Elder Tang smiled.
"It wasn't just us Void Echoers. Strictly speaking, even the Dark Abyss you encountered could be considered one of the Deep Space Cultivators!"
Jiang Fan's heart shuddered.
In the stories told throughout the Qiyuan Star Domain, those Deep Space Cultivators were mostly portrayed in a positive light.
Though they acted somewhat wild and unrestrained, without the shackles of rules,
overall, they were still within the range people could accept.
But the Dark Abyss... a heretical cultivator like that could also be called a Deep Space Cultivator?
Jiang Fan found it difficult to understand.
Elder Tang sighed.
"You once questioned me about why the Void Echoers didn't interfere with the Dark Abyss's affairs in Tianshu City!"
"Actually, the most crucial reason was the agreement between both sides!"
His gaze seemed to sink into memories.
"Several hundred years ago, we Deep Space Cultivators were one united group!"
"We built Tianshu City using the Iron Lump we picked up from the edge of the Galaxy. Using this city as a deep-space node, we explored the Galaxy!"
"But as time passed, we discovered that let alone crossing the Galaxy, even reaching the Galaxy was extremely difficult!"
"And as generation after generation gradually grew old and died, we realized a serious problem!"
"It was as if everything had been set by a predetermined program. No matter how we cultivated, we couldn't break through to Level 18 or above before dying of natural causes!"
"As long as our strength approached Level 18, or we reached the threshold of Level 18, our lives would inevitably come to an end!"
"And being unable to reach Level 18 meant being unable to traverse the Galaxy!"
"This cycle continued, as if... this star system had been designated as our final destination..."
"So solving this problem became something