Upon seeing Shi Shisi, Jun Changxiao was beside himself with joy.
He had just been worrying about where the Nine Great Martial Emperors were, and the task immediately handed him a massive spoiler!
"However."
Jun Changxiao calmed down and thought, Why were the Nine Great Martial Emperors locked up in the Nine-Layered Hell? Could they have violated rules set by the Starry Sky Fortress?
"Youhen."
He asked, "What did your ancestor do to be locked up?"
After considering it briefly, Shang Youhen said, "I heard from my father that my ancestor had tried to forcibly advance to the Middle Void Breaking Realm. The Starry Sky Fortress ruled that it violated the Mortal World Universe's regulations, so they locked him away."
"Forcibly advance?"
Jun Changxiao said, "That sounds pretty awesome."
Shang Youhen said, "Father said that method was extremely drastic—succeed, and one soared to the heavens; fail, and one became a martyr. That was why my ancestor pondered for a long time before deciding to take the risk. In the end, the Starry Sky Fortress discovered him before he could act."
After gaining a preliminary understanding of why the Great Shang ancestor had been imprisoned, Jun Changxiao drew inferences from one instance and thought, Could the Nine Great Martial Emperors have done something similar and been locked in the Nine-Layered Hell?
"Thinking so much is useless."
The system said, "Once you find the right people, you'll know everything."
"True."
Jun Changxiao cast aside his wild thoughts and shrugged. "I originally planned to go there and gather intelligence. Now that there's an Epic Task, I have to venture into this so-called Nine-Layered Hell no matter what."
"Come to think of it."
The system said, "Shi Shisi is connected to Shi Shisan too."
Jun Changxiao's gaze turned serious. "Then even if the Nine-Layered