"What do you mean by 'seed reserves'? 'Continuation of bloodlines'? 'Regressive fusion'?" Hao Yun repeated in confusion. From the expressions of Dao Lao and the others, it was clear they were equally puzzled by Eve's words.

Eve wasn't surprised by their reactions. She gestured for everyone to calm down, then continued to explain, "Simply put, our job as Purification Envoys is to purify the worlds beyond the Spirit Realm and also purify the lower realms sheltered by the Spirit Realm. Our goal is to use these purified worlds from beyond the Spirit Realm to replace those in the lower realms that need purification. At this stage, our task is to use this soon-to-be purified Earth NX to replace the Earth world in the N38th spacetime line where you live, and inject fresh vitality into the Earth Cluster and the Spirit Realm as a whole."

Sure enough, as soon as Eve finished speaking, Hao Yun and the others fell silent. They exchanged incredulous looks with each other, seemingly verifying if they had misheard or missed any information. Then Hao Yun asked again, "What? Are you saying that you intend for Earth NX to replace the world in the N38th spacetime line where I live? And this matter is authorized by the Spirit Realm?"

"Yes, that's correct," Eve answered directly.

Eve's answer was so straightforward that Hao Yun couldn't detect any hint of deceit. In fact, he felt Eve had let down all her guard when answering his questions, making it easy for him to see that she was sincere and truthful.

"Why would this be? This is impossible! How could the Spirit Realm do such a thing?!" Dream Jia asked in confusion. She also felt that Eve was not lying, which greatly shocked her upon hearing Eve's reply.

After all, whether it was the Upper Realm or the Lower Realm, both were the cherished heart and treasure of the Spirit Realm. Whether it was the Holy Spirits of the Upper Realm or the living beings of the Lower Realm, the Spirit Realm would not easily abandon anyone. Everyone had to grow under the protection of the Spirit Realm. So, even if the Spirit Realm would dispatch troops to interfere in the worlds outside its jurisdiction, it had no reason to harm its own people. Such an act not only severely violated the laws of the Spirit Realm but also risked disrupting the stability of the Circle of Balance and bringing catastrophic disasters to the Spirit Realm. This behavior was tantamount to shooting oneself in the foot. Thinking of this, Dream Jia immediately accused Eve of speaking nonsense and deliberately slandering the Spirit Realm.

Sister Elsie waved her hand and smiled, "Hey! Look at what Dream Lady said! Do you think we would lie to you about this? In fact, our task, the task entrusted to us by the Spirit Realm, is also to safeguard the peace of the Spirit Realm and ensure the long-term healthy development of our home."

"Dream Lady is right," Sister Elsie continued, "Our Lower Realms are very important to the Upper Realm because they continuously provide energy. The faith created by the Lower Realm's beings, the endless reincarnation of the Lower Realm's beings, and the various energies released by the Lower Realm's beings to maintain the normal operation of the civilization system in the Lower Realm—all these activities in the Lower Realm continually produce the energy needed by the Upper Realm. Therefore, it is precisely because of these constantly replenished energy supplies that our Upper Realm can accumulate sufficient and powerful divine power to ensure the stable and long-term development of the entire Spirit Realm."

"Of course," Sister Elsie's tone suddenly changed, "However, there are exceptions to everything. The Spirit Realm will still intervene in the ecological environment of the Lower Realm in very rare cases. Although such actions may have a certain impact on the stability of the Lower Realm's spacetime lines, there is no alternative. The reason why the Spirit Realm does this is to ensure that the Lower Realm can grow and thrive. After all, sometimes sacrifices must be made for the greater good!"

"I still don't understand what you mean," Dao Lao responded after hearing Sister Elsie's explanation. However, despite his words, his turbulent heart had already roughly understood Sister Elsie's statement. Dao Lao simply couldn't accept the fact that the Spirit Realm would be so ruthless towards its own people, so he felt it necessary to further confirm whether Sister Elsie's words were true or false.

Seeing this, Eve spoke again, "For the Spirit Realm's envoys, our most important responsibility is to steadily advance the development of the Spirit Realm while maintaining its current state. However, due to the vastness of the Spirit Realm's system, even after the initial explosive growth phase, the Spirit Realm has entered a relatively slow and prolonged growth period. During this time, even if we wanted to turn this giant dragon around, it would require a series of massive projects to achieve. However, the situation in the Lower Realm is quite the opposite. Influenced by various factors such as the size of the civilization system, ideological outlook, and vision, the development efficiency of the vast majority of beings in the Lower Realm is far higher than that of the Upper Realm. This also leads to the civilizations in the Lower Realm quickly reaching new bottlenecks. Consequently, three situations arise in the civilizations of the Lower Realm."

