Standing amidst this sea of Original Sin, Da Xing the Mad Monk felt a strange sensation, as if he were no longer within the Kan Palace of the Desolate Ancient Nine Palaces, but rather inside the Desolate Ancient Black Hole.
It truly felt that way.
The only difference was that the Desolate Ancient Black Hole was filled with spatial turbulence everywhere.
While here, it was filled with Original Sin turbulence everywhere.
In the Desolate Ancient Black Hole, one careless move could lead to being devoured by spatial turbulence. Fortunately, Da Xing the Mad Monk possessed an Indestructible Diamond Body, allowing him to traverse spatial turbulence as if walking on flat ground.
But within this sea of Original Sin, even if Da Xing the Mad Monk now invoked his Indestructible Diamond Body, he dared not move about recklessly. If he fell into spatial turbulence, he still had the confidence to break free. But if he were devoured by this Original Sin turbulence, Da Xing the Mad Monk wasn't sure if he still had the ability to escape. Moreover, he already harbored an indescribable, inexplicable shadow regarding the thing called Original Sin. Standing now amidst this sea of Original Sin truly made him unbearably tense.
Suddenly.
Da Xing the Mad Monk's heart jolted. He discovered that the sea of Original Sin around him had begun to rotate, and at an extremely fast speed with immense power.
Da Xing the Mad Monk dared not be negligent. With a furious roar, golden light erupted from his entire body as he began to run outward. But just as he started running, it seemed he had fallen into another vortex.
What was going on?
Forcing down the feeling of his scalp tingling, Da Xing the Mad Monk focused his gaze and couldn't help but suck in a cold breath. Good heavens! He saw that Demon Emperor Blood River and Miao Rulai were already deeply trapped within vortices.
One Original Sin vortex was devouring Demon Emperor Blood River, while another Original Sin vortex was devouring Miao Rulai.
It was unclear when these Original Sin vortices had formed. By the time Da Xing the Mad Monk noticed them, both Demon Emperor Blood River and Miao Rulai had already been devoured by the two vortices, disappearing without a trace.
Whoosh!
The two vortices spun wildly, and the sea of Original Sin also converged frantically.
Clearly.
Regardless of who this Original Sin belonged to, his enemies were not Da Xing the Mad Monk, but Demon Emperor Blood River and Miao Rulai. Or perhaps, the other party simply hadn't placed Da Xing the Mad Monk in their eyes at all.
Da Xing the Mad Monk didn't mind this either. Faced with this sea of Original Sin, he couldn't hide fast enough; why would he actively provoke it? It was just fine if the other party didn't trouble him.
But damn it, who was behind this Original Sin?
Could it be the mastermind behind the scheme?
Originally intending to set a trap to drag in both Demon Emperor Blood River and Miao Rulai, but because the Xuanmiao Grotto-Heaven hadn't shown themselves and Demon Emperor Blood River was about to leave, seeing that this trap wouldn't work, so the other party personally intervened?
Who could it be?
The Green Lamp Ancestral Patriarch of the Ghost Dao?
Or the Old Master of Heishan of the Monster Dao?
Da Xing the Mad Monk thought for a moment, feeling it was unlikely. Although both the Green Lamp Ancestral Patriarch and the Old Master of Heishan coveted the Primordial Sin True Lord and had been deeply mired in Original Sin for many years, their Original Sin running deeper than the other's, even at its deepest, it couldn't possibly be as profound as the Original Sin here that seemed to have merged with the void itself.
Moreover, both Miao Rulai and Demon Emperor Blood River were Great Dao Overlords, their strength unfathomable. They were evenly matched with the Green Lamp Ancestral Patriarch and the Old Master of Heishan.
Dealing with just one of them would be strenuous enough; who would dare to simultaneously attack Great Dao Overlords like Demon Emperor Blood River and Miao Rulai?
Leaving aside whether the Green Lamp Ancestral Patriarch and the Old Master of Heishan had the capability, even if they did, based on Da Xing the Mad Monk's understanding of them, they wouldn't possibly attack Demon Emperor Blood River and Miao Rulai at the same time.
Whether it was the Green Lamp Ancestral Patriarch or the Old Master of Heishan, they were both old foxes who had roamed the Great Desolation, each hiding deeper than the last. They would absolutely not act lightly until the final moment, especially at this critical juncture. Whoever acted first would expose their trump card. Once their trump card was exposed, how could they compete for the Primordial Sin True Lord later?
