Man dies for wealth, bird dies for food.
Sage Lord Que Geng naturally understood this principle. He could see Northern Kingdom Demon Emperor's intention to retreat; when Life and Death were at stake, he would never play petty tricks.
Nine Calamities Demon Sage's true form was the divine beast Nine-Colored Jingzhe Python. Her innate talent surpassed that of ordinary Dragon Clan members, yet she was cold-blooded and timid by nature. Hearing this, her eyes spun wildly, and she no longer dared linger here. Her gaze, brimming with deep affection, fell upon Sage Lord Que Geng.
"Are you certain?" Sage Lord Que Geng asked unwillingly.
In truth, as the greatest genius of the Heaven-Piercing Rat Clan in the past hundred thousand years, and the next king of the rat clan, he regarded many of the opportunities in this world with disdain. His journey to Great Jin and his arrival in the Far West had merely been attempts to try his luck.
Whether Northern Kingdom Demon Emperor or Nine Calamities Demon Sage, both had been ordered to come and protect his path. The world was vast; so long as he did not force matters too far, where could he not go?
But within [I Alone World], he changed his mind!
He could naturally sense the ancient, sacred immortal power within the Azure Cloud Li Family members. From the Divine Sect's sect master, he had heard a term—Void Origin.
Perhaps none of those who had come to the Far West knew what the Void Origin represented, but it was recorded with perfect clarity in the Heaven-Piercing Rat Clan's ancient texts.
The records stated that the Heaven-Piercing Rat Clan had originally been one of the lowliest races when heaven and earth first opened. Yet their ancestor encountered a heaven-shaking opportunity. He was inexplicably seized