The Last Chance
Yi Xuan was startled by his own thoughts and couldn't calm down for a long time.
But for Heavenly Dog capable of devouring nine main planets, devouring a single star doesn't seem so difficult.
However, all of this was still just Yi Xuan's speculation.
He still needs to confirm with Venerable Yuan.
Half a day later, after adjusting his mindset, Yi Xuan found Venerable Yuan in the valley above the aerospace center.
When they found him, Venerable Yuan was looking at the densely packed launch towers in the valley, his eyes filled with curiosity.
As soon as Yi Xuan approached, Venerable Yuan smiled and said, "Not bad, not bad, you're stronger than I imagined! I thought you'd be depressed for a while after hearing such devastating news!"
"Hehe, you're joking, senior!"
Yi Xuan looked at Venerable Yuan, who had his back to him, and said, "I am truly shocked, but there's no need to be depressed for a while. Since it has already happened, the most important thing for me is to think about how to solve it. Where can I run away from something like this?"
Upon hearing this, Venerable Yuan immediately turned around.
His gaze towards Yi Xuan was also full of brilliance. "Not bad, not bad! It seems I didn't misjudge you! Speak, since you came to me, you must have other questions. From now on, I will answer everything I know!"
Yi Xuan pondered for a moment before asking his first question.
"Senior, that Heavenly Dog's target was never the Cultivation Realm, was it?"
How do you know?
Venerable Yuan asked with a playful expression.
"The legend of the Heavenly Dog the sun has existed since ancient times. Now that the Heavenly Dog has become a reality, I believe that eating the sun must be quite similar!"
"Why!"
With a long sigh, Venerable Yuan nodded and said, "You're right! That Heavenly Dog's target was indeed the sun! Just like the legends describe, the Heavenly Dog, being a demon, does indeed feed on the sun! However, we were relatively lucky; we were facing a Heavenly Dog that was still immature, which is why we were able to survive for tens of millions of years despite its devouring. If it were a mature Heavenly Dog, it would only take less than ten thousand years to devour an ordinary star system!"
If minors have already driven the entire Cultivation Realm to the brink of collapse, what will become of adults?
After hearing Venerable Yuan's words, Yi Xuan simply couldn't imagine how terrifying an adult Heavenly Dog would be.
"Didn't you try to notify the Immortal Realm?"
"You think we don't want to?"
Venerable Yuan gave Yi Xuan a knowing look and continued speaking.
"It's not that we didn't try, it's that we had no way!"
"No way?"
"Hmph, what do you think? Even for Guiding Golden Immortal, the Heavenly Dog is an unimaginable existence. At that time, the entire Cultivation Realm didn't even notice the Heavenly Dog's arrival! They didn't even realize that all the immortals heading to the Immortal Realm had disappeared at the edge of the star system, just like those people you just saw."
"So how was it discovered later?"
"It's because the Heavenly Dog has started devouring the outermost planet!"
At this point, Venerable Yuan seemed to have thought of something terrifying, and an extremely unnatural expression appeared on his face.
"Can you imagine such a scene? A planet, disappearing bit by bit before your eyes! Without any attack or warning, it just suddenly begins to slowly melt away from one side! Not a single person survives. All life on the planet, and the immortals residing on the nearby asteroids, are completely wiped out along with that planet, utterly and completely!"
Yi Xuan clearly saw Venerable Yuan swallow hard, then continued, "At that moment, the surviving immortals realized they had become the Heavenly Dog's meal. As for contacting the Immortal Realm, do you think it's still possible?"
Next, Venerable Yuan gave Yi Xuan a brief explanation of some knowledge about Heavenly Dog.
Just as Yi Xuan thought, the Heavenly Dog did indeed feed on the sun.
A young Heavenly Dog can enter adulthood after devouring its first star system.
After reaching adulthood, the Heavenly Dog's ability to devour prey increases dramatically.
It would take a juvenile Heavenly Dog tens of millions of years to devour a star system.
However, it only takes about 10,000 years for an adult Heavenly Dog to devour a star system, so the difference between the two is not insignificant.
Of course, while stars are the Heavenly Dog's favorite food, they are not its only food.
For Heavenly Dog capable of devouring stars, most of the energy in this universe could be its food.
Whether it's nuclear energy, Immortal Qi, or Spiritual Qi.
This explains why the Heavenly Dog, while devouring stars, also swallowed the entire star system.
Besides absorbing energy, the Heavenly Dog also possesses another special ability, which can be considered a defensive mechanism.
That is, during the process of it devouring, the body will become a state of nothingness.
It's as if it's vanished; unless touched, it cannot be observed by either the naked eye or Divine Sense.
This is why, even though the Cultivation Realm was devoured by the Heavenly Dog, it could still observe the universe.
Furthermore, this defense mechanism is not actually aimed at the inside of the body, but mainly at the outside.
After all, even if the Heavenly Dog is powerful, there are still powerful beings in the Immortal Realm who can deal with it.
It would be a very troublesome situation if those powerful beings discovered that they were devouring stars.
Because during the process of devouring, they must remain in a state of devouring until the devouring is complete.
Even when facing enemy attacks, it is unable to defend itself.
Thus, to some powerful beings in the Immortal Realm, the Heavenly Dog in its devouring state becomes a meat dog waiting to be slaughtered.
Therefore, when they devour stars, their unique ability to hide becomes their best protection, preventing them from being detected by stronger entities.
"Are we truly helpless after being swallowed by the Heavenly Dog? Has no one tried to escape in all these tens of millions of years?"
After saying this, even Yi Xuan himself wanted to slap himself.
Isn't that obvious? Who would willingly sit and wait to die, especially inside someone else's stomach?
The thought of dying like that is utterly pathetic.
"We tried eight times!"
Eight times?
Yi Xuan didn't quite understand the number at first, but when he thought of the nine planets that once existed, he immediately realized what it meant.
Excluding the planet that was initially devoured by the Heavenly Dog, the eight planets that disappeared afterwards correspond exactly to the eight instances, don't they?
So what do you mean?
"That's right! It failed eight times!"
Yi Xuan wanted to ask Venerable Yuan why he had only tried eight times in the past ten million years.
But the words caught in his throat.
Saying that would be as foolish as asking children in impoverished mountain areas why they don't eat meat when they can't afford to eat rice.
If there were a way, wouldn't they want to try it a few more times?
Thinking of this, Yi Xuan took a deep breath.
Looking at the earth beneath his feet, he understood that this planet was the last chance for the Cultivation Realm.
This is also my last chance!