Any doubt Lind had about the foundation of the Orwellia Empire had vanished seeing that book. It was far too thick to be just the story he was overall familiar with, but the fact a cultivator made it all the way to the Heaven Realm and still clung to it was disturbing.
Why?
Why would someone that had walked the path of cultivation enough to become a Heaven Realm cling to that idea?
He carefully set the now sleeping Empress down and summoned a large pillow to keep her comfortable. He then examined the small room and noticed a few jade slips on a simple wooden desk.
It had no fancy decorations nor any arrays he could detect. He did notice that the inner wall leading to the door had a burnt out crystal in it. Based on the traces, he was stunned to feel karmic Qi in it!
So the battle had broken the lock!
Still, how had someone harnessed karmic Qi for a locking formation?
He examined the jade slips and what he found left his soul cold.
