What was the next step?
When Qin An heard those words, confusion immediately rose in his heart.
He needed to find Emperor Xuanwu to learn where the Sea of Hope was.
But Qin An knew that even if he found Emperor Xuanwu, the emperor was unlikely to know what to do once they reached it.
Now that the Old Man before him had mentioned what came next, Qin An waited patiently to hear more.
After a brief pause, the Old Man said, "The Sea of Hope gathers the power of countless worlds—worlds destroyed by the Heavenly Demon. Among their remnants are people like this Old Man. When the Heavenly Demon destroyed them, they preserved traces of its power."
"If you can reach the surviving powers of those worlds within the Sea of Hope and raise a wall from them, you can stop the Heavenly Demon from descending. That will buy you a great deal of time to grow strong enough to fight those mighty Heavenly Demons."
Shock flashed in Qin An's eyes.
Even he had never imagined that the so-called Sea of Hope was made up of so many destroyed worlds.
But he understood something of its name. It was called the Sea of Hope for a reason.
Perhaps it held the wishes of those destroyed worlds: to find hope amid despair, destroy the Heavenly Demons once and for all, and spare other worlds that terrifying fate.
Qin An nodded and cupped his fists. "In that case, I'll take my leave. I'll find a Heaven-Human Realm expert as soon as I can and ask exactly where the Sea of Hope is."
The Old Man nodded, then broke into a violent cough. His wounds split open again, and blood soaked his clothes.
Qin An frowned. "Senior, are you all right?"
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