A passerby in a horror movie

The "Di Ting Beast" that accompanied Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva to the outer heavens was a disguised beast and was not the same as the real Di Ting Beast.

The ability of the Listening Beast to distinguish all things is naturally one of the best means of identifying the source, a skill that even some powerful beings cannot match.

That's why Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva left it behind. After all, the Di Ting beast itself wasn't very strong in combat, so it was better to keep it in the base camp for constant monitoring than to take it to fight in the heavens.

However, the Listening Beast cannot reveal itself directly when it wants to make a move. After all, the Listening Beast is a hidden agent. If it were to appear randomly and be discovered by the source, it would be equivalent to being exposed.

The source will definitely be on guard, so if the Listening Beast wants to come, it will have to go through a lot of trouble to disguise itself.

Otherwise, once they learned the identity of the finger bone's owner, Di Ting could have come to identify it immediately.

Time passed quickly. About fifteen minutes later, the starry sky above the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Hall suddenly flashed, like a shooting star streaking across the sky, yet it carried a mysterious and sacred aura.

Immediately afterwards, a large, pure white dog suddenly appeared beside the two of them.

The moment the big dog appeared, it was as if the air itself froze for a moment, before returning to calm.

"Owner."

The large dog spoke in a human voice, which, though sounding like a dog's bark, was clear and penetrating in the quiet atmosphere.

He nodded to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, as if he were paying his respects.

Then he slowly walked to Li Haotian's side, twitched his ears slightly a few times, and said:

"Master Li, please give me this finger bone, let me take a look."

This snow-white dog is Di Ting.

Li Haotian was filled with surprise. He had thought that Di Ting's image should be humanoid, but he did not expect it to be different from the one in "Journey to the West".

In "Journey to the West", Di Ting has a red-haired, bald appearance, but the Di Ting in front of us looks like a real big dog, only it is huge and has a divine nature.

However, now is not the time to think about these things. Upon hearing Di Ting's words, Li Haotian did not have time to think further and immediately handed the finger bone in his hand to Di Ting.

As soon as the finger bone left Li Haotian's hand, its aura seemed to disappear completely. Only when it was about to be absorbed into Di Ting's stomach did it faintly emit a faint light.

Di Ting opened its mouth and inhaled, sucking the finger bone into its stomach.

As the finger bone was drawn in, Di Ting's body trembled slightly, as if receiving some kind of information from the finger bone.

Then, Di Ting's aura changed, and he slowly lay down on the ground, his ears pressed tightly against the ground.

As he lay prone, it was as if he had merged with the earth. Li Haotian even felt a mysterious aura emanating from Di Ting.

The aura spread out like silk threads, seemingly without end.

Wherever this aura touched, the surrounding space and time seemed to become more solid.

"This is the divine power of my Listening Beast, which can hear all things. Young friend Li, please wait patiently; the results should be available soon."

Seeing Li Haotian's curiosity about Di Ting, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva immediately gave an explanation.

According to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, Di Ting's original form was a large, snow-white dog. After becoming a demon beast, it was injured by other demons and, having nowhere else to go, ran to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva took pity on it and, seeing that it was quite intelligent, took it in.

Later, Di Ting followed Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, listening to sutras and practicing.

Later, the Di Ting Beast obtained an opportunity and, in the ruins of an ancient battlefield, consumed a lot of the blood of ancient divine beasts. This blood contained powerful energy.

When he swallowed the first mouthful of ancient divine beast blood, his body began to undergo tremendous changes. His originally ordinary dog ​​body gradually began to emit light, his senses became more acute, and his strength continued to increase.

As the amount of blood it ingested increased, Di Ting not only improved its cultivation level significantly, but also awakened the supernatural power that allows it to hear all things.

With the power of Di Ting, apart from a few powerful beings in the Three Realms, no one else can escape its ears.

The Di Ting (谛听) can detect the fluctuations in the energy of all things in the world by listening to the information transmitted by the earth.

Whether it's a creature hidden in the shadows or a treasure shrouded in mysterious restrictions, Di Ting can detect any fluctuation in its aura using its powerful hearing.

However, using this supernatural power comes at a price; the higher one's cultivation level, the more difficult it is to investigate.

Fortunately, the cultivators who can remain in the Three Realms these days are not very powerful, so with Di Ting taking action, there shouldn't be any problems.

Moreover, the spiritual energy in the Three Realms is no longer as abundant as it was in ancient times, and the cultivators who remain face many limitations in their cultivation process.

Most cultivators are working hard to break through their own realm, but very few can reach a higher realm.

Sure enough, after chatting for a short while, Di Ting got up from the ground, and its ears also left the ground.

He shook his body, and his white fur seemed to shine even brighter. Then he nodded toward Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.

"Master, the matter is now roughly clear. The identity of the assassin is exactly the same as what Lingshan investigated."

However, he was not a subordinate of the Arhat Subduing Dragon, but rather served the Fifth King of the Underworld. The Fifth King of the Underworld had remained largely unknown for centuries, but possessed some peculiar qualities.

Di Ting paused for a moment, then continued:

"When I examined his aura, I found that although his aura was well hidden, there were still some unique marks on him."

These marks seemed to be blessed by a special power, making them feel very unfamiliar to me.

Moreover, there are special restrictions in his main hall that I cannot detect. This level of cultivation is different from that of gods and Buddhas in the Three Realms.

That restriction was like a giant barrier, isolating everything inside. I guess this must be it.

Within these three realms, apart from those powerful beings, only a few people have the ability to detect things that can be compared to Di Ting.

Moreover, Di Ting has explored the traces of the source many times within the Three Realms, so he is quite familiar with the aura of the source.

Therefore, Di Ting can confirm that the restrictions in the Fifth Underworld King's Palace were set up by the source.

After all, there are only a few places in the Three Realms that can escape my investigation.

Those places are all sacred mountains, heavenly courts, and the like.

It didn't believe that a mere Hades could compare to the Heavenly Court and Mount Ling. If he truly possessed such power, he wouldn't be the Hades King here.

"As expected. It seems the source has already won over quite a few people. Di Ting, you should go back now. I will handle this matter."

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva was not too surprised when he heard Di Ting's words.

After all, they had already experienced the source's methods firsthand. The source was extremely cunning and constantly watched every corner of the Three Realms.

The struggle between the Three Realms and the Source has reached a fever pitch, with both sides engaging in open and covert battles in various locations.