At those words, everyone's expressions turned grave.
A great enemy from the Foreign Territory? Lurking in the Lower Realms?
Anyone who could make the True Dragon so cautious was undoubtedly a Giant!
"That familiar, evil aura..."
Ye Xuan rubbed his chin as the various villains from the original story flashed through his mind.
Combining the clues "Foreign Territory," "lying low after being gravely wounded," and "devouring spiritual essence," one name immediately came to mind.
"The one you're talking about..."
Ye Xuan's eyes flickered. The words escaped him before he could stop himself. "Could it be Demon King Pu?"
"What?!"
At his words, Willow Deity's usually tranquil expression showed a rare trace of astonishment.
"Demon King Pu? That Immortal King Giant from the Foreign Territory?"
Female Kunpeng immediately rejected the idea. "That's impossible! I saw it with my own eyes during the battle in Immortal Ancient. Immortal King Wuzhong slew him with supreme arts. His blood stained the sky, and even his soul was ground to dust. How could he still be alive?"
Demon King Pu was one of the most terrifying Giants in the Foreign Territory.
His true form was strange and unfathomable. Wherever he went, all living beings perished.
Back then, the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands had paid a terrible price to kill him. Even Immortal King Wuzhong had been seriously injured.
"Nothing's impossible."
Ye Xuan remained calm as he explained, "Existences of that level have countless ways to preserve their lives. Demon King Pu's true form is a Pu Demon Tree, with an astonishingly tenacious life force. As long as even one seed remains, he can be reborn through another body and live again."
"Immortal King Wuzhong must have killed him back then, but even the most careful plans can have flaws. One of his primordial seeds