Somewhere beyond mortal understanding, everything seemed to have been ordained.
The rise and fall of generations of prodigies in the Primordial World seemed, in the end, to have been preparations for this calamity.
Behind Li Xinghe's achievements lay Daoist Shichen's influence, as well as the guidance of the Lord of Destiny, who had pulled strings from the shadows.
The Pangu Clan was an obstacle Li Xinghe could never avoid.
Even the Demon God Tower had been key to Li Xinghe's rise. Without it, he would never have thrived so easily in the Primordial World.
Then there was Di Wujiang. On the surface, he had not helped Li Xinghe much, merely intervening on his behalf a few times along the way.
In truth, however, he was the pivotal figure, because all those others had some connection to him.
The Evil Spirit King's prized attack had failed to break through the World Pearl. He was utterly shocked.
Back then, his strength had not been far below the Lord of Primordial's. A major reason the Lord of Primordial had won was that he had a Greater Thousand World behind him.
As the ruler of a world, he could not only control everything within it but also draw an endless supply of power from it.
Perhaps the Star Realm's foundations were still somewhat lacking compared to the Primordial World's, but that gap would begin to close before long.
The Primordial World's development had now reached a bottleneck.
And the key to breaking through that bottleneck was this Great Calamity of the Primordial World.
The threat posed by the Evil Spirit King surpassed that of every calamity the Primordial World had faced before.
The Lord of Destiny had fancied himself the player moving the Primordial World's pieces, but in truth, he was at most a