"What happened afterward?" Lin Xuan even forgot to drink his tea, and asked in utter astonishment.
"Afterward..." the old man murmured, repeating the word once. His eyes went blank, as if he too had sunk into deep thought.
Lin Xuan frowned, but in the end, he did not urge him on. He simply waited quietly at the side.
A full cup of tea's time passed before the old man finally spoke again.
"This old man is only a common mortal, unlike you immortal masters, who possess the power to fly through the heavens and burrow through the earth. That scene just now was like the end of the world. All I could think was, I'm dead, I'm dead—this time I'll probably be smashed to powder, and who knows if there'll even be a next life. As my thoughts ran wild, I saw the shattered sky growing brighter and brighter. By then I was completely stunned, and had even forgotten the flow of time. I don't know how long passed before a tremendous rumble suddenly entered my ears, like a thunderclap from a clear sky... no, far louder than thunder. Then I saw an enormous thing emerge from the hole."
Though he could not see it clearly, faintly, there seemed to be mountains, water, and trees, as if it were a continent. Only what had been revealed now was nothing more than the tip of the iceberg.
Hearing this, Lin Xuan's brow lifted. Zhang Xiaoying had first asked whether he knew of planes, and then pointed out that there were nine Human Worlds in all. Though this woman's cultivation was not worth mentioning, she would never shoot without aim. Could it be...
"It seems Senior has already guessed it. That's right. The great upheaval of heaven and earth thirty years ago