Investigation

As he rapidly flew through the sky, the frown on Ling Chen's face kept increasing, as he fell deeper and deeper into his thoughts.

Clenching the fist which had struck the bug, and feeling it's now slightly weaker strength, Ling Chen couldn't help but have doubts.

'Is it the Dao of Devouring, or is it something else?' thought Ling Chen as he flew through the air.

...

Looking at the huge bug that was floating through the void, Ling Fan couldn't help but frown.

"Since when are bugs as powerful as these so common," mumbled Ling Fan as he stared at the bug, which at the moment, was eating some of it's brethren.

Suddenly, a frown appeared on Ling Fan's face, he then quickly controlled the void ship before flying towards the bug.

Without having any time to react, the bug was suddenly turned into a large pile of flesh, as a giant, ethereal hand came down and crushed it.

As this was happening, Ling Fan's void ship quickly passed the now-dead bug before running away into the distance.

Moments after Ling Fan disappeared, tens of thousands of bugs suddenly revealed themselves, before quickly covering the giant bug.

Only a few seconds after that, the entirety of the giant bug was gone, having been completely annihilated from existence.

...

Looking at the quickly fleeing void ship, an old man suddenly frowned.

'How did he manage to discover the ambush?' thought the old man as he stared at Ling Fan, who had already fled quite a distance away.

Even though the old man could probably catch up with Ling Fan, seeing that the latter had managed to escape his ambush, the old man had become much more cautious.

'This is really a troublesome time for us to conduct the plan, there are way to many geniuses in this time period,' thought the old man as he touched his beard.

But still, the old man would still follow his orders without a second thought, not letting anything get in his way.

After a while, the old man suddenly disappeared, not staying at this location any longer.

...

As he controlled the void ship to quickly travel away, Ling Fan couldn't help but fall into deep thoughts.

'Was there danger back there, was that the reason you instructed me to flee?' asked Ling Fan as thoughts swirled in his mind.

[Yes host, even though I am unsure what it was, I had sensed danger back there, in fact, there was a high chance you would have died back there if you hadn't fled] said the System, causing an extremely surprised expression to appear on Ling Fan's face.

"Do you have any idea what the danger might have been?" asked Ling Fan as slightly turned his head back, silently looking at his little sister, who right now, was cultivating inside of the void ship.

[I'm unsure what the danger back there was, as it seemingly interfered with my divination capabilities] said the System, causing Ling Fan's frown to become extremely aggravated.

'Then It's got something to do with a True Immortal,' thought Ling Fan, before this, as long as something did not involve True Immortals, the system would be able to conduct it's divination unimpeded.

"Then I guess it's time to go back to the Three Thousand Regions," mumbled Ling Fan, as the endless void had seemingly become too dangerous for him.

...

Looking at the two cultivators before him, the hooded figure frowned.

"So, how has your investigation gone," asked the hooded figure as it looked at the old and middle-aged man.

"It's as you've expected, the cultivator's from this generation are much stronger than those from the previous ones, right now, it looks like the strength of the cultivators from the Three Thousand Regions will reach it's peak this generation," said the old man, causing the middle-aged man to nod as well.

Hearing that, the hooded figure sighed before nodding.

"Very well, continue monitoring and testing the geniuses, make sure to get a good grasp of their strength," said the hooded figure before disappearing.

...

Looking at the several hooded figures around him, as well as the extremely young child, or rather, a baby that wa sitting on a chair, thoughts swirled within the mind of the hooded figure.

After a while, another hooded figure approached him and began talking.

"So, how was your mission?" asked the hooded figure.

"Hmm, not good, the geniuses of this generation are two strong assassinating them would attract too much attention," said the hooded figure, responding to the question.

Hearing that the other hooded figure nodded.

"This generation is a really bad time to go through with the plan," mumbled the hooded figure, but suddenly, he was silenced.

"There is no better time to go through with this than this generation, we need to continue our preparations for the inevitable battle," said the baby, as an abnormally old voice suddenly came out of it's young mouth.

"Yes, Lord Apostle," said all of the hooded figures, simultaneously bowing.

Looking at the hooded figures, who only agreed with him on the surface, the child sighed, not caring about these imbeciles who did not understand the true scale of the plan.

Nor did these fools understand how much of a price was paid for him and his two colleagues two descend to the lower dimension, completely bypassing the ban of the Grand Dao.

After a few moments, a small prayer then came out of the mouth of the child, causing the temperature of the room to suddenly fall to an extremely low point, as all those present felt a chill in their hearts.

A few moments after the prayer was finished, a tentacle suddenly appeared in the center of the room, prompting all those present to suddenly kneel reverently.

Without warning, the bodies of three hooded figures, all of whom were powerful Dao Saints suddenly exploded before being absorbed by the tentacle.

"Let this be a lesson to all those that attempt to betray our great cause," said the child with a smile on it's face, causing the chill in the hearts of the hooded figures present to increase.