156: Di Jun was using a tiger's skin to deceive the gods.

"Damn it!"

"Damn those Ancestral Witches!"

"Damn the Three Pure Ones!"

"..."

Inside a hidden valley, Dijun and Donghuang Taiyi, having finished healing, roared with ashen faces and distorted expressions.

They lost!

They actually lost once again!

They thought that by advancing to the Quasi-Saint Realm, relying on the Spirit Treasures in their hands would be enough to suppress Dijiang and reclaim their dignity, while simultaneously announcing their strong return to make the Honghuang Cultivators accept their dominance once more.

And the result?

Failure! Another failure.

And unlike before when Dijiang suppressed them with Quasi-Saint power, where they could find an excuse in the massive gap in strength.

This time, everyone was at the Quasi-Saint Realm.

Moreover, Ancestral Witches had no Primordial Spirit, while they had the boost from powerful Innate Spirit Treasures; the implication of this was self-evident—as long as one wasn't an idiot, they would know they couldn't do anything to the Ancestral Witches. How were they to rebuild the Demon God Palace? How were they to gather the rest of the Cultivators to submit and join their ranks?

Even if they were forced into submission, the latter would still have the possibility of betrayal.

"Big Brother!"

After a long while, Donghuang Taiyi regained his senses and said with a grim expression, "What should we do next?"

"The first step failed. Should we still continue?"

Hearing this, Dijun fell silent.

Abandoning his grand ambition for hegemony was impossible.

From the moment of his birth, he had the determination to become the master of the great desolation. How could he choose to give up just because of some setbacks?

But at this stage, if they didn't give up, how should they proceed? How should they develop themselves?

For a moment, the entire valley fell into a deathly silence.

"Fellow Daoist Dijun!"

"Fellow Daoist Taiyi, we've finally found you."

Just then, a deep, resonant voice came from outside the valley.

In an instant, the expressions of Dijun and Donghuang Taiyi changed. Looking towards the entrance, they saw Fuxi, Nüwa, Bai Ze, Shang Yang, and others flying towards them on clouds.

"It's them!"

Seeing the newcomers, Dijun and Donghuang Taiyi frowned.

They never expected Fuxi and the others to come looking for them at this time.

Most importantly, they could feel that Fuxi and the others' cultivation was still at the Great Overarching Golden Immortal Perfection stage. Without having entered the Quasi-Saint Realm, who gave them the courage?

Exchanging a glance, Donghuang Taiyi had already summoned the chaos bell, ready to launch an attack at any moment.

After all, Donghuang Taiyi knew very well how they had treated Fuxi and the others back then; the fact that this group had chosen to leave without hesitation after that battle spoke volumes.

"Second Brother, wait!"

At this moment, Dijun suddenly spoke to stop him, "Let's see the situation first!"

"They shouldn't be here to cause trouble."

As if confirming Dijun's words, Fuxi and the others soon arrived inside the valley.

Upon reaching the area in front of Dijun and Donghuang Taiyi, Fuxi and the others bowed and saluted, "Greetings, Fellow Daoists!"

"Greetings, Demon Emperor!"

"Greetings, Donghuang!"

This scene, though nothing was said, already expressed Fuxi and the others' intention to return.

For a moment, the corners of Dijun's mouth curled up.

The confusion in his heart instantly vanished, replaced by an incomparable determination.

They're back!

Fuxi and the others are back.

No matter the purpose, the high-level members of the Demon God Palace lineage had returned.

As long as this group wasn't destroyed and entered the Quasi-Saint Realm, they would still have the possibility of gaining a foothold in the Great Desolation, or even dominating a region and contending for supremacy.

"Fellow Daoists, please rise!"

Confirming Fuxi and the others' intentions, Dijun immediately stepped forward to help them up one by one.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, the atmosphere between the two sides became extremely harmonious, as if the past estrangement had vanished at this moment.

Under these circumstances, Fuxi spoke up, "Fellow Daoist Dijun, we have something we'd like to ask you. I wonder if you two are willing to answer?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Dijun and Donghuang Taiyi exchanged a look, thinking to themselves, "Here it comes."

They knew very well that Fuxi and the others coming to find them and even taking the initiative to ease the relationship definitely meant something was up.

Thinking of this, Dijun immediately spoke, "Fellow Daoist Fuxi, please speak. I will tell you everything I know!"

"Good!"

Upon receiving Dijun's reply, Fuxi and the others also showed a hint of joy.

After exchanging glances, Fuxi stepped forward as the representative, cupped his hands in a salute, and said, "May I ask you two, why do you Cultivate Slaying Three Corpses?"

"Rumor has it that Slaying Three Corpses has drawbacks, and it may even be impossible to Cultivate to the extreme. The Cultivation Technique being spread might even be incomplete."

"Under such circumstances, do you two have other information for cultivating this method? A Legacy, or perhaps more complete content of Slaying Three Corpses?"

Slaying Three Corpses has drawbacks!

Slaying Three Corpses is incomplete!

Their expressions changed as Dijun and Donghuang Taiyi were both inwardly shocked.

They never expected that even Fuxi and the others would know about the Method of Slaying Three Corpses, and it seemed they hadn't cultivated it because they feared the flaws in the technique.

If that were the case, wouldn't the fellow who forcibly took them as Disciples and even taught them Slaying Three Corpses be the one who orchestrated all of this?

If so, then the two of them had truly become pawns in the other's hand, or even... "No, that's not right!"

Suddenly, Dijun seemed to think of something and his spirits lifted. "We are indeed cultivating Slaying Three Corpses. We don't know if the specific technique is complete or not."

"But my brother and I are different from all of you. You only obtained it from within the Great Desolation, as part of the content being spread around, while my brother and I obtained it after becoming Disciples."

"That person's cultivation is at least at the Late-stage Quasi-Saint level. Since he could teach us Slaying Three Corpses, it means he must have a solution and a follow-up method!"

"I believe that once my brother and I reach the stage of Slaying Three Corpses, we will be able to obtain the follow-up method from him. Conversely, the Slaying Three Corpses you obtained will not have access to the follow-up..."

He spoke with high spirits, but Dijun's heart was incredibly heavy.

He couldn't guarantee that his words were true, nor could he guarantee they could be fulfilled.

But as things stood, he had no choice.

If he didn't borrow prestige and use the follow-up Method of Slaying Three Corpses as bait, the group that had just reconciled would soon fall apart again.

This was not what Dijun wanted to see, so he had to bluff these people. When they reached the stage of Slaying Three Corpses, if there really was no follow-up method, it wasn't unchangeable, or even... Unlike Dijun's contemplation, at this moment, Fuxi and the others were also inwardly shocked, thinking, "So that's how it is!"

"It was taught by someone!"

"Does that mean Slaying Three Corpses was spread by the person Dijun and Donghuang Taiyi took as their Revered Master?"

"With cultivation at or above the Late-stage Quasi-Saint level, this Slaying Three Corpses might be incomplete, but it's enough to Cultivate to at least the Late-stage Quasi-Saint level."

"If that's the case, and if we can't get the Method of Proving the Dao from the Wu Clan, then this Slaying Three Corpses isn't uncultivatable!"

"Just as Dijun said, he is their Revered Master after all and likely the mastermind behind this. He should have the complete method; it's just that obtaining it later might require paying a certain price."

"..."