At that moment, Li Yuan stood up and took a step forward. He bowed and said, "Senior, you just had a huge battle. Why don't you come to my Wind Cloud Sect to rest and recuperate?"
Although the Xuanming Grotto-heaven was good, it had been destroyed by Jiang Tian. He guessed that Jiang Tian would need to enter seclusion to raise his cultivation level or recuperate after the battle. That was why he said that.
The moment he said that, everyone was envious.
Now that he was able to invite Jiang Tian to stay in his sect, he would naturally be able to take advantage of this opportunity to form a friendship with Jiang Tian. Moreover, Jiang Tian still had to fight in the Ruins of Immortality and leave this world. Li Yuan would then be able to guard this world.
However, they did not say anything. After all, Li Yuan's Wind Cloud Sect was the largest and had the most abundant spiritual energy. It was also Jiang Tian's best choice.
"Okay!"
Jiang Tian nodded slightly and gladly agreed. He also looked at him deeply.
Li Yuan was on par with the North Sea Saber Sovereign back then.
However, when Long Shengnan led many grade-3 worlds to kill Jiang Tian on the Dragon Gate's Eighteen Disk Islands, he did not take action. That would undoubtedly put him under immense pressure.
Following that, he led the group and flew towards the Wind Cloud Sect unhurriedly.
"Senior Grand Primordium, Li Yuan can be used!"
Long Shengnan transmitted her voice to Jiang Tian with her consciousness.
"Speak!"
Jiang Tian was a man of few words. His expression was calm.
"Back then, I came to the lower realm under the orders of the Ruins Emperor's Palace. I joined forces with the factions of Yingzhou, Beiming, and Penglai to set up an ambush on the Eighteen Disk Islands. I also found Li Yuan!"
Long Shengnan said.
"But Li Yuan rejected me! Originally, if he dared to defy orders, I could have led experts to wipe out his sect. However, he was ruthless. He said that he was injured by a Fey beast and lost an arm! "
When Jiang Tian heard that, he scanned Li Yuan with his consciousness and said with a smile, "It was not a Fey beast. It was done by an Dharma artifact. Furthermore, the Dharma artifact's grade is not low. There are nomological remnants."
"Yes. I had my suspicions back then, but there was no way to expose them! This person should have rebelled against the Ruins Emperor! "
Long Shengnan said.
"Li Yuan's situation is different from Wu Shujian's. Wu Shujian was only subdued by your strength, but Li Yuan shares the same ideals as you! This is the most stable alliance! "
"You're right!"
Jiang Tian nodded approvingly.
"Although the world of cultivation has always been dominated by strength, and they fear my strength today, in the future, if they encounter an even more powerful threat, they might betray me. Only by agreeing with one's ideals would one be able to truly agree with them. Many cultivators are willing to die for their ideals! "
Following that, Jiang Tian looked at Li Yuan and said with a smile, "Li Yuan, did you not approve of the Ruins Emperor to begin with?"
Li Yuan hurriedly bowed and said, "Indeed. I've loved ancient records since I was young. I've visited all the sects in the Northern Sea Realm, big and small. I've flipped through the records of the Primordial Era. You don't need to look at those cultivation techniques and the like. Instead, you need to focus on the various anecdotes recorded in ancient records! "
At this point, his expression turned solemn.
"I once read in an ancient book that the many worlds surrounding the South Gate Two Stars, including the Ruins of Immortality, originally came from the solar system! And the Ruins Emperor was an invader, or even a traitor! "
"Indeed, tens of thousands of years have passed since then. However, in our bloodline still flows the bloodline of the ancient Sages of Earth."
"Yes, I've only just figured out the history here, but that's indeed the case!"
Said Jiang Tian.
"So it's all true. I thought it was just a legend!"
Li Yuan wore a look of shock.
Li Yuan pondered for a moment and said,
"The glorious achievements of the ancient Sages of Earth and the ancient immortal lands, their bravery in the face of danger, their willingness to risk their lives and embark on interstellar wandering, their courageous resistance to perish together with their enemies … all of that deeply inspires and moves me! I have a nagging feeling that even if they were failures, they were still heroes! And even if the Ruins Emperor won the war ten thousand years ago, even if he was stronger, he was nothing but a despicable villain, a clown, when compared to them! "
"In Emperor Zhong Li's generation, there didn't seem to be any Void Reversion or Dao Integration experts. At the very least, they did not engage in interstellar travel."
Jiang Tian fell silent for a moment as a look of vicissitudes flashed in his eyes.
