After the seven emperors of the Heavens withdrew, Ye Fan and the others gathered around Meng Chuan.
"I remember there was another being at the Sacrificial Dao level in history," Shi Hao asked.
"Since you brought back the entire Heavens and its Five Emperors, Uncle Meng, why didn't you save that Sacrificial Dao cultivator too?"
"That fellow Daoist has her own path. I've already helped her, and she'll return in the future," Meng Chuan said.
"Every tribulation holds an opportunity."
Meng Chuan held out hope for the Pollen Path Ancestor. He believed she had some chance of reaching the realm Above Sacrificial Dao.
The Pollen Path Ancestral Seed could help her only as far as the Immortal Emperor Domain.
Once that seed flowered and bore fruit in the Immortal Emperor Domain—for the first and last time—it would return to its original state and begin the cycle anew.
The Pollen Path Ancestor's talent needed no explanation: she had reached Sacrificial Dao. Her hope of advancing further was vanishingly small, but it existed.
A thread of hope put her ahead of countless others.
So Meng Chuan had chosen not to resurrect the Pollen Path Ancestor outright. He had helped her in another way.
As for the Five Emperors of the Heavens...
Without powerful outside intervention, they had no hope whatsoever of reaching the Sacrificial Dao Domain.
"So you've already made arrangements." Shi Hao nodded.
Ye Fan said slowly, "With the Heavens returning intact, the Myriad Worlds are going to get lively again."
"A little liveliness is good," the Azure Emperor said. "These days, everyone hunts down what's left of the Weird Race. Wherever the experts of our world go, they're revered. We can't even find an opponent."
"The Heavens were once the most flourishing cultivation civilization. They should breathe life back into