The moment he said that, Liu Zhi's eyes narrowed. He fixed his gaze on the man.
But the man kept his head bowed, using a white baboon hide to block others' view. No one could tell what he was planning, or how he felt.
At last, Liu Zhi said slowly, "Then I really do have to thank you."
"Think nothing of it. You want to know about the Glimmering Underworld, right? They were among the later arrivals. Before they came, there were five of us forces fighting the Glimmering Underworld. My side was still called the Southern Swamp Plane. The other forces were the Starlight Plane, the Volcano Plane, the Dalidos Plane, and the Heart of Nature Plane.
"But at the time, we were all fighting on our own, without any contact with one another. I've been to the Starlight Plane and the Dalidos Plane. Alda was actually brought back by me from the Dalidos Plane.
"He was the last Child of Destiny on that plane. When the Glimmering Underworld was about to devour it completely, the entire plane's fortune gathered in him.
"That was how he managed to escape disaster.
"I treated him like my own child and let him grow up in my plane. I just never expected he would eventually think I'd ruined his chance."
The man paused, then continued, "I can't say much about the other two planes, but I know the situation in the Starlight Plane and the Dalidos Plane, which I visited.
"The Starlight Plane was much like the Glimmering Underworld. It was also the first plane to oppose the Glimmering Underworld.
"There were three mythic beings on that plane. When my swamp plane was targeted, one of them was the first to notice and tell me what was happening.
"But the three mythic