Zhao Changhe's heart skipped a beat.

Ying Wu said, "To be precise, it should be that she was gravely injured here and didn't survive after leaving, so she didn't die here but was killed by something in this place. San Niang bears the achievements of Xuanwu, yet her current cultivation is not even as great as Xuanwu's back then. I suspect she might be restrained here... Even if I'm wrong, it's best to be cautious. Anyone else might come, but she cannot."

"I agree." Zhao Changhe took several deep breaths and whispered, "Have you been to this place before?"

"No, based on my previous cultivation, coming here would mean instant death, unable to even stand." Ying Wu said, "However, many years ago, I once touched the edge of the external barrier of this space, though not from this direction. Just the experience of the outer edge was enough, without even going inside, and nearly all my brothers at that time perished. Because of this, San Niang's mother decided to retire from the Worldly Society and went to Jiangnan."

Zhao Changhe: "...Given San Niang's age, this must have been over thirty years ago. How old were you then, setting out on such cultivation?"

"Well, my talent doesn't compare to yours, but I was considered a prodigy by the world."

"Indeed."

"But ultimately, I was young and inexperienced; at that time, I didn't know the interior of this place was even more savage. I thought the external capabilities were about the same. Later, when I cultivated to the rank of the Heavenly List, I thought I could handle it and sought it again, hoping to avenge my brothers." Ying Wu continued, "We originally discovered it in the desert, but when I went again, I couldn't find it anymore as if the space had shifted. Hmm... luckily it had shifted, otherwise, with my ignorance, I would have just gone to my death once more."

Zhao Changhe said, "So your thirty-year pursuit, your manipulation of the Divine Continent's intelligence forces, and your search through secret realms across the world all served a single, ultimate goal—to find this place. Your main base was always in the Western Regions desert, the horse bandits roamed thousands of miles, all because of this place. Even your study of the way of space was for this place."

For all this time, it seemed that the always amicable, profit-making Ying Wu was actually the biggest madman.

Everything he had done for thirty years was for the same thing. Searching through all the secret realms to find just one among them was no different than finding a needle in a haystack, yet he had done so for thirty years.

"Hmm... this last statement isn't quite right. I actually had the relevant basics already, and precisely because I had some understanding of space, I conceived the crazy idea of finding it." Ying Wu slowly said, "Perhaps you wonder why I'm so urgently impatient. It's because I've waited thirty years, and I can't wait any longer."

Zhao Changhe did not answer.

Ying Wu said, "I know it's not rational, so I didn't tell you the whole truth. I feared that if I did, you would advise me to wait. Now that you are a leader, you bear many burdens, and it's hard to rush into a fiery pit like in the old days of the Worldly Society. I don't want to wait, nor do I want the dreams of the long night to get tangled with things here and those even stronger Demon Gods of Jiuyou. That might be the end of any hope for revenge. So I have indeed deceived you."

Zhao Changhe said, "You could have waited to tell all this after the battle. Saying it now, aren't you afraid I'll get upset and turn away?"

Ying Wu chuckled, "When you already felt what I said wasn't entirely truthful, yet still said, 'As long as Ying Wu is willing to speak, I'm willing to believe,' I had to tell you now. Even now, if you want to turn and leave, it's not too late."

Zhao Changhe laughed heartily, retrieved Dragon Sparrow from his ring, placed it on his shoulder, and strode forward, "If I left and you went mad and died here, who would help me find Yangyang? Let's go; if there's no surprise, the attribute here should be the Demon God's eighth Han Chi. I also want to see what kind of creature it is that could harm Xuanwu!"

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