A Secret

Runes intertwined, hundreds of willow branches danced, rising with brilliant light to send them away.

When Ye Feng, Shi Hao, Stone Skin Monkey, Shi Er Meng, and Shi Qingfeng reappeared, the mountains before them were majestic and the terrain expansive. They resembled an old dragon coiled up, or a long-lived tortoise lying on the ground.

This is a Divine Land. When they arrived, they felt the spiritual energy in the space was extremely rich, and even their bodies felt light as a feather.

"Are you coming or not? What time is it?"

"What's going on? Why haven't they come yet?"

"Oh, he's here."

Yun Xi smiled and pointed ahead. Ye Feng and the other four emerged from a vortex.

"Have you heard anything about the person I asked you to find?" Shi Hao asked.

"We already have some information. It seems those two people appeared in some sacred mountain," Grandpa Yun Xi replied.

"Really?"

"Mostly correct. I've already sent someone to verify it," Grandpa Yun Xi replied again.

"Shi Hao, are you sure you want to do this?" Ye Feng asked.

"I... I just care too much about my parents," Shi Hao said.

When Shi Hao met Yun Xi's grandfather, he learned that Yun Xi came from the Ancient God Mountain, so he asked them to help him find out where her parents were.

Yun Xi agreed.

Ye Feng refused and even stopped Shi Hao from doing so.

Why?

Why did Ye Feng try to stop Shi Hao?

Because Ye Feng wanted to overturn a storyline, Ye Feng wanted the Rain Clan to bring back Shi Hao's parents.

Ye Feng's suggestion was met with Shi Hao's full approval. Having the Rain Clan invite Shi Hao's parents back would both humiliate the Shi Hao Rain Clan and ensure their glorious return. This was far more meaningful than Shi Hao rescuing his parents himself.

"Hello..."

A man with green hair, growing impatient, said, "Are we leaving or not? We've already wasted too much time. If we don't hurry, we'll miss this opportunity. My grandfather, the Azure Sky Venerable, won't allow it."

"Many forces have already been triggered, so we really need to set off as soon as possible," said Grandpa Yun Xi.

"Then let's set off," Ye Feng said.

"Okay." Grandpa Yun Xi nodded and turned to leave.

Ye Feng followed behind him. A hand reached out to him. He looked at the owner of the delicate hand. Yun Xi lowered her head, shy and hesitant, as if she wanted to say something but couldn't.

Following Yun Xi's grandfather, Ye Feng and the others entered the teleportation channel and boarded a ship to travel forward.

On the deck, Shi Hao recalled Willow God's words and asked, "Brother Ye Feng, do you know what Willow God meant? Why did it say 'The calamity originated in the Upper Realm, and the cause began with the Immortal King'?"

"This concerns a hidden and unknown part of history," Ye Feng said.

"What history?" Shi Hao asked.

Ye Feng did not answer.

"I'd like to know too," said the Stone Skin Monkey.

"It concerns the impending chaos in the Desolate Region that people often talk about. Can you tell us about it?" Shi Er Meng asked Ye Feng.

Ye Feng pondered for a moment and decided to tell them the secret that had been hidden by time.

"The Lower Realm Eight Regions consists of eight domains: Heaven, Earth, Profound, Yellow, Universe, Eternity, Flood, and Wilderness. It is said that they were refined by our ancestors with Mana and were used to imprison ancient criminals and their descendants. As a place where criminals are imprisoned in the Upper Realm, the laws of the Lower Realm are incomplete, the Great Dao is incomplete, and various orders are unstable, making it difficult to condense Perfect Dao Embryo."

"At the same time, the Lower Realm is not only a prison, but also Medicine Field for the Upper Realm. The Venerables and Gods of the Eight Regions in the lower realm are regarded as human medicine. When the cultivators of the Eight Regions reach a certain level, in order to maintain the balance of the Lower Realm, a great calamity will be carried out. The giants of the Upper Realm will Lower Realm to harvest the strong people of the Eight Regions, refine their essence and blood, and make human precious pills."

