A technologically powerful nation: The national treasure is actually myself.

"The Lord of the Flamefire Palace has summoned me."

Lin Yang paused, said something to Qingyuan, and then went to see the Lord of Yanhuo Palace.

The Lord of the Flamefire Palace, on another floor of the Human Ancestor Palace building, smiled as he watched Lin Yang approach and said:

"Lin Yang, your breakthrough this time went quite smoothly and was quite fast. Our Human Ancestor Hall will have another Eternal Realm expert, which is very rare. It has been many years since we have seen an Eternal Realm expert."

As he spoke, he asked, "As a newly promoted Elder of the Eternal Realm, you can make a request. As long as it's not too outrageous, we will try our best to fulfill it, whether it's a magic weapon or something else."

Lin Yang clasped his hands in thanks and said, "Thank you, Palace Master. However, I don't want anything material. I'd like to ask for some information. Is that alright?"

"Oh? What would you like to know?" Lord Yanhuo asked with a smile.

Lin Yang said directly, "I just learned some things about the ancient ruins from Fellow Daoist Qingyuan, but Fellow Daoist Qingyuan's knowledge is limited."

"May I ask the Palace Master, who exactly are the beings slumbering in those ancient ruins? And why did they commit such massacres? Also, I would like to know more about the ancient ruins if possible."

He doesn't need any magical artifacts or anything like that right now.

The Silver Dragon Spear is still usable, although it's a bit outdated, but there aren't any better spear-type magic weapons in the Human Palace.

He was more interested in knowing some information than in other material rewards.

This was a golden opportunity to learn intelligence, and he didn't want to miss it.

The Lord of the Flamefire Palace smiled and said, "You are quite straightforward and have a great curiosity. Well, you have already reached the Eternal Realm, so it is fine to tell you some things, but you must not spread them outside."

Lin Yang immediately replied, "Understood! Thank you for your kindness, Palace Master!"

Yan Huo waved his hand, his gaze fixed on the depths of the void, seemingly looking at some ancient ruin, and said in a low voice:
"Before I tell you who those guys in those ancient ruins really are, you need to know about the existence of the Cycle of Reincarnation."

"Reincarnation Tribulation?" Lin Yang murmured. He had never heard of this before, but judging from the name, it didn't seem like a good thing.

Yan Huo continued, "The Tribulation of Reincarnation is the final tribulation of a cycle of reincarnation. When the time comes to the end of a cycle of reincarnation, the Tribulation of Reincarnation will appear."

"The cycle of reincarnation is formed by the infinite power of heaven and earth. Its purpose is to eliminate most of the living beings in that cycle of reincarnation, so as to nourish the next cycle of reincarnation."

Simply put, it's the natural world periodically cleansing all living beings.

"Theoretically speaking, the Samsara Tribulation is unsolvable. Apart from the vast majority of ordinary cultivators being wiped out, the higher one's cultivation level, the more dangerous it becomes. The Samsara Tribulation is especially targeted at those with profound cultivation, particularly those above the Dao Flawless level, who are destined to be wiped out."

"Just by reaching the Eternal Realm or above, one can initially possess the ability to avoid the cycle of reincarnation."

"However, there is a price to pay for avoiding the cycle of reincarnation, and the price is very high."

"The longer you live, the more times you have to dodge, and the more difficult and costly it will be to avoid the cycle of reincarnation."

At this point, Yan Huo paused, glanced at Lin Yang, smiled, and said:

"For example, you are a newly promoted Eternal Realm cultivator in this era. Your current state is at its peak. When you dodge the first cycle of tribulation, you can do so with almost no cost."

"But as you live through more cycles of reincarnation, your condition will inevitably decline. In order to live through more cycles of reincarnation, your condition will become worse after each time you avoid the cycle of reincarnation, until your blood and energy are exhausted and you are no longer able to avoid the cycle of reincarnation and die."

"But there are always some old folks who, in order to live longer and unwilling to die, conducted many experiments, and eventually they discovered a way."

"That is to absorb the life force of living beings. As long as enough life force is absorbed, one can overcome the weakness after the cycle of reincarnation until the next cycle begins, and then the cycle will continue indefinitely."

"so……"

Yan Huo looked at Lin Yang again:

"Those ancient ruins are inhabited by those immortal beings. They revive before the cycle of reincarnation arrives, absorbing the life force of others to prolong their own lives."

“Each of them is an old monster who has lived through countless reincarnations.”

"..."

Lin Yang was deeply shaken.

Tribulation of Reincarnation?
Heaven and earth cleanse all living beings?

Is the being in the ancient ruins an old monster that has evaded countless cycles of reincarnation?

This information was so shocking that it made Lin Yang's scalp tingle.

