Jiu Wen was still shaken. If Red Hero hadn't bound him with the Blood Tower back then, and he had joined forces with Azure Lotus to face him, the outcome might not have been what they'd expected. Red Hero had hidden his true strength far too well.
Another twenty years passed in the blink of an eye. On this day, Eight Colors' voice came from Zhizong. "The Jade First Line of Heaven has completely dispersed. All missions to capture it are canceled."
"Canceled? Then what about the Jade Universe? They're spreading information about the Unknown everywhere."
"Hehe, that's not how it works."
"There's nothing we can do. Once the Jade First Line of Heaven disappears, we can't find the Jade Universe. They're too crafty. Even if we travel through the Jade First Line of Heaven, what we see isn't the Jade Universe itself."
"Could this have something to do with the Seven Treasures Heavenly Toad?"
"What we see through the Jade First Line of Heaven isn't the Jade Universe. What the Seven Treasures Heavenly Toad saw in the past might not have been, either."
"This is my mission. Canceling it just like that isn't fair to me, is it, Eight Colors?"
Eight Colors replied, "Your mission hasn't been canceled."
"But if we can't capture the Jade First Line of Heaven, we can't find the Jade Universe. How are we supposed to destroy it? Hehe."
"Hehe Old Guy, how can you still laugh?" Lu Yin asked. He had joined them too, since his mission was to capture the Jade First Line of Heaven. Now that it had been canceled, he naturally wanted to know why.
Hehe Old Guy replied, "Youngster, you have to stay optimistic. When one road closes, you can open another." Then he raised his voice. "White, give us