The figure stared at the Overturning Heaven Seal mark on Feng Jun's hand for a long while in silence.
After quite some time, he finally spoke. The lofty pressure was gone from his voice, replaced by endless wistfulness.
"Has the Overturning Heaven Seal truly fallen?"
"Yes, Senior," Feng Jun nodded heavily. "Of the three of you, only he could not be saved."
He was utterly certain of this, because the magical treasure was in his hands and had already been successfully refined.
"Alas." The figure let out a long sigh and gradually became clearer.
"It's you..." Hanhai Venerable Lord was shocked when he recognized the newcomer. "Senior Sheji, ancestor of the Grand Void Sect!"
"I am merely an ancestor enshrined by the sect," the figure said flatly after glancing at him. "You, on the other hand, know rather too much."
"This junior was fortunate enough to have once seen the ancestor's image," Hanhai Venerable Lord no longer dared to act arrogantly. "This junior's patriarch was..."
"That little fellow from the Mysterious Water Sect—I know him," Ancestor Sheji said calmly. "He may be considered the descendant of an old acquaintance."
The aura of the Landscape and Society Map was simply too powerful, suppressing Hanhai Venerable Lord until he could not speak.
It was not that Hanhai lacked courage. Rather, he had heard from his patriarch that Ancestor Sheji was likely a Tribulation Transcendence Stage cultivator.
Then the figure gave a soft snort. "I do not want this news to spread. You understand?"
Though he was not as approachable as Yun Zhongzi, he still carried himself like an ancient great cultivator—so long as the other party promised not to divulge the secret, that was enough.
"This junior understands," Hanhai Venerable Lord answered respectfully. "Before coming here, this junior had already made such