Cultivation Online novel Chapter 1596

Chapter 1596 Primal Expanse

After taking a moment to digest the possibility that they had been transported to another world outside the Nine Heavens, Yuan turned to look at the mysterious naked little girl and asked, "Do you mind telling us a little about the Primal Expanse?"

Since the little girl had been answering his questions without any issues, Yuan figured it wouldn't be an issue to continue asking her questions.

This time, however, she said, "I do mind. It feels like I am being used, and I don't like it."

"Sorry… that wasn't my intention. What do you propose, then?" Yuan quickly apologized to her.

"I want you to answer some of my questions now," she proposed.

He nodded, "That seems fair. What do you want to know?"

"Where did you come from? Your presence appeared out of thin air."

"I came from a place called the Nine Heavens. I don't know how I got here, but I was sucked inside a rift and arrived here before I realized it."

The little girl took a moment to digest this information before asking the next question, "You're a human, right? Does this Nine Heavens have a lot of humans?"

"Yes to both questions."

"Where is the Nine Heavens?"

"Sorry, but I don't think I can answer that question—not because I don't want to. Since I don't know where we currently are, there's simply no way for me to pinpoint the Nine Heavens."

The little girl tilted her head in a puzzled manner and said, "But I already told you. We're at the Enchanted Forest within the Primal Expanse."

"Well, you see…"

Yuan took a moment to think about how he'd go about explaining the situation to her.

"This is actually my first time hearing about a place called the Primal Expanse, and I am not sure if it's a place somewhere within the Nine Heavens or outside—like another world. That's why I wanted to know more about the Primal Expanse, so I can figure that out."

"I see." The little girl mumbled.

After a moment of silence, she spoke, "I have never heard of the Nine Heavens, but the Primal Expanse is a world of its own."

"If you traverse beyond the sky and leave this world, you will only enter an empty, endless dark world we call the 'Infinite Expanse'."

Yuan then spoke, "If the Primal Expanse is its own world, it's safe to assume that it's separate from the Nine Heavens."

He wondered if it was a situation similar to Earth and the Nine Heavens, where the Primal Expanse used to be part of Divine Heaven before the split happened.

"So… humans are a rarity in this place, huh?"

The little girl then said, "A rarity is an understatement. Humans essentially don't exist in this world. According to legends, humans would occasionally appear in our world in the past, but it's been millions of years since we've had a human visitor."

"So only magical beasts exist within the Primal Expanse?" Yuan asked.

"Magical beasts? What is that?" The little girl asked.

Yuan raised an eyebrow and explained, "In the Nine Heavens, beasts with spiritual energy that lack intellect and only act upon instincts are called Magical Beasts. Then there are Divine Beasts. They are as intelligent as humans and can even transform into one—like you."

The little girl fell silent again. After a moment of silence, she spoke, "In the Primal Expanse, those who cannot speak and only act upon instincts are called Primals. I am what you call a Predator."