"I never heard a whisper of any of this in the Demon Hall," Huang Xiao said.
"That's only natural. Never mind you-even within the Demon Hall, Pang Ji is probably the only one with access to these secrets, though perhaps there are a handful of others. You may be a candidate for Demon Hall Master, but you clearly still lack the standing to learn these secrets. Unless you become Hall Master, there's no way they'll let you know," Demon Phoenix said.
"I understand," Huang Xiao sighed. "From what you're saying, it sounds as though this Tomb Clan can't come out?"
"That seems to be the case. Apparently, they can only come out for a short time during the Demon Hall's Thousand-Year Period," Demon Phoenix said.
"Oh? Then the Tomb Clan's experts must be helping the Demon Hall. If they really are incomparably powerful, perhaps they truly can help the Demon Hall sweep across the world. Is that the secret behind the Demon Hall Thousand-Year Period?" Huang Xiao said, shock showing on his face.
"I can only say you've gotten a small part of it right," Demon Phoenix said. "The Tomb Clan is part of the force the Demon Hall uses to sweep across the world, but only a small part. Its truly powerful force is still those slumbering Demon Hall Masters of past generations."
"So that's how it is. It seems those slumbering Demon Hall Masters can only awaken during the Thousand-Year Period, too?" Huang Xiao said, somewhat at a loss for words. "A single Demon Hall Master is already all but invincible under heaven, and then there are all those past Hall Masters as well. By rights, apart from the Patriarch, there should be another eight. There truly is no force in this world that can stand against them."