The black energy swirled and extinguished all the suffering spirits, granting them complete liberation.

But as a price, all the azure flames were drawn by the black energy and fell upon the upstart.

The upstart knelt there, allowing the flames to burn his body. The pain in his heart, along with the suffering of those spirits, seemed to be inflicted upon him in an instant.

He growled and raised his head, azure light bursting from his seven orifices. His flesh began to shatter, leaving only a patch of black energy flickering with azure light.

Only endless pain, mixed with various negative thoughts, spread around him with an ominous aura.

The person sitting in the chair stood up and shook his head somewhat unexpectedly.

"You gave them liberation, yet you will never have a day of liberation again. Why bother?"

He reached out a hand, grabbed the crystal ball, took a step forward, and disappeared.

After losing its target, the roiling black energy roared and destroyed the place where the person had just been.

He had lost all rationality, overwhelmed by the pain in his heart, mingled with the pain brought by the azure flames.

A day later.

Yu Ziqing arrived nearby on a Flying Boat, searching for the location of the upstart's family.

He intended to save some time by asking directly face-to-face, maybe have a chat.

However, when he arrived here, he saw a mass of swirling black energy above the estate, constantly changing shape, with flickering azure light inside.

There was no longer a sign of life in the surrounding area, within a radius of over ten miles, there were traces of destruction everywhere.

Even before getting close, he felt the painful thoughts; the mass of black energy continuously emitted enough painful thoughts to drown a low-tier cultivator's consciousness.

All other evil thoughts and negative intents, even the thick ominous aura, were forcibly suppressed by the painful thoughts.

Yu Ziqing furrowed his brows slightly. This kind of power was the strange power the upstart had previously stirred up.

It seemed like Devil Dao, also like Evil Dao, yet not entirely.

Yu Ziqing looked at the big sun in the sky, quietly waiting in the distance.

From another direction, people arrived: the Dali Shadow Department, and nearby cultivators, but none dared to approach.

Not mentioning those cultivators who simply didn't want to be tainted by any trace of ominous aura, even the out-of-control furious painful thoughts, just approaching slightly felt like enduring torturous agony.

For those slightly weaker in strength or will, their Divine Souls even bore traces of burns.

After a day of investigation, the news spread. After confirming that the strange mass of black energy seemed unlikely to leave, the Shadow Department people left.

In this world, there are so many strange and dangerous things and places that it is impossible to solve each one.

As long as it is confirmed that the danger can be contained within a certain range, the conventional approach is to designate it as a Forbidden Land.

As for the degree of danger, generally, it is proportional to the range of the Forbidden Land.

Incidentally, Jinlan Mountain's full name in the Divine Dynasty is still the Jinlan Mountain Forbidden Land, and it is always marked on maps as a large restricted area.

And this tacitly implies that if someone actively goes to the Forbidden Land, then dying there is their own fault.

At least, that's the court's attitude; no matter who it is, if they actively cause trouble in the Forbidden Land, the court will not intervene or say anything about Jinlan Mountain.

Other major Forbidden Lands are similar, whether it's an environmental danger or an extremely dangerous presence inside, it's the same.

The place where the upstart's family was located, considered the presence of a strange living being, at most counted as a small Forbidden Land.

Previously, the largest Forbidden Land in the west of Dali was the Abyss Rift Valley, with a radius of a thousand miles from the edge of the Great Rift Valley, all within the 'dying here serves you right' range.

And the court's responsibility is to keep the danger within the Abyss Rift Valley as much as possible within a safe range.

But on the map, this Forbidden Land covers several thousand miles, with the extra marked area as a buffer zone for unexpected situations.

Since the emergence of hungry ghosts, Dali has essentially gained an additional territory, which was always disadvantageous in the past, can the Dali court not view hungry ghosts unfavorably?

Yu Ziqing waited until darkness fell, and no others arrived again.

When the Bright Moon shone on the earth, Yu Ziqing immediately used his Moonlight Divine Skill to see what had happened.

When he saw a black shadow, Yu Ziqing's eyes narrowed slightly.

He couldn't see the features, but during these two days, the Bright Moon's power was strong, he could clearly see the outline and shape.

It was the same person he saw at the Dadui Arch last time.

After watching the whole process, Yu Ziqing thanked the Moon God, then dispersed his Moonlight Divine Skill.

This person acted so decisively; it's hard to cultivate a power base, even if it's an upstart, as long as you have money.

With money, the early stages of development can be very fast, as long as willing to spend, various relationships can be established.

After developing for a few hundred years, the foundation gradually builds, in a thousand or eight hundred years, if a Ninth Tier emerges, entering the threshold of the great powers...

Unfortunately, the other party was extremely decisive, exterminating swiftly, using the threat of living hell to intimidate, annihilating families, obliterating clans, no one could be more ruthless.

Yu Ziqing wanted to pursue, but unfortunately, this person was extremely cautious, never making a move from start to finish, even the Dharma Method used when leaving was unknown.

Even if he wanted to use the Moonlight Divine Skill to pursue all the way, there was no way to continue the chase.