When Chen Changan arrived, he had already found the corpse. Beside it, he had also discovered a soul imprint its owner had left behind.
The soul imprint explained the situation in the Heavenly Saint Land clearly.
It had all begun with him.
"He was once a mighty figure in Azure Origin, from an era before the Sacred Academy Alliance."
"While he was around, the Sacred Academy Alliance couldn't dominate all of Azure Origin. Only after he disappeared did it have a chance to rise."
"He wanted to break through to a higher realm, but he didn't dare leave Azure Origin. By chance, he discovered a sealed entrance here."
"He thought there might be some great opportunity beyond it, so he opened it without a second thought."
"But what emerged wasn't an opportunity. It was these hideously ugly monsters."
The story was nothing new. Given their experience, Chen Changan and the others could already guess what had happened next.
"So he created the mist outside to deal with these monsters?"
"At first, he wanted to seal the entrance, but too many monsters came out. He never got the chance."
"He knew how powerful they were. If he did nothing, all of Azure Origin might become their playground."
"In the end, he had no choice but to exhaust his own power and forcefully seal this place."
"The mist was meant to stop the monsters from leaving."
"But once he'd done all that, he had no strength left to fight them."
When Chen Changan finished, Mu Yunyao and Da Huang both frowned. You could say the man had been a complete bastard, but he had done something to help.
Still, he was the reason it had happened in the first place. He hadn't even cleaned up his own damn mess properly.
"Boss, what