Under the solemn gazes of Xu Taiping and the others, the Ancestral Dragon slowly spoke:
"After traveling through the All-Heavens Great Domains, I discovered that the source of this so-called Great Void Calamity was actually that Heavenly Dao Edict familiar to you and me."
After a brief pause, the Ancestral Dragon said solemnly:
"The Way of Heaven takes from excess to replenish deficiency."
Fairy Lingyue knitted her brows and asked in confusion:
"What connection does that edict have to the Great Void Calamity?"
Xu Taiping and Lin Buyu looked equally puzzled.
Only Lady Jade Mother seemed to have realized something. Her brows furrowed slightly, and her gaze sharpened.
As though anticipating their reactions, the Ancestral Dragon's phantom image remained unchanged in expression and merely said calmly:
"The Great Void Calamity is one of the manifestations of that Heavenly Dao Edict within the various domains of the heavens."
At these words, Xu Taiping and Lin Buyu, who had still looked bewildered, suddenly understood.
Xu Taiping's gaze sharpened as he said:
"So, Ancestral Dragon, do you mean that the Great Void Calamity was drawn here because it detected a power within the Greater Domain containing the Shangqing Realm that disrupted the balance of a realm?"
The Ancestral Dragon nodded lightly.
Lady Jade Mother, who had already realized this, suddenly asked in great confusion:
"But in this Greater Domain, the power of the cultivation world has not even reached Earth Extremity Heaven. However you look at it, that hardly counts as excess, does it?"
Fairy Lingyue also nodded and said:
"Neither Sumeru nor the Shangqing Cultivation World seems to have reached the point of disrupting the balance of a Great Domain, no matter how you look at their power."
The Ancestral Dragon gave Lady Jade Mother and Fairy Lingyue a long look, then