Pangu drew a deep breath.
"Indeed."
"Back then, I forcibly attempted to break into a realm beyond the Unity Realm and failed. The Three Thousand Great Daos all fell into extinction, and only after sleeping for countless years did I awaken anew in the Ninth Chaos and return to this step."
Yuan Chu shifted his gaze.
"When the Great Luo True Realm fails to break into the True Saint Realm, one falls into the extinction of the Great Dao. But when a True Saint forcibly attempts to break into the Transcendence Realm and fails, they suffer the fall of the Dao."
"Both outcomes are the backlash of the rules for failing to strike at a higher realm."
"Back then, I forcibly attempted to break into the Transcendence Realm and failed, suffering the backlash directly. In the end, my Dao fell."
After pondering for a moment, Zhou Ming asked, "Since Senior merely suffered the fall of the Dao and did not truly die, and judging from the power Senior left behind in this Chaos Sea, reviving yourself should not have been difficult."
"Why did you allow those Outsiders from the Abyssal Sea Divine Hub to infiltrate your inner world? Why didn't you revive directly?"
Upon hearing this question, Yuan Chu was not angered. Instead, he let out a calm sigh.
"If I were to revive, my Dao would immediately fall again."
The three of them looked at one another, completely unable to understand the logic behind those words.
Yuan Chu raised an illusory finger and traced a line through the Void.
"When one at the Great Luo True Realm fails to break through to the True Saint Realm, after the Great Dao falls into extinction, one's cultivation state is reset."
"After you awaken and attain the Dao anew, you can accumulate