The grasping force at Yun Che's fingertips paused for an instant. The smile on his face slowly faded as he pressed in a low voice, "Who exactly was this traitor? Do you still remember his name?"
The old man with the grizzled beard rolled his cloudy eyes and clenched the thoroughly rusted chains on his body with his withered fingers. "He held an extremely high position in our Human Race Alliance back then. Publicly, he went by 'Venerable Jingchen.' He claimed to come from the oldest Human Race Ancient Court and to have been born with sacred power that could purify all things. Who could have imagined that his heart would be even blacker than the aberration in this prison?"
The white-bearded old man beside him added, "That's not all. He was the one who launched the campaign against the World-Destroying Aberration and tricked us into coming here to set an ambush. Back then, we foolishly thought he was willing to sacrifice us old men for the greater good of humanity, to seal away the scourge of this Wuwang Sea. In the end, we were nothing but a thousand years' worth of prison rations he had prepared for that monster. He was raising it, waiting for it to emerge and throw the world into chaos so he could reap the benefits."
Hearing this, the World-Destroying Aberration on the raised platform roared wildly, making the chains rattle. "That old dog Jing Chen said that when he awakened and returned, he would let me out and give me the entire Myriad Heavens and Realms to chew to pieces in exchange for helping him clear away every obstacle! You worthless scum, just wait for me to tear you to shreds!"
After hearing this, Yun Che's suspicions were confirmed. The sleeping figure laying an