Chapter 1261 - 1228: The Mystery of Outer Heaven
"When the Demon Race invaded the Hundred Races, why didn’t the Heavenly Tribe come forward?"
"When the Hundred Races needed them the most, why did the Heavenly Tribe disappear for no reason?"
"Has the Heavenly Tribe abandoned the Hundred Races and left the Rafam Continent?"
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In a wooden cabin, Lin Yi stared blankly at the solitary White Jade Token before him, as all the answers were revealed at this moment.
Yet, even with this clarity, Lin Yi found it even harder to accept the ’demise’ of the Heavenly Tribe.
Lin Yi suddenly asked:
"What is the deal with those demons?"
He then looked at the elder beside him, longing to know about the demons that led to the downfall of the Heavenly Tribe.
Why is there no record of these demons in the Rafam Continent?
Even the Dragon God’s Dragon Race and Kalsa, the former leader of the Hundred Races, know nothing about them?
What secrets lie behind this that have left the Heavenly Tribe silently bearing these burdens for so long?
At this moment, Lin Yi couldn’t help but wonder:
Does the ’Hong Meng’ system know about this?
Although by the time ’Hong Meng’ was born, the Heavenly Tribe had already vanished from the Hundred Races Continent.
Lin Yi guessed that, given the system’s strength, it couldn’t possibly know nothing about this.
By directing him to Paradise Island to search for clues about the Heavenly Tribe, it was clear that if not for its covert arrangements, Lin Yi would remain incredulous.
Unexpectedly, Lin Yi couldn’t fathom that the ’reason’ for the Heavenly Tribe’s disappearance was so tragic.
At that moment, Fire God Opassi finally spoke to enlighten Lin Yi:
"Do you know about Outer Heaven?"
Lin Yi’s eyes widened upon hearing:
"I know!"
Coincidentally, Lin Yi had just visited that place not long ago.
Opassi, seemingly unsurprised that Lin Yi knew about Outer Heaven, continued:
"You should know that in this vast universe, humans are not the only intelligent beings."
"And the Hundred Races Continent is not the only planet with intelligent life forms."
As Fire God Opassi spoke, his voice suddenly became more somber:
"Those demons you see, we call them: Predators."
"They all come from an extraterrestrial planet named Novat."
"These Predators, relying on their formidable strength, raid across the vast universe, scavenging planet resources to bolster themselves."
"Unfortunately, we are among their targets."
Lin Yi asked:
"Why is there no news about this within the Hundred Races?"
Opassi sneered coldly:
"Hundred Races?"
"You surely know how much power these races possess."
"Even if they knew, what could they do?"
Listening to Opassi’s words left Lin Yi stunned:
"This..."
The Heavenly Tribe’s strength was undeniable.
But are the Hundred Races really as weak as Opassi suggests?
Lin Yi was unsure.
If it were the current Hundred Races, it wouldn’t be justified to describe them as weak.
The mightiest Dragon Race now only has Great Elder Sigmund (Lv86) at the True Divine Level.
Currently, the only known True Divine Level inhabitants, apart from Sigmund, belong to a few races like the Elf Race, Winged Race, Titan Race, Centaur Race, Blood Race, and Blood Demon Race.
Apart from these, the strongest is likely still the Guardian of the Endless Tower, who boasts a formidable Lv87.
Even if all Divine Level beings were gathered together, in the face of the Heavenly Tribe’s grand lineup, calling them powerless would not be an exaggeration.
However, Lin Yi also understood.
The reason the Hundred Races’ strength has become so ’weak’ is directly due to the outbreak of the Anti-Demon War.
It can be said that the Demon Race’s invasion dragged the Hundred Races down from prosperity into the abyss.
So much so that the Hundred Races have yet to recover from the shadows of that war.
Lin Yi did not know how powerful the Hundred Races were during their heyday.
But he understood.
No matter how strong the Hundred Races were, they could never compare to the might of the Heavenly Tribe.
What does tens of thousands of Divine Levels represent?
Perhaps, even at the peak of the Hundred Races, their quantity of Divine level experts did not reach this number.
And this is merely one tribe of the Heavenly Tribe.
From this, one can imagine the tremendous strength the Heavenly Tribe once possessed.
Yet powerful as they were, they ultimately could only perish together with the demons through their Clan Leader’s self-destruction.
At this moment, Lin Yi didn’t know how to describe his feelings.
Then Fire God Opassi suddenly said:
"Perhaps, to us, the Heavenly Tribe was so powerful that it made the Heaven and Earth Order tremble."
"But when facing those Predators, they realized what it means to have worlds beyond the world."
"To protect the Rafam Continent from the Predators, the Heavenly Tribe pooled their entire strength to build the unparalleled grand array ’Outer Heaven’."
"Wait~ What did you say?!"
Lin Yi exclaimed in shock:
"’Outer Heaven’ is an array? Wow!"
That place appeared to be somewhere the Heavenly Tribe once lived.
No matter how open-minded Lin Yi was, he would never associate ’Outer Heaven’ with an array.
Because those are entirely different things.
Yet, Opassi’s words once again shattered Lin Yi’s worldview.
Opassi looked at the shrine of the Heavenly Tribe’s master and mused:
"Indeed!"
"When I first saw ’Outer Heaven’, I reacted just like you."
"But what you don’t expect is."
"It was precisely the presence of Outer Heaven that prevented the Predators from approaching the Hundred Races and allowed them to enjoy a millennium of peace."
At this point, the face of this ancient True God suddenly revealed a trace of bleakness:
"But how many people know?"
"Outside the Outer Heaven, the Heavenly Tribe battled the Predators for over a thousand years for the peace of the Hundred Races."
Yet, this trace of bleakness quickly turned into fierceness:
"If it weren’t for that, do you think the so-called Demon Race would still exist in this world?"
Indeed!
If not for the existence of these demons.
With the Heavenly Tribe’s strength, the currently despair-inducing Demon Race would stand negligible, right?
Not just the entire Heavenly Tribe.
Perhaps if only the Heavenly Tribe’s master took charge, the Demon Race could be annihilated.
If those Heavenly Tribe members still existed.
Would the confrontation between the Hundred Races and the Demon Race now be nothing but child’s play?
Unfortunately, there’s no such thing as ’if’ in this world.
The ’demise’ of the Heavenly Tribe has become an established reality, unchangeable by anyone.
Without the Heavenly Tribe, the Rafam Continent is like a turtle without its shell.
Considering the current strength of the Hundred Races, the Demon Race’s might is also undeniable.
At this moment, Lin Yi just wanted to know:
"Is the Heavenly Tribe truly gone for good?"