Within Quanzhou Ancient City.
Lin Changqing had originally been cultivating in seclusion within the courtyard, comprehending the Dao of the Origin Saint. At that moment, a heaven-shaking boom suddenly rang out from above the nine heavens, followed closely by an enraged roar from the world within the black-hole vortex.
Buzz...
In the courtyard, Lin Changqing's eyes snapped open. Two beams of divine radiance shot from his pupils as he immediately looked toward the heavens.
"So that's how it is!"
Lin Changqing narrowed his eyes at the sky. He pushed his Eye of Spiritual Perception to its limit, piercing through every obstruction of the black hole and seeing the world beyond it.
It was a Secret Realm world, containing countless worlds and grotto-heavens.
Most importantly, within that world, he saw Savage Ancient Beasts, human Ancestor Saints, and even Sacred-level powerhouses engaged in a great battle inside that Secret Realm. It seemed they were fighting over something.
At once, everything fell into place.
The reason the Savage Ancient Beasts had launched such a ferocious assault on Quanzhou, even at any cost, had never been to occupy Quanzhou. They had merely been repairing the plank road in the open while secretly crossing at Chencang.
Their true intention was not to seize Quanzhou.
Or rather, taking Quanzhou was only a secondary objective. Their true goal was the Secret Realm beyond that black-hole vortex.
There had to be something extraordinarily precious within that Secret Realm. Otherwise, the Savage Ancient Beasts would not have gone so mad as to launch a beast tide even at the cost of so many of their kin.
However, it seemed the Savage Ancient Beasts had overplayed this trick.
For there were capable people among the human race as well. They had seen through the Savage Ancient Beasts' intentions and had