The old man looked at Zhao Hai and smiled faintly, "Young man, you don't need to worry about it. I don't have the ability to hurt you now. If you appeared a few years later, then my divine sense would have disappeared."
Zhao Hai did not let down his guard and continued looking at the old man calmly. When the old man saw Zhao Hai's expression, he did not show any displeasure. Instead, he smiled and said, "Not bad. For you to have such a performance, it means that you are a careful person. And a careful cultivator can live longer. Unfortunately, we did not understand this principle back then."
Zhao Hai looked at the old man in puzzlement. He really did not know the old man's identity. However, from the old man's expression, his status back then was probably not low.
The old man glanced at Zhao Hai and said in a deep voice, "Young man, have you heard of the Desolate race?"
When Zhao Hai heard this, he could not help but be stunned. Following that, he looked at the old man in puzzlement and shook his head, "Never heard of it."
The old man sighed and said, "It's normal that you have not heard of it. I have been dead for almost a million years and I am the last member of the Desolate race. It's normal that no one has taken me in."
Zhao Hai was stunned. To be honest, he really did not know what the Desolate race was. The history of the Void Realm had existed for many years, but he did not have any information from a million years ago.
The old man looked at Zhao Hai and said in a deep voice, "The Desolate race is a native race of the Void Realm. Our Desolate race is most famous for refining weapons and taming beasts. Our Desolate race members are the best refiners and at the same time, natural Beast Tamers."
Zhao Hai was stunned. If the Desolate race was really as strong as the old man said, why had he never heard of the Desolate race? This was too strange.
The old man looked at Zhao Hai and said in a deep voice, "The Desolate race is a native race of the Void Realm. I don't know what the outside world calls this place, but our Desolate race calls this place the Void Realm. Our Desolate race has lived here for generations, but because it is extremely difficult for our Desolate race to reproduce, the entire race's population has always been small. At its peak, the population was less than a billion."
Zhao Hai was stunned. Although a billion seemed like a large number, the old man was referring to the entire Void Realm. And there were tens of thousands of habitable planets in the Void Realm. For a billion people to live on tens of thousands of planets, the ratio of people's character was indeed a little low.
The old man sighed and said, "About two million years ago, many spatial rifts suddenly appeared in the Void Realm. Some people from other worlds barged into the Void Realm. Our Desolate race treated them very well and treated them as friends, allowing them to settle down in the Void Realm. However, we never expected that more and more of them would come. Slowly, their numbers exceeded our Desolate race members. Furthermore, the people who came were all very strong experts. This made our Desolate race feel uneasy."
Upon saying this, the old man sighed again and said, "We thought that even if they had a large number of people, the Void Realm was infinitely vast, so we would not have any conflicts. However, we never expected that those people would not tolerate our Desolate race members. They kept clashing with our Desolate race, and finally, it developed into a large-scale war."
Upon saying this, the old man's eyes sparkled as he said, "Our Desolate race's refining techniques are unparalleled in the world. Our Desolate race's beast taming techniques are extremely powerful. Those people thought that our Desolate race had few people who could fight, and they thought that they could wipe out our Desolate race in one fell swoop. However, they never expected that our Desolate race would give them a head-on blow. Both sides ended in a tie, and our Desolate race even had the upper hand."
Upon saying this, the old man's eyes revealed a look of pride. Clearly, he was very proud of being a member of the Desolate race. He could indeed be proud. With the strength of a race, they had fought against so many powerful cultivators, and even gained the upper hand in the end. There was no reason for them not to be proud.
After a while, the old man sighed and said, "However, as the battle dragged on, their reinforcements increased. Our Desolate race slowly fell into a disadvantage. However, our Desolate race had also caused them great casualties. They no longer dared to attack our Desolate race, so our Desolate race retreated to the Beast God Star Domain, planning to settle down here."
Upon saying this, the old man glanced at Zhao Hai and said in a deep voice, "In order to deal with those outsiders, our Desolate race used all the strength of our race. We used all the large artifacts that our Desolate race had abandoned to build a fortress ruins. Firstly, it was to defend against the enemy, and secondly, it was to make everyone in the Desolate race remember the grudge from that day."
When the old man said this, he sighed and said, "But we were wrong. We underestimated the ambitions of those people. They would not allow us to slowly develop in the Beast God Star Domain. That would make them unable to eat or sleep in peace. For this, they specially created a medicine. This medicine could make all the Fey beasts in the Beast God Star Domain lose their minds. They would attack everyone. We were attacked, attacked by those crazy Fey beasts."
