The cave was very quiet as Zhao Yun continued his story. "That era was truly the era of the gods. It was also during that time that the Goddess Earth Mother transformed into the six paths of reincarnation; this is a piece of history that can be found in Hell. Yu Kiang was from the same era as the Goddess Earth Mother. As for how the gods vanished, there is no definite answer. However, according to my knowledge, the gods in Heaven are only a small portion of gods that remained from that era. Far too many gods disappeared at the conclusion of the primordial era, and the first King Yanluo had tried to search for them in the past, but to no avail. After all, there was no cultural inheritance at the time. His theory is that just as many prehistoric living beings disappeared throughout the passage of time as a result of natural selection, the gods were too powerful and were no longer suitable for this world. Thus, just like the dinosaurs, they were perhaps erased by the Heavenly Dao. Alternatively, perhaps they naturally vanished into the flow of history due to some major event, but in any case, there had to have been survivors among their ranks."

He cast his gaze toward the massive frog down below and continued, "Yu Kiang, the god of wind, rain, and famine, was one of them. However, never did I think that he would've resided in hiding here for 5,000 years. Was his life preserved by the blood of a divinity?"

Qin Ye's mind was feeling a little muddled. "I had heard that the Goddess Earth Mother transformed into the six paths of reincarnation...