"Why must you be so aggressive, sir?" the child said with a shake of his head.
"We merely sought a way to break the deadlock."
"And what is this way to break the deadlock?" Xu Zimo asked in return.
"A way to let our race be like the sea with its deep and endless currents, unceasing and ever prosperous."
"What did those races promise you, to make you use your own clansmen's blood essence to peer into the secrets of heaven?" Xu Zimo asked.
"Something very generous—generous enough that we could not refuse," the child replied.
"It is something you cannot give me."
"I cannot give it?" Xu Zimo asked with interest.
"Do you know where I come from?"
The child shook his head.
"Our Ancient Remnant Tribe does not easily perform divinations for ourselves.
"The closer a divination is to oneself, the less accurate it becomes.
"But I knew that I had committed the grave act of divulging heavenly secrets. Fearing that disaster would soon descend upon me, I cast a divination for myself.
"And for our Ancient Remnant Tribe as well."
The child merely replied, "Though I cannot divine your identity, I know that you came because of the secrets of heaven."
"Since you know that, why not surrender with your hands tied? Do you think you can escape?" Xu Zimo narrowed his eyes.
"How would I know without trying? Even a trapped beast dares to struggle—let alone us," the child said with a smile.
Xu Zimo extended his right hand, and overwhelming power erupted from his palm.
He beckoned with his hand and said lightly, "I will give you a chance to resist. Let me see how capable you are."
"Then watch carefully, sir. After our Ancient Remnant Tribe enters the Great Sage realm, we undergo our