"We once followed the Immortal Court's commands and civilization, living in harmony for twenty thousand years among the races we created."
"We believed we did not need them as blood food. As long as they built shrines to us and supplied us with faith, our power would grow."
"To maintain order in the world, the Immortal Court even established dedicated inspection offices to eradicate immortals who ran amok."
Cang Ling was furious. "But the beings we protected ultimately became murderers even more terrifying than the Prophet in that age!"
Li Yaowen knew exactly what had happened in that age.
It had something to do with the ancestor, too. The ancestor had passed cultivation methods to living beings ahead of time. Initially, this had been to resist the immortals while the ancestor's cultivation was at a low ebb, allowing the ancestor to prepare to establish the Immortal Court. Once Deer Treasure broke through to the body integration realm, the myriad races were no longer useful.
But Deer Treasure had continued to follow the ancestor's original decision. Perhaps her innate kindness had allowed the myriad races to develop, even producing body integration realm beings who had received authority over laws from immortals.
Cang Ling noticed Li Yaowen's contemplation, though she did not know what this fate master of the Azure Cloud Li Family knew.
Still, Cang Ling chose to tell her everything. "Back then, like many immortals, I hid here and there throughout the endless night. By the time it ended, twenty thousand years had passed."
Li Yaowen knew of that twenty-thousand-year endless night. When her lineage first heard of it, tempestuous waves had surged through their hearts.
That upheaval of heaven and earth had very likely resulted from the ancestor fighting an unknown battle against the Heavenly Dao.
Cang Ling continued,