You Che's voice was gentle. "The most powerful being in Human Civilization today is extraordinarily gifted and possesses countless means of peering into the universe. It's hardly surprising that he knows about you. What you should care about isn't how he learned of you, but whether he's capable of defeating you—or even killing you."
Su Xin Sect laughed, its shock at the emergence of Human Civilization replaced by amusement. "Kill me?"
"You know about me, and still think you can kill me?"
"Yes. If he says he can, then he can," You Che replied.
Su Xin Sect shook its head. "You're like a frog in a well. I admit that the Nine-Base Human Civilization of the past was powerful—powerful enough to rival any Main Dao. I couldn't hold a candle to it. But your human race has long since fallen into decline. You think you can roam the universe with a mere Zhuo Treasure? You overestimate yourselves."
"Do we?" You Che retorted. "But he knows about you, Su Xin Sect."
Su Xin Sect fell silent. That was what made Xiang City so unsettling to it.
To be known by someone while knowing nothing about them was disquieting—especially when facing a civilization that was clearly powerful, and one as unusual as humanity.
"I can help you."
Su Xin Sect wasn't surprised. Otherwise, why would the owner of this voice be speaking to it like this? "How? And why?"
"Xiang City. I can open it and let you enter, free to do as you please. I can also tell you everything about what's inside so you'll be prepared. In return, you'll help me come back to life," You Che said calmly.
Su Xin Sect was astonished. "You're dead?"
"You can think of it as my body being dead, while my consciousness and