The Blood Demon Dragon shook his head. "I really don't know!"
The same goes for Wong Yuk-long.
Lan Hua racked her brains but couldn't come up with a solution.
He suddenly remembered the little knowledge he had learned in his previous life. After all, he was a poor student, simple-minded and physically strong.
That knowledge is the law of conservation of energy.
If there are too many celestial beings in the Heavenly Realm, but the total energy is only so much, wouldn't that lead to a decrease in the energy of the Heavenly Realm?
Thus, the Celestial Realm has this mechanism: at a certain time, a great calamity will befall, causing some of the celestial beings to die and returning the energy to the Celestial Realm.
This is the only reasonable explanation he could think of.
The problem is, the law of conservation of energy applies to Earth, but does it exist in the cultivation world?
Lan Hua still voiced her questions, but instead of energy, she replaced it with spiritual energy and elemental power.
Blood Demon Dragon and Huang Yulang were both taken aback when they heard this. They hadn't expected him to think of this, which was truly commendable.
The latter said, "There is another possibility: that the Heavenly Realm wants to use the Great Tribulation to cultivate more emperors, because only emperors can survive the Great Tribulation."
The problem is, if that's really the case, does the Heavenly Realm possess its own consciousness?
Lan Hua's expression changed instantly. "If that's the case, then that Heavenly Domain is terrifying. It's like a trap, a huge trap!"
The Blood Demon Dragon suddenly exclaimed, "Enough of that! This is the Heavenly Tribulation you all wanted to know about!"
"At your level, avoiding calamity is quite simple. Just leave the Heavenly Realm before the Great Calamity arrives, and you'll be perfectly fine!"
Lan Hua said, "The Venerable One can freely enter and leave the Heavenly Realm, but what about True Celestial Beings and ordinary Celestial Beings?"
Everyone fell silent.
The Blood Demon Dragon suddenly said, "This is fate. Even a celestial being has to accept it!"
Wong Yuk-long agreed, saying that even a venerable person cannot escape fate.
Lan Hua sighed and looked at Huang Yulang, "Venerable Huang, what brings you to the mortal realm today?"
Wong Yuk-long gave an awkward smile, "It's just a trick of fate that forced me to descend to the mortal realm!"
"More than seven thousand years have passed since the last great calamity in the Heavenly Realm. The eight thousand-year period is approaching. I'd better come down sooner rather than later, lest I be taken away by the calamity!"
Lan Hua said "Oh," and then exclaimed in realization, "So that's why you came down to the mortal realm! You're really planning ahead!"
Suddenly remembering something, Lan Hua asked, "Brother Ba, Senior Long, do you remember a few years ago when several celestial beings took advantage of the tribulation in the lower realm to break out of the Heavenly Gate?"
"I know, those few celestial beings were captured by the gatekeepers, right?" Baxia asked.
Blood Demon Dragon nodded, "That's right, those few Celestials did this in order to avoid this Heavenly Tribulation!"
Their strength was insufficient; only when the Heavenly Gate opened wide during their tribulation would they have a chance to escape!
"I guessed this was the reason, which is why I gave you the immortal fruits so that you could ascend to the Heavenly Realm as soon as possible and improve your strength!"
Baxia whispered, "Aren't you afraid that Brother Hua's strength is insufficient and he'll remain an ordinary Celestial Being? Wouldn't that be like a lamb being led into the tiger's den?"
Lan Hua was speechless upon hearing this.
Blood Demon Dragon rolled his eyes at him, "How could that be? Since your Dragon Grandfather sent him to the Heavenly Realm, he naturally wouldn't just stand by and watch him die."
Even if he's not strong enough, I will bring him back to the lower realm at the crucial moment!
Huang Yulang felt that he had made his purpose clear, so he planned to leave, but he still needed to consult with Xiang Xuemolong about where to go.
After pondering for a while, Blood Demon Dragon said, "Venerable Tan, there is a high peak in the Half-Heaven Realm called Tongtian Peak. Why don't you stay on Tongtian Peak for the time being?"
