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

"Please forgive my willfulness. I don't want myself or any other living being to be controlled by you again, even if you never intended to control us. But I am inherently suspicious, and only by doing this can we ensure the safety of all of us."

Jiang Mo frankly explained the reason for destroying the Book of Time. He guessed that when the three Books of Time were combined, the Heavenly Abyss Divine Crystal would regain its peak power. At that time, it would be able to write the past history at will, including his existence, which could be negated with a single stroke.

Even if we use the power of all the historical records, we might not be able to kill the original body that is still in the Immortal Realm, but it will definitely have a serious impact, even... worse than death!

"..."

Tianyuan's consciousness was not angry, but asked again:

"So you're going to imprison me? Like your rebellious brothers, recklessly extracting my power?"

"Do not."

“You are free. I will not imprison you, nor will I enslave you, much less destroy you, because there is no need for that. As the saying goes, people are all made of flesh and blood. My sect, my race, and I have received so much kindness from you, so how could we possibly turn around and harm you?”

Jiang Mo sighed softly:

"On the contrary, I am willing to do everything in my power to protect you in order to protect my sect and the living beings here."

"......"

This time, it was Tianyuan Divine Crystal's turn to fall silent. It looked at the human before it with disbelief, and questioned warily:

"You clearly possess power greater than mine, even surpassing the strongest members of the races I previously sheltered. Why would you do this? Why would you willingly relinquish an opportunity to completely enslave me?"

"I already said, it's unnecessary."

“I am different from them.”

Jiang Mo shook his head slightly and said to himself:

"Do you know, Mother... In the Immortal Realm, any human, demon, or even the original races there who have achieved cultivation will hunt down ancient life planets after reaching a certain level of cultivation. They will turn an entire planet into decorations to adorn their Dao Palace and Life Palace, and the number of living beings harmed for this is countless."

"One is not enough, we need nine, or even more. The outer realms are places that devour people without spitting out the bones."

“If it were purely for power, I could do that, but as a human being, as a self, I don’t want to give up some of the bottom lines I’ve always held onto.”

"For example, right now, desire tells me to turn around and refine you, to become the true Lord of the Abyss, and to eradicate all the hidden dangers; but conscience tells me that I cannot raise the butcher's knife against the mother who raised me, even if this mother has been betrayed by her other children countless times and may resent all her children, I cannot harm her for my own selfish reasons."

Jiang Mo's voice was firm and powerful, causing Tianyuan Divine Crystal to momentarily lose its senses.

Chapter 639 The Origins of History

One person and one crystal, and they stood facing off for a long time.

Tianyuan's consciousness exhausted all its power in an attempt to see through the true thoughts of the human before it, and the final result was one of complete honesty, without the slightest falsehood.

In fact, once someone reaches Jiang Mo's level, he is no longer under His control, and is far stronger than Him.

Whether it is him or the ultimate series of weapons of the Starry Sky Race, they all have the ability to destroy Him.

That is precisely why Jiang Mo's words and actions are so precious.

"Tell me about the children you adopted. I think we're probably not the species you brought into this world..."

After a long silence, Jiang Mo broke the deadlock and asked Shen Jing about the true origins of the five ancient races. Ever since he went to the outer realms and learned that the human race had existed in the Immortal Realm more than 100,000 years ago, he suspected that the human race of Tianyuan had migrated from other places.

Now, all that's needed is verification.

Tianyuan Divine Crystal not only did not refuse, but was also willing to tell him some historical truths that had almost disappeared into the long river of time.

"In the ancient past, thirty million years ago, I was born with consciousness..."

"Back then, Tianyuan was an ancient star of life that hung high in the sky above the Immortal Realm. It was full of spiritual energy, and everything was in a primitive state. There were no living beings, no vegetation, only a vast amount of inorganic matter."

"As time went by, my intellect evolved and made leaps and bounds."

"Twenty-six million years ago, bustling life appeared in the Immortal Realm. These life forms possessed the simplest life structure, yet they were able to have their own consciousness. They were some kind of vegetation. Soon after, other living things were created, capable of walking and cultivating freely, and were called animals."

"Twenty-four million years ago, the Immortal Realm entered a period of biological explosion. During this period, countless species appeared, numbering in the trillions, vying for the destiny of being the protagonist of the era."

"Over 21 million years, after a long period of slaughter and struggle, hundreds of millions of races were reduced to a very small number, and it was precisely that small number that became the origin of all the disasters that followed."

"The most powerful race, calling themselves the Immortal Race, is in harmony with the Great Dao Laws of the Immortal Realm. They appropriate various powers between heaven and earth and began a long period of rule. Under their suppression, the other races either perished or submitted, offering tribute in exchange for protection."

