Chapter 1000 - 767: After the Battle (2)

Chapter 1000: Chapter 767: After the Battle (2)

Subsequently, the two had a brief discussion, and Emperor Xuanwu left the room to make the next arrangements.

Meanwhile, Qin An continued to stay in the room, picking up a book and studying it carefully.

Currently, he is at the early stage of the Selfless Realm, but with the emergence of a mysterious world, this level may not be enough, so he needs to seize the time to continue cultivating his Scholar Profession.

As soon as the Scholar Profession is cultivated, he can find a way to break through to the next level.

The room fell silent afterward, with only the dim flame of the oil lamp flickering.

...

Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, several days had gone by.

During this time, the Daqian Kingdom was recovering its vitality at a visibly rapid pace.

Various institutions cooperated, gradually restoring the damages caused by the great battle.

The cultivators from the shattered worlds rushed toward the Imperial Palace as fast as they could from all directions.

They had received instructions from Emperor Xuanwu and knew that it was the Savior’s command to head to the Imperial Palace, so they had no hesitation.

When they arrived at the Imperial Palace, it was already noon.

In the largest main hall within the palace, Emperor Xuanwu was arranging numerous palace attendants to set up many banquets.

And when everyone arrived, the banquets were already arranged, and Emperor Xuanwu gestured for them to take their seats one by one.

However, the many cultivators from the shattered worlds did not move and all focused their gazes on Emperor Xuanwu.

At this moment, Qin An calmly sat on a chair, picking up a wine cup, sipping lightly.

When he noticed everyone’s gaze, he nodded slightly.

With Qin An’s consent, the cultivators then took their seats one by one.

Once the cultivators were seated, Emperor Xuanwu finally spoke slowly.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this journey has been tough. Fighting against the heavenly demons must have strained your nerves, so I have specially arranged this feast for you to drink and relax at ease."

The cultivators all nodded in agreement, not refusing.

They began to drink and eat, feeling very at ease.

In fact, this was their first time relaxing so much after being tightly wound up for so long.

Even though these were top-level cultivators, they couldn’t help but indulge in the joy of the drink, expressing their inner peace.

Emperor Xuanwu did not interrupt them, allowing the cultivators to eat and drink to their heart’s content.

After three rounds of drinks and five flavors of dishes, Emperor Xuanwu saw that the timing was right and then spoke slowly.

"Since we’ve finished eating, it’s time to discuss the real business now."

When this sentence fell, the cultivators all turned their gaze over, each with a hint of puzzlement in their eyes.

Real business? What real business?

Even the biggest heavenly demon has been eradicated, and now there’s no crisis, so what business could there be?

Although they were very puzzled, they didn’t ask and patiently waited for Emperor Xuanwu to continue.

After a slight pause, Emperor Xuanwu slowly said, "You all know that the heavenly demons have basically been eliminated, and our world is finally stable. All your threats have disappeared completely."

"But at present, there is still a big problem in front of us. I’m not sure if you’ve sensed the presence of an especially powerful world."

"This world carries a special attraction, continually absorbing energy from our world."

"After a cultivator reaches the Selfless Realm, this attraction slowly draws away their emotions, and when all emotions are completely attracted, we will become puppets devoid of any feelings."

"This world is also attracting energy. If its energy is fully absorbed, this world will completely collapse and disappear."

As Emperor Xuanwu explained, the cultivators present were all startled, and then many showed expressions of contemplation.

Qin An, sitting beside them, observed the eyes of these cultivators and knew that some of them seemed to understand something.

After some reflection, Qin An spoke up.

"It seems that you all have some feelings, so let’s hear your thoughts. The reason for gathering everyone here today is to hear your ideas, as one person’s mind is limited, and only by pooling everyone’s strength can we possibly find a way to counter it."

"You don’t want your world to be destroyed without finding the root cause, nor do you want a potentially recoverable shattered world to be completely ruined by this special and mysterious world, right?"

After Qin An said this, a cultivator immediately spoke.

"Mr. Qin, I also sensed the peculiarity of this world back then, and the reason I sensed it was actually due to a feeling that emerged after my original world shattered."

"In my understanding, that world seems to have living beings, and if we want to find clues about that world, relying only on those of us from shattered worlds might be impossible; I think others feel the same."

With this cultivator’s statement, the other cultivators nodded.

They indicated that they were indeed aware of the mysterious world Qin An spoke of, but their feelings were the same as Qin An’s.

It’s just that sensing this world didn’t allow them to find any clues.

Qin An fell into contemplation, carefully going over what the cultivator had said.

These cultivators haven’t reached the Selfless Realm, so their perceptions aren’t clear.

However, they could perceive it when their world was about to be destroyed.

In other words, they truly couldn’t provide any useful information.

Emperor Xuanwu was also pondering. A moment later, he suddenly thought of something, glanced at Qin An, and said, "I seem to have a clue."

Qin An looked up and said, "If Your Majesty has a clue, please feel free to share it."

Emperor Xuanwu organized his thoughts for a while, then said, "They all said they perceived it after their world was destroyed, and perhaps the heavenly demons did too, sensing it when their world was on the brink of destruction."

"Therefore, they started to wreak havoc on other worlds to prevent the destruction of their own. In other words, is it possible to start from why they can delay the destruction of their own world by destroying others?"

When this statement was made, Qin An’s eyes brightened slightly.

What Emperor Xuanwu just said seemed to make some sense.

In other words, could going to the heavenly demons’ world solve this issue?

With this thought, Qin An looked down at the cultivators and asked:

"Do any of you know where the heavenly demons’ world is located?"

The cultivators exchanged glances, shaking their heads unanimously.

Then, a leading cultivator said:

"Sir, they are very mysterious heavenly demons and have hidden their world very well, so we have no means of knowing where their world is."

"In other words, even if we knew where their world was, how could we find a way to enter it? After all, they have their world locked down tightly, and with no surviving prisoners, we have no means."

Qin An furrowed his brows even deeper.

Without any survivors, there’s truly no way.

But when he thought of the word "survivors," his eyes suddenly gleamed.

Emperor Xuanwu also thought of something, and when they exchanged glances, both saw understanding in each other’s eyes about what they had in mind.

They didn’t lack survivors; on the contrary, they had one right there in the palace.

With this realization, Qin An gave a slight nod to Emperor Xuanwu, signaling that he could proceed.

Not hesitating, Emperor Xuanwu then turned his gaze to an old eunuch and said,

"You, go find the Plague Emperor and have her come over, saying I have highly urgent matters that require her assistance."