"Phew!"
"I have one last question. Answer it, and I'll take you back."
Luo Yi let out a slow breath. "How was the Tianyan Sect destroyed? And do you know exactly who its enemies were?"
If he did not uncover the truth behind the Tianyan Sect's fall,
then when the Tiannan Continent reappeared, its old enemies might hear the news and come to Shangmen to kill them all over again.
Neither he nor his friends and family on the Tiannan Continent would survive.
Sorrow crossed Qin Yezhou's face at the question.
"The responsibility for this lies with me. It has nothing to do with any of you. So many years have passed that even that thing probably won't emerge anytime soon. You needn't worry."
"As for how they died, that has to do with the Dao-Merging Grounds."
"If one day you truly become the Tianyan Sect Master, spend a long time at Great Vehicle Perfection, then successfully merge with the Dao of the Tiannan Continent and advance to Tribulation Transcendence,"
"every living being on the Tiannan Continent will lose the ability to cultivate Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy. Instead, they'll cultivate the spiritual energy you use."
"And the warriors on the continent will become your Dao Servant—or your Dao Slave."
"The cultivation they spent long years building will be yours to command at will. Their lives and deaths will rest on a single thought of yours."
At this, the sorrow on Qin Yezhou's face deepened, and despair entered his voice.
"They died because my master drained them dry."
"You could also say they returned every bit of cultivation they'd spent their lives earning to the Tianyan Sect Sect Master."
"So that he—or this world—could make one last desperate struggle against an enemy it could not withstand."
Luo Yi listened closely.