In the briefest instant, the expression on Cui Qiao's face changed several times.
From shock, to flustered panic, then resentment, and finally mockery.
"Extreme Yin, I never thought I would run into you again in the Profound Realm."
"Back then, you toyed with me time and again, and later even caused the death of my grandfather, Cui Gu. From that day on, I swore a blood oath—I would avenge this grudge in this life, unto death and without end."
"From then on, I devoted everything to cultivation and never dared slacken in the slightest. I ventured into secret realms and entered demon lairs, surviving nine deaths out of ten again and again, all to raise my cultivation faster and gain the strength to make you repay this blood debt sooner."
"When I finally entered the Nascent Soul Realm, you had already left the Limitless Sect and had not appeared in the Sea of Disorder for many years."
"So I began investigating your whereabouts. Within the Sea of Disorder, I went to investigate every place rumored to have seen you, one by one, seeking only the slightest trace of your trail."
"In the end, I discovered that you had first appeared on Fangzhu Island of the Xing Family. But by then, you were already a Golden Core cultivator. As for your life before forming your core, there was not the slightest lead to be found, as if you had appeared out of thin air."
"Later, I learned that every so often, you would vanish without reason. You even left the vast Limitless Sect entirely unattended."
"So I guessed that you were likely not from the Sea of Disorder, but from the Heavenly Origin Continent beyond the Endless Desert, a place spoken of only in legend."
"You most likely possessed an ancient