All Heavens and Myriad Realms had long since been changed by that great war.
Xu Changqing remained silent for a long time after hearing this.
So, the things he had thought were talents were actually gifts from Divine Dao Fragments.
"This disciple understands."
"Anything else you wish to ask?"
"No!"
Great Dao Venerable nodded faintly and said nothing more.
Xu Changqing did not ask further either and soon left the great hall.
He transformed into a streak of light and flew toward the Spirit Plant Bureau.
Within the great hall, silence reigned, solemn and grave.
Nine Extremes Heavenly King said earnestly, "This child's blessings run too deep.
"From Spirit Transformation to Void Refinement, he had cast aside a path others might need several lifetimes to finish.
"The Time Rift, the Ruins Dragon Tomb—which one was not a heaven-shaking opportunity?
"Yet he had run into every last one of them."
To this, Great Dao Venerable slowly replied, "I saw him in the past."
At those words, an undisguisable shock flashed deep in Nine Extremes Heavenly King's eyes.
The past the other man spoke of was not a few years ago, a few decades ago, or a few centuries ago.
One had to know that Great Dao Venerable could command the River of Time.
Thus, he existed in the past, in the present, and even in the future.
Xu Changqing returned alone to the Spirit Plant Bureau.
Within the Grade-Five Spirit Fields, rare spirit plants such as the Celestial River Moon Marrow Flower, Nine-Turn Starry Grass, Starcore Purple Zenith Seed, and Riftworld Star-Eye Flower were exactly as they had been when he left.
He stood at the edge of the fields, his Divine Sense sweeping over every spirit plant.
The Celestial River Moon Marrow Flower was as before, lacking the