The Thousand Thoughts World was a Lower World of the Mirror Flower Water Moon. In other words, the Mirror Flower Water Moon existed within this Great Domain, and was not far away—just as the Three Glories World and Golden Sun Continent were now Lower Worlds of Void Territory.
Void Territory currently controlled over a dozen Universe Worlds. The Three Glories World and Golden Sun Continent were merely two of them. The various resources and manpower found within these Universe Worlds all belonged to Void Territory.
With these Universe Worlds as a foundation, a steady stream of talent would emerge. In many of the Lower Worlds, even extraordinarily rare treasures might be born.
And Yang Kai knew of the Mirror Flower Water Moon.
Back when they had been competing for the Golden Crow's corpse on the Sun Star, he had encountered a Fourth-Order Open Heaven cultivator from the Mirror Flower Water Moon.
His thoughts drifted. Yang Kai glanced sideways at the old man from the Sea of Qi. "Do you know Yuan Xiaoman?"
The old man's face lit up with joy upon hearing the name. "Lord, you know Senior Xiaoman?"
Yang Kai snorted. "Know her? Of course I know her. But even if Yuan Xiaoman were here, she wouldn't dare defy me in the slightest—let alone you. Guo Ziyan, flatten that city!"
"Yes!"
"Stop, stop!" The old man from the Sea of Qi turned pale with alarm. He had brought up the Mirror Flower Water Moon hoping to make Yang Kai hesitate, but he never expected this man to show absolutely no regard for the Upper Sect whatsoever. Even knowing that this world was a Lower World of the Mirror Flower Water Moon, Yang Kai harbored not the slightest wariness.
What had the Thousand Thoughts World done to deserve this? To suffer such a calamity out of sheer misfortune—the old man's grief and indignation knew no bounds.
This kind of person was not someone the Sea of Qi could afford to offend, nor was it something the Thousand Thoughts World could withstand.
"I'll take you there, I'll take you there! Lord, please show mercy!" The old man's expression deflated as he made his decision. He had no idea what background the Open Heaven cultivator who had fled here earlier possessed, but if he didn't comply with this demonic fiend's wishes now, the million-plus people below would likely all perish.
Reading the situation, the old man from the Sea of Qi could only make this choice, secretly resolving that once this matter was settled, he would travel to the Mirror Flower Water Moon and seek out the Upper Sect's powerful figures to take charge.
"If you had known this would happen, why act as you did in the first place?" Yang Kai snorted coldly. "Lead the way!"
The old man sighed and took the lead.
Yang Kai recalled Guo Ziyan and followed behind with him and Lu Xue in tow.
Before long, the small party arrived above a vast ocean. Looking down, a small island came into view. Upon reaching this spot, the old man stopped and gave Yang Kai a meaningful glance.
Yang Kai understood and sneered, "So this is the place. Not a bad spot, I suppose."
He sent out his spiritual sense but detected no trace of Black River's aura. That was to be expected—Black River was a Fifth-Order Open Heaven cultivator after all, and the gap between their strengths was simply too vast.
If Black River was hiding within this small island, without guidance from the Great Emperor of this world, Yang Kai and the others would never have found him.
"If you don't want to die, back away." Yang Kai waved his hand at the old man from the Sea of Qi, who fled as though granted a pardon, vanishing from sight in the blink of an eye.
For him, having pointed out Black River's location was already the limit. There was no way he would risk his life by getting involved in an Open Heaven cultivator's battle.
Yang Kai stared down and asked, "Can you see anything?"
Guo Ziyan and Lu Xue both shook their heads, indicating they had found nothing.
Yang Kai knew the old man from the Sea of Qi would not dare deceive him on this point. If he had pointed to this location, then it had to be correct—unless Black River was capable of fooling a Great Emperor. That was unlikely. As a Great Emperor, one had the recognition of the Heavenly Will and could perceive any disturbance within this world.
The small island was not large and completely uninhabited. Yang Kai wasted no time, waving his hand. "Find him."
Guo Ziyan and Lu Xue immediately shot out, unleashing their respective techniques in a furious bombardment upon the island.
The island shattered quickly, and a faint, hidden aura suddenly fluctuated outward. Lu Xue's eyes gleamed. "Found him!"
She swung her sword downward, and the roaring ocean waters were instantly frozen for ten thousand miles in every direction!
With a tremendous crack, a figure burst through the ice from beneath the sea—wretched in appearance, his aura feeble. It was none other than Black River. He had already been gravely wounded by the sword strike to Lu Xue's brow, and the relentless pursuit had dealt blow after blow. Even as a Fifth-Order cultivator, he could barely hold on. Had it not been so, he would never have fled into this world to find a place to recover.
But barely any time had passed before his location was exposed. Shock and fury surged through him simultaneously as he roared, "Junior! Leave yourself a way out—there may come a day when we meet again. There is no deep enmity between us. Why must you drive me to my death?"
Yang Kai chuckled. "You came looking for trouble with me yourself, and now you're saying this? Aren't you ashamed?"
Black River was not ashamed. Had he known earlier that Yang Kai had a Fifth-Order Open Heaven cultivator at his side, he would never have been so rash. Although he could confirm that Yang Kai had killed one of his juniors, the dead could not be brought back. Risking enmity with a Fifth-Order Open Heaven cultivator of equal rank over a junior's death was profoundly unwise.
Black River had cultivated all the way to the Fifth-Order Open Heaven realm, and was naturally not someone who failed to read the situation. Quite the opposite—he was very skilled at assessing the times.
If Lu Xue had revealed her Fifth-Order Open Heaven aura from the start, Black River might have simply pretended he never saw Yang Kai.