As the incarnation of the Heavenspan Yao Vine, Qing Teng was originally an evil spirit born of the City of the Wrongfully Dead. He naturally detested the tombstone to the extreme.

But he was also aware that, without it, the evil spirits spread throughout the City of the Wrongfully Dead would charge through its gates and wreak havoc on everything beneath the heavens!

That was no exaggeration, either.

Beginning in ancient times, the City of the Wrongfully Dead had imprisoned and suppressed too many terrifying malevolent spirits to count.

Like the Dark Vassals, the Nine Serenities Netherworld Crow, the Sinful Ghost Monk, and the Child of Sin. These supremely powerful evil spirits were capable of threatening the lives of even Profound Serenity Emperors.

If they escaped the City of the Wrongfully Dead, how could the Netherworld’s peak orthodoxies possibly defend against them?

“Have all of the evil spirits in the City of the Wrongfully Dead’s various forbidden zones pledged themselves to the Mysterious Netherworld Divine Court’s cause?” Su Yi asked suddenly.

Qing Teng froze, then shook his head. “Your Excellency Su, currently, only a handful of the rulers of the various forbidden grounds have submitted. The...