Tianyuan Divine Crystal slowly recounted everything it knew, gradually relaxing its previous wariness and rejection of Jiang Mo.

Jiang Mo listened silently, trying to learn about this unknown secret of the immortal realm.

"Eighteen million years ago, the first Dao Lord of the Immortal Realm was born, named Xian Qiong. He was a man with a cold and aloof appearance and great ambition. After reaching the end of his cultivation, he somehow developed a new cultivation method."

"Condense the laws within your body, forge a Dao Palace, creating a small world, and then hunt ancient life stars in the myriad worlds to adorn it."

"The moment this thought arose, many celestial beings sensed it, and even the hazy will of the Immortal Realm was aware of it."

"As you know, divine crystals don't necessarily acquire consciousness solely because they are powerful. Our very existence is the most dazzling miracle in the world. We are the starting point of everything. In that era, many celestial divine crystals hanging near the Immortal Realm possessed a certain degree of intelligence."

"The Immortal Realm is in a stage of condensation and has not yet fully taken shape. It only has the simplest life consciousness. Even so, it still nurtures and creates billions of races by relying on its own instinctive activities."

"It's no exaggeration to say that the combined power of our thousands of ancient life-bearing planets might not even equal His magnitude. During that period, only He nurtured life; none of us could have done that..."

Hearing this, Jiang Mo truly realized how vast the gap was between the many celestial bodies in the solar system, the ancient life-bearing stars of the Immortal Realm, and the Immortal Realm itself.

However, the secrets revealed by the Heavenly Abyss Divine Crystal completely overturned his understanding.

"You may not know, but once a Dao Lord in that era was cultivated, their lifespan started at a million years and there was no end in sight. Compared to you now, their cultivation levels were far inferior. You were not even on the same level of combat power."

"I also know that you have been in contact with the Great Empire Dynasty and the Sunset Royal Court of the Immortal Realm, and that you know that in the cultivation system of the human race, the highest realm, Dao Lord, is divided into three types of Immortal Mansions: Peerless and Supreme."

"From what I've observed, the first Dao Lord of the Immortal Clan is at most someone who has barely stepped into the Immortal Palace."

"A hundred years passed in the blink of an eye. One day, he discovered that his cultivation speed had slowed down and his combat power could no longer increase as dramatically as before. This gave birth to an unprecedented idea: to hunt down ancient life stars and turn them into the source of power for his Dao Palace."

"The moment this thought appeared, many ancient life-bearing planets, including myself, felt a bone-chilling cold. Our situation became extremely dangerous. Desire has no end. The number of Dao Lords born in the Immortal Realm will only increase in the future. If everyone is like Xian Qiong, then we will all eventually be enslaved or hunted to death, turning into nothingness again, and our lives will be forever silenced."

Jiang Mo's expression was solemn. This secret was truly beyond his imagination. He never thought that the first Dao Lord of the Immortal Clan would be the founder of the later cultivation system.

"So you attacked him?"

"We did consider secretly influencing the will of the Immortal Realm to bring down Heavenly Punishment upon Dao Lord Xianqiong, but even if the consciousness of the Immortal Realm is still in its nascent stage, it is not something we can shake..."

"The one who actually took action was the Immortal Realm itself. It almost instinctively abhorred such behavior, so it unleashed the first heavenly tribulation in its history, killing the newly enthroned Dao Lord and completely annihilating his soul."

“The species life in the Immortal Realm is an extension of the Immortal Realm, equivalent to countless individual selves. However, the gathering of countless individual selves cannot be regarded as the Immortal Realm itself. The two are in a relationship of inclusion and being included.”

"The thoughts and ambitions of Immortal Celestial Dao Lord were detected by the Immortal Realm Divine Crystal, and he perished in a single day."

"The other immortals were unaware of the reason and thought it was an attack by extraterrestrial demons. In fact, such a species did not exist in that era. It was just a lie fabricated by some wise men to unite the clan. However, it was indeed effective, making the immortals more united and bursting out with even stronger vitality."

"The Immortal Realm's consciousness did not suppress the Immortal Race; all the karma was borne by Xian Qiong alone. He should have died, and the debt should have been cleared, and everything should have returned to peace."

"Unexpectedly, an accident occurred. Because the consciousness was not fully condensed and the power of Heavenly Punishment was used, the originally hazy consciousness fell into slumber, and the vast Immortal Realm completely entered an era of being without a master."

"Many life forms on various planets panicked after witnessing the disaster. The threat from the Celestial Dome forced them to emulate the Celestial Realm Divine Crystal and create life within their own bodies."

"At the same time, Daoist Xianqiong perished, leaving behind his Daoist arts, his thoughts, and his greed, which were inherited by his cunning and patient clansmen."

