1003: Wrong decision

Other worlds.

Among the high-ranking members of the Netherworld Human Clan, that is a topic that cannot even be mentioned!

If anyone dares to suggest continuing to explore outwards, searching for other worlds…

In minutes, a group of Seniors would jump out and give you a good beating!

So at this moment, Shen Yun never expected to hear such astonishing news from the Grand Elder.

Dragon-Slaying Zhenjun Wang Chen is not a native Human Race of the Netherworld, but a foreigner from another world.

No wonder!

No wonder!

No wonder Wang Chen's Origin couldn't be traced, as if he suddenly popped out of a rock.

It turns out he isn't from the Netherworld at all, but from another world, a world far more prosperous than the Netherworld.

At this moment, Shen Yun suddenly understood the illogical aspects concerning Wang Chen.

However, although Shen Yun understood now, an endless stream of doubts arose in his heart.

His own Grand Elder had once been a staunch opponent of exploring other worlds.

So why, now that he knew Wang Chen's identity as a foreigner, did he not take any action against him, but instead covered for him?

One must know that high-ranking officials within Xuantian Holy Land, like Shen Yun, were well aware of how Zhao Tianci died.

At that time, when this matter was suppressed by the Grand Elder, many of them speculated whether Wang Chen might be a Disciple secretly cultivated by the Grand Elder outside.

“Alas!”

Seeing Shen Yun’s expression, Qing Yunzi sighed.

He felt somewhat helpless; the matter Wang Chen stirred up this time was too big, even startling an old man like him, who had lived for several hundred years, into speaking out of turn.

He was careless for a moment and let Shen Yun, this junior, know.

However…

Although this matter was a secret, Qing Yunzi had no intention of silencing him.

Shen Yun was a junior he thought highly of within the sect, with a chance to enter the Great True Lord Realm in the future and uphold the prestige of Xuantian Holy Land.

“So be it!”

“You boy, now that you know, don’t spread it outside, otherwise, this old man won’t mind enforcing the Holy Land rules once.”

Qing Yunzi glanced at Shen Yun, then stood up from his seat. He walked to the entrance of the main hall, looking up at the dim sky above Nether City.

“In the past, we old fellows forbade anyone and any force from researching how to contact other worlds, because we didn’t want the tragedy of a thousand years ago to happen again.”

“The Limitless Void is too dangerous for us. Only a tenth-tier Great Emperor can traverse those violent spatial turbulences calmly; a ninth-tier entering it would be torn to shreds after a brief moment.”

“But spatial turbulence is merely the most basic danger in the Limitless Void, like water in the ocean, like dirt on the earth. The truly dangerous things are those terrifying existences, those monsters born in the darkness.”

“The Dead Spirit Race is merely ordinary among them.”

“And besides that, even if we find other worlds, it’s not without danger. If we encounter a powerful world, our entire world might be enslaved.”

As Qing Yunzi spoke, his expression was filled with melancholy.

“This…”

“Then Grand Elder, why did you conceal Wang Chen’s identity as a foreigner, and even treat him favorably?”

Shen Yun stood respectfully to the side, asking in confusion.

“That’s because the balance was broken!”

“Your strength is insufficient; your Dark World has not reached the point of merging with heaven and earth, so you cannot yet see the true nature of the world.”

Qing Yunzi turned his head to look at Shen Yun, and said gravely:

“At a Realm like mine, one has already vaguely touched the Origin of the world.”

“The Origin of our world suffered erosion after the Mother Goddess of the Undead self-destructed back then. Originally, this erosion reached a balance a few hundred years ago after the power left by the Mother Goddess of the Undead completely disappeared.”

“You should know what happened during that period.”

“Are you referring to the truce agreement signed with the Dead Spirit Race?”

Shen Yun’s eyes widened, somewhat disbelievingly, as he said:

“Wasn’t the peace agreement and truce signed back then because both our races were severely weakened and unable to fight anymore?”

“That’s one reason, but not the main reason!”

Qing Yunzi shook his head, saying with extreme solemnity:

“At that time, we and the Dead Spirit Race were not like this; we were completely incompatible! The war could only end when one side completely fell, with their race exterminated!”

“Because at that time, all our Human Race Great Emperors had fallen, and although the Mother Goddess of the Undead self-destructed, the power she left behind was constantly eroding the Origin of our world, gradually encroaching upon the territory where our Human Race lived.”

“You can see from the current Nether City that the Dead Spirit Race can live normally here, but ordinary people without cultivation, and even low-level cultivators, will be eroded into monsters as soon as they enter.”

“And when the world’s Origin is completely eroded, the entire world will be a Nether City magnified countless times.”

“At that time, our Human Race and all living beings in our entire world will be extinct, and will turn into those muddled monsters between life and death that exist in the night now.”

“It was precisely because of this that the Human Race Seniors at that time were prepared to pay any price, even if it meant utter devastation and only one person remaining, they would fight the Dead Spirit to the end.”

“So…”

At this moment, Shen Yun pursed his lips and suddenly spoke:

“Originally, this war would have continued until one side completely fell, but an unexpected event suddenly occurred.”

“And this unexpected event was that the process of the world’s Origin being eroded stopped, forming a balance?”

“That’s right.”

Qing Yunzi nodded, his tone filled with melancholy:

“Perhaps the remaining power of the Mother Goddess of the Undead was exhausted, or perhaps the world’s Origin’s self-protection was triggered. This erosion reached a balance after reaching halfway, creating the current situation of Yin and Yang separation, day and night alternation, and the coexistence of two worlds, inner and outer.”

“It is precisely because of this that decades after this balance appeared, we chose to truce with the Dead Spirit Race, and I was the proposer and staunch supporter of the truce back then.”

“But now…”

Speaking of this, Qing Yunzi paused slightly, then turned to look at Shen Yun, bitterly saying:

“I deeply regret my decision back then; my shallow understanding led me to make a huge mistake!”

“Grand Elder?”

Shen Yun’s eyes widened at the words, and an uncontrollable dread rose in his heart.

He had never seen the Grand Elder like this, nor could he believe that he had actually heard this spiritual pillar of Xuantian Holy Land, this powerhouse like a sky-supporting pillar of the Human Race, utter the word “regret”!

“Everyone makes mistakes; as long as they are corrected in time, they can be remedied.”

Shen Yun carefully chose his words, speaking cautiously.

“Correct?”

“If it could be corrected, this old man wouldn’t be regretting it like this now.”

Qing Yunzi shook his head with a bitter smile, his tone incredibly complex:

“Fortunately, Wang Chen’s appearance has given this old man a chance to make amends.”