As this sigh echoed, the Spirit-Entrusting Jade suspended in the air shone even more brilliantly with frosty light, constantly revolving around the jade’s core, as if “weaving” something.

A wondrous change was taking place.

Jiang Wang gripped his long sword, and asked in a low voice, “Is the origin of this Spirit-Entrusting Jade…unquestionable?”

This Spirit-Entrusting Jade had clearly broken free of Su Qiyun’s control at this moment.

The Heaven-Stealing House she came from had a long history, preserving many ancient items, like that ancient book recording the affairs of the Yan Owl. The origins may not all be beyond reproach.

Perhaps something was hidden inside this Spirit-Entrusting Jade, hence Jiang Wang’s question.

Su Qiyun said with certainty, “This Spirit-Entrusting Jade was personally repaired by my master, it definitely has no problems.”

Even if there were any problems, they would have been resolved long ago. Her words showed great trust in her master’s strength.

Jiang Wang didn’t press further for details.

The situation was unclear. None of the three dared to act rashly. Apart from Wu Quji burying golden needles to arrange a contingency, Jiang Wang and Su Qiyun simply raised their guard, cautiously observing the subsequent changes of the Spirit-Entrusting Jade.

Of course, they were also prepared to strike at any moment.

But the Spirit-Entrusting Jade was enveloped in frosty light, appearing particularly bright and beautiful in the pitch-black night of the Senhai Source Realm.

With the Spirit-Entrusting Jade as the core, the frosty light condensed, gradually outlining a human form, and slowly becoming concrete.

Nose, eyes, lips… gradually became clear.

Including his clothes, his hair… no hair.

This was a handsome bald man, wearing a snow-white monk’s robe, with deep and compassionate eyes. Suspended in mid-air, he was like a jade tree facing the wind.

A name quickly surfaced in Jiang Wang’s mind – Guan Yan!

That monk actually turned his head, looked at Jiang Wang, and smiled gently, “Did Xiao Fan mention me to you?”

He spoke the words “Xiao Fan” with delicate tenderness.

But Jiang Wang’s mind was shaken violently, he paid no attention to these details.

You must know that he only thought of the name Guan Yan in his heart, but did not say it out loud, yet this monk knew it clearly. It was truly shocking and terrifying.

What explanation could there be other than Telepathy?

Because of Ku Jue’s entanglement, he had put in a lot of effort to understand Buddhism. He had certainly heard of the widely known Divine Power of Telepathy.

The so-called Telepathy, known as “Tathagata knows the thoughts in the minds of all beings. Knows them as they truly are.”

It was a supreme Buddhist Divine Power. Those who could wield such a Divine Power were all eminent monks of great virtue.

And this Guan Yan actually possessed such a Divine Power!

No wonder the Saint Clan priestess spoke of Guan Yan with such infatuation, no wonder he could still fight with Yan Owl several times five hundred years ago, at the peak of Yan Owl’s power.

Only…

Wasn’t Guan Yan already dead?

The priestess old woman’s sorrow couldn’t be faked.

Moreover, if he wasn’t dead, with Yan Owl’s power weakened to the present day, he shouldn’t have been able to survive until now.

Jiang Wang’s heart was filled with tumultuous waves.

The monk condensed from the frosty light smiled again, “If ‘death’ is defined as the exhaustion of lifespan and the decay of the physical body, then I am indeed dead.”

Su Qiyun and Wu Quji looked at him warily and inexplicably, not understanding why he was “talking to himself” to Jiang Wang, when Jiang Wang hadn’t said a word.

But they knew the name “Xiao Fan”, having just heard Jiang Wang mention it. Therefore, they could deduce who the monk in front of them was.

The Descender from five hundred years ago, who single-handedly presided over the Senhai Saint Clan’s tradition of *xiangshou*, weakening Yan Owl and pre-setting today’s outcome.

He was definitely a powerful being with great wisdom.

Then, was the problem with the Otherworld Passage related to him?

“Since you are already dead, then what are you now?” Jiang Wang asked this question aloud.

