Eye of the Nether River Spring

"Is the outside world already the world of the human race?" the Jiuli giant asked the young man before him.

The young man stood tall and straight as jade, his posture erect. It was Xu Ziyang of the Shushan Sect.

The power unleashed by the Iron-Eating Beast just now had been too immense, sending all three of them flying. After Xu Ziyang landed, he briefly regulated his breathing. By the time he recovered, the abnormal change had already occurred. Amid this scorched wasteland, he found this piece of bronze—and the strange man seated atop it.

Seeing that the other party seemed to bear no ill will, Xu Ziyang answered, "That's right."

"So it truly is." The Jiuli giant sighed. "The High God once said that this world had belonged to the human race before him, and after him, it would still belong to the human race."

"I'll give you a supreme treasure of the mortal world, and in return, you help me with a small favor. Is that acceptable?" After a pause, the Jiuli giant asked again.

Xu Ziyang looked at him curiously. "What favor?"

"There is a small island in the East Sea. It had no name even back then, and by now, perhaps even the island is gone." The Jiuli giant gazed toward the distant sky and spoke slowly. "Back then, I was a blacksmith of the Jiuli tribe, ordered to forge the Bronze City for the High God. My wife and I traveled the world in search of materials. On that island in the East Sea, we finally found a rare material that could serve as the city's formation eye. But while mining it, my wife died on that island."

"She was buried beneath shattered mountain rocks. I could not save her, and could only leave her