Chapter 616

Ise Grand Shrine, inside the main hall.

Ji Tianrui's gaze turned cold instantly, but she didn't look unexpected, as if she had expected it long ago, and now just the worst result had come true.

She retreated half a step silently.

The suppression of 【Two Rituals】 rose again.

Ji Tianrui stood in place, silent.

After a long while, she let out a long breath.

"So... that's how it is."

"I should have thought of it earlier."

"Time."

"Although the clues obtained before could roughly string together a line, there was still a point that was a bit tricky—time."

Ji Tianrui combed through her thoughts lightly.

"When the Great Shuo was founded, you appeared in the Central Plains, and almost completely abandoned the Shinto sect until thirty years ago... Then why was I discovered when I came here three years ago?"

"Who was the person who discovered me?"

Ji Tianrui's speaking speed gradually accelerated. She had already combed out a clue. Following this clue, the last bit of fog covering the East and the Shinto sect gradually dissipated.

"One hundred and seventy years ago, the Jianwen Emperor obtained the Jizhao cultivation method. This proves that at that point in time, you had already escaped Sanfeng's suppression."

"You couldn't return here; that would very likely cause Sanfeng to react and suppress you again."

"Therefore, from that moment on, someone replaced you in being suppressed here, and the person who discovered me that day was him... Two hundred years ago, you had already abandoned the Shinto sect. Everything that followed was his handiwork."

"The person who founded the Shinto sect, the person who has always been unable to find any news from the time I and Lord Li came to the East until now, as if he had completely disappeared."

Looking at the bones in the pit, Ji Tianrui said softly.

"I should have thought of it earlier."

"The method inherited from Yingzhou was passed to you by Zheng Anqi. He could revive in other people's bodies, and you could also transfer your own Life Cultivation Realm to other people, and transfer your own consciousness and memory to another person."

"In this way, the person who undertook your life cultivation was suppressed here by Sanfeng, while the person who undertook your memory and consciousness could take advantage of this momentary gap to escape suppression."

"In this way... everything makes sense."

Ji Tianrui let out a long breath.

"Why did you do those petty things in the Central Plains, clearly your cultivation was enough to push everything flat..."

"Why was the Shinto sect's reaction so slow and powerless after I and Lord Li crossed the sea, even deserving the word panicked and at a loss..."

"Why did clues about you appear in the Central Plains one moment, and lead to Ise Grand Shrine the next..."

"Because you have been divided into three parts."

Ji Tianrui said in a deep voice.

"One part is your body, which died in Sanfeng's suppression."

"One part is your consciousness, which returned to the Central Plains after abandoning the Shinto sect. Because you lost the Heaven-Man realm, you handed the cultivation method to the Jianwen Emperor on one hand, using the Great Shuo court to suppress Heaven-Man and prevent Heaven-Man demons like me and Lord Li from appearing, while on the other hand, you re-cultivated the Heaven-Man realm, preparing to repeat the old affairs of the Shinto sect in the Central Plains and try again to step into a realm above Heaven-Man."

"The last part... is your realm."

Ji Tianrui suddenly turned around.

"Two hundred years ago, Sanfeng realized that it was difficult to end you, so he poured all his life cultivation into 【Two Rituals】 and suppressed you here."

"But he missed one person."

"Xu Fu." ===== CHAPTER 617 =====