Amid countless evolutions, a very thin sheet of paper appeared before the Green-robed Man.
This paper had been transformed from rules.
It was not made of any ordinary material. If the rules of the Nine Domains World were the size of tadpoles, then the rules upon this sheet were as vast as rivers.
These were universe rules.
They differed from the rules of the Nine Domains World.
Most powerful cultivators could, in fact, ignore the rules of the Nine Domains World.
Because their strength surpassed those rules by far.
But universe rules were different.
If one swore an oath within the framework of universe rules and bore witness to the signed vow, then it would carry true binding force.
Once one violated that oath, one would suffer the punishment of the rules.
No one could escape it.
Of course, an oath could only be established willingly.
An oath forced upon someone by another would not be binding.
At this moment, the oath agreement slowly floated before Xu Zimo.
Only then did Xu Zimo clearly see its contents.
[Bound by the universe rules, I willingly swear]
[I shall serve the Wu family of Martial God Star faithfully for one hundred years, in exchange for the chance to leave Nine Domains Star]
[Should I violate this oath, I shall suffer a fate worse than death!]
It was a simple oath, yet concise and to the point.
One hundred years of freedom in exchange for the chance to leave this world.
Was that condition excessive? Honestly, it was not.
Think of those who had died while defying heaven. How peerlessly brilliant they had been, how their grace had endured through the ages.
Yet in the end, they had still died.
If they had been given a choice, would they have been willing to