God of Pets-Chapter 599: Different Eras

"To you, it might be just a myth, but to me, it's a true path I once walked." The River God said plainly, "If I told you that the human civilization you know is merely the product of a new era—before it, an even older human civilization existed, one that entered the Secret Realm for cultivation countless years before you even knew about it—would you believe me?"

"So, you are human, a person from the previous era. Structures like the Imperial Palace in the Secret Realm are actually products of the previous era, right?" Chen Guan was not astonished, just somewhat puzzled.

How could such a civilization be submerged in the torrent of history?

"Correct, both I and this Imperial Palace are relics of the previous era. As for other Secret Realm remains, whether they were left from my era is unknown. Because during our time, after entering the Secret Realm, we also discovered some unbelievable relics, which we couldn't determine whether a human civilization existed even earlier than ours." The River God said.

"I see." Chen Guan finally understood why the style of those relics was so different, why the gap was so vast; apparently, multiple civilizations existed long before human civilization.

"I wonder which era the Chunyang Temple is from, and what kind of existence are those stone figures on the cliff?" Numerous thoughts flashed through Chen Guan's mind, but he said with his mouth, "Since you're an elder of the previous era, there's no deep hatred between us. Why do you want me to bear this blame?"

"You just happened to cross paths with me; count yourself unlucky." The River God said and was about to act.

"Wait a moment. If I haven't guessed incorrectly, the person you're waiting to inherit cannot unseal the Heavenly River. The one who can truly unseal it is me, or rather my sword." Chen Guan said.

"Speaking now is meaningless." The River God frowned.

"No, it has meaning." Chen Guan said firmly, "If my deduction is correct, the inheritance you speak of wasn't meant for us, but rather your bloodline descendants."

"The inheritance you speak of is merely a bloodline inheritance; as long as they carry your bloodline, it doesn't matter their abilities or whether they can unseal it."

The River God laughed, "You certainly are a clever person, but clever people don't often live long."

"Then it seems right; the person you're looking for is a descendant of the King of Great Xia. In other words, a bloodline from the previous era remains in the world, continuously thriving." Chen Guan continued.

"Of course, where else do you think you come from? Humanity is always passing down its legacy. After a civilization is destroyed, the surviving humans take a long time to redevelop and grow, causing the previous civilization to be forgotten in history's river."

"Your era is the same; if you can't overcome a catastrophe, your civilization too will be destroyed. Survivors would thrive amid desolation, gradually forgetting this era... becoming a new civilization..." The River God said with a hint of loneliness in his eyes.

"What kind of Power destroyed your era?" Chen Guan asked urgently.

One reason was his genuine curiosity, and another was to buy time.

"Celestial Secret Realm... countless unbelievably powerful Secret Spirits... a presence you cannot imagine..." The River God spoke as if recounting a distant and unreachable dream.

Chen Guan's expression turned peculiar upon hearing it, and he asked the River God, "You mean the Celestial Secret Realm destroyed your era?"

"You know about the Celestial Secret Realm?" The River God slightly frowned.

"Never seen it, but I've heard about it. A millennium ago, the Celestial Secret Realm descended..." Chen Guan said.

The River God froze, interrupting him, "No... What you're talking about isn't the same thing... If the Celestial Secret Realm descended a thousand years ago... your civilization should've been completely destroyed... in just a millennium... humans should be fighting beasts for survival like wild men on the Divine Land... how could they have entered the Secret Realm..."

"Is the Celestial Secret Realm you're speaking of from the void..." Chen Guan recited the information he learned from books about the Celestial Secret Realm.

The River God's expression changed unpredictably, muttering, "It's the Celestial Secret Realm indeed... It should be the Celestial Secret Realm indeed... But why, with only a millennium passing by, have you developed to this extent... that's somewhat too fast..."

"Not too fast; it never truly stopped, merely went through some setbacks." Chen Guan tried to stall for time, slowly narrating how the Emperor Ancestor charged into the Celestial Secret Realm and disappeared, leading to chaos among humans.

The River God appeared utterly dumbfounded, his face filled with disbelief.

"The Celestial Secret Realm appeared... a man with a million cavalry charged in... then the Celestial Secret Realm vanished... how is that possible... you're spouting nonsense..." The River God didn't believe what Chen Guan was saying.

He always thought their era had reached the peak of human cultivation, yet their civilization was easily destroyed by terrifying Secret Spirits from the Celestial Secret Realm.

How could these descendants possibly stop the arrival of the Sky Secret Spirit, preventing the destruction of human civilization, allowing its normal continuation?

"Everyone knows about this; you can find out if you ask around. This can't be fooled." Chen Guan was somewhat grateful. The Emperor Ancestor and his million cavalry bought humanity time to extend, preventing civilization from being directly destroyed and from restarting anew.

The River God couldn't accept the fact that later eras developed a civilization even more high level than theirs.

"A million Great Cave Heavens, you only took two thousand years? That's impossible." The River God still didn't believe, thinking Chen Guan was trying to hoodwink him.

"That was in the past; now, there aren't many Great Cave Heavens among humanity. Within the Ten Great Grotto Heavens, each has only one human city, with only a few thousand human inhabitants in each city." Chen Guan knew well that a million Great Cave Heavens were from the Emperor Ancestor Era.

"Nonsense. Your current level seems about right. Million Great Cave Heaven knights, Emperor Ancestor charging into the Celestial Secret Realm, trying to fool me? You're far from capable." The River God coldly asserted, believing Chen Guan was still deceiving him, and stopped talking, directly launching a palm strike.

Chen Guan wished to say more but it was too late.

The River God's palm power surged toward him like a reversed Heavenly River, vast and boundless, even as Chen Guan swung the Mountain-Opening Axe to chop at it, it was like a drop in the ocean, with the cleaved gap quickly drowned in the raging palm power.

Like a wild primal flood, this palm power was terrifyingly augmented by the Secret Collection.

Boom!

As the raging palm power, like a Heavenly River, was about to engulf Chen Guan, a gigantic mountain thousands of meters tall suddenly suppressed it, splitting the Heavenly River in two, the surging Primordial Energy crashing against the mountain, unable to shake it a bit.