Not for the Tide, but for the Shore

After hearing her out, Li Yan immediately felt that Zhao Min's analysis was very likely correct.

Most surviving records of the Lost Continent's history mentioned only the super teleportation array connected to the Qingqing Continent. Nothing else had been discovered.

The most likely explanation was that, fearing the Black Devil Race's bloodthirsty, aggressive nature would bring disaster upon the Lost Continent, someone had deliberately erased certain records. After all, they were no longer the original Devil Race.

Although the Xiahou Lineage had also participated in that war between the two realms, the original Devil Race—the true ancestors of the White Devil Race—had led the war.

It was just like the war between the Desolate Moon Continent and the Devil Race: only a handful of people at the very top knew certain supreme secrets. Xiahou Shangxie had not yet reached Spirit Transformation back then.

He had merely followed orders. Though the Xiahou Household would have learned some secrets during the war, their knowledge would have been limited.

The mysterious "Divine Path" now possessed by the Black Devil Race held many secrets. Perhaps Xiahou Shangxie had acquired it back then.

The original Devil Race had been no saints either. They too had wanted to invade other realms to obtain abundant cultivation resources, and had continually explored the continents neighboring the Lost Continent.

"Perhaps the original Devil Race discovered more than one weak point in the barriers between realms, but their own fighting strength limited them.

"Even against the Qingqing Continent alone, they were only evenly matched, so they didn't dare open passages to other continents. In the end, some of those passages fell into Xiahou Shangxie's hands."

Li Yan had not worked this out before, but Zhao Min's words brought him sudden clarity, further reinforcing his conjecture about the damaged jade slip.