The matter was strange, yet shrouded in secrecy.
Even the Imperial Family's official records offered no clear answer.
But Li Chang'an had his own suspicions.
'The fact that the Jiuzhou Continent had remained so stable, with its nations staying in line and never daring to cross any boundaries even after so many years of conflict, couldn't have been maintained by the patriarchs of the Twelve Countries alone. There had to be a far greater power propping them up from behind!'
Recalling the shocked and furious voice of the withered old man who had extinguished the Divine Soul Fire before leaving, Li Chang'an quickly directed his suspicions toward Cultivators.
'In my previous life, I battled a group of Cultivators for millennia, only to be surrounded and killed in the end. I never expected I would likely run into them again in this life.'
'It seems enemies are just destined to meet.'
Li Chang'an didn't trust the men his so-called father had given him.
