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"Which Ancient God?"

Lin Yue couldn't help but ask curiously.

He had heard of some Ancient Gods before: the Earth Emperor, the Flame Emperor, the Blood God...

He used to think that the Ancient Gods were merely legends, but now it seemed that in Ancient Times, divine beings truly existed.

"In silence, the universe settled, and from antiquity, there was one god."

Princess Yongning said softly, "This one god is the first and the greatest of the Ancient Gods, whom we call 'Tai Chu.'"

Tai Chu!

Lin Yue felt a jolt in his heart.

The essence of power that the Divine Emperor had brought back from the Eternal Night was transformed into the Supreme Inheritance Altar; that essence of power originated from Tai Chu.

Back then, he did not know whether Tai Chu was a time or referred to a particular existence.

Now it seemed like it was the name of an Ancient God?

The first and the greatest divine being?

"There are actually quite a few myths and legends about Tai Chu in Eternal Night, only the names are different."

Princess Yongning said casually, "Some legends consider Tai Chu to be the first god born with the heaven and earth, while other myths simply regard him as the creator god who opened the heavens and the earth."

"Opened the heavens and the earth..."

Lin Yue murmured softly, suddenly remembering what Baili Fengzhi had said—there were myths about Pangu creating the world in Eternal Night, whereas Great Yong did not have such stories.

"Could it be that Tai Chu is also called Pangu?" He couldn't help but ask Princess Yongning.

"Pangu?"

Princess Yongning glanced at him and said, "There is such a myth in Eternal Night, but there are many myths about Tai Chu. The ancient Human Clan and the Demon Clan both liked to claim Tai Chu's name to elevate their own status. Pangu is just one of them. In Great Yong, we respect the facts more; Tai Chu is Tai Chu."

Lin Yue nodded thoughtfully.

Nonetheless, he always felt that something was amiss.

Before the transmigration, there had been various creation myths on Earth with many similarities. Could all of these be mere coincidences?

In the past, he hadn't thought deeply about the matter of transmigration, but this world had gods who could split the heaven and earth with unimaginable Divine Skills and powers. Perhaps... Earth really existed somewhere?

After all... how exactly had he come to this world?

"The matter of the Ancient Gods is still premature for you,"

Princess Yongning glanced at him and said, "First, focus on Harmonization. After that, you will have the chance to try and contain the Ancient Divine Power."

Lin Yue nodded and said, "Thank you for your intervention this time, elder sister. I heard that after Proving and Transcending, if one meddles in the affairs of the world again, the heaven and earth will bring down disasters?"

"I've been secluded from the world for a long time; such disasters are of little concern to me."

Princess Yongning's expression remained calm as she said, "This small world formed by the branches of the World Tree, you won't be able to get out on your own. Let me break it open for you and send you out first."

Lin Yue suddenly thought of the Deathless True Monarch and turned to look, only to find the Deathless True Monarch had already disappeared.

Where the Deathless True Monarch had been, there was only a storage treasure left behind.

"He had also undergone demonization, so I took care of him along the way," Princess Yongning said casually as her fingertip flicked, drawing the storage treasure to her and casually handing it to Lin Yue.

She clearly did not deem the relics of an ordinary Saint worthy of her attention.

Lin Yue did not refuse and promptly accepted it.

With a wave of Princess Yongning's sleeve, an invisible power spread out, and the small world formed by the branches of the World Tree immediately began to collapse and disintegrate.

The surroundings plunged into a chaos of multicolored Essence with the Void itself collapsing and shattering.

The terrifying torrents of chaos rushed in continuously, but the invisible power was a shelter for Lin Yue, standing firmly in the midst of the chaos, immovable as a rock.

Lin Yue was secretly astonished; had Princess Yongning not protected him, only a heaven-defying Saint skilled in survival could have lived through the turmoil of the small world's destruction.

"This branch of the World Tree is indeed extraordinary."

Princess Yongning said softly, "Even as it perished, it managed to tear a crack in the Great Yong Divine Formation. It seems like the Demon Clan intended to use the gap formed at the moment of this small world's destruction to take you out of Great Yong."

Lin Yue suddenly understood.

He had been puzzled before.

Although the Demon Clan had established a small world with the branches of the World Tree that even Proving experts couldn't enter, if the Proving experts of Great Yong were guarding from outside the small world, how could the Demon Clan hope to escape?

Now it appeared they intended to use this method to flee from Great Yong.

"The collapse of the World Tree was able to tear a hole in the Great Yong Divine Formation?"

Lin Yue couldn't help but ask, "Then why haven't the Demon Clan used this method to get to Great Yong over these years?"

"This is inside the Divine Formation." Princess Yongning casually remarked, "But if attacked from the outside, even the real World Tree's destruction wouldn't be able to break the Great Yong Divine Formation. Besides... this formation is inherently easier to exit than enter. Back when the Demon Clan besieged Great Yong from all sides, we in Great Yong 'closed the door to beat the dog,' but those Demon Gods, in their desperation, were still able to forcefully tear through the Divine Formation from inside and escape Great Yong."

Lin Yue finally understood.

He couldn't help but recall the Array in the secret chamber of Duke Heng's residence, appreciating its value even more.

This time, he could have relied on that Array to protect himself and escape, but that would not have taught the Demon Clan a lesson, nor would he have obtained the Ancestor Blood, so naturally, he wouldn't have chosen that.

In a while, the various horrifying torrents gradually dissipated, and the Void returned to normal.

But... within a range of dozens of miles in this region, everything had been completely obliterated; mountains had long since vanished, the earth had sunk hundreds of feet, leaving only the brown rock layers.