"Xuan Xiao…"
Hearing the name from Wang Die's mouth, Ye Ling's eyes instantly changed, and his mood became somewhat heavy.
If Xuan Xiao was the one instigating Wang Die to do these things, it would mean that Xuan Xiao knew he would return to Earth long ago, which was why Xuan Xiao had set up these schemes on Earth in advance.
If Ye Ling thought darker, perhaps Xuan Xiao's death while fighting to save him was also part of the plan.
Of course, Ye Ling found it unlikely that Xuan Xiao had been planning for sixty thousand years. After all, he was just an unknown kid back then, and no one would have thought he would become the Eastern Xuan Supreme.
Xuan Xiao's appearance on Earth should have been due to someone reviving him through special means, or a recreated personality.
And Ye Ling leaned towards his inner demon being capable of doing such things.
But when did his inner demon arise? And his inner demon had quietly left him, hiding in the shadows and plotting… Ye Ling had no clue about these abnormal events.
Wang Die continued, "Back then, when my mother passed away, Xuan Xiao found me and told me about Emperor Jun, saying that Emperor Jun would bring disaster to Earth, and at the same time, he would become Earth's savior."
"Moreover, the day before Emperor Jun came to find me, Xuan Xiao approached me again and told me that Emperor Jun would allow the ritual of the Red Dust Pavilion to be completed, abandoning the lives of half of Earth's humans."
"Xuan Xiao said that in the ancient ruins of the Tongtian tribe, the power of the Law of Time lay dormant. As long as it was awakened, the ritual of the Red Dust Pavilion could be stopped, saving the half of humanity that would be abandoned by Emperor Jun, but the price would be my life."
"Xuan Xiao gave me all the choices, and Emperor Jun's subsequent actions confirmed what he said, so I believed him…"
Ye Ling: "…"
After hearing Wang Die's words, Ye Ling fell silent, his thoughts racing.
His decision to allow the Red Dust Pavilion to proceed with the ritual was entirely based on the suggestion of Zhang Xiao Ling, the First Lord of the Red Dust Pavilion, with the purpose of luring out the mastermind behind it all.
And this matter, he had not told anyone.
If Xuan Xiao could know his plan in advance, it was bound to be revealed by Zhang Xiao Ling.
Ye Ling was now hesitant, unsure whether Zhang Xiao Ling was friend or foe, and unable to determine if Xuan Xiao was truly the mastermind.
However, there was one thing Ye Ling could be sure of.
When he was suppressing the Law of Time just now, he had no extra energy to probe the outside world. This meant that even if Xuan Xiao had returned to the ancient ruins at that time and done anything nearby, he would not have noticed.
Xuan Xiao deliberately guided Wang Die to awaken the Law of Time, and he would not have done nothing. His objective had most likely been achieved!
In this unseen confrontation, Ye Ling had to admit that Xuan Xiao had won.
Bang!
Just as Ye Ling was lost in thought, a loud noise suddenly came from outside. The entire Tongtian Tower began to shake, and cracks appeared on the walls surrounding the library.
"Roar—"
In the adjacent space, the monstrous beast gestured in the scarlet giant egg suddenly awoke, its mournful roar echoing throughout the Tongtian Tower.
And the ancient beast slumbering at the core of the Tongtian Tower also awoke due to the roar of the monstrous beast.
"Emperor Jun, the people of the Red Dust Pavilion have controlled all the cultivators who entered the ancient ruins. They have now killed the eighth-grade monstrous beast outside and broken into the Tongtian Tower!"
At this moment, Ji Xue's telepathic message sounded in Ye Ling's mind, pulling Ye Ling back to reality from his thoughts.
"The Red Dust Pavilion controlled all the cultivators?"
Upon hearing Ji Xue's words, Ye Ling's eyes slightly narrowed. He spread his divine sense outwards and saw a large number of cultivators rushing into the Tongtian Tower, engaging in fierce combat with the monstrous beast that emerged from the scarlet giant egg and guarded the first space.
Jiu Ling also sensed the appearance of other intruders and quickly said to Ye Ling, "Emperor Jun, the monstrous beast guarding the adjacent space is called Heavenly Calamity. It can devour a person's cultivation and convert it into its own power!"
"And the ancient beast slumbering deep within the Tongtian Tower is Heavenly Calamity's mother body, possessing the strength of peak ninth grade. Once Heavenly Calamity devours enough energy, the mother body of Heavenly Calamity will awaken!"
Seeing Jiu Ling's nervous appearance, Ye Ling couldn't help but ask Jiu Ling with curiosity, "What will happen if the mother body of Heavenly Calamity awakens?"
Jiu Ling said in panic, "The mother body of Heavenly Calamity is the core of all Tongtian Towers in the ancient ruins. Once it awakens, it will activate all the Tongtian Towers in the ancient ruins, and the seals imposed here by the many sages of the Great Desolation Era will self-destruct!"
"At that time, the entire ruins will be annihilated by the collapsing space, and all living beings within will perish!"
Jiu Ling exclaimed this, and Feng Ke and Wang Die's faces also changed drastically, exclaiming, "All living beings will die?"
Ye Ling, however, remained calm, with no emotional fluctuations.
The consequences were within his acceptable range.
Even if the space collapsed, he was confident he could survive in the collapsing space, and it wouldn't be difficult to bring Feng Ke and Wang Die out.
Compared to the disaster that would be brought about by the awakening of the mother body of Heavenly Calamity, Ye Ling was more curious about the mother body of Heavenly Calamity itself.
What kind of creature was worthy of being the core of all Tongtian Towers in the ancient ruins?
What was even more concerning was that the Red Dust Pavilion deliberately controlled all the cultivators, making them charge into the Tongtian Tower en masse, clearly intending to let the cultivators of various major forces come and sacrifice themselves to awaken the mother body of Heavenly Calamity and thus achieve their own goals.
The Red Dust Pavilion… why would they do this?
Ye Ling telepathically asked Ji Xue, "Have the cultivators of the Red Dust Pavilion entered the Tongtian Tower?"
Ji Xue transmitted, "Not yet. They are all guarding the entrance of the Tongtian Tower and supervising, with no intention of entering."
"Tian Yuan and I are also blocked outside by the cultivators of the Red Dust Pavilion and cannot enter this tower for the time being."
Ye Ling's lips curled slightly, "As expected… the people of the Red Dust Pavilion also know about the existence of the mother body of Heavenly Calamity, and they are deliberately letting the cultivators of various major forces come to die."
Feng Ke could hear the sounds of killing from the other side, and his brows furrowed. He looked at Ye Ling and asked, "What should we do now? Should we go and stop this so-called Heavenly Calamity?"
Ye Ling shook his head and said, "It's too late to stop it now."
He could feel that the slumbering monstrous beast deep in the central Tongtian Tower was awakening at an extremely fast pace.
And the tops of all the Tongtian Towers in this ancient ruin were emitting a beam of scarlet light, shining into the central Tongtian Tower.
It was estimated that before long, the last restrictions imposed by the many sages here would be activated.
Compared to stopping Heavenly Calamity, removing the sages' restrictions was more realistic.