"How should we address you, Immortal?"
Mitsunari Tokugawa had already made all sorts of arrangements for his subordinates on the way over to meet Tao Yu's requests.
Now that they had arrived in the lounge, he personally bustled around pouring tea and water before respectfully asking his question.
"I am Hong Xuanji, Marquis Wuwen of the Great Qian Empire. Your world has already begun encountering the strange lands beyond it, so you must understand that things are very different now."
'Hong Xuanji' spoke with a hint of arrogance.
Tao Yu had forcibly read Hong Xuanji's mind. Thanks to the weakness Hong Xuanji suffered after leaving his own world, compounded by the considerable suppression of this world, Tao Yu had gained a fairly clear understanding of his recent experiences.
Although he and Daoist of Creation had only just left Yang Shen World aboard the Boat of Creation, they didn't know much about the outside world.
But after fighting an Abyssal Evil God, they had happened to encounter an interception by powerful beings from the Nine Heavens Divine Path.
They hadn't managed to capture their opponents, but from the information gleaned during their verbal exchange, as well as the state of the many nearby world fragments, they had gained a rough understanding of the Abyss!
It was a place where even a world as powerful as Yang Shen World had been completely devoured and torn apart!
"What the Marquis says is true. Although we've only learned a little about the nearby area, our world has actually changed from a sphere into a flat plane. Different worlds lie in every direction around us. There are oceans, and monsters..."
Mitsunari Tokugawa was, after all, a major financial magnate. He had even managed to obtain a Taotie and some goblins, so his influence was beyond