"Of course it was you." Grand Master Xuandu smiled faintly and waved his hand. A tea table appeared before him. He picked up the teapot, poured a cup of clear tea, and handed it to Chen Luo. "What I said just now was all history from the Primordial Era—consider it a bit of background."
"The matters that follow concern you."
Chen Luo took a sip of tea and set down the cup. "I'm all ears."
"After that battle in Xuandu, the Primordial Era's strength was greatly diminished."
"The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors fell, Buddhism fell apart, and Human Race Destiny plummeted."
"Only Goddess Nuwa remained among the Primordial Limitless Sages. Moreover, because she had protected the Primordial Beings, most of her vitality had dissipated, and her strength had fallen to rock bottom. Recovering would take more than a day or two."
"If things proceeded step by step, then in Guixu, whether the Western Pure Land won or the Guixu Devil Ancestor won, by the time the victor launched another Demonic Tribulation, the Primordial Era would likely lack the strength to resist."
"So Goddess Nuwa and I discussed it at length and decided to seek life from within death. Taking advantage of the confrontation between the Western Pure Land and the Ancestral Abyss, we would move the battlefield from the Primordial Era to Guixu. Thus came the plan for the New Master of Guixu."
"The so-called New Master of Guixu plan had three goals, simply put."
"First, provoke the Western Pure Land and the Ancestral Abyss, inciting them to fight constantly and weaken their living forces."
"Second, cultivate new Primordial Limitless Sages, establish a third force in Guixu, find an opportunity to land the final blow against them, and guide the Tribulation Destruction Ancestral Abyss into the world."
"Third, seal