"Tongtian Peak is a nice place, it's just a bit windy!"
Huang Yulang clasped his hands in thanks and said, "It's just a minor lapse, nothing to worry about. Venerable ones, I'll take my leave now!"
After seeing Huang Yulang off, Lan Hua's mood grew increasingly heavy.
He discovered that even a dignified Venerable would find it difficult to withstand the Heavenly Tribulation, indicating that their strength was still insufficient, let alone his own cultivation at the early stage of the Profound Rank.
"Senior Long, I want to improve my strength quickly, is there any way?" Lan Hua asked.
"Huh? Quickly?"
The Blood Demon Dragon said, "Boy, don't you think you're already too powerful? You're not even thirty years old and you're already a Venerable. How much faster do you want to go?"
"By airship?"
Lan Hua scratched his head and said, "I feel that my strength is not enough, and I feel that the Heavenly Domain is full of dangers. My cultivation level is no longer sufficient to cope with it, so I asked this question!"
Lan Hua also revealed the matter of the strange mist, which made the Blood Demon Dragon's mood heavy.
The Blood Demon Dragon nodded slightly, paced a few steps in the underground palace, and then said:
"Boy, do you know about the River of Separation?"
Lan Hua and Ba Xia exchanged a glance. "The River of Separation, we're familiar with that."
“Not only am I familiar with it, I’ve even been there!” Baxia said.
The Blood Demon Dragon said in a deep voice, "Did you go to this part of the Half-Heaven Realm?"
"I know this place isn't far from the barren pit!"
"However, as you have probably seen, the River of Separation is a strange river. In the Half-Heaven Realm, only a section of it is on the ground, while the rest is suspended in the sky!"
Lan Hua nodded quickly, already knowing that the Blood Demon Dragon had hit the nail on the head.
When he and Baxia first saw this river, they were shocked by the section of water suspended in the sky, wondering where the River of Another World led.
The Blood Demon Dragon continued, "River of Separation, River of Separation, this name was not given by people from the Half-Heaven Realm, but left behind by the Pill Emperor!"
"Being separated from the world also means that this river is isolated from the outside world, and there is another world inside!"
"I suspect that there is a great opportunity within the River of Separation. If you could enter the true River of Separation, it might be able to improve your cultivation!"
"The real River of Separation?"
Lan Hua asked, "Senior Long, have you been inside?"
Blood Demon Dragon shook his head vigorously, "No, I've never seen any other Venerables go there either. Even Emperors aren't guaranteed to get in!"
"What opportunities or dangers lie within, I have no idea!"
Lan Hua fell into deep thought, weighing whether or not to give it a try.
How can I get in?
Blood Demon Dragon shook his head again. "I don't know. If I did, I would have gone in already!"
Back in the Misty Valley of Xuanyu, Lan Hua was full of questions. When she met Zi Yue, she told her everything that was on her mind.
"Yue'er, do you know about the Great Calamity of the Heavenly Realm?"
Zi Yue slightly raised her beautiful eyes, her pretty face changing slightly, and there was a hint of surprise in her voice.
"Little Hua, do you know about the Heavenly Calamity?"
"But that's what that old lecher said?"
Lan Hua hummed in agreement.
Baxia quickly said, "Wait a minute, how did the Blood Demon Dragon become an old lecherous dragon?"
Zi Yue wore an elegant, simple dress today, crossed her legs, tossed her hair, and hummed:
"That old lecher has never done anything good in the Heavenly Realm. He's always causing trouble and seducing celestial maidens everywhere."
"If not that old pervert, then what is he?"
"If it weren't for my mutated dragon body, which makes me invulnerable to swords and spears, I would have been hacked to death by that unfaithful celestial maiden long ago!"
Lan Hua and Ba Xia stood awkwardly in place, wanting to say something good about the Blood Demon Dragon, but they didn't know where to begin.
Zi Yue then asked, "Xiao Hua Zi, I saved you in Misty Valley back then, but do you know why I ended up there?"
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