"Li Yun, I'd been waiting for you for a long time. Sure enough, you came back again."
"How was it?"
"Did a lost Supreme Immortal Gate appear over at the Despair Ruins?"
What surprised Li Yun was that the moment they met, the Supreme Heavenly Lord had asked about the Despair Ruins, with his spearhead aimed directly at the Supreme Immortal Gate within the Desperate Abyss.
"Uh... how are you so sure there's a lost Supreme Immortal Gate in the Despair Ruins?"
"As far as I know, you've detected quite a few fluctuations similar to Supreme Immortal Gates, but you've never confirmed the whereabouts of a lost Supreme Immortal Gate!"
The Supreme Heavenly Lord immediately laughed.
"So there really was one..."
"That question isn't hard to answer. The Despair Ruins are simply too special. The Ancient Era Temple, which represents the Second Epoch of Chaos, has appeared in the Despair Ruins more than once. It'd be hard not to conclude that a Supreme Immortal Gate is hidden there!"
"What? You knew about the Ancient Era Temple long ago?"
Li Yun's expression shifted slightly.
Countless thoughts flashed through his mind, and suddenly, he understood.
"Tsk, tsk..."
"So that was it. You deliberately ordered the Shadow Ancestor to investigate the Despair Ruins. You were really casting a stone to ask the way, weren't you?"
The Supreme Heavenly Lord smiled faintly.
"Correct!"
"I just hadn't expected that fellow Shadow Ancestor to end up with someone like you, nor did I expect the two of you to enter the Ancient Era Temple."
"What surprised me even more was that you actually managed to walk out of the Ancient Wilderness Realm."
"The results of this stone cast to ask the way were far better than I imagined—better by hundreds, even thousands of times!"
Li Yun