If the Origin Ancestor appeared, he was bound to catch the Chaos Heavenly Emperor's eye.
That, in turn, might draw people from the Chaos Heavenly Court.
If the Chaos Heavenly Court joined forces with the Land of Ten Thousand Gods, wouldn't that just be asking for trouble?
Facing the Land of Ten Thousand Gods alone, they could handle it with ease.
But add the Chaos Heavenly Court, and the situation would turn on its head.
Even together, the Land of Ten Thousand Gods and the Chaos Heavenly Court could not make Meng Chuan's entire group fall, but his side would certainly be at a disadvantage.
If they could hold the upper hand, why choose a course that would put them on the back foot?
If the Origin Ancestor stayed away, the eight great Chaos Ones would merely become seven. The deterrent they posed to the Land of Ten Thousand Gods and the Boundless Chaos Sea would be much the same.
But if the Origin Ancestor appeared, they would seem to gain a powerful ally while potentially gaining a whole host of powerful enemies...
The cost and the reward did not match.
In a way, the best help the Origin Ancestor could give Meng Chuan was to stay quietly in the Shrouding the Heavens World...
"Godfather, who came out the biggest winner of this Great Dao Tribulation?" Chu Feng asked curiously. "And why did it last so long this time? Far too many Great Powers died."
"Five of them died. If it had been us, wouldn't we have been wiped out?"
Chu Feng had a point. If Shi Hao, Ye Fan, Chu Feng, and Ruthless had gone, they really might have been wiped out...
After all, when the Great Dao Tribulation began, they had not been in the Chaos Domain for