I hugged the trunk of the Little Ginseng Tree and cried for a while, my thoughts started to clear up, everything seemed to become distinct.
The talk about The Degenerate Age before might just be a story passed down, not the truth.
This world was originally sealed well, like an ecosystem in a jar. When they left, they opened a gap in this world, using the tombs of the Winged Snake Clan to lock this gap, and at the same time, contained the Spiritual Energy within the tombs.
Each time I opened a tomb, the Spiritual Energy would revive a bit more.
Once they were all opened, "they" would descend.
When they left, did they foresee the possibility of returning or maybe they could still control this world? Why did they leave in the first place...
If the Spiritual Energy was not depleted, why would they go to another world?
Was it to plunder? To conquer?
At that moment, I heard the voice of the Winged Snake Old Mother, filled with pain...