High above the firmament, boundless clouds, smoke, and water vapor filled heaven and earth. Faintly, six outlines were reflected within—they were exactly the locations of the six Dragon Lords' corpses.
"Big Brother... what do we do."
The Cang River Dragon Lord wore a miserable dragon face, speaking in a low voice to the dragon head beside him. Compared to death, this half-dead state was actually more torturous.
The Old Dragon Lord also looked helpless.
He really couldn't be blamed for this. Who could have thought that such a method existed under heaven? Killing someone without them dying, directly cutting off any chance of revival—it was simply too demonic.
Thinking of this, he glanced into the depths of the clouds and mist again, a chill running down his spine: 'The Heavenly Lord made a move just now... but was forcefully forced back by the Great Sword Ancestor. Is that mysterious person, like the Great Sword Ancestor, also born with three spirits? But how could such an expert just pop out? How could he have been completely unknown beforehand?'
He had no way of knowing.
On the other side, while the six Dragon Lords were trembling with fear, deep within the clouds and smoke, the Great Sword Ancestor took a step back, putting distance between himself and Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon.
"Does Fellow Daoist have anything else you wish to ask?"
Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon shook his head: "Not for now."
"Then I shall take my leave first. If I remain here, many things will lose their suspense. Things that were originally meant to happen might not happen."
The Great Sword Ancestor's tone was flat.
Before his voice even faded, his figure dissipated into the clouds and smoke, vanishing without a trace. Only Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon remained, holding his sword and standing quietly in place.
Meanwhile, Lu Yang was also organizing his thoughts.
'The method of the Primordial Spirit is clear now.'
'However, this is only Sisui's method. Back then, there were a full three Primordial Spirit methods prevalent in the sea of light. Besides this one, there were also the methods of the Primordial Saint and Dao Tianqi.'
The Primordial Saint's [Heaven-Reaching Incantation of Seven Emotions].
Dao Tianqi's [Scripture of True Nature Seeking Immortality].
From the names alone, one could tell that the Primordial Saint's method clearly had nothing to do with good and evil. Or rather, he had refined and broken down the broad concepts of good and evil into detailed parts.
The difficulty of cultivation was much higher.
'From this perspective, when Sisui created this Primordial Spirit method back then, he likely simplified it, striving to keep the cultivation difficulty from being too high.'
After all, Sisui's method only involved separating the Good Consciousness and Evil Consciousness. But the Primordial Saint's [Heaven-Reaching Incantation of Seven Emotions], just hearing the name, felt related to the seven emotions and six desires. It likely guaranteed at least seven strands of consciousness. The cultivation difficulty was more than three times higher... But on the other hand, this also demonstrated Sisui's formidable strength.
'It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.'
Although the cultivation difficulty was lowered significantly, the final result was no different. Both resulted in a Primordial Spirit, which could already be called an epoch-making achievement.
'Furthermore, if my guess is correct...'
'The Nameless Dao Lord is even weaker than I previously imagined. He can't even be called a Dao Lord. In all likelihood, he's actually just a strand of Primordial Spirit consciousness!'
After all, if the Nameless Dao Lord truly was an existence born from the fusion of the World Honored One's Evil Consciousness and the Dao Lord of Spiritual Power's Good Consciousness, then he was inherently born without a physical body. Nor did he have any cultivation to speak of. Possessing only the essence of a Primordial Spirit, even if he condensed a physical body, he would have to start cultivating from scratch.
'What Dao Lord? Just a stray dog, a rat in the gutter, haha.'
At this thought, Lu Yang suddenly couldn't help but chuckle: 'Cultivate? What does he use to cultivate? Under the rule of the Dao Lords, daring to cultivate is a dead end!'
The simplest example was the World Honored One.
As the lowest-standing Dao Lord, the World Honored One's surveillance of the present world was quite strict. As long as someone sought to form a Golden Core and attain a Dao Fruit, he would at least take a look.
This was the trouble.
Just imagine, if the Nameless Dao Lord went to recultivate and easily attained the Perfected Lord rank. Then the World Honored One took a look: Huh? Why does this Perfected Lord have a Primordial Spirit?
When that time came, dying suddenly would be considered a good outcome.
Even more troublesome was that the Nameless Dao Lord was simultaneously a part of the World Honored One. This characteristic made it almost impossible for him to hide right under the World Honored One's nose.
