2221. Curse
"You feel it, don't you?" The old rulers asked. "You know what's going to happen if you absorb us, but you can't help yourself."
Heaven and Earth didn't answer as they continued to absorb chunks of the old rulers' body. Some areas of the battlefield also went silent as the experts inspected the event. Their instincts were telling them that something big was about to happen.
"It turns out that severing pieces of yourself can work only if you decide to remain a mess," The old rulers declared. "You have tried to regain clarity, so you have understood that you need us."
Some privileged cultivators understood that the event wouldn't lead to anything good, so they teleported near the old rulers to interrupt the process. However, a series of barriers that belonged to Heaven and Earth and the old rulers hindered their path and made them unable to advance.