Although the Divine Silkworm Princess had been awake for some time, she had not returned to her imperial clan's sleeping grounds. The Great Dao was still suppressing the world, leaving it in a Dharma-Ending Age; the time for the Primordial Myriad Races to awaken had not yet come.
"The Human Race was among the weakest races in the Primordial Era. Who would have thought that after the myriad races fell into slumber, so many supreme beings on the level of Ancient Emperors would emerge among them, allowing humanity to become the master of this boundless land?"
Seated across from Lu Chen, the Divine Silkworm Princess looked like a girl of sixteen or seventeen, with peerless beauty. Yet a hint of worldly weariness lingered in her lovely eyes, making it clear that she had lived through long ages.
"All the races of this world have their times of prosperity and decline. Heaven and earth are no different, like the sea with its rising and falling tides!" Though Lu Chen's cultivation was still low, he had once been an outsider to this world. In a sense, he had looked down upon it from a higher dimension, and few could match his breadth of vision.
"I wonder when the Great Dao of heaven and earth will lift its suppression and restore the flourishing conditions of the Primordial Era."
"There's no need to fret, Princess. Soon!"
"I hope so!"
The Divine Silkworm Princess lifted the jade cup from the stone table and took a small sip of tea. Turning her beautiful eyes toward him, she asked, "Have you cultivated some unusual art that lets you detect the treasures hidden within Source Stones?"
Although Source Arts had not existed in the Primordial Era, there had been similar techniques. After all, Source Stones had already existed