"The Ghost Ruins! The Netherworld Ghost Realm?!"
At those words, Yun Qing and the other Twelve Young Masters felt their hearts jolt.
"So it really is..."
The ancient Immortal Venerables watched the Ghost Realm gradually emerge, their expressions complicated.
"The Nine Heavens Azure Cloud List!"
Yun Poxiao suddenly clapped his hands.
For these young people of Heavenly Origin, their only memory of the Ghost Ruins was from when the Nine Heavens Azure Cloud List had opened. The Ghost Ruins had abruptly descended, and countless ghost creatures, remnant souls, and even strange beings had charged onto the Heaven Tier to fight the contestants and plunder Heavenly Origin's fortune.
Apart from that brief encounter, the Ghost Ruins had never descended upon Heavenly Origin again. The younger generation knew very little about it.
It was during that descent of the Ghost Ruins that Yun Qing had seen Yun Chi, who should never have appeared there.
At the thought, his gaze sharpened, and the dream he had not long ago flashed through his mind.
Could it be connected to this?
Yun Qing looked up and asked, "Second Elder, why is the Ghost Realm here?"
Yun Yuan slowly shook his head.
"The Ghost Realm has never been 'in' any particular place."
Everyone froze. The Second Elder raised his hand and pointed toward that dark continent.
"Long ago, Heavenly Origin broke apart. The Immortal World, Human World, and Ghost Realm were severed from one another, their passages cut off. Travel between them became all but impossible."
"The Human World exists at fixed coordinates in space and time, and the Immortal World is firmly anchored within a stable region of space."
"But the Ghost Realm is very special."
Yun Yuan paused for a moment.
"Many years ago, the Ghost Realm already detached itself from conventional space."
"It