CRACKLE—

Heaven and Earth trembled violently, as if the entire Ancient Cyan Dragon Warfield was on the brink of destruction.

Such a change caused even Long Yuming, a master at the One Path Sword Ancestor Realm, to be profoundly shaken.

"What’s happening? What in the world has she encountered?"

As shock and uncertainty filled her heart, Long Yuming immediately waved her hand. She conjured a stream of Ancestral Dao Energy that swept up Yun Zhiruo, Long Yunfan, Long Qianying, and the few remaining Saint Sons and Saintesses, sending them directly out of the Ancient Cyan Dragon Warfield.

Though the Ancient Battlefield was a vast Enlightenment Land, Ye Yuemei was now undergoing Harmonization Dao with it, transforming the entire world into what was essentially her private Secret Realm.

And now, that Secret Realm was on the verge of collapsing, showing signs of utter destruction. Long Yuming dared not be the least bit careless.

Long Yuming knew that the greater the change, the greater the opportunity.

But this current transformation, which bordered on annihilation, was simply too terrifying!

Amidst this chaos, Long Yuming even took the initiative to carefully probe Ye Yuemei’s Talent and bloodline aura, but she still couldn’t obtain any useful information.

It was just as she had always judged—if not for the powerful Strong Heart Ye Yuemei had displayed, allowing her to achieve Celestial Harmony Dao multiple times, Long Yuming would never have believed she possessed unparalleled Talent.

And that remained true even now.

According to Long Yuming’s assessment, Ye Yuemei’s Talent was still utterly mediocre. Yet, the sheer destructive force of the current phenomenon made her all the more uneasy.

’Back then, no one could detect Ye Tianling’s Talent either. I can therefore surmise that if Ye Yuemei possesses such a heaven-defying Strong Heart, her Talent must be anything but low. If the Ancient Cyan Dragon Warfield truly becomes her Secret Realm, then even sacrificing a part of the Cyan Dragon Race’s future is a worthy price. We must ensure she reaches her full potential.’

Long Yuming had already made her decision.

But just then, the entire Ancient Cyan Dragon Warfield suddenly began to grow calm, and the earlier aura of destruction gradually dissipated.

At that moment, Ye Yuemei’s figure rose into the sky. She floated effortlessly, her body overflowing with Immortal Light, and flew straight up and away.

As if Ascending on Clouds, she transformed into an Unparalleled Fairy, slowly turning into Immortal Light and vanishing from the world.

Long Yuming was left dumbfounded.

The situation had caught her completely off guard. Unable to stop it, she could only watch helplessly.

The entire Ancient Cyan Dragon Warfield continued its transformation. Dao Marks spread everywhere, Spiritual Qi flooded the region, and the environment improved continuously.

But in spite of this, Long Yuming’s heart grew heavy.

Where was Ye Yuemei? Where had she gone?

Long Yuming shot into motion, chasing toward the spot where Ye Yuemei had ascended. Stepping into the Void, she shuttled continuously through the empty space of the Ancient Cyan Dragon Warfield, but she could no longer find any trace of Ye Yuemei.

...

HUMMM—

A tyrannical Life Force flowed through Heaven and Earth.

Following the potent Power of Life Rules, Ye Yuemei entered a hazy expanse of the Void.

Deep within the Void was a blood-red environment.

The world was dim, as if composed of nothing but blood-red, black, and white.

’This is... the Forgotten Dust World.’

With a jolt in her heart, Ye Yuemei immediately recognized this place.

She was exceedingly familiar with this place.

But she couldn’t remember why it was so familiar.

The White Mountain.

The black water.

And the ancient Skeleton Warships sailing upon the vast Black Water Lake—she was familiar with it all.

It was like coming home.

"Ji Tianxie?"

Ye Yuemei suddenly called out.

WHOOSH—

In the distance, an ancient and mottled Skeleton Warship suddenly glided over from the Black Water Lake.

On the warship stood an old man, his back stooped. He was so emaciated he was little more than skin and bones.

He held a long pole made of bone, using it to propel the warship forward.

The Skeleton Warship drew near the shore of the Black Water Lake. The ancient man bowed deeply in salute but said nothing.

This was Ji Tianxie, now so old and decayed he seemed to be at death’s door.

"This place hasn’t changed at all."

Ye Yuemei sighed wistfully. So many of her memories were gone.

But she still felt an intimate connection to this place, with its feeling of homecoming.

"Indeed, Goddess. Of our Divine Hall of Destiny’s Main City, the Forgotten Dust World, only the Mountain of Lost Souls and the Wangchuan River remain."

Ji Tianxie sighed in sorrow, his voice heavy with the weight of ages. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

Ye Yuemei nodded, her expression a mixture of complexity and bewilderment.

After all, she no longer had many of her memories.

So, while she could grasp parts of what Ji Tianxie was saying, she couldn’t fully comprehend it.

"The Divine Hall of Destiny... did we also sleep from the Ancient Era until now?"

Ye Yuemei asked softly.

Ji Tianxie’s eyes dimmed. He shook his head and said, "It seems the end of the era has made it so that even in awakening, the Goddess can no longer access the legacy of the past... The Divine Hall of Destiny was a core participant in the great slumber plan. Weren’t we meant to be the Guardians of the Ancestral Star’s Law Transformations?

"The Forgotten Dust World is merely the Divine Hall of Destiny of the past; it can only govern the rules within the Small World of what was.

"Now that the world has changed and the Goddess has achieved complete Celestial Harmony Dao, this old servant was finally able to use the Power of the Wangchuan River’s Destiny Rule to summon you here."

Ji Tianxie explained.

Ye Yuemei’s heart trembled. She seemed to gain a flash of insight into the Power of the Destiny Law, and she fell silent for a long moment.

Suddenly, as if remembering something, she asked, "Where is my sister, Yueqi?"

Ji Tianxie froze, and a complex look suddenly filled his eyes.

A flash of realization hit Ye Yuemei, and she added, "Oh, I’d forgotten. She was exiled by the Divine Hall of Destiny to the endless expanse of Space-Time, to slumber eternally in an unknown Secret Realm. But... didn’t I use the power of the Forgotten Dust World to create her Void Body back then?"

Hearing this, an even deeper look of shame appeared on Ji Tianxie’s face.

"Speak."

Ye Yuemei sighed. She had awakened some of her legacy—not much, but it was related to the Destiny Law.

And that was enough for her to remember her junior sister, Ji Yueqi.

If her exceptionally talented junior sister were still here, taking control of this brand-new world would be far, far easier.

Her sister had been able to control the Divine Hall of Destiny’s Heart of Destiny.

Ji Tianxie fell to his knees. Then, he recounted the whole chain of cause and effect.

He even explained how Ji Yueqi had used the Heart of Destiny as a nexus to continuously undergo Reincarnation within the Small World.

"Later, the Tianling Divine Son needed more Battle Power. At that time, the trend of the world’s great change had already begun to emerge. So that he could grow even stronger, this old servant took matters into my own hands. I traded my own Life Force, along with a portion of his Emotions, in exchange for Battle Power for him.

"But when the Yueqi Goddess learned of this, she, in turn, traded her own memories for the return of the Tianling Divine Son’s Emotions..."

"And so, the Yueqi Goddess was erased by the Celestial Dao Rules of the Small World. Now, if not for the revival of all things in Heaven and Earth, if not for you, Goddess, awakening your legacy... I’m afraid even this old servant would no longer be able to remember the Yueqi Goddess."

Ji Tianxie sighed endlessly, filled with incomparable guilt.