Su Yihuan had a question about this, and Chen Changan had a few guesses of his own.
"Somewhere along the way, the foreign races began tentatively returning to the True Realm."
"As everyone knows, the Human Race had been suppressed by the foreign races for years. It wasn't until my father appeared that the situation changed."
"But the foreign races knew the Human Race wasn't the only race in the True Realm, so they must have been searching for the others, too."
"The Earth Human Race and the Ember Clan may both have been found by the foreign races at some point, and something may have happened that none of us knows about."
"That may have led the Earth Human Race and the Ember Clan to develop a mistaken understanding of the Ancient Era."
"Don't forget, after all these years, the people who once went into hiding during the Ancient Era are long gone."
Hearing Chen Changan's words, Phoenix Lord and the others nodded in agreement. It was the most reasonable explanation they had so far.
"Then there's something else I don't understand."
"Trapped in the Ancient Forbidden Land are not only the powerful outsiders, but also the powerful members of the Nine Great Races."
"After all these years, wouldn't those powerful figures have died, too?"
"Why do the foreign races want to open the Ancient Forbidden Land?"
"It doesn't seem like they'd gain anything from doing that." Su Yihuan frowned as she asked.
"I've been thinking about that question, too."
"Now that I've heard about the Ancient Era, I think it makes sense that eight of the Nine Great Races would want to open the Ancient Forbidden Land, but the foreign races... why would they?"
"Opening the Ancient Forbidden Land shouldn't do them any good, yet why do I