"Not long ago," it said, scrutinizing the young man in black before it with great interest, "you've become much stronger since then."

As he met those red eyes again, a sudden inspiration struck Jiang Wuyuan.

...Yes, he remembered.

After returning from a hundred battles to the secret realm, he once stared straight into the abyss.

The enormous red eyes beneath the abyss were a secret he kept to himself and never told anyone.

“You are the emperor of a different race.” Jiang Wuyuan said, enunciating each word clearly.

With absolute certainty, he uttered a statement that could terrify all of humanity.

“You are indeed very clever.” Jiang Wuyuan could not see its expression clearly, but its tone was unhurried. “I still have to thank you for breaking through to the Grandmaster level to come here. Otherwise, this wisp of my consciousness would probably not have been able to fully awaken, let alone have an interesting conversation with you.”

It was quite interested.

There was no intention to kill, nor any malice.

Jiang Wuyuan's heart sank slowly.

What kind of enemy is the most terrifying?

Nature is a rational and powerful enemy.

The absence of emotion makes it even more impenetrable.

Because it knows more clearly what it wants to do, while others always stop halfway due to various strange hesitations.

"I guess you want to ask why I am here." It seemed to smile. "Well, I'm in a good mood today, so I can answer your question."

—Because the true self is omnipresent.

Heaven did indeed seal it away, but did it truly seal away everything about it?

Nobody knows.

But now it has clearly told Jiang Wuyuan the answer—the Heavenly Dao simply cannot completely seal its power.

For example, right now, on the eighth floor of this Battle Tower.

If it wanted to kill Jiang Wuyuan, it would be an easy task.

"If you also had the strength of an emperor, you would know that in this world... no... it should be said that in this universe..."

If any being in this universe mentions anything related to me, even if they don't call me by name, I will know something about it.

Of course, if you call out the true name, you might be able to summon the true person directly. That would be a great honor, wouldn't it?

Unfortunately, no living being knows the true name of this being.

It is everywhere.

Therefore, it knew about the prophecies made by humans millions of years ago, and it also knew about Jiang Wuyuan's birth.

It knows everything about Jiang Wuyuan.

Even it had to admit that Jiang Wuyuan's talent was so great that it would be restless if it didn't kill this major threat.

This time, it really has to thank the Heavenly Dao that sealed it away.

To torment humanity, a small wisp of its will was extracted to create this trial ground called the Battle Tower.

But Heaven probably can't imagine just how powerful it is.

In any case, with just this wisp of its will, it would be more than enough to kill a Grandmaster at the peak.