To Fang Chen, the Ancient Heavenly Court could not have declined like a dynasty or sect. Some irresistible force must have destroyed it.
The Ancient Heavenly Court had been too powerful. If it had declined in the usual way, the process would have taken a long time. It would likely have splintered, and the cause of its decline would have been recorded.
Besides, when Fang Chen had spoken with the Realm Master in the Ninth Secret Realm, the Realm Master had said that the Barbaric Continent now occupied by the Human Race was nothing like the Barbaric Continent of the Ancient Heavenly Court's era. Back then, it had been many times larger than the land the Human Race inhabited today.
The Sacred Land of today might well be the Barbaric Continent of that era.
But powerful Spatial Storms raged across the Sacred Land year-round. Its space was unstable and full of dangers. Even Great Emperors could not reach its deepest reaches, and no one knew what lay there. There was no way to determine whether today's Sacred Land truly was the Barbaric Continent of old.
"Let's go to the Ninth Secret Realm!"
Fang Chen shook his head, casting aside the jumble of thoughts, and flew toward the Ninth Secret Realm with the Myna bird and his clones.
Because they knew the Golden Light would not descend for nearly Three Hours, Fang Chen and the others did not fly particularly fast.
At the entrance to the Ninth Secret Realm, they waited for the Golden Light to descend.
Two Hours later.
Whoosh!
The Golden Light descended, tearing open the space before them. Fang Chen and the Myna bird flew into the Space Rift with his clones and entered the Ninth Secret Realm without a hitch.
Once inside, Fang Chen and the Myna