"The sky was torn apart, and blood-red clouds covered the entire Mystical Mechanism Continent, blood and fire intertwined ceaselessly, broken swords and wreckage were thrust into the blood-dyed mud..."

He Zhiqing's expression was extremely grave, and a hint of trepidation could clearly be heard in his tone.

Although the images granted by the Star Eyes were so fragmented they were barely recognisable, He Zhiqing, who had grown accustomed to this, still easily extracted the most important information and pieced it together from these images.

"The Abyss Army clearly shifted from attack to defense, but the scenes I saw suggest that it is the battle lines of the Mystical Mechanism Continent that have been breached!"

He Zhiqing found it incomprehensible, the Mystical Mechanism Continent seemed to be steadily expanding its advantage, so how could the future turn out like this?

He Zhiqing already knew that the future was not fixed; a future that was constantly changing, with no one able to precisely say which one was the true future, not even the Star Eyes born from the Time Law possessed this ability.

Even so, if the future were the Mystical Mechanism Continent triumphing and counterattacking the Abyss, there was no way these images could spring forth.

He Zhiqing never blindly believed in the future shown by the Star Eyes; he only analyzed certain bits of information about the future within these images to help himself.

But this time, no matter how he looked at it, the future of the Mystical Mechanism Continent seemed to be extremely grim, so bad that he couldn't even make out any useful information!

"Is it really that bad?"

Yu Gejing's retracting hand paused for a moment, and his complexion also showed signs of concern.

Previously, He Zhiqing had predicted the future several times on the battlefield, and the images he saw were not accurate. However, when He Zhiqing and Yu Gejing reconsidered afterwards, they realized that if they remained inactive after receiving the fragments of the future, at least 20% of the real future would be in common with those scenes.

The future depicted by He Zhiqing was simply too unbelievable; even if only one-tenth of the real future matched these scenes, it would be an unrecoverable disaster for the Mystical Mechanism Continent.

"So what exactly happened in the Abyss that caused this situation to occur?"

He Zhiqing stared intently at Liang Yi, wanting to get the truth from him.

Su Youyi turned her gaze towards her senior brother, her eyes also flickering with concern. Could such a future really happen?

Liang Yi was silent for a while, recalling the images He Zhiqing had previously mentioned. If the Abyss truly intends to amass a powerful move, then the future should be similar to what He Zhiqing described, right?

"The Abyss has found its path forward. Now, it simply plans to build up its strength continuously until it can annihilate the entire Mystical Mechanism Continent in one fell swoop!"

Liang Yi finally sighed and slowly revealed the truth, succinctly detailing the current shackles faced by the Abyss and the Heavenly Dao.

"Heartless cultivation cannot attain the Dao..."

Listening quietly to the whole process, He Zhiqing and Yu Gejing exchanged a look, both reading a mix of surprise and realization in each other's eyes.

Surprised that the Tenth Realm was not the End of Dao, there were other paths beyond. And that the naturally heartless Heavenly Dao and the Abyss, or rather all the heartless cultivators, actually needed to acquire emotions to advance further, was something they had never expected.

Previously, paths such as the Heartless Path or the Slaughter Dao, although not accepted by the Cultivation World of the Mystical Mechanism Continent, were shunned not only because they easily backfired but more importantly because they eradicated humanity, which is why they faced opposition from all cultivators.

But it was undeniable, even though these paths eradicated humanity, they did indeed significantly accelerate the cultivation speed of cultivators and each of them possessed exceptional strength, otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to cause various problems on the Mystical Mechanism Continent.

At that time, these cultivators also chanted slogans like "The Heavenly Dao is heartless, those who cultivate should also be heartless" to cloak themselves in a veil of righteousness.

But now it seems, that was ridiculously wrong!

There was nothing wrong with saying the Heavenly Dao is heartless, but what's wrong was that the Heavenly Dao itself was troubled about how to possess the emotions of the Human Race, and has been bothered by this for several epochs.

If the Heavenly Dao had the emotion of anger, it probably could slap these people to death, isn't this pointing out their flaws?

The weaker races are born with richer emotions by nature; the Human Race inherently has complete emotions, whereas the Demon Clan and other races also have to go through the spirit opening stage early on before embarking on the path of cultivation.

But for the Heavenly Dao, born as an Innate Divine Object, it never experienced weakness, which created an awkward situation.

"If that's the case, it makes sense now. So, the Abyss Army's sudden retreat to defense is with this intention."

A glint of enlightenment flashed in He Zhiqing's eyes, but the relief he felt a moment ago from not needing to worry about a surprise attack from the enemy was suddenly elevated into concern because not being attacked now seemed to have more severe consequences than being attacked.

"If this continues, without the battlefield to hone their skills, the growth speed of the younger generation from the Mystical Mechanism Continent will inevitably slow down significantly, and even with a few years or more than a decade of growth, they might not be able to face the Abyss."

Yu Gejing immediately realized another implication of the Abyss taking this step and couldn't help but frown.

All the geniuses present in this palace, including her and her junior brother He, were direct beneficiaries of the World Origin.

Their ability to progress at such a terrifyingly rapid pace within just one or two years, something unimaginable in the past, is mainly due to the experience gained on the battlefield and the help of the World Origin.