At the summit of Spirit Mountain, Lu Yang's thoughts sat high above. At this moment, he was another [Heavenly Lord]; his state could completely be described as the union of heaven and man.
And up until just now, he had been searching for that person from the present world who had entered the false history.
The profound wonder of the [Dripping Essence of Heaven] had long been pinched at his fingertips. Deducing karma, he searched among the trillions of karmic threads in the Immortal Nexus for any karma vastly different from the false history.
He had originally caught a clue.
However, just a split second before completely dragging it out, the other party suddenly vanished without a trace, as if suppressed by an even stronger mighty power.
'Someone made a move!'
'This kind of method, it's not the Great Sword Ancestor... it's the Heavenly Lord.'
'He has this kind of ability?'
Lu Yang's expression grew increasingly solemn. And between his palm and fingers was a phantom radiance, extremely weak, seemingly capable of dissipating at any moment.
This was a strand of karma he managed to strip away at the very last moment.
"Although weak, it can still reveal a portion of intelligence." Lu Yang held the phantom radiance, a ball of firelight abruptly lighting up in the depths of his eyes.
In an instant, the originally phantom light of karma skyrocketed, transforming into a vast expanse of flame light. From within it, various karmic scenes continuously surfaced, hazy and difficult to grasp. And at the exact moment Lu Yang intended to delve deeper, it seemed to burn out, rapidly dimming until it shattered.
"Rumble."
The phantom radiance collapsed and extinguished. Watching this scene, Lu Yang furrowed his brows deeply, recalling the scene he had captured in that brief instant just now.
'...Who is it?'
He saw a human figure surrounded by the qi of the five elements, subsequently evolving lightning. The aura faintly echoed the [Five Elements] Dao Fruits of the Immortal Nexus from afar.
That wasn't used to seek a Dao Fruit.
'Directly bypassing the Dao Fruits of the Immortal Nexus to seek the fundamental [Five Elements]. If he truly achieves it, it will inevitably shake my current control over Water and Fire.'
Lu Yang's brows furrowed deeper and deeper.
Currently in the Immortal Nexus, Water and Fire had both been stripped away by him. The Five Elements Dao Fruits had already been severed on a factual level. Even if the Heavenly Lord had greater divine abilities, he couldn't take them back.
However, if someone could attain the fundamental [Five Elements], their cultivation wouldn't need to be very high. Even with just Perfected Lord cultivation, as long as they obtained the support of the [Heavenly Lord], it would be enough to deflect a strong force with weak force, indirectly influencing the twelve Water and Fire Dao Fruits currently under his control. To him, this was undoubtedly a destabilizing factor.
'However... this is also a double-edged sword.'
Lu Yang's eyes brightened slightly: 'If the Heavenly Lord can use this person to influence the Water and Fire Dao Fruits under my rule, I can also use this person to influence the other Dao Fruits of the [Five Elements]!'
Interesting.
Coming from the present world, and being used to target him the moment they entered the false history, yet the method wasn't decisive enough, even allowing him to discover some clues.
'If a Dao Lord made a move, I shouldn't have been able to discover any clues.'
'But I still discovered them.'
From this perspective, the Dao Lord placing a piece in the false history this time wasn't so much trying to erase him as a variable, but rather testing him.
Wanting to see his capabilities?
For no particular reason, Lu Yang derived such a feeling from this series of unexpected events. Immediately after, a name naturally surfaced:
'The World Honored One!'
Was it him making a move?
Lu Yang wasn't certain either. However, he knew what he should do right now to break the deadlock: find that mysterious person the Dao Lord threw into the false history to seek the [Five Elements].
As long as he found the other party, he could grasp the initiative.
But soon, Lu Yang frowned again, because he didn't know whether that mysterious person was male or female, or whether their cultivation was high or low. He had almost zero intelligence.
'My perspective is still too low.'
At his height, this was the most he could see. A single test from a Dao Lord was like a massive mountain to him; even exhausting his means, it was difficult to glimpse the full picture.
It seemed he could only switch to his exalted cultivator perspective.
The origin of the false history.
In the otherworldly peach blossom spring with singing birds, fragrant flowers, and tranquil harmony, the clear sound of reading echoed until a loud shout rang out, finally breaking the atmosphere of this place.
