After a pause, Shocking Gate Supreme Lord continued, "Qi Xu is dead. Azure Lotus Supreme Lord split her emotions into seven parts. Emotions were also the source of Qi Xu's power. As long as those emotions remained, the distant Unknown would be certain Qi Xu was still alive. We knew her emotions had been scattered, but that distance was too great for the Unknown to detect it. As long as those seven emotions remained within the Nine Heavens Universe..."
"Yet the Unknown just now sensed Qi Xu's death through a single sword strike. Now we have to face the Unknown as a formidable enemy—a powerful foe who must be in the Eternal Life Realm."
At that, she looked at Lu Yin. "There are strong and weak beings in the Eternal Life Realm. That Unknown just now was stronger than Qi Xu."
Lu Yin's heart sank. He had felt it too. That sword strike had been terrifying, yet it had only been the shadow of the first sword.
Even Shocking Gate Supreme Lord had needed the physical gate to block it. That Unknown might even be stronger than her.
"Will he come?"
"We don't know yet. But from what we know of the Unknown, they generally don't act in person."
Lu Yin suddenly thought of Che and asked about him.
Shocking Gate Supreme Lord regarded him warily. "He's also one of the Unknown. When he wanted to enter the Threefold Universe, he specifically notified Azure Lotus Supreme Lord, saying he was looking for his weapon."
"But unlike Qi Xu, he has no hostility toward us."
"As for his human form, perhaps it was a kindness from a superior, to make communicating with us more convenient."
Bitterness welled up in Lu Yin. A kindness from a superior? How merciful.
He thought for