"What the hell?"

Tieguanyin's words almost made everyone at the table jump.

Countless transmigrators, even after living in this world for decades, held only one thought in their hearts: to return.

It was this thought that sustained them, allowing them to bide their time cautiously, always existing as transmigrators.

But now you're saying that their original world is long gone?

They couldn't even imagine the blow this would deliver to all transmigrators. All their ease and freedom, all their connections, would vanish. There was a world of difference between a person with roots and one without.

And you say this terrifying, even despair-inducing news is the lightest?

"How… how did it disappear?"

Perhaps the weight of the news itself was too much, creating a sense of delayed collapse. Erguotou asked, trembling.

"I don't know."

Tieguanyin glanced at Erguotou and said calmly, "We at our level of existence can't yet see the entire process."

"For us, we only remember living our lives normally one moment, and the next, in an instant, we were awakened in this world by a mysterious voice. At most, those with strong wills remember the moment of their death."

"And between closing our eyes in our previous lives and opening them in this one, lies the process of struggling and suffering within the Taisui (a type of ancient Chinese deity)."

"We just don't remember it."

"…"

She spoke these words so calmly that no one could respond.

Tieguanyin seemed to expect this and simply said, "Perhaps we can describe it to you like this."

"Taisui, in the records of the Daluo Dharma Sect in this world, is an ancient evil god, existing since before the beginning of heaven and earth, wandering around and collecting sacrifices."

"Of course, from the perspective of our world, we can understand it as a high-dimensional and unconscious life form in the universe, feeding on mature civilizations, devouring all active matter in the universe as its nourishment."

"Our world was one that was targeted by Taisui."

"Perhaps our world also experienced fierce resistance, perhaps we fought for many years, but in the end, we still failed. Our civilization, our race, and even ourselves, were swallowed by Taisui, becoming part of it."

"Originally, our world would have perished, never to exist again."

"Like the disappearance of a bubble."

"But the variable came from this world, from an unexpected sacrifice."

"…"

She spoke smoothly, as if she had prepared these words in her heart countless times to tell those who came later: "This world is strange. In many ways, it is more backward than ours, but it has more ancient sacrifices and rules than our world."

"Our world also had similar sacrifices and rules, but this world may be closer to Taisui, so they are more effective."

"The change occurred more than two hundred and forty years ago, during the great sacrifice when Du Yi raised his army to start a rebellion, they summoned Taisui according to ancient traditions to strengthen their troops."

"For them, this was also a very familiar thing. It would have an effect, but it wouldn't be strong. It was more like a habit, but they didn't expect that the sacrifice would be so smooth, and the effect would be much stronger than they imagined."

"Taisui really responded to them and turned its attention to them."

"…"

"Looking back now, Du Yi seemed to have a beautiful dream. With Taisui's blessing, their troops were unstoppable, entering the capital and becoming the emperor."

"For Du Yi, what did it matter that after every great victory, they had to offer sacrifices to Taisui, and that many evil things arose as Taisui entered the world?"

"So, everything happened naturally."

As she spoke, a smile seemed to appear on the corner of Tieguanyin's mouth: "Until Du Yi secured his rule and began to enjoy it."

"They emerged from the chaos and secured their rule, so they began to hate the chaos in the world."

"But at this point, they realized that they had invited Taisui, but they couldn't send it away…"

"This sacrifice was started by them, but they couldn't end it."

"…"

Hu Ma also sat down at the table, listening carefully. What Tieguanyin was saying matched what he had learned before.

"And it was at this time that the Daluo Dharma Sect came down the mountain."

Tieguanyin slowly looked at Hu Ma and said softly, "They were originally the oldest attendants of Taisui, with ancient records of Taisui worship and the manifestation of its phenomena."

"Even in their records, there was a calculation of the lifespan of heaven and earth. When the lifespan of heaven and earth ends, that is when Taisui descends, but they didn't expect that the lifespan of heaven and earth would be a little shorter."

"When Taisui had not yet arrived, they served Taisui. When Taisui descended, they wanted to extend the life of this world."

"Thus, there was the Wentian (Asking Heaven) Grand Sacrifice, and the collapse of the Ancestral Altar…"

"…"

Hearing this, Hu Ma couldn't help but narrow his eyes: "So, it was really the descent of a transmigrator as one of the Five Calamities, destroying the world's Ancestral Altar and fighting against the world's oldest Palace God, that finally caused the world to lose its protection?"

Tieguanyin listened without committing herself, simply giving him a calm look, and asked, "Who told you that?"

Hu Ma's voice slightly deepened, "Everyone."

He had discussed this with Mountain Lord, and with the Dongzi Li family, and the National Teacher had also mentioned these things unintentionally.

