Chapter 366: The Death of an Emperor

The two were greatly shocked at the sight.

King Xilie hurriedly reacted, composed his expression, and then respectfully bowed to Li Heng, bending his waist in a salute.

"Xiao Lietian pays his respects to the Senior."

Li Heng waved his hand, signaling him not to be constrained, and spoke.

"You said there are forces investigating me; what is this about?"

He asked curiously.

One must know that an existence at his realm can perceive Heaven and Earth at any time; anyone who chants his name will surely be known to him. If someone were investigating him now, he should have been able to perceive it.

King Xilie was also surprised.

"Does the Senior not know?"

"Naturally, I do not."

Hearing Li Heng's straightforward answer, King Xilie fell into deep thought, also somewhat surprised. He pondered for a moment and continued to speak.

"Could it be that we wiped them out too quickly...?"

Following King Xilie's explanation, Li Heng roughly understood.

It turned out that some hidden forces, living in many small worlds that had never been shattered, heard that such disturbances were occurring in the Present World and that losses were heavy, so they developed the intention to probe Heaven and Earth and wished to re-enter the world.

However, before they could take many actions, they were already discovered by the many great forces within the Present World, who then joined hands to wipe them out, learning the specific plan from the mouths of some remnants.

After all, what legitimate great force would hide from the world?

Isn't the great Heaven and Earth of the Present World much better than small worlds?

There basically wouldn't be the old trope of hidden forces being stronger.

Li Heng pondered for a moment.

No wonder he hadn't sensed it.

It turns out these hidden forces had just begun to probe the background and origins of the reincarnator Xiao Hao when they were discovered; they hadn't even had time to probe him, so naturally, it wouldn't have triggered any reaction.

However, since he knew about it now, he might as well take a look and resolve the hidden danger. With a shift of his mind, he followed the causal connection of this matter, grabbed the threads of Causality within it, and traced them deep down.

Soon, he discovered that the threads of Causality were broken.

But Causality was never a single path; it was a great web of Causality formed by countless people. If this path was broken, he would just switch to another path to go around it.

Li Heng had intended to do just that.

Yet, the next moment.

He was surprised to find that all the threads of Causality leading to the truth of this matter had been severed, or rather, everyone related to the truth of this matter was dead, making it impossible for him to investigate.

The causes of death for these people were all very normal; they were discovered by the forces of the Present World, subsequently wiped out, and died, which led to the interruption of the realization of Causality.

But wasn't this a bit too clean?

There was definitely a problem here; it was artificial.

However, since he had already discovered it, it wouldn't stump him. He used a bit of Source Power to reconnect these threads of Causality and continued tracking. Then, he traced it to a very familiar location.

Great Li, Beijun, Bei'an County.

Li Heng was slightly surprised; it was actually related to this place?

But he thought about it; Bei'an County did indeed have some unsolved mysteries, such as that past Disaster of the White Strange Mist, and the concentration of Yin energy in Bei'an County would also rise inexplicably.

He had never been able to find the true root cause.

However, Xuanweizi of the Great Ming had once said that the White Strange Mist came from the source of the Calamity, which was that Ghost Place, inside the True Realm Rift.

Could it be that Bei'an County was related to that Ghost Place?

He continued his investigation.

He arrived at the deep Void where Bei'an County was located and saw the pitch-black opening he had seen before, which looked like a spatial rift and was constantly emitting Yin energy.

The threads of Causality extended into that opening.

Li Heng began to ponder.

He was somewhat surprised. Previously, he had thought these openings emitting Yin energy should be connected to the Yin World, but now that the Yin World was gone, these openings were still emitting Yin energy...

This was enough to prove that these openings had nothing to do with the Yin World.

At least, not primarily.

Without much hesitation, Li Heng let his mind enter this Yin energy opening along the threads of Causality. In the blink of an eye, the Heaven and Earth changed, and he arrived in a more profound Void filled with Yin energy.

And in this Void.

He also saw many Yin energy openings, which seemed to be connected to the outer Void, constantly emitting Yin energy from within.

And in the center of this Void stood a black rift, stretching for who knows how many miles, like an Abyss without a bottom!

Li Heng was silent; it was actually another True Realm Rift.

Both the Present World and the Yin World had so-called Ghost Places, so he could roughly guess that there was definitely more than one True Realm Rift, though they might lead to a common place.

At this moment, he also discovered something.

The threads of Causality submerged into the True Realm Rift, not knowing where they led. This phenomenon made him even more puzzled: was the mastermind behind this inside this Ghost Place?

But as far as he knew, the mortality rate in such places was extremely high, right?

To be able to enter this Ghost Place and remain alive, and even be able to exert influence from within, stir up trouble in the Present World, and probe Heaven and Earth, that would undoubtedly be a top-tier powerhouse.

This reminded him of those Void Heaven Realm powerhouses in the Present World who had entered this Ghost Place in the past.

Don't look at the fact that there are few Void Heaven Realm powerhouses in the Present World now.

But that was also because the environment of the Present World was too harsh, and Heaven and Earth were constantly being eroded and corrupted, with a momentum even more fierce than the Yin World; those top-tier Void Heaven Realm powerhouses simply saw no hope. Since waiting meant death anyway, they basically all entered the Ghost Place to seek opportunities.

Although they had not returned to this day.

Li Heng used this possibility as a starting point and thought carefully.

Could this matter be a signal of those Void Heaven Realm powerhouses returning?

But that shouldn't be right.

If a signal really needed to be sent, shouldn't it be to notify the major powers of the Present World? Many of the Void Heaven Realm experts among them are the founding patriarchs of those major powers; why would they notify those reclusive powers to investigate Heaven and Earth?

This doesn't make sense logically.

He felt that this matter was shrouded in layers of mist.

Yet, these threads of Causality had submerged into the True Realm Rift, and he was still too weak to continue investigating; after all, entering it did not offer a one-hundred-percent survival rate.

Li Heng sighed; he might as well use a cheat.

With a flicker of his thought, Source Power burned, tracing the history of this place.

The Void here began to change rapidly like light and shadow, constantly reverting—one day, two days, Three Heavens... until it traced back to seven days ago, when a figure appeared here.

Li Heng was somewhat surprised, because he recognized this figure.

It was precisely that Great Ming Emperor.

He had originally thought that the Great Ming Emperor had already died in the calamity of the Yin World's destruction; he hadn't expected him to still be alive. He must have left the Yin World before he destroyed it; that could be considered good luck.

The Great Ming Emperor waved his large hand.

A Demon Army appeared.

This was clearly recruited and trained in the Yin World after Li Heng had wiped out his army of Yin soldiers; it looked like the Demon Qi, Magic Qi, and Yin Qi were monstrous, but they were somewhat disorganized.

"Open the passage, march to war!"

At this moment, the Great Ming Emperor seemed somewhat high-spirited, his voice resounding through this Void, immediately ordering the army to move, pointing directly at this True Realm Rift.

The Demon Army moved in response, charging toward the True Realm Rift.

Then, the next moment, the Rift underwent a sudden change.

A massive maw that seemed capable of devouring Heaven and Earth broke out from the True Realm Rift, swallowing the Demon Army and that Great Ming Emperor in one gulp.

"Hehe, I didn't expect to run into some fresh food."

This massive maw let out a satisfied burp, chuckling eerily.

Li Heng saw this situation and his expression turned strange.

Just like that, they died?