Upon saying this, the elder's eyes revealed a look of horror. Following that, he let out a long sigh and said, "We used the fortress ruins to resist, but we were still unable to withstand such an attack. Finally, we had to use the fortress ruins to escape the Beast God Star Domain. And at that time, those Fey beasts also regained their senses. They no longer pursued us, but our Desolate race's population was left with less than a hundred thousand people. Finally, without any other choice, I could only use the most ancient teleportation array our race had preserved to send the remaining people away. As for me, I stayed behind. I want to stay in the fortress ruins. This is the blood and sweat of our Desolate race. Even if I die, I want to die here."
Although the Beast God Star Domain appears to be ownerless, it has always been ruled by this Fey King. However, the way Fey Beasts rule is different from humans. The Fey King will not make the Fey Beasts completely submit to him. From the Fey King's point of view, the Fey Beasts can only grow through slaughter. Hence, instead of saying that he is ruling the Beast God Star Domain, he is protecting it. And the actions of those outsiders angered the Fey King. The Fey King led the Fey Beasts of the Beast God Star Domain out of the Beast God Star Domain and nearly wiped out all the outsiders in the Void Realm. Those outsiders finally paid the price for their arrogance and greed. "
However, Zhao Hai looked at the old man in shock. What the old man said had happened two million years ago. Zhao Hai really could not imagine what the Void Realm was like two million years ago. How glorious that peerless Fey King was.
The old man laughed for a while before calming down. He looked at Zhao Hai and said in a deep voice, "Young man, you should also be an outsider, right?"
Zhao Hai immediately turned alert. The old man's hatred for outsiders was too intense. Now that he knew that Zhao Hai was an outsider, what methods would he use to deal with Zhao Hai?
The old man looked at Zhao Hai and sighed. He waved his hand and said, "You don't have to be afraid. Although I have a huge feud with outsiders, that was something that happened a million years ago. Besides, I'm already dead. What's left in this jade scroll is just a strand of my consciousness that is about to disappear. After so many years, I have long thought it through. Back then, those people from the Desolate race who left, if they were lucky, they would naturally pass on my Desolate race lineage. If they were unlucky, they would probably have died long ago. The Desolate race lineage would then be severed. The reason why I'm still waiting here is because I can't rest assured about the Desolate race lineage's heritage."
Upon saying this, the old man looked at Zhao Hai and said in a deep voice, "Young man, if you want to talk about it, our Desolate race is no different from you. We are all cultivators, but the things our Desolate race cultivates are different from yours. Our Desolate race also cultivates spiritual energy, but to our Desolate race, spiritual energy is only used to refine items and subdue beasts. We do not place much importance on our own strength, and this has also become our greatest weakness. By the time our Desolate race wants to change this weakness, it is already too late."
Zhao Hai nodded, he knew that what the old man said was right. If a Cultivator's own strength wasn't enough, then they could only rely on external forces. This was an obvious weakness for a Cultivator. This was a fatal weakness for a Cultivator.
The old man looked at Zhao Hai and said in a deep voice, "Young man, in this Void World, there are no longer any Desolate race members. However, this old man does not want the Desolate race's heritage to end in my hands. Now, this old man is asking you seriously. Are you willing to become a member of the Desolate race?"
Zhao Hai was stunned. Following that, he looked at the old man in puzzlement and said, "Old Mister, why do you say that? You clearly know that I'm not a member of the Desolate race. Do you mean that I can become a member of the Desolate race just because I'm willing? "
The old man nodded and said, "That's right. As long as you are willing, you can become a member of the Desolate race. Do you know why this old man's consciousness can exist in this jade scroll for a million years? It is because this old man used a Desolate race mystic technique to create a drop of the Desolate race's heritage blood. If you agree to this old man's request, then you can absorb that drop of heritage blood. You will be considered a member of the Desolate race. I can tell you that in that drop of heritage blood, there are all of our Desolate race's refining methods, all of our beast subduing methods, and even the method to control the stronghold ruins. If you do not obtain the heritage blood and control the stronghold ruins, the stronghold ruins will explode. Not only will the entire stronghold be destroyed, you will also lose your life. "
Zhao Hai really did not expect this. He looked at the old man in puzzlement and said, "Old Mister, are there any conditions for me to become a member of the Desolate race? For example, you want me to kill all those outsiders? If there are such conditions, then please forgive me for not being able to do it. Now, the Void World has long been occupied by people from various planes. Even if I obtain the Desolate race's heritage, it is impossible for me to kill them all. "
The old man shook his head and said, "No, there are no such conditions. This old man also knows that you cannot do it. As long as you agree to this old man, after you absorb the Desolate race's heritage blood, your future child will also be a member of the Desolate race. You just need to let your child remember that you are a member of the Desolate race. I want you to pass down the Desolate race's teachings, letting the people of this world know that there is still a Desolate race."
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