At the same time, the item information appeared before him.

[Fire Separation Mysterious Gold (Material/Ninth Grade Immortal Material)

Usage: Can be used as the core material for crafting Divine Artifacts and Immortal Artifacts.

Item Introduction: A legendary metal, said to have formed in the core of the sun since ancient times. It contains both Geng Metal Qi and the Fire of Separation, making it an excellent material for crafting Divine Artifacts and Immortal Artifacts.]

"Ninth Grade Immortal Material?" Xiao Jie looked at the dark golden metal in his hand, puzzled and full of questions. Did this thing really leave him a treasure? But what grade is this ’Ninth Grade Immortal Artifact’? He had never heard of Immortal Materials in the game before.

He noticed that the color marking of this piece of Fire Separation Mysterious Gold was purple, which made him a bit confused. "Isn’t purple the quality color of Epic items? Could it be that Ninth Grade Immortal Material corresponds to Epic grade?"

A sudden flash of insight struck him as he remembered the Ten Thousand Souls Banner in his hand. The item level of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner was clearly marked as "Divine Artifact", and the Demon Slaying Sword was also a Divine Artifact, yet the quality color of these two pieces of equipment was blue.

"Could it be that... in the item’s system of this world, aside from the five quality colors of ordinary (white), fine (green), excellent (blue), epic (purple), and legendary (orange), there is another, higher-level item grade system related to the Immortal Realm?

Also using white, green, blue, purple, orange?

The Ten Thousand Souls Banner and Demon Slaying Sword are ’Divine Artifacts’ and are blue, while this Ninth Grade Immortal Material belongs to a higher level and therefore is purple, suggesting that above this purple ’Immortal Material’ there could be an even higher grade corresponding to Orange quality... could it be ’Holy Artifact’ or ’Dao Artifact’?

This discovery led Xiao Jie to have many speculations about Ma Yuan’s origins. To casually take out a Ninth Grade Immortal Material as compensation, Ma Yuan in his prime must have been far more than an ordinary Earth Immortal! The ’great transformation of heaven and earth’ and ’sect upheaval’ he mentioned probably involved unimaginably huge secrets.

However, based on this limited information, it’s still difficult to deduce more. Maybe he could go back and ask Lin Xuance and Wu Qingyue about it. With their long years of cultivation and broad experience, they might know some ancient secrets.

But the immediate task is to first complete the visualization of the Giant Kunkun. Xiao Jie repressed the miscellaneous thoughts in his mind and carefully put away this piece of Fire Separation Mysterious Gold. Thinking about the Giant Kunkun, a thought stirred in his heart.

Ma Yuan said he ’hid in the belly of the Kunkun for too long, so he didn’t know about the changes in the world’, doesn’t that mean he and the Giant Kunkun are from the same era, or at least experienced some events together? If that’s the case, finding the Giant Kunkun could reveal more about his origins?"

He flew next to the Giant Kunkun, still swimming slowly in the sea. The Giant Kunkun seemed to sense the disappearance of the "worm" inside it and appeared much relieved, looking at him with eyes as large as a lake, showing clear and understandable gratitude and relief.

"Thank you, Immortal. You helped me, drove away, the little worm. Thank you." The Giant Kunkun sent out a slow and rumbling wave of divine thought, carrying sincere gratitude.

Almost simultaneously, a system prompt sounded:

[System Prompt: Task [Pest Elimination] Complete. North Sea Giant Kuo’s favorability towards you increased by 100 points.]

"Hahaha, no need to thank me, it was a small effort." Xiao Jie replied with a smile, then shifted the topic and asked, "By the way, big guy, that... uh, that ’little worm’, what was its origin? How did it end up inside you? How long had it been there?"

The Giant Kunkun slightly moved its massive head, as if recalling, and its divine thought came intermittently: "I, don’t know, its name. A long, long time ago, when I left, the last world, it, was already there."

"Last world?" Xiao Jie’s heart skipped a beat, capturing a key piece of information.

"Yes, the last world..." The Giant Kunkun’s divine thought carried an ancient air, "Our Giant Kunkun tribe, possesses the power to traverse the Void. We can, travel through, different, worlds..."

"Tell me more about this..."

Xiao Jie engaged in conversation with the Giant Kunkun, becoming more surprised as he listened. According to the Giant Kunkun’s simple yet information-rich description, it was not a native creature of this "Jiuzhou World"! The Giant Kunkun tribe was born with the ability to survive and navigate in the endless Void, unharmed by the ’Nine Evil Yin Wind’, ’Soul-Eroding Star Evil’, and ’Chaotic Entropy Flow’—all terrifying phenomena and perilous environments existing in the endless Void, where even immortals would struggle to survive without special protection or powerful magic treasures.

Therefore, the Giant Kunkun could travel between different worlds. Whenever a world faced insurmountable dangers, ran out of resources, or entered decline, the Giant Kunkun would leave, seeking, with its long lifespan and the ability to traverse the Void, a new world suitable for survival. Each such migration might take tens of thousands or even longer years.

"Then, what was your last world like?" Xiao Jie asked curiously.

"Not good." The Giant Kunkun’s answer was very simplistic, but the emotion conveyed through its divine thought carried a clear sense of unease and aversion. "Very dark, very bad. The sky was broken, the earth was burning. There were many, terrible, things... fighting. Very noisy, very painful."

Xiao Jie could sense the Giant Kunkun’s unease as it recalled that world. He continued to guide his questions: "Compared to our current world, which one is larger?"