"Let them out? Qin Hao, do you know what letting them out would mean for our Heavenly Luo Sacred Ground?"
Clan Elder Duchuan could not help saying, "To let them out, we would first have to cancel the time loop. And once we cancel it, our Heavenly Luo Sacred Ground could be on the verge of shattering."
On the verge of shattering!
Qin Hao was slightly startled.
Before he could speak, however, Clan Elder Ji Yan waved a hand and said, "That is not the point. If Qin Hao takes away the Origin Divine Crystal Shards, the Heavenly Luo Sacred Ground will shatter anyway."
Clan Elder Duchuan's expression froze, and his worry deepened.
"The Heavenly Luo Sacred Ground was built around the Origin Divine Crystal Shards?" Qin Hao asked. If he took them away, the Heavenly Luo Sacred Ground would cease to exist.
"Correct. Our Heavenly Luo Sacred Ground was formed with Origin World fragments as its foundation. Without those fragments, it would cease to exist."
Clan Elder Ji Yan nodded.
"Clan Elder Ji Yan, you cannot!" Luo Xian and the others immediately cried out in alarm.
"If the Heavenly Luo Sacred Ground ceases to exist, where will we go?"
"Exactly! Without the Heavenly Luo Sacred Ground, we will have nowhere to go. Our Heavenly Luo Tribe might even vanish without a trace."
The others spoke up in succession, refusing not only to release the time loop but also to hand over the Origin Divine Crystal Shards.
"Fools!"
Barely had Luo Xian and the others spoken when Clan Elder Ji Yan rebuked them. He first turned to Clan Elder Duchuan and said, "Duchuan, you are a clan elder too. They do not understand, but do you not understand either?"
"If the Heavenly Palace falls and the various realms and star