Wang Ping was briefly surprised by the news Bai Yan brought, but then found it only natural. Yaoxi's cultivation had likely surpassed his back then. Now that even Wang Ping's consciousness could freely enter the Outer Realm, Yaoxi surely could as well.
Anyone capable of venturing deep into the Outer Realm must have understood it to some extent and must have entertained thoughts of leaving. Yet in the end, he had failed to get out. What had been the reason?
When Wang Ping had used the 'Heavenly Eye' to observe the True Lords earlier, he had wanted to probe the secrets of the past. Subconsciously, he had believed his cultivation was sufficient to uncover them, yet reality did not match his expectations.
He did not agree with what Yulian had said earlier. Since his subconscious had already aligned with the Star Sea rules, anything it deemed possible was, in all likelihood, not wrong.
Yet he still could not investigate those secrets. That left only one possibility: those secrets had been deliberately concealed. He suddenly recalled the future Yaoxi had once glimpsed. Afterward, Yaoxi had used every means possible to hide that stretch of the future. Perhaps these secrets were tied to the future Yaoxi had foreseen.
That future was like bait, indirectly creating the history of the Human Way civilization's first five thousand years.
"What arrangements did he make?"
Wang Ping asked with just the right measure of curiosity. Yulian likewise gazed at Bai Yan with Vertical Pupils filled with a desire to uncover the truth.
Bai Yan said unhurriedly, "Before Yaoxi was besieged back then, he entrusted me with something." As he spoke, he extended his right hand, and a specially made black token appeared in his palm.
"This token can use a special formation to contact an Outer