In the side hall, Lin Sheng sat upright, listening carefully to Tang Chong.
One thought after another flashed through his mind.
Soon, a question arose, and he asked it at once.
"Senior, I've always been quite interested in ancient history, so I've read a fair number of old books. I know that Void Beasts were not rare in ancient times, and Supreme Grandmasters among humans were not nearly as scarce as they are now. Why is that?"
This pattern was not difficult to discover. Anyone with some knowledge of ancient times could spot the clues.
Even setting ancient times aside, before the last Void Transformation Tribulation ten thousand years ago, the numbers of Void Beasts and human Supreme Grandmasters far exceeded those of today.
There was something wrong with that situation in itself.
At Lin Sheng's question, Tang Chong smiled faintly and nodded.
"You noticed it too. That is indeed the case. In fact, this phenomenon isn't limited to Void Beasts and human Supreme Grandmasters. Every living being in this world has been affected."
"In the distant past and ancient times, powerful, ferocious beasts were beyond counting. You can glimpse that from the beast ore Divine Seeds they left behind. As time passed, those powerful beings dwindled until scarcely any remain today. Although this process spans an immense stretch of time, every one of these major changes gradually occurred after a Void Transformation Tribulation."
"To be precise, each Void Transformation Tribulation depleted some of the energy between heaven and earth. After repeated tribulations, the energy remaining in the world became insufficient to sustain many powerful beings at the void tier."
"After the calamity ten thousand years ago, the world declined even further. Reaching Void Level became extraordinarily difficult. That is why so few people attain the Supreme Grandmaster realm despite