Under One Person, your rebellious life has reached the heavens?

The Flying Immortal Master made a strong statement.

He would rather abandon that secret than let the tiger return to the mountain. Once the Divine Descent Sect leaves this world, who knows what kind of chaos they will cause when they come back next time.

"Choose."

Jiang Mo looked at the two ancient ancestors and tacitly approved of the Flying Immortal Master's statement.

The atmosphere became tense and stiff. After a long silence, the three generations of ancestors spoke again:

"As a compromise, at least one Master must remain. I can agree to the rest of your conditions."

"Alright, I'll give you a half-step back, but the surviving Master must accept our imprisonment. Except for the necessary handover ceremony in the secret realm, I will not release him."

Where are they being held captive?

The three generations of ancient ancestors of the Divine Descent asked in return, "Being forced to this point, he doesn't have the courage to fight to the death."

"As long as he is confined to an overseas island and does not leave without permission or interfere with the outside world, I will not touch your Shenlin Sect again. I said I would let you go, and I will let you go."

With a wave of his hand, Jiang Mo projected the appearance of North Kolai Island with his true qi.

"Are the elders and disciples of the sect qualified to go and pay their respects?" the second-generation ancestor of the Divine Descent asked again.

“Fine, I’m only targeting the Master. If he takes even half a step without my permission, the Divine Descent Sect will cease to exist.”

"good....."

The third-generation ancestor of the Divine Descent agreed to Jiang Mo's conditions, a complex look flashing in his eyes, which quickly disappeared. He said as always:

"Before I reveal the secret, ask me anything you want. If I know the answer, I will not lie to you."

"First, how did you come into this world? How much do you know about the history of time?"

"That's a very distant history, and we once had our own historical records..."

As the three generations of ancient ancestors of the Divine Descent recounted their tales, the greatest secret of all time gradually emerged before them.

The origins of the Shenlin Sect are unknown, and even the history they can trace is shrouded in mystery. Their founder was not the founder of the Shenlin Sect, but a disciple of it.

Ten thousand years ago, in another time and space, the Divine Descent Sect was threatened by a great enemy and was destroyed overnight. The disciple who later became the Divine Descent Ancestor escaped the calamity because he was away on a mission.

Before long, their whereabouts were discovered. They fled all the way to escape the pursuit, and in their panic, they hurriedly fled to the border between the human and demon races. They happened to fall into a spatial rift and were transported to the forgotten land of history - Tianyuan.

According to ancient historical records, this place was once home to the most glorious civilization. However, due to the battles between humans and demons, the surrounding area became barren and desolate, turning into ruins and a land devoid of spirits. It is now haunted by terrifying ghosts, vengeful spirits, and various cursed, immortal, and deformed demon races.

Later, the person who was a true disciple of the Divine Descent Sect discovered that perhaps after a long period of iteration, the mountains, rivers, lakes and seas in the Heavenly Abyss were in a state of spiritual energy recovery, even if it was far inferior to the outside world, it was better than nothing.

Furthermore, there are unexpected secret realms or blessed lands for cultivation within the Heavenly Abyss.

On this vast land, there also live some native cultivators and some demon races with diluted bloodlines, who fight and kill each other.

With his background in a great sect and his cautious approach, the Divine Arhat cultivated for three hundred years and finally ascended to the position of Dao Lord.

During this time, he also obtained fragments of the Book of Time. With continuous excavation, he collected more and more fragments, gradually becoming a hegemon-level powerhouse in the Heavenly Abyss. He swept away the demon race's powerful figures, suppressed the local human race's master, and successfully occupied a primitive secret realm, reopening his sect.

The good times didn't last long, lasting less than a century before the sect was overthrown. The enemy forces that had once destroyed the sect began to infiltrate Tianyuan, discovering that Shenlin had not been destroyed and had even obtained the treasures nurtured by Tianyuan. A war to the death broke out once again.

Even with the advantage of favorable timing, location, and popular support, and having repelled a powerful enemy, the Divine Ancestor and a large number of his true disciples and elders all perished in battle.