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"What are these three situations?" Hao Yun asked.

"During the first scenario," Xia Wa began, raising three fingers, "the ideological development of a world's primary civilization progresses alongside its societal advancements. Eventually, when their civilization breaks through its own limits, they qualify spiritually to ascend as Holy Spirits in the Upper Realms. This civilization is then recruited under the Realm of Many Spirits and becomes a new force in the lower realms. However, civilizations with such potential in the lower realms are exceedingly rare. Even if a lower realm civilization has this potential, it requires extensive evolution and challenges before it can qualify for ascension."

Lowering one finger, Xia Wa continued, "Based on this scenario, the second type of lower realm civilizations emerge. These civilizations cannot ascend to the heights of Holy Spirits but can maintain a certain level perpetually, becoming highly developed entities within the lower world and existing relatively eternally. Whether these civilizations exist to promote the development of more lower realm civilizations or merely to conquer or destroy other civilizations, their existence positively influences the development of lower realm civilizations and continually provides higher-quality energy sources to the Realm of Many Spirits. Of course, beings capable of influencing such high-dimensional civilizations are equally rare."

Retracting another finger, Xia Wa went on, "Thus, beings in the third category are particularly significant due to their vast numbers. Many civilizations within this category develop according to templates from the first and second categories of civilizations. However, constrained by their innate conditions, they either remain stuck in their developmental processes until their energy is completely exhausted, or they lose themselves due to ineffective development, ultimately leading themselves towards destruction. Nonetheless, whether the development of such civilizations is positive or negative, they still provide sufficient energy for the Realm of Many Spirits. At least, this is true for the vast majority of the time."

"What do you mean by this?" Elsie asked, prompting Xia Wa to shake the finger she still held up before calmly responding, "Constrained by their developmental limits, civilizations in the third category, regardless of how far they can develop or how long their civilizations can last, if they cannot continuously break through their limits, they will ultimately fall into endless self-consumption."

"Once these civilizations enter a state of self-consumption, the negative energy they generate exceeds the positive energy. Consequently, they become unable to provide energy sources for the Realm of Many Spirits, nor can they reciprocate the power of the Realm of Many Spirits through energy sources. When the energy within the civilization's world is completely depleted, they will head towards extinction. A civilization that loses its value to the Realm of Many Spirits and the world it destroys becomes the target for our Purification Messengers."

Xia Wa sighed regretfully, then continued, "Alas! Although the Realm of Many Spirits is vast, losing just one lower realm timeline doesn't cause any ripples throughout the entire Realm of Many Spirits. However, practically, each lost lower realm world represents a loss of an energy supply channel, naturally weakening the protective power of the Realm of Many Spirits over all beings."

"Due to this reason, the Realm of Many Spirits cannot simply sit idly by and allow this world to perish. However, constrained by macro laws, the Realm of Many Spirits cannot prevent the destruction of such civilizations, or even resurrect worlds led by them. Thus, once these civilizations perish, they inevitably cause irreparable permanent damage to the Realm of Many Spirits."

"Even though the Realm of Many Spirits can save these civilizations from destruction, it cannot change their attributes. If the Realm of Many Spirits wishes to intervene again to completely reset the attributes of such a civilization or even nurture a new civilization in that timeline, it would essentially mean destroying the original civilization. Such actions risk disrupting the stability of the timeline. Therefore, such seemingly feasible actions are not adopted by the Realm of Many Spirits."

Finally, Xia Wa spoke mysteriously, "I'll be frank with you. The Realm of Many Spirits has attempted such interventions before and suffered immense losses. Back then, the Realm of Many Spirits was not as vast as it is now, so the primal gods could minimize losses and set the Realm of Many Spirits back on track. However, given the current vastness of the Realm of Many Spirits, the primal gods would naturally refrain from taking such risks again."

Dao Lao seemed to understand the logic behind this, speaking in a tone of realization, "So now, instead of expending equal effort and taking on greater risks to save worlds heading towards destruction, the better solution is to infuse fresh blood into the Realm of Many Spirits."