"There's actually something this good in the world?" Xu Zimo replied.
"It's like pies falling from the sky."
"This isn't being given to you for nothing," the old man said. "You must suppress the gods here before you can obtain my power.
Consider it a trial.
When you go to Beyond the Heavens in the future, do not disgrace the name of the God of War."
"I want to know something," Xu Zimo said.
"The origins of the Ruins of the Gods, I presume," the old man said after seeming to have guessed already. After a brief silence, he continued.
"I am not very willing to bring up that time, since it was a failure under my leadership.
But if you insist on knowing, I hope you will not spread it around."
"I must know," Xu Zimo replied with a nod.
"The Mythological Era was vastly different from your present age.
Great Emperors were not the strongest beings. The gods had all transcended the ordinary and entered sagehood; Refining the Void, Connecting to Divinity, and Heavenly Venerables were everywhere.
Even Great Sages were nothing out of the ordinary."
The old man spoke slowly.
It was as though he were telling a story.
His tone was filled with sighs. "Unfortunately, the Yuanyang Continent was ultimately only a middle-tier world, with limited potential.
It could not compare to a great world like Beyond the Heavens.
Even though we cultivated diligently, there was an insurmountable chasm between us and Beyond the Heavens."
"Later, unwilling to lag behind, the gods contacted the supremely powerful beings of Beyond the Heavens, hoping to break through the barrier between the Yuanyang Continent and Beyond the Heavens.
They wanted to merge the two worlds into one.
That way, they could enjoy power equal to Beyond the Heavens."
"Though