Within the 1086th Universe.
In one Great Thousand World after another, the higher-ups of those Great Thousand Worlds looked at the Immortal Artifacts before them in confusion, their faces filled with puzzlement.
"What's going on? Our Cosmos Ruler rarely showed himself before, and he hardly ever bestowed rewards. Yet now he's bestowed rewards for no reason, and then said that before long, there will be a great war. But when we asked what kind of great war it would be, the Ruler wouldn't say."
"There should really be a great war. Otherwise, why would the Ruler suddenly give us so many resources, tell us to cultivate properly, and even say that we should stop attacking one another?"
"I just don't know what kind of great war it is, or how many cultivators will die when the time comes."
"I wonder if it'll be the same as the Demonic Creature Battlefield."
"Now that you put it that way, I actually miss Song Zhong a little. With Song Zhong around, if nothing else, if it was like the Demonic Creature Battlefield again, Song Zhong alone could kill his way through one—no, at least two cultivation realms' worth of enemies. Our universe would be safe."
"Exactly. I don't know why the Cosmos Ruler gave the order back then for all cultivators to go exterminate Song Zhong together."
"It was obvious Song Zhong threatened the Cosmos Ruler's position. If you were the Cosmos Ruler, wouldn't you be afraid of Song Zhong breaking through and becoming a sage? Forget a sage—even if Song Zhong only broke through and became a Quasi-Saint, he'd be terrifying beyond measure. If Song Zhong became a Quasi-Saint and then joined hands with the Saint of Ceasing War, I'm afraid even the Cosmos Ruler wouldn't be able to stop them."
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