Everyone looked bewildered at those words.
Only the Old Daoist looked stunned upon hearing that name, before his expression gave way to understanding.
Noticing the change in the Old Daoist's expression, Xu Taiping turned his gaze toward him.
Everyone else's gaze followed.
The Old Daoist looked gravely at Xu Taiping.
"Tiandang City is a site of the Old Heavenly Court's ruins."
Under everyone's astonished gazes, the Old Daoist continued.
"This Old Heavenly Court belonged not to your Shangqing Realm, but to the Sanxuan Realm. However, the Sanxuan Realm and your Shangqing Realm belonged to the same Greater Domain."
Lü Daoxuan frowned.
"So the Sanxuan Realm has likewise already vanished from this Greater Domain?"
The Old Daoist nodded.
"That is correct."
He gave a somewhat helpless, bitter chuckle.
"And it was likewise destroyed by the Great Void Calamity."
Hearing this, everyone sighed, feeling much like the fox mourning the rabbit's death.
Xu Taiping, however, was deeply puzzled.
"Elder, wasn't it said that the Great Void Calamity only destroys the cultivation world within a particular realm? Why, when I looked at the Sanxuan Realm, was its entire world submerged in floodwaters, with no sign of life?"
Everyone turned to Xu Taiping in surprise.
Xu Taiping offered no explanation, merely looking toward the equally surprised Old Daoist.
With the Heaven-Treading Contest imminent, he did not want to reveal too many of the Lotus Eye's abilities.
Only after giving Xu Taiping a long, searching look did the Old Daoist speak.
"I never expected you to know so much about the Great Void Calamity, Taiping, or even to know the Sanxuan Realm's current condition."
After a brief moment of thought, the Old Daoist's expression grew exceedingly grave once more.
"Taiping, have you considered that the living beings of the Sanxuan Realm might not need land,