Faced with the Terminus Tiger's inquiry, the Primordial Saint was very straightforward. The palm inside his sleeve slowly extended, its five fingers spreading open, and a bright light woven with colors surfaced.
A [Paramita] fragment.
Unlike those in the hands of the other Dao Lords, this piece in the Primordial Saint's hand had already been partially repaired. Of course, relying on this alone was not enough to awaken the Ancestral Dragon.
It still needed a little help.
The next second, the profundities of [Time] acted upon this [Paramita] fragment, causing a mutation in the Ancestral Dragon's sea of consciousness that it bore.
In just a single breath, this shattered sea of consciousness of the Ancestral Dragon seemed to experience the evolution of thousands of years. Until, amidst those endless chaotic thoughts, a swaying color of light slowly emerged, then took shape, and finally transformed into a young man in a golden robe, with a bizarre appearance and a face full of grief and indignation.
"Primordial Saint!!!!"
The young man split his mouth open, revealing a mouth full of sharp fangs. The demonic aura rushed to the sky, and the emotional fury could even make one truly feel a scorching heat.
It was the [Ancestral Dragon].
Of course, to be exact, this was merely a future shadow of the Ancestral Dragon, possessing only its consciousness, without any mighty power attached, let alone its stature.
This was also the limit of [Time].
If not for this, why would he need to wait 84,000 years? He could have just used [Time] for a super acceleration and directly resurrected the Ancestral Dragon.
"Just meeting face-to-face should be enough, right?"
The Primordial Saint looked at the Terminus Tiger with great interest, also feeling curious. Why did this Innate Dao God symbolizing the final tribulation insist on meeting the Ancestral Dragon face-to-face?
The next second, the Terminus Tiger spoke:
"For a howling defeated dog, you sure yell loudly."
"..."
Upon hearing this, the Ancestral Dragon, who was just hurling curses at the Primordial Saint, immediately shut his mouth. Then, he raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at the young Daoist who was the incarnation of the Terminus Tiger.
"It's you?"
The Ancestral Dragon seemed to recognize the Terminus Tiger, but quickly noticed something was amiss. He immediately sneered and looked at the Primordial Saint. "No, you're not the one from back then... You were enlightened again? Interesting... the Primordial Saint, it is your doing? Have you been forced into such a corner?"
"Hahaha!"
Speaking of the end, the Ancestral Dragon seemed to vent a foul breath and laughed loudly. "Whoever it is, well done! It's just a pity they didn't kill you!"
"I told you long ago."
"With [Variable] ranking first, yet you insisted on seeking [Inevitable Fate]; it was a dead end. How is it now? It seems my words have come true after all!"
However, the Primordial Saint didn't mind at all upon hearing this.
Compared to the Ancestral Dragon's mockery, he cared more about another matter: Enlightened again... During the ancient era, the Terminus Tiger had already been enlightened once?
This was intelligence he hadn't possessed.
Right at this moment, the Terminus Tiger suddenly spoke: "Instead of being a proper Innate Dao God, you went to attain a Great Dao. Ancestral Dragon, you truly have fallen."
"What the hell do you know!"
Hearing this, the Ancestral Dragon responded without hesitation: "Without attaining a Great Dao, what would I use to transcend? Obediently wait for the [Origin] to evolve into the [Final Tribulation]?"
Between life and death, there is a great terror.
From ancient times to the present, there has never been anything eternal. Even if one stepped onto the path of cultivation and possessed an endless natural lifespan, it could only be said that they shared longevity with heaven.
Because heaven and earth would also be destroyed.
The Light Sea would eventually march toward the final tribulation. When that time came, could there be any unbroken eggs beneath an overturned nest? No matter how much lifespan one had, they would have to welcome destruction along with it.
"Moreover, what right do you have to talk about me?"
