Amid the lingering opera melody, Third Senior Brother murmured in bewilderment:
"The Black Pagoda deceived me… made me believe the calling came from Ghost Emperor Mountain…"
"Never realizing… the true voice was here all along…"
"I've been to this Absolute Beginning Separation Pillar before, yet never sensed what I do today…"
His words drifted like snowflakes in the storm. Xu Qing understood—this was all the doing of the Black Pagoda Venerable God's power.
It had wanted Third Senior Brother to merge with the Ghost Emperor.
Thus, It hadn't merely deceived him—It had redirected the calling to Ghost Emperor Mountain.
Though Xu Qing couldn't fathom why the Black Pagoda would value the Ghost Emperor…
For while the Ghost Emperor was formidable to lower-level cultivators, his Soul Accumulation cultivation meant little to higher existences.
"Perhaps there's some connection I'm unaware of…"
