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The girl nodded. "I'll handle this. You can leave."
The man nodded and obediently left, showing great respect for the young woman.
"Please, fellow Daoist, enter the Heavenly Realm." The girl looked at Yunhua.
"Excuse me," Yunhua said, stepping into the passage and crossing the endless void in one step, arriving in the heavens.
Here, the earth is vast and boundless, the mountains and rivers are magnificent, the sky is infinitely high, and cultivators and evolvers roam freely, their auras all incredibly powerful.
The essence of heaven and earth flowed freely, the laws of the Great Dao were crystal clear, and spiritual herbs were everywhere.
One after another, sacred mountains stand tall, with jade palaces and magnificent buildings, and numerous Taoist traditions flourish.
This is only a glimpse of the heavens, but it truly lives up to the name of the heavens.
"Above all the heavens, above the Great Dao, in this supreme place, reincarnation is impossible to reverse." Yunhua sighed softly.
"Why do you sigh, fellow Daoist?" the girl asked, standing beside Yunhua.
"I sigh for Heaven. All glory is swept away by wind and rain. Even the most brilliant and dazzling Heaven has become the past," Yunhua said frankly.
"Fellow Daoist, did you see it?"
"Yes, I saw the truth." Yunhua's eyes glowed with a hazy light, piercing through illusion and seeing the reality.
There are no magnificent palaces or sacred mountains, no celestial birds or auspicious beasts, only countless evolved beings.
The place was in ruins; the sacred mountain lay withered and overturned on the ground, the palaces were reduced to ruins, and broken ancient steles were buried among the grass and trees.
The essence of heaven and earth was still abundant, but it was shrouded in the aura of death.
Looking out over the mountains and rivers, all was deathly still, with wisps of eerie and ominous matter drifting between heaven and earth.
The sky was dark, and the ground was gray. The powerful evolved being that soared into the sky was nothing but an illusion, not reality.
"Heaven is dead," Yunhua murmured, the truth being exactly as he had expected.
The surface remains dazzling, but the truth is so cruel.
The center of all heavens, the supreme being above all heavens, is dead.
This is a truth that only an Immortal Emperor can see, but because Yunhua's eyes are somewhat special, although they no longer possess the power of the Great Dao, they have after all borne the power of the Great Dao for hundreds of thousands of years.
This resulted in Yunhua's eyes possessing extraordinary abilities, and his combat power, which remained at the pseudo-supreme level, allowed him to see through everything.
That's why he was able to see the truth.
Otherwise, if a third-stage Quasi-Immortal Emperor were to come, he would only find it somewhat strange, but would not see the truth.
"Yes, the heavens are dead." The girl said expressionlessly.
“You have brought the entire heavens back to life.” Yunhua looked at the girl.
"It's just living an illusory life."
This young girl is a Celestial Emperor, a living Celestial Emperor!
The Celestial Emperor can reflect the past, pulling things from the river of time into the present, thus allowing the past to reappear.
"Fellow Daoist, you may call me Luo," the young woman, Luo, said to Yunhua.
"I never imagined that a fellow Daoist could be born among all the heavens."
The illusion that only a Celestial Emperor could see was visible to Yunhua, which made Luo have to think more highly of Yunhua.
Furthermore, the power within Yunhua's body, which was many times more terrifying than that of a normal Dao Ancestor, could not be hidden from her.
She is a living Celestial Emperor, and there is basically nothing in the world that can be hidden from her.
"Fellow Daoist Luo." Yun Hua was not reserved and spoke frankly.
"My name is Hongjun." Yunhua still revealed this Taoist name.
Because once Yunhua's darkness allows us to make contact with the strange races, the Daoist title Hongjun is something we simply cannot avoid.
If we give Luo another Daoist name now, in case we meet with the strange race together in the future, the strange race will call him Yunhua Hongjun, which is different from the one Luo knows.
Wouldn't that be incredibly awkward?
