No wonder the Primordial Saint wanted to kill the World Honored One in his life before last!
At this moment, only realization and understanding remained in Lu Yang's heart. Recalling the Primordial Saint's words and actions in his life before last, an indescribable disgust suddenly surfaced.
'From beginning to end, the World Honored One was a talent handpicked by the Primordial Saint, a Dao Lord-level talent. Everything else was secondary. This was the greatest trump card the Primordial Saint prepared so he could continue to control the sea of light in case his deity transformation and ascension plan failed. This old bastard, he truly calculated everything!'
If the deity transformation and ascension succeeded, he directly achieved his wish.
If it failed, he still had a long-prepared Dao Lord-level great talent waiting for him. He even had a safety net. Regardless of the outcome, he wouldn't suffer a loss.
'The Saint Sect's style has always been a 'cunning rabbit has three burrows'.'
'The best plan is deity transformation and ascension. The middle plan is controlling [Inevitable Fate] and [Variable]... he couldn't possibly have a worst plan, right? What else is there that I don't know about?'
For a time, Lu Yang's expression was gloomy.
And seeing his appearance, Sisui also gradually furrowed his brows and said in a deep voice: "It seems the situation is even more severe than I imagined?"
Lu Yang nodded.
Immediately after, he didn't keep him in suspense any longer. He directly poured out his speculations and the Primordial Saint's deity transformation and ascension plan in their entirety, then let out a long sigh.
Meanwhile, after listening to Lu Yang's description, Sisui also fell into a brief silence. His brows were furrowed tightly, and his fingertips were constantly calculating, seemingly deducing something. Only after a long time did he lower his hand and shake his head: "Something's not right. This entire plan is somewhat too exquisite."
"What do you mean?" Lu Yang raised an eyebrow.
Sisui continued: "Too exquisite, so exquisite that it doesn't seem like a normal plan. Or rather, this plan itself is very [Inevitable Fate]."
Lu Yang was taken aback upon hearing this.
But soon, he understood: "Senior means that plans cannot keep up with changes? But in the Primordial Saint's plan, there are basically no changes?"
"Correct."
Sisui nodded, then looked at Lu Yang again and sighed with emotion: "Fellow Daoist truly has a lot of talent in this aspect. It seems you have tempered yourself for many years."
"The problem lies right here."
"The Great Dao of the sea of light, [Variable] is first. No matter what kind of scheme it is, formulating it is one thing, but executing it is completely different."
"However, look at the Primordial Saint's plan."
"Within the sea of light, time originally had no form. It was only after he attained [Time] out of thin air that time was endowed with a form by him, and thus the Long River of Time was born."
"But how was he certain that Myriad Treasure would attain [Karma], transforming the Long River of Time into the Great Karmic Net, and indirectly drawing the [Variable] into the net? This concerns one's Dao path. No matter how much one guides, there is no reason to have perfect control. Yet to say it was a gamble... but gambling with the foundation of his Dao attainment?"
Speaking of this, Sisui shook his head:
"The risk is too great. The Primordial Saint doesn't seem like that kind of person."
"He has always acted only when he has absolute certainty."
"If I had to say, it's more like he knew beforehand that Myriad Treasure would attain [Karma], which is why he specifically attained [Time] to set up a trap..."
Speaking of this, Sisui lowered his eyelids.
In an instant, Lu Yang couldn't even see clearly what look was in Sisui's eyes. However, he had no mind to observe either. An even greater shock filled his heart at this moment.
'Prophetic foresight? The Primordial Saint? The [Book of a Hundred Lifetimes]?'
A look of shock surfaced in the depths of Lu Yang's eyes, but soon returned to calm: "That scroll of the [Heavenly Scripture] allows people to peek at various scenes of the future."
Sisui shook his head upon hearing this:
"I have used that page of the peculiar scripture before. Shaping the false history is already its limit. Although it can be used to deduce parts of the future, it wouldn't be precise to this extent."
Lu Yang's gaze stirred slightly, and he said in a low voice:
"Perhaps the method was wrong?"
