Once the clamor of the celebration had faded and Jin Haonan and the other honored guests had been seen off, Liu Changxu immediately summoned his wives and children for an emergency meeting in the lineage's Council Hall.
When Liu Changxu slowly recounted the news he had just learned-that a "great calamity was approaching"-the hall fell utterly silent. Apart from Murong Yuyao, who already knew the details and remained composed, everyone's face was filled with horror, and even their breathing grew much heavier.
"Father, this great calamity... will it affect the entire cultivation world throughout the universe?"
Liu Fuba had the most impatient temperament and was the first to lose his composure, asking urgently:
Liu Changxu nodded, his voice grave:
"Yes. More precisely, the great calamity has already begun. It simply hasn't spread to our Taibai Star yet."
"Then... are Sea God Star, Mysterious Yellow Star, and Hundred Spirits Star no longer safe either?"
Li Zhenxin knitted her brows tightly and pressed him, worry weighing on her heart:
After all, many of her bloodline descendants lived on those cultivation stars. If the great calamity reached them, there was no telling how many would lose their lives.
Liu Changxu fell silent for a moment, then slowly shook his head and said:
"Once the great calamity truly erupts, I fear there will be no absolutely safe place anywhere in the universe's cultivation world."
Those words made the atmosphere in the hall even heavier. The joy born of Murong Yuyao's advancement was now completely shrouded by the shadow of the great calamity. Everyone understood that this was no alarmist talk.
Anything called a "great calamity" had to be a disaster capable of shaking the entire cultivation world throughout the universe.
"Since the great calamity cannot be avoided, we must prepare to face it. Not