At the last moment, the Divine Arrival Master used fragments of the Book of Time to activate his supernatural powers, teleporting his surviving disciples to another time and space to escape the pursuit.

To prevent the successive escapes from losing the relative accuracy of their spatial and temporal location and being unable to find their way back, the Divine Ancestor also used methods on those disciples to mark the traces of their existence.

No matter where they are after death, the true spirit formed from their obsession will be guided back to the time and space where the sect is located. This is why the second and third generation ancestors of the Divine Descent Sect, even though they are already dead and no longer in this world, can still be summoned.

"..."

Listening to the description from the three ancient ancestors of the Divine Descent, the three remained silent.

What Fei Xian Yu Zhu and Xuan Hua were thinking was, "There are worlds beyond worlds?"

The land where their sect has lived for over five thousand years is merely a small corner of the world. So what exactly are the stars, the sun, and the universe that they see when they traverse the starry sky? Are they just illusions refracted from the sky?

Everything seemed unbelievable and absurd.

Jiang Mo, however, directly questioned:

"First, according to the ancient historical records of our world, the Book of Time was shattered in the great war between the Longevity Dao Lord and the Nine Suns Demon Emperor in ancient times. In your time and space, your ancestor established his sect in Tianyuan, which was at least in ancient times. How exactly did your copy of the Book of Time come into being? And how did it shatter?"

"Secondly, why have I never found any trace of your Divine Descent Sect when I traveled to other alternate dimensions?"

The third-generation ancestor of the Divine Descent showed little emotion, clearly not surprised by the Demon Lord's time travel; he simply continued fluently:

“Different parallel worlds, more or less, are different. The fragments of historical records collected by the patriarch are indeed from a much more distant era.”

"There are several versions of the story among them. One is that it was a treasure of the demon race, which was severely damaged by a powerful human and shattered in the world. Another version is that it was an innate magic treasure that was naturally created by the Heavenly Abyss, but it was destroyed because it could not withstand the tribulation of lightning. The third version is a modification of the second version. It is that the Dao traces of an unparalleled expert who died in the Heavenly Abyss were absorbed by the mountains and rivers and merged into one place, giving birth to an ancient wonder. We don't know which one is the truth."

"Secondly, the reason you cannot find our traces in other timelines is because, in all the timelines, the Ancestor is the only one who also obtained the Book of Time first. To prevent us from being hunted down by the bloodline supernatural powers of the demon race and exposing our whereabouts, he simply erased himself and his sect in other timelines."

"What if... different parallel universe counterparts all possess historical records? Would erasure be possible?"

Jiang Mo looked doubtful, and for no apparent reason, felt a chill run down his spine.

Given the current situation, the safest course of action for the powerful who obtain the Book of Time is to avoid future troubles, explore their own lives and the important people and things around them, and erase other timelines.

The reason he is still alive is mostly because, in all timelines, he is the first 'Jiang Mo' to obtain the Book of Time, giving him the highest priority in attack.

The third generation ancestor then replied, "If both sides possess the Book of Time, whoever invades will be the loser. The Book of Time can be activated in other timelines, but its effect is not as powerful as the native Book of Time."

"In other words, as long as you stand in this world, no other 'you' can threaten you, including more enemies lurking in the shadows who are watching other 'you' in other dimensions and thus attacking you."

The ancient ancestor, Shen Lin, had a deep and unfathomable gaze, and spoke frankly:

"As the owner of the history book of time, when you have collected enough fragments, you should consider whether to erase your counterparts from other timelines."

"Then, at most how many fragments did your ancestor possess?"

Jiang Mo currently only has four pieces, and many of his supernatural abilities are incomplete and cannot be used. Otherwise, he wouldn't need to ask the person in front of him for relevant information.

"Nine dollars."

"The patriarch estimated that there are still about sixty or seventy pieces left to complete the history of time."

At this point, to prevent the Demon Lord from targeting their sect, the three ancient ancestors calmly explained:

"If you're eyeing our fragments, it's no use. Fragments from different times and spaces can't be merged."

