Upon hearing this voice, Shen Qian's first reaction was not surprise, but rather a sense of disorientation.

Although their voices are different, the gentle and approachable feeling they evoke is almost identical.

For a moment, Shen Qian even thought that it was Boss Gao talking to him.

He immediately came to his senses and turned around abruptly. Behind him, a young man dressed in blue robes stood, half of his face covered with strange patterns, giving him an eerie beauty.

Shen Qian had seen the other party in the revelation given by the system before, and now he was certain. He quickly bowed and said, "Greetings, Demon...Greetings, Grandmaster!"

Shen Qian originally intended to address the other party as "Demon King," but then remembered what the other party had said and changed his address on the spot.

Although the time span may have been more than ten thousand years, I should indeed address the other party as my grandmaster.

"You've arrived a little later than I expected."

The Demon King gestured for Shen Qian to stand up.

Shen Qian straightened up, quietly observing the man in blue before him, then glancing at the massive body lying beside him, his eyes filled with doubt, hesitant to speak.

"Don't you think I don't look like a dead person?"

The Demon King smiled slightly and took the initiative to speak.

Shen Qian nodded; this was indeed his biggest question.

Not to mention that the demon king's true form next to him was clearly still alive, but was in a state of deep sleep, even the demon king's human form that appeared in front of Shen Qian at this moment was not an illusion. Shen Qian could even vaguely sense the fluctuations of the other party's soul power.

This is different from the consciousness projections of the Nine Kings that I encountered before sinking; this is a living, breathing physical body.

Who told you I was dead?

The Demon King shook his head and smiled, then asked again.

He was stunned for a moment.

In a daze, he felt as if he had heard this question somewhere before. Yes, Old Gao had also asked him before, why did he think that the Prince of Zhenbei was still alive?

Hmm, it seems that the Prince of Zhenbei entered this "door" and never came out again...

Now the Demon King is asking himself, what makes him think that he is already dead?

Those who should have died did not, while those who should have lived have already died. For a moment, Shen Qian was speechless.

He learned from Cheng Qingqing that the Demon King had fallen. He remembered that Cheng Qingqing also said that she had specifically asked Lao Gao to confirm it, and Lao Gao clearly said that "the Demon King can never return."

Hmm, now that I think about it, "impossible to return" and "complete demise" are indeed two different concepts...

“Back then, I had a feeling that a calamity was coming. In order to prepare for it, I entrusted some things to Wen Yuan and then went into the starry sky alone.”

The Demon King said calmly, "I originally thought I was going to die, until I accidentally passed through the territory of the human race."

"The 'Yuan Di' back then?" Shen Qian asked疑惑地, "What was that calamity? Since you already had a premonition, why could it still threaten your life?"

Shen Qian couldn't understand it at all; the Demon King was very likely the first Great Emperor-level powerhouse in the world after the chaos.

Based on Shen Qian's guess, he might be the strongest among all the Emperor-level powerhouses.

The Demon King did not answer the second question, but nodded and said, "That's right, it was called 'Yuan Di' back then. At that time, Yuan Di was not a planet, but a barren and chaotic rootless sea. Your human race struggled to survive on the scattered lands within it."

"But I noticed a very interesting problem at the time."

"What?"

Shen Qian had already realized that the Demon King was telling the story in a certain causal order, so he was no longer in a hurry and followed the other party's rhythm to slowly explore the truth.

"If it weren't for my aimless wandering and just passing by, I would have found that I couldn't sense the coordinates of the 'Original Land' at all."

The Demon King smiled and said, "This is actually a very strange thing. If it were other races, it would be fine, but I have a very deep bond with the human race. At my level, even the slightest cause and effect cannot be completely without a trace. But, if it is not visible to the naked eye, I cannot sense the existence of the 'Primordial Land' at all."

Before they knew it, the two were already sitting cross-legged facing each other, with a pot of hot tea between them, which they were brewing themselves.

Shen Qian snapped out of his daze and quickly poured tea for his master. He didn't marvel at the Emperor's miraculous methods, but suddenly understood why Old Gao also liked to gather around the stove to brew tea.

It seems that no one can escape the subtle influence of their teachers, even a peerless figure like the Marquis of Jingcheng...

While Chen Qian was lost in thought, the Demon King took a sip of tea and then spoke:

"At that time, none of the myriad races noticed anything. In fact, they almost all forgot about the human race who had been exiled to the Yuan land. In my opinion, the fact that the human race could survive in such a harsh environment speaks volumes."

"So I quietly entered the 'Yuandi' and, after a little effortless exploration, easily found this place that was buried deep in the sea at that time."

"And you humans, too, were unaware of the existence of this place at first."

"Then what exactly is 'here'?"

Before sinking in, a certain guess had already surfaced in his mind.

"It can be called many things. You can call it a 'key,' an 'embryo,' or for all of us, there's actually a more fitting word... 'hope'!"

The Demon King seemed to be somewhat troubled, and suddenly stood up and slowly said.

Shen Qian's mind trembled slightly, and under the blessing of the "omniscient" literary position, his breathing unconsciously became heavy.

The Demon King actually made it very clear that the "omniscient" scroll in his hand was not the key. The real key was the space behind this "door"!

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