"So that was how it was."
Lin Xuan finally understood the whole sequence of events, and what came next was easy enough to guess.
With True Person Huayu fallen, the Asura King naturally would not let the matter rest. She was the Lord of the Underworld, and her strength far surpassed that of ordinary True Immortals.
Once she emerged from seclusion and learned that her beloved had met such an end, how could there be any talk of letting it go? No doubt this was why she led the ghosts of the underworld into the Spirit World and slaughtered it until blood flowed like rivers.
"That is roughly correct, but the truth was not so simple." Fairy Yutong's sighing voice entered his ears.
"Oh? Were there still more twists and turns?"
Lin Xuan was genuinely somewhat puzzled.
"That's right. True Person Huayu fell, and although our Spirit World was used, no matter how one looks at it, we still played the role of accomplices. With the Asura King's temperament, naturally there could be no talk of letting it go. That much followed as water flows into a channel. But the reason she slaughtered her way into the Spirit World actually had an even more important cause."
"You mean... that mysterious star sea?"
"That's right." Fairy Yutong nodded. "The reason True Person Huayu brought a fatal disaster upon himself, when traced back to its roots, was all because of this treasure. If the Asura King could obtain the star sea, she could reverse the Immortal Spirit Channel and turn the tables on the True Immortals."
"Reverse the Immortal Spirit Channel?"
"That's right."
"But what is that?"
"To put it simply, True Immortals are existences of the upper realm. For them to come to the Three Thousand Worlds is not easy, but