"Spiritual Qi Resurgence?"
At Yao Wan's somewhat strange term, Xiao Yan looked thoughtful. He kept feeling as if he had heard it somewhere before.
"Though he's been chattering nonstop ever since he came out, he is still someone who lived for tens of thousands of years. Even if his cultivation is now inferior to yours and mine, his knowledge and experience remain above ours."
Yao Wan shook her head. Although she was still rather unwilling to accept it, facts were facts, and she had no choice but to admit it.
If anything, living a long time was good precisely because of that.
"If my guess is correct, the reason the Dou Qi Continent slowly lost the ability to give birth to Dou Di experts was not merely because Source Qi dried up. Along with the Spirit Devouring Clan's invasion, the exhaustion of heaven and earth caused by the great battle between the Progenitors of the Eight Clans and the Spirit Devouring Saint King must have been a considerable factor as well."
Yao Wan raised her pale golden eyes and gazed at the land before her, then suddenly said, "The current Dou Qi Continent, barring any surprises, is probably the Central State of back then, right?"
"What?"
"It's only a guess based on the Spirit Devouring Saint King devouring the space of an entire continent. It may not be right, but I think the possibility isn't low."
"In the past, the Spirit Devouring Saint King led the Spirit Devouring Clan in encroaching upon the Dou Qi Continent until only the territory that remains today was left. Afterward, the Progenitors of the Eight Clans defeated him. From then on, most of the energy between heaven and earth was devoured by the Spirit Devouring Clan and transformed into Demonic Qi."
"Even after the