clues from the two marks of entry and exit.
For example, which god-emperor it originated from, or the fluctuations in divine soul aura, inner energy fluctuations, the type of great path cultivated, and so on.
I gained nothing.
Buzz—
Elder Fu released a massive amount of divine soul power, which spread across the entire desolate region.
He instantly took in everything within the desolate region.
However, what made him tremble was that not only had Mo Hao disappeared, but the other disciples of Tianyu Sect had also vanished without a trace, and even the other creatures that had gathered in Tianzhou had disappeared as well.
Where are they?
"Where are my Tianyu Sect disciples?"
"Mo Hao, where is Mo Hao?"
...
Elder Fu looked at the vast, desolate wasteland and couldn't help but roar, his powerful voice spreading throughout the entire wasteland.
But this did not elicit any response.
"Damn it! What on earth happened?"
Elder Fu felt like he was going crazy; he simply couldn't believe what he was seeing with his divine sense.
In that vast wasteland, all those countless creatures had vanished.
He had no idea what was happening here.
Whoosh!
Suddenly, Elder Fu seemed to have discovered something. He teleported directly into a city where there was an Ascension Pool, and a perfectly intact array covered the pool.
"The formation is intact, but a great battle has taken place outside the formation!"
Elder Fu sensed everything around him, and through the deliberately concealed traces in the city, he knew that a great battle had taken place here.
But what angered him was that nothing was left at the scene.
Whoosh!
He teleported again, heading to another city.
Similarly, a great battle once took place here, and the great formation remained intact, with all traces of the battle wiped clean.
Swish swish——
Elder Fu teleported repeatedly, heading to one city after another.
Many scenes were captured on camera.
What darkened his expression was that all the cities with Ascension Pools had their grand formations intact, without any damage whatsoever.
Outside the great formation, battles had taken place everywhere.
Whoosh!
Finally, Elder Fu arrived in Tianzhou.
"It seems like quite a few lives have died here!"
In Tianzhou, Elder Fu finally obtained quite a few clues, but these clues were merely some mixed traces of bloodshed.
Through these auras, he vaguely sensed that the fallen one's cultivation level was not high.
seem……
They were all creatures from the desolate land.
"how so?"
Elder Fu muttered to himself, somewhat dazed, "In a quarter of an hour, hundreds of cities simultaneously erupted in a great battle, and all traces were cleaned up at the same time, without any accidents, and... even Mo Hao couldn't stop it!"
"Such methods... how many forces in the entire Jade Dragon Heaven could do this?"
Elder Fu was bewildered; he didn't know.
The key point is that these powerful individuals coordinated so perfectly. They attacked simultaneously on hundreds of battlefields, handled everything flawlessly, and captured everyone alive...
If even one of them were to perish, he would know in advance and rush to stop it.
But this unexpected event did not occur.
Not only did they perfectly capture Tianyu Sect disciples alive on hundreds of battlefields, including God Kings and God Emperors, but they also took Mo Hao away, along with all the beings of the Desolate Region.
This looks exactly like the work of a traitor from Heaven.
"But...it doesn't make sense!"
Elder Fu rubbed his temples, feeling like his head was about to explode.
If they were spies from Heaven, there would be no reason for them to act at this time. Aren't they afraid of being exposed?
You need to know.
To accomplish all this so perfectly, with hundreds of battlefields attacking simultaneously, must involve at least hundreds of top-tier experts. Based on his guess, it's highly likely that it's a God Emperor.
And he wasn't just any ordinary God Emperor.
otherwise.
How could those thirty disciples of the Heavenly Universe Sect, who were Divine Emperors, be captured alive before they could even send a message?
Only the strongest can achieve this.
And it's only a possibility.
To truly ensure absolute success, those hundreds of powerful individuals would need to be extremely strong, at least at the mid-stage of the God Emperor realm, and perhaps even many at the late-stage or perfect God Emperor realm.
If such a large number of Divine Emperor level experts were to be mobilized, and even the slightest mistake were made, and they were blocked by him, or even by the Tianyu Sect, the outcome would be predictable...
None of these god-emperors and god-kings who entered the desolate region will be able to escape.
Why risk such dangers to enter the desolate region, just for the sake of the mere Ten Thousand Soul Banner and to save the living beings of the desolate region?
Elder Fu didn't believe it!
Even if you beat him to death, he still wouldn't believe it's possible!
Moreover...
What Elder Fu couldn't understand the most was that since this group of powerful figures had already captured all the disciples of the Tianyu Sect, including Mo Hao, and rescued all the people of the desolate region, they had already done so.
