Chapter 350: Reflecting the Dao

Chapter 350: Reflecting the Dao

Upon returning to the Underworld Kings Mansion, Qin Xuan only saw a few familiar servants; he did not see the love-struck Qing Ning from Thunder Prison Peak.

One must know that ever since the incident with Wangqing Palace, Qing Ning had kept a low profile and would no longer actively court trouble. Could it be...

With this thought in mind, he turned his head to look at Empress Zhou Wu, who was putting away the blood nether pill.

"As for Qing Ning, I have already safely sent her back to the Yaochi Sacred Land," Empress Zhou Wu said bluntly, her beautiful eyes filled with exhaustion. "Including Shangguan Si and Shangguan Ying, I have already secretly arranged for the Double-Pupil Woman to escort them to the Yaochi Sacred Land."

The appearance of The Imposter did not happen overnight.

There were signs; she had sensed the anomaly in advance, and fearing she would be unable to protect them later, she arranged for the three women, including Shangguan Ying, to return to the Yaochi Sacred Land.

Worried that experts from the Ziyang Imperial Family might pursue them, she also dispatched the Double-Pupil Woman to protect them in secret.

Surely, with the protection of the Double-Pupil Woman, there would be no mishaps.

"That is good." Qin Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, his gaze toward Empress Zhou Wu becoming increasingly satisfied.

How should he put it? She was truly worthy of being a Daughter of Luck!

Although she had some schemes, she still possessed a 'bottom line' regarding major matters.

If it were any other schemer, in order to force him into their game, they would have hoped that the Nether Clan would harm Qing Ning and the Shangguan sisters, preferably having the three women die at the hands of the Nether Clan.

By that time, even if he did not care about his friendship with Empress Zhou Wu, he would absolutely not be able to stand idly by.

After all, let alone the tragic death of the three women including Shangguan Ying, even if they had suffered the slightest injury, he would already be locked in a life-or-death struggle with the Nether Clan!

Returning to his residence, Qin Xuan accepted the tea brewed by Ning Waner and took a light sip. Glancing at Ming Yuan, who was sitting on pins and needles nearby, he spoke slowly, "Your Nether Clan has resided within the Nether Vein for tens of thousands of years. For so many years, you have never exposed yourselves to the public eye. Why, then, have you appeared so blatantly now?"

He had many questions regarding the appearance of the Nether Clan. Ming Yuan was the one to solve his puzzles.

The appearance of the Nether Clan was definitely not a coincidence. One must know that, based on the combat power the Nether Clan had just displayed, even if Mingyue Imperial City and the Ziyang Empire joined forces, they would be unable to contend with it!

Why would they not be the local overlords and instead hide deep underground? How could that be!

Ming Yuan stood up in panic, not daring to hold anything back, and said bluntly, "I will not hide it from you, Young Master Qin. Previously, we of the Nether Clan were lurking within the Nether Vein and had not awakened our consciousness. It was only recently that a special energy fused into the Nether Vein of our Nether Clan, which allowed me and that sinner who impersonated Empress Mingyue to be the first to awaken self-awareness..."

Hearing this, Empress Zhou Wu's beautiful eyes trembled. According to Ming Yuan's words, didn't that mean it was during the time she was impersonating Shangguan Ying that Ming Yuan and the other, who were lurking in the Nether Vein, awakened their self-awareness?

In other words, it was during the process of Qin Xuan helping her suppress that Nether Qi that he had indirectly awakened the Nether Clan.

In the end, were all these terrible consequences caused by the things she, Empress Mingyue, had done?

"Is all of this caused by me, the Empress Mingyue?" Empress Zhou Wu muttered to herself, her beautiful eyes filled with pain.

She could not accept it; she could not accept that the tragic state of Mingyue Imperial City was caused by her!

She, the Empress, had not yet allowed the common people to recover from the great battle of King Zhou Wu, yet she had once again plunged them into misery and suffering?

"Nonsense!" Qin Xuan shouted angrily, stopping Empress Zhou Wu's self-reproach and simultaneously making Ming Yuan tremble all over.

