The mysterious person with the menacing and deep presence did not say exactly how many were Children of Original Sin who were also Original Sin Anomalies. In truth, whether he said it or not was no longer important. What mattered was that he had said one thing: Original Sin Anomalies were destined to merge with True Blood and become Children of Original Sin.
This meant that for however many Original Sin Anomalies existed between the Ancient and Modern Heavens and Earth, there would be that many Children of Original Sin Anomalies.
Their number, even if not as many as the Children of Original Sin who had already merged with True Blood, would certainly not be few.
"Heh heh heh heh!"
The mysterious person's menacing, deep voice sounded again, laughing heartily, "According to this old ancestor's knowledge, the Desolate Ancient Nine Palaces still conceal quite a bit of True Blood of Original Sin. It won't be long before it gestates and emerges. When that time comes...
Heh heh heh heh, the Children of Original Sin will become even more numerous, and the Children of Original Sin Anomalies will also multiply... heh heh heh heh..." As the mysterious person's words echoed, everyone fell silent.
Whether it was Old Immortal Qingmu or Huli Great Immortal, whether it was the handsome youth who called himself Qiongqi, or Da Xing the Mad Monk and Gu Qingfeng hiding in the shadows, all were the same.
Although none of them could see through the mysteries of the Desolate Ancient Nine Palaces, nor did they know what the Nine Palaces would ultimately transform into after all their changes, there had always been rumors that the origin of the Desolate Ancient Nine Palaces contained True Blood of Original Sin.
Moreover, the Desolate Ancient Nine Palaces had already manifested the Radiance of Original Sin and the Flower of Original Sin. All signs indicated that the Desolate Ancient Nine Palaces must indeed contain True Blood of Original Sin.
Perhaps it was truly as the mysterious person said: once the True Blood of Original Sin within the Desolate Ancient Nine Palaces gestated and emerged, then the Children of Original Sin between the Ancient and Modern Heavens and Earth would not be limited to just over twenty. They would only grow more numerous. Those anomalies that had not yet merged with True Blood, such as Free and Unfettered Great Emperor Mo Wentian and Weiyang Demon Emperor Ren Tianxing, would also become Children of Original Sin Anomalies after merging with True Blood.
"Heh heh heh heh!
Let us all rejoice!
The True Lord of Original Sin will surely be born! The Three Thousand Great Daos will surely be slaughtered! Heaven and Earth will surely be reborn! The Daoless Age will surely begin!
Heh heh heh heh!"
"It is destined!
All of it is destined!
Even the Book of Fate records that when Original Sin finds its True Lord, the Three Thousand Great Daos will fall, Heaven and Earth will be reborn, and the Daoless Age will begin...
Heh heh heh heh!"
The mysterious person began to laugh maniacally again, each bout of laughter more deranged than the last.
In the distance.
The several hundred Original Sin Dharmakayas had not left, only hidden themselves to observe.
The mysterious person's laughter made their hearts surge with incomparable excitement.
Earlier.
When the mysterious person said that the Children of Original Sin who had merged with True Blood numbered over twenty, and that the Original Sin Anomalies who had merged with True Blood were certainly not few, their hearts had been filled with despair.
Because the more Children of Original Sin there were, the slimmer the hope for Original Sin Dharmakayas like them to scheme for the position of True Lord of Original Sin. Moreover, with quite a few Original Sin Anomalies having merged with True Blood, the hope in their hearts had gradually turned to despair.
However.
With one sentence from the mysterious person, saying that the Desolate Ancient Nine Palaces still concealed quite a bit of True Blood of Original Sin, their despairing hearts were instantly filled with hope once more.
As long as they could merge with a single drop of True Blood of Original Sin and achieve the status of Child of Original Sin, they would have the qualification to contend for the True Lord of Original Sin.
How could this not excite them?
Huli Great Immortal was also quite excited. After all, his obsession with contending for the True Lord of Original Sin had never vanished. He secretly swore in his heart that if True Blood of Original Sin truly appeared in the Desolate Ancient Nine Palaces, he would spare no cost to seize a drop.
