Tang Ye said, “Senior, since the Devil Race is so formidable, then why have I never heard of it nor seen any of their members in the southern territory?” “That’s naturally because my Grand Qin Empire and the six great powers worked together to conceal it!” The Founding Emperor said, “The Devil Race is an enormous threat to both our human race and the Darkbeasts. If it wasn’t for the Heaven Tower Mountain Range acting as a barrier, the current owners of the southern territory would probably not be our human race and the Darkbeasts. It would be the Devil Race instead!” “Since there’s the Heaven Tower Mountain Range there, then what’s the Ancient Battlefield?” Tang Ye was puzzled. “Every single year, countless youths from the Devil Race would climb over Heaven Tower Mountain Range on foot. Most of these youths would perish while climbing over the mountain range. However, so long as they succeeded, then their strength and natural talent would absolutely be horrifying. To put it simply, if you and Yuan Tong were asked to climb over that mountain range, then with the natural talent and strength both of you possess, both of you would only have a 30% chance at most!” said the Founding Emperor. Tang Ye was shocked. With the Founding Emperor’s identity and strength, since he’d said they had a 30% chance, then they probably really had a mere 30% chance. While both he and Yuan Tong only had a 30% chance of success, those youths of the Devil Race were able to climb over the mountain range instead. Moreover, it was more than one. So, such natural talent and strength.... Tang Ye took a deep breath, suppressed the shock in his heart, and then he asked. “Why have they come to our human world!?” “To temper themselves!” The Founding Ancestor said in a low voice, “The Devil Race is a race that respects the strong. Climbing over Heaven Tower Mountain Range is a form of tempering, and the battles between them and the geniuses of the younger generation of our human race is a form of tempering is well. The objective behind their actions is naturally to allow themselves to become stronger. Of course, besides becoming stronger, exhausting the number of geniuses in the younger generation of our human race is probably another one of the Devil Exalt’s objectives!”The Devil Exalt! Tang Ye was shocked again when he heard this name. Because he’d heard of the Devil Exalt from Yin Xuan’er. However, he hadn’t imagined that the number one expert in the southern territory would actually not be a human profounder but a member of the Devil Race!” “Do you know why we held the Ascension Rankings?” asked the Founding Emperor. Tang Ye shook his head. “Because we wanted to choose strong profounders to head to the Ancient Battlefield. It isn’t just these independent cultivators of the southern territory that will be heading to the Ancient Battlefield, even the disciples of the various great powers and the elites of the Darkbeast Empire will be going as well. All of you have a single mission, and it’s to do your best to annihilate those young geniuses of the Devil Race!” said the Founding Emperor in a low voice. Tang Ye remained silent for a short while before he said, “Since Senior paid such a huge price to save me and allow my mother to live for five more years, it’s naturally impossible for your objective behind it to be so simple as merely representing the Grand Qin Empire to fight the youths of the Devil Race, right?” The Founding Emperor chuckled and said, “It isn’t so complicated. Besides out of consideration for the fact that you’re the one this little girl has taken a liking to, it’s also because my Empire will fight the Flower Palace sooner or later. Of course, if you didn’t possess natural talent that I thought highly of, then I would naturally not pay such a huge price. Since you have natural talent and potential while my Empire would be fighting the Flower Palace sooner or later, then why shouldn’t I rescue you and make the Flower Palace have another terrifying genius who possesses great potential as its enemy?” “But heading to the Ancient Battlefield doesn’t seem to benefit the Empire at all, right?” asked Tang Ye. “Of course it does!” The Founding Emperor said, “Even though there’s only a slim chance of survival, heading to the Ancient Battlefield is an opportunity for the members of my Imperial Household to grow stronger. If the members of my Imperial Household die at the hands of the youths from the Devil Race because their strengths were inferior, then they deserved death. However, you ought to be aware of the relationship between my Empire and the six great powers. I’m worried that the members of my Imperial Household would perish at the hands of the disciples from the six great powers instead!”“You want me to protect the disciples of the Imperial Household?” Tang Ye frowned as he spoke. The Founding Emperor nodded lightly and said, “Because we have an agreement with the Devil Exalt, and experts at the Spirit Realm and above can’t make an appearance at the Ancient Battlefield. So, my Empire is utterly unable to dispatch experts to protect the members of the imperial household from the shadows. On the other hand, once they make an appearance at the Ancient Battlefield, then the six great powers would definitely join forces against them. So, I need your help! Besides that, it’s extremely beneficial for you to head to the Ancient Battlefield as well. After all, it’s an ancient ruin, and even though it’s filled with all sorts of dangers, that place is filled with all sorts of fortuitous encounters as well. Moreover, there are countless experts to be your sparring partners there. Isn’t that exactly what you need right now?” Tang Ye shook his head slowly and said, “Senior, I want to become strong for the sake of rescuing my mother. If I can’t rescue my mother, then would there be any point in it even if I, Tang Ye, become the number one expert in the southern territory?”