Chapter 1727: The Hollow World: An Opportunity to Cultivate the Way of the Era (Third Update, Requesting Subscriptions)

Zhang Taixuan: "No."

Su Xiao: "No? Then is Journey to the West not a Honghuang-system world?"

Zhang Taixuan: "Precisely the opposite."

Ye Hei: "Then why did it disappear?"

Han Paopao: "I've thought of a possibility. The Investiture was a critical period—if the ancient era of Journey to the West also had the Investiture Catastrophe, then after that catastrophe, those three thousand divine-demon laws may have been plundered away."

Han Paopao: "The Investiture severed the last thread of human destiny, destroyed the Jie Sect, and left no one in the world capable of stopping Hong Jun from merging with the Dao. Once Hong Jun merged with the Dao, he would naturally take the three thousand divine-demon laws—he wouldn't leave them for later generations. After all, he went through such great trouble to plan this; how could later generations hope to obtain them easily?"

Su Xiao: "Han Tianzun, that's impressive. There really could be such a possibility! Then what about the Saints?"

Han Paopao: "They may have perished at Hong Jun's hands, or perhaps the world lost all appeal to them, so they fled."

Ye Hei: "Lost appeal? I recall the Dao Jun saying the Primordial Law could help one become a Saint."

Han Paopao: "So what? Even Hong Jun found it difficult to fully study a world's laws and refine the Primordial Law. How much harder for ordinary Saints?"

Ye Hei: "No, they might have been stopped by their senior disciples. Suppose Hong Jun didn't slay the Saints—after Hong Jun left, who would govern heaven and earth? No one would yield this opportunity."

Ye Hei: "Then another endless battle would erupt. After winning, you'd still have to take over the Dao like Hong Jun. The process would be too long, and there'd be no hope. I lean toward the idea that they left their own world."

Su Xiao: "So then, whether Journey to the West or the world of its sequel, they're both hollow shells?"

Han Paopao: "Hollow shell? That's a good description. A Journey to the West world stripped of the three thousand divine-demon Great Laws is like a fruit stripped of its essence—left only as a hollow shell."

Zhang Taixuan: "Exactly."

Su Xiao: "We gained a lot in that world, but it turns out we just ate the leftovers?"

Xiao Mai: "Oh no, we ate the scraps."

Xiao Yan: "Not bad though—we still gained a lot."

Xiao Yan: "By the way, will the Investiture world choose the Path of Catastrophe as this era's cultivation system?"

Zhang Taixuan: "What do you think?"

Su Xiao: "I think it will. If not restricted, the world will collapse. By the way, spiritual energy is scarce—Taixuan Brother, even Tongtian could open worlds to convert and channel spiritual energy into the Investiture world. Why go through such trouble?"

Zhang Taixuan: "You really want us to be babysitters?"

Zhang Taixuan: "Besides, cultivators will keep increasing; eventually, we'll need to open more and more worlds, and we'll be swamped. Then who's really the Ancestor—the cultivators or us?"

Su Xiao: "That's true. It seems the Path of Catastrophe has a high chance of being chosen by the Dao!"

Zhang Taixuan: "So prepare yourselves. To cultivate the Way of the Era, this is a good opportunity. The Catastrophe Era is about to begin—once you refine a Dao Fruit, you can sever your corporeal shadow. By the era's end, you'll secure the Sub-Saint position."

Su Xiao: "The Way of the Era! This is truly a good opportunity. This is the Investiture world—the world with the legacy of the three thousand demonic gods. If we refine an Era Dao Fruit here, shouldn't it be stronger than in other worlds?"

Ye Hei: "You have to see whether the Dao Jun will take the three thousand divine-demon laws with him."

Su Xiao: "???"

Zhang Taixuan: "What? Can't I take them?"

Su Xiao: "No! Don't become Hong Jun, Taixuan Brother!"

Zhang Taixuan: "Hong Jun would want to hit someone. You make me sound so terrible."

Su Xiao: "Hehe. Then I'll just call you Taixuan Brother—he won't be able to reach me."

Su Xiao: "Will the Catastrophe Era have three stages of Catastrophe Energy?"