They'd heard of the Trio, but what was the Triple Origin?
Chen Changan looked at the Qilin Race's chief in puzzlement and asked curiously, "Is this Triple Origin some kind of treasure?"
A treasure?
Hearing Chen Changan's question, the Qilin chief sighed helplessly.
"Yes and no."
"It's more like some ethereal, unknown thing!"
"At some point, a rumor suddenly began circulating in the Longevity Realm."
"The rumor claimed that if someone could refine all three races—the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin—and extract the essence of their energies, they could condense the Triple Origin."
"The Triple Origin was said to let someone break through their limits and reach a realm beyond the Longevity Realm."
"Originally, none of our three races took the rumor seriously, because we knew perfectly well it was false."
"But we never expected that they... believed it!"
The pursuit of a higher realm had always been an irresistible temptation to all cultivators.
One could imagine the peril that awaited the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Races.
"So you went into hiding?"
"The Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Races shouldn't be weak, right?"
"Couldn't you fight back?" Chen Changan asked curiously.
"If we had joined forces, we would indeed have had a chance."
"But at first, none of us took it seriously. And there's no predicting how greedy people can be."
"The Phoenix Race was the first to suffer, because they possessed the power to be reborn through nirvana, so they were the first ones targeted."
"By the time we found out, the Phoenix Race had already been wiped out. The Dragon Race was next."
"The Dragon Race was relatively the strongest in battle among the three."
"The situation was extremely dangerous. We had no time to fight alongside the Dragon Race, and we couldn't have done so even if we'd wanted