Inquiry and Lies

The deathly silence and coldness at the lower levels of the Abyss Suppressing Tower seeped into Bai Yu's Spiritual Sense like invisible ink.

The ancient phantom of a gateway from the depths of Huang's sea of consciousness, the cries of Yuan that pierced through spacetime—these had stirred waves in the heart of this Chaos Realm being that refused to settle for a long time.

Gate of the Void Realm!

A path leading to Yuan's Treasure Land!

The temptation was enough to drive any God King mad. Yet the starting point of this path lay in the distant Universe Sea, isolated by the Dimensional Membrane Wall.

Huang's home Universe Sea...

Bai Yu's figure condensed once more within Sea Gazing Pavilion. His moon-white robes stirred without wind. Seated upon a cloud couch of Warm Sun Divine Jade, his fingertips unconsciously brushed over its smooth edge, leaving faint, nearly imperceptible ripples in space.

His current identity—City Lord Bai Yu—was that of a Chaos Realm general under God King Bai Qi of the East Pole Domain. He presided over a Chaos Province, his status illustrious, yet he was also as though beneath a spotlight, with every move scrutinized by countless eyes.

If he personally stepped forward and openly searched for a forbidden method in the East Pole Domain such as "how to return from the Origin Continent to the Universe Sea," it would be no different from throwing a boulder into a calm lake. It would instantly draw the attention and suspicion of other powerful beings.

Especially since... this matter involved Yuan!

The single word "Yuan" represented both the greatest taboo and the greatest opportunity in this Source World. Any trace related to him was enough to make God Kings fight until their heads bled.

"This matter... requires borrowing another's strength." Bai Yu's deep