Noah had reached similar conclusions during his long travel. Sure, a lot of what he had acplished had ended up putting Heaven and Earth on a better path. However, that was the nature of flaws and hindrances. Overing them led to benefits. It was true for him, and the same went for the rulers.
"What's your plan?" Noah eventually asked. "Heaven and Earth's reserves of energy surpass yours. You'll eventually have to hide for real or go for something bold."
"We have to expand our influence," The old rulers revealed. "Stopping isn't an option, but we admit that Heaven and Earth are getting annoying."
"You should go into seclusion," Noah suggested. "Take your improved magical beasts and city and leave. You can't fall in Heaven and Earth's hands."
"Would you hide like a rat if you were in our place?" The old rulers questioned, and Noah even felt able to hear a faint laugh at the end of the line.
"You aren't me," Noah tried to convince them.
"No one is you," The old rulers continued, "But no one is us either. Even Heaven and Earth can't be us. That's why they fight us, and that's why we must improve faster than them. That's how the cultivation journey works."
Noah knew that the old rulers were right, but the situation remained troublesome. Heaven and Earth would eventually defeat them, and he didn't know if he could bee strong enough by that point. He couldn't even remain with the orange city all the time either since he had his path to follow.
"We don't need your protection," The old rulers announced as if they understood what was happening inside his mind.
"Still, you need to do something," Noah stated. "I don't want the final battle to arrive too soon."
"We have a plan already," The old rulers replied. "We didn't focus only on escaping during these years. We have almost found a way to gaze on the arrays of laws past the sky."
Noah snapped out of his worries and thoughts. His eyes lit up with pure interest after hearing those words. Part of him even believed to have misheard the old rulers.
"How can you even find that with the sky all around the world?" Noah asked.
"By using the sky, of course," The old rulers revealed, and Noah sensed tinges of pride in their voice.
"I want in," Noah immediately exclaimed.
"We thought you didn't trust us," The old rulers replied.
"Don't pretend to negotiate," Noah scoffed. "You told me because you want me to join the mission. Don't worry. I'm in."
"Are you sure?" The old rulers teased. "We would probably need to destroy the place only to take a glimpse at the path past the ninth rank. Heaven and Earth will definitely go all-out against us afterward."
"Stop insulting me," Noah sighed. "Show me the plan."
The old rulers went silent as the drop of higher energy spread and transformed into a map of the higher plane. Noah could see the oval world filled with weak sky and the white layer all around it. The image also depicted a few known Mortal Lands hidden past the white edges.
"You have learnt a lot in these years," Noah mented.
"We have initially tried to reach some Mortal Lands to infect their "Breath
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