The vast Dark Void.
At this moment, the mighty power of all the Dao Lords intertwined. Following Lu Yang's revelation, the Primordial Saint abruptly turned his head, his cold eyes gazing toward him.
[Inevitable Fate] has flaws, thus yielding changes.
It sounded like a simple phrase, easy to deduce. However, the reality was that no Dao Lord had realized it before Lu Yang.
Because this was almost impossible.
After all, these were two distinct Great Daos. [Inevitable Fate] and [Variable] were contradictory yet unified. How could one grasp it out of thin air? It completely defied the operation of the Great Dao.
Lu Yang understood this too. But the result lay right before his eyes. At this moment, the Primordial Saint indeed revealed a slight concept of [Variable]. This could not be faked. The Primordial Saint deliberately concealed this concept. Except for him, who possessed the [Fate Revolution] and could sense it slightly, the other Dao Lords remained completely unaware.
"Don't let him fool you."
Just then, the World Honored One suddenly spoke up, "He is still far from grasping [Variable]. I can sense it. Right now, [Variable] remains in the false history."
"It's impossible for him to grasp [Variable] out of nowhere."
Although he had switched his cultivation to [Tribulation], he was someone who had once attained the unorthodox path of [Variable]. The World Honored One also noticed something amiss with the Primordial Saint at this moment.
However, his judgment was more precise.
"Rather than saying he controls [Variable], it's more accurate to say he created a concept using the framework of [Inevitable Fate], using [Inevitable Fate] to explain [Variable]..."
His voice stopped abruptly.
Rumble!
The Long River of Time appeared again, surging and roaring. It first swallowed the World Honored One, sending him to the distant past. Then, it locked onto Lu Yang's figure.
In an instant, he found himself alone again in the Dark Void. The four Dao Lords—Sword Lord, Cang Hao, Myriad Laws, and Du Xuan—had all vanished. In their place was a ground covered in the brilliance of wreckage, resembling a scene where the Dao Lords had suffered heavy injuries. Upon seeing this, realization immediately dawned on Lu Yang.
The future...
Soon, footsteps echoed from within the brilliance of wreckage. The Primordial Saint walked out, covered in blood and looking withered, but his aura grew increasingly powerful.
That feeling of [Variable] intensified.
Lu Yang narrowed his eyes. He felt an aura from this Primordial Saint that was extremely similar, if not identical, to the World Honored One's.
"...Three Lives Incarnations?"
Lu Yang spoke abruptly.
Hearing this, the Primordial Saint, who had remained silent all along, suddenly smiled. His cold, indifferent eyes suddenly brimmed with emotion, and he nodded.
"Impressive."
Even so, he would not deliberately explain why he knew the World Honored One's Three Lives Incarnations method. There was no need to leak information about himself for nothing.
Although knowledge itself could manifest mighty power, this specific knowledge involved the foundation of his cultivation. The risk of exposure was simply too high, far outweighing the slight increase in power. Therefore, he would rather make a slight error to ensure his secrets remained hidden and prevent anyone from discovering clues.
On the other side, Lu Yang's brows furrowed deeply.
As someone who frequently traversed history and karma, he was quite sensitive to time. He had already somewhat deduced the Primordial Saint's method.
It was different from before.
Previously, when dealing with Dao Tianqi, the Primordial Saint isolated him while throwing the others into the Long River of Time to trap them temporarily, similar to sealing Sisui.
This approach had a flaw.
The flaw was that, although everyone was separated into different times, there was only one Primordial Saint. He could only deal with one person at any given moment.
When he was dealing with Dao Tianqi, everyone else counterattacked, diverting his power. Consequently, the Primordial Saint failed to kill Dao Tianqi and had to settle for banishing him to the [Future]. Now experienced, the Dao Lords would clearly not let him do that again.
But this time.
The Primordial Saint's method had changed. Lu Yang was certain that, right now, the World Honored One, Sword Lord, Cang Hao, and the others each faced a Primordial Saint.
The World Honored One faced the past self.
The four Dao Lords—Sword Lord, Cang Hao, Myriad Laws, and Du Xuan—faced the present self.
He himself faced the future self.
And this is only Golden Core Perfection... It's unimaginable. If he were still at the absolute peak of [Paramita], to what extent could he unleash this power?
The more he pondered, the more awestruck he became.
But soon, Lu Yang noticed an inconsistency. Wait... In the World Honored One's Three Lives Incarnations method, the past, present, and future must progress sequentially.
The First-generation Master of Myriad Treasures Peak, Perfected Lord Brilliant World Joyful Light, and the World Honored One of the Deep Bliss Pure Land.
Attaining [Karma] in the past, ascending to [Paramita] in the present, leading to the Nascent Soul Dao Lord World Honored One in the future. None could be omitted, and no errors were permitted.
What about the Primordial Saint?
Did he attain [Time] in the past and [Inevitable Fate] in the present, resulting in the future Primordial Saint?
Incorrect!
If this logic held true, the future Primordial Saint should be a Nascent Soul Dao Lord! But the fact remained that the present Primordial Saint was still at Golden Core Perfection.
Therefore... [Inevitable Fate] should be the future!
Attaining [Time] in the present and [Inevitable Fate] in the future. That made sense.
However, a brand-new question arose. What about the past? Before [Time], what did the Primordial Saint's past self attain?
In a flash, Lu Yang deduced rapidly.
Finally, a guess leaped into his mind, bringing sudden realization.
It's the four Daos of the Saint Sect!
[Alchemy], [Artifact Forging], [Duao Cultivation], and [Beast Taming]. The Primordial Saint must have used these four Void Attainment Daos as the foundation to support his past self!
In other words:
"Senior, your attainment of [Time] is quite peculiar," Lu Yang said slowly. "Attaining four Daos in the past and [Time] in the present? The ability to form a karmic connection proves that the four Great Daos you attained back then are inextricably linked to [Time]. And those four Great Daos were passed down by you to your four disciples..."
The four First-generation Peak Masters!
"Subtle. Too subtle."
With a cold face, Lu Yang's thoughts churned. "[School of Names], Taiyitian... If I remember correctly, there seems to be a problem with the names of the four First-generation Peak Masters as well."
"Dao Tianqi, Bu Tianque."
"Lian Tiandou, Shi Tianyi."
The more Lu Yang spoke, the colder his tone became, feeling a bone-chilling cold. "Which [Heaven (Tian)]? Could it be the [Heaven] of your Primordial Saint's Taiyitian!"
This time, the Primordial Saint did not stop him.
Or rather, he had already stopped him because, at this moment, Lu Yang was alone, thrown into the future by him. None of the other Dao Lords could hear his words.
Therefore, he nodded approvingly.
"Fellow Daoist... You are truly too clever!"
He could not help but praise.
Because he really hadn't said anything. The other party deduced everything on his own, not even from the perspective of Dao comprehension or perception.
But from the perspective of a conspiracy!
Merely by noticing the inconsistency in the Three Lives Incarnations, he deduced the karmic relationship between the four Daos of the Saint Sect and [Time], thereby uncovering the secret of the first generation.
He even traced it all the way to the problem with their names.
Beyond cleverness, there was even a bit of innate talent involved. He was naturally sensitive to these things, exactly like he used to be back then.