Staring at the embarrassed Ming Yuan, Qin Xuan said with a cold face, "In these ruins, what kind of power could awaken dozens of figures at the King Realm? Do you think this is your Nether Clan, your own personal domain, where we will believe whatever you say?"

Total nonsense! A million members of the Nether Clan, plus dozens of figures at the King Realm. How could this power have been awakened by his previous self?

Before entering the God Ruins, he had not even broken through to the King Realm, and even the Peak of the Quasi-Emperor Realm required him to be on high alert. How could he possibly have awakened so many experts?

Pure nonsense.

"It seems you have some secret you dare not speak of and are deliberately hiding from me!"

Qin Xuan's voice grew colder by three degrees, and in his gaze toward Ming Yuan, killing intent raged. "Those who are not of my race must have a different heart!"

"I dare not! My Nether Clan absolutely has no ulterior motives! Young Master Qin, you have misunderstood; it really is a misunderstanding!"

Ming Yuan trembled all over, shaking like a sieve. In front of Qin Xuan, this Prodigy on the imperial ranking did not even dare to show the slightest bit of temper.

One must know that the higher one was on the imperial ranking, the greater the gap. Especially in the top ten of the imperial ranking, every increase in rank was an improvement of a major stage.

Qin Xuan, this monster capable of defying the odds and killing the third-ranked Halberd Emperor on the imperial ranking, would surely be able to behead him in just three moves.

He had not yet returned to the Hongmeng Continent. How could he be willing to perish in these ruins?

He hurriedly explained, "Every word I say is true. It is indeed the case that some time ago, I and that sinner in the clan were the first to awaken, but at that time, neither of us was as strong as we are now."

"After entering the God Ruins, I obtained an Opportunity within the clan, which allowed me to return to the Peak of the King Realm, while that sinner only broke through to the King Realm after the Dao Law was reflected."

Qin Xuan frowned, his expression becoming increasingly grave as he muttered to himself, "Reflecting the Dao Law?"

Ming Yuan nodded. "It is indeed reflecting the Dao Law. I believe Young Master Qin also knows that these ruins detached from the Hongmeng Continent, and the Dao Law is incomplete and lacking."

"Coincidentally, within these ruins, there exists the Nether Dao. After I entered the God Ruins and contacted the experts of my clan, a great power within the clan reflected the Nether Dao, which is equivalent to indirectly supplementing the incomplete Nether Dao here, allowing my Nether Clan to obtain a tremendous boost. Otherwise, relying only on that little bit of power from before, let alone a million members of the Nether Clan, it would be impossible for even a second figure at the King Realm to be born!"

Qin Xuan's voice grew a bit more urgent. "Can the experts in your clan cross the boundary to come here?"

Even the Nether Clan could indirectly reflect the Dao. That meant the news of this place had already leaked. The Blood Asura Clan and the Earth Sect would sooner or later find out his whereabouts.

If the Blood Asura Clan and the Earth Sect were to complete the Dao here and cross the boundary to come here, at that time, they would easily be at the Heavenly God Realm, while he was only at the Peak of the King Realm. No matter how much of a Prodigy he was, if he had to fight against those existences that surpassed the God Realm, he would only be cannon fodder!

Ming Yuan shook his head. "They cannot! If there were no incomplete Nether Dao here, even the experts of my Nether Clan would be unable to locate this place."

"Furthermore, these ruins are an unknown and vast distance away from the Hongmeng Continent; even the experts in my clan cannot cross the boundless Universe and wilderness to descend here."

"At most, they can only reflect the Dao, make up for some of the deficiencies, and let my Nether Clan, which depends on the Nether Dao, gain some benefits."

Qin Xuan tapped his fingers lightly on the table, suppressing the urgency in his heart. He raised his eyes to look at Ming Yuan and said slowly, "In that case, in the underground of the Mingyue Dynasty, there is also an altar of your Nether Clan, a passage leading to the God Ruins?"