"No, that's impossible!"
But Ye Xuan soon drew a deep breath and shook his head fiercely.
"I've only been in the Lower Realm for four years, but my father the Heavenly Emperor had the cultivation of a Heavenly Emperor and a lifespan of a million years. How could he have suddenly entered his twilight years?"
Four years? In the Outer Heavens, one year was merely one day in the Lower Realm. So, the Outer Heavens should have only advanced by four days!
"I didn't believe it at first, either!"
Mu Mei sighed, then continued, "But you may not know this: ever since the seven of us descended into the Ruins of Return, the laws of the Outer Heavens and the Primordial Realm have changed!"
"The time flow rate between the two realms has become ten thousand times faster!"
"In other words, forty thousand years have already passed in the Outer Heavens!"
"What did you say!?" Ye Xuan's whole body trembled again.
The time flow rate had increased ten thousandfold!?
"That's right. And not only that—ten thousand years ago, Heavenly Emperor Ye once again forced his way into a forbidden zone of life, trying to gather strength to travel to the Saint Path. But he never emerged from the forbidden zone of life!"
"That was why some people suspected that the Heavenly Emperor had already fallen!"
"Now, the three thousand Dao Prefectures of the Outer Heavens are in turmoil, with wars breaking out everywhere. Many hidden Supremes and ancient Imperial Clans have emerged one after another. The laws have become chaotic, causing spatial rifts to appear frequently. The cultivators from the Fallen Thunder Sect accidentally entered this realm through one of them!"
Mu Mei nodded, then said solemnly, "But actually, that still isn't the most terrifying part!"
"Do you know what