Chen Yang's question sounded strange at first, but to the master of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, who knew the truth, it went straight to the heart of the matter.
After a brief silence, the pavilion master said, "Senior, this matter... I cannot speak of it."
"Why can't you?"
"As I said before, power outweighs a person. I cannot speak of it. I dare not."
"That person is far beyond the horizon, while I'm standing right in front of you. Think carefully."
"If that is how you see it, Senior... then go ahead."
At those words, Chen Yang's gaze chilled, and he tightened his grip.
The answer mattered enormously—not only to him, the Yang Clan, and the people of Canglan Continent, but also to several people above the Void Realm.
After Chen Yang's true body awakened, he had learned the full course of the Sea Pavilion's spellcasting in the Void Realm through Nangong Jinghe, who served as an intermediary.
From Nangong Jinghe's account, Chen Yang also learned that Bai Di had survived that immortal spell because of an unexpected interruption.
The Sea Pavilion Upper Cultivator had been casting his spell when a Scarlet Flame Flying Sword as vast as a vessel sailing the Heavenly Sea came piercing through the sky, forcing him to stop.
Apart from Zhuang Xuanji, neither Nangong Jinghe nor the other Void Realm cultivators had clearly seen the newcomer's face. Nor did they know what he had said to the Sea Pavilion Upper Cultivator.
They knew only that after this person appeared, the Sea Pavilion Upper Cultivator had gone home. He had presumably achieved his purpose in casting the spell and had not continued his attack on Canglan Continent.
That should have been the end of it. Yet before long, the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion emerged with its "firsthand