Paranoid truly couldn't stand being looked down on like this. A Nascent Soul Realm cultivator couldn't soul-search a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator... this was simply too insulting!
However, Yi He spoke calmly. "I also bear karmic ties... My failure to return to the Cultivation World in time was tied to an Out-of-Body Realm cultivator!"
He had previously been unwilling to emphasize this matter, but everyone knew it was indeed true.
If an Out-of-Body Realm Great Expert had not ordered him to remain at his post and guard the grand formation, why would he have been unable to return to the Cultivation World?
Unlike Jiao Daoren and Great Venerable Wu Xuan, whose failure to return to the Cultivation World was mainly due to their own circumstances, he had purely been dragged down by others.
But there was nothing he could do about it. As an independent cultivator, how could he dare question a Great Expert's arrangements? Yi He could not possibly complain about an Out-of-Body Realm Great Expert—not only would it be useless, it could easily invite karmic backlash from that Great Expert.
But if he conducted a soul search now, then even if there was interference, that Great Expert would have to bear part of the karmic burden.
Karma sounded mysterious when spoken of, but there was no denying that it truly existed.
Paranoid's lips moved twice, but he ultimately remained silent. Luck was merely his own wishful thinking, while a Great Expert's karma was an objective reality!
Yi He made his move and quickly obtained more intelligence.
The Xiong Clan had been sent to the Small World because something had gone wrong on their end. They were originally supposed to have been exterminated.
However, due to certain personal ties, someone in the Cultivation World had exiled them here.
That