Wang Miaomiao frowned. If that were true, Death Lord would lose all face, and countless beings across the Seventy-two Realms would think far less of the Dao of Death.
Although the Main Dao governed the universe, it was impossible for the Overlords to control it personally. Each had beings from their Master Clan, civilizations that belonged to them, and countless powerful cultivators under their command. To attract all of them, an Overlord had to be strong enough to draw cultivators to their side.
So sometimes, reputation mattered.
When a Main Dao lost all face, fewer beings would naturally join it. Correspondingly, more would join the other Main Daos. The gap between them would only grow wider.
Now that the Dao of Death had returned, it needed to seize the moment and surge ahead. If it was suppressed, countless beings would assume it would keep being suppressed in the future. Who would join the Dao of Death then?
Never mind the Dao of Death—even the Dao of Time and the Dao of Karma, which had ruled Outer Heaven for ages, would do everything they could to preserve their reputations.
The Dao of Karma had been unable to suppress Chen because its experts had gone to attack the Fourth Barrier. But once they returned from the campaign, there would inevitably be a decisive battle.
To protect its reputation, the Dao of Time had even let Bu Qing stay at the Wang family and refuse to leave.
Sometimes, reputation mattered.
Lu Yin said, "Since you know all this, why are you asking me to give up Shadow Realm?"
Eternal smiled. "Shadow Realm is extremely important. If you exchange it, the ratio doesn't have to be one to one. It could be one to two or even one to three."
Lu Yin's eyes flickered