"This era is coming to an end."
Between Yuangeng's words, the Lunar Essence Human Emperor could hear a faint ripple of emotion. It was not grief over someone's passing, but nostalgia for an era that was about to fade away, destined to become the past.
At this, the ancient emperor of the Human Race closed his eyes and carefully sensed the disturbances around him. He found that the laws of the myriad Daos did indeed seem to be withering, while the world's vital energy was also diminishing. Though it was not yet obvious, this was unmistakably an irreversible trend.
He and Yuangeng wandered across the Ziwei Ancient Star, seeking out the places where he had cultivated in his youth. Unfortunately, nearly a million years had passed, and many of the traditions the Lunar Essence Human Emperor had once known had long since perished. Seas had turned into mulberry fields; even the mountains and dragon veins had undergone considerable changes.
Fortunately, the Ziwei Ancient Star possessed profound foundations. Several of its oldest dragon veins had existed since the Mythological Era. Like the Dao beacons of this life origin star, they stood there eternally.
"The Returning Cloud Mountains... how nostalgic. Before I became a Saint, I cultivated around these mountains for several decades. I was still young and hot-blooded then, and did quite a few impulsive things."
Filled with nostalgia, the Human Emperor led Yuangeng through the mountains that stretched for tens of millions of li. This was one of the largest dragon veins on the entire Ziwei Ancient Star, and even the divine materials used to forge the Human Emperor Seal had been found here.
"A fine place, but the effects of the world's greater trend have already manifested in these mountains."
That was Yuangeng's assessment. Compared with other dragon veins,