Xing Tian and the Stone Monkey

It was not impossible.

If the cage was truly as terrifying as Yang Jian had said, coupled with Tian Xie's reaction upon hearing about it, then even the aliens would fear it.

Forget aliens—even true gods likely had things that could make them afraid.

So whether those three aliens who had escaped had truly gotten away remained uncertain.

Tian Xie had come looking for me and forced me to hand over the Heart Core. He claimed it was to end the Age of Dharma Decline and bring an end to this apocalyptic Heavenly Tribulation, but was that really the truth?

Could a single Heart Core truly end the Age of Dharma Decline and the apocalyptic Heavenly Tribulation?

When Tian Xie brought this up earlier, Yang Jian had fallen silent. When I asked him what exactly was going on, he said, "The Heart Core can not only release energy, but absorb it as well. To stop the Alien Return Plan, all it needs to do is absorb all the energy stored in the laboratory. If that happens, the plan will likely die before it can succeed."

I laughed. "If it were really that simple, they would have done it long ago."

Besides, while the Heart Core was an enormous source of energy, I was certain it was not the only energy source in Yanxu.

"If the Heart Core absorbed all that energy and then released it in an instant, do you think Yanxu would still exist?" Yang Jian asked me.

I froze for a moment, then shook my head. Yanxu was not that large. If the Heart Core truly did that, it really could be destroyed.

But I did not think they would want to do that, nor could they.

They had chosen Yanxu for a prison and laboratory like this