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Chapter 1202 - 852: Can Fate Sin Really Kill?_3

Chapter 1202: Chapter 852: Can Fate Sin Really Kill?_3

"This epoch I have only awoken twice, and now is the third time."

Wang Zijia nodded in realization, then asked the question he was most concerned about at the moment, "Do you know the identity of Daoxuan Celestial Venerable during the Fourth Epoch?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Daoxuan looked puzzledly at Wang Zijia.

Wang Zijia explained, "When I encountered the World Collision Ruins in the Fourth Epoch, although I survived through reincarnation, it had a significant impact on me, leaving many of my memories fragmented. Seeing you, elder, I can’t help but feel a sense of familiarity."

Those who had been silently proceeding forward all paused slightly and subconsciously glanced at Wang Zijia.

Zhang Daoxuan shook his head mysteriously and said, "The master has never mentioned it. He is somewhat taboo about matters concerning the Dao Court, so we have not dared ask over the years."

Wang Zijia nodded slightly, his brows furrowed.

At this moment, the five had arrived at the heart of the Continent of Taiching, in front of an ancient Great Hall enveloped in immortal energy.

Clearly, they had reached their destination!

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Deep within the Taiching Palace, a majestic and ancient core building resembled the White Jade Taoist Temple.

Now, within the Great Hall.

When Wang Zijia followed Zhang Daoxuan and the others here, the venerable old Taoist, Zhang Deqi, was already waiting inside the Great Hall.

Currently, the hall’s array was operating at full power, but it only activated the spirit gathering effect. The terrifying power of the Immortal Spirit, drawn from various channels, converged within the Great Hall.

Old Taoist Zhang Deqi was meditating at the core main seat of the Great Hall, where the terrifying power of the Immortal Spirit crazily poured into his body.

However, his body seemed like a bottomless pit that could never be filled.

But his coughing condition had improved, and his physical body no longer flashed between a dried corpse and flesh and blood state. It appeared that he had barely stabilized his injuries.

To Wang Zijia, this person felt very strange.

For one, this man had no cultivation.

It was not hidden by Stealth, he simply had no cultivation.

In fact, he was nothing but a shell!

Well, that’s not entirely correct either.

To Wang Zijia, this person felt like... like a major Taoist figure who had once gathered the Tao Fruit, but the Tao Fruit had collapsed, yet he did not die, and even retained a certain level of power.

Such a state was not only peculiar but also terrifying.

Because after the Taiyi Realm, monks harvest the Tao Fruit to govern the Tao. Unless transcended, whether Taiyi or Daluo, the Tao Fruit should be the core, representing everything extraordinary about a Taoist monk.

If the Tao Fruit collapsed, the person should have perished.

Thus, the old Taoist’s situation was akin to someone from the Previous Life seeing a ghost!

Therefore, the old Taoist gave Wang Zijia a very strange feeling.

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At that moment, as Zhang Daoxuan and the others arrived in the Great Hall and first carefully checked the old man’s condition and saw it was stable, they then greeted, "We pay our respects to the master!"

Wang Zijia also quickly evaluated Old Taoist Zhang Deqi while following the others into the Great Hall.

Thus, along with Zhang Daoxuan and the others, he greeted, "I pay respects to the elder."

Old Taoist Zhang Deqi, who had originally been looking at the five, paused for a moment at Wang Zijia’s greeting and said, "We can just regard each other as contemporaries."

These calm words caused Zhang Daoxuan and the others’ greeting gesture to pause briefly.

Wang Zijia could then confirm that his feeling of familiarity was not just an illusion.

This Zhang Deqi was definitely a key figure in the Zhang Family in the past.

Even possibly, during his visit to the Yaoshan Realm in the Fourth Epoch, when he clashed fiercely with the Fate Sin, he had seen him somewhere.

However, it appeared that he wasn’t planning to speak about his identity from that time?

With thoughts flashing, Wang Zijia said nothing more, and after a brief silence, he addressed, "Yes, Celestial Venerable Zhang!"

Upon hearing Wang Zijia’s changed address, Old Taoist Zhang Deqi’s eyebrows furrowed for a moment, but he didn’t say anything further.

Then, at Zhang Deqi’s indication, the six of them sat down on a smaller Jade Throne within the Great Hall.

As the six settled, the array flashed, the five floated in the air, the Dao Wheels suspended behind them, their immortal bodies enlarged, and the six formed a fan shape, appearing like a council of great powers from legends.

"Master, during this emergence from seclusion..." the only female monk among them, Palace Master of Yuqing Palace Hua Yuling, cautiously asked.

"My current situation is merely extending an inevitable demise, it’s hopeless; the current crisis of Shen Hong will have to depend on you," spoke Zhang Deqi’s old voice.

"It’s our incompetence that we haven’t been able to quell the Sinful Disaster over these years, even disturbing your rest," Zhang Daoxuan immediately apologized.

Zhang Deqi waved his hand, not dwelling further on these topics, and said, "Let’s discuss the Inner Realm’s situation and the current state of the Taoist School!"

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Thus, in front of Wang Zijia, without any reservation, they started discussing the dire situation of Shen Hong.

It seemed that with his arrival, everyone had implicitly agreed he had now also entered the highest decision-making circle of the entire Taoist School.

In their discussions, it was unclear to Zhang Deqi how well Wang Zijia grasped the situation of Shen Hong, but combining what he heard with various materials he had previously understood, Wang Zijia now had a clear notion of the status of Shen Hong.

It could be said that Shen Hong was currently on the brink of disintegration at any moment.

The whole world, originally supposed to break during the end of the Fourth Epoch—the World Collision Ruins—was barely holding together after years of patching. Along with the issue of the Sinful Disaster, Shen Hong at their current level seemed to be on the verge of complete collapse and destruction.