Chapter 200 - 184
In the Trial World where the Trial Road was situated, there existed a once splendid and powerful ancient world, now fragmented and shattered. From various traces, one could tell that this realm was by no means inferior to the current Tiandu Continent.
Heavenly Gods stood alongside each other, and Divine beings dominated supremely.
Yet, such a formidable civilization had vanished suddenly without a known cause ten thousand years ago. The vast world was shattered, leaving it broken and significantly reduced in size.
Ye Chen had long speculated that an extraordinary being must have intervened, directly causing the collapse of the Trial World. Although he had not known who it was nor fully grasped the extent of their power, he suspected they were not far from the ancient great powers revered throughout the Ten Thousand Domains.
It now seemed highly likely that it had been caused by Ice Flame Heavenly King, Emperor Xia, who was just one step away from entering the realm of Great Power.
Upon hearing this, Emperor Xia’s face showed a hint of embarrassment, yet he didn’t deny it, "Indeed, it was those enemies and I who caused the destruction. This world could have almost turned into a small universe, inhabited by powerful beings, including reputed Divine beings, rivaling the Sealed Prison Tiandu Continent but locked in confrontation with those enemies here. We all unleashed our strongest measures and ultimately shattered and left the world crippled."
The truth about why the Trial World was fragmented was finally unveiled—it was indeed the battlefield where Ice Flame Heavenly King, Emperor Xia, had fought against his enemies.
No wonder a mighty civilization had been erased: how powerful the Ice Flame Heavenly King was, known as a Heavenly King, and just a step away from becoming an Ancient Great Power—a truly eminent existence standing amongst the Heavenly and Myriads of Realms, vastly more powerful than those so-called Divine beings.
Although the supreme Divine beings on Tiandu Continent were mighty, even considerably influential within the Heavenly and Myriads of Realms, the Domains were ultimately too vast, and Divine beings were commonplace in each Great Domain.
But a Heavenly King far surpassed them, reputedly able to collapse thousands of miles of landscape with just a hair, let alone the Ice Flame Heavenly King standing at the Absolute Peak in the Great Realm, and those daring enough to pursue him were also certainly kings surpassing Divine beings.
Such high-level encounters were not something that beings below Heavenly Kings could withstand, nor could a world lacking complete Principles endure. Thus, after an intense battle, the Trial World was shattered and penetrated, with countless beings living there suffering numerous deaths.