Grandpa, times have changed.

Sheng was completely taken aback by Gu's words and was momentarily stunned.

"Your subordinate...does not know."

How could He dare to investigate the origins of the ancient ancestors?
"Do you want to know?" Gu turned to look at Him.

"Your subordinate dares not," Sheng said, lowering his head.

He wouldn't even dare to think about such a thing!
"What's there to be afraid of? It's already happened." Gu said self-deprecatingly.

The rain was mixed with a cold wind, making even the sounds seem somewhat faint.

Sheng kept his head down and remained silent.

Seeing this, Gu didn't say anything more, but turned to look at the sky.

Behind the rolling dark clouds lay unfathomable darkness, and a red beam of light stretched across the sky, crossing from one end to the other.

The Sword Ancestor no longer needs this sword mark to lock onto the Ancient Tai Xuan Heaven, but the sword mark is still imprinted deep within the Ancient Tai Xuan Heaven and cannot be removed.

"How is the migration going?" He suddenly asked.

Sheng Yideng:
"Reporting to the Ancestor, only your subordinate and I remain."

The sword mark left by the Sword Ancestor has sealed Gu Taixuantian's fate. If a real battle breaks out, the human race will probably arrive here first.

After all, the Cang Clan has lost its divine favor.

If the Ancient Tai Xuan Heaven were to fall, the Cang Clan inside would only face certain death!
With the abilities of those human immortals, there will absolutely be no more situations like the one before where they were swept away by the spatial turbulence and then survived by sheer luck.

Therefore, rather than waiting to die here, it's better to go to the other side of the starry sky in this world.

"I see..." Gu sighed softly, "Then you should go too."

"Ancient Ancestor, but you...!"

"My injuries haven't healed yet, so I need to stay here."

A muffled rumble of thunder echoed through the dark clouds, and the biting wind grew even more piercing.

"Go, follow Xuan's instructions. Do whatever He tells you to do."

Upon hearing this, a hint of struggle flashed in Sheng's eyes.

His fists clenched tightly, as if he were gambling with all the courage of his life:

"Ancient Ancestor! Was the Mysterious Ancestor really not from the Cang Clan?!"

The words of the Sword Ancestor.

Xuanzu previously broke into the Ancient Tai Xuan Heaven to question the Ancient Ancestor...

This question had been weighing on His mind for a long time, but now He could no longer hold back.

Gu paused for a moment, then turned back to look at Him.

Amidst Sheng's tense expression, He suddenly smiled:

"Didn't you say you wouldn't dare before? What, now you suddenly dare?"

"I just... I just..." Sheng was momentarily speechless. "I just fear that if I don't ask now, I won't have the chance later."

After saying that, He immediately lowered his head, not daring to look Gu in the eye.

"Don't worry, Xuan is from the Cang Clan."

Ok? !

Sheng suddenly looked up.

However, all that could be seen was a flash of seven-colored divine light before one's eyes.

A sudden burst of seven-colored divine light enveloped Him, and He soared into the sky and plunged into the dark clouds, instantly sending Him out of the Ancient Tai Xuan Heaven.

"If it weren't for Gen and Tai, how could you all exist..."

Looking in the direction Sheng had left, Gu seemed to murmur something.

immediately.

He turned and walked into the Temple of Time.

……

……

Not long after.

Gu then went deep into the temple and sat down on the dark throne.

Wisps of energy emerged, converging from all directions.

A dazzling radiance flowed around the majestic divine body, within which countless lights and shadows manifested, constantly changing, as if everything that had happened throughout history was evolving within it.

Gu closed his eyes.

When I was born into this world...

Ordinary living beings live in this world and count their years.

But using this phrase to describe Him is actually not quite appropriate.

After all, He appeared before the Great Mystery, in the beginning of time when all things did not exist.

Because of His appearance, there was primordial chaos and all things.

In terms that mortal beings can understand, His appearance even predates the concept of 'time' and even the Tai Xuan Realm.

However, at that time, He was in a state that even He Himself could not understand.

He is not Him, nor is he ancient; it is all meaningless.

Until the emergence of 'reason'.

'Reason' arises from 'existence', enabling all paths to manifest and chaos to differentiate.

From the primordial chaos, the world, time, all living beings, and everything else began to emerge!
When the Tai Xuan Realm first appeared, He possessed simple instincts.

At that time, He even had to transcend the so-called concept of 'original intention'.

Omniscient and omnipotent, everything can be rewritten and fabricated at will.

Even the current Sword Ancestor and Xuan would be meaningless in front of Him back then.

Yet, despite being like that, He had no 'self'.

For countless eons since then, the Tai Xuan Realm has existed.

His simple instincts gradually came to know the self through observing the process of the birth and growth of 'reason'.

And in this process, He gradually became the first innate enlightened being—

antiquity!
The price of gaining 'self' is being subject to 'reason'.

He is no longer the all-knowing, all-powerful great being.

