And not just a normal behemoth, but a behemoth that could trample upon anything in this world.
Bai Wei and others gulped hard. But the ancient figure said again, "But they never showed hostility towards us humans."
" They fought against those invaders from... let's not talk about that for now. You'll know it in the future eventually."
He wanted to say something but didn't say a single word, fearing the ancient thunder.
He just hinted that millions of years ago, the Eternal Sect fought against some unknown force. And even won that war alongside these figures.
This time, Da Zhuang asked again, "But, Your Highness! What happened to our sect that it declined this much in these millions of years?"
The ancient figure sighed again, "Maybe they took too much burden for humanity. Before our death, they were the only ones protecting humanity besides us. Maybe they never thought about their decline at all."
"Yes, it is true," Bai Wei and others thought in their minds. It's their sect's first rule, help those you can help with your power.
Even if you need to die yourself in helping, if you decided to help someone, help to the end of it.
Six of the disciples sighed within themselves, while Zhao Yue and Lan Suyin looked at them with more respect.
They only heard how Nexus Sovereign and 13 other sovereigns saved humanity for thousands of years.
But today they learned the secret that even in ancient times, millions of years ago, the Eternal Sect was the one who saved humanity.
And now they learned that tens of thousands of years ago, the Eternal Sect sacrificed its higher-level cultivators to save humanity.
The more they learned about their new sect, the more respect they felt in their hearts for the Eternal Sect.
Lan Suyin, who was silent all this time, asked with curiosity, "But, Your Highness! Which force did you belong to? Are they still here in this world?"
Everyone looked at these ancient figures with curiosity again.
The ancient figure smiled a gentle smile, then said, "We 16 Sovereigns are from the force called 'The Sect of Sixteen Heavens'."
"And as for if we still have our sect left in this world, the answer is no. All of our sect members died back then."
" If that person didn't show us mercy by giving us this tower, our consciousness would've been dissipated too."
The ancient figure said again with a hint of pride in his voice,
"The galaxy we oversaw was called the Galaxy of Sixteen Heavens. It was a beautiful galaxy at that time, flourishing with cultivation resources and countless human-residing planets."
"But heaven didn't take pity on us. Those invaders attacked our plane with their full force." He said, gritting his teeth in absolute anger.
"They killed each and everyone from our galaxy. Even us 16 sovereigns died in that war. Just then, that figure helped us."
"Saved our consciousness here within this tower and gave us a task to fulfill." They looked at the 8 disciples with hopeful eyes.
"Now that we've already given you your rewards, can you guys help us with something?"
Bai Wei said, clapping his hands in front of him, "Please mention it, Your Highness. If we can help you with all of our powers, we'd definitely help."
The ancient figures smiled together. They knew in their hearts that no matter how much the Eternal Sect had declined now, their nature was still the same as it was before.
One of them said, "Can you find someone for us?"
Bai Wei said, "Yes! If you can give us that person's name and details, we can help you find that person."
The ancient figure nodded his head and said, "That person's name is Shen Huai."
Just as he finished speaking, he waved his hand, and a beautiful image appeared before everyone.
Seeing the beautiful picture in front of them, everyone shuddered.
Bai Wei, Zhao Tie, Xiao Yun, Mu Chen, Lan Ruo, Da Zhuang, and even Zhao Yue and Lan Suyin, all of them looked at the picture with utmost horror in their eyes.
They saw a beautiful young man, skin as white as jade, wearing a beautiful long black inner dress.
Above that, he wore a long red coat with black and golden patterns engraved on the robe. Countless unknown divine beasts were dancing on his long robe.
His long black hair and long sleeves were fluttering in the air. A beautiful white sword with intricate jade and golden designs hung from his waist.
A jade token with the carving "Eternal" swayed in the wind from his waist belt.
A beautiful golden crown on his head and countless golden and silver long chains hung from his hair. He was wearing green jade earrings made with gold and green luminous jade.
A single flame mark was between his eyebrows. His face was so beautiful that even the stars and moons or heaven itself would lower its head upon seeing this gentle face.
But everyone was looking at the picture in horror at this moment. They knew this person too well. But why did someone from millions of years ago want to find him?
This person is none other than Shen Huai, the current sect master of the Eternal Sect.
Bai Wei immediately became alert just by seeing Shen Huai's picture. Not just him, but the other 7 members of the Eternal Sect also became alert.
They didn't know why these 16 Galaxy Sovereigns wanted to know about their sect master.
But in their hearts, they respected Shen Huai as their own elder brother. They wouldn't betray him for any reason, no matter what.
The 16 sovereigns could feel the tension growing between them and the Eternal Sect disciples. They wanted to ask the disciples something, but just then,
Two figures materialized in front of everyone, between the two groups. Looking at these figures, the 16 sovereigns shuddered together. They felt a chill run down their spines.
As for the 8 disciples from the Eternal Sect, they immediately bowed towards the two figures, clapping their hands in front of them, and said hurriedly, "Greetings, Sect Master and Grand Elder."
Shen Huai and Yan Wuhe nodded towards them, then looked at the 16 ancient figures.
The mere look made the hearts of these 16 figures shudder with utmost horror, a feeling they hadn't experienced in millions of years.
