Speaking of the Past

The old man remembered how, back then, Dabai and their master, Qingyunzi, had nearly come to blows over the Demon Sect's Heavenly Book cultivation technique. In the end, Qingyunzi had even expelled Dabai from the sect. If the other senior brothers hadn't pleaded for him and held their master back, Qingyunzi would probably have ordered Dabai's execution, given his temper.

Even then, no one could match Dabai. But if word got out that he knew the Demon Sect's cultivation technique, not only the righteous sects but the Demon Sect would send their followers to hunt him down.

The old man sank into his memories and thoughts, not noticing the strange look that flickered through Dabai's eyes.

From the old man's words, Dabai also learned that a Great Calamity was approaching this world. If it could not be overcome, not a single living being would survive. In the end, the whole world would be destroyed with them!

And Luo Yunji was the only hope of overcoming the calamity.

Dabai accepted this easily enough. After all, a true Deity resided in Luo Yunji's Sea of Consciousness.

How could a thousand years of secrets be fully explained in a short while?

Besides, there were many secrets Dabai didn't know. After all, he had spent a long time existing as a Yin Spirit, trapped beneath the Death Spirit Abyss.

There were many things he had never known.

Back when Master Qingyunzi expelled Dabai from the sect, he told the outside world that Dabai had died in a feud between martial artists. From the old man's account, Dabai learned that this junior brother of his had left the sect over the matter, and rumors had claimed he was missing.

Two senior brothers and another junior brother had also left to search for Dabai, and never