Cultivation Online novel Chapter 1266

Chapter 1266 The End of the World

Once everyone left the training grounds and cleaned up, they gathered at the dining table, where Meifeng served a feast.

"Since it's been a while since we ate together, I decided to celebrate a little," Meifeng said.

Yuan smiled, "Thank you."

Sometime later, after dinner ended and the table was cleaned with everyone present, Yuan took a deep breath before speaking, "What I am about to tell you will sound crazy, but it's happening, and I don't want you to freak out."

"You are already freaking me out, Yuan…" Wang Ming swallowed nervously.

The others nodded in agreement.

Yuan then asked them, "Do you remember when I told you guys about the truth behind Earth— how it used to belong in the Nine Heavens before it got separated?"

They nodded.

"Unfortunately, Earth drifted a little too far away from the Nine Heavens and became starved of spiritual energy. Normally, when something like that happens, the world will eventually stop being able to support itself and get destroyed. But fortunately, the Lord has been protecting this world through a formation for millions of years now, preventing it from destruction."

"However, his power isn't unlimited, and he won't be able to support that formation one day. For some reason, the formation that is holding this world together has been demanding more spiritual energy as of lately, and at this rate, the Lord won't be able to support it anymore, and when that happens…"

"The end of the world…?" Shi Lang muttered in a dazed voice.

Yuan nodded, "Yes, Earth will cease to exist, alongside its inhibitors."

"What?!"

Everyone there exclaimed in a shocked voice after hearing this news.

"W-W-Wait! This is something that will happen far into the future, right? Please tell me that it will happen only long after we are dead!" Wu Zao cried out loud.

Yuan shook his head with a solemn expression and sighed, "The Lord estimated that he will only be able to support the formation for another hundred years if the formation continues to absorb his spiritual energy at its current rate."

"A HUNDRED YEARS?!?!"

"Of course, that is only if the formation's current condition remains. Unfortunately, the Lord also predicted that it might get worse in the future, so we probably have less time than that."

"W-We have less than a hundred years before the world ends…? How am I even supposed to respond to this…?" Wang Bingbing muttered with a dreadful look on her face, her complexion as white as a ghost.

Unsurprisingly, the others had similar looks on their faces. After all, they were all looking forward to their future which seemed incredibly bright until just moments ago.

"Why didn't the Lord tell us something this important? He had plenty of chances to…" Hong Xiuquan muttered in a puzzled manner.

"He probably didn't want you guys to worry about it needlessly," Yuan sighed.

"He was right. There's nothing we can do about it even if we knew, so we'd only be needlessly worrying about it. We're useless." Wang Ming gritted his teeth in frustration.

"I wouldn't say that." Yuan quickly said, and he continued, "The Lord trained you guys for a reason. Although it won't give us more time, you guys can make it easier for the Lord to maintain the formation by transferring your spiritual energy to him."

"Also, we already have a plan in motion, so just leave everything to me. I will do everything in my power to save Earth."

"You do? What do you plan on doing? Is there anything we can do to help?" Meixiu asked.

Yuan shook his head, "I'm afraid not. We have several ways to save Earth, but most of them are either too time-consuming or logistically impractical, so we decided to restore the Lord's diminished power, which will buy us more time to find another method to save Earth."

"That will require a tremendous amount of spiritual energy, correct?" Meifeng asked.

Yuan nodded, "Yes, so I need to find a soul belonging to a God Ascension realm cultivator in the Nine Heavens and bring them to Earth to help us."