Unraveling the Threads

"It's been so long since I personally worked over a soul that my touch has gotten a little rusty..." Chu Yuan remarked inside the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

Countless chains pierced through Ni's body, pinning him in the void.

His soul still looked as though it could shatter at any moment...

Chu Yuan was hardly kind enough to heal him. Besides, the Ten Thousand Souls Banner was not of a high enough tier.

Keeping him barely alive was enough...

Ni's gaze was venomous, but he at least knew how to read the situation.

Right now, Chu Yuan could do whatever he pleased with him. Even if he refused to cooperate, he would only suffer more.

"...I've already told you every secret of the First Era that I know! What more do you want?"

Chu Yuan shook his head. "But the information you gave me... doesn't seem particularly valuable?"

"I merely had a cooperative relationship with them. Why would they tell me their truly important secrets?"

"What a useless thing..."

"...Chu Yuan! You humiliate me today—aren't you afraid that one day, when you fall into someone else's hands, you'll suffer the very same humiliation!?"

Chu Yuan said in surprise, "So what you mean is, if I don't deal with you... others will spare me?"

"..."

"There's one more thing I don't understand... How did Xi fall? When I fought that Great Heavenly Venerable before, he said Xi was killed by him. Is that true or not?" Chu Yuan did not doubt whether the Great Heavenly Venerable possessed such power.

The timing simply did not add up.

If Xi had been killed by the Great Heavenly Venerable... how could humans have appeared?

And how could Ni have blocked the gateway to the First Era?

Ni said coldly, "Xi did indeed fall because