Zhou Yifu's words put smiles on the faces of Li Yao and Wei Qingqing.
"I thought that young people like Li Yao would be more optimistic," Wei Qingqing said. "I didn't expect that master would be even more confident and optimistic than him!"
"This is not about confidence," Zhou Yifu replied disapprovingly. "We the historians are different from you. We've seen too much!
"Yes. Maybe, for the federation today, the Imperium and the Covenant Alliance are indeed behemoths. But so what?
"Think about it. Were the ancient Cultivators who occupied the three thousand Sectors forty thousand years ago not strong? But did they not experience an abrupt downfall and get replaced by the demons in the blink of an eye?
"Then, was the demon race, which reigned the universe for thirty thousand years and founded dozens of dynasties, not strong? But was it not crushed by the Star Ocean Imperium in another blink?