Mu Qing could not make sense of it no matter how hard he thought. The scene he had seen on the silvery-white stone stele left him utterly shocked.
He explored again, wanting to find more clues.
Just as he had expected, he found quite a few surviving fragments of scenes amid the ruins.
The Chaos Universe—its cosmic instinct had once devoured multiple universes!
This was information Mu Qing had learned from the Black Realm Leader.
Mu Qing began to speculate. Could it be that the creature he had just seen was not from the Chaos Universe? Could the calamity it spoke of have actually come from the Chaos Universe's devouring?
From the surrounding remnants, Mu Qing finally learned that the creature from before seemed to have come from a universe called Heaven-Bearing.
However, the Heaven-Bearing Universe had now been destroyed, though no one knew what calamity had caused it.
"That doesn't seem right either. If the calamity that creature spoke of truly referred to devouring by Chaos Instinct, then Chaos Instinct's strength should be terrifying."
Mu Qing frowned. The creature had said it was a calamity that not even a Dominator could reverse. If it truly referred to Chaos Instinct, then Chaos Instinct's strength might have reached the Dominator realm—or perhaps even surpassed it.
But Chaos Instinct's strength should not have reached the Dominator realm. Otherwise, the Devil Ancestor would not have dared to snatch food from a tiger's mouth last time.
"The Heaven-Bearing Universe's calamity probably wasn't referring to Chaos Instinct."
Mu Qing stroked his chin as he pondered.
"Hm?"
Suddenly, Mu Qing turned up a skeleton amid the ruins.
The skeleton was somewhat damaged, golden all over, with faint traces of blood still upon it. Only a severed arm remained.
"This fellow's strength was definitely above mine. Could