Contradictions on Both Ends

"Perhaps."

Faced with Chen Yan's answer, the Tianji Saint neither affirmed nor denied it, but simply said:

"If the Heaven and Earth Laws of this realm collapse to the point where they can no longer sustain its existence, then Tianji Continent... or rather, what you call Chenping Continent, will surely turn to nothingness."

Just as Chenping Continent had suffered when Chen Yan returned to eight thousand years ago.

A massive rift appeared across the sky, large enough to split the world in two.

This realm ultimately collapsed completely because of it.

It was precisely because such a thing had happened that Chen Yan, having lost his Reincarnation Record Point, returned to eight thousand years ago, an era when the Immortal Path had yet to be severed.

And many things had happened in that era.

In the end, the era eight thousand years ago had left behind traces that belonged to Chen Yan alone.

But Chen Yan did not know that the enormous rift that had split the sky in two above Chenping Continent had been caused by another Dao artifact of immense destructive power.

Tian Ding Palace.

It still hung in the sky more than two thousand zhang above Du Cang Mountain.

If the rift above Du Cang Mountain, which stretched for more than ten li, expanded again until it reached the same scale it had before Chenping Continent's destruction today—

then this realm would turn to nothingness.

But Chenping Continent's fate would certainly not be limited to that alone.

"However, there are other hidden dangers as well."

The Tianji Saint, Zuo He, continued:

"If the rift in the sky expands to a certain extent, it might also cause the beings above to discover this realm—perhaps even alert the Mysterious Woman."

Hearing this, Chen Yan fell silent.

His thoughts returned