"You suffered a fatal injury, and we tried everything, but we couldn't stop your body's collapse. At that time, you and our pioneers couldn't communicate, unable to understand each other's words.
"What you did back then, you revealed to us only later.
"You voluntarily dismembered, allowing your body and cultivation to melt, and your soul entered the body of a recently deceased human, transforming this body into your own appearance.
"The Book of Civilization refers to this encounter with you as the 'Second Contact with an Advanced Civilization.'"
Wang Jixuan:...
Failed Crossing Tribulation, destined to perish, yet this civilization inadvertently opened a space-time barrier and pulled him out?
Eh?
"Is that rift you opened still there?" Wang Jixuan asked, "Where was it opened? Is there still a location?"
"This is a secret of our civilization."
He Ruli gently shook her head:
"I cannot reveal these to you, but I can say that we've already resolved this threat.