124: Some long-ago secrets

"The Sea of Stars has been a unique region since ancient times. It was formed gradually after a broken world fell into our world endless ages ago."

Xia Gehuang took a sip of the Spirit Tea on the stone table and spoke indifferently.

To Gu Yuan and Ye Qingshang, her words sounded like a thunderclap.

A broken world... The Sea of Stars was actually a fragment of a broken world!?

This... Gu Yuan and Ye Qingshang glanced at each other, both of their faces filled with shock.

"A broken world... Wait, Sister Xia, could it be because of that heavenly dao incarnation...?"

Gu Yuan's mind worked quickly; he immediately thought of Tian Mei and the fallen heavenly dao incarnation they had encountered at the Star Cloud Sect.

Xia Gehuang looked at Gu Yuan with some surprise.

She hadn't expected him to react so quickly. She then nodded and said:

"Correct. heavenly dao incarnations walk the world not only to correct the origin of the great dao, but also to..."

Xia Gehuang paused for a moment, and a trace of a disdainful smile appeared on her holy and beautiful face.

"Follow the commands of the Heavenly Dao to go and... destroy the world."

Destroy the world... Gu Yuan was stunned when he heard this. So there was such a story behind it.

"Isn't it said that the Heavenly Dao is selfless? Why would it want to destroy the world...?"

Ye Qingshang asked curiously at this moment.

As a Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox and a darling of heaven and earth, she had a natural affinity for the Great Dao.

Therefore, hearing what Xia Gehuang said naturally caused doubts to arise in her heart.

"The so-called selflessness is only like that when a certain threshold has not been reached."

Xia Gehuang's voice was very calm, as if she were merely recounting a very ordinary matter.

"Heavenly Dao... Sister, you're right. It's still too early for me to come into contact with these things. My strength is not yet sufficient."

Gu Yuan sighed softly and said.

With the support of the System, his cultivation speed was already very fast—or rather, it was extremely abnormal.

But if he had to face the Heavenly Dao, it was still far from enough.

Gu Yuan even wondered if the invincible state granted by the System would be effective against the Heavenly Dao.

After all, Gu Yuan had never deeply understood what kind of existence the System truly was.

Since he had undergone Transmigration to the Qihuang Continent, he was already a Cultivator of this world.

And as a Cultivator of this world, the Heavenly Dao could intervene.

Well... actually, this was quite a convoluted line of thought.

"No matter. It's just the Heavenly Dao. Heh, as long as I am in this world, the Heavenly Dao cannot intervene."

Xia Gehuang said indifferently.

After saying that, she tilted her head back to drink a cup of spiritual wine, a few drops of which trickled down her fair neck.

"Until then, Gu Yuan, do whatever you want to your heart's content. The future is your world."

Xia Gehuang wiped her mouth quite freely, then looked at Gu Yuan and spoke softly.

Hmm... Sister Xia was so beautiful just now... Cough... Gu Yuan coughed lightly and then nodded seriously.

"Don't worry, Sister Xia, I will definitely not let down your expectations!"

His voice was full of confidence, and when Ye Qingshang heard it, her beautiful eyes sparkled with adoration.

Gu Yuan should be high-spirited like this.

This was her man.

Xia Gehuang nodded slightly, quite satisfied with Gu Yuan's response, and then she continued:

"After the broken world fell into our world, it had to undergo a very long period of adaptation because the Laws of the great dao of our world rejected and resisted it."

"Under the rejection of the Laws of the great dao and the process of the broken world's own evolution, the Sea of Stars and the creatures within it were gradually formed."

So that's how the creatures in the Sea of Stars came to be.

After listening to Xia Gehuang's words, Gu Yuan also nodded.

"So, is the Outer Realm Evil Demon inside that monster hiding here because it saw how unique the Sea of Stars is?"

Gu Yuan thought of this and asked curiously.

Xia Gehuang curled her lips and said:

"Correct. Since I hadn't completely figured out the situation of that broken world back then, I let some fish that escaped the net hide inside."

Fish that escaped the net... Gu Yuan remembered the origin of the Extraterritorial Evil Demons he had heard from his Revered Master.

A mysterious existence... "Uh, Sister Xia, let me ask. It's said that a long time ago, the Qihuang Continent experienced an invasion by Extraterritorial Evil Demons, and it was only settled because a mysterious existence took action."

Gu Yuan swallowed his saliva and then said:

"That mysterious existence..."

"Oh, that was me. What about it?"

Before Gu Yuan could finish, Xia Gehuang nodded and admitted it straightforwardly.

At the same time, she glanced at Gu Yuan with some confusion, as if wondering why he was asking.

Uh... I knew it!

Gu Yuan shook his head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

When he heard his Revered Master mention it before, he had suspected that the mysterious existence might be Sister Xia.

As it turned out, it really was her!

At the same time, Gu Yuan felt emotional again.

This Sister Xia was truly a living legend.

No matter how big the event was, it seemed Sister Xia was involved... "Alright, back to the main topic. The monster fusion you encountered was likely formed after the Outer Realm Evil Demon and that broken world evolved together."

Xia Gehuang didn't pay attention to Gu Yuan's admiring gaze and continued:

"As for the heavenly dao incarnation inside it, heh, those self-important heavenly dao incarnations underestimated the Power of Despair generated by the death of all living beings after a world is broken."

So that's how it is... Gu Yuan nodded. Indeed, the heavenly dao incarnations were truly more self-important than the last.

Thinking back to when Tian Mei first appeared, she was incredibly arrogant, though she was now just a well-behaved little kitten.

"Sister Xia, previously I repaired that Ancient Grand Formation together with Mingyue, but later... um... it was interrupted. Does Sister Xia know the origin of that Ancient Grand Formation?"

Ye Qingshang also spoke up. Halfway through, she glanced at Gu Yuan, pursed her lips, and then continued.

Hearing this, Xia Gehuang just gave a soft laugh.

"Of course I know. I was the one who set up that grand formation. It's just that after endless ages, it's finally about to wear out."

Huh!?

Ye Qingshang blinked her eyes. How—how is it Sister Xia again... Gu Yuan, on the other hand, shrugged. He was already mentally prepared for this answer.

"Sister Xia, Revered Master should be uniting the various major Sects to repair that Ancient Grand Formation later. Um... can Sister Xia look after them a bit then?"

Hearing Gu Yuan's words, Xia Gehuang gave him a half-smile.

"Naturally, I can. After all, that's your Revered Master and your Mingyue."