Too Late

As a top-tier Dominator—one with a sliver of hope of advancing to Supreme—Lord of Slaughter naturally knew secrets beyond Chu Yuan's reach.

He pondered for a moment, then said in surprise, "Now that you mention it, it really does seem a little similar! Though the Supremes... call it aggregated law authority?"

"..." Chu Yuan fell into thought.

Aggregated laws were certainly incomparable to a complete order... perhaps they lacked theoretical guidance?

Chu Yuan recalled the Great Qin of old.

Back then, Chen Xiao and the others were already considered powerful figures within the Ninth Realm! Yet they could not see the road ahead... They did not understand how to construct phantom bodies, only blindly piled up their comprehension of laws.

Though it did improve their combat strength, advancing to the Tenth Realm was truly harder than climbing to the heavens...

Could it be that the Supremes saw less far than the primordial beings?

Had cultivation really become reliant on archaeology?

"Are you thinking something disrespectful?" Lord of Slaughter shot Chu Yuan a glance.

Chu Yuan hurriedly said, "How could I? Hahaha, my reverence for the Supremes comes from the bottom of my heart..."

"I never mentioned the Supremes..."

"..."

"Primordial beings are blessed by heaven, born with authority. It is hardly strange for them to possess such insight.

"Besides, did Dark Maiden merely mention that she had grasped the Order of Reincarnation?

"She had not!

"Anyone can say things with their mouth..."

"Not a single primordial being could possibly have grasped such an order!

"Not even Xi could!

"Otherwise, how could the Primordial Age have ended?

"If he had grasped order, Xi alone could have cut down those mere eerie entities!"

Chu Yuan felt that Lord of Slaughter had a point.

Dark Maiden merely possessed the theory, but she had