He took a deep breath, his mind filled with many questions, but he didn't know how to begin. After a moment of silence, he asked again:

"Palace Master, even if you reach the Eternal Realm, isn't that true eternal life? You still have to avoid the Tribulation of Reincarnation, and if you can't avoid it, you'll die. Moreover, you're still someone who will inevitably be eliminated by the Tribulation of Reincarnation?"

This is different from the information he had previously received.

Reaching the Eternal Realm means eternity, but now it doesn't seem to be the case, since one can still die.

Yan Huo smiled and said, "That's the problem. The higher your cultivation level, the more you have to bear the annihilating power of the Tribulation of Reincarnation. The Eternal Realm is only the theoretical eternity. Theoretically, as long as you can avoid the Tribulation of Reincarnation, you can live forever. But in reality, it is almost impossible to avoid the Tribulation of Reincarnation forever."

Lin Yang couldn't help but ask again, "What is the reason for the formation of the cycle of tribulations by the power of heaven and earth? Is it simply to cleanse living beings? Or is it because too many cultivators have taken too much power from heaven and earth, resulting in a shortage of power and the need to reclaim some of the cultivators' power?"

Yan Huo said slowly, "Both exist, but in reality, it is said that before many reincarnation eras, there was no reincarnation tribulation. Once you reached the Eternal Realm, as long as you were not killed by others, your lifespan was basically infinite. But later, for some unknown reason, the reincarnation tribulation came into being, which caused cultivators to no longer have a true eternal lifespan."

"What? There was no reincarnation tribulation before?" Lin Yang was taken aback.

"Yes, but that period of time is too long ago, so long that it is difficult to trace back. Some people have tried to trace it back, but that period of time seems to be sealed away and cannot be explored. Therefore, no one knows the reason for the appearance of the cycle of reincarnation." Yan Huo sighed.

"This..." Lin Yang couldn't help but think of the scene he encountered in the river of time.

As he walked upstream along the river of time, at a certain point, a mysterious force warned him, saying, "The ancient history of the past is forbidden to later generations."

Now, comparing what the Lord of the Flamefire Palace said with his own words, Lin Yang seemed to understand something vaguely, but he couldn't quite grasp the details.

He had no choice but to ask again, "Palace Master, can those old monsters in the ancient ruins live indefinitely by plundering life force? If that's the case, wouldn't it mean that as long as one reaches the Eternal Realm and is ruthless enough, one can ignore the cycle of reincarnation?"

Yan Huo shook his head: "It's not that simple. First of all, to survive the cycle of reincarnation by plundering life force requires extremely high strength. Even ordinary ancient realm cultivators would find it difficult to do so. In other words, even ordinary palace masters cannot withstand the cycle of reincarnation multiple times by plundering life force."

"Secondly, there are some limitations. In short, it's not as simple as you think. Not all beings above the Eternal Realm can rely on plundering life force to withstand the cycle of reincarnation."

"Otherwise, there wouldn't have been so many ancient and ominous ruins throughout history. So you can understand how terrifying the old monsters in those ancient and ominous ruins are, right?"

Lin Yang fell silent.

Even ordinary temple masters cannot withstand the cycle of reincarnation multiple times by plundering life force, but the old monsters of the Great Ferocious Ancient Ruins can, which is astonishing.

He now understood why no one stopped the Great Ferocious Ancient Ruins from expanding or rioting.

I'm afraid even the temple masters won't be able to stop it easily.

"Isn't there any way to deal with those old monsters?" Lin Yang couldn't help but ask. Yan Huo laughed and said, "Of course there is, but the price is too high. It would take one, two, or even three temple masters to exchange for one, or even just one, to possibly defeat one of them. But those old monsters are very united and won't give the temple masters a chance to attack an ancient ruin by themselves. So, there's basically no way to deal with them."

Lin Yang's heart sank.

This is indeed a very high price to pay.

At the same time, he also realized that it wasn't that the temple masters were unwilling to sacrifice themselves to solve the ancient ruins, but rather that there were too few temple masters to afford such sacrifices.

Take the Ancestral Temple of Humanity for example. It only has five temple masters, but there are seven great and ferocious ancient ruins within the territory of the human race.

Even if it's a one-for-one exchange, all five palace masters would perish.

If all the palace masters perish, the other six clans, especially the Ancient Night Clan, will likely launch an immediate attack.

Therefore, the temple lords cannot afford to die!

Can't die!
Moreover, if the Palace Masters die while dealing with the old monsters in the ancient ruins of the Primordial Continent, the Dingbian Ancient Pass will be left unguarded, and powerful beings from other realms will invade the entire Primordial Continent.

In that case, all the cultivators on the Primordial Ancient Continent would still die in the end.

This is an unsolvable infinite loop.

Lin Yang was silent for a moment, then asked, "Palace Master, what about the Ancient Ruins? What is the situation with the Ancient Ruins?"

