Back on the Path of Transcendence, Li Xinghe had already begun to suspect that the Lord of Primordial's strength went far beyond that of an ordinary Eternal Realm cultivator.
And the Evil Spirit King, who had fought him across the endless universe before ultimately losing, could hardly have been weak.
An existence like that was undoubtedly a ticking time bomb for the Primordial World.
Even the Lord of Primordial could not have let his guard down easily.
So the Lord of Primordial must have killed the Evil Spirit King back then.
As for why an Evil Spirit King still existed now, that was the true trial the Lord of Primordial had left for the Primordial World.
Because this Evil Spirit King was merely a lingering obsession left behind after the real Evil Spirit King's death.
As for his supposed awakening, his lingering obsession was actually under certain restrictions and could not truly leave the Shattered World yet.
At their root, the Evil Spirit Race had also been born from the Evil Spirit King's undying obsession.
Those thoughts of his had taken form as the Evil Spirit Race.
That was also why the Evil Spirit Race's hierarchy was so rigid.
Even the Grand Commanders could freely order ordinary members of the Evil Spirit Race to sacrifice themselves. Ultimately, they were all merely parts of the Evil Spirit King's lingering obsession.
They shared the same root and origin, and could sacrifice anything to achieve their common goal.
"Kid, you really are clever. Much cleverer than that fellow Pantian." The voice of the Primordial Rules sounded in Li Xinghe's mind.
As the Primordial Rules, it naturally knew the secrets behind all this.
But a trial was a trial, and the Primordial Rules could not interfere too much.
Because it had been left behind