Several hours passed in the blink of an eye.
The Heavenly Venerables did not discuss anything further. They simply waited quietly for the result of Heavenly Venerable Cangxuan's investigation.
Hu Wei dared not make a sound all the more.
He had already crossed a line. If he dared to speak out of turn at a time like this, he would truly be courting death.
He could only remain silent along with them.
Yet his heart was filled with terror. The previous discussion among the Heavenly Venerables had not been kept from him, and he had vaguely pieced together some of what was happening.
Li Yun, the Fate Immortal Venerable who had crossed realms and hidden within the Taiwu Divine Domain, had secretly taken control of him in order to warn the nine Heavenly Venerables of the Taiwu Divine Hall.
The reason was that the entire Taiwu Divine Hall had unknowingly been tainted by Calamity Qi. Before the warning, not even the nine Heavenly Venerables had noticed it.
That was truly terrifying.
He had lived this long without ever encountering anything so bizarre.
Now, they could only wait for Heavenly Venerable Cangxuan's result.
He desperately hoped this was all just a misunderstanding.
Otherwise... sigh!
A full eight hours passed.
Heavenly Venerable Cangxuan finished all of his probing and tracing. His expression was clearly far graver than before.
He shook his head.
"No. There is absolutely no clue. That Calamity Qi seems to have appeared out of thin air and merged directly into my fate. It cannot be extinguished, nor can it be stripped away..."
"I can even sense that the strange Calamity Qi is silently altering my fate and karma..."
"At most, within a hundred years, the entire Taiwu Divine Realm will likely be destroyed by this unprecedented great calamity!"
"Unless...