Even after the helplessness accumulated for countless years, Shandal didn't give up on cultivating. Noah and the others could only respect such an old existence and his determination.
The group's view of the world had changed entirely in those minutes. Heaven and Earth weren't only nigh-omniscient existences anymore. They were an entity that had taken control of the various planes to create the answer that they needed to advance to the tenth rank.
The Tribulations, their fairness, and their will inside the "Breath" were just tools that they used to force living beings to overcome their limits and walk on individual paths.
The nature of the magical beasts and the hybrids were probably connected to their actions too. Still, the will didn't speak about them, and Noah didn't probe further for now since he had more pressing thoughts in his mind.