Wang Daoyuan gave it some thought, then felt that it was rather absurd.
The Yinglong Dragon Pearl was of immense value to him. Once he successfully refined it, his strength would certainly rise by leaps and bounds.
In the grand game that was the Qianyuan Realm, he was the most important chess piece.
And for this chess piece to play its proper role, it needed sufficient strength.
But if he became too strong, he might have a chance to leap off the chessboard.
To the one moving the pieces, that would not be a good thing either.
"Xuanyuan, why exactly did the Calamity-Conquering Formation Immortal leave this thing to me?
If I become too strong, wouldn't I slip beyond his control?"
Xuanyuan pondered for a long while before replying, "Master, have you forgotten that the birthplace of the Spirit Pearl is trapped?
According to our previous deductions, your growth was too fast. Before you broke through to the Great Power Realm back then, you were already two thousand years ahead of the Calamity-Conquering Formation Immortal's expectations.
According to the chess player's arrangements, when the Devil Race invades, your strength would certainly be insufficient to handle them.
To defeat the Devil Race, the Qianyuan Realm must have a leader powerful enough to hold the sky aloft.
At that time, you will have only two choices. One is to forcibly raise your cultivation until your strength is no weaker than the strongest among the invading Devil Race.
The other is that the Qianyuan Realm will lack a sufficiently powerful spiritual pillar and have no strength to fight the Devil Race.
If that day truly comes, how would you act?"
Wang Daoyuan answered without hesitation, "If it truly comes to that, retreating would drag the entire Qianyuan Realm into the abyss. I could