After thinking it over, Ye Tian had only one guess in mind.
"The Moon-Shooting Chariot was taken away, which is why this immortal realm completely collapsed..."
"Yes!" A vigorous youth's voice suddenly rang out in Ye Tian's mind, echoing his words.
It was the Divine Turtle inside Ye Tian's body speaking.
After all, the Moon-Shooting Chariot was a contingency Shen Kongzi had left behind to help Ye Tian completely subdue it. Thus, the Divine Turtle was actually closer to him than the Immortal Phoenix, which had already followed Ye Tian for some time.
"That peak Immortal Crossing Gate world of the past was established by Shen Kongzi. Later, it was activated by Immortal King Di Xuan and existed eternally atop these ruins. What supported it was precisely the power of the Moon-Shooting Chariot."
"As long as the Moon-Shooting Chariot remained, that former Immortal Crossing Gate world would exist forever."
"But once the Moon-Shooting Chariot left, that world lost both its purpose and its ability to exist, and it would completely collapse."
"That former world existed by relying upon the Moon-Shooting Chariot and the real shattered immortal realm. Once I left, the former world collapsed, and the real shattered immortal realm it affected would collapse completely as well!"
If the Immortal Phoenix's voice was that of a five- or six-year-old child, then the Divine Turtle's voice was that of a youth. Compared with the Immortal Phoenix, it was clearly steadier, patiently explaining everything to Ye Tian.
In short, that peak Immortal Crossing Gate world of the past was like a grand formation. Shen Kongzi had created it by reversing the Heavenly Dao at the cost of his life, while Immortal King Di Xuan had activated it at the cost of his own life. Using the true immortal realm as its vessel,