Zi You had always claimed to come from the Abyss World, never revealing that she came from the Evil Tide Civilization.
This was because, as the Evil Tide Civilization continued to develop and expand, the Astral Realm Will's rejection of it grew ever stronger, and the Evil Tide Civilization's potential enemies likewise became more numerous.
Among these powerful Level-4, Level-5, and Level-6 Creatures stranded in the Despair World, there might well be experts who had heard the name of the Evil Tide Civilization.
For Zi You to expose her background prematurely would do neither herself nor the Evil Tide Civilization any good.
Especially since the Evil Tide Civilization had already destroyed so many World Civilizations. Many powerful beings might be enemies who shared an irreconcilable hatred with the Evil Tide Civilization.
Even if some experts and the World Civilizations they belonged to had not yet had any direct contact or conflict of interest with the Evil Tide Civilization.
But with the Evil Tide Civilization becoming ever more powerful, these experts from foreign civilizations would inevitably feel more wariness than goodwill toward it.
After that, Saine's path of Truth Exploration returned to tranquility once more.
Whether it was what he had gained from the Austia Civilization Relic or the things he had obtained from Zi You, both were enough to demand a great deal of Saine's attention.
Moreover, Saine subsequently made an agreement with Gongsun Wudi to stay here for a while.
Thus began the most fulfilling stretch of Saine's time in the Despair World.
3,175 years later.
Without realizing it, Saine had already spent more than seven thousand years in the Despair World.
During the three thousand-plus years at the Austia Civilization Relic, Saine's mechanics and body-refinement arcana had also made tremendous progress.
The number of high-grade Intelligent