Listening to Master Tell Stories of the Past

"Master truly lived up to his name. You actually defeated the Black-robed Emperor's true spirit." Ji Ning praised him sincerely. Even if only a trace of his true spirit remained, the Black-robed Emperor, who had been able to enslave over a hundred Ultimate Supremes, was absolutely not someone an ordinary World Realm cultivator could handle.

At the very least, Ji Ning knew that his World Realm self could not accomplish such a thing. Perhaps he could after comprehending the Ultimate Dao.

Shen Ye shook his head slightly. "The reason I could do it was that I was not originally from this world. I cultivated a system from another universe, so the Black-robed Emperor's realm suppression had little effect on me."

"Another world? Are there other worlds beyond the Endless Expanse?" Ji Ning was shocked. Although he had made some guesses about his master's origins, this truth was still far too astonishing.

Shen Ye nodded. "Beyond the Endless Expanse lies an incomparably vast world. The systems I cultivate either concentrate all power within oneself or are highly adaptable to the Dao, so even after crossing into this universe, I could still retain most of my strength. But in order not to draw too much attention, I generally fought using heartforce."

"No wonder. When I reversed spacetime to revive Master Three Lives, I discovered that Master was absent from much of the Three Realms' spacetime." Ji Ning muttered to himself.

Shen Ye said, "That was how I relied on the power of other systems to barely defeat the Black-robed Emperor. But I could not kill him. I could only devour him and suppress him with my own will."

Ji Ning listened intently and unconsciously asked, "What happened next?"

Shen Ye continued, "My will became entangled with that of the Black-robed Emperor. As