The Great Void Ancestral Dragon seemed unwilling to reveal anything about the extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon, so Xu Hei had to give up.

Next, Xu Hei inquired about Tu Sen.

The Great Void Ancestral Dragon merely smiled and said, "With three thousand paths of the Dao, our dragon clan naturally has many branches. It's rare for Tu Sen to walk the path of calamity. He's just half a step away from becoming an Ancestral Dragon!"

Half a step to Ancestral Dragon.

Xu Hei had thought Tu Sen was just ordinary, but he hadn't expected this dragon to be so formidable.

"Xu Hei, only by transforming with the laws of heaven can the Ancestral Dragon Cauldron be considered a true divine artifact of heaven and earth. You've taken the right step!"

"The Divine Transformation Stage is also called the Transformation Stage. The physical body becomes a vessel, but only the primordial spirit is fundamental!"

"Your physical body is destroyed, leaving only the Elemental Infant and Divine Sense. This is a great opportunity for Divine Transformation. I shall lend you a hand!"

The Great Void Ancestral Dragon's eyes gleamed, and the Demon God Cauldron rapidly expanded, enveloping Xu Hei's Elemental Infant and drawing it in.

It was a very peculiar feeling; clearly, he had disappeared, yet he hadn't. He could still hear and speak.

"Xu Hei, let me ask you a question."

The voice of the Great Void Ancestral Dragon slowly came, "Why did you fly into the void to face the divine thunder of the Dao of Heaven alone? You should know that on the Divine Continent Star, the stars would absorb most of the attack, increasing your chances of survival."

"And after the divine thunder of the Dao of Heaven kills more living beings, more Spiritual Qi is released, giving you a greater chance to break through."

"What made you make such a choice?"

The target of the divine thunder of the Dao of Heaven was Xu Hei. He could have sought shelter, dragging countless others down with him.

According to the laws of heaven, the more people died, the more Spiritual Qi would be released, which would benefit Xu Hei greatly. Yet he chose to go against the laws.

Hearing such a question, Xu Hei answered without hesitation, "Because the Divine Continent Star is my root, and I want to protect this place."

The Divine Continent Star was his root.

The Great Void Ancestral Dragon was silent, and after a long time, a hint of a smile appeared in his sculpted eyes.

Xu Hei had comprehended the laws of heaven, but his Dao was not entirely the laws of heaven.

Xu Hei had his own beliefs, his own Dao!

"So, this is your Dao," the Great Void Ancestral Dragon sighed inwardly, then solemnly said, "But Xu Hei, I must correct you on one point."

Xu Hei immediately focused, listening intently.

"From the beginning of its birth, the Divine Continent Star was a fiery planet. It wasn't until the ancient times that life began to emerge. By the end of the ancient era, the first Core Formation Stage beast appeared."

The Great Void Ancestral Dragon looked at the points of light within the Demon God Cauldron and slowly recounted that history.

"The Divine Continent Star has endured over a hundred billion years, from ancient to chaotic, from barren to distant, from ancient to modern, experiencing eight great catastrophes. Each catastrophe wiped out more than ninety percent of living beings! The number of Divine Transformation cultivators who died was in the billions, as fragile as ants!"

"This divine punishment of the Dao of Heaven is nothing compared to the disasters the Divine Continent Star has faced."

Hearing this, Xu Hei was deeply shocked.

Eight great catastrophes, billions of cultivators perished, Divine Transformation Stage like ants.

What kind of era was that?

"Apart from these eight great catastrophes, there were over a hundred minor catastrophes. Cultivators died wave after wave, yet was the Divine Continent Star ever destroyed? Not at all!" The Great Void Ancestral Dragon spoke like a storyteller, recounting the history of those years.

"So, Xu Hei, what you need to save is not the Divine Continent Star, but yourselves!"

"Yourselves!"

These words, though simple and plain, seemed to contain the Dao, leaving Xu Hei pondering for a long time, unable to calm down.

"What I need to save is myself."

"So that's how it is."

Xu Hei seemed to have an epiphany.

When the divine punishment of the Dao of Heaven descended, the Divine Transformation Stage cultivators on the Divine Continent Star all acted, risking their lives to resist the Dao of Heaven.

They were saving themselves.

Even if the divine punishment of the Dao of Heaven descended ten thousand times, as long as the Divine Continent Star did not completely shatter, even if all life on it perished, one day, new sprouts would grow, and the flower of life would bloom.

But by then, the life on the planet would no longer be them.

…………

"Look, the divine thunder of the Dao of Heaven is receding!"

An ancestor of the Divine Puppet Sect exclaimed, pointing at the light sphere ahead.

Daoist Sparrow focused his gaze, seeing the massive lightning sphere ahead shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye, reducing from the size of half a moon to that of an ordinary meteorite.

Moreover, it continued to shrink, as if there was some kind of attraction within, devouring the divine thunder of the Dao of Heaven.

"To devour the divine thunder of the Dao of Heaven? That is..." Daoist Sparrow's pupils contracted.

Suddenly, he thought of the mysterious entity that had frightened away the celestial beings, and his heart trembled.

He quickly waved his hand, retrieving the Thousand Mechanisms Grand Formation, which transformed into a palm-sized chessboard with thirty-nine pieces, falling into his hand.

Facing the light sphere ahead, he cupped his fists and said, "The 109th Sect Master of the Divine Puppet Sect pays respects to the senior!"

He cupped his fists and bowed, performing the courtesy of a junior.

The two remaining Divine Transformation Stage ancestors beside him also bent over in salute.

Seeing no response from ahead, Daoist Sparrow waved his hand, and the group quickly retreated, falling towards the Divine Continent Star.

The black and white bear also put away its gong, descending below.

In the blink of an eye, the lightning sphere grew smaller, and the figures of the people disappeared into the vast night sky.

"Sect Master, why not go up and take a look, just in case..." one of the ancestors said hesitantly, his face pale.

"Don't be impulsive! Our Divine Puppet Sect cannot afford any mistakes." Daoist Sparrow's face was heavy.

The two ancestors seemed to realize something and said no more.

…………

For the living beings on the Divine Continent Star, this was destined to be a long night.

The second sun shining in the sky, amidst the prayers of the people, finally grew smaller and disappeared.

No disaster descended, no catastrophe occurred, and everyone wept with joy, grateful to have escaped with their lives.

Not only for mortals.

For cultivators, and even for colossal entities like the Divine Puppet Sect, it was still a heart-stopping period until the divine thunder of the Dao of Heaven completely dissipated, and only then did they finally relax.

In the depths of the East Sea trench.

In the dark seabed, a pair of sinister eyes looked at the night sky, murmuring, "What a pity, they can still linger for a while."

In the far north.

The white bear lay back on the vast ice field, seemingly aged hundreds of years overnight, even walking with a staggering gait.

In the secret realm of Medicine King Valley.

On Medicine King Mountain, a tombstone stood, with two young girls kneeling before it for seven days and nights.

After the divine thunder of the Dao of Heaven disappeared.

In the night sky, a bright meteor streaked across the horizon, falling into a vast plain, unnoticed by anyone.