The phantom of the Bell of Wuzhong appeared, leaving Ye Fan dumbstruck—and drawing everyone else's attention.
Come to think of it, Wushi had quite a connection to the Heaven-Connecting Land.
In the Immortal Ancient Era, the Immortal King Wuzhong had died in battle at the Border Wasteland, but he had left behind a drop of Immortal King's Blood Essence.
Later, the Black Emperor's predecessor—the little puppy from the Chaotic Ancient Era—had carried that drop of blood essence into the Heaven-Connecting Land.
Then the blood essence had changed. A phantom of Wuzhong had appeared and smiled at the puppy before dissolving into a rain of light.
The drop of Immortal King's Blood Essence had evaporated completely.
There had always been several theories about why Wushi had appeared in the Later Era.
The first was that Wuzhong's Great Dao was unique: no beginning, no end. Since there was Wuzhong, Wushi was destined to be born.
The second was that Wuzhong and the Six Paths of Reincarnation Immortal King had studied the Dao of Reincarnation.
Though the two had failed to establish Reincarnation, they had made some progress, and that progress had allowed Wushi to be born in the Later Era.
Meng Chuan had never understood why Wuzhong had, in a sense, "reincarnated," while there had been no news whatsoever of the Six Paths of Reincarnation Immortal King, whose mastery of Reincarnation ran even deeper.
But now Meng Chuan understood.
If the Six Paths of Reincarnation Immortal King ever showed signs of reappearing in the Later Era, Meng Chuan would have to start worrying that someone was plotting against him...
The third theory concerned the Heaven-Connecting Land before them.
The Black Emperor's predecessor had not brought Wuzhong's blood essence here for nothing.
It had truly given Wuzhong a sliver of hope.
Though Wuzhong