Ou Peng took a sip of water to wet his throat, then said, "What I just told you was about the Immortal Path. Now let's talk about its annihilation."
"As I told you earlier, immortal cultivators, demon cultivators, and devil cultivators all based their cultivation on Primordial Qi. Only their methods and forms differed. No one knew how many years our four immortal cultivation sects had been passed down for. Until ten thousand years ago, for some unknown reason, the earth shook and mountains swayed, while seas turned into mulberry fields. After that, the world changed. Not only did the Four Great Sects notice it—even countless smaller sects discovered that the Primordial Qi of this world was gradually changing, growing thinner and thinner."
"Primordial Qi was the foundation of the Immortal Path. Without it, the Immortal Path simply could not exist. Thus, whether they cultivated immortality or devilish arts, they cast aside their barriers and grudges and joined hands to seek the reason why Primordial Qi was dwindling. Yet despite the efforts of countless people, none could find the root cause. They could only watch as Primordial Qi diminished day by day, until at last, all the Primordial Qi in the world vanished completely, and the Immortal Path was annihilated."
Zhang Chengyue found it rather strange. "Didn't the Founding Ancestors of the four immortal cultivation sects come here through that... Teleportation Array? Couldn't they simply use that thing to leave?"
Ou Peng smiled. "The immortal cultivators considered that as well. But that thing could only bring people in, not send them out. Moreover, the Teleportation Array was not easy to construct. By the time countless immortal cultivators had exhausted every effort to build it, there was no longer enough Primordial Qi to power it. Even the cleverest housewife cannot cook