After everyone had left, only Styx's closest companions remained inside the Blood God Hall.
Houtu's eyes shifted as she asked softly, "Brother, was pushing this Tribulation forward meant to further perfect the rules of the Great Wilderness?"
Styx nodded slightly, his gaze deep and profound. "That's right. Although the Great Wilderness has continued to improve, it still hasn't advanced to an Eternal World."
"After thinking it over again and again, I believe it may be because the Great Wilderness has experienced too few calamities."
"Just like the Three Disasters and Six Calamities we set up for all living beings in the Primordial World."
"Every calamity is difficult for cultivators to endure, but once they overcome it, their cultivation immediately surges."
"The same is true of a world's advancement. From the time I began cultivating after the Great Wilderness was created until now, I can't deny that every Tribulation has caused some damage to the Great Wilderness."
"However, after each Tribulation, the Primordial World Origin grows to varying degrees."
"I've calculated it carefully. An appropriate Tribulation is actually more beneficial to a world's development."
"As long as we can control the Tribulation's intensity and prevent it from causing excessive damage to the Great Wilderness, going through several more Tribulations might even allow the Great Wilderness to advance more quickly."
"Moreover, the gap between the strong and weak among the living beings of the Great Wilderness is far too great. The strong can change Heaven and Earth with a single thought, while the weak can barely survive."
"If this continues, trouble will inevitably arise within the Great Wilderness."
"There's another matter: the weak reproduce at a truly astonishing rate. In addition, the Fortune Dynasties, Heavenly Court, and Underworld now suppress the Great Wilderness."
"This has given the weak a stable environment in