"Go on."
Chen Changming listened with rapt attention and urged him on.
Xiao Hei hurriedly explained, "This demon spirit's origins are anything but ordinary. It is said to have come from the Demon Realm, and it was the strongest enemy ever encountered by the Six Ancient Clans... The two sides fought fiercely, forcibly splitting the entire Cultivation Continent into two parts. One part became the Illusion Star Sea, while the other remained the Cultivation Continent."
After a pause, he continued, "In truth, the Human Realm originally consisted of this one Cultivation Continent. It was immensely vast, surrounded on all sides by ocean. But the battle between that great devil and the Six Ancients shook heaven and earth, and in the end, they forcibly punched straight through the Cultivation Continent."
"So that's how it was."
A look of realization crossed Chen Changming's face.
"That great devil's divine soul was divided into two parts. One-third was sealed within the Illusion Star Sea, while the other two-thirds were left on the Cultivation Continent."
Xiao Hei continued.
"So the divine soul I refined wasn't complete after all..."
Chen Changming pondered.
No wonder Senior Bi Cang had been able to deal with Mo Lihai's divine soul. It had turned out to be merely one-third of the whole, and it had been weakened without end. That was why it had ultimately benefited him.
At the thought of Mo Lihai, that great devil capable of contending against all Six Ancient Clans, Chen Changming could not help but shudder. That great devil had simply been too powerful.
Powerful to an absurd degree!
"Why is your intelligence so developed?"
Chen Changming shifted his gaze to the Ancient Buddha Sarira in his hand. "Could it be related to this Ancient Buddha Sarira?"
Xiao Hei smiled sheepishly. "Your insight is truly