The city was scorched black and deathly still, one could vaguely discern the major road that led into the city from the gates.
Not far away, the remnants of a collapsed tall building were visible, and one could still make out some of its former traces.
Yu Ziqing's expression stiffened, he may not have recognized anything else, but he recognized that collapsed building.
It was the inn he was staying in now, the surviving eaves and the blackened sculptures were identical to the ones he saw outside his window.
Only, the one outside his window still seemed intact and quite new.
"What's going on here? Didn't you say this place isn't an Illusion Realm, but real?"
"Indeed, it's real, and we are inside a Sealed Item. Everything you see here is sealed."
Yang sighed, his tone carrying a hint of admiration.
"Many things related to Dadui have disappeared, many records too are gone, but there are some things that are too famous to be completely forgotten."
Like Silver Lake, the records under Dadui aren't there, but under the entry for Silver Lake, Dadui is mentioned."
When other things are documented, some inevitably end up being tied to Dadui, there's no avoiding it.
Like Sealing Skill, today many people only know of the Feng and Yin Two Families.
In fact, this is only because the Feng and Yin Two Families, having been handed down from the Ancients, have become the most famous.
Before them, there was Dadui.
Many records about sealing in Daqian, the contents within, they all came from Dadui.
Even from that tip of the iceberg, one can vaguely discern how powerful Dadui once was.
They produced a multitude of powerhouses, and their talent was abundant. Their Sealing Skill in combination with the Divine Dynasty Magical Treasure and destiny, had reached an almost divinely profound level."
After lamenting, Yang's tone became complex.
"Their Sealing Skill could even seal away disasters that couldn't be handled at the moment.
Waiting for a later time to find solutions, then releasing the seals to resolve the disasters."
Yu Ziqing's head was full of question marks.
Then, he quickly thought of something.
"You don't mean to say that Dadui actually never resolved that catastrophe of Alien Fire that scorched thousands of miles of earth, and even though the falling Galaxy was summoned, it didn't entirely resolve the issue, but they just completely sealed the disaster away, right?"
"That's right. I wasn't very sure myself because all records with Dadui as a main character are gone.
All I know about Dadui is from documents that mention other things.
Now that I have come to Dinghai City, I didn't find you, but only saw scorched earth everywhere.
I became completely certain then.
The disaster of Alien Fire has not disappeared; it's still sealed."
Yu Ziqing's face looked a bit unsightly.
"This means, you've entered a disaster that has been sealed.
And I, too, have entered a disaster that's been sealed.
Your disaster has occurred, but mine hasn't actually happened yet."
"Right," Yang responded.
Yu Ziqing covered his face, his head throbbing.
The disaster sealed by Dadui was so severe that even after Dadui was gone, it had not been unsealed or resolved.
Whether it's resolved or not is secondary now.
The most important thing is whether he can withstand the impact of the disaster.
At Yang's location, he was already faced with the aftermath of the fire, the ground full of Evil Ghosts and filled with resentment, none of which could harm Yang at all.
But at his location, within the city, it was still a scene of peace and tranquility.
The streets were bustling with people, merchants were everywhere.
How was he going to survive the impact of the disaster?
"Here, unless I break the Sealing, it's impossible for me to help you. I also don't know what you'll encounter there, I don't have any related materials.
However, I can show you what it's like on my side now, it could be helpful to you."
Yang projected a series of images, and Yu Ziqing memorized all the scorched images, not missing any detail.
"I'm going to prepare now."
Yu Ziqing returned from the Seventh Floor, went to the window, and looked at the eaves and the carvings on it.
He pondered for a moment, stepped out of the window, and reached the top of the inn's tall building, surveying everything around him.
Comparing it with the pictures given by Yang.
Soon, Yu Ziqing found several identical places; certain things, even after a great fire, can still remain, especially buildings.
Yu Ziqing silently calculated that even if it was destroyed by fire and rebuilt, it was unlikely that so many places would be exactly the same.
At least the timeline was ascertainable.
His disaster had occurred before the disaster of Alien Fire on Yang's side.
His disaster, presumably, was not of the same widespread destructive nature as the Alien Fire disaster, not world-destroying.
Otherwise, the already destroyed things wouldn't have still remained by the time of Yang's period.
If it was not an Alien Fire disaster, not meteor falls from the sky, nor was it some great power suddenly appearing to level the area,
then at least it was not without resistance.
And other disasters? His Body Refinement was not for naught.
Continuing to speculate, a disaster that didn't greatly damage the city or the surrounding architectural environment and was still called a disaster and sealed,
it must have been a human disaster.
What could happen that would cause so many deaths here, causing great loss?
Another possibility was that if the disaster weren't sealed, the subsequent losses would be even greater.