The one who answered Ouyang Yanyu's question was the old man seated above them.
"There have never been two Azure Realms within this expanse of space."
"What do you mean?" Lou Sheng could not help asking.
True Lord Pinglan let out a long sigh. "Do you still remember the legend of the Hongsheng Heavenly Road?"
The Hongsheng Heavenly Road opened once every ten years, and each time, many cultivators ventured inside. Legend had it that its endpoint was a nexus connected to another world, yet after all this time, not a single person had successfully reached the end.
Those who tried to force their way forward had all been crushed into masses of bloody flesh by spatial power.
"So the legend is actually true, and the world beyond that nexus is the one Fellow Daoist Su came from. Is that what you mean?"
True Lord Pinglan nodded.
"So much time has passed that many truths have already vanished into the long river of history. Few people in this world still know these secrets.
It was only just before my master passed away that I learned the Azure Realm we live in was a fragment severed from the original."
What True Lord Pinglan revealed was so staggering that, apart from Su Jiu, every disciple was stunned without exception.
Ye Wanqing's expression was especially exaggerated. Her beautiful eyes went round, and her little mouth hung slightly open. She was clearly lost in a daze.
"Was the Azure Realm divided because of the Demon Realm's descent ten thousand years ago?" Su Jiu quickly identified the crux of the matter.
True Lord Pinglan nodded. "My master told me that the division was not merely the work of human hands. It was also decreed by the Heavenly Dao.
Back then, the entire Azure Realm was