'My theory might have been correct,' pondered Wang Wei. He believed that regular, Innate Law, Primordial Law, and Grand Dao Source are connected or should have been.
His theory is if the Heaven Will did not exist in the Chaos Universe, cultivators would have to follow a linear path. First, they would have to comprehend and wield regular laws, which are different from worlds in the lower dimension.
Then, after reaching a particular cultivation stage, they would access Innate Laws, the core laws that have existed since the birth of Heaven and Earth. Innate Laws should be the same for all worlds in the lower dimension. However, they are different from each Chaos World.
Innate law should take people as far as the peak of the Grand Emperor World. So, to become an Empyrean, a cultivator will have to cultivate Primordial Law that governs the Chaos of the entire universe.
As the name implies, Primordial Laws have existed since the beginning of time, since before the births of Normal and Source Chaos Worlds. By wielding it, cultivators will no longer be limited by their Chaos Worlds and can roam Primordial Chaos, contacting and iterating with primordial species like Fiendgods.
Finally, to become Paragons, cultivators will have to understand the Grand Dao Source–the origin or source of all laws in the Chaos Universe.
By then, they would become beings standing at the peak of Primordial Chaos, beings capable of treating the River of Time as nothing but an ordinary river, traversing up and down its stream.
'However, with the Heaven Will, cultivators can go from regular laws–even no law–to Grand Dao Source. Furthermore, since even Great Emperors can wield the source of the Dao, the other laws have to be boosted to balance things out.'
Wang Wei pondered deeply, further fleshing out his theory. He believed maybe this was how Grand Dao first planned out the Chaos Universe. However, something occurred that made it change things and created the concept of the Heaven Will.
'Assuming my theory is correct, why did Grand Dao choose the path of Heaven Will instead?' continued Wang Wei.
'The development of the Chaos Universe,' he answered. 'The previous method made it too difficult to become Paragon. After all, they must comprehend regular laws, Innate Laws, Primordials, and Grand Dao Source. The time needed for a person, even with talent, to become a Paragon is simply too much.'
The time needed for the most gifted individual to become Paragon is in the hundred thousand Yuan Epochs. But in the old system, Paragons would be people who comprehended 1% Grand Dao Source.
So, the hundred thousand Yuan Epoch would be on top of all the time required to cultivate regular, Innate, and Primordial Law.
'Then, there is the difference between regular Paragons and peak Paragons.'
In the current system, Paragons have control over 90% Grand Dao Source and peak Paragons have 100% Grand Dao Source.
However, in the old system, Paragons would only have 1% Grand Dao Source. The difference between peak Paragons is too great. Although they would have all the other laws to help them, it made little to no difference.
'However, I have to admit, the old system would be more powerful than the current one.' After comprehending so many different laws, their understanding of the law and the Dao is not something people of the current system can match.
'The old system took too long to cultivate, reducing the number of peak powerhouses like Paragons. So, Grand Dao introduced the Heaven Will to decrease the difficulty of becoming peak powerhouses, thus allowing for the further development of the entire Chaos Universe.'