Master of Strange Dao

A few hundred miles away from Almsgiving Town, a Jade Chariot stopped above the clouds.

The Dali Crown Prince personally came to the vicinity, always prepared.

This largest Abyssal Rift was within the territory of Dali.

In the past, the western region of Dali was vast and sparsely populated, primarily due to this largest Abyssal Rift.

This Abyssal Rift, like a long narrow canyon, or a massive scar, stood within Dali's borders.

Because it was too enormous, sealing it was practically impossible.

To seal it completely, both sides of the Abyss—the Dali side—would have to be sealed, requiring resources and manpower, an astronomical sum.

Moreover, the likelihood of completely sealing it was exceedingly low.

If not completely sealed, the Devils from the Abyss could easily break through using brute force and various methods like using sacrificial pawns for a Blood Sacrifice to forcefully reopen the Abyssal Rift.

In those days, the West Desolate Army guarded this place, making the area within a thousand miles from the Abyssal Rift virtually uninhabited. From the Abyssal Rift toward Dali's heartland stretched a three-thousand-mile uninhabited zone.

These areas served as buffer zones, ensuring there was time to react in the event of an issue, minimizing potential losses.

Dali began relocating people to the west, allocating manpower and resources, focusing on development here, largely because the Abyssal Rift was occupied by hungry ghosts, and those Devils hadn't appeared for many years.

The West Desolate Army, in theory, could have been relocated, guarding other areas or reducing its forces to cut expenses.

But Dali never moved the West Desolate Army, at most using it as a mobile force, dispatching it when needed in the north.

The Dali Crown Prince was particularly insistent on this matter.

The hungry ghosts not being human was not a major issue; she just didn't want such an important place entirely entrusted to the hungry ghosts.

Including the hungry ghosts in the Law Code granted them protection; similarly, the hungry ghosts had to abide by the Dali Law Code.

The Dali Crown Prince had been contemplating a particular matter: including the whole clan of hungry ghosts in the Law Code was unlikely.

Therefore, her opinion was to include the hungry ghosts within Dali's borders into the Law Code, granting protection akin to other races included in the code.

Then, granting court positions, or creating a new one, for a leading hungry ghost near the Abyssal Rift.

After about a hundred years, perhaps establishing a new army, granting the hungry ghosts at the Abyssal Rift a formal position.

Then it would be Dali's army guarding the Abyssal Rift.

In a few hundred years, the hungry ghosts might gradually become Jinlan Mountain hungry ghosts and the Dali Abyssal Rift hungry ghosts.

Of course, the Dali Crown Prince hadn't spoken these thoughts aloud yet; currently, it was merely the inclusion into the Law Code.

After much debate, she would extract the Abyssal Rift's hungry ghosts for separate consideration, ending the court disputes.

At this moment, the Dali Crown Prince gazed distantly toward the Abyssal Rift, face calm, eyes spanning over hundreds of miles to survey the battlefield, feeling somewhat heavy-hearted.

For the hungry ghosts were extraordinarily united.

Others felt this was not an issue. An Alien Clan, even originating from the human race, nearly all shared the same plight, with unity being the norm.

But precisely because everyone else saw no issue, she found it frightening.

The hungry ghosts of Jinlan Mountain, the Abyssal Rift's hungry ghosts, and that time the Big Ghost from Jinlan Mountain came, carrying a hungry ghost banner, this banner containing at least eight million hungry ghosts.

According to intelligence, the hungry ghosts in the locust forest of Jinlan Mountain hadn't mobilized on a large scale.

Thus, with Jinlan Mountain alone added to the Abyssal Rift, there were around twenty million hungry ghosts.

The sheer enormity was terrifying to imagine.

They needed no food, expended almost no resources, and were united as one.

Not only could they be directly summoned, but they could also be carried in the hungry ghost banner.

Although relations between Jinlan Mountain and Dali seemed good, looking from the Divine Dynasty's perspective, future relations might not remain favorable.

Regardless of good or bad, preparations had to be made in advance.

Anyway, the task of guarding the Abyssal Rift was something that could never be relinquished.

The Dali Crown Prince had come personally to take a look at the situation at the Abyssal Rift, then pushed some ideas back in her mind.

Originally, according to her thoughts, people were divided into Dali people and Daqian people; even within Dali, people were divided into eastern and western parts.

So dividing them into Jinlan Mountain hungry ghosts and Dali hungry ghosts seemed reasonable.

Now it seemed it was best to abandon this notion.

If others thought she intended to divide the hungry ghosts, given their current unity, eighty percent of it wouldn't be worthwhile.

Including the hungry ghosts in the Law Code was feasible; dividing by region, caution was warranted.

This matter could be discussed later; solving the current problem was key.

Since the dong chang's secret infiltration of Dali, the losses over the years had been incalculable.

Most strikingly, the Ninth Tier Strong fell like chickens, one after another.

Some fell due to the Chief Director of the dong chang, some due to going to Dadui.

During normal times, if strong leaders from those big sects fell, the Dali court would likely seize the opportunity to do something.

But too many had fallen, changing the nature of the situation.

This time, with the Great Devil from the Abyss personally intervening, Dali needed to crush them all at once.

A stalemate was still a loss. Being pushed out a thousand miles from Almsgiving Town was still a loss. Losing a Ninth Tier was likewise a loss.