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The secrets that Nuwa knew...

Why wouldn't He Lixiang want to know? Of course he would.

Even though he had long realized that this secret might not change the status quo of future generations, solve their problems, or even make him lose hope for the future...

But He Li still wanted to know.

Even if the secret is utterly despairing, he doesn't want to be kept in the dark.

Wa's obsession with He Li is not surprising.

After receiving a positive response from He Li...

Her voice rang out again, but she didn't directly tell He Li what she already knew. Instead, she started talking about some things related to the rules of the world.

"The evolution, increase, and decrease of all things in nature have their own unique and unbreakable laws."

Then Nuwa spoke.

"Like wolves and sheep, the simplest rule is that wolves hunt sheep and sheep graze on plants. Without wolves, the unbridled growth of sheep will turn grasslands into deserts."

"Without sheep, plants will grow wildly, and wolves will have fewer hunting options, which will also affect the ecology."

"Their deaths and fallen bodies nourished the plants..."

"This is the complete rule."

"What if this same principle were applied to living beings, the world, and spiritual resources?"

"How about it?" He Li frowned.

According to Nuwa's theory, while living beings absorb spiritual energy to strengthen themselves, it should also produce some positive effects, which in turn feed back into the spiritual energy to maintain the consumption of spiritual energy resources.

If any link in this chain goes wrong, then the supply of spiritual energy resources will inevitably be insufficient.

They may even gradually decrease or disappear.

The path of cultivation for living beings will also be interrupted.

But what exactly happens when living beings absorb spiritual energy and cultivate?

He thought about it again and again but still couldn't figure it out.

Wa continued, "In the beginning, all living beings in the world did not understand the laws of nature and only focused on studying their own path of growth. There were countless systems such as physical techniques and spiritual arts."

"The world back then was full of..."

"Active?" Nuwa paused slightly.

It's as if they're asking He Li.

But it was as if she was asking herself a question, and before He Li could react, she spoke again...

"A world brimming with 'vitality,' where all things thrive and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth seems inexhaustible, and the birth of numerous spiritual plants and wondrous objects imbued with powerful energy is incredibly frequent."

"However, when decay and prosperity appear..."

"When he returned with the laws of the future, the boundless spiritual energy of heaven and earth began to reach its limit!"

"The world's vitality is beginning to wane."

"The changes in all things are becoming increasingly slow."

"The world today, compared to the past, seems like a young person who has overdrawn their lifespan..."

He is very old.

"His control over the world and his suppression of the gods became less relaxed, especially... after the concept of 'defying the heavens' began to emerge among the beings of this world..."

Defying the heavens? He Li narrowed his eyes.

The so-called defying fate, in ordinary human society, means that ordinary people can stand out from the crowd through their own efforts, but in the mythological cultivation system, the situation is different.

He Li has never been particularly fond of the heaven-defying concepts in the mythological cultivation system.

Because the concept itself is problematic.

Qi cultivators have spiritual roots originating from heaven, receiving heavenly grace. They absorb spiritual energy from heaven and earth to cultivate and grow, harvesting spiritual plants from heaven and earth and enjoying the gifts of heavenly fortune...

Given such benefits...

And then they'll shout, "I'm going to defy the heavens!"

Even worse, some people want to break the rules of heaven and earth...

How is this any different from smashing the pot after you've eaten your fill?

However... even so, is it wrong for all living beings to want to break through the rules and achieve immortality?

It's a bit hard to explain.

He could only say that the concept of defying the heavens was problematic, but the survival instinct of living beings to want immortality because they don't want to die was not wrong in itself, which made him unsure who was right and who was wrong.

Wa seemed to have seen through his thoughts.

"Are you thinking that there's something wrong with going against the natural order?"

"Is it wrong for living beings to seek survival?"

"All living beings under the Heavenly Dao have their own destiny, so it's impossible to judge whether those who defy Heaven in order to survive are right or wrong?" She stared at He Li with her beautiful yet eerie eyes.

The latter nodded: "Yes!"

He then pressed further, "And what about you? How do you assess this situation?"

"Judgment?" Nuwa shook her head slightly.

Why should I make a judgment?

"Some things are simply impossible to judge as right or wrong."

"This is also a pointless struggle."

"It's a loophole in the rules!"

