The Star River streamed backward as twelve figures raced like the wind through the cold darkness.
At the ontological rank of Immortal Emperor, crossing a starfield no longer required any external aid. A mere thought could carry their bodies across trillions upon trillions of miles.
Ancestor Si Ming led the way, with Chen Xu, Lu Yu, and the other silent Immortal Emperors behind him.
Si Chen followed unhurriedly at their side. No matter how the Immortal Emperors ahead accelerated, they could not pull even half an inch away from him.
"Ancestor."
In the silent expanse of stars, Si Chen's voice suddenly sounded in everyone's mind.
Si Ming faltered slightly, slowing half a step. "What is it?"
"A few days ago, Jiang Ling came to see you alone."
"The way she behaved before setting out on the expedition... you must have told her quite a few things about the past."
Si Chen teleported to his side in a single step and asked calmly, "How exactly did her father, Jiang Yuan, die back then?"
The moment he posed that question, several of the Immortal Emperors speeding alongside them stiffened in unison.
For a moment, everyone fell silent.
Si Ming looked at Si Chen and finally gave a bitter laugh. "Nothing gets past you. But there's nothing left to hide, anyway."
The old ancestor sighed, a trace of weariness entering his voice.
"Jiang Yuan... was a ruthless man."
"Not just toward others. He was even more ruthless toward himself."
At that assessment, Si Chen raised his brows slightly but did not interrupt.
"Do you know who was the first person in the Myriad Heavens and Worlds after ancient times to break his shackles and force his way into the Immortal Lord realm?" Si Ming asked with a sigh.
"Jiang Yuan?" Si Chen asked.