Feng You's gaze met Lin Su's, and she saw the tumult of thoughts filling his heart...
She smiled softly. "Some things may lie within your sect, yet you may not necessarily know them. But in this world, they are not truly secrets. Most of our ancestors came from the Outer Realm Great World. Though the star river here is boundlessly beautiful, it was never the star river of their homeland. They hoped that one day they could break through this Heavenly Dao Cage, and that opportunity is drawing near! When that day comes, we will see the starry skies of the Great World and behold the true supreme splendor of the Cultivation Way."
Lin Su slowly raised the wine cup in his hand. "There is something I have never quite understood... Why did they come here in the first place? What was it in this world that drew them here?"
"That is no secret either! What drew them here was the Heavenly Dao Dao Fruit!"
"Heavenly Dao Dao Fruit?" Lin Su said. "Does Heavenly Dao have a Dao Fruit as well?"
Feng You said, "It seems you truly do not know. Of course Heavenly Dao has a Dao Fruit. The Heavenly Dao Dao Fruit differs from the Dao Fruit of ordinary Cultivators. When an ordinary Cultivator dies and their Dao vanishes, their Dao Fruit is extinguished; even if one takes it, it is useless. But Heavenly Dao is different..."
Heavenly Dao, too, had a lifespan.
Though it was said to endure as long as heaven itself, symbolizing endless infinity, it was not truly without end.
Every universe had a lifespan. Greater universes lived longer; lesser universes lived shorter.
Though long and short were measured in millions or tens of millions of years, however long they were, there was still a