Li Wei's consciousness returned to the Small Building. After waiting for quite a while longer, Gu Jinzhi finally opened his eyes.
"How effective was the complete divine position?" Li Wei asked.
Gu Jinzhi nodded with a smile. "Not bad."
Li Wei raised an eyebrow. "How are you going to thank me?"
The smile on Gu Jinzhi's face deepened. "How about I give you a kiss?"
"Tch!" Li Wei looked disgusted.
Is this how you thank me? You're taking advantage of me and walking away with the goods...
Putting the joking aside, Li Wei reined in her smile and probed indirectly:
"Don't you feel that the divine positions within the Heavenly Ruins seem nowhere near as impressive as they were made out to be in the inherited memories?"
Gu Jinzhi's expression did not change in the slightest.
"The endless Timelines collapsed into 'one,' mythology fell in rank, and eternity was affected as well... Dizang even said that none of the various divine artifacts had escaped unscathed."
As he spoke, he looked toward Li Wei, whose face showed dawning realization, and concluded, "Could the divine positions have 'fallen' too?"
"Ah," Li Wei scratched her head, looking a little embarrassed. "It was so simple. How did I not think of it..."
She looked at Gu Jinzhi brightly and asked again, "Old Gu, what is a 'world'?"
Gu Jinzhi froze for a moment. "Why are you asking that?"
Li Wei then told Gu Jinzhi everything about the Heavenly River Small Worlds.
After hearing her account, Gu Jinzhi furrowed his brows as well. He pondered for a long while before saying:
"To determine whether an existence is a 'world,' the key is not whether it is 'real.'"
"It is whether it satisfies five elements: a vessel, space, change, rules, and connections."
Li Wei asked, "What