"This was inevitable. It would happen sooner or later. It was only a matter of time," Old Man said softly.
The Empire's history had long recorded such events, and there were more than enough accounts of them. They happened at the end of practically every era.
Once something like this happened, it meant chaos was coming. There was no stopping it. That, too, was inevitable.
The Main World was still doing relatively well. Fortunately, it remained resilient enough. After all, it had taken the deaths of so many Taboos, and even Genesis Level beings, to bring it to this state.
Any other world would have entered this phase long ago.
It was no small feat for the Main World to have held out this long.
"Then the Empire will be affected too?" Su Ye asked, drawing a deep breath.
"Of course. Otherwise, what do you think the Empire's expeditions are for? Fun?" Old Man said softly.
"Ultimately, the Empire's expeditions are meant to ease its internal pressure. Otherwise, something will go wrong sooner or later," Old Man said with a hint of helplessness.
"The Empire is too vast. Vaster than what you've seen," Old Man said gravely, a trace of helplessness in his eyes.
Su Ye froze and looked at Old Man.
"Old Man, what do you mean by that?" Su Ye asked him.
"Exactly what I said. If the Empire doesn't take action like this to release the pressure, I'm afraid things won't end well," Old Man said softly.
This was far from the first time. The Empire's history recorded countless such situations, the same mistakes repeated again and again.
But there was no helping it. It was almost like a predetermined fate. Whenever the Empire reached the height of its prosperity, internal strife would begin unless it took