Had the Immortal Ancestor truly been willing to throw his life away and devote everything to laying down the restrictions, the Immortal Spirit Realm would never have ended up in its present state...
When the Immortal Ancestor wounded the Sacred Lord Devil Lord, he was already in the middle of casting those restrictions-the arrow was on the string, and he had no choice but to loose it. If he stopped, not only would the restrictions fail, but the power of laws and lifespan he had exhausted would never return. The Sacred Lord Demon Marshal was exceedingly cunning, too, and deliberately stalled him...
The Immortal Ancestor could only make a choice... Casting the restrictions to preserve the entire Immortal Spirit Realm was what mattered most. Otherwise, his losses would outweigh his gains...
But the Sacred Lord Demon Marshal was cunning enough to launch hit-and-run attacks while the Immortal Ancestor cast the restrictions... He made the process extraordinarily difficult... In the end, the Immortal Ancestor had no choice but to expend still more lifespan and cultivation to seal the Sacred Lord Demon Marshal inside the Immortal Spirit Realm...
And by then, the other Cultivator Armies on the Devil Race's side had arrived as well...
With his oil nearly spent and his lamp almost extinguished, the Immortal Ancestor could only cast the restrictions with all his strength to preserve the Immortal Spirit Realm... Otherwise, he would be unable to save either himself or the realm... The choice before him was whether to save his own life or the Immortal Spirit Realm...
In truth, the Immortal Ancestor still hesitated. Even as he made his final sacrifice, he wanted to retain a slender chance of recovery while also preserving the Immortal Spirit Realm... Thus, he did not put everything into the restrictions, leaving himself a