Players complained that this NPC killed people without blinking an eye

The Trial Spirit was quite curious about Gu Yeming's reaction:

"You don't seem surprised? Could it be that you've already learned about the 'Origin'?"

Of course, Gu Yeming couldn't tell the other party about this. He just smiled and turned a blind eye.

The Spirit of Trial looked at Gu Yeming deeply, and then explained:

"Whether you know it or not, now that you have become the top guardian, I will tell you everything I know."

"Most of today's powerful people have grown step by step from their birthplace to where they are now. They have expanded from the initial plane limitations to the realm. Whether it is their vision or their own strength, compared to their birthplace, they have undergone earth-shaking changes."

"Gu Xiaoyou, you have also grown step by step from your birthplace to become the powerful person you are today. Although your growth rate is extremely fast, you must have felt the same way, right?"

"When one has grown to the limit, one will be compelled to go further, or even completely break free from that shackle."

"Your birth, status, and initial strength are your first shackles."

"Once you come into contact with news about the existence of the dimension, or even any other arbitrary dimension, this shackle will naturally break. Your horizons will be broadened, and the upper limit of your strength will be further increased."

"But whether it's humans or other living races, they are all driven by so-called 'desire'."

"This desire isn't caused by other factors, nor is it human-induced. Instead, it's hidden within the most basic, primal needs of every living being: the desire to become stronger."

"Once a powerful being breaks through their first shackles, they will become even more motivated. The desire to 'become stronger' will provide them with an endless source of motivation."

"The original 'Original' was also a powerful being driven by this same desire. He broke free from the shackles of his birth and status and was one of the first powerful beings to learn of the existence of other planes of existence."

"Later, he joined forces with other like-minded powerful beings to create the behemoth that is the dimension domain. It has developed to this day and has become an indispensable central hub of the plane."

The Trial Spirit spoke as he paced along the edge of the platform, as if lost in memories:

"But as I just said, a living being's desires are far from being satisfied."

"When he reaches his limit, he will have to break the second shackle before he can make further progress."

"Like other powerful beings, 'Original' gave his all and continuously improved his strength. In the end, he became the first and so far the only powerful being who came closest to the second shackle."

"And what I'm going to say next is the key point—"

Having said this, the Trial Spirit paused, sighed, and spoke in a particularly desolate tone:

"Unlike breaking the first shackles, the difficulty of breaking the second shackles is exponentially higher. No matter how hard 'Original' tries, he cannot break the second shackles."

"Failure to break the second shackle means that he will remain at the peak of the universe-level strongest in this life, and his vision in this life will be limited to the realm and even other planes of the world."

"In this life, I can only live a mediocre life, watching time slip away from my body. Eventually, like these former top guardians, I will disappear under the power of time."

"This is undoubtedly a fatal blow to a powerful living being who wants to become stronger."

"But there is always a way out. Just when 'Original' was feeling discouraged, consciousness found him."

"Perhaps due to the 'Origin's' constant attempts, an all-encompassing consciousness was born somewhere in the dark. This so-called consciousness... is called World Will."

"The will of the world told him that the world he was in, whether it was the dimension or other dimensions, was all false."

"Everything within the second shackle is false, and outside the shackle is 'real'."

"Even the 'Origin' itself is false. No matter how powerful a false being is, as long as it cannot match the 'reality' outside of the shackles, it will never be able to improve further in its entire life, let alone break through the second shackles."

"Upon learning this information, 'Original' was filled with despair. He couldn't reconcile with the 'reality' of the outside world. This meant that everything in his life had become a joke, and would eventually vanish into nothingness as time passed."

"But the world's will told him a way—"

"If he wants to break through the second shackles, his own strength is far from enough."

"As the saying goes, if you focus on one thing, you can pierce even the strongest shield."

"The will of the world has given 'Origin' a special ability called [Fusion]."

"As long as all the things within the Second Shackles are integrated together, the quantitative change will lead to a qualitative change. He will be able to become the only 'reality', thus breaking through the limitations of the Second Shackles in one fell swoop and successfully entering the 'real' world!"

"But his strength has reached the limit within the second shackle. He harbors a large amount of falsehood. Even if he possesses the ability to [Fusion], it is still futile. No matter how hard he tries, he cannot meet the conditions for using [Fusion]."

"So....he just started over."

"He abandoned his peak cosmic strength, abandoned everything he once was as the 'Origin', and was randomly reborn into a certain plane, just to start over, with the ability to use the [Fusion] condition."

"He did it, and everything went according to his plan."

"With the experience of being the 'Original' before him, he easily broke the first shackle of birth and status and reached the realm of status in one fell swoop."

"And his current identity is the young man in white."

"As you can see, as soon as he appeared, he immediately activated his [Fusion] ability."

"He achieved a strength that once took tens of thousands of years to achieve in a short period of time, and he quickly carried out the plan, forcibly integrating a large number of planes and powerful creatures into his body."

"but--"

Suddenly, the Spirit of Trial changed the subject and spoke in a low voice:

"Although [Fusion] can help him integrate everything within the Second Shackle, in return, everything within the Second Shackle will completely disappear and become his nourishment."

"From the smallest details of a living being's life experience from birth to the present, to the grand history of a plane's birth and development to the present, everything will be completely erased."

"This behavior is ten thousand times more serious than genocide."

"Original's willful pursuit and desire to break through to the outside world of the Second Shackles may be accepted by some beings, but it cannot be accepted by the majority of beings."

"This isn't about leading the entire clan to ascend... It's about satisfying one's own selfish desires, viewing everything within the Second Shackle as nourishment for self-development."

"False dreams are painful, but the obsession of destroying everything for the sake of reality is itself a greater lie."

The Trial Spirit sighed and shook his head helplessly, finally sighing:

"'Original' is no longer the same person he once was."

"He's changed after all."