They all thought so.

"If they think so, it means that the Daluo Dharma Sect's plan succeeded."

Tieguanyin said indifferently, "Because the real reason we came here was that we were invited by the Daluo Dharma Sect."

"Theoretically, we should actually be considered a group of fugitives."

"…"

"What?"

These words not only made Hu Ma's face show a look of astonishment, but Miss Erguotou and White Wine also looked up in surprise.

Tieguanyin glanced at Hu Ma and said softly, "You should know the origin of the Twelve Ghost Altars."

Hu Ma nodded and slowly said, "This is the sacred object used by Du Yi when he sacrificed to Taisui. Theoretically, it is also the source of all disasters."

"That's right."

Tieguanyin nodded and said, "The Twelve Ghost Altars were used to invite Taisui. Of course, after communicating with Taisui through this, the Du Yi royal family at that time, when they realized that Taisui could not be sent away, actually had an idea, which was:"

"Since we can't send it away, we might as well use the people of this world to exchange for something more valuable from Taisui, such as the Hall of Longevity that their clan had been dreaming of."

The statement was absurd, but no one present seemed surprised.

It seemed to be a natural, base, yet ever-present phenomenon for emperors to want to become immortals.

"So, at that time, Du Yi invited the Daluo Dharma Sect, firstly, to find out the reason why Taisui refused to leave, to see if there were any other solutions, and secondly, to have the people of the Daluo Dharma Sect see the feasibility of realizing their ambition to become immortals."

Tieguanyin sighed softly and said, "The first chief priest of the Daluo Dharma Sect understood both of these things."

"The Wentian Grand Sacrifice, which is now considered a failure, actually succeeded."

"The Daluo Dharma Sect saw the reason why Taisui could not be sent away. To put it bluntly, it was like a joke."

Her voice seemed to have some sarcasm: "Why couldn't it be sent away? Because when Du Yi sacrificed blood and bone to the heavens and invited Taisui, he said, 'I offer my heart, I offer my bones, I offer my soul. I give the world to Taisui, only wishing to protect my clan's armies…'"

"This kind of spell was passed down from Du Yi's ancestors. When Taisui didn't pay attention, saying it was useless, but when Taisui really became interested…"

"Then these words became a contract. Since you have sacrificed everything, Taisui will naturally take everything away."

"…"

"And the most terrifying thing was that the Daluo Dharma Sect discovered that the Du Yi emperor's ambition was also feasible."

Tieguanyin said, "The Du Yi emperor's extravagant hope of becoming an immortal could also be achieved, because he really didn't care about this world at all. Not only was it feasible, but at that time, he was already secretly building the Hall of Longevity. As the emperor, he was the one who received the mandate of heaven and was also the person closest to Taisui. He knew that his ambition could be realized, so he wanted to go a step further at all costs."

"And when this problem was discovered, the most panicked was the Daluo Dharma Sect."

"…"

Speaking of this, Tieguanyin laughed: "The old man's expression was the most amusing when he talked about these things back then."

"That was, after guarding the mountain for thousands of years, waiting for the mandate of heaven to arrive and going down the mountain to carry out their mission…"

"And then, as soon as they went down the mountain, they found that they couldn't solve it at all."

"…"

"Then…"

The voices of the people at the table also trembled a little: "What happened next?"

"What else could happen? Everyone went crazy!"

Tieguanyin smiled and said, "Du Yi went crazy, causing a disaster that the entire world couldn't withstand."

"Heaven and earth also went crazy, being invaded by Taisui, breeding endless evil."

"So, the people of the Daluo Dharma Sect also went crazy."

"After discovering that this problem was unsolvable, the first chief priest of the Daluo Dharma Sect prayed to the Ancestral Altar and even the Palace God, and then the second chief priest personally took action. They secretly modified the Twelve Ghost Altars, and then, through the Wentian Grand Sacrifice, they summoned something else."

"That's us."

"…"

Tieguanyin looked directly at Erguotou and the others and slowly said, "When the Daluo Dharma Sect realized that Taisui was irresistible, and that neither the Ancestral Altar nor the Gods of the Full Sky Pond could resist it, they decided to seek help."

"They used the Twelve Ghost Altars to sense that there were still some consciousnesses struggling and resisting within Taisui, so he used the sacrifice within the sacrifice to invite those consciousnesses from Taisui to the human world."

"That's us."

"We were invited to this world by the Daluo Dharma Sect to exist as saviors."

"Have you ever been curious as to why the exterior and interior designs of our Natal Spirit Temples are similar to those of this world?"

"Because this is what this world gave us."

She slowly opened her mouth: "For this world, Taisui is a god, and we are also gods, coming from beyond the heavens to save the world."