The ruler of the First Universe had obtained the legacy once left behind by the Ancestor of their race from the previous cycle—that was, the ruler of the Second Universe from the previous cycle.
It was also because of this legacy that he had become the ruler of the First Universe today.
That one could be said to be their Ancestor.
After all, he had been an existence from the previous cycle, and a cultivator of their same race besides. He had naturally existed for far longer than he had.
That one could be said to have seen far and aimed high. He had left behind so many inheritances in advance precisely because he was worried that if they failed in the previous cycle, their race would never be able to turn things around afterward. Thus, the legacy he had left behind was extremely complete, containing everything. Beyond that, the legacy also held a great many secrets.
There were even secrets regarding the truth of reincarnation.
That Ancestor had left behind the legacy before going to exterminate the Demonic Beasts. Within it were records concerning the universes that had carried inheritances from the previous cycle, and among them were two relatively special universes.
One was Universe 33. The other universes were all top-ten universes, so the appearance of a Universe 33 was indeed rather special. But that still was not the most special. Although Universe 33 could be considered fairly low-ranked, compared to another universe, it was far too far ahead.
Among the final ten universes left from the previous cycle, there had actually been a 1086th Universe.
That was simply too much.
How could a universe ranked over one thousand make it all the way to the end?
If there had only been one or two rounds in total,