What entered his sight was a dim and gloomy heaven and earth.
Lu Yang's consciousness floated on the dark side of the Light Sea, speeding all the way. The faint light emitted by the Lights-Chasing Dao Heart completely quelled the chaotic consciousness storms of the dark side.
Although his words were spoken very fully, Lu Yang was never careless.
He despised his opponents strategically, but he still attached great importance to them tactically. Therefore, before heading to the false history, he still had to make some necessary preparations in advance.
Soon, a bright halo appeared in his field of vision. The halo was wrapped in a layer of gloomy color. It was Bu Tianque's consciousness projection on the dark side of the Light Sea. As soon as Lu Yang got close, he seemed to sense it, and soon a figure surfaced from the halo.
"Fellow Daoist, you came quite fast."
Like a pebble thrown into a lake, rippling outwards, Bu Tianque paced out from the ripples, looking at Lu Yang with a gaze carrying a hint of fervency.
"What's the matter? Figured it out?"
Lu Yang subconsciously took a step back. Only after opening up a distance did he say in a deep voice: "I have come this time because I have a major matter to ask. I ask Fellow Daoist to conduct yourself with dignity."
"...How boring."
Before his words fell, Bu Tianque shook his head in absolute boredom. The slender and graceful lady he originally presented herself as shook and changed back into a heroic young man.
"What does Fellow Daoist want to ask?"
"I want to ask two things."
Lu Yang didn't drag his feet either, speaking crisply and cleanly: "I plan to take a trip to the false history, rescue Sisui, and attain my Dao Lineage. Therefore, I must ask Fellow Daoist."
"Fellow Daoist, what method do you think you would have used to break through to the Heaven Treading Realm back then if there were no [Five Elements] seal?"
The false history...
The charming smile at the corners of Bu Tianque's mouth gradually restrained itself. He was seen frowning tightly, seemingly pondering something. Only after a long time did he say faintly:
"Does Fellow Daoist know of the Heavenly Lord of the Immortal Nexus?"
"I have some understanding." Lu Yang nodded. Back in the Netherworld, in order to gain his trust, the remnant lineage of the Ancestral Dragon once explained its origins in detail.
"Then it should be very easy to understand."
Bu Tianque nodded slightly and continued:
"If there were no [Five Elements] seal, I might have made a move against the Heavenly Lord of the Immortal Nexus, devising a way to harvest and nourish myself from it, and use that to ascend to the Heaven Treading Realm."
Lu Yang frowned tightly: "Can the Lord of Heaven elevate someone to the Heaven Treading Realm?"
"A fragmented one cannot."
Bu Tianque smiled: "However, if it is a complete Lord of Heaven possessing self-awareness, then that is another matter. I could cooperate with Senior Brother Pill Cauldron."
Lord of Heaven...
With his hands behind his back, Lu Yang's mind was already operating rapidly, deducing.
That's it. The Lord of Heaven. According to the intelligence obtained in the lifetime before the last, the Lord of Heaven is actually the very first Immortal Spirit in the history of the Immortal Nexus. It's just that other Immortal Spirits are transformed from the qi of heaven and earth, while it is heaven and earth itself.
In true history, the Lord of Heaven severed itself to evade the Dao Lords.
The remnant lineage of the Ancestral Dragon was born because of this, and the Lord of Heaven also became foolish and ignorant from then on. However, because the false history has no Dao Lords, the Lord of Heaven no longer needs to sever itself.
In other words...
In the false history, the Lord of Heaven is in an absolute peak state!
This was a secret never recorded in history, one that even Lingxiao didn't understand. It might even be related to the Great Sword Ancestor slaughtering the whole world in his final sixty years.
"...I understand."
Keeping this precious intelligence in his heart, Lu Yang abruptly changed the topic: "Besides this, I also want to ask if Fellow Daoist knows the cultivation method for the Primordial Spirit."
Boom!
Before Lu Yang's words fell, a thunderclap like a thunderbolt instantly resounded on the dark side of the Light Sea. The originally chaotic dark side storms became even more intense at this moment.
Gloomy colors filled heaven and earth, interweaving and sweeping over, submerging the figures of the two, and also cutting off the unseen connection to prevent others from generating a related "sudden whim". All abnormal movements were buried on the dark side of the Light Sea, not stirring up the slightest ripple in the mortal world.
Seeing this, the corners of Lu Yang's mouth instantly lifted.
Looking around, Bu Tianque's face was seen to be stiff. An unknown gloomy circle of light had appeared in his hand at some point, manipulating the consciousness storms of the dark side.
It was he who intercepted all abnormal movements just now.
