In an instant.
The Heavenly Puppet Sect's Sect Master also sensed where the problem lay.
That shouldn't have been possible!
Both Dao Masters and Demon Lords could manipulate and control their own minor heavens with a single thought.
Just as Dao Venerables could control their own Chaos Cave Space, extracting or releasing spiritual power as freely as they wished.
For such a great battle to erupt within a minor heaven fragment, there were likely only two possibilities.
One was that while the Dao Master battled the outside world, countless beings within the Small World had revolted, leaving the master of heaven and earth with no mind to deal with them.
The other was that after the Dao Master had fallen and heaven and earth collapsed, powerful experts had entered the fragments.
"However..."
Jiang Shu looked over everything before him, deep in thought.
"I presume Senior has seen it as well. After the Dao Master fell and heaven and earth collapsed, other powerful experts still charged in here. They even risked being buried along with this space, perhaps in search of something."
At those words, the Heavenly Puppet Sect's Sect Master's eyes lit up. "Indeed. Based on our investigation of the battlefield outside, it has been at least several thousand years—perhaps even longer."
"Among them, there were no shortage of great powers who interfered here, accelerating or slowing the passage of time with the Great Dao of Time."
"In other words, this minor heaven fragment should have collapsed long ago. Yet it has somehow survived!"
The more they spoke, the hotter their gazes became.
There was no doubt about it!
Something within this minor heaven fragment was supporting it!
Even though the master of heaven and earth had already fallen and the world itself had shattered, that wondrous object had forcibly