"I never imagined that Heaven would become like this." Yunhua actually knew this in advance.
But this was his first time in the Celestial Realm, and he couldn't very well tell a Celestial Emperor, "I knew all along that you, the Celestial Realm, were dead..."
"You must be disappointed. This place, renowned throughout the heavens for its boundless beauty, is now less prosperous than the rest of the heavens," Luo said.
"The entire heavens are in ruins, and all races combined are only about 20% of their peak life force still alive."
"Civilization has been destroyed in the flames of war, and its glory has long been buried deep in history."
"You have come to Heaven, but you will not gain anything."
“These bizarre races are truly the source of chaos,” Yunhua sighed.
Eighty percent of all living beings in the world have died. It sounds like just a number, but its reality is shocking.
“It seems you know something,” Luo said.
"The heavens I inhabit have been constantly invaded by strange races. I have also learned of news from other heavens, many of which are also engulfed in war."
"Your world is fortunate to have given birth to someone like you." Luo looked at Yunhua. "With your current strength, you can easily quell the strange beings that roam the heavens."
"You are at the Dao Ancestor level, yet you can retain some of the power of the End of the Path level for a long time. You are unique; I have never seen anything like it before."
“But against strange races, this is not enough, far from enough.” Yun Hua shook his head. Let alone him being just a pseudo-Immortal Emperor, even if he were a true Immortal Emperor, he would still be no match for strange races.
"Don't overthink it, you have a long future ahead of you." Luo felt that Yunhua had great potential and would most likely advance to the End of the Path level in the future.
Chapter 1482 A Reflection of Failure
The titles such as Supreme of All Heavens, End of the Road, and Immortal Emperor all refer to the same realm.
"You've made a special trip to the heavens, is there anything I can do to help?" Luo asked.
"Try not to stay in the heavens for too long, otherwise you might be discovered by the strange races."
"Does this strange race also care about the heavens?" Yunhua asked.
“Of course, there are always some vicious dogs watching us.” Luo nodded, a look of reminiscence on his face.
“Long ago, a strange race set foot in the heavens and invaded our realm.”
"Faced with the invasion of the strange race, we fought back with all our might, but Heaven was defeated and about 80% of the living beings died. Most of our fellow cultivators at the end of the road also perished."
"Only Fellow Daoist Menghai and I are still alive."
“Fellow Daoist Menghai is in much worse condition than me; he has been in a deep slumber for many years, and I did not awaken him this time.”
"After that war, the heavens were destroyed and withered to this point, no longer capable of resisting. However, a few strange forces are still active, one of their duties being to monitor the heavens."
"So, the strange race knows everything you're doing right now?"
"The Dao Ancestor cannot see through it, but the strange beings at the end of the road level can, but they no longer care about the heavens."
Before the last great invasion by the strange race, there were at least five Celestial Emperors in the heavens, but they were still defeated by the strange race.
Now, only Luo and Meng Hai remain in the heavens, and both are in extremely poor condition, so the strange Immortal Emperor doesn't care at all.
Of course, this was also because the two were so well hidden that the eerie Immortal Emperor couldn't find them.
Luo's visit to Yunhua does not mean that her whereabouts are public knowledge.
Most importantly, the strange races and Immortal Emperor-level beings are now all paying attention to Shi Hao, this powerful dragon crossing the river.
However, forces like the Soul River occasionally keep an eye on the heavens and observe the situation here.
"By reflecting the past, you want to transform the illusory into the real, reproduce the glory of the heavens, and guide the deceased Lu Jinji back. Doing so will have a great impact on yourselves."
"And to be honest, I don't think the chances of success are very slim."
Luo and Menghai are not meant to reflect one or two individuals, or to bring some people back to life.
Instead, they wanted to reflect the past God's influence on the present and resurrect the entire God.
This is terrifying; it's something even an Immortal Emperor would find difficult to accomplish.
