Li Yan's Question (Part Two)

Star Ming was quite pleased by the astonishment on Li Yan's face.

Most cultivators from elsewhere had no way of learning this. Only sects like theirs, rooted here for generations, could uncover fragments of the story.

He took another sip of tea before continuing slowly.

"So, after a long, secret discussion with the other Spirit Transformation cultivators, Xiahou Shangxie ultimately feared that mysterious expert's terrifying strength and decided to withdraw his army.

"That was how the Original Devil Race escaped annihilation.

"But the matter became a thorn in Xiahou Shangxie's heart. He kept planting spies inside the Holy Devil Palace.

"At the time, the Holy Devil Palace was rebuilding from the ashes. However tight its defenses, they could not seal every crack.

"They killed many spies, but one eventually managed to get a message to Xiahou Shangxie. Only after performing Soul Search on the spy did the Holy Devil Palace learn what he had sent.

"'A mighty Human Race expert helped the Holy Devil Palace rebuild its clan-protection formation!'

"The message was brief, but with Xiahou Shangxie's almost demonic cunning, it gave him plenty to think about.

"The Holy Devil Palace was the foundation of the Original Devil Race. Its clan-protection formation had been passed down from ancient times.

"From its defenses to the traps and restrictions within, it had practically reached the limits of this realm's artifact-refining grandmasters. Yet someone had been able to rebuild it. What did that mean?

"The only reason to rebuild a clan-protection formation was to make it stronger, far more powerful overall than before. Otherwise, why would the Holy Devil Palace do it?

"Besides, without sufficient confidence, the Holy Devil Palace would never have dared alter the original formation and its restrictions. They would only have tried to paint a tiger and ended up