It must be said that the mysterious person's words would, to a greater or lesser extent, influence the situation within the Desolate Ancient Nine Palaces and would also make the situation even more chaotic.
By saying that the Nine Palaces still concealed quite a bit of True Blood of Original Sin, he stirred those who schemed for the True Lord of Original Sin into restless anticipation.
By saying that the Children of Original Sin and Original Sin Anomalies would only grow more numerous, he placed immense pressure on those who guarded the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.
Especially when the mysterious person said that many of the Ancestral Patriarchs of the Cave Heavens and Blessed Lands had also merged with True Blood of Original Sin and were also scheming for the True Lord of Original Sin, it inevitably made those who guarded the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth suspicious of each other.
The various Cave Heavens and Blessed Lands had already been hesitant during this calamity, uncertain whether to guard the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth or to usher in the Daoless Age. If not for this, they would not have secretly made preparations on both fronts. The reason for doing so was that they lacked confidence both in guarding the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth and in the advent of the Daoless Age.
Now, hearing the mysterious person's words, it was estimated that although the various Cave Heavens and Blessed Lands would not necessarily abandon guarding the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, they would likely lean even more towards the advent of the Daoless Age.
At this moment.
Hidden in the dark void of the Li Palace were quite a few Ancestral Patriarchs, including both Great Dao Patriarchs from the Cave Heavens and Blessed Lands and patriarchs from the Gui Xu.
As for who the mysterious person was.
They might not be clear.
But as for why the mysterious person said these things and what purpose lay behind them, the patriarchs hiding in the shadows could all guess.
It was nothing more than seizing this opportunity to create chaos, to make those who schemed for the True Lord of Original Sin restless, and to make the hesitant Cave Heavens and Blessed Lands lean more towards the Daoless Age.
Yes.
They knew.
Most also did not believe the mysterious person's words.
However.
Knowing was one thing.
Not believing was another.
Knowing did not mean they could accept it.
And not believing did not mean they would not harbor doubts.
As long as they suspected that Ancestral Patriarchs of the Cave Heavens and Blessed Lands had been tainted by True Blood and achieved the status of Child of Original Sin, then the situation in the Nine Palaces would certainly become chaotic, and the mysterious person's goal would be achieved.
Here.
Hidden in the dark void was a mountain.
This mountain was uniformly crimson-black, covered in black moss, concealed within the void. It looked like a solitary island floating on the surface of the sea.
On the mountain stood two people.
One was a woman in magnificent attire, noble and elegant, coldly beautiful to an extreme.
Beside the woman was another person.
An old man.
This old man wore tattered robes, with disheveled hair, a scruffy beard, and an unkempt appearance like that of an old beggar.
The mountain was Blackwater Mountain.
The woman was none other than the master of Blackwater Mountain, Lady Blackwater.
The unkempt old man was the Demon Old Beggar.
Earlier.
Da Xing the Mad Monk had said that the old fellows who emerged from the Gui Xu could roughly be divided into three categories. The first category were those whose spirit and will had been exhausted within the Gui Xu. Although they still yearned for the Daoless Age, it was only a yearning; they would no longer covet the True Lord of Original Sin.
Both Lady Blackwater and the Demon Old Beggar belonged to this category.
Since they yearned for the Daoless Age, they would naturally pay attention to the Children of Original Sin Anomalies in the world. Not only would they pay attention, but when the time came, they would also lend a helping hand in secret.
Some paid attention to Miao Rulai, while others paid attention to Gu Qingfeng.
Lady Blackwater and the Demon Old Beggar paid attention to Gu Qingfeng. Therefore, wherever Gu Qingfeng went, they would follow. Although Gu Qingfeng's existence was rather special—so special that divine sense could not detect him and his whereabouts were elusive and unpredictable.
Fortunately, Gu Qingfeng had never hidden himself. He had always swaggered about openly and unashamedly, like a headless fly scurrying everywhere.
Hence, for the two of them, keeping up with Gu Qingfeng was not a difficult task.