Jiang Jichen suddenly understood the meaning behind the hunchbacked old slave's words.
Clearly, the hunchbacked old slave was warning him that someone was watching him from behind.
If he retreated and didn't go for the gem-adorned finger bone in the deepest part of the Valley of Ten Thousand Extremes, a peerless expert would surely emerge to annihilate him.
It was a certain death sentence; there were no other possibilities.
Because the one acting against him would undoubtedly be a figure from the Supreme Realm.
As for advancing... even Outer Realm Creatures would face certain death if they entered the deepest part of the Valley of Ten Thousand Extremes, due to the Power of Destruction there.
Therefore, even Outer Realm Creatures had to rely on the level of their bloodline, talent, and cultivation technique to determine which areas they could linger in.
