Although he could not identify the ailment, knowing the cause of her injuries might stir something and help uncover the root of the problem.
"All right!"
Knowing this was the only chance to save his daughter, and that she could not be treated without speaking of it, the middle-aged man hesitated for a moment. His eyes seemed to pierce through the vicissitudes of eternity, gazing into the distant past.
"That was hundreds of millions of years ago, before the Nine Great Powers had been established. The native races of the Universal Divine Realm and the ascended races waged a massive war. Victory and defeat went to both sides, and even Emperor-level experts struggled to preserve their lives, falling one after another! To preserve the native races' standing in the Divine Realm, they gathered countless Great Emperors and innumerable experts, driving the ascenders into the Boundless Sea!"
"Though the ascenders were at a disadvantage then, every one of them was formidable and battle-hardened. Relying on the favorable terrain of the Boundless Sea, they shattered our encirclements time and again! The war lasted several thousand years! When it began, I had only just married. Not long after the fighting started, Yaoshuang was born. She depended on me greatly and followed behind me, cultivating in silence!"
"Who would have thought..."
He paused there, his fists clenching tightly.
"Who would have thought... as she grew older, she gradually formed ideas of her own. She believed... the Divine Realm did not belong to any one person, but to everyone. It should not be monopolized by us native races; it should be governed together with the ascenders, rather than wiping them out root and branch! I was busy then, and merely thought it was a child's rebellious streak. I did not take it seriously, until one