Chapter 258: The Truth of Dongfang Wujie and the Four-Transformation Domains

Ji Donglai and the others followed Baixiaosheng's footsteps to the seven-story pavilion.

Throughout the journey, Fang Can had seen no one else inside the Tianji Pavilion, so he asked: "Are there no other people in this building?"

"Why would there be anyone else? The Tianji Pavilion has always been passed down in single lineage."

Baixiaosheng said without turning around: "Whether it's cleaning, food, clothing, or daily necessities, all I need to do is speak one word and they appear—I need no servants."

"Then how did you know we were coming? Did the Yongle Dadian tell you?" asked the Sacred Separator.

Baixiaosheng stopped before an ancient square table, invited everyone to sit, then pulled a handful of pure white powder from his robe:

"This is the Longming Lock gifted to the first pavilion master after he helped a Sixth-Transformation cultivator resolve a mystery."

Everyone looked—and saw only white jade dust in Baixiaosheng's hand; there was no trace of a Longming Lock.

"This Longming Lock can foretell fortune and misfortune, but each use causes it to crack further."

"Thanks to this Longming Lock, the Tianji Pavilion survived several disasters that could have wiped it out."

"By the time it reached me, the lock was already covered in cracks—but it was still expected to avert three great calamities."

"But not long ago, just before this issue of the Tianji List was released, it shattered into this."

As he spoke, Baixiaosheng gently shook the jade dust in his hand.

"So you already knew your doom was coming before the Tianji List was published?" said Li Huowang with a smile.

"What else?" Baixiaosheng sighed. "Publishing the Tianji List means death; not publishing it means dying right then and there."

For the last Tianji List, I made the details as vague as possible—I gave you a direct rank of first place and leaked nothing else.

But the top 102 spots on the Shenglong List were all taken by you and your women—I couldn't even cover for you, could I?

'This really doesn't seem to be his fault?' Fang Can thought.

After all, he had tried desperately to cover for you—but your hundred women really did cause too much chaos to hide.

Facing Baixiaosheng's complaints, Ji Donglai snorted, slamming his palm onto the table and leaving a palm-shaped imprint: "What's all this blabbering? Do you think we came here to hold you accountable?"

"It's not your fault—so it's our superpowered people's fault? Understand your position. If not for Fang Can's kindness, you'd have been erased the moment we arrived."

Fang Can stopped Ji Donglai, who was siding with kin over reason, and said:

"Let's talk compensation. You've caused us massive losses and disrupted our policies. If we're not satisfied, we'll destroy this Tianji Pavilion."

"Three answers?" Baixiaosheng said calmly. "I can answer you three questions."

"Only three?" Li Huowang complained.

"Because each answer carries a cost—I can answer no more than three."

Baixiaosheng said: "Even if you kill me, I won't say more. The cost of these three answers must still be paid by me."

"Then kill you—we'll take the Tianji Pavilion anyway," said F-Superman with a cold snort.

"I'm sorry, but my death is tied to the Tianji Pavilion—all its records can only be unlocked by me. After I die, no information will be released."

Baixiaosheng said earnestly: "I could have immediately alerted all nations the moment I sensed something wrong—but I said nothing. Doesn't that show my sincerity?"

'Hmph. An inside agent of Dongfang Wujie speaking so nobly,' Ji Donglai thought calmly: "Fine. I accept. As soon as you answer our three questions, we leave."

"Forgive me," Baixiaosheng said to Ji Donglai. "Could the Fang Young Master inside you make this guarantee?"

"Me?" Fang Can asked, puzzled.

Ji Donglai frowned: "Don't you trust me?"

In response to Ji Donglai's question, Baixiaosheng could only offer an awkward yet polite smile—you don't even know if you're trustworthy yourself.

After hesitation, Fang Can said: "If you guarantee you won't leak any information for ten days, I guarantee your life."

"Agreed. I can fully abide by that. With the Fang Young Master's word, I feel much more at ease," Baixiaosheng sighed in relief.

Inside Ji Donglai's body, several superpowered individuals discussed among themselves what the three questions should be.

After several minutes of debate, Fang Can asked first: "First question: Among all existing Fourth-Transformation cultivators in Dongfang Wujie, what inheritance does the strongest one possess?"

"Second question: Which inheritance is most effective against opponents like us who fight as a group?"

"Third question: Where are the cultivators above Fourth-Transformation? Why have none been seen anywhere in Dongfang Wujie?"

……

Several minutes later, the group fell silent for a long time—they had never expected such answers.

Whether about inheritances or about Dongfang Wujie itself, the answers exceeded their imagination.

According to Baixiaosheng, the Fifth-Transformation cultivators had not all died—they had simply one day been taken away by a being from beyond the heavens.

That outsider claimed he was taking them to a far vaster realm for further cultivation.

To advance one step further, nearly every ambitious cultivator in Dongfang Wujie followed him—and vanished without a trace, causing a massive collapse in martial cultivation across all nations.

Of course, according to Baixiaosheng, only the Fifth- and Sixth-Transformation cultivators in this region were taken.

In truth, Dongfang Wujie is infinite; the land we inhabit is merely a small island, beyond which lies the Boundless Sea.

The Boundless Sea is boundless—even a Sixth-Transformation cultivator crossing it for a year could not reach its end, and monstrous beasts dwell within.

Ancient texts describe the Boundless Sea as hiding many vast lands no smaller than the nations, some even home to cultivators above Seventh-Transformation.

Precisely because the Boundless Sea is so vast and Dongfang Wujie so cramped for Fifth-Transformation cultivators, nearly all followed the outsider's call when he appeared.

After hearing Baixiaosheng's description, the group made a rough analogy.

Dongfang Wujie is like a universe in our world; the Boundless Sea is like outer space; the nations are like humans circling Earth, unable to find other inhabited planets.

Inside the Tianji Pavilion, the Sacred Separator looked at Baixiaosheng's smiling face and said: "I have one more question. My ability suppresses all supernatural phenomena."

"I've tested it—below Third-Transformation, it works. But why did it have no effect on your Words Become Law just now?"

Baixiaosheng smiled and replied: "Because once you reach Fourth-Transformation, you form a domain around yourself."

"If cultivators below Third-Transformation distort reality through powerful inheritances, the Fourth-Transformation inheritance itself becomes part of the rules."

(End of Chapter)