The only reason why he was certain that their ghost city would be located in Qufu… was because it was so inextricably interlinked to Confucianism that all Confucianists would never be able to pass it up.

With this, the playing field would be tipped in Hell’s favour. After all, the opposing forces were still in the dark as to where the new Hell was located!

In other words, Hell’s greatest advantage right now laid in the fact that the rival forces were unable to strike at their base of operations!

That said, there were still many questions that Qin Ye was unable to figure out for now.

For instance, he had noticed that Yin spirits would generally appear on the surface of the mortal realm, but such a phenomenon would immediately be rendered impossible as soon as a ghost city was established. This was peculiar, because not even the great and powerful Fengdu Necropolis was able to do any more than to open a portal on the mortal realm that led Yin spirits directly towards Hell’s Gate. 

Therefore, Qin Ye postulated that the Confucian Family’s ghost city might very well be located in Limbo itself. This was how they had managed to attempt an assassination on Qin Ye at the material times. 

That said, everything remained no more than postulations and speculations. Arthis would probably know the specifics, but he had no intentions of disclosing these terrifying news before personally ascertaining its veracity.

“If this much is true, then there’s just too much to be done moving forward… Everything, including the eastbound expedition, would be affected…” Qin Ye sighed and murmured softly, “We’re going to be sending the expedition through the ‘mantle’...