Grandpa, times have changed.

Taiyu.

A magnificent palace, seemingly formed over countless years, suspended between heaven and earth.

However, it is the Temple of Time, which was newly built in the Tai Domain after the ancient domain was occupied by the human race.

Deep inside the main hall at this moment.

Gu sat alone on the pitch-black throne, his eyes closed, as if he were asleep.

After a while, He opened His eyes, His gaze remarkably calm.

"Are you starting to have doubts...?"

The fact that Tai did not choose to return to Taiyu but instead went to Xuanyu to recuperate speaks volumes.

However, it's not unreasonable for them to be so worried.

Previously, Tai had ventured alone into the half of the Cangyu region occupied by the human race, only to be ambushed by the Sword Ancestor and the Sword Venerable.

When He and Xuan rushed to provide support, He did have the idea of ​​letting Tai's injuries worsen and then taking the opportunity to seize the original intention.

After all, the contingency plans left behind when the Cang Clan was created were erased by the heavens.

Without this crucial offering, the difficulty of seizing the original intent is unimaginably high.

Why not try weakening Tai to the extreme? Maybe there's still a glimmer of hope.

pity……

It was difficult for Him to take action when Xuan was around.

Moreover, Tai seemed to have sensed something during his return, and instead of returning to Tai Domain to recuperate, he went to Xuan Domain with Xuan.

"We should have started preparing earlier..."

He sighed softly.

If Taizhen discovers the reason behind it and spreads it, then everything he pursues will be impossible to achieve.

On the human side...

That is indeed a threat.

However, He is completely powerless against the five enlightened beings, and can only deal with what He can solve first.

As for the Cang tribe, whether they survive or perish, He doesn't care.

Suddenly, as if sensing something, He looked up and gazed ahead.

A wisp of ethereal, otherworldly energy drifted over, revealing a white-clad figure who appeared no different from any other member of the Cang Clan, yet was remarkably aloof.

day!
"Tai has already begun to suspect you," Tian said bluntly.

His expression remained unchanged as he calmly said:
"Is Xuan starting to doubt you too?"

"I will help you if necessary."

"Ok?"

The sudden remark caught Gu off guard.

Good heavens, would this guy really be so kind?

"If your purpose becomes too known, I will also be exposed."

Tian stated a fact in an extremely indifferent tone.

He didn't believe that Gu would keep His secret after it was exposed.

Similarly, if He were to be exposed, He would not keep the secret for the ancients.

In a sense, they were in the same boat.

"..." Gu was silent for a while, then asked a somewhat strange question, "As someone who was born by the will of Heaven, why is your progress so slow?"

This is the Tai Xuan Realm!

The supreme world that can accommodate those who have attained enlightenment—the essence of Heaven's will is undoubtedly beyond the level of those who have attained enlightenment.

Even if it's just a wisp of something descending to earth, it should at least reach the Xuan level, right?

But after all these years, Tian's cultivation level is still the same as when he was first born, without any change.

“Cultivation is meaningless to me now.”

He was merely a wisp of divine will descended to earth and transformed into the Azure Ancestor.

Becoming stronger means accepting more of yourself.

But doing so would also increase the number of restrictions.

Once He transcends the level of an enlightened being, He will once again become the 'Heavenly Will' that is restricted by the Heavenly Dao of the Tai Xuan Realm, able to exert influence only within the scope permitted by the Dao Laws of the Tai Xuan Realm, unable to directly interfere in the mortal world, and utterly devoid of freedom.

Having finally gotten a chance to escape, He certainly wouldn't do that.

"I understand." Gu leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes. "I'll let you know if I need help."

"Ah."

Tian simply responded with a faint sound, and his figure vanished as a wisp of pure air.

Not bad.

The one who came to this Temple of Time was merely an avatar.

……

……

For the next five hundred years.

Because he was ambushed and killed by Xu Xing and Bie Xuening, he was seriously injured.

On Cangzu's side, the only enlightened beings capable of taking action are Gu, Xuan, and Tian.

Among them, Gu and Tian did not care about the survival of the Cang Clan as a whole, only Xuan, who knew nothing about it, did his best.

Therefore, even if Xuan is superior to ordinary enlightened beings, the outcome is predictable.

The rise of the human race is now unstoppable.

After a series of great battles, the entire Cangyu region finally fell completely into the hands of the human race.

In such a dire situation, those tribes that had allied with the Cang tribe were naturally sent to the battlefield as the vanguard.

The king of the Xuan Yue Fox clan.

Nowadays, apart from the Human and Cang races, the few alien races of Dongzhen Mingyue are also destined to suffer the same fate.

As the first major clan to betray the human race.

Her appearance on the battlefield immediately drew a siege from many human cultivators.