Why would they erase the divine soul imprint on their Ten Thousand Soul Banner to let them know about this?
Since Tianyu Sect is unaware of this matter for the time being, it is better to keep it a secret for as long as possible rather than actively revealing it, even if it is only a little later.
After all, he cared a lot about the affairs of the desolate region and would contact Mo Hao from time to time.
Especially during the period when Lu Tao would be collecting living beings in the lower realm, he would contact them even more frequently.
But the group that kidnapped the Tianyu Sect disciples didn't know that.
They therefore have no reason to expose themselves.
Unless... they have no worries about being found out after leaving the wasteland.
Elder Fu still believed that in this situation, the longer the better, since time was of the essence, so the Heavenly Court spies probably wouldn't do that.
"There's no reason for a Heavenly spy to take such a risk, nor any reason for them to do so... So who could it be?"
Elder Fu pondered carefully, organizing his thoughts in his mind. Soon, he thought of the possibility that he had deliberately refused to believe earlier, "Could it really be Mo Hao?"
"Only he knows, and I will contact him soon."
“But if it’s him… even if I contact him, if he deliberately hides it, the matter of the wasteland won’t be exposed, and it should still be able to keep it a secret for a long time.”
"What exactly is going on?"
Elder Fu felt his mind was not working properly. After careful consideration and trying every possible method, he still couldn't figure out what kind of conspiracy or trickery was involved.
"wrong!"
Suddenly, Elder Fu thought of another possibility and thought to himself, "Based on the timing, it's almost time for Lu Tao to collect living beings. Lu Tao must have already learned of the threat that my Tianyu Sect has passed down. Could it be... that he has compromised?"
"If Lu Tao compromises and Mo Hao gets everything from Lu Tao, then he... is very likely to choose to take all of Lu Tao's opportunities for himself. Even other Tianyu Sect disciples might be persuaded by him to put on a show with him."
"But the entry marks in the boundary wall... Yes, he could have found a friend in Yulongtian to deliberately distract me."
Elder Fu pondered carefully, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this possibility was not small.
But he quickly dismissed this conjecture.
“But Mo Hao is not stupid. With his cultivation level, he cannot hide from the Third Elder’s causal investigation. Once it is found out, he will surely die.”
"Besides, Lu Tao isn't stupid. How could he possibly compromise and give up all his opportunities for the sake of mere creatures from the desolate region?"
Elder Fu didn't believe Lu Tao was that kind of person.
Judging from Lu Tao's actions in the Desolate Region, he could have chosen to stand idly by, let alone the inhabitants of the Desolate Region, or even the humans there. To ask him to give up the Divine Platform Secret Realm and other opportunities for the sake of these unrelated beings...
Elder Fu didn't believe it!
Moreover... Elder Fu's threat was to have the Myriad Soul Banner devour a clan every so often, not to devour all races and all living beings in the desolate region.
The difference is significant.
He did this to give Lu Tao time to think. At the same time, after Lu Tao refused for the first time, he would let the Myriad Soul Banner devour the lives of his clan, so that Lu Tao would understand that he was not just talking, but would really do it.
Elder Fu never imagined that Lu Tao would compromise after being threatened for the first time.
He believed that Lu Tao must also be aware of this.
Since that's the case.
Lu Tao will not compromise this time, so Mo Hao will not get the opportunity from Lu Tao, and therefore will not have any intention of embezzling or escaping.
"Mo Hao is impossible, and there's no reason for a Heavenly Court spy to take such a risk. So who is it then?"
Elder Fu scratched his head.
After ruling out these two most likely possibilities, he had no clue what the suspect was.
Dao Palace?
Given their nature, they would never care about the life or death of any living being.
Not to mention the Daoist Palace, even the spies from the Heavenly Court are turning a blind eye to the current state of the Domain Prison and won't interfere at all.
But if it's neither the Heavenly Court nor the Dao Palace, then it can't possibly be the Divine Dynasty, right?
What other forces are there in Yulongtian?
Demon race? Monster race?
It's impossible that he himself was running around in Yulongtian, mediating the disputes between the three races, only to have the demon and monster races reap the benefits of the desolate region's affairs.
"Probably not!"
Elder Fu shook his head; his intuition told him it was unlikely.
Judging from the traces of entry and exit, the only recent entry into the wasteland was the trace made a quarter of an hour ago. This also means that neither the demon nor the monster races entered the wasteland to learn about the details.
He didn't believe that these two races could have perfectly planned and accomplished all of this without being fully aware of it.
“Unless… the disciples of the Tianyu Sect reveal it to them!” Elder Fu suddenly thought.
That's possible.
