Taiyuantian spoke of it so casually, but Shi Lan listened with her heart in her throat.
She had ventured beneath the Yellow Springs. If something went wrong and she couldn't return, that would hardly be surprising.
"I once heard that some people entered the Life Palace and borrowed the fate of ancient sages, yet still failed to leave the foreign realm. Why was that?"
After steadying herself, Shi Lan asked another question.
"I already told you: on that original continent, lifespans are fixed. There is a Heavenly Dao Core within the Divine Martial Foreign Realm, and that law applies here as well."
"Once you tamper with your life thread, if the Divine Martial Foreign Realm decides you ought to be dead, calamity will naturally befall you. You won't make it out alive."
At this, Taiyuantian shook his head. "However, the Heavenly Dao Core is incomplete, so its perceptions are no longer as keen. The odds of dying an inexplicable death aren't very high."
"What about those who never entered the Life Palace? Why did they die?" Shi Lan felt a little relieved. Now that she understood the secrets of the Life Palace, much of her fear of the unknown had faded.
"The chance of dying during these worlds' trials is extremely low," Taiyuantian said calmly. "Some people may simply have failed to leave the Divine Martial Foreign Realm to this day. That doesn't mean they're dead."
"Were they trapped in those world projections?" Shi Lan's gaze sharpened.
"No." Taiyuantian dismissed her guess. "A faction is active within the Divine Martial Foreign Realm, stealing source power. Sometimes they recruit fresh blood, and some of the more outstanding people may catch their eye."
Shi Lan froze. Then she suddenly realized that this must be the living beings Lingyun had mentioned, the ones