Setting the Array

Two figures slipped out through a gap in the ruined city wall like ghosts, returning in the blink of an eye to the rocky wasteland outside the city.

The demon that had made its lair here was still sleeping soundly. The two hid in the darkness, facing one another in silence.

What they had seen and heard was far too shocking. This bizarre power had also surpassed all understanding.

Only after a long while did Chu Mu slowly speak, voicing a doubt that had lingered in his heart for a long time. "Can the records from ancient times truly be trusted?"

After all, whether it was what he had heard from the Great Heng female cultivator or the ancient records in the Longevity Sect's Scripture Pavilion, both had clearly described the origins of the Heavenly Evolution Sacred Beast.

It had originally been a being from beyond this world, evolving into the Sand Tail Scorpion Queen and then spawning the terrifying Sand Tail Scorpion race, which swept across the Cultivation World with none able to stop it.

Only when mighty figures from the Upper Realm descended did they suppress the Sand Tail Scorpion Queen, allowing the immortal Dao inheritance of the Cultivation World to continue.

But the problem was, how could a Cultivation World where cultivation could reach no higher than the Nascent Soul Realm possibly bear such a terrifying existence as the Heavenly Evolution Sacred Beast? Not to mention that such a terrifying being had fought the mighty figures who descended from the Upper Realm in this world...

Furthermore, could such a terrifying existence truly be sealed and suppressed by a mere Cultivation World? Could thin vines bind a colossal beast beyond comprehension?

In the past, when his cultivation had been low, he had found it difficult to discern the