An Unexpected Twist

Ji Shan smiled. "Fellow cultivator Gu, you are making things difficult for this old man. How would Ji know the origin of this Outer Realm? Of the secrets between heaven and earth, we cultivators know no more than a drop in the vast sea. This Outer Realm has existed since ancient times. We only know that it is boundless and endless. It is not as though no senior experts have explored its depths, but there is virtually no spiritual energy here. Who would dare venture too far? In the end, they either vanished without a trace or returned empty-handed.

"As for the Heavenly Demons, perhaps there are also great worlds within this Outer Realm, like the Spirit Realm and the Cultivation World. But without seeing them firsthand, who would dare be certain?"

Gu Yuanqing had never truly expected an answer. If there really had been one, Qingping Dao Palace would presumably have records of it.

The Space Rift in this Outer Realm Battlefield had appeared so long ago that its origin could no longer be verified. It might even be traced back to before the boundaries between the immortal and human realms had fully separated.

There were even rumors that the separation of the Spirit Realm and the Cultivation World back then—the sword scar that cleaved the two realms apart—had also been connected to the arrival of the Extraterrestrial Demons.

Of course, those events had taken place far too long ago. No one knew whether they were true or false.

The flying shuttle was generally quiet. Even when people spoke, most communicated through secret voice transmission, or used the Heavenly Human Realm to bind their voices so they would not disturb others.

The weakest person aboard this flying vessel was already in the Yin-Yang Circulation of Heaven Realm. Anyone weaker