Su Yi was indeed deeply shaken.
The two scenes he had witnessed earlier could both be called earth-shattering.
During the Primordial Era, a Taijing cultivator named Luo Changning had once ignited divine fire and charged toward godhood, drawing the joint interception of the gods!
According to Luo Changning, he had already pierced through the Secret of Becoming a God. All he lacked was an opportunity—then he could Burn Divine Fire, Condense Divine Spark, and set foot upon the Path to Godhood.
Yet the gods would not permit any of it to happen. They merely declared that they wished to take Luo Changning in as a divine servant.
Luo Changning refused and forcibly charged toward godhood, only to suffer calamity in the end!
Was Luo Changning ultimately alive or dead?
Su Yi did not know.
But one thing was certain: Luo Changning had never appeared again after that.
The clues could be seen from that second scene.
At that time, a vast catastrophe had swept across heaven and earth, slaughtering one Taijing expert after another who had ascended to the pinnacle of the Immortal Dao. Heaven and earth shook and collapsed, while bloody rain poured down.
The old servant in black who had once served at Luo Changning's side had also perished in that catastrophe.
Before dying, he had lamented that he had failed to wait for Luo Changning's return.
"There were also Shadows of the Gods in that catastrophe, and their targets were the Taijing experts of this world!"
"Why would the gods do this?"
"Could it truly be as Luo Changning said? Are the gods afraid?"
Su Yi recalled the words Luo Changning had once spoken:
"The gods fear that their status will be threatened, that they will fall from their lofty divine thrones into the mortal dust."
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