In the end, the one who had been looking forward to this day, Huo, crossed the entire battlefield and, under the siege of many Cang Clan Cave True Immortals, tore Mingyue's body apart at the cost of half his own body, tearing out her soul.

……

……

Eastern Wilderness.

The floating continent, the ancestral home of the human race.

In a secluded corner, in a dark and cold secret room.

The piercing, eerie wails echoed within the confined space, seemingly capable of eliciting the deepest fears from every living being.

The pale flames flickered, casting an eerie and chilly light throughout the chamber.

tread!tread!tread!
Footsteps came from the spiral staircase at the entrance.

A figure dressed in a gray robe, with an ordinary appearance and a somewhat thin build, slowly walked to the center of the secret room.

His face was rather pale, and illuminated by the firelight, he appeared even more ghostly.

The secret chamber was devoid of any extra furnishings, except for two pale flames floating in mid-air, their flickering light filling the entire chamber with a chilling and sinister aura.

Within one of the flames, a snow fox was curled up, howling incessantly.

His eyes were vacant, his intelligence had been almost completely destroyed, and his soul was barely visible, as if it would dissipate at any moment.

Yangyue.

However, she had been manipulated and tortured by various means for over a thousand years while she was at the Tongxuan Realm, and her soul essence was already on the verge of dissipation.

Now, all it can do is let out instinctive howls.

In another beam of fire...

Bound by dense chains, a divine soul constantly shifted between the forms of a snow fox and a beautiful woman.

It is the Moon!

After a long while, she finally regained her composure and transformed into a stunningly beautiful young woman with snow-white hair cascading down to her waist, exuding mature charm.

The flames roared, and the chilling fire relentlessly scorched and eroded her soul.

The excruciating pain was like being slowly sliced ​​to death. Even though she had reached a certain level of cultivation, she could only bite her lip tightly and endure it to keep from crying out.

Looking at Huo, who had approached, she spoke slowly in as calm a voice as possible:
"You've come, and look at the result now..."

She glanced at Yangyue, who was also suffering and had only instinct left.

Is this really what you want?

Although the hope was slim, it was the only thing she could do.

In her memory, Huo was still the somewhat naive, even silly, Bu Huo.

pity……

"Of course! This is exactly what I want!" A smile appeared on Huo's face. "I've been dreaming of this day!"

While laughing, he took out a thin needle that was entirely blue-green and glowed with a faint light.

"Old hag, you must hold on for a few more years." His tone was soft, yet it seemed to suppress both excitement and unspeakable pain.

As Mingyue gazed at the fine blue-green needle in his hand, a sense of unease welled up within her.

"what you up to?!"

"You'll find out soon enough what I'm doing..."

As he approached, Mingyue instinctively tried to struggle.

However, his soul was tightly bound by chains and could not move at all. In the end, he could only watch helplessly as the emerald needle pierced into his soul and transformed into countless fine rays of light that seeped into every part of his soul!

soon.

A scream a thousand times more agonizing than Yang Yue's rang out!
Along with that came a fit of manic laughter that was utterly morbid.

……

……

"That's... how you understood it?"

Outside the Sword Ancestor's Hall, the Pill Ancestor, who had just returned from the Salvation Cave, was looking at the location of the secret chamber with a somewhat complicated expression.

The slender, bluish-green needle in Huo's hand was given to her by him.

"It's normal to have made progress now that you've achieved your goal, as you had a lingering resentment before."

Xu Xing glanced at it once and then looked away.

Let him handle this confusing matter himself.

“He will surely be among the next group of challengers,” Danzu sighed.

The human race is still threatened by the Cangzu, and those who seek to break through the barriers need to rely on the cave heaven opened up by Xu Xing using his own methods to perfectly hide themselves.

In addition, opening and closing the cave is very troublesome. Yes, reopening takes a lot of time, so it is best if the people inside come out on their own initiative.

Therefore, we can only wait for the previous batch to finish before the next batch arrives.

As for why Xu Xing didn't create more grotto-heavens...

It can only be said that the cave itself requires mental effort to maintain. Xu Xing is currently the main force of the human race in restraining the Xuan, and cannot devote all his mental effort to this matter.

"Speaking of which, among these challengers, who do you think has the most potential?" Dan Zu suddenly asked.
“Of course it’s Brother Hong,” Xu Xing said.

He was the person who came closest to success among the first group of people to try their luck.

The chances of succeeding in this attempt are at least 10%!
That's a pretty high probability.

"Indeed." Dan Zu nodded slightly and looked up at the sky. "However, Brother Hong's emergence from seclusion this time will likely be difficult."

In the previous battle, Shu Qing and Ling Shu had already appeared on the battlefield between the two races.

If Hong were to leave the pass and encounter them again on the battlefield...

Hey~
"Why don't we help him solve this first?"

The sound came from the side.

But then a domineering and unparalleled figure appeared out of nowhere.

