Hearing Qiu Yuanxi's urgent voice, Ling Luoyi remained calm and asked lightly, "What's wrong?"
"Little Luo'er, the Heart of the Continent on the Ancient Spirit Continent is about to be depleted!" Seeing Ling Luoyi's lack of reaction, Qiu Yuanxi asked strangely, "Little Luo'er, why aren't you worried at all? Once the Heart of the Continent is depleted, this continent will become a mortal continent. Don't you know that?"
"I've known for a long time." Ling Luoyi lowered her gaze and smiled faintly, "A Yuan, no one on this continent has broken through the limits for a long time. It's like a stagnant pool. Not only is there no external replenishment, but it's also constantly consuming. If this continues, the Heart of the Continent will eventually be depleted."
"Then why aren't you worried at all?" Qiu Yuanxi was even more confused, "Little Luo'er, do you have a solution?"
"There will always be a solution." Ling Luoyi looked at Qiu Yuanxi, "A Yuan, how much time is left until the Heart of the Continent is depleted?"
"A hundred years or so. If the consumption is too fast, it might be less than a hundred years."
After hearing this, Ling Luoyi said with emotion, "I am indeed a bit worried!"
"So, do you have a solution?" Qiu Yuanxi's eyes lit up, and she quickly pressed.
"Of course." Ling Luoyi said, "The Heart of the Continent is depleted because no one on this continent has opened the passage between this continent and the Ancient Xuan Continent for a long time, resulting in the spiritual energy of the Ancient Xuan Continent being unable to irrigate this continent."
At this point, Qiu Yuanxi understood Ling Luoyi's solution, but she didn't quite understand and asked doubtfully, "But Little Luo'er, you are also from this continent. Logically, your breakthrough should also cause the spiritual energy of the Ancient Xuan Continent to irrigate this continent. But why does the Heart of the Continent seem to have not been irrigated for thousands of years?"
"A Yuan, I didn't enter the Ancient Xuan Continent because of a breakthrough. The passage wasn't opened, so the spiritual energy of the Ancient Xuan Continent couldn't enter."
"Oh."
Seeing that she understood, Ling Luoyi stopped talking.
"A Yuan, go check on the injured. I'll go find the old man to explain the current situation."
"Okay."
After Qiu Yuanxi left, Ling Luoyi found Wen Zonglin's location.
Wen Zonglin was currently tallying the casualties of the academy with the elders of the Ancient Spirit Academy. Seeing her approach, he hurried over. Noticing Ling Luoyi's serious expression, his heart also tensed. "Girl, has something else happened?"
"Master, let's find a place to talk. If possible, invite the ninth-rank Grand Spirit Masters you are familiar with. There's something that requires your presence."
Looking at Ling Luoyi's serious expression, Wen Zonglin knew that what she had to say was not trivial, so he asked someone to find his friends, who were also ninth-rank Grand Spirit Masters.
The old sect masters were not busy, and soon, everyone gathered.
"Girl, what exactly happened?" Wen Zonglin asked impatiently.
"Master, all the old sect masters, this matter concerns the Ancient Spirit Continent, and it requires everyone's concerted effort to help the Ancient Spirit Continent overcome this crisis."
Hearing her tone, everyone realized the seriousness of the situation and nodded in unison, "Little girl, rest assured, we will do our best!"
"Thank you, all the old sect masters." Ling Luoyi nodded slightly and turned to Wen Zonglin, "Master, do you remember why I asked you not to break through not long ago? This time, whether you want to or not, you must break through! Not just you, but all the old sect masters must break through!"
Wen Zonglin was stunned, "Girl, why the rush? Did something happen?"
Ling Luoyi sighed lightly, "Master, do you know about the Heart of the Continent?"
"The Heart of the Continent?" Wen Zonglin looked around blankly. Seeing the confused expressions of everyone around him, he looked at Ling Luoyi doubtfully.
Ling Luoyi slowly explained, "The Heart of the Continent is the source of spiritual energy, heavenly laws, and heavenly order for a continent. It is indispensable for a cultivation continent. And the Heart of the Continent on the Ancient Spirit Continent is on the verge of depletion. Once depleted, the Ancient Spirit Continent will completely become a mortal continent."
At this point, everyone's expressions changed. If the Ancient Spirit Continent truly became a mortal continent, it would lose its spiritual energy, and they would all revert to ordinary people. They had spent their entire lives cultivating to the limit of this continent, how could they accept becoming mortals again?
"Girl, are you telling the truth?" Wen Zonglin asked tremblingly.
"Master, why would I lie to you?"
Wen Zonglin looked around at the people, then asked, "Girl, you just said for us to break through. Can our breakthrough restore the Heart of the Continent?"
"Yes. The current Heart of the Continent is like a river lacking water, needing replenishment from the spiritual energy of the upper realm, otherwise it will dry up. And now the passage between the Ancient Spirit Continent and the Ancient Xuan Continent has been closed for many years. It is necessary for everyone present to break through to the Spirit King realm, open the passage, and allow the spiritual energy of the Ancient Xuan Continent to flow into the Ancient Spirit Continent, allowing the Heart of the Continent to regain its vitality." Looking at everyone, Ling Luoyi added, "This is the only way."
After Ling Luoyi finished speaking, she gave them time to make their own choices.
Seeing that Ling Luoyi remained silent, Wen Zonglin sighed and said, "Everyone, I don't know if you believe what my little disciple said, but please think about why we suddenly became weak just now, and why the extraterrestrial demons did not die even though we destroyed their power source. Girl, you know the reason, right? Tell the seniors."
"That's because an extraterrestrial demon wanted to seize the Heart of the Continent and had already succeeded more than halfway. Your cultivation comes from the Heart of the Continent, which is why you became weak. As for the extraterrestrial demons, it's because half of the Heart of the Continent was stolen at that time, becoming one of their sources of power. Therefore, simply destroying the demonic cores within their bodies could not kill them."
"I don't know what you think, but breaking through is not a bad thing for us. Isn't this what we cultivate for? Now that we have the opportunity to break through, why not believe it?"
"Old Wen, you say it so easily. We are all respected seniors here. If we go to the upper realm, we will have to climb up from the bottom again," Old Sect Master Shen retorted.
Old Sect Master Shen was not unwilling to go, he was just habitually retorting to Wen Zonglin.
Hearing Old Sect Master Shen's words, Wen Zonglin laughed instead of getting angry, and said smugly, "Old Shen, I'm not like you. My lifespan is three hundred years, a hundred years longer than yours."
Hearing Wen Zonglin's words, several old sect masters turned red with anger. They really couldn't stand this old man anymore. Having a powerful little disciple was something to be proud of, but did he have to keep showing off?!
In this regard, Wen Zonglin felt it was worth it, very much so. It was just that once they reached the upper realm, they would be clueless about everything. Thinking of this, Wen Zonglin looked at Ling Luoyi, who was standing aside as if nothing had happened, and said, "Girl, if all of us old guys go to the Ancient Xuan Continent, can we come and seek refuge with you?"
Hearing this, the old sect masters understood why Ling Luoyi had so many things they had never seen or known before. Although they had a vague guess, it wasn't entirely unexpected. However, what Ling Luoyi said next made them drop their jaws.
After hearing Wen Zonglin's words, Ling Luoyi suddenly smiled and said, "Master, I haven't been on the Ancient Xuan Continent for a long time, so you might not be able to seek refuge with me. However, I do have a few houses on the Ancient Xuan Continent, where you can stay."
"What?!"
This time, even Wen Zonglin was shocked.