But if it wasn't the Green Lamp Ancestral Patriarch or the Old Master of Heishan, then who could it be?
The Great Sun Yao Emperor?
Da Xing the Mad Monk had always believed that among all the Great Dao Overlords, the Great Sun Yao Emperor hid the deepest and had the highest methods. Although he was an overlord of the Immortal Dao and claimed to protect the Heavenly Dao, who knew if the Great Sun Yao Emperor secretly had an Original Sin incarnation?
Even the Xuanmiao Grotto-Heaven had concocted a Dual Polarity Yin-Yang Taiji Boundless, having Warrior Emperor Wuzang protect the Heavenly Dao on one side while letting the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor compete for the Primordial Sin True Lord on the other.
One must know that the Xuanmiao Grotto-Heaven guarded the origin of the Immortal Dao. Even they had prepared two hands. If one said the Great Sun Yao Emperor had no Original Sin incarnation, probably no one would believe it.
But even so.
Da Xing the Mad Monk also felt that this sea of Original Sin likely didn't belong to the Great Sun Yao Emperor.
Because he knew that compared to the Green Lamp Ancestral Patriarch and the Old Master of Heishan, the Great Sun Yao Emperor hid even deeper, had higher methods, and was even more cautious.
If the Green Lamp Ancestral Patriarch and the Old Master of Heishan wouldn't expose their trump cards at this critical juncture, then the Great Sun Yao Emperor would be even less likely.
Firstly.
These Great Dao Overlords were all wary of each other.
Secondly.
They were also wary of the Sacred Ground and the Shangqing Grotto.
After all, legend had it that both the Shangqing Grotto and the Sacred Ground had entered the Desolate Ancient Black Hole.
Everyone knew the Shangqing Grotto-Heaven represented the Heavenly Dao.
Everyone knew the Sacred Ground represented the Sacred.
Moreover, leading the Shangqing Grotto this time was the one hailed as 'Equal to Heaven,' Dugu Qizhan, while leading the Sacred Ground was the one hailed as 'Shielding the Sky with One Hand,' Martial Sage Xuanyuan Wuji.
Great Dao Overlords like the Great Sun Yao Emperor, the Old Master of Heishan, the Green Lamp Ancestral Patriarch, and even Miao Rulai were all somewhat wary of them. Precisely because of this wariness, they had to be extra cautious at this time.
Apart from this, there was an even more important reason.
That was, those who had entered the Desolate Ancient Nine Palaces this time weren't limited to just the Shangqing Grotto representing the Heavenly Dao, nor just the Sacred Ground representing the Sacred. There was also the Guixu, the Desolate Ruins, and the Forbidden Lands.
The so-called Forbidden Lands were even more mysterious than the legendary Sacred Ground.
The existence of the Sacred Ground represented the Sacred, protecting the Heavenly Dao and all living beings. At least, that was the surface appearance. Ordinarily, the Sacred Ground wouldn't show themselves. Only when the Heavenly Dao fell into calamity would people from the Sacred Ground descend.
For example, in the mortal world, when Little Jin'er triggered the Desolate Ancient's Lawless Blood Moon, it was both an omen and a disaster, also representing a great calamity. At that time, the Immortal-Buddha Great Dao and the Demon-Monster Great Dao had already appeared, and people from the Sacred Ground had also descended.
For example, this time, with the appearance of the Desolate Ancient Nine Palaces, the Sacred Ground had also appeared.
The Forbidden Lands were different.
The existence of the Forbidden Lands was neither to protect the Heavenly Dao nor to protect all living beings. They had always been isolated from the world, unconcerned with worldly affairs, and rarely participated in the safety of the Heavenly Dao.
Yet, peculiarly, with the appearance of the Desolate Ancient Nine Palaces this time, the normally world-indifferent Forbidden Lands had also shown themselves.
Without mentioning others, at the very least, Da Xing the Mad Monk knew that people from the Kunlun Forbidden Land had already appeared.
Facing this calamity, the Sacred Ground's attitude was at least clear: to protect the Heavenly Dao. But what was the attitude of the Forbidden Lands?
No one was clear. Whether it was to protect the Heavenly Dao or to usher in the Lawless Era, no one knew.
Precisely because no one knew the attitude of the Forbidden Lands, Great Dao Overlords like the Great Sun Yao Emperor and the Old Master of Heishan should be even more cautious.
After all, the existence of the Forbidden Lands surpassed even that of the Sacred Ground.