Ye Yun gave an embarrassed smile.
He couldn't possibly say it was because he had a lot of lives, could he?
After all, he had died several times back then...
Before Xing Wu could ask more, Ye Yun hastily interjected.
"Let's talk about you sisters first. What exactly happened?"
"If it was just a conflict in the ideal of saving the world, it shouldn't have escalated to sisters fighting each other, right?"
Hearing this, Xing Wu fell silent, or rather, seemed to ponder the past.
Some things, even after tens of thousands of years, were still vivid in her mind.
After a while, she looked at Ye Yun and snorted.
"Our conflict was not limited to that. Since you know she came from the Abyss, I'll show you a recording..."
"Alright."
Ye Yun nodded, and then felt a sense of unreality wash over him.
What was described as a recording was, in fact, him being pulled into a virtual world.
When he regained his senses, he found himself in a ruin.
Xing Wu, standing beside him, began to explain.
"This recording is from twelve thousand years ago, when I ascended from the Abyss Continent, forcefully breaking through the blockade of the Heavenly Dao Temple. This is a period shortly after I fought my way out."
"At that time, the Heavenly Dao Temple had only recently dominated the Heavenly Domain, and it was far weaker than it is now."
Clearly, these were the background details of the time.
Ye Yun looked up and saw two figures materialize before them.
They were two incredibly beautiful women who looked almost identical.
Clearly, these were Xing Wu and Xing Lian from ten thousand years ago.
Ye Yun looked at them, then at Xing Wu beside him, and said with a smile.
"I didn't expect that, ten thousand years ago, you looked so young, my dear?"
Hearing this, Xing Wu glanced at him.
"So, are you saying I'm old now?"
Sensing the faint killing intent in the air.
Ye Yun quickly smiled and said sheepishly.
"Let's just watch the projection, watch the projection."
"Hmph..."
Xing Wu snorted and paid him no further attention.
After this, her gaze, along with Ye Yun's, fixed on the pair of sisters in front of them.
Unknowingly, tens of thousands of years had passed since that day...
Ye Yun also began to watch the two figures in front of him with full attention.
Xing Wu's demeanor was much the same as it was now.
However, Xing Lian, unlike the arrogant and ruthless person he had met before, was now standing before Xing Wu with her head bowed, like a little girl who had done something wrong.
"Sister, I'm sorry..."
It was easy to discern the guilt and apology in her tone.
Xing Wu, standing before her, knitted her brows tightly.
Looking at her sister, who had now become the ruler of the Heavenly Domain, she asked in a deep voice.
"Why? Why did you blockade the ascension channel from the Abyss Continent?"
Hearing this, Xing Lian pursed her lips.
"I had no choice but to choose to seal it..."
"Heh heh..."
Xing Wu chuckled coldly. In fact, she was utterly furious.
"Our Abyss clan poured all our cultivation resources into nurturing you to ascend."
"It was so that you could build a spatial channel for our people to escape the hell of the Abyss and settle in the Heavenly Domain."
"And now, this is how you repay your kin?"
Xing Lian remained silent in the face of her sister's rage.
After a while, she took a deep breath and looked up.
"But I did this for everyone's good."
"The Heavenly Domain will face a devastating crisis in the future. I want to use the resources of the entire Heavenly Domain to forge a team of the most powerful cultivators."
"With their protection, more people will be able to survive!"
Perhaps it was because the matter touched upon her ideals,
Xing Lian's tone became a little firmer.
Xing Wu, however, said in a deep voice.
"Even so, what does that have to do with blocking the ascension channel?"
Honestly, she wasn't particularly keen on saving the world.
If the conditions were right, she might even support her sister's idea.
What truly angered her was Xing Lian's blockade of the ascension channel, which was undoubtedly a betrayal of her, and indeed, of their entire clan!
And Xing Lian's explanation only intensified her anger.
"Sister, you know very well how aggressive our clan is."
"If a spatial channel were truly established and our people were allowed to enter the Heavenly Domain, it would inevitably cause chaos and disrupt the stability of the Heavenly Domain!"
"At that time, everyone would only perish in disaster!"
As she spoke, Xing Lian's tone grew more resolute.
Xing Wu's fury, however, escalated further.
"These things are no excuse for you to betray our clan!"
"Sister..."
Before she could speak, Xing Wu said sternly.
"In the face of great catastrophe, the Heavenly Domain and the Abyss can face it together."
"No, they cannot. Our people will only bring endless trouble!"
This time, Xing Lian's tone also became tough.
And these words made Xing Wu instinctively reach out as if to slap her.
But in the end, she stopped herself.
She took a deep breath, and her voice actually became calmer.
"Xiao Lian, you cannot represent everyone. That is arrogance."
"Moreover, the Heavenly Domain belongs to everyone. Only the collective brilliance of all can overcome all despair."
However, Xing Lian's attitude this time was equally firm.
"I am not arrogant. It is only through a centralized and systematic structure that the Heavenly Domain can become stronger! Only by becoming stronger in a more stable way!"
Hearing her viewpoint, Xing Wu shook her head and finally said faintly.
"If, as you say, the Heavenly Domain is facing annihilation, then what you call stability is precisely the most unstable."
She sighed, and her voice became a little colder.
"In any case, I will say it one last time. Lift the blockade on the ascension channel from the Abyss Continent, and as agreed, establish the spatial channel."
From Xing Wu's perspective, her stance was for her kin who struggled on the brink of life and death every day.
Not for these pampered elites of the Heavenly Domain, who lived in comfort.
"Sister, you..."
Seeing her sister's resolute stance, Xing Lian clenched her fists tightly within her sleeves.
At this point, their views on the entire matter were completely divergent.
Watching this scene, Ye Yun finally had a general understanding and felt a sense of emotion...
If it were in the Earth he had lived on, then Xing Lian's viewpoint would indeed be sound.
Centralization, systematization, and institutionalization were processes that any nation had to go through to become stronger.
But that premise was in the world of ordinary people...
And in this world of fantasy, a world centered around cultivation, some things could not be considered by ordinary logic.
Centralization, systematization, and institutionalization, while they could lead to steady progress here,
would also obliterate the infinite possibilities of humanity as a collective in the path of cultivation.
Ultimately, the strong would be limited in their strength,
and the weak would have no chance of turning their fortunes around...