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After the child finished speaking, the room grew even more oppressive. No one could learn that they were doomed to die and still find it in themselves to smile.

"No wonder. No wonder..."

After a long silence, Lao Xu finally sighed.

No wonder the Celestial Fox Clan had slaughtered its own. They had been driven to it. If their descendants had not found that Stone Stele from who knew how many years ago at the last moment, they might have died without even knowing what had killed them.

The Heavenly Tribulation did not merely erase every powerful being. It destroyed all traces of them as well. Otherwise, why would only one Stone Stele remain, with not a single other clue?

"So Dragonrider Island only realized the Heavenly Tribulation existed after the Celestial Fox Clan was wiped out. That explains it."

No wonder Dragonrider Island was slaughtering its own too. It was trying to reduce its strength to evade the Heavenly Tribulation.

After all, three thousand years remained. That was enough time for Dragonrider Island to destroy itself.

"...That's not what happened. Dragonrider Island actually found the Stone Stele before we did. They simply refused to believe it."

The child shook his head.

"But the elders from the Celestial Fox Clan's many Spirit Grounds joined forces and truly sensed a change in the world. That was why we began preparing early. Dragonrider Island only dared believe the Stone Stele after they saw the Celestial Fox Clan destroyed."

Dragonrider Island knew the Stone Stele spoke the truth. Its people simply could not accept that they were about to be erased.

In all of Heaven Beyond Heaven, only the Celestial Fox Clan and Dragonrider Island had become aware of the Heavenly Tribulation. The other races were still waiting like fools for Dragonrider Island