Even though the disciples of Tianyu Sect have all sworn oaths to the Great Dao, it is still very possible that they would betray Tianyu Sect.
But similarly...
Since they can betray the desolate region to the demon and monster races, they can also inform the human race.
Therefore... all three races are suspects.
But as I said before—Lu Tao isn't stupid!
As long as Lu Tao doesn't compromise and doesn't hand over the Divine Platform Secret Realm or his other opportunities, even if the three races know about Lu Tao and the existence of the Divine Platform Secret Realm, they won't be able to take action.
They would only act if they were certain that Lu Tao had already relinquished the opportunity.
Otherwise, this is absolutely impossible.
"It's impossible... that Lu Tao would be so stupid as to hand over the Divine Platform Secret Realm, right?"
After eliminating all possibilities, even if the last possibility was the smallest and most unbelievable, Elder Fu couldn't help but have a sudden thought.
"Could it be... that Lu Tao sacrificed the Divine Platform Secret Realm and his other opportunities to ensure the survival of himself, the human race, and even all living beings in the Desolate Region?"
Elder Fu fell into deep thought, thinking to himself, "If that's really the case, then the most suitable partner is the human race. Could it be... that Mo Hao had already contacted Lu Tao and then secretly informed the human race, thus planning all of this?"
"But our Tianyu Sect is dominated by humans in Yulong Heaven. Humans... have no reason to betray our Tianyu Sect."
Elder Fu looked up at the sky and sighed deeply.
He couldn't understand this matter. After thinking it over and over, it seemed that all forces and all races were suspects, but it also seemed unlikely that any of them were.
There are simply too few clues.
We couldn't find any of the parties involved, and there was simply no way to investigate the whole matter.
Unless we find the Third Elder and use the Great Dao of Cause and Effect to explore the entire wasteland, we might be able to find out the truth, but the Third Elder... won't be able to come back for the time being!
This is really frustrating.
"However, nothing else matters, whether Mo Hao lives or dies is not important, the key is Lu Tao... whether he has really handed over the opportunity, that is the most important thing."
He was determined to obtain all the opportunities that Lu Tao had, including the Divine Platform Secret Realm.
We will not tolerate any interference from other entities.
"well!"
Elder Fu sighed deeply, his expression extremely complicated. He searched the entire wasteland once again, from major cities and continents to the souls of many creatures they had overlooked before. He tried every possible method to investigate everything.
The result was completely fruitless!
There wasn't a single useful clue, not even one!
Left with no other choice, Elder Fu sent another message back to the sect, summoning a group of disciples to the desolate region and instructing them to also oversee the various ascension pools.
He wouldn't let the matter rest until he confirmed that Lu Tao had handed over the opportunity and left the desolate region.
After completing this task, Elder Fu returned to Yulongtian.
"Demon race, demon race, human race..."
Upon his return, Elder Fu immediately sought out the white-haired elder of the human race and coldly probed, "Brother Han, you are not being fair. As fellow human beings, you have actually stolen my opportunity and robbed my Tianyu Sect's secret realm."
Han Chengyan looked completely bewildered and said, "Brother Fu, what do you mean? When did I ever steal your opportunity? Let alone plunder the Tianyu Sect's secret realm, I... I haven't lived enough yet."
Elder Fu asked, "You swear an oath?"
"..."
Han Chengyan's face suddenly darkened, and he said in a cold voice, "Brother Fu, we are both God Emperors, and we know that oaths of the Great Dao should not be made lightly. Yet you made me swear an oath for something that has not been made. Who is going too far?"
"snort!"
Elder Fu snorted coldly, unsure whether what he said was true or false.
Elder Fu didn't ask any further questions. Instead, he found the demon race's Tianma and probed him as well, "Fellow Daoist Tianma, what do you mean by snatching away the thing that I took a liking to halfway through?"
Pegasus was equally bewildered and roared, "Fu Mingyuan, do you think that by arbitrarily slapping a false accusation on my demon race, my demon race will not pursue the recent human affairs? Don't even think about it! If your human race doesn't give my demon race an explanation, this matter is not over. We'll fight to the death!"
"..."
Elder Fu was speechless after being yelled at, mainly because the probing was unreasonable and gave the demons the feeling that he was deliberately provoking them.
But he felt very frustrated.
Elder Fu was still unwilling to give up and continued to probe the late-stage God Emperor of the Demon Clan, but only received one word in return.
"roll!!!"
Elder Fu was furious. He thought to himself, "Fine, fine, you won't admit it, huh? Fine, you're ruthless. Go ahead and fight. I won't interfere. Fight however you want, even if it means the three clans perish together!"
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