728 The Source III (1/2)
”Thus, when the Void Immortal Realm disappeared, there was great hatred for the Jade Emperor!”
”This is inevitable. He did not do it properly. He should have blocked the practitioner's path to advancement. It's an absolutely irreconcilable enmity!”
Zhou Bao frowned. He agreed with Qing Feng. If someone cut him off from advancing, he would see that person as a mortal enemy.
”The two most important things in antiquity times were entering the Void Immortal Realm and resisting the Devil Realm, but wasn't the Devil Realm sealed then?”
”Humph. The ancient deities were not as powerful as the Innate Deity. Even the Innate Deity could not seal the Primordial Demon completely. How could they?” Qing Feng's mouth curved disapprovingly. ”The largest entrance and exit to the Devil Realm into the hollow was sealed, but there were many junctions and voids between the Devil Realm and the hollow. The demons often entered the hollow through these spaces, but not in great numbers. Given the rules and the Power of Fate of the two realms, it was difficult for a truly powerful Primordial Demon to enter the hollow. Therefore, when invaders from the Devil Realm entered, they were not very powerful, and the most common was the Fierce Owl. Thus, the Fierce Owl became the most familiar demon creature in the antiquity times. Moreover, rules and the Power of Fate are hard to break, but not impossible. In antiquity times, there were many times when the Primordial Demons rushed into the hollow, each having power comparable to an Earthly Immortal. They naturally posed a great threat to many macro worlds. Each time the Primordial Demons appeared, it was a disaster for the hollow. They were hard to kill, and even the Earthly Immortals could only seal them. The legend is that the 99 Emperors sealed 99 Primordial Demons. As for the Fierce Owl you mentioned, it has to do with this matter!”
”What does he have to do with it?”
”As I've said before, it is very difficult for the Primordial Demons to enter into the hollow. But during antiquity times, in a very short period of time, several Primordial Demons entered into the hollow in a strange way, causing great damage to the hollow. The incident was so abnormal that it aroused suspicion in all the macro worlds. In the end, the macro worlds agreed that there was a traitor in the human race, or that there was a spy from the Devil Realm in the human race. The code name for this spy was the Fierce Owl!”
”Was it that hapless Lord of Heaven?”
”Yes, it was him. At that time, he was just like you are now, a young practitioner with considerable fame and great Divine Fate. He became a Lord of Heaven before the age of 20, and was honored as an unusually lucky person. In the short 10 years after he became famous, a total of 43 Primordial Demons broke the seal and entered the hollow. In the end, all the evidence pointed to him. He denied it, but no one believed him. And later facts seemed to confirm that he was the spy. No other Primordial Demons entered the hollow following his death.”
”So, you think he's the Fierce Owl?”
”I wasn't alone, everyone thought that at the time!” Qing Feng smiled and added, ”This matter has nothing to do with me. Fifth Manor has always kept out of worldly affairs, not only now, but also in antiquity times!” He paused a moment before continuing, ”But from what you've seen, he's not actually the Fierce Owl and has been wronged. He was out of luck. The antiquity times have ended. Except for men like me, it is likely no one remembers him!”
”That's not exactly right. Somebody remembers him!” Zhou Bao told Qing Feng about the mysterious man.
”Oh? With cultivation at the peak of the Immortal? There are not too many people with such high cultivation now. But if he's the man's friend, it's possible. Alas, another unlucky guy trapped at the peak of the Immortal. The Jade Emperor is indeed hateful!”
With the information that he had wanted and a lot of ancient secrets, Zhou Bao was an internal storm of contrasting emotions. He rose to leave. Qing Feng did not ask him to stay, he just told Zhou Bao that his enemy would come in 10 days, and asked Zhou Bao to come again then. Zhou Bao nodded in response and left Fifth Manor.
After Zhou Bao's departure, the smile on Qing Feng's face was replaced by irritation.
”I'm not the Fierce Owl. I'm not the Fierce Owl. It appears that he has been wronged, or that he has been framed!”
”Qing Feng, come to my meditation abode!” As his anger grew, a faint wave of spirit pulled him back from it. ”You are about to enter the Realm of Earthly Immortal. Don't be so emotional!”
Yes, teacher!” Qing Feng replied hurriedly. He quickly entered into a secluded meditation abode.
”Stop thinking about the Fierce Owl. It's no use. I couldn't figure it out, why would you!” In the meditation abode, a man who appeared to be the Immortal Zhen Yuan sighed slightly. ”If it's a trap, it's a trap far beyond your imagination and set by an unknown being that I can't break. All you have to do now is get into the Earthly Immortals' Great Way as soon as possible and not lose your temper over someone who has been dead for so many years!”
”Yes! I understand! I was wrong!”