"I... can't."
You Ruhui honestly shook her head, her face somewhat pale. Instinctively, she looked toward An Jing, and he reached out to take her hand, putting the girl somewhat at ease.
"Even I couldn't possibly survive the might of a Heavenly Venerable."
Yet even An Jing had to admit that, if he were struck by the aftershock, he too would be reduced to ashes. He could only be reborn from the Grotto-Heaven in the void beyond the heavens... but there was no telling whether that outer Grotto-Heaven would be affected as well. In any case, he had not the slightest desire to test himself against the power of a Heavenly Venerable head-on.
Just like Jin Yanhua, An Jing knew perfectly well that, as one of Heavenly Fate, he could not evade such immense karma. If he escaped this "tribulation" through Jinyuantian this time, then he would surely be unable to overcome the next one.
Could he remain in Jinyuantian forever? Leaving aside the fact that Jinyuantian itself had its own karma, could he really flee Huaixu for the rest of his life—abandon this platform that allowed him to grow at the fastest pace—and hide like a rat in some other world?
What a joke! He would rather die than do something so cowardly!
As for why An Jing and the others were still alive, the reason was simple.
Faintly blocking the way before An Jing was the Great Dao Imperial Armament sent by the Da Chen Imperial Dynasty this time—the [Hong River Cauldron]. It was the Nine-Dragon Divine Cauldron wielded by Da Chen Holy Ancestor Xuantian Ji to curb the Netherwater calamities of Beixuan Jizhou and command all the world's waterways. Its very existence suppressed the river of time, restoring the chaotic space-time before them and sheltering a great