Shi Lan did not deny it. The fluctuations of magical power carried by an immortal cultivator's attack differed considerably from martial essence. Ordinary people might not feel it, but for a powerhouse at the level of the Human Emperor, the truth could be seen through at a glance.
"It's best to be more cautious when cultivating an extraterrestrial method. When you carry the power of the outside world and step into the Heavenly Human Realm, the tribulation you encounter may be terrifying beyond the imagination of ordinary people."
"Why is that?"
Shi Lan's heart tightened slightly. Chu Hanzhou was not one to speak without reason, nor did he have any need to deceive her.
"There are some secrets you had no way to come into contact with before. It's not strange that you don't know."
Some matters were destined to be passed down only by word of mouth among certain people. If one's status did not reach a certain level, one could exhaust every effort and still fail to learn the slightest bit of news.
Even if those bits of news might merely be someone's idle conversation over tea.
"There have long been rumors in the world that the human race's martial path was born from the ancient god race's battle arts, and that it only became as diverse as it is today after being improved by later generations."
Chu Hanzhou did not put on airs. He candidly told Shi Lan some of what he knew.
"In reality, although a hundred paths contend within the Shenzhou Vast Land, they all reach the same destination by different routes. No matter how they change, they never depart from the source. Most still belong to the martial path. As for the other minor paths, though many are wondrous and uncanny, not a single