The world was still alive.
Yet while Waghar's remains had remained behind, it had absorbed an immense amount of aura belonging to a legendary dragon. That aura had been tainted by the dragon's death—precious, yet poisonous, as though someone had swallowed a large chunk of gold and was originally doomed to die.
Before the remains were removed.
The Xuanhuang Small World and the dragon's remains had become one, using the dead dragon to bear the dragon's death.
After the remains were taken away.
The death aura accumulated throughout the world had to find a new destination. Otherwise, this small world would face its own death.
"At the Beginning, my True Self had planned to clean it up personally."
The Black Cat carefully explained these hidden causes and consequences to the little Jade Person. "But you know, to a Legend, a small world is simply too small. It can't even contain a single thought of my True Self. Clearing away the death that had seeped into every aspect of this world was no less than performing delicate surgery—use even a little too much force, and this world might be contaminated in turn by my True Self's aura, losing its 'natural' essence and becoming utterly worthless as something that could be lifted into ascension—"
This was the first time Jiang Yu had heard such an explanation.
But it was not hard to understand.
A world contaminated by the aura of a Legendary Wizard would naturally have all the laws born within it tend toward that Legend's path. Advancing to Grand Wizard in such a world would naturally make one a dependent of that Legend.
Without an enormous stroke of fortune, dependents could never surpass the path or attainments of their True Self. In other words, Grand Wizard would be their endpoint.
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