The Origin of the Crisis

Upon hearing No. 01's reply, Yi Xuan looked at Venerable Yuan in a daze and said, "I have never discovered the other nine planets on this! Is this what the Cultivation Realm looked like millions of years ago?"

Venerable Yuan looked at the star map with deep affection and nodded.

"Indeed, this is exactly what the Cultivation Realm looked like millions of years ago! It's a pity it's all gone, leaving only this last planet beneath our feet!"

Yi Xuan was speechless for a moment, his mind a jumbled mess.

What kind of enemy did the Cultivation Realm encounter millions of years ago, one that possessed the power to destroy planets?

Is this really something that can be achieved through cultivating immortality?

That's the main planet in the planetary system!

The images provided by Venerable Yuan show that the nine planets that once existed were on a completely different level in terms of size compared to the planet they are currently on.

Even the smallest one is visually dozens or hundreds of times larger than the one they are in.

Isn't that incredible?

Yi Xuan nodded mechanically, then looked at Venerable Yuan and asked, "Senior, can immortals really be this strong?"

"An immortal?"

Venerable Yuan shook his head and said, "Not an immortal, but a demon!"

"Demon?"

"Demon Beast?"

"Heh, how can such things be called demons? They're nothing but mindless beasts! In the eyes of true demons, they're nothing more than monsters! A true demon, at the very least, must be able to absorb the essence of the sun and moon for its own use, condense Demon Power, and then transform into human form before it can even be called a demon!"

Upon hearing Venerable Yuan's words, Yi Xuan's heart skipped a beat.

It wasn't that Venerable Yuan's words were so shocking, but rather that his statement coincided with Yi Xuan's previous life's mythological explanation of monsters.

Is it a coincidence?

Yi Xuan thought to himself silently.

Venerable Yuan then waved his hand lightly at the star map in front of him, and the star map disappeared instantly, with a figure suddenly appearing on the Imaging Technique.

Although it was just a view from behind, Yi Xuan felt that the figure looked very familiar.

"Chu Longcheng?"

"Good!"

"Senior, you know him too?"

Venerable Yuan shook his head. "No, we've never crossed paths!"

"Then how come you do that?"

Yi Xuan pointed to the Imaging Technique and looked at Venerable Yuan with a strange expression.

"Hehe, since I'm going to tell you anyway, I might as well not hide it from you. Actually, it's not just Chu Longcheng you mentioned; any cultivator in the Cultivation Realm who ascends to immortality is someone I'm keeping a close eye on!"

As he spoke, the Imaging Technique before them suddenly changed again.

Under Venerable Yuan's control, the Imaging Technique became like a real screen. The image of Chu Longcheng shrank rapidly, and at the same time, more and more small images appeared, completely filling the original Imaging Technique.

Upon closer inspection, Yi Xuan noticed that the people in these small images were all different.

However, they share a common characteristic: they are both situated in space.

In other words, the people in these images are all those who Tribulation Transcendence and ascended to immortality, that is, immortals.

Looking at the densely packed tiny images, No. 01 quickly provided a number.

One thousand two hundred and fifty-seven!

There are a total of 1,257 immortals!

"These are all immortals who have ascended to immortality in the Cultivation Realm over the past million years!"

As Venerable Yuan explained, all the people in the scene exhibited the same phenomenon that Yi Xuan had previously witnessed in Chu Longcheng.

They were as if they had encountered an invisible wall in space.

Upon contact, the body miraculously dissolved completely.

In an instant, all 1,257 immortals vanished under those circumstances, as if they had never existed.

What exactly is that?

The disappearance of 1,257 immortals sent chills down Yi Xuan's spine.

It turns out that the disappearance of Chu Longcheng was not an accident, and the warning from the High Antiquity Artifact Sect was not an exaggeration.

"No cultivation of immortality! No cultivation of immortality! No cultivation of immortality!"

Who would have thought that this is the end of cultivating immortality?

"Is it the demon you were talking about?"

"Good!"

Venerable Yuan dispelled the Imaging Technique with a wave of his hand.

"But didn't those demons already destroy the other nine planets? Haven't they left yet?"

Looking at Yi Xuan's terrified face, Venerable Yuan smiled bitterly and said, "Them? No, there were never any of them from beginning to end, only him!"

"Him? You mean there's only one demon?"

"Unbelievable, isn't it? Who would have thought that the one who wiped out so many immortals and devoured nine planets was actually just a single demon!"

Yi Xuan nodded blankly, recalling Liang Shi's words when he saw Chu Longcheng disappear.

"Chu Longcheng seems to have been digested by the stomach lining!"

"That demon didn't leave?"

"No!"

Venerable Yuan shook his head helplessly; it had been like this for a thousand years.

"We're all inside him!"

Yi Xuan felt the hairs on the back of his head stand up instantly.

The dampness on his forehead made him reach out and touch it.

It's sweat!

It had now spread all over Yi Xuan's forehead.

This fear was even more intense than when I had heard about the existence of the other nine planets.

An entire galaxy was actually inside that demon's stomach.

Is this truly a life form capable of existing in the universe?

It's said that planets gave birth to life, but what gave birth to this life?

Yi Xuan couldn't imagine it.

Haha, were you scared?

Seeing Yi Xuan's expression, Venerable Yuan's face revealed a smile that he had expected.

"Yes... yes, a little!"

Wiping away his sweat, Yi Xuan suddenly smiled at Venerable Yuan.

But in Venerable Yuan's eyes, Yi Xuan's smile was not even as beautiful as his tears.

"Take your time to process this; after all, only a minority can accept this reality!"

After saying that, Venerable Yuan turned and walked out.

He knew that Yi Xuan would need time to adjust after receiving such information all at once.

That's why Venerable Yuan decided to leave Yi Xuan alone in the quiet room to think things through.

But just as he was about to step out of the room, Yi Xuan's voice came from inside.

"Senior! Can you tell me what kind of demon that is?"

"Of course, the Heavenly Dog! Have you heard of it? The Heavenly Dog that even mortals know about!"

After saying that, Venerable Yuan's figure disappeared through the doorway, leaving Yi Xuan alone, staring blankly at the entrance.

Heavenly Dog!

How familiar those words are.

Whether in past or present life, the term "Heavenly Dog" is familiar to everyone.

Not to mention cultivators, even mortal children have heard the legend of the Heavenly Dog the sun.

But Yi Xuan never imagined that the legendary Heavenly Dog actually existed.

And at this moment, I am truly inside the other person's stomach.

So, is the legend of the Heavenly Dog the sun true?

If that's the case, then this Heavenly Dog's target was never actually the Cultivation Realm! It was the sun currently hanging above the entire Cultivation Realm!

It will devour the sun!

Whether it was the nine planets or those immortals, they were all just things that came easily to this Heavenly Dog!

That's the most terrifying thing.

Previously, Yi Xuan thought that the Heavenly Dog was an enemy of the Cultivation Realm, but according to the legend, the decline of the Cultivation Realm was just something the Heavenly Dog did on a whim!