"As things stand, this is already the best possible outcome."
Yu Huaqian was also gazing at that Divine Mountain. "Once, the Heavenly Dao's cataclysm seemed to stabilize the world, but in truth, it was releasing pressure. The karmic burden of all living beings weighed too heavily upon it, and it needed the beings of the present world to take that burden upon themselves."
In other words, the world did not cycle naturally on its own. It had gorged itself too full and needed to keep putting itself back in order, returning to its proper course. The birth and destruction of living beings were both parts of its ceaseless cycle.
But those hands had already set their sights on the Eternal Immortal Frontier, prompting the Dao Ancestor to intervene and forcibly slow their advance.
"Back then, the Dao Ancestor personally suppressed the Heavenly Dao." Ke Zixiao stepped forward.
"Back then, the Dao Ancestor never stepped outside the sect either." Yu Huaqian looked at Ke Zixiao. "He allowed the Eternal Ancient Ten Thousand Clans and the Dao Lineage to leave the Ancestral Land. After suppressing the Heavenly Dao, he had already begun preparing to leave and make his breakthrough."
"It seems the Dao Ancestor already knew that the price behind eternal longevity was growing harder and harder to suppress. Sooner or later, the karmic burden of living beings would build across generations and utterly overwhelm the Eternal Immortal Frontier. That was why the Heavenly Dao began targeting Eternal Cultivators back then."
Ke Zixiao clasped his hands behind his back and raised his gaze slightly. "The Dao Ancestor left to seek a better solution, and to leave us to make our own choices. Now... all is well. It is just that our hands are stained with too much Eternal Cultivator blood."
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