The Desolate Heavenly Venerate said, "Many Heavenly Venerates believe that even in the Origin Land, Great Venerables—these flawed Heavenly Venerates—should not exist. Although flawed, Great Venerables also grasp a portion of the Heavenly Dao's power, leading to a significant portion of that power being usurped."
"If all Great Venerables were exterminated, perhaps the balance of heaven and earth could be restored considerably, and the Quantitative Calamity brewed by the Heavenly Dao could be postponed."
The group of Ancient Great Venerables fell silent. In those days, they had indeed been targeted by many Heavenly Venerates. Before the Multiverse Dusk was initiated, several Ancient Great Venerables were even hunted down by Supreme Heavenly Venerates, with over a dozen perishing, causing a massive uproar at the time.
Back then, if not for a sufficiently powerful great existence stepping in to stop it, all the Great Venerables of the heavens would likely have been jointly exterminated by that faction of targeting Supreme Heavenly Venerates.
The Desolate Heavenly Venerate continued, "Naturally, while some targeted them, others were unwilling. They believed that stronger forces were needed to resist the arrival of the next Quantitative Calamity, that the number of Heavenly Venerates and Great Venerables should not be reduced but rather increased. Among those who proposed this, the leader was none other than the Great God Pangu."
"Back then, the Great God Pangu, leading several other Heavenly Venerates, prevented the other Heavenly Venerates from taking action against the Great Venerables."
Ye Chen nodded. Only a Heavenly Venerate King like the Great God Pangu stepping forward could have made those Heavenly Venerates cease their pursuit of the Great Venerables.
"Many people believe that the Great God Pangu was the one who triggered the outbreak of the Multiverse Dusk. In reality, that is not the case. It was simply that by then, considerable grievances had accumulated between many Heavenly Venerates and Great Venerables. Heavenly Venerates looked down on Great Venerables, considering them merely flawed Heavenly Venerates who tarnished the name of Heavenly Venerate," the Desolate Heavenly Venerate said.
"Great Venerables believed that by slaying Heavenly Venerates and seizing their origin, they could complete the Heavenly Dao and become true Heavenly Venerates."
"Ultimately, the Great God Pangu merely became the spark that completely ignited the powder keg."
"And thus, the later Multiverse Dusk came to be."
"The Multiverse Dusk was secretly instigated by some, with Heavenly Venerates covertly allying with Great Venerables, forming alliances on both sides, intending to eliminate a portion of the Heavenly Venerates so that the power of the Heavenly Dao would return to heaven and earth, restoring balance and preventing the Quantitative Calamity's arrival."
"In the end, the Multiverse Dusk erupted in full force. The slaughter lasted for multiple epochs, ultimately claiming the lives of more than half of the Heavenly Venerates and Great Venerables."
"Although this allowed the Heavenly Dao to recover considerably, and the Heavenly Venerates felt the Quantitative Calamity was postponed, among the ten surviving Heavenly Venerates of that era, many still believed that since Great Venerables also controlled a portion of the Heavenly Dao's power, they should be completely exterminated. In the end, it was only because the Great God Pangu intervened that the Great Venerables were merely decreed by the Heavenly Venerate Assembly to withdraw from the world and remain hidden."
"However, because of this, apart from a few Heavenly Venerates, the others also targeted the Great God Pangu and launched a Heavenly War against him."
"Finally, after an extremely brutal Heavenly War, the Great God Pangu returned to the Primal Realm."
The Desolate Heavenly Venerate finished recounting the causes and consequences of the Multiverse Dusk in one breath, allowing Ye Chen and the several new-generation Great Venerables to understand the reasons behind that ancient dusk.
Ultimately, everything boiled down to the Quantitative Calamity.
However, the Great God Pangu's views diverged from those of many Heavenly Venerates, leading them to opposing sides.
Because of the Quantitative Calamity, some Heavenly Venerates believed that reducing the number of Heavenly Venerates and Great Venerables could restore the Heavenly Dao and delay the Calamity's arrival.
But in this era, the Heavenly Venerates who made that resolution back then have all come to realize they were ultimately wrong. The Quantitative Calamity is destined to arrive, and its coming is far closer and faster than they imagined.
For a moment, all the Venerables fell silent.