"So?" He Li frowned. Through Wa's words just now and the discussion about the concept of defying the heavens that Wa raised at this moment, he had vaguely realized something.

He couldn't be sure at the moment; he needed to communicate more with Nuwa to confirm his guess.

And Nuwa accepted his words...

"So?" Nuwa calmly replied, "Therefore, in order to survive, living beings will inevitably plunder the world."

"We will find ways to become stronger!"

"They will also stop at nothing to break the world's will, to understand the power of the Heavenly Dao, and then try to counter and replace it, and the Heavenly Dao will surely retaliate."

"In other words... the growth and evolution of living beings will inevitably lead to conflict with the world."

"This was unavoidable."

Upon hearing this, He Li's eyelids twitched.

"Then... you still haven't said what the key issue regarding the reduction of spiritual energy is..."

Before he could finish speaking, Wa's cold gaze swept over him.

"You still don't understand?"

"Understand what?" He Li was stunned.

Seeing his expression, Wa closed her eyes and remained silent for a long time before finally uttering four words to He Li…

"Return the Way to Heaven!!!"

Returning to Heaven's Way? Returning to Heaven's Way...?

He Li's pupils contracted sharply. Seeing his sudden change in expression, Wa sighed almost imperceptibly, then said, "I mentioned before that wolves prey on sheep, and sheep graze on plants..."

"When both die, they nourish the earth, allowing more plants to receive enough nutrients to grow."

"Then... what about spiritual energy?"

"Living beings absorb spiritual energy to grow and become stronger."

"If they die, they return to the heavens, and their spiritual energy will naturally return to the world, perhaps even increasing slightly. The underlying principles may involve the deep rules of the heavenly way, which I cannot fully understand."

"But you and I need to know..."

Nuwa's expression showed a hint of helplessness.

"As all beings pursue immortality, as the number of powerful beings with long lifespans in the world increases..."

"And the spiritual energy of heaven and earth does not receive its due replenishment..."

"On the contrary, it continues to be absorbed... Even if it only flows out and never comes in, there will be a time when it will be drained. Naturally, the spiritual energy in this world will become less and less, and eventually it will be completely depleted."

When Nuwa reached this point...

He Li has basically understood.

All living beings should return to the natural order; normal birth, aging, sickness, and death are indispensable parts of nature.

In this era... even if all living beings possess various systems of power according to normal development, these power systems are ultimately not mature enough.

Therefore, all living beings cannot achieve immortality.

It may even be difficult to extend lifespan.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, the natural death of living beings in this era returns to the heavens, allowing the world to continue to "grow" and evolve, thereby producing more spiritual energy and rare natural treasures.

But the appearance of Ku Rong changed these things.

He brought the laws of the future, enabling the beings of this era to quickly acquire powerful, heaven-defying abilities...

The lifespan of all living beings began to increase dramatically.

Their mortality rate became extremely low.

As a result, all living beings ceased to return the Dao to Heaven, and the cycle of spiritual energy gradually began to break down and dry up. In addition, the evil event of severing the connection between Heaven and Earth occurred later...

It's no wonder that for a long time afterward, we would be in a Dharma-ending Age where there was absolutely no spiritual energy.

"It seems you've figured it out too."

Seeing that He Li was completely silent, Nuwa spoke.

Then she continued to herself, "What's truly despairing is that these things are unavoidable."

"Wisdom... Any living being that possesses wisdom and the ability to think will embark on this path against the heavens, thus destined to fight the world to the death..."

"Even if both sides are completely annihilated."

"And I... if I hadn't accelerated the large-scale emergence of humans, perhaps I could have mitigated this outcome."

"Humanity... its talent has become a curse."

"Is this my fault?"

Nuwa murmured to herself.

Humans have shorter lifespans but are more intelligent and have an extremely high reproduction rate, so their numbers will soon explode to an exaggerated level. However, this also means that more creatures will defy the heavens.

The rate at which spiritual energy decreases will accelerate.

From a certain perspective, it is indeed true that Nuwa accelerated the world's gradual demise.

Her acceleration, combined with the acceleration of decay and prosperity...

This caused a world that would normally take hundreds of thousands, or even hundreds of millions of years, to begin its path to destruction to begin its complete annihilation in just a few thousand or tens of thousands of years...

No wonder the withered and flourishing are reversed...

No wonder Nuwa died without a trace...