"Forget it," Bai Gu Sen Lin pouted. "You have to let me heal first."
I am heavily injured.
"Alright," Chen Fan agreed.
He also needed to heal.
If he didn't, his own injuries would soon become uncontainable.
The Imperial Butterfly flapped its wings. The soul power shattered by the heavenly disaster had not entirely dissipated. Absorbing it, its physical form had become considerably more substantial.
Both of them and their two beasts were healing.
Five minutes later, Chen Fan opened his eyes.
"Sigh," Bai Gu Sen Lin lamented.
This one was too impatient. As soon as his injuries stabilized enough not to worsen, he couldn't help but start asking questions.
Wu Sheng also opened his eyes and walked over.
Bai Gu Sen Lin looked at Wu Sheng first and asked, "Who are you?"
"Wu Sheng."
"Wu Sheng, what's your relationship with the Supreme Wuji?"
"Son."
Wu Sheng did not conceal it. "I also wish to hear news of my father."
Bai Gu Sen Lin was shocked. Wu Sheng... was actually the biological son of the Supreme Wuji?
He didn't believe Wu Sheng would lie, with the Supreme Wuji's sword as proof.
As for why Wuji appeared so young, with the Supreme Wuji's abilities, achieving this was not difficult at all.
"Very well."
Bai Gu Sen Lin nodded. "I never expected to see the Supreme Wuji's own son. Since you wish to hear, let us all listen."
"..."
Chen Fan and Wu Sheng sat down.
Bai Gu Sen Lin transformed into human form, and the Imperial Butterfly's soul gathered together.
A low voice slowly began, "Do you know why the Supreme Wuji sealed all the demonic beasts behind the Spatial Gate back then?"
"Wasn't it because the demonic beasts were too brutal?"
"That was one reason, but not the only one."
Bai Gu Sen Lin's tone was somber. "Actually, before the Eight Ancient Demon Generals reached Damerlia, the demonic beasts here were even more savage. Humans were mere food for the demonic beasts. It can be said that if the humans on this continent survived, we also played a role in it."
This point was not to be debated.
Bai Gu Sen Lin didn't elaborate further. He continued, "We had a feud with the Supreme Wuji and were pursued all the way here."
"But later, after killing a few of them, the Supreme Wuji's wrath had subsided."
He glanced at the Imperial Butterfly. "The reason you could survive was also because the Supreme Wuji held back."
"..."
The Imperial Butterfly meticulously recalled the events of that year.
Given the Supreme Wuji's power, how could he not have discovered her hidden soul?
Perhaps, the Supreme Wuji had indeed held back.
Bai Gu Sen Lin continued, "Although the Supreme Wuji didn't explicitly state it back then, I knew that as long as we no longer killed indiscriminately and could manage the demonic beasts on this land, he could spare us a path to survival. And this situation persisted for a long time, until..."
A flicker of pain appeared in Bai Gu Sen Lin's eyes. "Until that person appeared."
Seeing their confused gazes, Bai Gu Sen Lin shook his head bitterly. "At that time, I was still the Supreme Wuji's mount. The Supreme Wuji seemed to have guessed the other party's identity but didn't tell me. Upon seeing that person, the Supreme Wuji suddenly attacked, sealing all the demonic beast races and us behind the Spatial Gate."
"And then... it's now..."
Chen Fan frowned.
This information was useless.
He needed the whereabouts of the Supreme Wuji.
"Don't rush."
Since he had already revealed so much, Bai Gu Sen Lin had no intention of hiding anything further. "My guess back then was that the Supreme Wuji sealed us because he feared that after he left, without his suppression, we would continue to enslave humans, so he sealed us."
"Left? To where?" Chen Fan immediately seized upon the key point.
"Perhaps... beyond the Immortal Gate..."
"Immortal Gate?"
"Immortal Gate."
Bai Gu Sen Lin's tone was firm. "If you want to find the Supreme Wuji's trace, you can only open the Immortal Gate."
"Where is the Immortal Gate?" Chen Fan became excited at once.
"In... Wenlan City."
"What?"
Chen Fan was greatly startled.
The Immortal Gate was actually in Wenlan City. "Are you sure?"
"Absolutely not. The first thing I did after emerging from the Spatial Gate was to go to Wenlan City. I am one hundred percent certain that the Immortal Gate is the present-day Wenlan City."
"Let's go."
Chen Fan stood up and left.
Now that he knew the whereabouts of the Supreme Wuji, he couldn't wait a moment longer.
Wu Sheng immediately stood up and followed.
He too wished to follow his father's footsteps.
From his birth, he had been sealed, never having seen his father's appearance.
Other than knowing his father was infinitely powerful, he knew nothing else.
"You come with us too."
Chen Fan pointed at Bai Gu Sen Lin.
Bai Gu Sen Lin: "..."
No, I don't want to go.
"Chirp."
The Imperial Butterfly flapped its wings and followed directly.
She would go with them.
Seeing Bai Gu Sen Lin's timid demeanor, the Imperial Butterfly said, "Do you think the heavenly disaster is truly gone, or is it hiding nearby, waiting for us to split up?"
"I'll go with you."
Bai Gu Sen Lin immediately chickened out, his expression feigning righteousness. "As a demon, I like to see things through to the end."
"Tch."
The Imperial Butterfly pouted.
She knew this fellow's nature all too well.
He was terribly afraid of death.
Chen Fan didn't care, as long as he came along.
The group quickly flew towards Wenlan City.
Their speed was not fast; they were recovering from their injuries along the way.
Wenlan City.
"City Lord."
Chen Fan's return filled everyone with overwhelming joy.
Everything they had witnessed today was imprinted in their hearts like a brand.
Boundless fire clouds, infinitely majestic.
Everything seemed to tell them that the City Lord... was invincible.
Yes.
It seemed that on this continent, there were no longer any opponents for the City Lord.
Although Chen Fan was anxious, he still greeted everyone.
After the crowd dispersed, he said to Bai Gu Sen Lin, "Find a spot."
"Mm."
Bai Gu Sen Lin led the way and stopped in front of the Eastern Manor.
Chen Fan: "..."
What a coincidence.
"You're not going to tell me the Immortal Gate is in this manor, are you?"
Bai Gu Sen Lin was also helpless. "Although I hate to admit it, the fact is just that coincidental."
"...Let's go in."
Utterly speechless.
The Immortal Gate was in his residence.
Fortunately... Bai Gu Sen Lin, who was leading the way, did not go to his pavilion.
If the Immortal Gate were in his pavilion, Chen Fan would have wanted to die.
Finally, Bai Gu Sen Lin stopped before a rockery within the manor.
"It's here."
Their gazes slowly swept over the area, finding nothing.
"It requires a key."
Bai Gu Sen Lin looked at Wu Sheng, then at the sword in his hand.
Wu Sheng understood instantly and handed over the rusty sword.
"You must do it yourself."
Bai Gu Sen Lin understood this sword better than Wu Sheng. "Use your essence blood to unlock the seal on this sword, and then the seal set by the Supreme Wuji can be opened."
After the seal was broken, then came the Immortal Gate.
Wu Sheng wasted no words, directly forcing out a drop of essence blood and dripping it onto the rusty sword.
"Chirp."
The rust began to peel off layer by layer.
Completely peeled off, it would never reappear.
As the rusty sword glowed, a colossal formation suddenly appeared before their eyes.
This formation enveloped the entire sky above Wenlan City.
And at the very center of the formation, a faint, ethereal gateway was sealed by the formation.