At Mao Xiao's words, Sikong Jing's pupils contracted slightly.
"Heaven-Soaring Emperor was merely a legacy spirit projection, yet he could sense the appearance of a Nine Heavens Imperial Bloodline inheritor."
"And he even issued a mission for it. Just how deep was his hatred for the Nine Heavens Emperor?"
Sikong Jing did not know the details of the hatred between the two emperors, Heaven-Soaring and Nine Heavens. He only knew that they were mortal enemies.
Jun Feihong immediately replied, "The details are far too ancient, and not many people know them. But what Heaven-Soaring Emperor wants now is a living inheritor of the Nine Heavens Imperial Bloodline. If it were merely to capture and torture them to death, then this hatred must run deep into his bones."
A cold glint flashed through Sikong Jing's eyes. He still wanted them captured alive.
It was likely not so simple as merely wanting to torture them to death.
Suddenly, he asked again in a low voice, "Heaven-Soaring Emperor left behind the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family. Could it be that the Nine Heavens Emperor left behind no bloodline or family in this world?"
The Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family was so famous and powerful in Boundless Sea, yet he had never heard of any Nine Heavens Family or the like.
Shaking their heads, neither Jun Feihong nor Mao Xiao had heard of any Nine Heavens Family, despite their considerable backgrounds in the Seal Sovereign Empire. The Nine Heavens Emperor had always given people an impression of mystery and overwhelming power.
Sikong Jing did not pursue the matter further. Instead, he thought to himself, I must first obtain the Nine Heavens Emperor's legacy.
For now, he could not let anyone know that he was the imperial bloodline inheritor of the Nine Heavens Emperor.
Otherwise, unless he slaughtered everyone