Ye Yunsheng didn't hide anything and told the truth. Although she felt that the current Dou Qi Continent wasn't particularly wonderful after the external threats were gone, she couldn't deny that compared to that era, it was indeed peaceful.
Ao Xue was a bit shocked to hear this unexpected answer. She couldn't help but wonder what kind of existence could completely resolve the threat of Outer Demons!
Even she had only managed to barely hold back the Evil Demons and bring peace to the Continent, but there was no hope of completely eliminating them. Moreover, even everything Ye Yunsheng did during her trial, while better than what she had done, only shortened the process somewhat, and the final outcome didn't change much...
Having lived through that era, Ye Yunsheng naturally knew what she meant by Emperor. Shaking her head, she said:
"On the Continent, there hasn't been a Dou Di for Ten Thousand Years."
Ao Xue was very surprised by this. In her era, countless strong individuals had fallen one after another, and even several Dou Di existences had perished, just to temporarily ensure the Continent's safety and peaceful years.
But that was only because the Outer Demons had been hurt and had gone into hibernation again, like poisonous snakes lurking in the dark, waiting to deliver a fatal blow to the Continent at any moment and turn it into their new Demon Realm!
With doubts in her heart, she asked:
"Why? If there are no Dou Di, how did you resist the Outer Demon attacks?"
She didn't believe the Demon Emperor would miss such an opportunity, unless...
They had been completely defeated!
A possibility she had never dared to imagine before appeared in her mind. Although it seemed somewhat ethereal, she still hoped it was true. Otherwise, she couldn't imagine why Evil Demons, which countless Dou Di existences could only barely hold back, would ignore a Dou Qi Continent that had no Dou Di.
Seeing the bright light in Ao Xue's eyes, Ye Yunsheng didn't engage in Building Suspense. She synthesized the information she had gathered from exploring various Ruins with Zhao Li over the past few decades and told Ao Xue.
"I heard my Husband say that the Continent seems to be missing a type of energy – Origin Qi. Without it, no matter how talented you are, you cannot step into the Dou Di Realm."
Ao Xue frowned tightly upon hearing that this was the reason. She asked doubtfully:
"Can Emperor's Origin Qi actually be completely depleted? That doesn't seem right. In ancient times, there were countless Dou Di existences, and their consumption of it was minimal. No matter how slow the Origin Qi conversion is, in Ten Thousand Years, enough Origin Qi for one or two Dou Di should have accumulated."
Upon hearing this, Ye Yunsheng's heart suddenly skipped a beat. She had a hunch that she had touched upon a shocking secret. Perhaps behind this secret, countless matters were connected. As long as she could figure out this secret, perhaps she could resolve the doubts Zhao Li had always had!
Thinking of this, she seized the key point in Ao Xue's words and pressed on:
"Senior, do you mean that in ancient times, Origin Qi could regenerate?"
As she spoke, her beautiful eyes flickered, like stars twinkling, looking at Ao Xue with eyes full of anticipation.
Ao Xue nodded affirmatively, but then said something that seemed unrelated to Origin Qi:
"What do you think of the previous trial?"
The topic changed a bit quickly. Ye Yunsheng was stunned for a moment, then pondered for a while before saying:
"Neither true nor false!"
Upon hearing such an answer, Ao Xue's gaze towards her held a hint more of appreciation. Not only was she able to awaken within it, but she also saw through the essence of that inheritance with a single sentence. She affirmed Ye Yunsheng's answer and then posed a new question:
"Not bad! Then what did you feel when you finally fought your way into Chaos?"
Ye Yunsheng was puzzled, but she recalled it as she was told. After she had removed the fog of ignorance from her mind during the trial and awakened, she already knew that everything she had experienced wasn't real, or rather, it was just a certain period in history. What she had done couldn't change anything, but because of the spirit in her heart, she still resolutely walked into Chaos and fought her way to the so-called Upper Realm...
At that time, she was only focused on having her thoughts flow freely and only thinking about slaying enemies, so she didn't pay much attention to what it felt like in Chaos. But now, thinking about it carefully, she realized that the power within Chaos was difficult for even Dou Di existences to utilize! Moreover, there was a power she couldn't describe that was wearing down the Dou Di's physical body!
Her eyes suddenly widened, and a look of shock suddenly entered them, then quickly dispersed. She seemed to understand Ao Xue's meaning and answered in a deep voice:
"I didn't think much about it at the time, but now that I think about it, there seems to be a special kind of energy in Chaos. It's very domineering and dangerous. Because of its existence, living beings find it difficult to survive in Chaos!"
Hearing this, Ao Xue no longer engaged in Building Suspense and revealed the secret of Origin Qi:
"That's right, that kind of energy, we call it Chaos Qi, and Emperor's Origin Qi is just the energy that Chaos Qi has been transformed into by the Continent's Origin, carrying the characteristics of the Continent and being usable!"
Ye Yunsheng's guess was confirmed, but her doubts didn't decrease; instead, they increased. She focused on the new term she heard and asked:
"Continent's Origin? What is that? It can actually transform Chaos Qi into special energy."
Ao Xue wasn't impatient at all, answering every question and explaining in detail:
"Legend has it that the first existence to achieve Dou Di could control the World Origin and freely utilize the Power of a Realm, making them an invincible existence within the realm.
But in the countless years since him, no one has been able to reach his Realm. Looking around, there was no one in the world with whom he could communicate and discuss the Dao. Unable to advance further, he imparted his teachings to the Continent.
No one knows what method he used, but from him onwards, Emperor's Origin Qi was born, and later generations were also able to achieve Dou Di. Although they didn't possess his great power, their Realm had indeed reached it."
Ao Xue sighed a little at this point, saying:
"It's a pity, I don't know where that existence went. If he were still alive, how could those Outer Demons have caused such a big mess?"
Ye Yunsheng's eyes were full of longing. Her current Realm was already capable of mobilizing some of the Power of Heaven and Earth, so she knew how terrifying and powerful the Power of Heaven and Earth was. But the Power of Heaven and Earth she could mobilize seemed like a lot, yet compared to the Power of a Realm, it was like the light of a firefly competing with the bright moon, completely incomparable.
Hearing Ao Xue's sigh, Ye Yunsheng suppressed the longing in her heart and said:
"Even without him, aren't there still countless people like Senior on the Continent? If hope were placed on a legendary person, the Continent would probably have been destroyed long ago, wouldn't it?"
Even though she also yearned for the great power of the First Emperor and admired his act of imparting the Dao to the world, compared to him, she respected the Dragon Emperor in front of her even more, who had fought for the myriad beings of the Continent.
Hearing her words, Ao Xue smiled lightly. She herself no longer had such broad-mindedness. Then, she stopped dwelling on matters that had long since become the past and continued the previous topic:
"The huge gap between later Dou Di and the First Emperor naturally made people feel that he was holding back secrets. So, under the investigation of many Dou Di, the World Origin was discovered. It was precisely because the First Emperor controlled it that he could mobilize the Power of a Realm and was stronger than all the other Dou Di. Then, they also learned that when the World Origin was controlled by someone, no one could advance to Dou Di."
Ye Yunsheng was also very curious about how they were able to become Dou Di after the First Emperor. Perhaps, that already involved the secrets of the Continent:
"Then how did they become Dou Di?"
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