Chapter 146 — A Vicious Scheme

Mr. Ghost smiled and said, "So it will not be so easy for the beasts and demons to win lightly. We, meanwhile, will nurse our strength in the wilds, and once the Four Spirits Blood Array is cultivated to completion, then looking across the world, who will be able to withstand the divine might of our Holy Cult?"

The Ghost King started and said, "What? Has word of the other two spirit beasts come to you as well, sir?"

Mr. Ghost said, "Indeed. After the Coiling Dragon Cauldron fully subdued the divine beast 'Yellow Bird' and the spirit beast 'Kui Ox,' new writing appeared afresh upon the cauldron's inscription. The next is none other than the beast that guards our Holy Cult's Holy Hall in the wilds—the 'Candle Dragon.' Once we return to the Holy Hall and subdue it, only the southern dire beast 'Taotie' will remain. When Taotie is found, will the world not lie entirely in your hands, Sect Master?"

The Ghost King stepped forward and gazed down at the blood pool below. The thick bloody air of the chamber enveloped him, and in a daze he felt as though the whole world were held in his grasp.

He could not restrain a great laugh toward the heavens, ringing and bright, and the joy in it was wild beyond measure!