Sure enough, in the vast and boundless Multiverse, strength was the fundamental rule that stood above all else—the ultimate weight that decided the fate of every living being and civilization!
It was precisely because Salamander Gray Guest had personally lived through that earth-shattering disaster last time, one that had nearly wiped out his own faction, that he finally gained a bone-deep, soul-piercing understanding of this supreme maxim passed down across the Dimensional Planes.
Counting carefully, the Crimson Flame Civilization's overall strength had actually far surpassed Salamander Gray Guest himself.
At the very least, it had far surpassed the profound foundations and hidden combat power possessed by the Super Powers civilization represented by Salamander Gray Guest.
Yet even though the Crimson Flame Civilization had once gave birth to a Level-12 Peak Strong Practitioner like the Ancestor of Eternal Fire, who stood at the pinnacle of the Multiverse and wielded the Eternal Fire Origin capable of burning all things to ash, with foundations deep enough to awe the vast majority of Super Civilizations, it still could not escape the tragic fate of being jointly carved up and utterly destroyed by the High-Level Strong Practitioners of the Dimensional Planes, and even those formidable beings at the level of Lords of Dimension, who commanded entire time-spaces and held sway over the Multiverse.
It was also because he had witnessed the destruction of the Crimson Flame Civilization with his own eyes and deeply realized that "without sufficient strength, even the deepest foundations cannot escape annihilation" that Salamander Gray Guest had become increasingly low-key and cautious in recent years.
Not only had he deliberately restrained his aura, proactively reducing the presence of himself and the cross-dimensional merchant group he led among the various planes to avoid being drawn into any unnecessary disputes or attention.
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