“Demonic qi? The Grudge Spirits would finally be freed?” Ye Qing mulled over their conversation carefully as Actor and Matchmaker slowly walked out of sight. Their conversation was short, but it was more or less enough for Ye Qing to piece together their true plan and objective.0

Five hundred years ago, the battle between two peak champions caused Sky Gate to be destroyed and sink into the underground. Hundreds of thousands had died as a result. At the same time, their battle opened a gap to the Nine Nethers and caused a small amount of demonic qi to leak into the surface.0

Humans could be good or evil, and nature could be yin and yang. Naturally, there was a world of light and a world of darkness as well. The Nine Nethers was the place where the greatest darkness, yin energy, wickedness and evil were gathered. Humanity wasn’t meant to live here to put it mildly. Its demonic qi—or the Nine Nethers Demonic Qi in full—was the culmination of all that was dark and possessed incredible corruptive power. It could tempt someone to fall or indulge and give rise to all sorts of evil desires.0

The people of Sky Gate were resentful to begin with as they had died an unjustified death. Throw in the Nine Nethers Demonic Qi into the mix, and their ghosts started transforming into Grudge Spirits en masse.0

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