The Book Demons ultimately told Chu Qing and the others:
Those beings called Qi Practitioners had suddenly begun to loathe authority one day and abandoned it.
Then they created a host of Gods and Devils to bear authority in their stead.
Then those Qi Practitioners left this starry sky and went to the Endless Sea.
As for why they went to the Endless Sea, the Book Demons did not know.
Because there was no record of it on them.
The Princess Consort's heart stirred, and she had the many Book Demons examine themselves to see whether they carried any records concerning Qi Practitioners.
The result was encouraging. Very soon, Book Demons found some records related to the matter.
Qi Practitioners plucked stars, forged warships, crossed the starry sky, and ventured deep into the Chaos Sea!
A Qi Practitioner was slain by a Chaos Creature, and the corpse fell into the Endless Sea!
Qi Practitioners—the ignorant fantasies of humanity's foolish ancestors!
There were not many records concerning Qi Practitioners, and they were deeply contradictory.
Some said Qi Practitioners existed.
Some said they did not.
Chu Qing did not care much about that. Instead, he focused on searching for records about authority.
Yet only the Book Demon that could transform into a little girl had recorded authority. None of the other books had any such record.
Cui Moyang suddenly spoke from the side. "You should combine the words in your books as well and see if there are any hidden messages!"
The Book Demons froze for a moment, then tried combining them.
After a long while, most of the Book Demons shook their heads one after another.
But several Book Demons made discoveries:
Qi Practitioner Yu Hong met an old friend. His friend wept and complained, "Authority is poisonous. Day by day,