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

Even after leaving the Ancestral Hall, Lin Yang's emotions were still unsettled.

The information about the cycle of reincarnation, the ancient monsters slumbering in ancient ruins, and so on, all deeply shocked him.

After calming down, Lin Yang went to find Qingyuan again.

He wanted to try telling Qingyuan about the cycle of reincarnation.

As the Lord of the Flamefire Palace just said, the other Palace Lords worked together to restrict the spread of this message from the perspective of the Dao and the rules of heaven and earth.

He wants to try it himself.

Qingyuan was somewhat surprised to see that Lin Yang had finished meeting with the Lord of Yanhuo Palace so quickly.

Before he could speak, Lin Yang tried to ask, "Fellow Daoist Qingyuan, do you know about the Tribulation of Reincarnation?"

However, as soon as he spoke, Qingyuan seemed not to have heard him, looking somewhat bewildered, and said, "Fellow Daoist Lin Yang, did you just speak? I didn't hear you say anything."

Lin Yang frowned slightly. He had said it himself, but Qingyuan couldn't hear it.

This restriction is indeed ingenious.

He also subtly sensed a kind of constraint from the rules while he was speaking.

Immediately, he waved his hand and said, "I didn't say anything. I just said that the Lord of the Flamefire Palace told me that the Human Ancestor Palace will provide me with the resources I need for cultivation. So I will most likely be in seclusion for a long time. If there is anything in the Time-Space Tree that I need to handle, I can send a message to him."

Qingyuan was not surprised and said with a smile, "Fellow Daoist Lin Yang, please go into seclusion with peace of mind. We will handle the matters within the Time-Space Tree. You should cultivate diligently and not let down the Palace Master's cultivation."

"Okay." Lin Yang responded and then returned to Xiwu City.

Xia Shuang was killed by an old monster from the ancient ruins of Bai Chi City, and this matter can only be suppressed for the time being.

With the Ancestral Temple providing all the resources, all he had to do was take the opportunity to improve himself.

Only those who have reached at least the level of a temple master can consider settling scores with the slumbering beings of the ancient ruins.

He made some corresponding arrangements and then went to the secret cave.

Sitting cross-legged in his secluded cultivation room, Lin Yang wondered if he should contact Yue You to ask if the person he saw in the River of Time was indeed her.

After the breakthrough, he could faintly sense a mark left by Yueyou on his body.

Through the mark, he was able to actively summon Yueyou.

"I wonder if Senior Yueyou is available right now?"

In the end, Lin Yang decided to try to make contact, because he was just too curious.

After making contact through the mark, Lin Yang didn't expect to get a reply from Yue You so quickly, so he planned to go into seclusion for a short while.

Shortly after he tried to call out through the mark, Yueyou responded.

"Lin Yang, what do you want?" Yue You's voice seemed to come from a distant place, yet it rang clearly in my ears.

"Senior Yueyou, I have broken through to the Eternal Realm."

Lin Yang first talked about his breakthrough, and then said:
"When I broke through to the Eternal Realm, for some reason, I entered a dazzling galaxy. That galaxy seemed to be the River of Time. I traveled upstream in that River of Time and saw some things."

Upon hearing this, Yueyou seemed somewhat surprised: "The River of Time? You've entered the River of Time? Are you sure?"

Lin Yang hesitated for a moment, then said, "I can't be 100% sure, but it should be, because when I walked along the upper reaches of the river to a certain extent, I heard a warning that said, 'Ancient history lies ahead, and later generations are forbidden to enter,' so it should be the River of Time."

Upon hearing this, Yueyou remained silent for a moment before saying, "Since you heard that warning, it was indeed the River of Time. What did you see?"

“In some of the starlight, I saw something in one of the scenes that looked very similar to you, or even exactly the same, so…” Lin Yang didn’t hide anything and told him everything he had seen.

Yueyou smiled and said, "So, you want to ask if the person you saw was me?"

"Yes." Lin Yang nodded.

“Oh…” Yueyou didn’t answer immediately, but instead smiled and asked, “Then do you think it would be me?”

Lin Yang was taken aback.

He wanted an answer, but Yueyou asked him a question in return.

This left him momentarily speechless.

He paused for a moment, then honestly replied, "I don't know."

Yueyou smiled gently and said nothing more, "The person you saw, if nothing unexpected happens, should be me, but not entirely me."

"Huh?" Lin Yang was taken aback.

Yes, but not entirely?
What does it mean?
Yueyou didn't explain, but simply said, "You'll know in time."

Lin Yang didn't ask any more questions, but instead said, "Senior Yueyou, if it's you, then have you lived through many reincarnation eras?"

He was shocked when Yueyou admitted it.

According to Yan Huo, the old guys who could live through many reincarnations were basically sleeping in ancient ruins.

