Upon hearing Universe Ancestor's account, North Nether Saint said nothing. In truth, before coming to the Abyss World, he had already learned this information from the Human Race ancestors and understood the whole sequence of events.
"Although I knew this was a highly dangerous task that might not even yield any reward, I still agreed, because it was for the future of the Human Race. Even if I died a hundred times, I would have no regrets."
Universe Ancestor said, "Later, I entered the abyss and endured countless hardships, narrowly escaping death again and again. Step by step, I climbed upward, uncovering countless secrets of the Abyss World and sending them back.
"Originally, I thought the mission was nearly complete. But ten thousand years passed, a million years passed, ten million years passed, hundreds of millions of years passed—countless years went by. Every piece of information I sent back vanished like a stone sinking into the sea. I had already become the Devil Master of the Abyss World, yet you still hadn't reeled in the net."
He looked at North Nether Saint impassively.
Xia Ping, standing nearby: "..."
To be honest, he could somewhat understand Universe Ancestor. As a Human Race spy, he had painstakingly gone undercover in the Abyss World, all to complete his mission.
Yet the harder he worked, the more he discovered that he could not extricate himself. His abilities were simply too great; he had subdued countless demon underlings, and a group of Abyss Kings had all submitted to him.
And in order to survive in the Abyss World, Universe Ancestor had naturally pulled out all the stops and endured brush after brush with death. Yet who would have thought that, in the end, he himself would become the leader of the Abyss World, while the