Gathering Grotto Continent again?
Jiang Yi raised an eyebrow. This was not the first time he had heard that name. Profound Mystery True Person had also mentioned it as an ancient Grotto-Heaven.
Since True Lord Lu had brought it up herself, the Sect Master presumably already had arrangements in place.
Sure enough, True Lord Lu asked:
"Dao Child, do you know how many continents the Jambudvipa Vast Land had in High Antiquity?"
Jiang Yi frowned slightly, inexplicably recalling the platitudes the Qianji Sect's imparting elder had repeated over and over.
In the Middle Ancient Era, practitioners of the Demonic Dao with great Divine Abilities had seemingly moved continents, lifting them beyond the cosmos...
He shook his head.
"Please enlighten me, Master Lu."
"In the great age when the Dao Lineages flourished most, the Jambudvipa Vast Land had ninety-nine continents."
True Lord Lu's answer astonished Jiang Yi. The present Jambudvipa Vast Land was already boundlessly vast, yet it accommodated only four continents.
What a magnificent sight those ninety-nine continents of High Antiquity must have been!
"By the Middle Ancient Era, only fourteen of those ninety-nine continents remained."
True Lord Lu explained slowly:
"Ancestral Continent, Profound Continent, Long Continent, and others were all moved away by the patriarchs of the various Dao Lineages.
"Disputes arose in the process, drawing Great Powers of the Dao Lord level into action. Phoenix-Scale Continent, Gathering Grotto Continent, and other lands were shattered... To avoid repeating that catastrophe, the four Dao Lineages later refined the four great continents, anchoring Earth, Wind, Water, and Fire and making them the axis of the cosmos. Only then did the Jambudvipa Vast Land become impregnable, as secure as walls of metal and a moat of boiling water." Jiang Yi held his breath and stilled himself, his heart shaken. There had actually