"Senior Sisui!"
Within the pavilion, Sisui, who was originally teaching Xiu Zhen to read, abruptly stopped speaking. He then looked up out the window and shook his head helplessly:
"Class dismissed, Fellow Daoist, please excuse yourself for a moment."
"I understand."
Hearing this, Xiu Zhen nodded calmly. Compared to before, he now lacked a bit of impetuousness and possessed a bit more of a steady bearing.
After sending off Xiu Zhen, Sisui finally pushed open the door and paced out of the pavilion. Soon, he saw Lu Yang, whose consciousness had retaken control of the Foundation Establishment puppet, striding over. He immediately frowned slightly and sighed: "Fellow Daoist's method is similar to Myriad Treasure's back then; it is an unorthodox path, not the righteous path."
"Senior, rest assured, my Dao does not lie here."
Lu Yang wore a frank expression upon hearing this and said: "This method is only to contact Senior. After this matter is concluded, I naturally will no longer treat him as a puppet."
Hearing this, Sisui shook his head again.
Despite this, he didn't say anything more. Clearly, he wasn't someone who didn't know how to adapt to circumstances; he knew Lu Yang's method was already the optimal solution at present.
"Coming here this time, do you have some doubts?"
Sisui directly guessed Lu Yang's purpose for coming. After all, he had seen plenty of such poor students back then. If he didn't have doubts, he definitely wouldn't have come to see him.
"Senior has sharp eyes."
Lu Yang cupped his hands, cleanly and decisively recounting the difficulties he had encountered. Hearing this, Sisui frowned slightly and similarly fell into deep thought.
Only after a moment did he open his eyes and smile:
"I understand."
"Fellow Daoist did not guess wrong. The Fellow Daoist who made a move is indeed testing you... but to be more precise, the person he is testing is me."
"After all, his methods aren't considered brilliant. Or rather, they only appear brilliant to cultivators beneath the Dao Lord realm. It simply takes advantage of the fact that cultivators with insufficient stature lack a sufficient understanding of the Long River of Time. As long as one's stature is sufficient, seeing through this kind of method is basically as easy as flipping a hand."
"He is testing whether Fellow Daoist has truly made contact with me."
As soon as these words were spoken, Lu Yang instantly saw the light.
But soon, a new doubt surfaced in his heart:
"...The Long River of Time?"
Sisui explained: "It is the Great Karmic Net that Fellow Daoist knows of. Before Myriad Treasure attained the Dao of [Karma], its name was still the Long River of Time."
"Back then, that was the foundation of the Primordial Saint's Dao attainment. Time forever moves forward; the past is a fixed number that cannot be changed. He attained the unorthodox path of [Inevitable Fate] through this. Yet in the end, he let Myriad Treasure attain the Dao of [Karma] and even trace back time to join the battle, personally damaging his own foundation. I was quite surprised by this..."
Lu Yang: "???"
"Wait! Wait a minute!"
Before Sisui could finish speaking, Lu Yang hurriedly said: "The Long River of Time is the foundation of the Primordial Saint's Dao attainment? Back then, the Primordial Saint attained the Dao of [Inevitable Fate] through this?"
"Correct."
Sisui nodded: "When the Primordial Saint attained the Dao, what he attained was [Time], an unorthodox path of [Inevitable Fate]. Truly taking control of [Inevitable Fate] happened a long time later."
Lu Yang instantly felt a chill in his heart.
After a moment of silence, he finally said in a low voice: "Then what if... what if the Primordial Saint personally killed the World Honored One who attained the Dao of [Karma], what would happen?"
Hearing this, Sisui frowned:
"After ascending to [Paramita], Dao Lords are immortal."
"What if?" Lu Yang pressed.
With the conversation reaching this point, Sisui's expression also gradually turned solemn: "The Long River of Time transformed into the Great Karmic Net. The [Variable] is already deeply rooted."
"If Myriad Treasure is killed, [Karma] will collapse, and the Great Karmic Net will revert back into the Long River of Time."
"Then the Primordial Saint should also be able to be like me back then, using [Inevitable Fate] to control [Variable], one person controlling two Great Daos. Reaching that point in cultivation, he would no longer have any flaws!"