"For the next million years, the Immortal Clan's dominance remained absolute, producing one Dao Lord after another, a total of six."

"During this period, other species also saw the birth of Dao Lords or the successful breakthrough of Sovereign-level beings. Without exception, they were all accused of the Void Crime of threatening the Immortal Race and were directly killed by them."

"As a result, their clan's power grew stronger day by day. Even with only six Dao Lords, they gradually gained control of many grotto-heavens and blessed lands in the Immortal Realm over a million years, and almost unified the most prosperous Central Continent of the Immortal Realm. Other races were forced into the other four regions by them, and each had their own opportunities."

"For 15,920,000 years, the Immortal Clan had 23 Dao Lords in the world, who overpowered the Five Domains and became the only ones. All the races and forces in the Four Domains knelt down in submission. The power of their own one or two, or even a few, Dao Lords or Sovereigns was far from comparable to that of the Immortal Clan."

"As the Immortal Clan grows stronger, many divine crystals among the stars in the heavens have quietly begun to nurture life. Some succeed, some fail. To my shame, I was among the failures. The initial thought of the divine crystals in nurturing life was to cultivate them to be strong so that they could protect themselves from the beings of the Immortal Realm, such as the Immortal Celestial Dao Lord."

"This prediction came true 14 million years later."

"Several supreme Dao Lords were born among the Immortal Race. Their ambitions, which had been dormant for millions of years, were reignited. They were not content with exploring the Immortal Realm, and they also knew that the land beneath their feet was their home and were unwilling to harm it. Therefore, they turned their attention to us stars and ascended, invaded, and refined us."

"Thus, a fierce battle broke out. Many planets, lacking strong native life to protect them, could only use their most primal power to contend with the Dao Lords of the Immortal Race. Some were destroyed, and some were killed. In short, it was a cruel period."

"Even though it was cruel, it did not damage the foundation of the Immortal Clan. Until later, they were unlucky and extended their tentacles to an ancient star with life. The beings stationed there were incredibly powerful. They were the ultimate beings cultivated by that divine crystal with all its resources. A great war was about to break out. The Immortal Clan was severely damaged on the battlefield outside the heavens, and eight Dao Lords perished."

"Soon after, the life forms on that planet, the 'True Demons,' launched a massive invasion of the Immortal Realm. The leader of the True Demons traveled to the three thousand stars, visiting them one by one, either to borrow the power of the divine crystals or to hope that other intelligent life forms would fight alongside them. It represented the will of the mother planet whose masterpiece was 'Eternity.'"

"eternal?!"

The moment this word appeared, Jiang Mo was instantly surprised. Wasn't this the ancient life star that controlled the Starry Sky Human Race?

No wonder they supported the growth of the Starry Sky Human Race and secretly influenced them to return to their homeland, all in order to break through the boundary.

Is it a coincidence?

Is that really it?

Jiang Mo remained calm and continued listening to the mystery unveiled by Tianyuan's consciousness.

"Knowing that it was an eternal request, many ancient life-bearing stars, including myself, lent it their power."

"In the end, the battle was more brutal than ever before. The Immortal Clan had twelve Supreme Dao Lords participating in the battle. Over the years, their accumulated experience was so profound that it almost overwhelmed all the intelligent races."

"However, the result was a draw. The leader of the True Demon Clan was equally amazing, leading seven ultimate peak beings to fight to the death against the Immortal Clan. Their fierce battle shattered the inviolable boundary wall near the Immortal Realm. Many ancient life-bearing stars were swept up and disappeared or perished in the great battle."

"I came to this world because of that accident..."

"I left at the end of the war. At that time, all the True Demons had died in battle, and their leader was also dead. The other intelligent races were mostly in the same situation. Many ancient life planets had to leave the starry sky. The Eternal Mother Planet also disappeared with me. It fell into the abyss of space before me and was scattered throughout the universe."

"Of the twelve supreme peak Dao Lords of the Immortal Clan, nine have died, leaving only three, who are barely able to stabilize the situation."

"Given that situation, it's inevitable that they will unify all the heavens, and we will find it difficult to resist. However, the four races of the Immortal Realm are also unable to suppress their ambitions. At the critical moment, they launched a rebellion and besieged the Immortal Clan."

"With the combined efforts of inside and outside forces, the Immortal Clan was nearly wiped out. Countless methods, supernatural powers, and spells were used. Some were inherited in the bloodline, while others took effect on the spot. The Immortal Clan was only a hair's breadth away from extinction."

"Unfortunately, they held on and were not wiped out. During this time, the Immortal Realm was in chaos, and the five realms were locked in a war. The original Star Alliance also took this opportunity to enter the Immortal Realm, occupy its territory, and begin to take root in the land and seize spiritual veins."

