Changsun Tingzhi and the other two were surprised after hearing Zhang Yu's words, but upon careful thought, they found it only natural.
For this result not only corresponded to what Changsun Tingzhi had said, it could also explain the various situations they had encountered.
Deng Jing pondered briefly and said, "If such a living being exists, then its level is most likely extremely high. Otherwise, we would not have failed to sense it at all."
Zhang Yu said, "In Yu's view, this being should stand above our generation."
Changsun Tingzhi and the other two were not surprised by this. The moment they had heard news of this being, they had already harbored such suspicions.
Zhu Tingzhi looked at the gateway before them, which resembled condensed mist. His gaze seemed to pierce deep within as he said, "Previously, we encountered attacks from these Pure Spirit beings, which also attempted to assimilate us. Now that this gateway has opened, might this Upper Layer being pose a threat to Celestial Xia?"
Zhang Yu replied evenly, "If the entire Pure Spirit Abode is a single living being, then what it seeks to assimilate is the present world. Yet Yu believes it will not do so.
"Leaving aside the fact that we have the various Chief Directors above us, making such a thing impossible for it, the present world is filled everywhere with the Turbid Tide. If this being can suppress the Turbid Tide within its own body, that would already be no small feat. It has no stomach to swallow the present world as well.
"It should be even less interested in cultivators like us. When we first entered this place, the attacks we suffered were merely the instinctive hostility of some Pure Spirit beings. That was only natural repulsion. Once we employed supernatural