However.
The atmosphere in the Star Palace was nowhere near as fervent or exhilarating as imagined. Instead, it stretched into boundless solemnity and calm. At the mention of that ancient name, which had long ceased to echo through All Heavens and Myriad Realms, everything felt heavy.
When the Dao Ancestor left, the Eternal Ancient Immortal Territory had been flourishing.
When the Dao Ancestor returned, the Eternal Ancient Immortal Territory was already in ruins, its myriad clans withered and depleted.
No living being could fail to care about such a thing, nor could they avoid feeling dazed. They had long been too ashamed to face that sky of the past. Even when mentioning that honorific, many ancient Star Palace cultivators spoke with a trace of sorrow and guilt.
Guilt toward the Dao Ancestor.
During the Dao Ancestor's era, the Star Palace traveled far—truly far—because they had been far too reassured. With that person holding the fort, all under heaven was at peace. No one worried. Even if the sky collapsed, they would not blink twice, because the Dao Ancestor could hold it up.
Then they heard of the Eternal Ancient.
After the Dao Ancestor left to cultivate, the Eternal Ancient had already surpassed its former era, glorious and flourishing at its peak.
At that time.
The Star Palace sensed an unrestrained air about the Eternal Ancient Immortal Territory, as though no one there could leash it any longer. It was a bad omen. They were so calm that they gradually distanced themselves from that Eternal Ancient era, unable to accept that terrifying age running wild like a horse that had broken its reins.
Later, they heard of the Eternal Ancient.
The powerful launched the Heaven-Slaying Campaign. The world campaigned against the Eternal Ancient. The Eternal Ancient Myriad Clans charged out from