"Furthermore, at the end of that great battle, in order to prevent the precious treasure from falling into the hands of others, the patriarch was exiled to the mortal world without time to prepare, and even we were unable to retrieve it."

"Is that so..."

Jiang Mo remained skeptical for the time being, too lazy to press for details about the whereabouts of the fragments of the historical record. Compared to that, he was more concerned about the world beyond the Heavenly Abyss.

"Tell me about the outside world. What is it like? How can we, trapped here, get out? Are the planets and the universe we see just illusions?"

At this moment, the long-silent second-generation ancestor of the Divine Descent spoke up: "I have read the notes left by the ancestor, and I have a clearer understanding of the outside world."

"To sum it up in four words, it is an endless sea of ​​mountains and seas, which is many times larger than the Tianyuan we are in. There are kingdoms with technological schools of thought living in the world, as well as sects and clans of immortal cultivation, which have been around for thousands of years. There are countless strong people there, and even Dao Lords and Masters are not considered the best."

"The formation of the Abyss is because the powerful beings of the human and demon races in the past collapsed this space, causing us to fall into a special dimension. We cannot get out of here, but people outside can enter through some hidden gaps."

"This phenomenon won't last long. Tianyuan is constantly repairing itself. As time goes by, the boundary will only become thinner and thinner until it completely disappears. At that time, war will engulf the entire 'world,' and Tianyuan will be investigated by various forces..."

"And the stars, the sun, and the universe that you see with your naked eyes as you traverse the void are not false, but real and real."

"It's just a world, corresponding to a universe of its own. To put it simply, you and I are on a much larger planet, and Tianyuan's position is merely a corner. The scenery we can see is naturally just the scenery of that corner. The starry sky is vast, but we only have a narrow corner of it."

Under the astonished gazes of the others, the second-generation ancestor of the Divine Descent smiled:

"Everything I've said is true. It's such a secret that only we know about it. For you, it's definitely a worthwhile deal, isn't it?"

Chapter 485 All Doubts Resolved

"Very valuable."

After listening to the two old fogies, Jiang Mo suddenly felt as if the clouds had parted and the fog had cleared. While he was wary of the outside world, he also felt a sense of anticipation.

He has gone too far on the path of cultivation, so far that there are few strong people in the world who can rival him. Perhaps in the vast world beyond the Heavenly Abyss, he will find an even stronger, perhaps even invincible, opponent.

Of course, this is just his optimistic view.

Upon learning these secrets, Fei Xian Yu Zhu and Xuan Hua, who were standing nearby, felt extremely heavy-hearted.

They did not possess Jiang Mo's terrifying cultivation level and faced two major threats: one was the mysterious and powerful enemy outside Tianyuan in their current timeline, and the other was the Flying Immortal Sect from another timeline.

Even if they are co-existing entities in parallel universes, their existence is a fatal flaw that exposes their weaknesses to each other.

They are essentially beasts fighting brutally in a gladiatorial arena formed under the laws of nature; only those who obtain the Book of History first are qualified to live.

The truth hidden in the fog of history has been partially revealed. Xianhua is thoughtful, but he is also unsure whether their Tianyan Sect's founder touched these secrets before his death. After all, the world beyond the world is not easy to fathom.

Thinking of this, he sighed softly, his gaze as calm as a lake, and looked at the two old immortals of the Divine Descent Sect, saying:

"Since that's the case, you fled to this realm thousands of years ago. With your abilities, you should be able to search for fragments of historical records. Tell me, what's your reason for not doing so? There must be something still hidden..."

"..."

Faced with interrogation, the second-generation ancestor knew he could not hide the truth, so he confessed:

"First of all, the spirit itself is hidden, which is like looking for a needle in a haystack, and it is not easy to find."

"Secondly, we cannot access the fragments of this spacetime. Even if our followers multiply in this world and have bloodlines, the power of other dimensions still flows in their veins."

"No matter how amazing the younger generation is, they all need to reach the level of Master before they can refine the fragments. But we outsiders and our offspring are absolutely not allowed to refine the history books of this time and space. We will be devoured and killed by the backlash."