"Senior, among the seven great [Heavenly Being's Remnant Consciousnesses], there is one called the [Supreme Grandmaster]. It is rumored to have always been under the Primordial Saint's control. Have you ever been to that place?"
"...No."
Sisui shook his head upon hearing this: "When the Primordial Saint rose to prominence, I had already attained the Dao and could not enter the [Heavenly Being's Remnant Consciousness]. Naturally, I had no mind to inquire about the secrets within."
Lu Yang said solemnly: "Back then, relying on his own power alone, the Primordial Saint attained four Daos out of thin air: [Alchemy], [Artifact Forging], [Dual Cultivation], and [Beast Taming], thereby establishing the foundation of his sect. Is this something an ordinary person can do? The first-generation Beast Taming Peak Master, Dao Tianqi, always suspected this was connected to the [Supreme Grandmaster]."
"There is highly likely a Deity Transformation inheritance buried inside!"
"The Primordial Saint has always been obsessed with ascension, firmly believing in the existence of the upper Deity Transformation realm. Perhaps it's because he found crucial evidence within the [Supreme Grandmaster]."
"Dao Tianqi..."
Another familiar name. Sisui instantly fell into nostalgia. He had once been incredibly optimistic about this name, believing he had hope of inheriting his Dao.
Unfortunately, he had a different Dao path.
Thinking of this, Sisui couldn't help but smile: "For you to be able to meet with him, it seems the Netherworld has already spread across the sea of light, and all living beings no longer have to suffer the bitterness of being wandering souls?"
Lu Yang shook his head:
"About forty thousand years after the Dao Lord War ended, Dao Tianqi attained the [Netherworld]. The various Dao Lords joined forces and struck him down. Dao Tianqi consequently sank into oblivion for tens of thousands of years."
"It wasn't until recently that this junior awakened him. Unfortunately, the grand plan of the Netherworld remains uncompleted, confined to the single region of the Immortal Nexus, failing to achieve the grand vision from its initial design."
"..."
The smile on Sisui's face gradually faded.
After a long while, he finally said faintly: "I indeed haven't been inside the [Supreme Grandmaster]. But after the Primordial Saint attained the Dao, he definitely couldn't get in either."
"If he truly didn't want anyone else to know, he would definitely hide it. But with [Variable] above, no matter how secretly he hides it, there will definitely be flaws. So if nothing unexpected happens, he should try to keep the flaws of the hiding place within his line of sight, lest a real problem occur."
Were there any hiding places in the sea of light that met this condition?
Of course there were, and many of them!
Thinking of this, a look of helplessness surfaced on Lu Yang's face: "The place where the [Five Elements] are sealed, the false history where Senior is located... they basically all meet this condition."
"This is different."
Sisui shook his head: "If the [Supreme Grandmaster] truly concerns the Primordial Saint's most core secret, then this level of security is not safe enough."
What other place was safer?
This thought flashed across Lu Yang's mind. Immediately after, he associated it with the answer: the Saint Sect's style, ultimately, one still has to rely on oneself!
Almost simultaneously, Sisui also arrived at the answer through his Dao comprehension deduction:
"The Long River of Time!"
"The foundation of the Primordial Saint's Dao attainment. If the [Supreme Grandmaster] truly is the thing the Primordial Saint values most, he would not rely on external objects; he would only rely on himself!"
"Moreover, after hiding it in the Long River of Time, because the World Honored One attained the Dao, the Long River of Time transformed into the Great Karmic Net. This was a secondary concealment, equivalent to double insurance. If one wanted to find the [Supreme Grandmaster], unless the World Honored One fell, yet [Paramita] didn't collapse, and Dao Lords just so happen to be immortal..."
Too f*cking brilliant!
When Lu Yang sorted out this series of operations by the Primordial Saint, he felt a bit numb all over. He couldn't help but feel a mixture of resentment and awe towards the Primordial Saint.
Resentment because his methods came one after another.
Awe because just when he thought he saw through him and got a step closer, he would always realize in shock that the height of his perspective and methods far exceeded his imagination.
Thinking of this, Lu Yang hurriedly took a glance at the [Book of a Hundred Lifetimes].
Immediately after, he let out a long breath of relief.
'Fortunately, I didn't turn it off.'