The wind howled like ringing blades beside their ears. Passing through layer after layer of restraints, the two descended, looking down over the surface as the mountains and rivers gradually came into focus.
Nüwa frowned. "Has Heaven and Earth already changed this much? The suppression on cultivators is so strong!"
She had once heard the Flame Emperor speak of this era: spiritual energy no longer existed in Heaven and Earth, and the origins of the myriad paths were incomplete, suppressing cultivation.
Thus, most cultivators capable of leaving had already departed the Primordial Ancient Star for the starry sky in search of new homes. Only some Greater Divine Ability Holders, who had no fear of the changes in Heaven and Earth, and cultivators incapable of leaving, who could only remain to guard their Holy Lands, were left.
"I suppose Heaven and Earth can no longer produce cultivators now. It's simply too barren. The essence qi of Heaven and Earth is practically negligible," Nüwa sighed.
Skyscrapers stood all around them, packed together like scales and comb teeth, soaring into the sky. They towered in the sunset glow as though edged with gold.
When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Nüwa had changed into business attire as well, fully revealing her tall, slender figure. Black stockings covered her long, shapely legs beneath a well-tailored short skirt, and she wore a white blouse that exposed the creamy, jade-white skin of her arms. Two diamond-shaped crystal pendants hung from her translucent earlobes.
Ji Hao still wore ancient robes, his long black hair draped over his shoulders. He looked sixteen or seventeen, very young, with an ethereal air like an Exiled Immortal and peerless good looks.
"These clothes are quite unusual!" Nüwa examined her outfit curiously. Seeing the pretty clothes in the shops, she dragged