"Another reason is that there are tremendous opportunities in the Lower Realm. First, the Kunpeng, one of the Ten Fiends, and the True Dragon, the leader of the Ten Fiends, are in the Lower Realm. You should know that the Ten Ferocious Precious Techniques are all invincible among their peers. Second, the Lower Realm may contain the inheritance of the Supreme Hall and divine objects for becoming a god. As long as one becomes the sole successor of the Supreme Hall, one will surely become a supreme being in the future. It is said that the Supreme Divine Treasury is also in the Lower Realm, and the Supreme Divine Treasury may contain the middle chapter of the Original True Understanding, ' Transcendence '. Therefore, the giants of various sects in the Upper Realm, especially those whose lifespans are about to end, are even more eager to seek opportunities in the Lower Realm in order to further extend their lives."

"So, are the humans in the Eight Lower Realm Eight Regions, which serve as the prison and Medicine Field of the Upper Realm, really the descendants of sinners? In fact, the truth is quite the opposite."

"The Upper Realm that people talk about is called the Nine Heavens Ten Earths. The Nine Heavens Ten Earths have a great enemy from another world called the Foreign Land. The Foreign Land is stronger than the Nine Heavens Ten Earths. The two sides often fight a great war. The border between the two wars is called the Borderland. The ancestors of the Eight Regions are called the Seven Kings of the Borderland. They have made great contributions in the war against the Foreign Land and are loved by the Nine Heavens Ten Earths."

"During their war with the Foreign Land realm, the Seven Kings of the Borderland carried out a spy operation, deliberately letting some key figures escape. They made them feign betrayal of the Nine Heavens Ten Earths and flee to the Foreign Land. To unsuspecting cultivators, this was seen as a very suspicious act. Later, some important figures in the Seven Kings of the Borderland ' ranks were corrupted and could not be saved, so they had to be killed. This news caused another uproar when it reached the outside world."

"In order to guard the Borderland, the Seven Kings of the Borderland came to Heavenly Abyss. Whenever they discovered a powerful figure from Foreign Land, they would kill him on sight. However, people outside the borderlands were unaware of this situation. After all these pieces of information were put together, it was ultimately concluded that the King of the Borderland released traitors and killed his own people."

"The Seven Kings of the Borderland remained unmoved by these rumors because they knew that several Immortal Kings outside knew the truth. However, even after the Seven Kings died, those Immortal Kings did not reveal the truth, and even concealed it, so the Seven Kings of the Borderland were regarded as traitors and became sinners by the world. Their descendants were also called sinners, and the Eight Regions were reduced to resource fields of the Upper Realm."

Ye Feng recounted this little-known secret.

After hearing this secret, Shi Hao, Stone Skin Monkey, Shi Er Meng, and Shi Qingfeng were deeply moved and their hearts remained unsettled for Jiujiu.

"Hateful!"

Shi Hao clenched his fist and pounded on the railing of the ship in front of him, angrily saying, "They are clearly meritorious people, yet they are falsely accused of being evil and traitors. Even their descendants have been implicated because of this. If I can ascend to the Upper Realm one day, I will definitely defeat those silent Immortal Kings of the Upper Realm."

"I'm afraid they're not just remaining silent, but doing it intentionally," the Stone Skin Monkey analyzed.

"Pi Hou, what do you mean by that?" Shi Er Meng asked.

"The Seven Immortal Kings of the Borderland are fighting on the front lines. Obviously, they would be loved and respected by the people of the Upper Realm. When someone is liked, someone else will be jealous. The Seven Kings of the Borderland have not revealed the truth after the deaths of the Seven Kings of the Borderland. Why? Because they want to exterminate all the descendants of the Seven Kings of the Borderland and smear their names. Of course, I also hope that I am just overthinking things," said the Stone Skin Monkey.

"Regardless, the Seven Kings of the Borderland fought on the front lines against the powerful enemy from the Foreign Land. Due to isolation and lack of support, the Seven Kings of the Borderland gradually perished in battle. The last one activated the Heavenly Abyss with his own body during An Lan's attack, severely injuring An Lan, but unfortunately also sacrificing himself. Therefore, in the end, all seven kings guarding the Borderland perished. The beings of the Lower Realm realm also became the sinners who were framed because of the silence of the other Immortal Kings of the Upper Realm. For these two matters, the Immortal Kings of the Upper Realm cannot escape blame." Shi Hao clenched his fists tightly, his gaze firm. "If I can ascend to the Upper Realm in the future, I will definitely beat up the Immortal Kings to clear the name of the Lower Realm."