The sheer number of clues and pieces of evidence essentially pointed Yu Jing straight to the fact that the man who had arrived was the father he had always wanted to investigate.
Yu Jing also understood an important issue.
The man before him was nothing more than a character fabricated by the cinema. His appearance here to meet Yu Jing might already have exceeded the cinema's expectations.
If he pursued the man's identity too deeply, it might trigger a rollback in time, sending him back to before he began cultivating—or even subjecting him to severe punishment from the cinema.
Therefore, Yu Jing suppressed his emotions and spoke with the Mysterious Man in a normal tone.
"...That's more or less how it is. However, foreign Chaos must ultimately be transformed into something of your own. Do your best to perfect the Chaos Green Lotus! There isn't much time left. I hope we'll have the chance to meet once in the real world."
After telling Yu Jing the best Chaos attribute to choose for the fourth lotus leaf, the man wrapped in a gray robe turned and left.
"Wait..." Yu Jing hesitated.
"I'm only a false construct. I'm not worthy of answering the questions you want to ask. Return to the world that belongs to you, and seek the answers there."
The Mysterious Man's words forced back the question Yu Jing had nearly asked. In the end, he could only awkwardly squeeze out an ordinary farewell:
"Thank you."
A mass of plants rose beneath the Mysterious Man. As the plants dragged his body downward, he disappeared.
At the same time, on the top floor of the Demon Tower.
The Ghost King, who had been resting at noon, suddenly stiffened and awoke. As ghostly energy coiled around his body, he appeared on the