Primordial Wilderness Epoch...
Pangu drew a deep breath.
"Indeed."
"Back then, I forcibly attempted to break through to a realm above the Unity Realm and failed. The Three Thousand Great Daos all fell into Jiemie. Only after a long slumber did I awaken anew in the Ninth Chaos and walk back to this step."
Yuan Chu turned his gaze.
"When one at the Great Luo True Realm fails to break through to True Saint, they fall into the Jiemie of the Great Dao. But when a True Saint forcibly attempts to break through to the Transcendence Realm and fails, they suffer the fall of the Dao."
"Both outcomes are the backlash of the laws suffered from failing to charge into a higher realm."
"Back then, I forcibly attempted to break through to the Transcendence Realm and failed. I was directly struck by the backlash and ultimately suffered the fall of the Dao."
After pondering for a moment, Zhou Ming asked, "Since Senior merely suffered the fall of the Dao and did not truly die, and judging by the power Senior left behind in this Chaos Sea, reviving yourself should not have been difficult."
"Why did you allow those outsiders from the Abyssal Sea Divine Pivot to infiltrate your Inner World? Why did you not revive directly?"
Upon hearing this question, Yuan Chu was not angered. Instead, he let out a calm sigh.
"If I revive, I will immediately suffer the fall of the Dao again."
The three of them looked at one another, utterly unable to grasp the logic behind those words.
Yuan Chu raised a phantom finger and traced a mark through the void.
"When one at the Great Luo True Realm fails to break through to the True Saint Realm, their state of cultivation resets after the Great