"This place is no longer safe."
Leng Xingzhi stood up and, addressing the darkness, commanded, "Pack up and leave."
"Yes."
The innkeeper's voice came from outside.
Chu Lingwei looked up and saw the bright light in the sky, reflecting several figures that were cast very large in the moonlight.
Good heavens, could these people have broken through Song City's barrier?
The Meng family seemed to be having a rather unlucky day.
"Are we leaving now?"
After a brief moment of blindness, the eyes watching them all around disappeared. In such a critical moment, survival was paramount.
Chu Lingwei felt a bit disappointed. She hadn't even had a chance to participate in the events unfolding in Song City before it was about to be destroyed.
"Let's go, let's go quickly."
The guardian barrier of Song City could protect the lives of all cultivators within it, and it could also instantly end them. Before the Meng family made their decision, it was best to leave.
Chu Lingwei stood on her senior brother's flying artifact, watching Song City recede into the distance. She felt a sense of wonder, not expecting them to escape so easily.
"Senior Brother, what do you think will happen to Song City next?" Chu Lingwei looked at the distant Song City, where spiritual energy flickered. There were still people fighting there. The level of such combat was beyond the reach of a minor figure like Chu Lingwei.
"The Meng family must have deliberately brought out the Black Lotus," Leng Xingzhi said, gazing in the direction of Song City. He hadn't expected the Meng family to possess such a thing. A small family like the Mengs shouldn't even be able to touch the Black Lotus.
To serve others and fail in one's duties leads to only one outcome.
"With the Black Lotus appearing, the Profound Heaven Continent will fall into great chaos," Chu Lingwei murmured. By bringing out the Black Lotus, the Meng family actually intended to wreak havoc upon the Profound Heaven Continent. Now that this goal could not be achieved, they…
"Bang!"
Suddenly, a thunderous explosion occurred, accompanied by a surge of spiritual energy that swept towards them.
Leng Xingzhi shielded Chu Lingwei beneath him, and the two of them plunged into the water.
The scalding seawater enveloped Chu Lingwei, and she felt a sense of suffocation. This feeling of powerlessness made her feel as though she was on the brink of death.
"Weiwei, wake up?"
Leng Xingzhi held Chu Lingwei, diving deeper and deeper. The Water Repelling Pearl protected Chu Lingwei, but it couldn't wake her up.
"Weiwei, Weiwei, can you hear me?"
Leng Xingzhi knelt before Chu Lingwei, gently pinching her cheek.
"I'm awake."
Chu Lingwei had already regained consciousness, but she was unable to fully wake up. The voice she uttered was barely audible even to herself.
"It's good that you're awake." Seeing that Chu Lingwei had woken up, Leng Xingzhi sat before her, waiting for her to fully recover.
"What exactly is going on?" Chu Lingwei opened her eyes and looked at her senior brother for a long moment. She remembered being struck by a massive surge of spiritual energy and falling into the water. "Does Song City no longer exist?"
"Yes."
Just as Leng Xingzhi had anticipated, Meng Yi had ultimately chosen the most difficult path.
In the future, there would be no more Meng family in the Profound Heaven Continent.
"So many cultivators, and all of them powerful beings, great figures." Chu Lingwei sat up with Leng Xingzhi's help. "Will they really all be blown to death?"
"Even if they are incredibly powerful, they are still human, not yet gods."
Leng Xingzhi fed Chu Lingwei a pill and, seeing her complexion improve, said leisurely, "However, some cultivators did manage to escape. Not all of them perished."
Chu Lingwei: "..." If her senior brother's words were heard by others, they would surely come to beat him soundly.
"Senior Brother, do you believe that gods truly exist in this world?"
If one broke through the Sovereign Realm, they might ascend to godhood, but it was only a possibility; not everyone became a god after breaking through.
"Of course, there are."
Seeing that his junior sister was now able to ask questions, Leng Xingzhi stood up. "If junior sister can stand, we can take a look and see where we are."
Chu Lingwei summoned the Phantom Cat with her divine sense. Hearing its reply that it was safe, she stood up and followed her senior brother.
They were currently at the bottom of the sea. However, the place they occupied was completely devoid of water. The seawater seemed to be held back by something above them, and they were positioned between the sea and the seabed.
Chu Lingwei could see some water spirit beasts swimming above their heads. They seemed to be completely unaware of their presence.
"Is this place separated by a barrier?" Chu Lingwei flew to the seabed and reached out, gently touching the seawater. Her hand could pass through, and she could touch the water.
However, the seawater did not fall down.
"Weren't you just asking me if gods exist in this world? Perhaps this place was once a place where gods cultivated."
Leng Xingzhi walked up to a relief and waved his hand, making the relief before them clearer.
Chu Lingwei approached her senior brother and looked at the drawings on the relief.
The first depicted what seemed to be a cultivator, or perhaps not, cultivating under a tree.
The second depicted him breaking through, and successfully achieving it, with auspicious clouds descending from the sky.
In the third, another cultivator appeared behind the first one. Judging by their intimacy, they were likely cultivation partners.
"They don't seem to be human."
Chu Lingwei examined their figures and the spiritual energy attributes surrounding them closely. They were slightly different from cultivators.
"What do you think they are?"
"Senior Brother, I don't want to guess. Just tell me directly."
Chu Lingwei quickly looked through the remaining reliefs. The general meaning was that these two formed a cultivation partnership, cultivated together, encountered tribulations during their cultivation, separated to cultivate, broke through to the Sovereign Realm separately, and flew off in different directions.
Flying off in different directions, perhaps because Chu Lingwei had read many novels before, her imagination ran wild, suggesting they might have ascended to different realms.
The crucial question now was, were these two really not human?
Leng Xingzhi looked at his junior sister's certainty and hesitated for a moment before answering.
"Senior Brother, you'll tell me the answer eventually anyway. Just tell me directly and save us the trouble." Chu Lingwei tugged on Leng Xingzhi's arm, waiting for their answer.
"This person is a demon, and this person is a monster."
Leng Xingzhi replied helplessly.
"But the demonic energy and monstrous energy of demons and monsters are completely different from what's depicted here?" Chu Lingwei stepped forward again, carefully observing the spiritual energy around the two of them, which was completely different from current demons.
"These must be demons and monsters from tens of thousands of years ago. Back then, everyone's spiritual energy was not like it is now." Leng Xingzhi approached the relief depicting their breakthrough and gazed at it for a long time.
"Senior Brother, are we currently at the bottom of Song City's sea?" Chu Lingwei remembered that when she was knocked unconscious by the spiritual energy, she hadn't yet left Song City's territory.
"No longer." Chu Lingwei's cultivation was too weak to remain in Song City's seabed for long.
"Then where are we?" Chu Lingwei pressed.