"I'm a little curious! Since you or Xing Shi controlled the Ghoul King status, shouldn't this entire region have been under your jurisdiction? Why did you need other methods to open the secret realm's entrance? Wouldn't absolute control through the King status work?"
To Zhang Chen, possessing a King status meant having absolute control over a territory. Of course, there were exceptional cases. For example, in the Sunken Ghost Realm, within the small mountain that sealed an unknown creature, even Zhang Chen, who possessed a King status, could neither control nor sense it.
Kou Jia crouched and placed his palm against the ground. "This 'secret realm' did not originate from our Ghoul Realm. The Tooth Origin Wood growing in this inner region, as well as the secret realm's entrance, had existed long before the Ghoul Realm was established. After Xing Shi's adoptive father obtained the King status in the early days, he immediately claimed this land. A major reason the Ghoul Realm was founded here was because of this inner region."
"However, the imperial capital was built far away from here, because everyone recognized that this place was too dangerous. Even ghouls who had reached the Grudge Cavern level found it difficult to resist the Tooth Origin Wood's devouring. In the early days, out of ignorance, many ghouls were inevitably swallowed by the Tooth Origin Wood. The energy from digesting them opened the secret realm's entrance. Since the dangers inside were unknown, Xing Shi's adoptive father sent ten powerful generals under his command inside, yet not one returned."
"Looking through the historical records left behind by our Ghoul Realm, Father Emperor was the only person who ever entered and emerged from within."
Zhang Chen asked doubtfully, "Xing Shi's adoptive father—the previous Ghoul Imperial—never went in?"
"No. Considering the danger and