And it was only then that the look of shock on his face surfaced bit by bit. Clearly, what just happened was completely out of instinct, a subconscious action.
"...Fellow Daoist, you truly are bold."
Bu Tianque was seen letting out a long breath. Then, rubbing his glabella, he gritted his teeth and said: "What formidable methods. Did all the Dao Lords participate in this?"
Following that, he took another deep look at Lu Yang:
"When we met last time, Fellow Daoist seemed to still be deeply troubled by this [Lock] of the Primordial Spirit, missing the opportunity to discuss the Dao. This time you actually broke free?"
"A fluke."
Lu Yang waved his hand modestly: "This humble one is endowed with extraordinary talent, and only broke free due to a fortuitous encounter. It's a pity that while I have the heart to seek the method, there is no method in the world."
"Hmph..."
Speaking of this, Bu Tianque frowned even deeper, then sneered: "The old bastard. It's his handiwork. Otherwise, it would be impossible for me not to remember."
As soon as these words came out, Lu Yang instantly revealed a look of disappointment: "Fellow Daoist doesn't know the method of the Primordial Spirit either?"
"I do not know."
Bu Tianque shook his head, but his words did not stop as he continued: "But I do indeed have a matter I want to tell you. There might be an opportunity to refine the Primordial Spirit in the false history..."
Following that, he gave another detailed explanation. However, to Lu Yang's disappointment, what he said only corroborated Tianhun's account. Because in Bu Tianque's narration, that so-called method that could help people refine the Primordial Spirit was a scripture. To be exact, it was a piece of paper.
"The scripture was refined later."
After recalling for a moment, Bu Tianque corrected himself: "That old bastard only obtained a piece of paper at first. He later refined it as the title page of a scripture."
"The false history was produced using that scripture."
"After that scripture was successfully refined back then, the old bastard even specifically called us over, saying we could rapidly cultivate the Primordial Spirit, and asked which of us wanted to try."
Hearing this, Lu Yang frowned slightly: "Refining the Primordial Spirit this way carries a huge risk."
Bu Tianque nodded: "The old bastard did not hide this point back then either. So in the end, only Eldest Senior Brother decided to try it."
"Senior Brother Pill Cauldron and I felt it was unnecessary, because that fellow Beast-Taming had already successfully cultivated the Primordial Spirit. With his guidance, we didn't need external assistance. Give us another few hundred thousand years, and we ourselves also had hope of cultivating it successfully. There was no need to gamble on a possibility, not to mention that the possibility carried a huge risk."
"However, Eldest Senior Brother acted willfully."
"Fortunately, Eldest Senior Brother's luck was not bad, and his will was firm enough. So in the end, he succeeded by a fluke, and from then on, he could be considered to possess the foundation of a Dao Lord."
...So that's how it is!
Bu Tianque's words instantly solved a doubt in Lu Yang's heart: As the youngest among the Dao Lords, how did the World Honored One successfully cultivate his Primordial Spirit?
Now the answer was out.
Like the Spiritual Power Dao Lord, he relied on the missing page of [The Book of a Hundred Lifetimes] to refine his Primordial Spirit. Does that mean his Primordial Spirit also has flaws?
Was that why there was 'One Mind'?
No wonder!
Among the six Dao Lords, the World Honored One and the Spiritual Power Dao Lord were the closest, and the Star Palace was even deeply polluted and poisoned by the World Honored One. Looking at it now, it indeed wasn't without reason.
However, clearly, the World Honored One's methods were stronger than the Spiritual Power Dao Lord's, because he should have solved the problem with his own Primordial Spirit, while the Spiritual Power Dao Lord had not.
Thinking of this, Lu Yang's understanding of the danger of using the false history to successfully cultivate the Primordial Spirit deepened even further.
The World Honored One, the Great Sword Ancestor, the Spiritual Power Dao Lord, and countless test subjects. In the end, only two and a half succeeded. The Great Sword Ancestor counts as half; perhaps his good and evil spiritual consciousness was born because of this?
But regardless, this was good news.
Because since the World Honored One could solve the Primordial Spirit problems caused by taking a shortcut, it meant this path was practically feasible and wouldn't have any irreparable flaws.
"...Many thanks for clearing my doubts, Fellow Daoist."
After pondering for a long time, Lu Yang cupped his hands and smiled: "This humble one will set off in a few days. If everything goes smoothly, I will still need Fellow Daoist's cooperation when the time comes."
Before his words fell, Lu Yang's gaze suddenly paused.
Following that, an intense look of pleasant surprise surfaced in the depths of his eyes:
Patriarch... succeeded!?
(End of chapter)