He is simply ancient.

Born in the Tai Xuan Realm, the first innate Daoist!
Endless regret and resentment overwhelmed his 'self'.

Yes!

He wanted to become that great being who was all-knowing and all-powerful once again, while maintaining his 'self'.

But what should we do?

'Reason' manifests all paths, and the differentiation of chaos also gives it 'self'.

However, this also draws an insurmountable line for all living beings—

'凡'

Law and order sorted out the primordial chaos, giving birth to the Tai Xuan Realm, and evolving into all the heavens and myriad realms.

Everything is thus formed.

Even He cannot transcend the ordinary; being born as a pre-existing Daoist, He can only be a pre-existing Daoist.

After countless millennia of agonizing thought, He finally came up with a solution.

太！
Since 'reason' exists in all things and has no fixed form, He will find a way to break this!
That's right!

As the only innate enlightened being at that time, He weakened 'reason' by erasing all living beings in the Tai Xuan Realm and all the myriad realms.

Then, taking the opportunity to erode it with self, thereby promoting the birth of 'Tai', giving 'Li' a concrete form, and becoming the second innate enlightened one.

This is the first era of Tai Xuan!

After that, everything that happened was exactly as He had predicted.

The beginning of the Second Age, also known as the very beginning of antiquity.

玄！
Appeared!
It deviated from the rules and order.

Thus, he was born into the world as the third innate Daoist of the Tai Xuan Realm.

At the very moment when Xuan's birth was confirmed, some of the symbolic meanings of Him, Taihe, and Xuan corresponding to the Chaos Sea also began to transform into the so-called 'original intention'.

Further possibilities may then emerge.

Once Xuan is fully born and the original intent is fully matured, and then He seizes the original intent of Taihe Xuan, He can, while maintaining His own identity, once again achieve that state of omniscience and omnipotence, control over everything, and transcendence of everything.

Can……

The problem is coming again.

Tai and Xuan were both innate Daoists, at the same level as Him. Xuan, being an extraordinary progenitor, was even stronger than Him after his birth.

If they go head-to-head, it's not certain who will take the lead!

So...

Gu opened his eyes, his seven-colored, glass-like eyes filled with the vicissitudes of life.

"In the beginning of time, there were countless living beings." "The laws were established, and three thousand laws were established."

"Xuan Qi transcends the ordinary, transforming into eighteen divine beings..."

Both the Law Enforcer and the Dao God are Primordial Deities of the Great Mystery.

The three thousand law enforcers each wield a portion of the power of the Great Mystery, and are born to be in harmony with the Dao.

The eighteen gods each wield a unique lineage of transcendent beings from all heavens, and are born as Dongzhen.

At that time, the Tai Xuan Realm already had countless living beings.

In order to seize the two original intentions of 'reason' and 'mystery', He simply slaughtered all living beings in the Second Era.

Then, taking advantage of the turmoil in the Tai Xuan Realm and the instability of the timeline, they began to interfere with the future.

Before Tai and Xuan had a complete self, He interfered with the future, slaughtering the two great Tai Xuan innate deities, 'Law Enforcer' and 'Dao God,' who might be born in the Third Era, and extracted the blood and bones of three thousand Law Enforcers to refine the spiritual essence of eighteen Dao Gods.

Based on its own form, and supplemented by the blood, bones, and spiritual essence of the Primordial Gods, it forges the bodies and cleanses the souls of the people of the Third Era.

Cang Clan.

Within the Dao, the most perfect race is permitted to be born.

That's how it came to be.

From the very beginning, the Cang Clan was nothing more than a sacrifice created by Him to seize the original intent.

and so……

How could Taihe Xuan not be a member of the Cang clan?

And so, the second era of Tai Xuan came to an end.

At the beginning of the Third Age, He erased everything from the past.

In various parts of the Tai Xuan Realm, the Cang Clan, born with an innate foundation in Dao, began to emerge.

Since the Cang Clan was originally a race created from the blood and spiritual essence of two innate deities, namely the 'Law Enforcer' and the 'Dao God', Taihe Xuan, after gaining a complete self, also regarded himself as the Ancestor of Cang.

"Ugh……"

Everything that happened in the First and Second Ages flashed through my mind.

With his gaze piercing through the past and present, looking at the Tai Xuan Realm which was now completely sealed off, Gu couldn't help but sigh softly.

Everything was proceeding according to His plan.

In the Third Era, He only needed to continuously extract the original intent of Taihe Xuan through the contingency plans left by the Cang Clan.

In the end, despite all his calculations, he overlooked the Tai Xuan Realm.

Taking advantage of the turmoil in the Tai Xuan Realm, the Tai Xuan Heavenly Will broke free from the restrictions of the Heavenly Dao derived from 'Li' and descended to earth as the fourth innate Daoist, namely the Ancestor of Cang, 'Tian'.

As the Supreme Heavenly Will, Heaven knows everything He does.

