"To stop war with war..."

Shen Qian was inexplicably shocked, constantly pondering those four words. Even after two hundred years, he could still vaguely feel the determination to perish together with the enemy.

“When young martial artists of that era heard this statement, their reaction was roughly the same as yours, and mine was not much different.”

Wu Wei smiled with his hands behind his back, "Stop the war, stop the war, together they just form the character 'martial', don't they?"

"The existence of that Three Suns Obscuring the Sun Formation..."

He seemed to remember something before he asked.

"You even know this?"

Upon hearing this, Wu Wei glanced at Shen Qian in surprise, then sighed, "I only learned of this secret after I became the Minister of Martial Arts. Who would have thought that the existence of the Earth's forbidden zones was caused by our own human race?"

"Although our ancestors throughout history have been moving and hiding the location of Earth, that was just a basic strategy to ensure the continuation of the race, and it was for the sake of hundreds of millions of ordinary people."

"Once you reach the level of top-tier mountains and seas or even kings and marquises, the focus of your attention will naturally be very different."

"Let's take a very simple assumption: if the original Nine Kings had stayed on Earth and never ventured out to explore, do you think only King Zhouyi and King Zhenbei would remain today?"

Faced with Wu Wei's question, Shen Qian fell silent.

Yes, putting aside others, if someone of Jiangling Wang's stature had only sought survival and self-preservation, how could he not have lived for more than two hundred years?

The Heavenly Emperor ruled the Three Realms for countless years. Although the White Emperor disappeared after leaving the Heavenly Realm, he reappeared in the early stages of the spiritual energy revival on Earth. This period spanned at least several thousand years.

In a sense, the King of Jiangling was truly the shortest-lived of all the powerful emperors, even shorter than some of the powerful figures from the Mountain and Sea Realms.

Wu Wei was unaware that he already knew the truth about the death of the Prince of Zhenbei, but he didn't reveal it to Shen Qian.

“You didn’t experience that era, and in fact, even I don’t feel it very deeply.”

Wu Wei smiled with a complicated expression. "The Marquis of Wuding witnessed everything firsthand. Back then, he was just a lowly soldier in the military, but by chance, he learned many secrets. He watched as the first nine kings threw themselves into the starry sky and never returned."

"Even more than a hundred years ago, when the ten gates were 'opened,' have you ever wondered why so many 'gates' of grade B or higher resulted in negligible casualties?"

"Wasn't it because most of those who made the move back then were kings and nobles...?"

Shen Qian abruptly stopped speaking halfway through his sentence, realizing the problem.

Why were most of the ones who made moves back then kings and nobles, but now it's the mountains and seas that have become the main force?

While there were certainly restrictions on passing through the "gate," were the kings and nobles truly helpless?

"Back then, the top human warriors almost all chose to defend their homeland without hesitation. More than a hundred years ago, those kings and top mountain and sea warriors who entered the 'gate' without hesitation were the last magnificent figures of that era. They succeeded, but also suffered heavy losses."

He listened silently, as if a series of paintings and figures were appearing in his eyes. He had not studied the secrets of that era in detail, but he could imagine the price that would be paid to close ten "doors" of grade B or higher.

A-level "gates" are very likely to have combat power at the level of kings and marquises. Even B-level "gates" are dangerous places for top-level mountain and sea cultivators. Moreover, Shen Qian vaguely knew that there seemed to be even higher-level "gates" above A-level "gates".

According to the information I found in the underground library, such "doors" are extremely rare. Apart from being opened once more than a hundred years ago, only the first "door" of the underground city was rated as this level.

This is another reason why the first "door" was sealed by the kings and nobles.

"Times change, and so do people's hearts."

Wu Wei said in a daze, "When Jiangling Wang and others disappeared one after another and never returned, when the top experts who once guarded this ideal fell one after another behind the 'door,' some things naturally faded away."

"After that, many ancient powerhouses were resurrected, bringing various different ideas to the human race."

"After the initial excitement, and under the subtle influence of some people with ulterior motives, another voice began to emerge in the Council of Kings and Nobles."

"Is this the beginning of the factional conflict?" Shen Qian asked softly. "Then what are the claims of these people, or rather, the other faction?"

"In my view, this group is quite diverse, and apart from a few staunch supporters, the others have their own selfish motives. But overall, they have a negative attitude toward the 'Gate' and the resistance against all races."

Wu Wei said calmly, "Some of them believe that the most fundamental way to solve the threat to humanity is to find that 'key' that may exist."

"As long as we find the 'key,' whether we use it ourselves or abandon it to humanity, we can win the final peace for humanity."

Shen Qian frowned as he listened. Could it be that the King of Zhou Yi used the theory of cause and effect to deal with him because of this same concept?

For some reason, King Zhou Yi believes that King Jiangling knows the secrets related to the "key". This can also be seen from a secret that Wu Wei once mentioned: King Jiangling is the only powerful person who has come into contact with the so-called "power of chaos".

As a descendant of King Jiangling with a generational connection, perhaps this mysterious causal relationship is impossible to hide from King Zhouyi, a ruler who controls destiny. That's why the other party went to great lengths to personally investigate the secrets within me.

"And what are the Zhou Yi Wang's views?"

Thinking of this, Shen Qian couldn't help but ask.

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