"So how did you discover that the Dark Hall Hall Master was not from the Chu Family?" Chu Feng asked.
"The Chu Heavenly Clan all have black hair, but Ying Chong had blue hair. That raised the suspicions of my subordinates, and after questioning him, they learned his true identity."
"But rest assured, Master—even though things went awry, Ying Chong does not know our true purpose here. He has always believed that we submitted to his Heavenly Bloodline and acknowledged him as our master out of genuine devotion," the blind old elder explained.
"But he still discovered you all. Why not kill him? Were you not afraid he would leak your secrets?" Chu Feng asked.
"Had he been someone from the Martial God's Continent, we would not have let anyone go, no matter who they were. But he came from beyond the heavens."
"We know very little about that place, only that it is filled with powerful experts."
"It is not that we fear death—it is that we did not wish to cause trouble for our masters. After all, the Chu Heavenly Clan also resides beyond the heavens."
"So we let the mistake stand and released Ying Chong. But rest assured, Master—we have never done a single thing on Ying Chong's behalf," the blind old elder said.
"The Dark Hall Hall Master has committed far too many evil deeds. He absolutely cannot be left alive," Chu Feng said.
"If Master wishes him dead, then he shall not live. But Master has traveled a long way, and since you have returned home, you should rest well first."
"Tomorrow, I will help Master cripple Ying Chong's cultivation, and then Master can take him away and execute him before the people of the Martial God's Continent," the blind old elder said.
"That works," Chu Feng agreed. After all, killing the Dark Hall Hall Master here versus executing him in front of everyone carried entirely different significance.
Most importantly, slaying the Dark Hall Hall Master before everyone's eyes would put all minds at ease and confirm once and for all that the Dark Hall Hall Master was truly dead.
After that, Chu Feng asked the blind old elder a few more questions.
Among them was whether there was a formation here that led to the world beyond the heavens.
The result was exactly as Chu Feng had guessed—in the God's Domain, there was indeed a formation that could lead beyond the heavens. That formation was called the Stairway to Heaven.
"Did Qing Xuan Tian leave the Martial God's Continent through the Stairway to Heaven all those years ago?" Chu Feng asked.
In Chu Feng's mind, Qing Xuan Tian could not possibly have retired to seclusion all those years ago. If that were the case, he would have appeared when so many events unfolded.
After all, according to what the Four Sacred Beasts had told him, when Qing Xuan Tian had ruled over the Martial God's Continent, he was still quite young—a true junior.
So Chu Feng deduced that he could not be dead. Even if he truly had some illness, it would not kill him. This was a kind of premonition.
But if Qing Xuan Tian was truly still alive, he could not possibly be in the Martial God's Continent.
And if he was not in the Martial God's Continent, he must have entered the world beyond the heavens.
But back then, the Stairway to Heaven within the Ethereal Immortal Peak had not yet been discovered.
So the only path would have been the Stairway to Heaven here in the God's Domain.
"Qing Xuan Tian did indeed come here ten thousand years ago, and he did indeed wish to borrow the Stairway to Heaven."
"And his cultivation at the time... was first level Half Ancestor."
"With that level of strength, he was naturally no match for us, so we naturally refused," the blind old elder said.
"Do you know where he went afterward?" Chu Feng asked.
"I do not," the blind old elder replied, shaking his head.
"Then about a decade ago, did a woman come here to use the Stairway to Heaven?" Chu Feng asked again.
"Master, actually, on the day you visited the Elf Kingdom, this old servant happened to be there as well."
"So I heard every word of your conversation with the Elf King."
"A decade ago, the Elf King did enter our God's Domain—that much we knew. However... Xian Miaomiao's mother, we knew nothing about," the blind old elder said.
"Then you are saying Xian Miaomiao's mother has never come here to borrow the Stairway to Heaven?" Chu Feng asked.