Ye Li Ji! (Countdown to Completion)

"So, you mean Martial Soul Descent had already appeared 450 years ago?"

Song Yang flipped through the massive stack of documents Ye Lei had printed and bound, speaking with some confusion.

"That's right. It was May 2030 now. Four hundred and fifty years ago would be 1580 BCE, the eighth year of the Wanli era of the Ming Dynasty."

"However, historical records state that in the twenty-first year of the Wanli era, 430 years ago, the Soul Power that had descended disappeared for unknown reasons."

"There are no historical records of what happened during those brief twenty years, so we have no way of knowing. But one thing is certain: the disappearance of Soul Power 430 years ago was definitely not caused by natural factors. It was one hundred percent man-made!"

Ye Lei spoke with absolute certainty.

"Then how did you confirm that Soul Power had descended across the entire world, rather than only in Huaxia?"

This time, Jing Hang was the one who asked.

"Then let me ask you this: if Soul Power had only descended upon Huaxia 450 years ago, what was the Forbidden Land of Fire on Jiyinluosi Island?"

"We've hunted quite a few Soul Beasts overseas. Surely Soul Beasts didn't only appear in Huaxia 450 years ago, only to start appearing abroad 450 years later?"

"Besides, after studying a large number of Soul Beast corpses, I discovered that those Soul Beasts all had dormant periods lasting hundreds of years, more or less."

"That means that 430 years ago, due to some unknown factor, not only did Soul Power disappear, but all the Soul Beasts of that era fell into slumber and vanished from the world. In my opinion, it was caused by a man-made seal."

"However, anyone capable of creating a seal with such a massive