"No wonder he was this world's best Oscar..."
Seeing Duo Ercha suddenly Breakthrough Outer Scenery, Xu Yue could not help but sigh.
He had concealed it well, and like Xu Yue, had used the lame Demon Buddha and the Reincarnation Seal as cover. Yet with the Demon Buddha not making a move, he had ultimately still exposed clues about himself.
Whether it was a contingency plan or an arrangement,
it all meant that the Golden Emperor was, at the very least, not "sleeping soundly"!
He could return at any moment—or perhaps he had already returned.
Many Other Shores chose to withdraw into chaos, with heavenly will remaining hidden, primarily to prepare for the Final Tribulation and the Dao Fruit.
In truth, even if those at the Other Shore did not sleep, the influence they could exert was quite limited.
But the Ancient Ones capable of setting their sights on the Dao Fruit all secluded themselves in order to ensure that they would not fall short by that final sliver, and to preserve themselves at their peak.
Those Other Shores not yet qualified to covet the Dao Fruit likewise chose to sleep, lest they be plotted against and targeted during the Final Tribulation.
Other than the Heavenly Venerate of Morality, who served as the foundation for existence itself, what would the slumbering Ancient Ones think if the other Other Shores remained here?
When the Final Tribulation began, they would very likely tacitly join forces to scheme against them. Even an Other Shore's heavenly will might be reduced to ashes, perishing completely like the unlucky Demon Lord, Eastern Emperor, and the rest.
Yet among them, the Golden Emperor alone was an exception!
In the original story, They had also been the first heavenly will to return, forcing Meng Qi and the others