At this moment, the Immortal Heavenly Venerate spoke up, looking mockingly at the Wanxuan Heavenly Venerate and the other five Heavenly Venerates who had initially proposed exterminating all Great Venerables. He sneered, "Back then, you few still wanted to exterminate the Great Venerables who remained in the world, even blocking the return of Chaos and the Heavenly Emperor, to avoid the Heavenly Dao's notice, thinking the world had entered its peak period and would trigger the Quantitative Calamity. Now you all know their return was not a bad thing but a tremendous boon. Otherwise, with the forces that exist today, how could we possibly resist the arrival of the Quantitative Calamity!"
The Wanxuan Heavenly Venerate and the other few Heavenly Venerates had gloomy expressions. "Who could have known it would be like this back then? But the Quantitative Calamity arriving ahead of time is also due to the Heavenly Emperor reclaiming his heavenly position and the Chaos Heavenly Emperor attaining the Heavenly Venerate realm."
Even now, they were unwilling to admit their mistake.
However, having reached the position of Heavenly Venerate, face was more important than many things. The dignity of a Heavenly Venerate could not be desecrated, so naturally, they would not easily admit fault.
The Immortal Heavenly Venerate gave a scornful smile, too lazy to waste further pointless words on the topic.
The Heavenly Emperor looked at the Desolate Heavenly Venerate and said, "Huang, this Heavenly Venerate Assembly is convened to jointly discuss facing the Quantitative Calamity. I believe the Primordial King should also have a resolution."
All the Venerables looked at the Desolate Heavenly Venerate.
The Desolate Heavenly Venerate smiled. "As expected of Haotian, truly wise and insightful. The Primordial King indeed has a decision. He hopes all Venerables can join forces, working together to rapidly push the myriad Daos of the Origin Land to their peak, ushering in the strongest golden age, and artificially propel a group of Heavenly Venerates to rise!"
Hearing this, the Venerables were shocked. The Primordial Heavenly Venerate actually wanted all Venerables to combine their strength to artificially foster the rise of Heavenly Venerates!
The Immortal Heavenly Venerate frowned. "Heavenly Venerates are not so easily born. Moreover, with only three epochs left, it's too short. I'm afraid even one Heavenly Venerate would be difficult to produce."
In the glorious era of the All Heavens Epoch, countless geniuses rose, yet it took an entire Chaos Epoch to produce this handful of Heavenly Venerates.
Now, before the Quantitative Calamity arrives, only three epochs remain. Wanting several Supreme Heavenly Venerates to rise is already somewhat difficult, let alone resisting the Calamity, which likely requires the thirty-three Heavenly Venerates or more from the All Heavens Epoch's peak period.
Undoubtedly, this is extremely difficult.
Even if all Venerables exert their strength, it would be hard to produce two or three Supreme Heavenly Venerates within three epochs, let alone twenty. It is simply unrealistic.
The Desolate Heavenly Venerate looked at the assembled Venerables. "I believe that during the Multiverse Dusk, all Fellow Daoists sealed away their strongest offspring or most powerful direct disciples. This era is an extremely critical inaugural year for resisting the Quantitative Calamity. I hope Fellow Daoists will not continue to hide and seal them away. Otherwise, when the Calamity comes, everything in the world will ultimately be destroyed. Even Heavenly Venerates will fall; sealing them will be useless. It would be better to release the seals and let them emerge. This is an excellent time to attain the eternal heavenly position."
"Moreover, the Primordial King has also promised that he will transform the corpses of the several slain Heavenly Venerate-level beings into Dao, merging them into the Origin Land to propel the myriad Daos of the Origin Land to rapidly rise to their peak."
"I ask all of you to also contribute your share. Otherwise, when the nest is overturned, no egg remains unbroken!"
The Venerables were solemn. The Primordial King possessed great vision and courage, willing to transform the corpses of slain Heavenly Venerate-level beings into Dao to rapidly elevate the myriad Daos.
At the same time, they were secretly shocked by the Primordial King's cultivation. As a Heavenly Venerate King, the extent of his strength was likely unknowable to anyone.
After these words, the Asura Heavenly Venerate said solemnly, "Since the Primordial King is also willing, my son should indeed emerge into the world!"