At that point, the Lantern King paused instead of going on. He knew Qin An and the others needed a little time to think. After all, it sounded far too bizarre.
Qin An fell silent. He thought carefully about what the Lantern King had said, then looked around.
He found that the Lantern King had a point. Everything here was extraordinarily sturdy—so sturdy that even someone in the Selfless Realm could not destroy it.
Only someone who had reached the Dao Resonance Realm could cause any damage, and even then, the damage would be slight.
Something this sturdy really did resemble a cage, trapping them firmly inside.
But the Lantern King had been vague, and Qin An could infer nothing more.
Qin An gestured for the Lantern King to continue.
After a brief pause, the Lantern King said, "I believe this place is a cage. Why we've been trapped here isn't clear. That is the secret I've been searching for, and it concerns you."
"Me?" Qin An looked astonished. "Why would it concern me? And where did you hear anything about me?"
The news landed like a bombshell. Both Qin An and Emperor Xuanwu looked shocked. The Lantern King had said plainly that this matter concerned Qin An.
Yet neither of them had ever come to this world before, and Qin An barely understood it. How could he have anything to do with it?
There had been a prophecy that he was the Savior, but that prophecy had come from the Heavenly Demons.
The Heavenly Demons had wanted to destroy the world, yet both they and those who had stood fast to defend it had foretold that he was the Savior.
Now the Heavenly Demons had been destroyed and the world saved. His role as Savior should not extend to