They immediately kowtowed towards Shen Huai and Yan Wuhe, then said loudly,
"We've seen Your Highness Shen Huai and Your Highness Yan Wuhe."
Shen Huai and Yan Wuhe were both shocked. These people actually knew their names and even had Huai's picture.
Huai looked at the picture in front of them. It was exactly him. Not just exactly him, but he could feel that this picture was his. Even the aura emanating from the picture was his.
Yan Wuhe beside him murmured, "You look divine in those clothes."
Huai heard it, and his cheeks turned red. He could also see that he looked really good in the picture. But it wasn't the time to admire it. He looked at the kowtowing ancient figures.
Then he waved his hand, and a gentle force swept by, helping the ancient figures stand up.
They still bowed their heads towards Huai and Wuhe.
"How do you know our names? And even have my picture?"
The first ancient figure said hurriedly, "We can't tell you, Your Highness! We are restricted by someone. He told us not to reveal anything to you or His Highness Yan Wuhe."
Huai and Wuhe were both even more surprised. "What do you mean, both me and Yan Wuhe?" they wondered.
"Do they know about the future, that's why they told you not to mention anything to us, or do they have another motive?"
Huai nodded, hearing those words. He had also seen that ancient thunder cloud from before.
And the power it contained was truly not from this plane at all. It came from at least the Immortal Realm.
Huai asked curiously, "You wanted to find me for something? What is it you want to find me for?"
The 16 ancient figures moved together. They condensed their power, and the top of the hall slowly started to open. An ancient box flew out from the void above the fake sky.
The box was emitting an eerie aura. An aura so dark that the hall started to fill with the bloodlust emanating from inside the box.
The first ancient figure took the box and gave it to Shen Huai, then bowed again and said,
"Your Highness! That person gave us instructions to give you this box if we found you in the future."
As he said this, he looked at Wuhe for a moment, then lowered his head again.
Then he said with a serious tone again, "That person also said something to tell you..."
Huai asked with great curiosity, "What did he tell you to pass on to me?"
The ancient figure spoke, "He said, 'When the time is perfect for it to appear in front of you, it will appear on its own. Until then, keep it safe.'"
Huai and Wuhe were both dumbfounded. Huai even wanted to reject it at this moment.
He didn't know any of them, so why would he need to take care of a suspicious box for them? For just some weird prophecy? No! He didn't believe in prophecies.
He wanted to reject it when the ancient figure said again,
"That person also said, 'If you want to reject this box, remember I am also from The Eternal Sect.'"
These words startled Huai. Someone from his sect left him something and even hid himself. Now he couldn't even reject this thing.
He sighed deeply and stored the box inside his system space.
Huai had just put the ancient, eerie box into his system space when a voice sounded in his head.
[ Ding!
Congratulations, host!
For finding a fragment of the Calamity.
You gained the rewards according to the contribution:
1. Resurrection cards - 16 pcs
2. Soul orbs - trillion pieces
3. Sui Zhong (personal blade specifically made for Yan Wuhe)
Host! Remember to collect all the pieces of Calamity. ]
Huai asked in his mind, 'System! What are these fragments of Calamity?'
[ Ding!
Host, you don't have enough authority to know about the fragments of Calamity.
You should know that only by collecting all of them would you gain the full power of the Calamity. ]
Huai was dumbfounded. This was another thing he didn't know about, and the system even said he didn't have enough authority to know about it.
The more he thought about it, the more bewildered his face became.
He immediately entered his system space in his mind and tried to open the box containing the fragment of Calamity.
But no matter how much he tried, the box never even budged a single bit. Even with his full power as a Divine Sovereign, it didn't open.
Then he remembered the words of the person who gave him this box, that this box would open when needed.
And the next thing he thought about was the blade in his system space , a black blade with a terrifying aura emanating from inside it. But when he touched the blade.
It hummed with unexplainable joy, as if it had met its real owner. Huai, however, became more confused. Why did the system give him this reward?
This blade should have been rewarded by Wuhe's system, and now it was his system that gave him this reward.
His system had never given rewards for others before. But why was it giving rewards for Wuhe now?
He asked again in his heart, 'System, why did you give me a reward for Yan Wuhe? Isn't that the duty of his own system?'
[ Ding!
Host, Yan Wuhe is someone important to you. That's why the system gave you rewards to give to Yan Wuhe.
System is rooting for you. Give him this gift and steal his heart...
Hehehe...]
Huai became dumbfounded again. "What the hell," he thought, "who said that he wanted to steal Wuhe's heart?" And now his system was teasing him to do weird things.
His system even gave him gifts to give to Wuhe. His cheeks became red. His face turned into a tomato in utter shame.
He roared in his heart, 'You damn system. You're becoming more and more lewd day by day. Why don't you change your name to Primordial Lewd System?' he said, gritting his teeth.
[ Ding!
Host, you gave me a beautiful idea.
I can change my name to Primordial Lewd System and will give you lewd tasks to seduce Yan Wuhe.
Hehehe... I can't imagine those tasks, hahahahaha...]
Huai almost fell to the floor. He immediately saved himself from falling. From the first time he entered his system space until now, only a fraction of a second had passed outside.
Huai looked at the faces of everyone, who were watching him and waiting for his response.