133: investigation

Tang Ku still didn't hear the queen's name, because he still had many important things to do.

He didn't really stay in Daughter's Country for ten days or half a month, even though it made him feel truly comfortable, like home.

However, at present, he truly couldn't live a peaceful life, and he couldn't even give the queen a promise.

Perhaps when this Universe is no longer so chaotic, he can calm down, and even, according to his own wishes, renounce his monastic life and marry the queen.

But not now, he cannot.

Although he didn't get any useful information from Lunar Star Lord yesterday, it proved one point.

The Immortals and Gods of the Immortal Realm have not been completely annihilated!

In fact, with the ability of a Saint to discern heavenly secrets, many of them should have known about the existence of this great calamity, and they even knew that they couldn't resist it, so they hid in the Human Realm in the form of souls.

As is well known, the Heavenly Court's power is not a monolith. Just like the imperial courts of various countries in the Human Realm, although they all belong to the same country, the various forces are intricate and complex, with countless groups hidden within the same country, clashing with each other, vying for power and profit, and during this period, there will absolutely be no resource sharing.

So, the question is!

In the Heavenly Court... no, in the entire Immortal Realm, how many people knew about this news and thus shed their physical bodies to hide in the Human Realm?

Dozens? Hundreds? Or thousands? Or even countless Heavenly Soldiers and Generals descended to the Human Realm with their forces?

The Immortal Realm already had a premonition that such a terrifying invasion would occur, so did none of the Gods in the Buddhist Realm foresee the existence of this event?

Not to mention, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is in Hell, but his Dharma Eye can observe all subtleties in the Three Realms and the Universe, does he not know either?

Guanyin Bodhisattva is the foremost person below the Buddha, the strongest among all Bodhisattvas, with profound and immensely powerful Buddha Power, and even possesses the ability to foresee the future, does she not know either?

Not to mention Dipamkara Buddha and the three Buddhas of the past, present, and future, do they not know what will happen?

Thinking carefully, this is simply impossible. When the extraterritorial powerhouses invaded the Buddhist Realm, I personally watched as those Bodhisattvas and Buddhas with high Buddha Power disappeared without a trace, without even resisting. This simply defies common sense.

Therefore, the greatest possibility for this matter is that the Buddhist Realm not only knew, but also made arrangements in advance. Once something happened, they would follow the Immortal Realm's approach, hide in the Human Realm, accumulate strength, wait for the opportunity, and then counterattack!

This is the logical approach, and it is the only possibility Tang Ku can think of at the moment.

In other words, all forces are actually still there, but they are hidden too deeply, so much so that even the powerhouses from outside the domain cannot find them?

“No, perhaps they can't be found, but rather, they cannot go looking for them!”

Tang Ku hovered above a city, looked down, and mused, “Perhaps they already know where these Immortals and Gods are hiding, but they cannot directly lead the war into the Human Realm, and this is also one of the true reasons why these Immortals and Gods chose to hide in the Human Realm!”

Below him was Zhuzi Kingdom!

That's right, it was that Zhuzi Kingdom where the golden-haired Hounds snatched the queen, intending to possess her, it was that Zhuzi Kingdom that liked to eat Zongzi, and it was that Zhuzi Kingdom where Sun Wukong displayed his medical skills!

Tang Ku needed to confirm one thing, and that was, how many countries in the Human Realm had already become the territory of the Immortal Realm!

Zhuzi Kingdom was closest to Daughter's Country in a straight line, so he chose this place as his first target.

The Spiritual Awareness Eye was activated, and at a glance, the entire country of Zhuzi Kingdom was enveloped in auspicious clouds, with Immortal Qi drifting, a scene of peace and harmony. But this sight made Tang Ku's heart sink!

Just like his previous experience in Chechi Kingdom, this place was not normal.

Tang Ku frowned slightly, pressed down the cloud, his body swayed slightly, transforming into an ordinary-looking monk in a green cassock, holding a wooden fish, and walked towards the city. In fact, this simple transformation was just a common illusion, used by any immortal with cultivation, merely a childish trick.

However, even such a technique was not something ordinary people could see through.

Tang Ku walked along the main street, from the city gate to the imperial palace, and he felt no less than twenty gazes staring intently at him, as if they could see through his disguise.

It wasn't until he invisibly entered the imperial palace that the feeling of being watched completely disappeared.

“The King and Queen are fine…” Tang Ku frowned slightly, “There is no Immortal Qi in this imperial palace… Hmm, Zhuzi Kingdom has strong Dragon Qi, so even that Immortal Qi couldn't Breakthrough the Luck to enter the imperial palace… But it's true that Zhuzi Kingdom has Divine-Grade Immortal and God souls… It seems these guys from the Immortal Realm have really made up their minds to use the Human Realm as a temporary hiding base!”

He did not alert these people, but instead left Zhuzi Kingdom directly and headed for other neighboring countries.

On their journey to the west, they passed through many different countries, but it must be known how vast the land of the Four Continents is. The countries they passed through were merely a drop in the ocean, after all, for the journey to the west, they could only take the shortest path, so the number of countries they experienced was not many.

The location of Zhuzi Kingdom is in the Western Niuhe Continent, and Tang Ku walked around this land, his heart growing heavier with each step.

It should be known that although the barbarian small countries have small territories and cannot compare to the great Tang Dynasty, a country would not have only one city.

He visited dozens of countries and hundreds of cities, and not a single one was completely clean.

Or rather, in the countries he passed through, almost every city had dozens to hundreds of Immortal and God Rank souls.

And this Western Niuhe Continent is already close to the West, and the further west one goes, the closer it gets to the Buddhist Realm. The Buddhist control over the various countries is stronger, so logically, if people from the Buddhist Realm were to descend to the Mortal Realm, they would definitely choose countries with stronger Buddhist influence nearby.

However, in the countries Tang Ku observed, although they were all filled with Immortal Qi and many Immortals and Gods possessed Mortals, there was not a trace of Buddha Power.

So, if those people in the West knew about the existence of the great calamity, and they were to transfer to the Human Realm, it's clearly abnormal that not a single one of them went to nearby countries!

After leaving the last city, Tang Ku frowned slightly. He couldn't understand what trickery was involved, and his heart was full of doubts.

Suddenly, at a tea stall near the city, a child held by a woman cried out, and Tang Ku's eyes instantly lit up.

“…What if their method wasn't possession, but… Reincarnation?”