After listening to Old Demon Qingyang,
Qin Ming's gaze fell once more upon Old Ancestor Nanming's divided soul.
His tone turned icy. "At a time like this, are you still unwilling to tell Qin the truth? Don't blame me for directly conducting a Soul Search."
Old Ancestor Nanming was immediately alarmed and hurriedly said with a bitter smile, "No, no, no! I never expected Young Friend Qin's divine abilities to be so astounding that you would discover even this."
"When This Old Man's lifespan was nearing its end, I had already become utterly unscrupulous in my attempts to break through. I used every method I could think of."
"Just when I had reached the end of the road, I happened to obtain a strand of the legendary Heavenly Demon Qi within a Demon Race secret realm in the outside world!"
"With no other choice, I risked devouring the Heavenly Demon Qi in pursuit of a breakthrough. Though I succeeded in the end, I was left half-human and half-demon."
"Whenever the moon was full, I would lose my mind and begin a massacre. That was why I completely confined myself within that Demon Ruins."
"Alas! It was not that This Old Man did not wish to return to Li Fire Palace! It was simply that if I returned, I would likely bring calamity upon the five great Immortal Cultivation Worlds. Better to let things remain as they are."
By this point, it was clear that Old Ancestor Nanming still cared deeply for Li Fire Palace.
After all, it was the foundation he had established with his own hands, carrying the blood and sweat of countless years.
Yet if he returned to Great Jin in his current state, the sects of the five great Immortal Cultivation Worlds would likely unite to besiege