Silent concern rang deafeningly loud.
"Did these guardians really exist in the Lesser Netherworld?"
That was Yaoyao's question after she finished reading about Chu Feng's latest mission.
"They don't exist now, but they did once," Meng Chuan said quietly.
"They were born at different points in history. Some have died; others left this universe for other worlds."
"But this was home to all of them."
"I've never even heard their names." Yaoyao shook her head. "They must be from a very long time ago."
"Yes, a very, very long time ago." Meng Chuan nodded. "Back then, there was no division between the Underworld and the Yang World, no shattered Ancient Universe, and the Pollen Path had yet to become the dominant Evolution Path."
"The universe was still whole, and beyond it lay a realm of immortality."
"No records of that age remain in the world."
"Uncle Ling, are you from that age?" Yaoyao asked, tilting her head.
"Yes. I was born in that age too," Meng Chuan said. "So were your ancestors."
"Then you're older than the entire Lesser Netherworld?" Yaoyao's eyes widened slightly.
That was more than living as long as heaven. He was older than heaven and earth themselves.
Meng Chuan gave Yaoyao a look and let her make of it what she would.
"Strictly speaking, the years I've lived are nothing compared with a universe's lifespan."
"Compared with Evolutionaries of my level, I'm still young. You could even call me a baby."
Meng Chuan had spent less than two hundred thousand years in the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands universe during the Shrouding the Heavens era. To be more precise, it had been only a little over a hundred and fifty thousand years.
From Meng Chuan's Attainment of the Dao to Wushi's, and then Ye Fan's, the