Serene Nether Island.
Empty wine jars littered the ground, though most of them had once held the Wishful Wine Ji Yuan had brought.
Liu Yuan asking that was only to be expected.
Back when Ji Yuan had accidentally vanished in the Far Eastern Sea, he had only been at the Golden Core Late Stage.
No matter how astonishing his talent was, advancing from the Golden Core Late Stage to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage was by no means something accomplished overnight.
What was more, Liu Yuan knew that Ji Yuan actually possessed a False Spiritual Root.
Yet over these years, Ji Yuan had never sent back so much as a scrap of news, much less returned to Serene Nether Island to visit him.
Thus, in Liu Yuan's eyes, Ji Yuan's return this time must have been for some other matter.
Ji Yuan did not answer at once.
His gaze fell upon the churning sea beyond the courtyard as he repeatedly weighed whether he should tell Liu Yuan the full purpose of this journey.
He was going to the Demon-Spirit Archipelago to demand someone from the Ultimate Dao Devil Lord.
The Ultimate Dao Devil Lord was at the Nascent Soul Peak, a Nascent Soul Cultivator who truly stood at the summit of the Abyssal Continent.
Meanwhile, Liu Yuan had only just formed his Nascent Soul, and had not even fully stabilized his Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivation.
Even if he was an exceptionally gifted sword cultivator whose strength beyond his level far surpassed those of the same realm, facing the Ultimate Dao Devil Lord at the Nascent Soul Peak would still be like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.
Taking him along would not only be of no help, but would also leave Ji Yuan tied hand and foot, forcing