"Under those circumstances just now, ordinary True Gods would have been completely unable to resist. If I had remained in the Primordial Universe a little longer, I might have submitted as well."
Sitting Mountain Guest pondered. "That golden light did not contain the Origin Will... but the supreme rules!"
The Origin Will possessed intelligence, but it itself posed no real threat, so he had never feared it.
The supreme rules were different.
They were the rules governing all operations throughout the entire Universe Sea. Why did the Primordial Universe constantly perish and be reborn? Why were World Beasts born?
Why could True Gods live for at most three reincarnation eras before they had to traverse reincarnation?
Everything, everything, was because of the supreme rules!
The supreme rules had no intelligence. They were merely rules, yet they were supreme above all else!
"The supreme rules merely guide the life essence of every living being, invoking the natural reverence and instinctive worship low-level life holds toward high-level life..."
Sitting Mountain Guest murmured, "The supreme rules merely guide and intensify it, causing every life form, including True Gods, to naturally obey their instincts and kneel.
"Fortunately, they only guided it. If they had forcibly made us kneel, even I... would have had to kneel!"
He did not fear the Origin Will because the Origin Will's actions were constrained by 'rules' and had to comply with a whole series of restrictions.
The rules governing the Universe Sea were different. Even though he knew many secrets, his understanding of the supreme rules was still only fragmentary.
"Though I do not know why he drew the supreme rules down, the result is good..."
Sitting Mountain Guest thought to himself, After causing such a commotion, he may return to his peak even faster.
How strong was that