'So in my life before last, he never appeared from beginning to end. After all, a strand of Primordial Spirit without any material foundation, what would he use to show himself? Hiding was the only logical choice. The reason he appeared in this life is probably also because of me. I caused the World Honored One and the others to release the restrictions on the false history.'
Why did the Nameless Dao Lord want Ling Xiao to attain the unorthodox path of [Yin and Yang]?
The answer couldn't be simpler: because he needed [Yin and Yang]. Possessing only a Primordial Spirit, he needed [Yin and Yang] to supplement his missing parts!
Primordial Spirit consciousness and material existence.
Just like the present world and the dark side of the sea of light.
'What he wants isn't to recultivate, but to reach heaven in a single bound. To use [Yin and Yang] to directly match and generate a true body corresponding to his Primordial Spirit essence!'
'So he actually didn't need Ling Xiao to succeed.'
'As long as he went to attain it and triggered [Yin and Yang] to manifest in the world, that would be enough. As for the [Heavenly Scripture] in the false history... it was indeed just a smokescreen he used to confuse people.'
At this thought, Lu Yang's eyes suddenly brightened.
This was the power of knowledge.
As long as his deduction regarding the Nameless Dao Lord's origins was correct, then all of his subsequent plans, and even future actions, could be deduced and predicted.
Thinking even deeper:
'Was the birth of the Nameless Dao Lord truly an accident triggered by a [Variable]? Could it be the result of someone intentionally guiding and catalyzing it in secret?'
It's not impossible!
'Even the Nameless Dao Lord himself probably has similar suspicions.'
Then the question arises: who is the most likely to be able to do such a thing? The Primordial Saint? The World Honored One? The Dao Lord of Spiritual Power? No, these people all fall a bit short.
'The person who is truly the most likely to accomplish such a thing.'
'Should be Sisui!'
'After all, this Good and Evil Primordial Spirit method was created by him. He understands its intricacies best. So, does he have the motive to do this?'
Thinking of this, Lu Yang suddenly felt a bone-piercing chill.
Of course he does!
'The Nameless Dao Lord's goal is [Yin and Yang]. For this goal, he must set foot in the false history. And by doing so, Sisui might be able to use this to escape!'
Lu Yang asked himself, if he could guess this, the Nameless Dao Lord likely also had his reservations. That was why he made people seek the unorthodox path of [Yin and Yang]—precisely to avoid rescuing Sisui, worrying that he would become the stepping stone for Sisui's escape. This was a reasonable deduction; if it were him, he would definitely do the same.
Moreover, once Sisui was allowed to escape.
Then, with [Yin and Yang] under his control, he could grant him a physical body, and he could also revoke it. In this way, the Nameless Dao Lord would forever be subject to Sisui.
This was clearly very difficult for anyone to accept.
'Setting aside whether Sisui's character is such that he would do something like boiling the hound once the hare is caught, at least the Nameless Dao Lord fears this point, and that is enough.'
At this moment, Lu Yang had absolute certainty: 'Grasping this portion of intelligence is enough to converse with the Nameless Dao Lord head-on, without worrying about any accidents!'
[Dao-Attaining Hidden Profound Palace]
An ethereal shadow that no one could detect was currently standing at the very top of the grotto-heaven, watching the cultivators below scrambling for opportunities everywhere like a swarm of ants.
'Not him, none of them.'
In a short period of time, he had already examined all the Perfected Lords who entered the grotto-heaven, yet found nothing. He didn't discover any aura related to the Ancestral Dragon.
Did he guess wrong?
Is it not the Ancestral Dragon?
Or is the Ancestral Dragon's condition worse than he imagined, to the point where he can't even possess a Perfected Lord and can only barely rely on a Foundation Establishment Perfected One?
Just as the Nameless Dao Lord was pondering.
Suddenly, an anomalous aura in a certain direction startled his thoughts, making him immediately shift his gaze to look towards the central palace of the [White Jade Capital].
"Hm?"
In an instant, the Nameless Dao Lord's line of sight fell upon a human figure. Although obscure and undiscovered by anyone, it was weak to the extreme, only at the Foundation Establishment level.
In the next second, he revealed a smile.
Hard work pays off; it seems the prey finally took the bait!