Perish?
Xiao Huohuo looked at Heavenly Dao in confusion.
Heavenly Dao shook his head with a helpless, bitter smile. "A thousand years ago, an earth-shattering battle took place beyond the Dou Qi Continent!"
"In that battle, I was severely wounded and had no choice but to remain dormant for years to preserve my life."
"And in that battle, the Dou Qi Continent lost something of utmost importance."
"It was precisely because that thing was lost that the Dou Qi Continent could no longer produce new Source Qi. In the thousand years since, no new Dou Emperor has emerged."
"What was it?" Xiao Huohuo's eyes filled with shock.
For Heavenly Dao to be severely injured in battle, the opponent surely could not have been ordinary!
Heavenly Dao slowly uttered several words. "The Plane Embryo."
"The Plane Embryo?"
Xiao Huohuo was full of astonishment upon hearing this unfamiliar term.
"What is the Plane Embryo?"
"The Plane Embryo is something formed from the power of a plane. It possesses neither consciousness nor thought, yet it is the most powerful existence in a world or plane!"
"As long as one can control the Plane Embryo, one can become the ruler of that plane."
"And this Plane Embryo is one of the most important things in the Dou Qi Continent. Only by controlling it can one be considered the true ruler of the Dou Qi Continent."
"Unfortunately, the Dou Qi Continent's Plane Embryo was taken away."
Xiao Huohuo keenly caught the key phrase in Heavenly Dao's words.
Taken away by someone!
Just what kind of existence could seize the Plane Embryo from the Heavenly Dao of the Dou Qi Continent?
Xiao Huohuo instantly furrowed his brows.
Heavenly Dao gave a bitter smile and slowly said, "He was an existence from beyond the heavens!"
"He came