As for whether the owner of that jade hand was the Unspeakable Army or the Celestial Aristocracy, Li Huowang still found no answer even after combing through every book the White Lotus Sect possessed.
Afterward, he had Bai Lingmiao summon the White Lotus Sect's elders for questioning, but still gained nothing.
So much time had passed that, driven by their fear of death, the White Lotus Sect's followers had scattered and hidden everywhere. No one knew how many generations had already come and gone.
All memories concerning the Vacuum Hometown and the Unborn Mother had, after passing through the filter of their faith, drifted ever closer to myth. There was not the slightest bit of substance left.
Still, the direction was right. From the information he had gathered before, Li Huowang finally understood the entire sequence of events behind the ambush against him.
That so-called Tianchen over there had once been the Vacuum Hometown, a layer of history once completely controlled by the Unborn Mother.
But later, because of the betrayal of the Unspeakable Army and the Celestial Aristocracy, they had seized every Heavenly Dao from the Unborn Mother and claimed them for themselves.
Stripped of everything, the Unborn Mother had somehow—whether forced or of her own accord—sought a way to survive and arrived in this layer of history, Great Liang.
Then she began influencing mortals here, allowing the White Lotus Sect to slowly spread in secret as it waited for an opportunity. Yet without any Heavenly Dao, the White Lotus Sect simply could not grow.
Finally, this time, she found her chance. Through a series of events, she gained a Heart Pan and obtained the Heavenly Daos of Compassion and Death. The Unborn Mother had completely Returned to Position.
And over in the Vacuum Hometown—the so-called Tianchen Kingdom—as mortal