"I know another member of the race!"
Before Lin Bai could finish, the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace Master said, "The one captured by the Soul Refining Sect?"
Lin Bai raised an eyebrow. "You know him too?"
The Nine Underworlds Demon Palace Master said softly, "Since the ancient times when the Giant God Race began hunting them, whenever any sect or faction discovered a member of the Heaven Swallowing Race, they either secretly took them in and cultivated them, or reported them directly to the Giant God Race."
"Those members of the Heaven Swallowing Race who were secretly cultivated rarely showed themselves in public, and they rarely displayed their power."
After a pause, he continued, "I only know that some time ago, during the Chu Emperor's Birthday Celebration, the Soul Refining Sect captured someone in the Devil Realm Eastern Region and secretly sent him to the Soul Refining Sect through the channels of the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace!"
"At that time, the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace was at a critical stage in its cooperation with the Northern Region. When it came to such a minor request from the Soul Refining Sect, the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace had no reason to refuse."
"Thus, under the arrangements of the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace, the Soul Refining Sect sent the captured martial artist to the Northern Region."
"For such a trivial matter... it generally would not have been reported to me."
Lin Bai nodded slightly, feeling that the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace Master's words made sense.
"The land was bitterly cold, the spirit herbs could not grow, and we found it difficult to cultivate. For the sake of the Soul Refining Sect's inheritance, that forebear of the Heaven Swallowing Race used Devouring Power as its foundation, improving the cultivation method and creating the 'Soul