Lin Qiye nodded and continued, "What about the others?"
"They're still too young. The masters kept them in that Mysterious Space to continue cultivating. That space has its own restrictions; only when we turn seventeen can we leave on our own."
Fang Mo's birthday was only one day apart from the date the Mortal Divine Domain had opened fifteen years ago. He should have been the oldest of all the children, so it was only natural that he was the first to emerge from that space.
"What about the Great Xia Gods? Where are they now?" Lin Qiye asked the question he most wanted answered.
Fang Mo hesitated for a moment, then shook his head.
"I don't know either... After bringing us into that Mysterious Space, the masters left. When I turned seventeen and came out recently, I didn't see them anywhere. Even that golden remnant among the mountains has disappeared.
All that remains in those mountains are our cave dwellings."
"Disappeared?"
Lin Qiye froze.
Judging by the time, Fang Mo and the others had cultivated in that Mysterious Space for three years, which meant only one year had passed outside. In other words, a year ago, after the Great Xia Gods sent these children into the Mysterious Space, they had vanished along with the Heavenly Court?
At that moment, Lin Qiye recalled what Shao Pingge had told him back at the Shangjing team's base:
"The Great Xia Gods are no longer in Great Xia."
Over the past year, where had they taken the Heavenly Court?
"After we became our masters' disciples, they also told us the truth about Cangnan. They often told us that our very existence was all thanks to Lord Qi Ye." Fang Mo spoke sincerely. "Our souls, our lives, our childhoods—they were all given to us