Fuxi, Hua Tianming, Wen Dizhi, and the others exchanged bewildered glances.
They could hardly believe they had not died.
Nuwa's eyes were full of confusion. She gazed into the distance and asked in a trembling voice, "Has the Wall World disappeared?
"No, has all the matter within the world disappeared?"
The space outside the immortal estate was utterly empty. Nothing existed there... This was clearly abnormal.
Downgrading destroyed everything, but not a shred of energy or matter would be lost.
Now even the Wall World was gone! She swept her gaze around. "Where's Luo Zheng?
"Has Luo Zheng disappeared too?"
Only after hearing Nuwa's words did everyone begin searching for Luo Zheng, but there was no trace of him anywhere in the immortal estate.
"Is this Luo Zheng's divine ability?"
"He protected the immortal estate?"
"Impossible. He can even stop the downgrading?"
"..." Everyone's first instinct was still to attribute this to Luo Zheng, yet he had inexplicably vanished.
"Hum..." Just as everyone was searching for him, Luo Zheng's figure quietly coalesced within the immortal estate.
"Dad!"
"Luo Zheng!"
"Zheng'er!"
"What exactly happened?"
"Did you stop the downgrading?"
Luo Nian, Hua Tianming, Nuwa, Luo Xiao, and the others immediately gathered around him. What had happened was truly beyond their comprehension.
Luo Zheng looked around at their faces, a trace of warmth stirring in his heart. "I didn't. The downgrading has already been completed."
"The downgrading is complete?"
Confusion appeared on Luo Nian's face. "But none of us died..." Nuwa raised her delicate brows slightly and asked, "Could it be that we've already died once?"
Luo Zheng gave Nuwa a thumbs-up. "That's exactly right."
"Then are we in the Netherworld?"
Luo Nian asked, his eyes wide.
Luo Zheng reached toward Luo Nian and gently swept his hand, shrinking his towering body,