Yuan Qi gritted his teeth. "I swear that this secret pertains to Immortality. Should that prove false, may the heavens condemn me and the earth destroy me. May my cultivation never advance again."0

It was a truly vicious vow. For someone like Yuan Qi, it was the most severe oath that he could make.0

Despite that, Lu Yin’s eyes remained closed, and he did not move at all.0

The incense continued to burn as Yuan Qi struggled internally. When he saw that two-thirds of the incense was already gone, the old man gritted his teeth. "I know Zhan Yan’s secret, and it’s not what she told you. She lied to you. Even if I don’t know what lie she told you, I know that there’s no chance she’d ever reveal her real secret to you.0

"I can tell you. I learned about this secret during the years I spent fighting beside her at the Immemorial Citadel. She doesn’t even realize that I know her secret. She’s simply too inexperienced.0

"It’s true that she can represent the Gate of Laws. She must have told you that much. It’s true that the Gate of Laws belongs to the Zhan family, and she does indeed hold value in that regard. However, there’s another secret that she won’t share with you: she holds the key to unlocking the Gate of Laws."0

Lu Yin kept his eyes closed, but internally, he was badly startled. The key to unlocking the Gate of Laws?0

He suddenly thought back to the previous...0