Above the Calamity Soil.
Though the Weird Ancestors like Hong Jun hadn't perished, they suffered unimaginably catastrophic injuries.
It would take tens of thousands of years for them to heal completely.
The Iron-eating Beast Big Bear's blow had indeed been ruthless, fundamentally devastating the likes of Hong Jun and securing peace for the Primordial World for ten thousand years.
Moreover, it's uncertain if even after ten thousand years, the Weird Ancestors like Hong Jun could return to their peak. Physical injuries could be mended over the eons, but the emotional trauma was irreparable.
The millennia spent in the dream space had inflicted unspeakable damage on their spirits.
Whenever they recalled their ordeals within the dream realm over the years, they felt an uncontainable sense of constriction and humiliation.
They were once the epitome of strength in this world, the revered progenitors of strange beings, with statuses beyond compare, seldom matched by others.