That's right, starting from Qingzhou, Zhang Kui has finally unraveled the series of events triggered by the Divine Strange Pearl.
Since obtaining the Divine Strange Pearl from the Three-eyed Giant Corpse, and after the Lu City corpse disaster, Zhang Kui discovered its ability to gather the power of faith.
Later, in a battle in the southwestern mountains, he learned that the greatest function of the Divine Strange Pearl is to access the Underworld.
However, the Incense Fire Divine Path has long declined, and the Qian Dynasty is filled with dilapidated and destroyed temples, with the Demon Forbidden Land controlling these Divine Temples without much enthusiasm, only maintaining basic belief.
They are clearly not cultivating the Divine Path,
but charging the Divine Strange Pearl!
This explains why the mortal cities around the Forbidden Lands are not destroyed, and why the powers of these lands are so divided.
Everything is for the Underworld,
