Chapter 234: Myriad Dao Lotus
"I won't help," Xu Zimo replied blandly.
The Divine Emperor froze, then said, "Aren't you going to ask what it is?"
"Other than the Heavenly Mandate, what else could make you emerge from seclusion at the cost of exposing your whereabouts?" Xu Zimo countered.
"You even know that?" The Divine Emperor narrowed his eyes slightly and sized Xu Zimo up. "It seems you are even more extraordinary than I imagined."
"There is something I want to ask you," Xu Zimo said.
"Go ahead." The Divine Emperor nodded.
"Why does every generation of Great Emperors seal the spatial gate leading to the Ancient Demon Cave?"
"You care a great deal about matters concerning the Devil Race?" The Divine Emperor frowned slightly, then said, "A group of bloodthirsty, savage, utterly inhuman Demonic Beasts lives there.
"If the spatial gate is breached and those Demonic Beasts descend upon the Yuanyang Continent, then all living things will suffer devastation and blood will flow like rivers."
"How do you know the Demonic Beasts there are utterly inhuman? Have you seen them with your own eyes?" Baimeng asked unhappily.
"This was an edict left behind by the Sage. The seals on that spatial gate were not merely added during the Era of Emperors. Even beginning from the ancient Mythological Era, mighty figures of every age have reinforced them there," the Divine Emperor replied.
"Whether these Demonic Beasts are truly savage or not, it is better to be prepared than caught off guard.
"After all, if it is true, who will bear the consequences?"
"Who is the Sage?" Xu Zimo asked with a frown.
"It is said that in the ancient Mythological Era, humanity had only just come into contact with cultivation and was still very weak,
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