"Heavenly Dao's affairs are beyond our help. Everything can only depend on you."
The First Ancestor gave Yang Jianghu a deep look and said.
"So-called Void Shattering is tied to heaven and earth, but there are too many people."
"The Yang Family alone has nearly ten."
"The other top forces have no fewer than eight at the very least."
"Do you know what that means?"
With a light tap of his finger, the First Ancestor isolated their conversation to prevent anyone else from overhearing.
Some things were better left unknown.
"This junior does not know."
Yang Jianghu felt as though he was about to hear some secret. His expression could not help turning solemn.
Looking at the First Ancestor, he swallowed.
"This world is, in truth, a cage."
The First Ancestor's voice was not loud, yet to Yang Jianghu's ears, it was like a thunderbolt exploding overhead.
Gu Yuan had arrived at just the right time.
He listened to the story from the side.
This First Ancestor truly was extraordinary.
His level of energy far surpassed the other ancestors, giving Gu Yuan the same feeling as Cang Yuan.
"A cage?"
"That's right. When heaven and earth first opened, no one knew how long ago that was."
"But what is Void Shattering?"
"To live as long as heaven and earth."
"Do you know how old this old man is now?"
A sharp gleam shone from the First Ancestor's cloudy eyes as he stared at Yang Jianghu and asked.
Those words had sounded like nothing much on the surface.
But if they were linked together...
The implications were enormous.
The First Ancestor had lived for tens of thousands of years, yet heaven and earth had existed for far longer than that.
Before the First Ancestor, had there been others who shattered the