"The Dao Core tasked me with gathering the origins of the Nine Great Origin Realms, delaying their collapse, and finding an opportunity to awaken the Primal Great Dao."
Styx withdrew the World Bead and said in a deep voice, "Guixu's offensive is fierce now. We must act as quickly as possible."
The Nine Great Supremes exchanged glances, seeing the determination in one another's eyes.
"The Archaic Great World is willing to contribute its origin," Wu Ji Supreme said solemnly, "but we have one condition."
"Please, go on."
"The origin of the Archaic Great World must be extracted in a special way," Wu Ji Supreme explained. "Our origin has merged with our Martial Dao Will and Bloodline River."
"Extracting it by force would damage our foundation."
"We need the Nine Great Supremes to join forces and cooperate with the World Will. Only then can we separate out part of the origin without damaging the foundation."
Styx nodded. "All right. How long will it take?"
"Thirty years," Wu Ji Supreme replied. "The nine of us will act together, and within thirty years, we can separate out enough of the origin."
"But during these thirty years, the Archaic Great World's defenses will be at their weakest. Someone will need to guard it."
Mu, who had remained silent until now, finally spoke up. "Daoist friend Styx, you and I can first hold down the fort in the Archaic Great World for thirty years. Once the extraction is complete, we can head to the next Origin Realm."
Although he was the strongest expert in this realm, he had not risen to prominence until relatively recently.
When it came to the secrets of this realm, the Nine Great Supremes clearly had more authority to speak. At most, he could offer some suggestions.
"All right." Styx nodded