"The situation in the Ancient Ruins is more complicated. I don't know the specifics either. Like the Cycle of Reincarnation, it happened in a very distant era. That period of time is too far back to trace back," said the Lord of the Flamefire Palace.

Lin Yang remained silent.

The ancient ruins were actually from an era that could not be traced back.

"Palace Master, do you know about the Underworld?" Lin Yang asked again.

"The Underworld? You actually know about the Underworld??" Now it was the Lord of the Flamefire Palace's turn to be surprised.

He was surprised that Lin Yang knew about the Underworld.

Lin Yang paused for a moment, then said, "I found out by chance."

Lord Yanhuo did not delve into the matter, but simply said, "Unfortunately, the Underworld is also a thing of that untraceable era."

“Uh…” Lin Yang was completely speechless.

The most crucial information is untraceable.

"Is there anything else you'd like to ask?" asked the Lord of the Flamefire Palace.

"I have two more questions." Lin Yang didn't stand on ceremony and asked directly, "May I ask the Palace Master, how long will this era of reincarnation last? And why have I never heard anyone mention the Tribulation of Reincarnation before? Logically speaking, shouldn't everyone know that the world is facing such a great calamity? Or is this something that has been deliberately concealed?"

He was puzzled, especially since he had never heard of the concept of reincarnation before.

Logically speaking, even if it were deliberately concealed, it shouldn't be possible to keep such a thing completely hidden, yet he had never heard of it before.

Yan Huo Xiao Xiao:

"To answer your second question first, the matter of reincarnation was indeed deliberately concealed."

"Moreover, there are temple masters who specifically handle this matter, and they will seal and restrict it at the level of the Dao, so that ordinary cultivators are completely unaware of this matter."

"Even if Hengjing knew, he could not mention it to others. This is a rule of heaven and earth imposed by the palace masters, otherwise people would be in a state of panic and the world would be in chaos."

"As for how long this cycle of reincarnation will last, to be honest, I can't give you an exact time yet."

"Because the duration of each cycle varies. However, judging from the simultaneous uprising of the ancient ruins, the remaining time should be short."

“Those old things are more sensitive to the cycle of reincarnation than we are; it’s probably been less than ten million years.”

At this point, he couldn't help but laugh: "You're lucky to have reached the Eternal Realm at the end of this cycle of reincarnation."

Lin Yang's eyes held a complex expression.

No wonder ordinary cultivators know nothing about the cycle of reincarnation.

It turns out that the restrictions were imposed by the Palace Masters from the level of the Dao and the rules of heaven and earth!
"Why impose such restrictions? Is it just to prevent chaos?" Lin Yang couldn't help but murmur.

Yan Huo slowly said, "That's one reason. Another reason is that if people know about the Tribulation of Reincarnation, which will kill a large number of people, and the higher their cultivation level, the greater the probability of death, then how many people will still be able to cultivate with peace of mind?"

Lin Yang was taken aback.

Yan Huo continued:

"Although reaching the Eternal Realm allows one to initially avoid the Tribulation of Reincarnation, not everyone can reach the Eternal Realm. For most people, the higher their cultivation level, the greater the chance of them dying."

"Therefore, it cannot be said, and no one can know."

"Because we need new strong individuals, even those at the level of Palace Masters, to emerge."

"The path of cultivation is full of variables. Many people may lack talent at the beginning, but if they have great opportunities, they may eventually stand out."

"But if they knew from the beginning that they would die if they didn't reach the Eternal Realm, many people who might have great opportunities but lack talent would give up from the start."

"Because the opportunities one encounters are unpredictable and unknown to oneself, once the world and all cultivators know about the cycle of reincarnation, many people with insufficient talent will think that since they cannot reach the Eternal Realm, they might as well not try at all, lest they die."

"In this way, we may lose a potential future temple master."

"So, do you understand now?"

Lin Yang's eyes narrowed, and he nodded, saying, "I understand."

Yan Hui nodded and said:

"Yes, that's why the Human Ancestor Hall tries its best to provide resources and guidance, as well as create a sufficiently safe cultivation environment for the vast number of cultivators, in order to discover as many talented individuals as possible."

Yan Huo's words also resolved one of Lin Yang's doubts.

When he first arrived at the Primordial Ancient Continent, he was also surprised as to why, unlike in the endless space-time, cultivators did not fight each other on the Primordial Ancient Continent, but instead had a relatively complete legal system.

The reason is here.

"Alright, Lin Yang, you should have asked all your questions now. Go back and keep trying to see if you can make another step forward before the Tribulation of Reincarnation arrives. As for the resources you need, the Human Ancestor Palace will provide them with all its might," Yan Huo added.

"Thank you, Palace Master," Lin Yang said immediately. (End of Chapter)