"The golden age will continue without end, but as more and more Mortal Immortals emerge, this great trend will eventually come to an end." Yan Ruyu cast one last glance at the God Emperor on the other side of the World Tree and spoke leisurely.
In truth, over the past tens of thousands of years, Yan Ruyu had also sensed that the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy throughout the world had begun to slowly decline.
The blessings brought by the Immortal King Tribulations of Zhou Tong and the Divine Emperor would eventually be gradually depleted.
In fact, such depletion was normal. Ye Fan, Wu Shi, the Ruthless Great Emperor, and the Blood Phoenix—these four Mortal Immortals alone consumed vast amounts of spiritual essence simply by breathing in and out. Then there was the Azure Emperor, an even greater consumer of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy; his Inner World devoured and exhaled Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy even more terrifyingly than a Mortal Immortal.
There was also Yan Ruyu herself, walking the path of the Mortal Immortal, as well as the Divine Silkworm Daoist, who was undergoing nirvanic transformation...
Only in the previous era, when no one could attain immortality and Great Emperors returned to heaven and earth after death, was there a complete cycle and reincarnation. Once the path to immortality was opened, those elders who attained immortality possessed endless lifespans. In the end, the vitality of the entire world would be stolen away bit by bit.
"It doesn't matter. As long as another Immortal King emerges, everything will be fine..." Zhou Tong said calmly. "And as time passes, the World Tree's power will only grow stronger. By then, the entire universe will be able to draw upon the power of external chaos through the World Tree to replenish the