Most importantly, would the strange race just sit idly by and watch Luo and the others bring the other Immortal Emperors back?
"You really do know a lot." Luo glanced at Yunhua.
Such events, reflecting the past, are rarely known among the heavens, as they are powers exclusive to the Celestial Emperor.
"Yes, we do indeed hold the idea of reflecting reality from the past and restoring the heavens, and we also want to guide other fellow Daoists back."
"We know it's difficult."
"However, if we don't use this method, it's basically impossible for Heaven to return to its peak, and it won't be able to resist the strange races."
If we want things to develop and evolve normally so that God can return to his former peak, how long would that take?
It is an immeasurable length of time!
Over time, the variables increase, making it impossible to have absolute control over everything.
“There was once a fellow Daoist who came from all the heavens, and he also felt that our chances were slim,” Luo said.
"However, he still helped us by taking on some of the costs for a period of time, and he also bought us a lot of time."
"Speaking of which, the heavens have been very prosperous during this period, giving birth to beings like you, fellow Daoist, and also to true beings at the end of the road."
Yunhua knew without even thinking that the person Luo was talking about was Shi Hao.
Once Shi Hao enters the Celestial Realm, he will definitely come into contact with Luo and the others.
Furthermore, when Shi Hao entered the early stage of the Celestial Realm, he was still in a state of conquest, and his targets were presumably the strange races.
He also attracted a large number of followers.
Those followers may come from the heavens, or from the remaining beings of the heavens.
However, Shi Hao is now entering the Calamity Land alone. If he were to bring people with him, it would only be a burden.
"If a being at the end of the road were to fully assist you in reflecting on the past, would you be able to succeed immediately?" Yunhua asked.
Luo shook his head with a wry smile, "It's difficult. Even with an additional perfectly intact being at the end of the road, the chances of a successful reflection are not guaranteed."
"And reflecting an era is too costly; even a being at the end of the road would be extremely weakened."
Yunhua nodded. He understood why Shi Hao would rather fight his way into the Calamity Land alone than stay in the Upper Realm and act out the past with Luo and the others.
Whether this will succeed is still uncertain. What if we do it but gain nothing, or even make ourselves weak?
If the mysterious Immortal Emperor were to attack, we would truly be at his mercy.
It would be better to keep fighting, invade the land of Evil, and carve out a bright and clear world!
Shi Hao helped Luo and the others absorb some of the losses and bought them a lot of time, which can be described as benevolent and righteous.
Luo and Menghai's intentions were good; they were acting in the best interests of Heaven, and this was also one of the ways to help Heaven quickly restore its fighting strength.
But this method is far too difficult. Shi Hao shook his head, thinking it was unrealistic.
Given the immense difficulties faced by the heavens in the past, and the potential interference from strange races, the numerous obstacles made it seem as if there was no hope for this endeavor.
For Shi Hao, rather than wasting his power reflecting the past and gradually weakening himself, it would be better to cultivate diligently and strive to defeat the strange race with his own strength...
He spent millions of years cultivating to become an Immortal Emperor. Does that mean he's supposed to spend countless epochs reflecting on the past?
This is obviously impossible.
Therefore, since entering the Upper Realm, Shi Hao has embarked on a path of constant warfare.
This can be seen as indirectly buying Luo and the others some time.
However, Shi Hao did not stand idly by or ignore the matter; he still extended a helping hand to Luo and the others, providing them with a great deal of assistance.
At the same time, Luo and Menghai did not hold a grudge against Shi Hao for not wanting to be with them. They remained amicable towards Shi Hao and treated him as a friend.
He also revealed many secrets of the Immortal Emperor level to Shi Hao, such as the Immortal Emperor's ability to reflect the past.
In the heavens, many of the Celestial Emperor's abilities have been fully developed.
Those abilities were something that a grassroots Immortal Emperor like Shi Hao could never have imagined in a short time.
Therefore, Shi Hao's relationship with Luo and the others is actually quite harmonious.