"In the beginning, the Void Dark Realm was a void, just like the Void, with nothing at all."
"At that time, the survival environment of the Dark Realm was incredibly harsh, with countless terrifying ferocious beasts slaughtering each other, devouring each other to enhance their strength."
"And in that chaotic and bloody era, an unprecedented legend emerged. He called himself Sin, and he gathered a group of powerful individuals with a shared vision, attempting to create an ordered Dark Realm. Sin and his followers are the prototypes of the current Otherworld."
"After Sin's emergence, countless bloodthirsty monsters in the Dark Realm were purged. The living forces of the Void Dark Realm were rapidly integrated by the Otherworld. The Void Dark Realm even became more ordered than the Void at one point, and Sin was revered as the sole deity by the beings of the Dark Realm, bringing the hope of order to the otherwise chaotic Dark Realm."
"The reason beings like us, who possess sanity in the Void Dark Realm and are not merely creatures of slaughter and consumption, came into existence is due to the Otherworld's integration of the Void Dark Realm. It is said that during that era, the Void and the Void Dark Realm even had a chance to become a single entity, sharing the Void's resources. But later..."
At this point, the Scythe Beast paused and looked at Ye Ling.
Ye Ling: "Continue."
Receiving Ye Ling's consent, the Scythe Beast pursed its lips and continued, "But later, for some unknown reason, Sin's temperament suddenly changed drastically. Not only did he slaughter his own kin, but he also became debauched and found pleasure in devouring other beings."
"And the Otherworld, which was supposed to maintain the order of the Void Dark Realm, also became a tool for Sin's amusement. Countless beings in the Void Dark Realm were harmed by the Otherworld, and despair and fear spread throughout the Dark Realm, causing monsters that should have been extinct to be reborn in the Void Dark Realm."
"The order of the Void Dark Realm collapsed rapidly, and countless monsters reoccupied the Void Dark Realm, returning everything to chaos."
"Later, Sin's most loyal follower, Zun, stepped forward and led the only rational beings in the Otherworld to resist Sin, finally slaying Sin and ending his atrocities."
"However, even though Zun slew Sin, the damage caused by Sin and the Otherworld to the Void Dark Realm was irreversible, leading to the complete separation of the Void and the Void Dark Realm. The Void Dark Realm thus evolved into its current state, with an extremely harsh survival environment and countless monsters coveting the resources of the Void."
"And Sin himself was incredibly powerful. Even Zun, the current controller of the Otherworld, could not completely obliterate Sin. He could only kill Sin before he could grow strong enough to return."
After recounting Sin's story, the Scythe Beast looked at Ye Ling again and said, "My lord, you probably haven't awakened yet, but you will eventually be targeted by Zun and the Otherworld. Therefore, my lord, you must be extremely careful and try your best not to be discovered by the Otherworld."
"But my lord, please rest assured, I will absolutely not reveal your whereabouts. If you don't trust me, you can delete all my memories. Just please spare my life!"
Ye Ling came back to his senses and stared into the Scythe Beast's eyes: "You mean to say that Sin once wanted to bring order to the Void Dark Realm, but later, for some reason, his personality changed drastically, leading to the Void Dark Realm becoming what it is today, right?"
Scythe Beast: "This is just one version circulating in the Void Dark Realm. There is actually another version, but not many people in the Void Dark Realm dare to talk about it."
Ye Ling: "Speak!"
Scythe Beast: "There are rumors that Sin's drastic personality change was a setup by Zun, that it was all Zun's scheme, and that Zun's goal was to completely control the Otherworld and become the king of the Void Dark Realm."
"However, Zun is now a powerful figure at the apex of the Void Dark Realm, with his informants everywhere. Therefore, these rumors do not spread far, and only a very small number of people know about them. Everyone else treats them as idle chatter."
"After all, regardless of the truth between Zun and Sin, it's not something we minor figures can interfere with."
Hearing the Scythe Beast's words, Ye Ling fell into thought again.
He had clashed with Sin's consciousness and had a basic understanding of Sin.
The two versions of Sin that the Scythe Beast knew were both different from what Ye Ling understood of Sin.
However, since they were legends, it was normal for them to deviate from the truth. But the legends provided by the Scythe Beast could serve as a reference for Ye Ling.
"I didn't expect... after being hunted by the Overseers during the primordial chaos, I would still be hunted by the Otherworld after coming out... I truly have a life destined for pursuit and being hunted."
Ye Ling chuckled and shook his head, but he did not feel any unease.
When he fought with the "Brain," he already knew that the forces of the Void Dark Realm had already set their sights on him. Regardless of whether the force targeting him was the Otherworld or something else, his future troubles would not be few.
Seeing Ye Ling actually laugh, the Scythe Beast felt a bit uneasy and cautiously asked Ye Ling, "My lord, I've told you everything you wanted to know. Can you spare my life?"
Ye Ling came back to his senses, looked at the Scythe Beast, and narrowed his eyes: "Did you truly tell me everything I wanted to know? Shall I perform a soul search to confirm?"
Upon hearing Ye Ling's words, the Scythe Beast trembled all over, fear appearing in its eyes, and it stammered, "By heaven and earth, my lord... I truly told you everything, I truly hid nothing!"
Ye Ling looked at Xiao Yu, then at the Scythe Beast: "In the beginning, your pursuit of the Savage Chaos Lord was not a coincidence, was it?"
The Scythe Beast trembled, its eyes becoming unfocused.
Ye Ling: "I can give you one last chance. Tell me everything you should. If I find out you've hidden anything, I guarantee you won't survive."
Threatened by Ye Ling, the Scythe Beast knew it could not deceive him any longer. It said to Ye Ling, "My lord, I actually didn't want to hide anything from you, but she is a descendant of your kin. I was afraid that if you knew I was hunting her, you wouldn't forgive me, so I deliberately concealed it!"
"But my lord, please rest assured! After coming out of the Hidden Dragon Fierce Land, I no longer have any intentions towards her!"
Ye Ling: "Why were you hunting her? Did the Otherworld issue this bounty?"
The Scythe Beast pursed its lips, hesitated for a moment, and then replied with a hardened heart, "My lord... you might not know, but recently a new technology has appeared in the Void Dark Realm that can extract the power of Sin's kin and obtain Sin's primal energy!"
"It is precisely because of the emergence of that method that the descendants of Sin's kin have become extremely valuable commodities. Now, both the Void and the Void Dark Realm have a large number of bounty hunters pursuing Sin's kin!"
"I just happened to discover her, and for a moment I was blinded by greed, which is why I..."