Although Lei Dong had already guessed as much, hearing it for real still shocked him. The life being nurtured inside this egg was a clone the Will of the Universe had created for itself.
At Lei Dong's current level, the idea was easy to understand. If the universe were compared to a spiritual treasure like the Chaos Pagoda, then the Will of the Universe would be like the pagoda's artifact spirit.
Artifact spirits originally had no souls or consciousness. But Mei Xiang, the Chaos Pagoda's artifact spirit, would gradually develop a soul. Ji, the Nether King Banner's artifact spirit, had also gained one.
It was only natural, then, that the artifact spirit responsible for maintaining the laws of Heaven and Earth might develop a soul as well.
Based on Lei Dong's own experience, once a being had consciousness and a soul, it would become curious and want a body, so it could experience the world from the perspective of a living creature. Seen from that angle, the Will of the Universe's actions were entirely understandable.
But from another perspective, the problem was enormous. Given how powerful the Will of the Universe was, the clone it had nurtured for itself was certainly no ordinary being. In theory, even the Supreme of the Three Realms might not be a match for it.
Otherwise, why would the three Supremes have joined forces to kill it while it was still an egg? Wasn't it because they feared and dreaded it?
Lei Dong's experiences had taught him that a being with tremendous power and nothing capable of restraining it was free to do as it pleased. And doing as it pleased meant acting without the slightest scruple.
Any such being, the moment an unusual idea crossed its mind, could bring about consequences beyond anyone's ability