Saine and the others ultimately failed to pry any more secret information about Dao Ancestor Hongjun of the Immortal Domain from the old Daoist Xuan Yangzi.
As for the legendary figure Hongjun, Saine had always heard only his name and never seen him in person, leaving him with an air of profound mystery.
Destruction Demon God Locke and several top experts of the Light God Race, on the other hand, had already crossed paths with Dao Ancestor Hongjun of the Immortal Domain Civilization before this.
After all, when Saine had first begun to make a name for himself in the Star Realm, whether it was Destruction Demon God Locke, the upper ranks of the Light God Race, or that transcendent Dao Ancestor Hongjun of the Immortal Domain, they had long since shattered the dimensional barriers and ascended into higher-dimensional space.
Over all these years of accumulation in the Higher Dimensional Plane, they could not possibly have stood still. They must have been madly exploring higher forms of life and studying more exquisite methods of wielding Rule Power.
Saine often pondered in secret: if Dao Ancestor Hongjun and Destruction Demon God Locke met again today, which of the two would be stronger? That was difficult to say; only a true encounter could settle the matter.
After visiting Xuan Yangzi and formally acknowledging this elder of Duan Ning's sect, Saine took Duan Ning and flew toward that special Rule Node deep within the Illusory Sea Maze.
That region was likewise a core strategic location heavily defended by the Destruction Divine Kingdom.
There, a Dimensional Passage spanning Light Universe Time-Space and Primordial Universe Time-Space stood silently.
Tracing the origins of this passage back, Saine had even participated in its construction himself. Many of its core nodes contained his understanding of Time-Space Rules.
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