The reason is simple.
Great Dao Saints are qualified to transcend limitations, and the smaller the volume of chaos, the easier it is to transcend. Conversely, the larger the volume of chaos, the more difficult it becomes.
To transcend to the Ancient Primordial Realm, in a small chaos, the transcendence process could be completed in less than thirty days.
In a medium-sized chaos, it might take several years.
In a large chaos, it could take hundreds to thousands of years.
For a special-sized chaos, it would generally take over ten thousand years.
However, even for a special-sized chaos, ten thousand years is infinitesimally small for a Great Dao Saint; it usually passes in the blink of an eye.
Assuming a chaotic epoch lasts fifty billion years, within such a vast timeframe, finding the specific ten thousand years when a Great Dao Saint existed is an almost impossible probability.
The three Primordial beings never expected to see at least a hundred thousand Great Dao Saint-level beings in this chaos.
This was something they found hard to believe.
Unless—
"It's the binding force."
The Primordial being named "Tai" reached this conclusion.
"The larger the volume of chaos, the higher the binding force. Based on the volume of this chaos, its binding force should be far stronger than those special-sized chaoses."
"Perhaps, the Great Dao Saints here, although qualified to transcend, have been bound by this strong force for billions or even tens of billions of years."
"Therefore, we have discovered so many unbound chaotic beings in this chaos... simply because they find it very difficult to transcend," said the Primordial being named "Shang."
"This chaos is peculiar, to encounter so many chaotic beings... With such a large number, if they were to transcend to the Ancient Primordial Realm, their sheer numbers would form a formidable force after transforming into Primordial beings."
"They might even be able to influence the situation in the Primordial world," said the Primordial being named "Hong."
The Ancient Primordial Realm is vast and sparsely populated. Even a hundred thousand of the weakest Primordial beings would constitute a significant power.
"This is truly... Wait, they're charging!"
Just as "Tai" was about to speak, a human of Great Dao Saint level charged forward.
Behind him were hundreds, even thousands, of Great Dao Saint-level existences.
More accurately, beings comparable to Great Dao Saints.
Both "Tai" and "Shang," as well as "Hong," knew that each chaos could harbor different cultivation systems.
While the Primordial Immortal Dao system was dominant in most chaoses, many worlds also had other systems such as Dou Qi, Magic, Faith Divine Dao, Integrated Martial Dao, and Celestial Immortal Dao as their mainstream cultivation paths.
These humans before them were undoubtedly a branch of the Immortal Dao.
This was not important.
Regardless of the cultivation system, reaching this stage meant being at the pinnacle of chaotic beings, with the next step being the attainment of Primordial status, and no other path forward.
"Tai," "Hong," and "Shang," as Primordial beings, were far superior to all chaotic beings, incomparable to any of them.
While in small chaoses, attaining Great Dao Saint and becoming a Primordial being were almost one step apart, as a newly ascended Great Dao Saint could break free from the chaos's constraints and cultivate into a Primordial being within thirty days.
These two steps could almost be considered one, and the two realms could be viewed as a single realm.
But that was in small chaoses.
In reality, within this colossal chaos, far surpassing all previously encountered chaoses, the binding force of chaos on chaotic beings was unprecedentedly strong. This made it extremely difficult for chaotic beings to transcend, thus rendering the realms of Great Dao Saint and Primordial being almost distinct.
These over a thousand charging Great Dao Saint-level humans, in the eyes of the three Primordial beings, were precisely that.
With their un-transcended physiques and states, to confront three already transcended beings who had cultivated Primordial bodies was undoubtedly like throwing an egg against a rock.
This was also why the three Primordial beings were surprised but not panicked upon seeing a hundred thousand Great Dao Saint-level chaotic beings.
Regardless, un-transcended remained un-transcended. Even in such numbers, they were merely a source of astonishment, not fear, for the three Primordial beings.
"They seem to want to capture us..."
"They're charging... Is it war? Or peace?"
"Since they made the first move, let us fight..."
The three Primordial beings made their decision in an instant.
In that moment, countless universes trembled, and a higher-tier energy descended upon this place.
Primordial power.
It was scarce, only about the amount that a normal Immortal King human could unleash at full strength.
But it was a higher-tier energy, a more advanced force.
Although the quantity was insufficient, each wisp of Primordial power could shatter myriad universes and annihilate all worlds.
Many humans felt their Immortal King-level bodies rapidly dissolving under the Primordial power.
Their physical forms almost disintegrated into something less than atoms, and their primordial spirits dispersed under the influence of Primordial power.
Even when exerting their full strength to resist the Primordial power, the result was the same.
"The quality of this Primordial power is too high."
A human of Immortal King Giant level, after offering only slight resistance, was on the verge of annihilation.
The Primordial beings before them represented another subsequent cultivation path branching from the Primordial Immortal Dao system, beyond the Great Enlightenment Immortal Dao.
They seemed to pursue a "higher-tier" energy.
A more advanced form.
This Immortal King Giant level human realized, upon a mere touch of Primordial power, that this was not a distinction like that between a Great Dao Saint and the Great Enlightenment Immortal Dao, or between fundamental laws and Great Dao laws.
It was a matter of "layers."
Primordial power seemed to be a higher-tier force, while chaotic power, or the power of Immortal Kings and Immortal Emperors, was a lower-tier force in comparison.
The gap between layers meant that a single wisp of Primordial power required almost all the magical power of an Immortal King to resist.
This gap was an almost infinite one.
However, the Primordial beings did not possess a large quantity of this high-tier Primordial power, at least far less than Immortal King Giants; it was comparable only to ordinary Immortal Kings.
This was what made the Immortal King Giant level human feel that victory was possible.
The gap between lower and higher tiers, when only the tier changes while the total amount remains constant, a quantity far exceeding trillions upon trillions, countless as the sands of the Ganges, was sufficient to gain an opportunity to defeat the enemy.
And this was not something an Immortal King level human could achieve.
The over a thousand dissolving Immortal King level humans, before their demise, all had this thought in their minds.