"And it's unrealistic to find a qualified successor of the Daoist tradition in the mortal world."

"Our secret realm is a place that has been transported across time and space. The spiritual energy within does not belong to this world. It is rooted in the earth, connected to the spiritual veins, and will assimilate the spiritual energy it absorbs. Over time, the disciples from the outside world that we recruit will also be tainted by the power of the other dimension and touched by the fragments of the history books of the past. They will not be able to escape it either."

"During this period, we also tried to seize other secret realms to weaken this influence, but it was no use. As you know, refining secret realms has a time limit, which is very short. Moreover, we have no way to cultivate a Dao Lord who does not belong to the Divine Descent Sect out of thin air to refine the fragments of the Book of Time."

"Of course, these are secondary reasons. The most important reason is that the original world has already proven our failure. Our cultivation is not even as good as our ancestor. He had nine fragments of the Book of Time, but he still lost to the strongmen outside the Abyss. It would be meaningless for us to follow the same path, and it might even be worse."

After he finished speaking, the truth was self-evident, and the Flying Immortal Master laughed coldly:

"So, this is the reason you hunt down Ancient Universe Dao Lords and attack other sects? You can't find your own path, so you want to plunder other people's cultivation techniques and treasures to pave your own way?"

"I'm ashamed to say that I did make a mistake."

The second-generation ancestor of the Divine Descent looked somewhat regretful, yet also somewhat relieved, like a gambler who had lost everything, and said self-deprecatingly:

"The plan was finalized before our arrival, but the strength of you natives has far exceeded our expectations."

"In our first battle after our arrival, we suffered heavy losses."

"The thousands of years that followed were filled with wandering and hardship, which wasted their time and resulted in no progress... It is truly regrettable."

"Historically, there have been some Dao Lords and Masters who died at our hands, but the legacy we inherited from them is not enough for us to break through the bottleneck."

"It wasn't until a junior like the Demon Lord appeared, rose to power in just over a hundred years, and swept away the eight masters, that we saw an opportunity to plot against him."

"However, this time it seems we lost even more completely. We planned everything, bringing in the four major sects and several ancient demon kings, but we never expected the Demon Lord to be this powerful."

The second-generation ancestor's gaze was complex. When the Divine Descent Sect first dispatched its Master to fight Jiang Mo, it was just a pretext. It was a discussion between Qi Chi, True Monarch Yunxu, and the fallen Divine Descent Master. It had nothing to do with the grudges of the Pegasus Clan. They simply had their eyes on the powerful Demon Lord and wanted to kill him and plunder everything.

Unfortunately, it was a miscalculation on the part of the three Masters who acted on their own initiative without informing him and the three ancient ancestors, which caused such serious losses. If they had acted at that point, the situation might not have been so bad.

Although he didn't say these thoughts aloud, both of them could sense them.

Jiang Mo also readily acknowledged and highly praised the achievement:

“You are indeed very strong... You are on a completely different level from other Masters. If I had encountered you in the first confrontation, my chances of winning would not have been so complete.”

"I'm very curious, who exactly were the people who attacked Daoist Gu Zhou back then? Were they you?"

The three generations of ancestors shook their heads: "No, in that era, we were asleep, and it was the generation of the Gods who took action."

"He was once a true disciple of the sect. Because he was the most favored, he was resurrected by the patriarch after his death and sent away, carrying the hope of the entire sect's revival."

"And his cultivation level is indeed above ours. Back then, we only managed to descend by combining the physical bodies of several juniors."

"After only a few rounds of fighting, he killed Gu Zhou's main body and three clones. Only one clone escaped, but it was hit by a powerful secret technique of the first generation. It is estimated that it has already perished somewhere in the river of time."

"Oh? There are more experts?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Mo's eyes lit up.

He killed a Dao Lord in just a few rounds; such cultivation was definitely worthy of his respect.

If there were a suitable vessel and the person's fate were known, Jiang Mo would have genuinely wanted that person to descend and challenge him.

Is he still alive?

"Like us, half-dead, all that's left is their obsession."

When the second-generation ancestor uttered those words, he felt dazed.