But Yueyou did not.

Of course, he had considered that Yueyou might just be a person from the last one or two reincarnations.

But he only saw Yueyou after traveling a long time along the river of time.

That means it's highly unlikely that Yueyou is from one of the more recent reincarnation eras.

The further upstream you go in the river of time, the more ancient the era.

Therefore, Lin Yang was somewhat puzzled: if Yue You was a person from multiple reincarnation eras, why was she still so unaffected by the reincarnation tribulation?
Yueyou said calmly, "Lin Yang, you don't need to think too much about my identity now, nor do you need to guess. When you reach the Ancient Realm, everything will naturally become clear."

"I understand." Lin Yang sighed inwardly.

Yueyou's statement proves that she has indeed lived through multiple reincarnations.

So her strength...

Lin Yang suddenly felt a little confused again.

Because from the moment they met Yueyou, Yueyou's strength didn't seem to be that great.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that Yueyou deliberately hid it.

But since it is an existence that can live through multiple reincarnations and does not need to slumber in ancient ruins, its strength must be unimaginably powerful.

Why were they trapped in the Arctic Ocean?

At that time, Yueyou's behavior did not seem like she was deliberately hiding her strength.

This is a bit strange.

In particular, since Yueyou is an incredible person who has lived through multiple reincarnations, what about Feng?

Could Feng be one of them?
If it weren't for Feng, it would be impossible to explain why Yueyou had such deep feelings for him.

Therefore, Feng should be one too.

If Ke Feng were alive, could he still be killed by the Chu Kingdom?

Or is it that someone else actually killed Feng back then, and Chu Guo was just a scapegoat?

Or perhaps, the true mastermind behind the Chu Kingdom is an old monster who has lived through multiple reincarnations?

In short, everything is complicated.

He also thought of the plump old man, his master Zhu Cang.

If he remembered correctly, Zhu Cang often called Yue You "Yue Yatou".

Could Zhu Cang also be an old monster who has lived through multiple reincarnations?

Thinking of this, Lin Yang couldn't help but feel a surge of indescribable anticipation.

If Zhu Cang really was an old monster, then perhaps he didn't completely perish back then.

Upon realizing this, he blurted out, "Senior Yueyou, what about my master? He..."

Before he could finish speaking, Yueyou seemed to know what he wanted to ask, and immediately said:
“Lin Yang, my situation is a bit complicated. You will understand later. But Old Man Zhu is not the same kind of person as us. He was just an ordinary cultivator of this era. So, he really did perish back then.” Lin Yang felt a pang of pain in his heart and felt distressed.

"Alright, Lin Yang, I have some things to attend to. You've broken through to the Eternal Realm so quickly, that's impressive. Now that you know about the Tribulation of Reincarnation, keep up the good work. This era of reincarnation is almost over, with about two million years left. Before it ends, the more you increase your strength, the better you'll be able to avoid the Tribulation of Reincarnation. I'll talk to you again after I've finished my business." Yue You said before disappearing.

Lin Yang felt somewhat lost and disappointed.

He got the answer he wanted, but another answer about Zhu Cang upset him.

"Master..." Lin Yang whispered, a determined glint in his eyes, "I will find a way to reverse time and revive you!"

The existence of the river of time gave him more confidence and motivation.

After that, he began to focus on his cultivation.

With a continuous supply of resources from the Ancestral Temple, he had no need to worry about resources.

During spiritual practice, one can become even more focused and undistracted.

Time flies, and more than 200,000 years have passed.

But for Lin Yang, it was almost as fast as the blink of an eye.

With his current cultivation level, hundreds of thousands of years would indeed not cause much change.

Further advancement after reaching the Eternal Realm takes even longer, because theoretically, once one becomes an eternal being, time becomes largely meaningless, and the difficulty of cultivation naturally increases exponentially.

The previous hundreds of thousands of years were enough for him to advance several levels.

But even after more than 200,000 years, there hasn't been much improvement.

Lin Yang emerged from seclusion once, went to the Ancestral Temple to retrieve another batch of resources, and then went into seclusion again.

This cycle repeated twice, and more than 700,000 years had passed.

"More than 700,000 years have passed, but it feels like only seven days have gone by. Reaching the Unfinished Realm is truly too difficult," Lin Yang sighed.

He estimated that it might take millions of years to reach the final stage.

"The Lord of the Flamefire Palace said that this era of reincarnation may have nearly ten million years left, but Senior Yueyou said that there are only about two million years left. Obviously, what Senior Yueyou said is more accurate. Two million years left is probably not enough time for me to break through to the Unfinished Realm."

Lin Yang pondered.

At this moment, he understood why there were so few temple masters.

The advancement beyond the Eternal Realm is indeed extremely difficult, often taking millions of years to advance even a single minor level.

