The more True Immortals there were, the more these long-lived aberrant species would endlessly wear down the World Origin. Every last one of them was a Pixiu that only took in and never gave out; if this went on for long, the entire heaven and earth would be weakened.
Naturally, it would provoke the Heavenly Dao's retaliation.
Thus, the Tribulation of Quantity was born in response.
Wang Yu vaguely guessed how the subsequent events had developed.
What his master said next was also within expectations.
"The Demon Court was the supreme under heaven, ruling over the Heavens. At its peak, True Immortal beings numbered in the tens of millions. Emperor Tai Yi pushed it to its pinnacle—and also destroyed it with his own hands!
"He was affected by the Tribulation of Quantity and firmly believed the ending Fate had transmitted to him. To avoid the Demon Court's destruction, he used the Time Dao Fruit as the foundation and sacrificed portions of time and history from all future eras. That illusory yet real history in the Void Rift came from this.
"That history had never happened, yet it was also a certain Future that truly existed. Emperor Tai Yi sacrificed it to the Heavenly Dao of the Cosmic Sea, bestowing that possibility of the Future upon the Demon Court.
"However, that was the mistaken guidance Fate gave him. Its purpose was to destroy all True Immortals, return heaven and earth to their original truth, and maintain the order of life and death and the balance of Myriad Things.
"His action bestowed the possibilities of later generations upon the continuation of the Mythological Era. In theory, it was enough to let it continue forever. Only, what he drew in was not merely the possibilities of the Future, but also the calamities of