The universe was shrinking and showing signs of collapse. Undoubtedly, this would make it easier for cultivators to break free of the universe's restraints. But another question occurred to them: could they escape the Lord of the Universe's control before the universe completely collapsed? If they couldn't, then only one fate awaited them—annihilation. After all, when the nest toppled, how could any egg remain intact?
Still, they knew the universe wouldn't collapse easily. It could hold together for several million years or even longer. By then, some of them would surely have consumed Phoenix Soul Fruit and been reborn through nirvana, cultivated the Nine Reversals Heavenly Technique, and reversed their golden cores nine times. Their strength might reach or even surpass Venerable Sword Saint's. They might even match or surpass Yuan Yi and Feng Lingzi at their peak. By then, the universe would likely have grown astonishingly weak, making it much easier for them to escape the Lord of the Universe's control.
At Yuan Hao's words, everyone nodded, their expressions easing somewhat.
"But we don't even know how to escape the Lord of the Universe's control. Senior Po Qiong has lost his memories of this, so none of us knows whether we're even working in the right direction," Mo Lei said, raising the issue again.
"Although I've lost those memories, it's not as if there's nothing we can do. At the very least, we can figure out how to escape the Lord of the Universe's control," Po Qiong said. Seeing the eager, hopeful looks on everyone's faces, he continued, "The method is simple enough: bring a cultivator into a Small World and have them try to break free of its restraints. A cultivator's Small World is worlds apart from the Lord of the Universe's universe, but the situation is similar.