Eradication and Hope
One of the Emperor You's plans was to cut off the "deterioration" brought about by the Source of Heavenly Dao.
Overly powerful extraordinary individuals—the cultivators—brought calamity upon the entire vast universe, a reversal at the extreme of prosperity.
Certainly, the Emperor You praised human desire, affirmed humanity's pursuits, and also affirmed the freedom sought by cultivators.
Yet absolute freedom was, in essence, absolute unfreedom for others.
Such absolute freedom ran contrary to the Emperor You's original intention: that all Naked Worms might live with dignity.
The mighty immortals and gods could ultimately step into the ultimate realm, achieving "all great power returning to oneself" and complete self-sufficiency. Perhaps they would demand nothing from the outside world, but power that was excessively great and left unrestrained would still lead to terrifying consequences.
Those at the pinnacle of cultivation—the immortals and gods—would not be satisfied even after attaining immortality and casting off time's limitations upon life.
They would further seek perpetuity within the river of time, projecting their present selves into the past and future...
They would make their existence more powerful and their power more influential. Even if this distortion born of strength were temporarily suppressed by the river of time and the Source of Heavenly Dao, it would never vanish forever, and the disasters it left behind would be inexhaustible.
In the Emperor You's calculations and deductions, even the Three Realms ruled by the Divine Court would be destroyed, bringing even greater devastation to this universe and the vast expanse of space-time. The Source of Heavenly Dao would spread into more mirrored space-times like a "plague."
From one perspective, the Emperor You believed that even beings as powerful as immortals and gods ought to be subject to certain restrictions, lest they exert an even greater influence upon