“I am merely borrowing this little friend’s Spirit-Entrusting Jade to temporarily manifest.” Guan Yan’s voice was gentle, with a tenderness that entered the heart through the ears, “I only have a trace of True Spirit left, wandering in the gaps of this world.”

Jiang Wang, Su Qiyun, and Wu Quji exchanged glances.

What a load of crap!

The fate of a remnant trace of True Spirit was only slightly better than annihilation.

A trace of True Spirit could still manifest, could still use Divine Powers, and even Divine Powers of the level of Telepathy?

“I know you have many questions.”

Guan Yan floated to the ground, deliberately stomping his feet twice, with some satisfaction.

Then he looked at the three of them and said, “The answers are all here.”

Telepathy, knows his heart, understands his intentions.

Also allows him to know my heart, understand my intentions.

Jiang Wang, Su Qiyun, and Wu Quji entered a strange perspective, overlooking history.

If a comparison must be made, it was very similar to Jiang Wang’s initial experience entering the illusory realm of the Grand Void, before he had outlined an illusory body.

It was a transcendent yet tangible perspective, attached to Guan Yan, tracing his memories.

What they saw first was the Senhai Source Realm five hundred years ago, that is, the darkest period of the Senhai Source Realm.

Slaughter, bloodshed, hatred, pain.

Their previous guesses were not wrong.

They saw the Senhai Source Realm of five hundred years ago in Guan Yan’s memories.

Countless Saint Clan warriors, wearing spirit silk woven clothes, wielding weapons made of sacred dragon wood, stirred up a storm of blood in the Senhai Source Realm.

One tribe after another was conquered, one head after another was chopped off, and preserved.

On the other hand, the heads were sacrificed to Yan Owl through rituals. Sated with heads, digesting resentment, Yan Owl’s strength grew stronger and stronger.

The stronger Yan Owl became, the more unable the Senhai Saint Clan were to resist it, and the more fiercely they hunted other tribes.

This was a vicious cycle.

One tribe after another migrated, fled, and disappeared. The entire Senhai Source Realm was in constant war, constantly killing.

Guan Yan descended in such an era.

The fourteen “Dragon God Envoys” who descended at the same time as him were all captured and killed by the Senhai Saint Clan, their heads cut off and sacrificed.

Only he, the first Senhai Saint Clan member he encountered, was a girl as pure as a clear stream.

From her, Guan Yan did not feel a trace of malice.

Not only did she not attack him, but she also shielded him in front of her clansmen. She protected him several times.

After experiencing many things together, he fell in love with this girl.

He was determined to create a peaceful environment for such a beautiful girl, to end the dark period of the Senhai Source Realm.

Because of this girl, Guan Yan believed that the reason why the Senhai Source Realm was so chaotic was all because of Yan Owl. As long as Yan Owl was eliminated, the Senhai Saint Clan would not have to initiate killings, and would no longer need to sacrifice the heads of other tribes.

He achieved the Exterior Building Realm in the Senhai Source Realm, and then went to find Yan Owl alone.

But from the time Yan Owl appeared, to the time Guan Yan descended, it had already consumed three hundred years of heads and resentment.

Its strength was terrifying.

The Yan Owl seen in Guan Yan’s memories was vastly different in strength from the Yan Owl that Jiang Wang and the others fought, which had experienced five hundred years of weakening and was in a weakened state.

The strength displayed by Guan Yan was already considered terrifying, but he still failed.

That girl he named Xiao Fan, disregarding life and death, rescued him, and even stole the Source Water of the clan for him to drink. She herself was punished by the elders of the clan and suffered three days of whipping…

Guan Yan did not give up. While cultivating, he looked for opportunities.

This opportunity was the Hidden Serpent.

At that time, the Hidden Serpent Land was ten times larger than it is now.

Of course, it was only one of the prey of the Senhai Saint Clan at that time.

Guan Yan used a plan to hunt and kill the Serpent King, and used the “Heavenly Robe Secret Technique” he had obtained in his early years to make a Hidden Robe. He personally lurked in the Hanging Head Forest, observing Yan Owl.

This observation lasted a whole year.

He also discovered the secret that Yan Owl used resentment as a source of power.