It was an astonishing conjecture.
Through Deng Xiong's account, Fang Qianyuan gained a deeper understanding of this world, the Starfields beyond it, and even the vast universe. It could even be said that his entire outlook had been reshaped.
As it turned out, in the eyes of true Heaven-Tier Powerhouses, the Spirit-Taming World was merely a corner of what had once been called the Pengyuan Great Star Realm. Yet it happened to occupy a crucial location akin to a wellspring of spirit qi-a wellspring deliberately buried there by the remnants of the Pan Clan all those years ago.
It was like a barren, impoverished island stranded far out at sea, where legends spoke of a hidden treasure. People who accidentally washed ashore discovered ready-made supplies scattered everywhere-food, clothing, medicine, and other resources-and were fortunate enough to survive because of them!
But among these castaways were perceptive people who worried that the scattered food and medicine had leaked out of a treasure vault.
What they saw was not a revival of spirit qi or an age of prosperity, but an even greater crisis!
An isolated island was still an isolated island. If they could not grow their own food, make their own clothing, or refine their own medicine, and instead relied forever on the legacy of the ancients, decline would inevitably return. When that happened, they would have no means of sustaining themselves.
Moreover, humans were not the island's only inhabitants. Fierce beasts and spirit monsters of every size lived there as well.
Sharing their home was hardly a blessing.
Perhaps the only way out for the island's people was to find the treasure vault hidden there and use the skills and resources it provided to build a vessel capable of crossing the boundless sea to the Other Shore!
Then they