On the contrary to Zhou Tian and his companions’ situation, the strength from the previous Epochs did not have such obvious weaknesses.

Although cultivation was difficult, once living beings in the power system of the past Epochs reached Domain Level One, their reliance on the world began to wane. Up to the present, beings like Pan Shi, even if they left the Main Plane, could still become powerful entities.

Even if World Consciousness wanted to reclaim the strength of existences like Pan Shi, it simply wouldn’t be possible. From this aspect alone, Zhou Tian’s Monster power system was indeed considerably inferior to the power systems of the previous Epochs.

Zhou Tian and his opponents’ strengths had almost no comparability; if not for his possession of the Human Emperor’s immortal body, he wouldn’t even need to mention the Deities—Pan Shi also had the ability to kill him at any moment. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

Given the current situation, it could be said that Zhou Tian was temporarily safe. Unless an accident happened, even Pan Shi or the Deities’ powerful strength wouldn’t be able to kill him.

However, although Zhou Tian could be considered safe in this current Epoch, if the Epoch were to end, then everything might not be so certain.

Therefore, after understanding the details of Divine Power and the Human Emperor’s immortal body, although it was proven that Pan Shi wouldn’t have the ability to kill him, which allowed Zhou Tian to breathe a sigh of relief, he also dared not forget his current predicament.

In any case, given the current situation, if Zhou Tian did not want to fall into being a tool for World Consciousness and be discarded after losing his utilitarian value, then he must start looking for a way out for himself.

He must find a method to possess a certain level of strength even after losing support from the World Rules when this Epoch ends. Only in that case, after this current Epoch, would he have the ability to protect himself. Otherwise, Zhou Tian may be safe now, but once this Epoch is over, his fate wouldn’t be good.

The duration of an Epoch varies, but most Epochs last no less than ten thousand years, and considering Zhou Tian’s mortal soul, if he could live through ten thousand years, he would indeed be making a great profit.

But that’s not how things work.

Speaking solely of lifespan increase, Zhou Tian’s efforts in this world could be said to have not been in vain. The problem is that Zhou Tian is not content with just the current status quo.

Since arriving in this world, Zhou Tian had almost always been living through combat. Although at the beginning, he was forced to resist due to the threat of Enemies, as things developed to the current stage, Zhou Tian’s original thoughts had unknowingly changed.

Having reached this point, Zhou Tian’s goal was no longer just to increase his little bit of lifespan or status.

Zhou Tian’s goal was to control World Consciousness, or at the very least, become a Demigod. Precisely because Zhou Tian had such high ambitions, he kept striving upward, not missing any chance to wage war in order to improve his strength. It was because of his unceasing expansion actions that Zhou Tian came to possess his current power.

Now Zhou Tian already had power, and as for his lifespan, as long as this Epoch did not end, Zhou Tian’s lifespan would be forever. Thus, with strength, influence, and life, almost everything that most people pursued, Zhou Tian already possessed. Yet even though he had all this, Zhou Tian still feared that one day he might suddenly lose everything he had.

So, when Zhou Tian learned that his power was built upon World Rules, and that he would lose everything with a change in the World Rules, how could he not be anxious?

Now, if Zhou Tian wanted to solve this problem, it seemed easy, but it could be very difficult as well.

The easy part was that Zhou Tian’s Opponents had already shown him a direction; the best way to avoid being strangled by World Consciousness was to cultivate within the Old Power System. If Zhou Tian could cultivate into a Demigod or even a Deity, then at the worst, he could possess a level of Strength similar to Pan Shi’s without the help of World Rules. Undoubtedly, although this outcome wasn’t what Zhou Tian initially aimed for, it was still a decent result.

However, if Zhou Tian wanted to cultivate the Old Power System, it would be rather difficult to do so.

It seemed simple for Zhou Tian to deal with the situation now, just a matter of cultivating another Power System. But the real question is, is it as simple as that, or rather, is the Old Power System that easy to cultivate?

Zhou Tian’s rapid growth wasn’t because of superb Talent in cultivation; it was simply due to the rapid expansion speed of his Beastmen. Without a special Power System, given Zhou Tian’s current age and even if his Talent was exceptional, he probably could only reach Domain Level One at most. To continue growing in the Power System to reach his current level, who knows how much time it would require.