Second update today: Chapter 1620! 2/4!
The true purpose of the Myriad Races Agreement was not merely to protect the weak. It was more like preserving the vegetable gardens of those old gods who would return to their thrones in the future!
One could imagine that if this truth got out, countless people would fall into despair!
Everyone believed they were the protagonist of their own life, but when they ultimately discovered they were merely a brick, a handful of dirt used to build someone else's towering edifice, life would lose all its light!
Even Xu Kun was filled with helplessness at that moment.
On second thought, he understood. The bloody storms stirred up by powers such as the Dragon Race on Blue Star might seem like struggles for dominance, but viewed from the bigger picture, they were merely expanding the fields for certain people to harvest!
If an old god returned to their throne and the race under their control was powerful enough, they only needed to harvest their own garden through sacrifice. Unlike other old gods, they would not need to seize or fight for more, causing all kinds of turmoil!
"The first stage after the divine path opens—the chaotic age following the return of the gods—is something every era must endure. At that time, the myriad races will suffer a devastating blow. The best outcome would be for over half of all living beings to die."
The best outcome?
"Then what's the worst?" Xu Kun asked, his voice trembling.
Xu Qingcang lowered his eyes. "There is no worst. There have been eras where nine out of ten households were emptied and fewer than one in a hundred survived. There have even been... terrifying eras where all living beings went extinct!"
"After all, in the eyes of