Sensing the mysterious, unfathomable void array within the Black Gourd, Dongbo Xueying began to activate and control it. Having reached the Ruler realm, his soul had grown even stronger, allowing him to draw upon greater power from the fireball inside the Black Gourd, a fireball comparable to a "Sun Star." Yet Dongbo Xueying remained exceedingly cautious, because he knew that if such power were unleashed in wild destruction, it could utterly bring this cosmic era to an end!
Just like the mortal worlds within the material realm, once damaged, they would perish more swiftly before being reborn anew.
The duration of every cosmic era was not absolutely fixed. The number of lives that multiplied, the number of Rulers and Void Gods born, and so on...