Mu Feng delivered the explosive news with casual composure, but Cheng Yu, sitting opposite him, could not remain calm at all.
Before coming here, Cheng Yu had already suspected that something momentous must have happened over the past ten years. Even so, he had never imagined an event with such far-reaching consequences.
Humankind and Monsterkind had indeed lived in peace for twenty thousand years, but that peace had rested on neither side being able to overcome the other.
Now, Qin Shuo had stopped appearing in public, and Shen Bai, the Heaven-United One, had vanished within Humankind Territory.
Even though the brothers Shen Tian and Shen Yue knew perfectly well that Humankind had nothing to do with Shen Bai's disappearance, the demons beneath them would not think that way.
The Demon Laws did restrain the myriad demons, but as a ruler, Shen Tian could not completely disregard the views of the lower ranks.
Moreover, the Great Clans within the Demon Race had merely been weakened. If they joined forces at this critical juncture...
Then there were the Demons outside, the True Knowledge Sect within, and the Great Clans that had spent these years coveting the positions of the two dominant powers.
Even if a great war did not erupt, the peace of the Eternal True World could probably no longer be sustained.
In just a few breaths, Cheng Yu had considered every worst-case scenario.
Although he had attained Legendary status, he had no power to influence the situation in the Eternal True World.
To put it generously, with his Cave Profound (Legendary) combat strength, he was not entirely incapable of protecting himself in the Eternal True World.
But if something truly momentous happened, he would be nothing more than a slightly stronger ant.
If that really was the case, this role-playing