Su Mo swayed, staring dazedly at the old man.
Over the course of his experiences, countless people seemed to have said these words to him.
Nothing in all creation was eternal. This world would ultimately pass into oblivion!
Back in his homeland, there seemed to be a sorrowful, despairing term as well...
...entropy increase!
How many people had those two words filled with despair from the depths of their hearts?
Most despairing of all, those words manifested not merely in life, but throughout the entire world!
Even something as vast as the Star Sea would ultimately perish...
At the end of the Long River, nothing would remain!
"All suffering arose from... eternal life!"
"This eternal life referred not to a single person or thing, but to the eternal life of the entire world!"
The Xu Tribe elder raised his head toward the Three Pure Ones and the others above in the void, then turned toward the boundless, sprawling Ancestral Grounds, sorrowful memories in his eyes.
"They told you this Ancestral Image World was a world formed after her death, did they?"
Su Mo watched the elder's back without speaking.
The Xu Tribe elder gave a bleak laugh. "Our tribe told you that everything within this Ancestral Image World was a lie. This was never a world formed after her death!"
"This place is all that remained after the destruction of our Xu Tribe's realm!"
Hum!
As though answering the Xu Tribe elder's words, the Ancestral Image World gave a faint, sorrowful cry.
Everything within the Ancestral Image World was a lie.
Was this actually what that meant?
Su Mo turned toward the Rouyun Heart Tree.
The gaze within the Heart Tree held bewilderment and incomprehension. She had always believed this world had formed after that Immortal Emperor's death...
Or rather,