This is considered fast.

If things don't go smoothly, it might take millions of years to advance even a small level, let alone reach a higher realm.

Starting from the Eternal Realm, the difficulty of breaking through becomes ridiculously high.

To be precise, the difficulty of breaking through from the Dao Without Leaks to the Eternal Realm increases dramatically.

One cycle of time is 129.6 million years.

Dao Wulou has a lifespan of approximately 80 million years, and with some life-extending methods, he can almost live through an entire cycle of reincarnation.

If one attains the state of no leakage of the Dao in the middle or late stages of the cycle of reincarnation, and happens to survive the cycle of tribulations, then one can experience two cycles of reincarnation.

But he is the only one in this cycle of reincarnation to reach the Eternal Realm, which shows how difficult it is to reach the Eternal Realm.

As for the Temple Master, there might not be one Temple Master in a single cycle of reincarnation.

The five existing temple masters are all survivors from previous reincarnation eras.

"The Heng Realm is the watershed. Below the Heng Realm, a person with good talent may reach Dao Wulou in hundreds or tens of millions of years, but after Dao Wulou, there are many who have no hope of breaking through again in their lifetime without special opportunities."

It was only then that Lin Yang truly realized that the lower level realm and the realm above the Eternal Realm were two completely different concepts.

It's a completely precipitous difference.

I also understand why the cycle of reincarnation specifically targets those with high levels of cultivation.

The higher one's level of cultivation, the more resources and energy one needs to draw from the heavens and earth.

The amount of energy absorbed by a single Hengjing realm is equivalent to that of many Dao Wulou realms.

Similarly, the power of heaven and earth absorbed by a Dao without leakage is equivalent to the total power of a large group of cultivators below the Dao without leakage.

Lin Yang decided not to go into seclusion any longer, as the remaining time was not enough to break through to the final realm.

He plans to find an opportunity and a way to return to the Time Tree.

It has been two to three million years since we arrived at the Primordial Ancient Land.

He had been deliberately avoiding thinking about it before.

But now we have to face the fact that our family and friends may no longer be here.

He has emerged from quarantine.

He planned to wait for Yueyou to come looking for him and see if he could ask her to help him return to the Time Tree.

In the rest of his time, he planned to continue studying the power of the Great Dao of Time.

He wanted the ability to re-enter the river of time, at least to make it easier to retrieve the fragments of the bronze cauldron.

Time passed day by day, but Yueyou did not appear.

But on this day, Lin Yang received a message from an old friend.

It belongs to Yu Qing.

Yu Qing hasn't contacted him much for about a million years.

Aside from congratulating him on his breakthrough, I didn't bother him easily.

Upon suddenly receiving a message from Yu Qing, Lin Yang sensed that it was time for him to fulfill his promise.

He answered the message and said, "Fellow Daoist Yu Qing, it's been a million years. Are you well?"

Yu Qing's voice was tinged with laughter: "Thanks to you, I'm doing quite well. But now I should call you senior, I dare not accept the title of fellow Daoist."

“Fellow Daoist Yu Qing, there’s no need to be so formal. Let’s just call each other ‘fellow Daoist.’ I feel quite uncomfortable when you call me ‘senior,’” Lin Yang said.

“Then… I’ll gladly accept your offer.” Yu Qing didn’t hesitate for long before getting straight to the point: “Fellow Daoist Lin Yang, you are now at the Eternal Realm. I have a favor to ask of you.”

as predicted!

Lin Yang thought to himself, and said, "Fellow Daoist, please speak. As long as it is within my power, I will not refuse."

Yu Qing took a deep breath: "I would like to ask you, fellow Daoist, to help me gain my freedom!"

"Huh? Help you be free? What do you mean by that?" Lin Yang was a little confused.

Yu Qing explained bitterly, "To be honest, I come from the Ancient Forbidden Domain and am not human, but a member of the Ancient Feather Clan. I have a marriage contract within my clan, but I really cannot fulfill it. The other party... I don't like to talk badly about people behind their backs, but he is really disgusting."

"But due to the clan rules and the other party's status, I couldn't resist, so I fled here."

He didn't continue speaking at this point, but Lin Yang already understood what Yu Qing meant.

He was somewhat surprised: "So, Fellow Daoist Yu Qing, you are a member of the Ancient Feather Clan? And you want me to help you break off that engagement?"

He was very surprised.

Yu Qing was actually a member of the Ancient Feather Clan from the Ancient Forbidden Domain.

And the thing he was asked to help with was different from what he had originally imagined.

I originally thought Yu Qing had some kind of enemy, but it turns out he wanted my help to break off the engagement.

This is...

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P.S.: Happy New Year's Eve! I wish all my dear readers a happy new year, abundant wealth, good health, and all the best! (End of Chapter)