Chapter 1389 - 1385: We’ve Fallen Into a Trap!

When Yun Ran heard that the people from the Divine Hall actually used a secret technique to summon a deity, she couldn’t help but gasp.

No member of the Xuan Sect would dare to use secret techniques lightly. The repercussions are only slightly better than death.

Moreover, the higher the level of the secret technique used, the more terrifying the backlash.

Back then, Yun Ran merely helped Xuan Chu fend off the backlash from peering into the Heavenly Dao, and she almost became crippled.

This was even with the Junior Master’s backing, and she couldn’t use her abilities for three years.

In the end, she managed to fool Xie Xuzhi into binding through a Marriage Contract, or else Yun Ran would now be a useless person surviving by mere chatter.

Dragon Spirit’s expression was even more exaggerated: "Wow, using a secret technique to summon a deity! In the end, did that person survive?"

Clearly, at this moment, Dragon Spirit also recalled the outcome when Yun Ran and Xuan Chu faced the backlash from peering into the Heavenly Dao.

He even contributed a part of his Dragon Core to prevent Yun Ran from turning into a fool.

This summoning’s backlash might have directly led to being scattered in soul and spirit!

Azure Dragon was interrupted but wasn’t annoyed; in his view, Dragon Spirit’s and Yun Ran’s reactions were quite normal.

He shook his head: "Didn’t die; people from the Divine Hall wouldn’t do such a self-destructive act unless they were confident. Just listen as I continue."

Someone who used a summoning secret technique and didn’t die — Yun Ran and Dragon Spirit exchanged a glance; the Divine Hall indeed had some skill.

Oh no, they’re in trouble now!

Azure Dragon wasn’t aware that Yun Ran was regretting intensely at that moment and continued: "After the summoning ceremony was completed, the higher-ups of the Divine Hall were informed.

But since the rules of the world are incomplete, it was impossible to send the summoned deity back, and pursuing accountability was pointless, so they could only remedy the situation.

That elder who summoned a deity wasn’t killed by the backlash but completely lost his freedom, imprisoned in the Divine Hall’s dungeon.

At first, the deity who was summoned was quite courteous to us, but over time, the human-like qualities in her grew heavier.

Eventually, she started to escape the Divine Hall’s supervision and began devouring various living creatures en masse, especially those that had developed spiritual wisdom..."

When Azure Dragon spoke this part, his voice choked, visibly affected by the deity’s fall into corruption after being tainted by the human world.

From here on, even if Azure Dragon didn’t continue, Yun Ran could guess the general direction.

Nothing more than a god elevated above others, forcibly dragged down from the divine pedestal, taking the path of corruption, causing irreversible damage to this world.

Amidst such a backdrop, Yun Ran suddenly somewhat understood why the High Priest, who could foresee a thousand years ahead, would abandon their Divine Status.

It was both a demystification of deities and an apology and a remedy for this world.

Just as Yun Ran was feeling melancholy, Dragon Spirit suddenly spoke, breaking the current atmosphere.

"No, according to what you’ve said, this deity of unknown origin, having done such cruel and bloody things, shouldn’t the Heavenly Dao reject and suppress her?

Why is it that now we’re the ones who have to clean up her mess? We’ve just started out, and strange things are happening; the causation clearly leans towards her, which seems entirely illogical!"

He had personally witnessed how even the ancestors invited from Qingfeng Temple were severely suppressed.

This was even through the proper means built by Yun Ran with all the Merit Golden Light, without doing a shred of wrongdoing.

"What else are you not saying? Although the Heavenly Dao doesn’t deliberately favor anyone, it only maintains balance, clearly favoring an evil deity makes no sense at all!"

Dragon Spirit’s gaze was somewhat aggressive as he looked at Azure Dragon, clearly thinking he wasn’t being truthful.

At this point, hiding things is truly despicable.

Especially thinking about how from the start this guy treated himself as bait, the more Dragon Spirit thought about it, the angrier he got.

He clenched his fist, making a popping sound from his knuckles as he was on the verge of losing his temper.

Azure Dragon lightly sighed: "If I knew everything, I wouldn’t be so passive today, and if not for Fellow Daoist Yun’s reminder, I wouldn’t even realize that what we’re encountering might be tainted by causation."

While saying this, Azure Dragon’s face was entirely in a ’I am also wronged’ expression.

"What a waste! And I don’t know why your Divine Hall sent you here, where’s your High Priest, isn’t he supposed to be the most powerful High Priest in the history of the Divine Hall..."

Dragon Spirit was speaking confidently when he suddenly stopped abruptly.

The next second, he indeed saw Azure Dragon looking at him with a suspicious gaze.

"How do you know that our High Priest is the strongest in the history of the Divine Hall?"

Each High Priest of the Divine Hall, besides a few core Divine Servants, hardly sees outsiders, and their names aren’t even spread.

Such top-secret information, how did Dragon Spirit, an outsider, know?

"Who exactly are you!"

This was the third time Azure Dragon seriously asked about Yun Ran and her group’s identity.

Dragon Spirit clearly realized he had misspoken, but admitting mistakes was not an option. He was already doing well to continue speaking calmly to Azure Dragon.

"Hmph, no comment!"

Yun Ran also played dead; regardless, even if the sky fell, she wouldn’t reveal her origins.

Their appearance is, in itself, a disruption to the flow of history, and even thinking about revealing their origins is too risky to contemplate.

Seeing Yun Ran and Dragon Spirit’s attitude, Azure Dragon knew that trying to find out their background was probably a lost cause.

He immediately stopped dwelling on it and directly responded to Yun Ran’s question: "The High Priest wouldn’t show up unless the Divine Hall faced a life-and-death situation."

If the High Priest stepped in for everything, what are all the people raised in the Divine Hall for?

Both parties knew that continuing this topic was inappropriate, and they tacitly began to change the subject.

"Is it possible that this is related to the secret technique used by the Divine Hall back then to summon a deity?"

Facing the current situation, Yun Ran could only propose every possibility she could think of.

Shifting causation isn’t unheard of, and some even intentionally raise stand-ins to take the fall for them.

Those people commit countless wrongs but in the end, the ones struck by the backlash are others.

Azure Dragon furrowed his brow, obviously also thinking there was merit to this guess.

"I don’t know; back then, the elder used the secret technique without authorization, although the intention was good, the consequences were too severe. Later, these secret techniques were destroyed."