"They did not know that their nomological laws and even Great Dao were only suitable for the Solar System. Once the coordinates of the cosmos shifted, the nomological laws and Great Dao would no longer be compatible with the world. Therefore, the moment they arrived at the South Gate One Star, they entered an era of Dao Impairment. They could not even unleash ten or twenty percent of their combat strength! "
"Therefore, the Ruins Emperor was able to take advantage of the situation!"
"Despite failing on the verge of success, they were still heroes! At the very least, they left behind roots like you! "
Jiang Tian gave his final comment.
"However, after ten thousand years, the Ruins Emperor pursued and burned all of those ancient manuals. He even forbade them from being passed down through word of mouth. Anyone who mentioned them would be immediately suppressed and wiped out. Therefore, most people only know of the Ruins Emperor and do not know of the ancient Sages like the Sheng Emperor! "
Li Yuan fell silent for a long while before he gave a self-deprecating laugh.
"Perhaps I'm a little pedantic. After all, the current ruler is the Ruins Emperor. He's as stable as a mountain! The present Ruins of Immortality rules an entire solar system with dozens of planets of various sizes. He has as many Nascent Soul cultivators as there are Soul Formation cultivators under him. This generation is even more prosperous. There are three Soul Formation cultivators — the Academy's Teacher, the Ruins Emperor's Palace's Sword God, and the Sky Palace's Skyriver Star Lord! "
"As for me, I'm merely a half-step Nascent Soul. I've been stuck at this juncture for more than a hundred years. With such disloyal thoughts, I'm like a mantis under a wheel. It's like a mantis trying to stop a chariot. I can't change anything. All I can do is imagine it! "
He let out a long sigh and said, "However, I can't help but fantasize about how prosperous we would be if the ancient Sages won!"
"Don't think too highly of the Ruins Emperor!"
Jiang Tian smiled faintly and said, "The Ruins Emperor's cultivation technique is indeed powerful. At the very least, it's compatible with this solar system. However, the main reason is that he set up an astounding array that drew the spiritual energy of many worlds into the Ruins of Immortality. They have endless resources, allowing them to produce so many geniuses!"
"Is that really the case?"
Li Yuan revealed a look of anger.
"Indeed!"
Ghost Wolf said.
"In fact, as long as these astounding arrays exist, with the level of spiritual energy in your world, you won't be able to reach the Nascent Soul realm no matter how advanced your cultivation technique is!"
"Originally, your world once had a Xuanming grotto-heaven that fell from the depths of the cosmos. You could have used it to break through to the Nascent Soul realm, but you saw the result …"
Li Yuan's body trembled as a cold glint flashed in his eyes.
"Indeed, when the Xuanming grotto-heaven fell into this world, we were overjoyed. However, we immediately alerted the Ruins Emperor's Palace, and Prince Qiu Ming sent people down to occupy it … "
"What are they talking about?"
Wu Shujian looked at Long Shengnan in surprise. Clearly, he did not know the inside story of the Ruins of Immortality.
"Fellow Daoist, you don't know?"
Long Shengnan quickly sent a voice transmission with her divine consciousness and briefly explained.
Immediately, Wu Shujian and Fairy Yao Yue's mouths opened wide as the muscles at the corners of their eyes twitched. "What? The Ruins Emperor has occupied our ancestral land? "
"Damn it, I'm going to kill him!"
Wu Shujian was so angry that his lungs almost exploded.
"If that's the case, Senior Ao Feng and the others are truly admirable!"
Fairy Yao Yue had a complicated expression. She thought that she was high and mighty and looked down on the cultivators of the lower realms. She did not expect that they were the ones who knew the truth of history.
"If they failed, they would either be exterminated or enslaved."
Jiang Tian sighed. "The victors would never treat the losers as lifeforms of the same level, much less give them a chance to develop and strengthen themselves!"
"The Ruins Emperor is smart. After extracting the Spirit Qi, he still used the Hundred Moons Academy to select talents from the various worlds. He created an opening for the slaves so that they would not be so desperate. That way, some of the talents would be grateful and loyal, following him to their deaths! "
"For example, me …"
Wu Shujian's expression turned bitter as his heart was filled with sorrow. He thought to himself that he was a fool. His cultivation resources had been plundered, and he still worked for the Ruins Emperor.
"For example, Yu Linzi!"
However, Jiang Tian did not mention Wu Shujian as he said with a mocking expression.
"He thought that everything he had — his cultivation level, reputation, and status — was given to him by the Ruins Emperor. He was grateful to the Ruins Emperor. Therefore, even before his death, he was filled with fighting spirit and refused to take a step back. He believed that he was fighting for what he believed in and that his death was honorable! "
"In fact, he was just foolishly loyal. He did not know that everything he had today belonged to him in the first place. However, it was taken away by the Ruins Emperor and returned to him! In fact, without the Ruins Emperor, this world could have been better! "
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