Dragonball Z storylines:
1) save the world from evil
2) save the galaxy from evil
3) save the afterlife from evil
...etc...
32) save the universe from evil
33) save themultiverse from evil.
Ended because people ran out of things that the main characters could save.
Goodkind storylines:
1) save the Midlands from evil empire
2) save the Empire which was threatening them
3) save everything aforementioned from an even bigger evil empire which nobody knew about before somehow
...etc...
32) ?????
DO I SEE A PATTERN?