"It could be understood that way," Lu Jun said, "but not entirely."
"Ascension was something only the few who reached the utmost limit could achieve."
"Most living beings would spend their entire lives in that world, forming civilizations unique to it."
"Even if those civilizations never ascended, they would still become scenery unique to that world."
"And those who ascended would bring the experience, wisdom, and Dao arts they had accumulated in the lower world into the Prehistoric World, bringing new possibilities to the Prehistoric World."
"It was a perfect cycle—the lower worlds nurtured civilizations, while the higher world received those who ascended."
"The lower worlds possessed abundant possibilities because their laws were more relaxed, while the higher world had a stable foundation because its laws were more rigorous. The two complemented each other; neither could be lacking."
The few exchanged glances, each seeing the shock in the others' eyes.
If that was truly the case, then where was the end of their cultivation?
What lay beyond Hunyuan Wuji?
But there was no answer to that question now.
Perhaps there would never be an answer.
Fuxi drew a deep breath and pulled his thoughts back to reality. "Those matters are too distant. Let us set them aside for now."
"The question now is—if Tai Yi's Universe is ultimately going to ascend into the Prehistoric World, wouldn't transferring living beings there accelerate the process?"
Lu Jun nodded, then shook his head. "It will certainly accelerate it, but that may not necessarily be a bad thing."
"Ascension requires reaching the limit of that world."
"If that world has no living beings at all, ascension will never happen."
"By sending living beings there now, we are precisely setting this process in motion."
"Moreover," he paused, "ascension requires a passage."
"Uncle Tai Yi's Nirvana