Within the Ghoul Realm royal family, the elderly chief steward directly under Xing Shi possessed extraordinarily special spatial abilities. The path of devouring he followed also leaned heavily toward space, nearly pushing a ghoul's spatial abilities to their utmost limit. Even Xing Shi himself was inferior to this man in the use of space.
This man's reputation resounded throughout the Zero Realm, and outsiders regarded him as the Ghoul Realm's strongest figure second only to Xing Shi. Because his methods were vicious and he would stop at nothing to secure benefits for the Ghoul Realm, he was known outside as the "Space Old Demon."
Such profound mastery of space allowed the old man to disregard the Zero Realm's restrictions on space and traverse vast distances through it. Thus, Xing Shi entrusted him with matters of all sizes concerning the Ghoul Realm.
In terms of actual age and seniority, this old man was even older than Xing Shi. Most importantly, he had once served Xing Shi's father.
Therefore, the old man never used honorifics when speaking with Xing Shi. Instead, during private conversations, Xing Shi himself treated the old steward with respect.
"The Sin Source Realm... we've arrived. It has been so long since I last came somewhere this far away. Even these old bones can barely endure a spatial crossing of this distance. I never expected that brat Kou Ran would see the light of day again. How interesting.
"Xing Shi's sending this old woman here to verify matters is merely a pretense. In truth, he wants to see whether Mad Duke is willing to reveal who bailed Kou Ran out. That information is what truly matters."
She stood at the end of the bridge that crossed the Abyss of Ten Thousand Sins and led directly to the Sin Source