It is indeed the supreme ruler.

"After all, they've lived together for so many years, it's understandable if He can't bring himself to do it."

“…” Xu Xing paused, “There’s no need to specifically target them, but if the opportunity arises…”

"Let's get started!"

The two races have fought to this point, and the grudges and grievances between them are countless, making reconciliation impossible.

All that remains is a life-or-death struggle.

……

……

For the next thousand years.

Hongzheng achieved enlightenment and took the Dao of 'illusion and truth' as ​​his title, and was honored as Venerable Hong.

The intensity of the war between the two sides has escalated.

Due to the disparity in the number of enlightened beings, the Cang Clan had no choice but to back down once again, losing the Tai Domain to the human race.

During this period, Shu Qing and Ling Shu also encountered Hong Zun.

Both sought a final, desperate battle, ultimately perishing at the hands of Hong Zun.

Three thousand years later, Qi Zun and Kui successively attained enlightenment and became the seventh and eighth True Immortals of the human race.

The number of enlightened humans has reached eight.

The rest all perished.

In the same year, Yuan, Ningruo, and others, as the fourth batch of Dongzhen, began to enter the Dongtian to seek enlightenment.

It took 1,500 years to complete.

If Ning Ruo attains enlightenment and achieves success in this world, he will uphold the Way of the Heart, be honored as the Spirit Ancestor, and become the Ninth True Immortal of the Human Race.

Five hundred years later, Yuan Zhengdao will have achieved enlightenment and will uphold the Dao of Cause and Effect, receiving the title of Yuanjun and becoming the tenth True Immortal of the human race.

From then on, the Ten True Immortals of the Human Race ruled the world!
The Cang Clan retreated again and again, eventually being trapped in the Xuan Domain, where they struggled to resist.

The fifth batch of Dongzhen began their search.

It was in this year that Tianwei's identity as the 'Will of Heaven' was revealed, and the True Immortals of the human race began to plan the extraction of the Will of Heaven.

……

……

Xuanyu.

Four magnificent temples stand at the four corners of the mountains and rivers.

The spirit of immortality permeates the world.

"Heavens, what explanation do you have?"

In a dark space that does not exist in the present world, independent of the mortal realm, there are four supreme beings, faintly visible, noble and majestic.

A misty purple aura, a dazzling divine radiance.

A touch of gray embodying the beauty of order, and a faint, ethereal purity.

However, they were the four ancestors of the Cang clan: Xuan, Gu, Tai, and Tian.

The one who just asked the question was Tai.

"What's there to explain?" Tian Ping said calmly. "I'm acting on the will of Heaven, so what?"

In the previous battle, He was besieged and killed by four True Immortals: Hongzun, Jianzu, Jianzun, and Yuanjun.

Just like the deadly predicament that the Sword Ancestor experienced back then.

Meanwhile, the other three ancestors were also entangled with other human immortals and were unable to provide support.

Left with no other choice, He could only bring back a part of 'himself' in order to barely escape.

This allowed Yuanjun, who was in charge of the Dao of Cause and Effect, to see the traces and directly deduce His origins.

"When did I ever say that I am not God's will?"

"Ha! So your previous cultivation of those who attained enlightenment after birth was also for ulterior motives, wasn't it?" Tai questioned.

"I only wish for all beings to attain enlightenment, and for the world to be free from strife," Tian lied calmly. "But in the end, only the Cang Clan truly acknowledges me."

"Heh." Tai sneered.

Obviously, they don't believe it.

“Since you are the will of Heaven, you should be able to do something about the current situation, right?” Xuan said calmly.

Whether it's fate or not, it doesn't matter.

As long as it can add even a slight change to the current situation, He can disregard the previous concealment.

"can."

Tian knew very well that this hurdle wouldn't be easy to overcome.

We have to pay a price.

"I have regained some of my power this time, and I can seek divine favor for the Cang Clan."

Although the human race has ten true immortals.

However, the Cang Clan has a very deep foundation, and the number of Dongzhen is far greater than that of the human race, so they still occupy the majority of the Tai Xuan Realm.

This is going with the flow.

"Heavenly favor?" Xuan seemed to realize something.

"Indeed, with the help of Heaven, you should be able to bind the Cang Clan to the Tai Xuan Realm at the last moment."

The moment the words were spoken, the Tai Xuan Realm immediately sensed their presence.

An unseen blessing silently descended upon the Cang Clan throughout the Tai Xuan Realm.

This time, a part of my 'self' was regained. Although my actions will be restricted in the future, I have also gained some incredible abilities.

One of them is to bestow divine favor upon the people!

"At that time, as long as Tai Xuan exists, the Cang Clan will be eternally immortal."

Now he's officially tied to the Cang Clan.

If he could, He would never want to go through this.

Unfortunately, there was no other choice at the time. (End of Chapter)