Under Xu Taiping's curious gaze, Heavenly Lord Cangzhu looked up at the sky and said solemnly:
"After all our years of investigation, every clue concerning the disappearance of the Ancient Heavenly Court has pointed to the Heaven-Demon Battlefield."
"If we can win this Heavenly Demon War and slay the Demon Mother, we should be able to learn what exactly happened back then."
Xu Taiping's heart tightened as he said:
"So this clue is on the Heaven-Demon Battlefield too."
Then he glanced at the enormous Immortal Boat before asking again, his face full of curiosity:
"Heavenly Lord Cangzhu, you just said that quite a few Star Lords and Heavenly Officials remained when the Heavenly Court disappeared. Why are they all gone now?"
Hearing this question, Heavenly Lord Cangzhu said somewhat helplessly:
"When the Heavenly Court first disappeared, the former subordinate factions of the Heavenly Court, ours included, had some disagreements. People planted by the Nine Abysses stirred up trouble between us, and we began fighting for hundreds of thousands of years."
"Large numbers of Heavenly Officials and Star Lords fell during that time, and their legacies perished."
"Later, when the Demon Mother awakened again, the Nine Abysses began hunting us down as well. More and more Heavenly Officials and Star Lords fell, and more and more legacies were lost."
At this point, Heavenly Lord Cangzhu heaved a long sigh before continuing:
"Now, of the Abyssal Pavilion's original eighty-one seats of legacies, only thirteen seats remain."
"Even so, the number of legacies our Abyssal Pavilion has preserved is still considered high among the other Heavenly Court factions."
After hearing Heavenly Lord Cangzhu's account, Xu Taiping likewise said with deep feeling:
"I never imagined there was such a history behind it."
Just then, Heavenly Lord Cangzhu suddenly looked at Xu Taiping solemnly and