The Ancestral Dragon sneered. "Formation, existence, decay, and emptiness—the principles of all creation and destruction. When the Light Sea is born, I appear with it; when the Light Sea is destroyed, you emerge to meet the destiny."
"If everything followed the heavenly order, as the [Origin], I could at least live through a vast expanse of time. But what about you, as the [Final Tribulation]? You short-lived ghost, you only get to be awe-inspiring for an instant when the Light Sea extinguishes, and then you die, becoming nourishment for the next cycle of reincarnation."
"In the past, you were ignorant and fearless. What about now?"
"Now that you have developed spiritual nature, are you willing to welcome such an end?"
The Terminus Tiger didn't answer.
After all, if it were willing, it wouldn't be standing here. It would have rejected the Primordial Saint's invitation without a second word and calmly accepted its destined fate of destruction.
However, as everyone knew—
"Within the Light Sea, myriad things and all matters possess a sliver of vitality."
The Ancestral Dragon's tone was profound. As an Innate Dao God, habitually arrogant and boasting to be number one, it only revealed a look of reverence when speaking this sentence.
"That immortal treated us with equal benevolence."
"Therefore, I was able to attain the [Five Elements] and seek a transcendence... Hateful! If not for the Primordial Saint's schemes, I would have long been carefree and unfettered in the Dark Void by now!"
Speaking up to here, the Ancestral Dragon glared viciously at the Primordial Saint again.
Seeing this, the Primordial Saint tilted his head innocently. "Fellow Daoist misunderstood. The one who attacked and surrounded Fellow Daoist that day was Sisui; it had nothing to do with me..."
"Bullshit!"
The Ancestral Dragon didn't look like an Innate Dao God at all. Instead, it was like a street ruffian, spewing obscenities as soon as it opened its mouth. "It was you bastard who schemed against me!"
"If not for that, since I govern the [Primordial] and my stature is far superior to yours, how could I be surrounded and killed by you all? Even if it were Sisui, in my peak state, he would just take one move. Yet as time went on, for some unknown reason, I grew weaker and weaker, surprisingly needing a hundred moves to take Sisui down..."
Right at this moment, the Terminus Tiger spoke:
"It was the method of the [School of Names]."
"The Primordial Saint, Taiyitian. This name itself was usurping your concept of the [Primordial]. This person had been scheming against you from the beginning."
"And you surprisingly had no way to deal with him."
"Looking at it this way, you truly don't remember that person."
As its voice fell, the Terminus Tiger seemed to lose all interest in the Ancestral Dragon. With a flick of its sleeve, it immediately dispersed this future shadow condensed by the Primordial Saint.
Seeing this, the Primordial Saint raised his eyebrows slightly:
"Interesting. I said before that the Ancestral Dragon doesn't remember that immortal. It seems Fellow Daoist spoke nicely at the time but actually didn't believe me."
"He shouldn't have forgotten."
The Terminus Tiger didn't hide it either, speaking very calmly. "At least as far as I know, when he was still gestating back then, he was almost single-handedly brought up by [Jun]."
"This is transcendence."
Speaking of this, the Primordial Saint was seen staring intently at the Terminus Tiger, his tone profound. "True transcendence is severing karma, isolating from the mortal world, and completely jumping out of this prison called the Dark Void. If there are still people in this world who remember him, and there are still records related to him, what kind of transcendence is that?"
"But I remember." The Terminus Tiger raised its eyes.
"Yes..."
The Primordial Saint's voice grew heavier.
This was the most unbelievable thing to him so far—Why did the Terminus Tiger remember, and even know the name of that upper-realm Deity Transformation?
[Jun].
This was a name he hadn't found in the inheritances of the School of Names or the School of Forms. This showed that even in the ancient era, the corresponding intelligence had already been lost.
Yet the Terminus Tiger knew.
Was it because, as the [Final Tribulation], it was the most special?
Or was it because... there was another mystery behind that upper-realm Deity Transformation, the first transcendence in the history of the Light Sea?