As Su Mo voiced those tentative words, the entire world within the secret realm instantly began to warp.
An eerie sensation came over all the "living people" around everyone, and every one of those "living people" instantly turned toward the palace on the central mountain.
In an instant, horror appeared on the faces of everyone who had entered the Ruins.
What had happened?
The expression on the War King's face vanished in an instant, replaced by something Su Mo could not understand.
Su Mo's heart jolted. He was now a player within the game, and his every word and action bore on the plot.
He had only intended to test the waters, never expecting the changes in the Ruins to be so terrifying...
Those words had merely been a probe. He wanted to know exactly what sort of mindset this "heir" he had become possessed.
He was different from the others who had entered the Ruins. They were merely spectators, and it was difficult for them to change the plot without harming the "living people."
He, however, was a character in the story. His every word and action advanced the "plot."
He had to tread even more carefully...
And so, while facing the War King, he had cautiously tested the waters.
He had never expected this heir he had become to be such a hopeless case. Even after dying once, he still did not want to cultivate.
He had tested the wrong thing!
Watching the eerie changes within the Ruins, Su Mo immediately corrected himself. "I want to cultivate... but it wouldn't do me much good anyway. I'd better not cultivate."
In an instant, the entire world of the Ruins returned to peace.
All the "living people" resumed what they had been doing, as though nothing had happened.
Everyone who