Chapter 204: The Calamity of Heaven and Earth, the Changes in the Sea!

"You say, the boundaries of the Dragon Palace are constantly shrinking?"

In the courtyard of Gu Jiangming's home in Leping County, Long Xi's face was filled with gravity.

During this period, Gu Jiangming spent most of his time in the Qilin Grotto-Heaven; after all, Gu Jiangming needed to rebuild his cultivation realm.

However, both Jiu Jiu and Long Xi had their own matters to attend to.

With the world in chaos, Gu Jiangming's current strength had barely stepped into the Nascent Soul Realm. Even though Jiu Jiu was confident that her husband was invincible in the world, the Nascent Soul Realm still held dangers in this era.

Consequently, Jiu Jiu took the initiative to shoulder the responsibility of gathering news from the outside world for their home.

As she gradually became familiar with this era, Jiu Jiu's range of activity was no longer limited to the Jing Kingdom; she had set foot in both the Eastern Continent and the Southern Kingdom of the Human Race.

Moreover, Jiu Jiu's appearance was not forgotten by the world, even in this era.

Even now, after the change of eras, Jiu Jiu was still the wife of the former Shushan Dao Venerable, and the Shushan Dao Venerable was known in this era as the closest person to a Heavenly Human since the near-ancient times. Added to the fact that Jiu Jiu's own strength was not weak, she had never encountered any trouble within the Human Race's territory.

As for those who dared to trouble Jiu Jiu...

The powerhouses of this era all knew that Shushan had only closed its gates, not truly fallen.

Although there were only about a dozen gods in the Enlightened Realm within Shushan, everyone in this era knew that, at the same realm, Shushan Sword Immortals were peerless in offense.

If anyone truly dared to harbor malice toward Jiu Jiu, not to mention Jiu Jiu's own strength, it was feared that all of Shushan, which had been sealed for so long, would emerge.

Under such circumstances, Jiu Jiu was not only never restricted within the Human Race's territory but was actually more welcomed than other ordinary gods of the Enlightened Realm.

Even the lords of those major cities had to treat Jiu Jiu with courtesy upon seeing her.

After all, as chaos gradually appeared in the human world, Jiu Jiu was strong enough, and she had Shushan behind her. Among those city lords, who wouldn't hope to win over this force to join their own camp? As for Long Xi...

After resolving the doubts in her heart, Long Xi often traveled between the Dragon Palace and Leping County.

In the past, Long Xi had a cold nature, and coupled with her confusion regarding the disappearance of the Dragon Race, she had been the only one in the vast Dragon Palace.

But now, after resolving her inner doubts, Long Xi was enlightening living beings in the sea, allowing the Dragon Palace, which had been cold for who knows how many years, to gradually regain a glimmer of vitality.

It was during the process of clearing out the Dragon Palace that Long Xi discovered something extraordinary.

"Yes, if my investigation is correct, the sea boundary has shrunk toward the Inner Sea by nearly one billion miles!"

"The distinction between the Inner Sea and the Outer Sea is something I learned from my father. He mentioned it briefly before, telling me to keep an eye on the boundary between the Inner Sea and the Outer Sea."

"You also know that Heaven and Earth intentionally blur our perception; I hadn't been able to recall this matter before."

"But a few days ago, I finally remembered it, so I went to take a look at the so-called boundary between the Inner Sea and the Outer Sea."

"Although I had never been to the boundary of the Inner and Outer Seas, Nian Mo once left a sea chart for the Dragon Palace when measuring the world."

"I checked according to the sea chart; the boundary between the Inner and Outer Seas has shrunk toward the center of Heaven and Earth by nearly one billion miles!"

Long Xi's face was filled with gravity at this moment. Not to mention anything else, after Long Xi personally went to see the Inner and Outer Seas, she gradually understood why the Great Wilderness was labeled with the word "Wilderness."

The Inner Sea is within Heaven and Earth, filled with vitality, where infinite living beings engage in natural selection within the sea.

But as Long Xi stood at the boundary of the Inner and Outer Seas, her heart was filled with a profound sense of contradiction. The Inner Sea was teeming with life, while the Outer Sea was a scene of dead silence.

That Outer Sea was like a forbidden zone for life; merely approaching it slightly made Long Xi feel an instinctive disgust.

"So, the Great Wilderness is encroaching upon Heaven and Earth?"

On the other side, Jiu Jiu, who had just returned from outside, listened to Long Xi's words, and a look of gravity also hung between her brows.

The world says that when the sky falls, the tall ones hold it up, but there is no doubt that Gu Jiangming and his family were the tall ones of this world.

Not to mention, if the Great Wilderness were to cover everything, it would concern all living beings in Heaven and Earth.

"Perhaps so!"

Long Xi could not spare the effort to be at odds with Jiu Jiu at this moment. She had realized the seriousness of the matter, which was why she had returned from the Dragon Palace to convey this news to Gu Jiangming.

"If that is the case, I might know why the Demon Race and the Human Race, having been at peace for 140,000 years, have suddenly invaded the Human Race at this time!"

Without knowing when, Liu Moran also manifested her figure and appeared in the courtyard.

"The Human Race has always been targeted; on one hand, human flesh and blood indeed have great benefits for the Demon Race."

"Secondly, the Human Race actually occupies a rather central position in Heaven and Earth."

"This 'center' is not calculated by land alone, but also includes the sea."

"In the previous era, the Human Race was weak, yet occupied the most fertile territory in Heaven and Earth. Under such circumstances, it would be strange if the Human Race were not coveted."

"The so-called Human Territory was something a group of humans said back then—that the Human Race could not always occupy the most fertile land in Heaven and Earth—so they chose to retreat."

Liu Moran stood in the courtyard, speaking of some information that had been overlooked from the Heavenly Human Era.

"After the Heavenly Human Era, the Demon Race was driven out of the central territory by my husband, and they were basically located on the four sides of the Human Race."

"Not to mention those powerful Demon clans, the territory occupied by the Human Race is only twenty percent of Heaven and Earth; there is plenty of fertile land elsewhere. Unless necessary, there is naturally no need to be at odds with the Human Race."

"But those small clans were likely pushed to the Border Wilderness of Heaven and Earth over the past 140,000 years."

"If the Great Wilderness encroaches upon Heaven and Earth, then those small clans will lose even the little territory they have. Under such circumstances, they naturally have no choice but to constantly move toward the interior of Heaven and Earth."

"Small clans may be small, but when facing a life-and-death crisis, the union of small clans also possesses immense power."

"Those large clans know that the Border Wilderness is encroaching upon Heaven and Earth, so in order to take precautions, they naturally want to move toward the core area."

"This is perhaps the reason why the Human and Demon races are constantly slaughtering each other in Heaven and Earth today, and even the Northern Front has been breached by the Demon Race!"

Liu Moran slowly voiced her insights. As she expressed her thoughts, Gu Jiangming, Long Xi, and Jiu Jiu all fell silent.

They all knew that this was perhaps the reason why the Demon Race had broken through the Northern Front for no reason this time.

"Then the question now is, do those in the Enlightened Realm among the Human Race know about this?"

"And does Shushan know about this?"

(End of chapter)