There was no surprise in Ye Yujun's eyes, only a trace of sentiment and reminiscence.
"So you are a disciple of the Tianyi Sect."
Lin Qi nodded and eagerly claimed kinship. "By that reckoning, you can be considered my ancestor too."
Having suddenly become Lin Qi's ancestor, Ye Yujun was rarely left speechless.
Lin Qi shifted her gaze to the male cultivator's corpse. "Please continue."
"I met him when we were Golden Core cultivators. We shared the same aspirations and possessed similar talent, so we agreed to become Dao Companions once we had both broken through to the Nascent Soul realm."
Lin Qi blinked. "Something went wrong?"
Ye Yujun said, "...No."
For some reason, Lin Qi had asked too quickly. Before Ye Yujun could even work up the emotion, she had been interrupted, and her interest in telling the story diminished greatly.
She sighed, though it was unclear whether it was out of helplessness over the story or Lin Qi's unreliability.
"We successfully broke through to the Nascent Soul realm, became Dao Companions, and later explored the Skyfall Secret Realm together."
"The Skyfall Secret Realm?"
Lin Qi's spirits rose. At last, something that interested her.
Back then, the Heavenly Dao of the Cangwu Realm had gone through a period of collapse.
Among the three thousand worlds, the law of the jungle also prevailed, with great fish devouring small fish.
Once the Cangwu Realm weakened, the other small worlds began to stir restlessly, including the Heavenly Dao of the Xuantian Realm.
For some unknown reason, Realm Paths throughout the Cangwu Realm had opened wide, and it was constantly battered by incursions from other worlds.
Those incursions included ferocious beasts and cultivators from beyond, as well as fallen cave abodes and secret realms.
Only after some time did the turmoil finally settle.