According to Ao's original plan, he had intended to plunder the very existence of all the class-bearers, Ling Qing included.
Then, using each person's existence as a target and a channel, he would plunder the power of existence from worlds in every direction.
And slowly evolve this world himself.
But with this wager, Ling Qing had taken both the obligation and the benefits of the matter from Ao's hands and divided them among everyone.
Giving everyone autonomy.
They could actively participate in the world's evolution, while also gaining the right to reap its benefits.
For Ao, he had sacrificed the possibility of claiming all the profits for himself in exchange for the chance to accelerate the world's evolution.
Which was better and which was worse depended entirely on how he chose to see it.
However, in his view, it was not so unacceptable.
First, he could do nothing to Ling Qing, so compromise was his only option.
Second, who was to say that he, as the house in this wager, had no chance of taking all?
Man proposes, Heaven disposes.
After all, this world belonged to him.
If he won the wager, would he not gain all the benefits while also accelerating the world's evolution, saving a great deal of time?
Back when the Daoist and Buddhist factions had erased three of his class guardian deities, he had still been willing to draw Ling Qing, Liaofan, and Zhang Yuanbai in. That in itself had been a gamble.
Thus, though joining this wager had been partly forced upon him and carried the possibility of failure, the benefits were plain for all to see.
Once the stakes had been placed and the golden pool filled, Ling Qing and Ao took the lead while the other class-bearers assisted, and together they sealed the