"In the seven million years of endless war that followed, more and more races perished. The Immortal Race declined and rose again several times, until the last decline, when they completely lost their means to turn the tide and were forced to hide in the Northern Divine Realm of the Immortal Domain, where they remained in seclusion. From then on, they lost their original status as the supreme rulers."

"Six million four hundred and twenty thousand years ago, a group of fleeing races came to me through a spatial rift and cried out their plight. They were beaten to a pulp by the immortal race, which was on the verge of death, and their planet and celestial bodies were shattered. They had no choice but to migrate here."

"There are demon races, human races, blood demon races, evil spirit races... In the long years before they came, I also cultivated a batch of life, but they were very fragile and difficult to grow. With the influence of these foreign races, if bloodlines are connected, I believe they can grow stronger and the world will become more prosperous."

"And so, I accepted the four races that arrived one after another. They were also the races on this planet that you first asked me about. A large part of them were created by me, and a small part were from outsiders, as well as those born from reproduction with outsiders."

"Five million years ago, my power reached its full potential and peak, giving birth to the first innate magical artifact, the Book of Time."

"Four million years later, the Chaos Cauldron was born!"

"For three million years, it has borne my wrath, and is a symbol of absolute power, forged from ancient jade!"

The further Tianyuan spoke, the colder his voice became. Jiang Mo sensed that something unexpected was about to happen...

"Two million seven hundred thousand years ago, the strongest of the four races all knew of my three innate magical artifacts and wanted to obtain them to strengthen their races and return to the Immortal Realm in the future. At the same time, they secretly guarded against other races."

“I did not agree and sternly rebuked their greed. The four clans held a grudge and soon launched a war. I watched as the life I had nurtured turned against me. I used the power of three great innate magic artifacts to nearly wipe them out, slaughtering more than a hundred Dao Lords and Sovereigns!”

"They cried out the name of their mother, blaming themselves and repenting, but they could not win my pity. I wiped out the four clans from head to toe, destroyed all the cultivation techniques, killed any beings with cultivation, and only allowed those ordinary clansmen to live."

"It was from that time that I did the same thing as the Immortal Realm consciousness did when it was revived at the end of the War of the Stars: I placed a curse on all the living beings living in my body, weakened their power, and caused their lifespan to be reduced by as much as 99%, from hundreds of thousands or millions of years to tens of thousands or ten thousand years."

"With the passage of time, the curse will become stronger and stronger, and the lifespan will be reduced to a few thousand, or a thousand or a few hundred years. This is why later Dao Lords and Sovereigns all had short lifespans. Long periods of time will shake the will of living beings and foster their ambition. Our abilities are limited, so we can only greatly shorten their lifespan in order to protect our own safety."

"That battle exhausted a lot of my energy and caused me to faint, but the four clans were not truly wiped out."

"Until hundreds of thousands of years ago, they gradually discovered the path of cultivation and regained their power."

"Among them... the ancient human race was the most powerful. Like the immortal race, they enslaved the four races and even turned around and controlled me when I was weak and still sleeping, absorbing my power."

"When I awoke, it was too late. In order to prevent them from taking the three great innate magical artifacts, I banished them to the human world, either to hide them or to entrust them to a kind, courageous and persevering person, so that he could use them when he counterattacks the ancient human race in the future."

"The subsequent historical process is as you know: the ancient human race was besieged by the four races, was defeated, and fled. I took this opportunity to break free, regain my freedom, secretly weaken the power of the four races, wipe out most of the power of the evil spirit and blood demon races, let the human race and the demon race fight, and then fell into a deep sleep until today."

"Fortunately, I made this move perfectly, ensuring the survival of most species on this planet, and my hard work wasn't wasted."

"Unfortunately, such an unexpected turn of events has occurred, a child from another world, leaving me completely bewildered..."

Tianyuan glanced at Jiang Mo with a complicated expression. He couldn't bring himself to hate him, nor could he feel any affection for him.

Ultimately, he didn't do anything wrong, and neither did I. It's just that the capriciousness of fate often leads two completely unrelated things to become adversaries with the greatest malice.

Chapter 640 Reflecting on Old Friends

"So my arrival is related to you? And was the hunting of me by the Heavenly Heart Jade also orchestrated by you in secret?"

Jiang Mo frowned and asked a question that had been troubling him for a long time, especially the former.

"No....."

“I have no reason to bring you into this world. After the ancient war ended, the five major races have almost all declined and will not affect my recovery. I only need a period of time to recover my strength.”

Tianyuan Divine Crystal seemed to recall some past events, and murmured:

"You are a product of the spacetime turbulence. In the vast universe, the spacetime turbulence that appears by chance will take the beings of one world to another."