New Goal, a Shared Destiny

When I heard that, I couldn't help but suck in a cold breath again.

I never imagined the secret buried within ran so deep.

The danger here had endured for such a long time.

It even stretched back to the Ancient Ba Kingdom, to the Shang and Zhou eras...

Then Xiao Yu continued:

"It will be difficult to destroy the abyss and completely eliminate the Great Fiend.

They have now occupied the Feng Shui focal point of the entire Mountain City.

Touching them could even trigger chaos in more forbidden lands.

To completely destroy the Great Fiend and suppress the abyss,

certain specific conditions must still arise.

And you are not powerful enough yet."

After saying that, Xiao Yu did not continue.

I was deeply shocked as well.

I had thought the Nine Corpse Tower forbidden land being bound to Mountain City's fortune was their greatest source of power and reliance.

Who would have thought they were connected to other forbidden lands as well?

And in the distant past, the Ghost Cave Abyss had been the source of all evil.

Touching it would affect all of Jiuzhou. No wonder it had existed for so long...

I wanted to ask what those "specific conditions" were.

But Xiao Yu seemed to see through my thoughts.

She shook her head slightly at me.

"When the time comes, I'll tell you.

From now on, you must live well. Don't speak so lightly of life and death.

Only when the Nine Corpse Tower is destroyed and the abyss falls silent

will I truly be free. When that day comes, I'll never leave you again..."

The horrors beneath the Nine Corpse Tower had reshaped my understanding.

But hearing Xiao Yu's words,

I gave her a firm "Mm."

At that moment, I understood everything.

So I, this