Seeing Fang Xiao like this, Li Fa stopped speaking in official circles and went straight to the point.
"More precisely, the problem did not lie with Cold Abyss, but with the Extreme North Ice Plains.
In truth, this matter began because of you, Brother Fang.
You should know what lies beyond the Four Seas, shouldn't you?"
"Because of me? How did that come about?
Beyond the Four Seas? Does it have something to do with the Sea of Mist?"
"That's right, the Sea of Mist.
Brother Fang, you must have secretly instructed everyone to collect the spirit veins from every region for you, correct?
Though you did not make it public, as holy lands, we would not be unaware of any movement throughout the Five Domains and Four Seas.
So this could hardly be called a secret."
By this point, Fang Xiao had roughly guessed what was going on. Still, he had no intention of interrupting and continued listening patiently as Li Fa explained.
"Since they were extracting spirit veins from various places for you, naturally no one would refuse.
At most, it would only cause the spiritual energy in certain regions to gradually thin.
It would neither affect the primordial energy of heaven and earth nor impact the Ruins of the Underworld."
"But because a Half-step Dao Artifact was born on Yuetian Sect's side, the heavenly phenomenon it triggered spread across nearly the entire Central Lands.
And at the time, quite a few earth veins had been extracted from every region.
This gradually caused the Ruins of the Underworld to become active."
Fang Xiao had witnessed all of this through the Six Energies Dao Soldier, so he naturally knew it already. Clearly, the crucial part came afterward.
Seeing Fang Xiao remain silent, Li Fa continued his explanation.
"Although Tian