Zhao Yun swirled his glass about pensively as he sorted through his thoughts. Then, approximately five minutes later, he finally began, “It all began 200 years ago, when the Federation of Underworlds convened a meeting known as the Conference on the Non-Proliferation of Forbidden Arts and the Proliferation of Yin Talismanology. This conference was otherwise also known as the Yin Talismanology Summit. It was a conference jointly hosted by the four major underworlds, and all first-rate underworlds were invited to the conference. The western underworlds called it the D9 Summit.”

Qin Ye listened intently. He would soon have to step into the international arena after unifying Hell, and the more he knew, the better.

Zhao Yun went on, “There are only five other first-rate underworlds in the world. Coupled with the P4 underworlds, we derive the D9 underworlds. Ever since returning from this conference, the Second King Yanluo spent the next 30 years working on the initiation module of the second generation forbidden arts.”

“This was a matter of top secret, and not a single other person was involved. Come to think of it, I would think it was also because the Second King Yanluo had already begun to feel rejection from the Heavenly Dao that he began to undertake such a course of action, laying the groundwork for the future…”

Qin Ye raised his hand at once, “Rejection from the Heavenly Dao… Will you experience that as well? The Second King Yanluo had in passing mentioned to me that the Heavenly Dao can no longer condone his existence. What exactly does that mean?”

Zhao Yun thought about it for a moment, “Firstly, to advance to such...