So as soon as the heavens descended to earth, they immediately erased the backup plan that He had left in the Cang clan's body.

Later, he even had to be threatened by Him.

Looking back now, isn't all of this exactly what Xuan said to the Sword Ancestor decades ago?
To obtain the fruits of creation, one must endure countless eons...

If the Sword Ancestor is the calamity of Heaven, then 'Heaven' is His calamity!

If they can't survive this ordeal, this is the end they deserve.

It's kind of ridiculous when you think about it.

He devoted himself to the cause of the 'Dao Source', even slaughtering two generations of people, but in the end, he ended up like this.

On the contrary, Xuan, who didn't care about this at all and idled away his days, and the Sword Ancestor, who initially only wanted to live in seclusion, were already infinitely close to the 'Source of the Dao', and might even have the potential to attain that supreme realm.

……

……

The present world.

Beyond the starry sky.

A ray of seven-colored divine light crossed the boundary between the 'past' and the 'present', suddenly appearing on a habitable planet on the other side of the starry sky.

There was a clearing in the deep forest.

In the center of the open space was a jade-green lake, where fish would occasionally leap out of the water.

A carpet of lush green grass grows along the bank, dotted with tiny white flowers that resemble pearls.

Not far away, you can also see a small wooden house.

A fence surrounds the house, and some fragrant flowers are planted in front of the wooden house.

At the other end of the wooden house, a seven-colored divine radiance was dissipating, and the figure that appeared within it was clearly Sheng, who had been thrown out of the ancient Tai Xuan Heaven.

Looking at the unfamiliar surroundings, Sheng was somewhat bewildered.

"here……"

Where did the ancient ancestor throw me here?

Unlike the Cang clan, Sheng has never returned to the mortal world since he entered the Ancient Tai Xuan Heaven with Gu more than 70,000 years ago.

Therefore, although He knew that the remaining Cang Clan lived on the other side of the starry sky in the present world, He really did not know what they were like.

After hesitating for a while, just as He was about to go and take a look at the wooden house across the street.

A streak of cold, purple-white light descended from the sky, landing precisely in front of Him.

Ok? !

However, she was a tall, slender member of the Cang clan with long, light purple hair.

A triangular crystal adorned her fair forehead, its interior shimmering with warm, iridescent light.

Her face was stunningly beautiful, her skin was as white as snow, and her features were so perfect that there wasn't a single flaw.

His expression was indifferent, and his overall demeanor was somewhat cold, giving the impression that he was difficult to talk to.

"You are... Zhen Xin?"

"It's only been 70,000 years, and you can't even recognize me?" Zhenxin said calmly.

Sheng gave an awkward smile.

To be honest, although Zhenxin is younger than him, he is actually a little afraid of this girl.

Mainly...

This girl is a bit crazy.

Back then, I witnessed Zhen Xin cripple a heavenly general who was similar to Him, or even slightly stronger than Him. He didn't even bow down to the ancient ancestor later on.

What is this if not 'crazy'?
"Come with me, we're just waiting for you."

Sheng was taken aback.

"where to?"

"Of course, we should discuss with the other heavenly generals how we should fight against the human race."

Many heavenly generals had objections to Sheng staying in the ancient Tai Xuan Heaven, but Zhen Xin had no objections to him.

After all, Sheng is known for his good temper and can get along with everyone.

Many years ago, during a mission, He unexpectedly encountered the number one genius of the human race, the Extreme Sword Master.

That was the first time He felt despair against an opponent in the Cave Realm.

If Sheng hadn't arrived with reinforcements, He would probably have died under the Supreme Sword Master's sword long ago.

And so, Zhenxin and Sheng rose one after the other to a higher place.

"What are the arrangements from Xuanzu's side?" Sheng asked.

Since the discussion is about war with the human race, the Ancestor should be present, right?

"...Ancestor Xuanzu will not come."

"Huh?" Sheng was a little confused.

If the Ancestor doesn't come, what's the point of their discussions?

No matter how ingenious the plan, it's useless against those true immortals of the human race, isn't it?
"Ancestor Xuanzu has important matters to attend to."

Perhaps because he didn't want to bring up the matter, Shin's voice became much colder.

Sheng paused for a moment:

"Is it because of what the Sword Ancestor said?"

"..."

Zhenxin remained silent and did not answer.

It seems that it really is true.

Did Xuanzu also feel that he might not be a member of the Cang clan?
“I asked the ancient ancestor before I came.”

Zhenxin turned around abruptly and stared intently at Sheng.

"What did He say?"

祂？
Isn't this a bit disrespectful to our ancestors?

Sheng muttered a curse to himself.

"What did He say?"

Another question came, but this time it wasn't from Zhenxin, but from someone after him.

Yet, a being of profound and mysterious power, seemingly encapsulating all the mysteries of the world, stood suspended in mid-air, its features obscured by a layer of misty fog, revealing only a pair of pale purple eyes. (End of Chapter)