That reaction set everyone's imaginations running wild.
"What's going on? Why can't we even contact Sage Nüwa?"
"The same goes for Eastern Emperor Taiyi. I had a communication talisman linked to him before."
"Could something have happened in the Demon Realm?"
Laozi stepped forward. "As far as I know, the two Demon Emperor Crown Princes, Qingchan and Qingxuan, seem to have disappeared. Ever since their disappearance, Nüwa has been cultivating in seclusion and hasn't appeared once. We probably can't reach her right now."
"The Demon Emperor's strength is terrifying, beyond anything we can imagine. The chances of something happening to him are vanishingly small."
"At most, he's trapped somewhere. We should go back. All we can do is take things one step at a time. Opposing the Lord of Fate now would truly be courting death. With our strength, even defending our own worlds would be difficult, so we should wait and see!"
Laozi did not know what means the Lord of Fate had to destroy their worlds.
But they could not gamble on it. Winning would bring them no benefit, while losing might well cost them their lives.
At least they were safe for now.
As for what would happen after the Lord of Fate reached the Heavenly Dao Realm...
Things could hardly get much worse than they already were. After all, someone so powerful might not care about ants like them at all.
Left with no other choice, the five Sages went their separate ways.
After returning to the Immortal Realm, the Three Pure Ones began incorporating the Heavenly Court into it and spreading word of the Immortal Realm's existence throughout the Primordial World.
They had their own plans.
The stronger their Immortal Realm became, the safer they would be.
Once they gathered all the immortals of the