Following the Ancestral Dragon, Lu Yang's gaze soon fell upon the golden book surrounded by ten thousand bones, and he immediately sensed the extraordinary nature of this supreme treasure.
"Although it is inferior to the [Book of a Hundred Lifetimes]."
"But this peculiar sensation is very similar to the page that was lost outside and turned into the [Heavenly Scripture] by the Primordial Saint."
Uniqueness.
Even if the [Book of a Hundred Lifetimes] restarts the entire Dark Void, this artifact will not be changed; it remains eternal, its immortality having reached a certain extreme.
"Even Sisui, who achieved [False Transcendence] with a top-tier essence metamorphosis that even the Final Tribulation of the Light Sea could not kill, cannot use his immortality to block the restart of the [Book of a Hundred Lifetimes]. This shows that the essence of this supreme treasure is likely even above the Sisui of the previous life. Truly incredible!"
The more Lu Yang looked, the more profound it seemed.
Was this also a creation of a Deity Transformation being? Likely not... I still haven't understood the principles of the [Book of a Hundred Lifetimes], but I can see a thing or two about the object before me.
"Although the grade is high, it doesn't quite reach the level of Deity Transformation."
At this thought, Lu Yang's eyes brightened: "Besides, this is also the best teacher. Just by looking at this book, one can gain significant insights."
Because it revealed essence.
The Primordial Saint's [True Nascent Soul] was likely established based on an imitation of this book, but he hadn't imitated it fully, which is why he only obtained a middle-grade result.
"And even so, it's still inferior to Sisui... What a waste!"
Lu Yang couldn't help but curl his lips. Looking at the contents within [Supreme Grandmaster], the Primordial Saint, who possessed heaven-sent opportunities and was basically cheating, still couldn't compare to Sisui?
How embarrassing!
As a fellow cultivator who also cheats, look at me...
Forget it, such minor matters are put aside for now; attention should be focused on the main business. Lu Yang shook off his stray thoughts and looked back at the golden book before him.
Simultaneously, the Ancestral Dragon arrived before the golden book, performed a hand seal taught by the Primordial Saint, and then turned over the cover to see the records within.
[My name is ■■. By the time you see these words, I am already dead.]
[That's right, I am you—the future you.]
[From your perspective, you have just obtained this book. But on my side, I have already held this book and lived cautiously for several hundred thousand years.]
[What follows are my records over these years.]
[You must firmly remember every word above. The pages of the book are limited and cannot be restored, so I will only record the most important people and events.]
[...]
Densely packed records occupied more than half of the golden book's pages. The words were not written with a brush, but rather inscribed.
Every character looked as if it had been carved with a knife or chisel.
The Ancestral Dragon was dumbfounded. Although this wasn't actually his first time here, the relevant memories had long been wiped by the Primordial Saint, so it was no different from a first visit.
Thus, the more he read, the angrier and more stifled he felt. A nameless fire rose within him, and he couldn't resist smashing a fist into the golden book on the spot, yet it left no trace.
Simultaneously, through the Ancestral Dragon, Lu Yang finally saw the [Life before the Previous Life] of the Primordial Saint.
That was a great era.
Under the leadership of Sisui, the golden age of cultivators never dimmed from beginning to end—yet such an era was eventually cut short abruptly.
Because of the Ancestral Dragon.
[After the Ancestral Dragon debated the Dao with Sisui, he thought of a method to transcend by using the Five Elements to swallow the five great Heavenly Destinies. His ambition was vast, and for this, he specifically designed the Immortal Nexus and laid out a ritual to sacrifice the entire Light Sea. If he succeeded, the Light Sea would have headed toward its Final Tribulation prematurely.]
[At that time, the Ancestral Dragon would have become the Terminus Tiger.]
[As an innate Dao God symbolizing the Final Tribulation, his stature would have been infinitely close to Deity Transformation... And by transcending at that extreme point, he might have truly broken through!]
[Unfortunately, I will not see the ending.]
[The Ancestral Dragon's layout is meticulous. At this moment, all mortals, Qi Refiners, Foundation Establishment practitioners, and Perfected Lords have already been sacrificed. My body has begun to turn into ash and smoke.]
[Sisui has arrived and is currently in a great battle with him.]
[This method of transcendence is indeed stunning, but it cannot be used as a reference.]
[The nature of an innate Dao God is too unique; you and I do not possess it... Simultaneously, a way must be found to throttle the Ancestral Dragon early; he cannot be allowed to grow too well.]
[My suggestion is to tell the Ancestral Dragon the method of Five Elements Transcendence in advance. It is best to throttle him in the early stages of the golden age, before he gains excessively high intelligence from listening to Sisui's lectures. He can be used perfectly to fill the "Heaven-Seizing Name Method" and the Paramita plan...]
The Ancestral Dragon's hands were shaking as he read.
On the other side, Lu Yang was equally shocked. Clearly, in the Primordial Saint's [Life before the Previous Life], the golden age of cultivators did not end in the primordial period.
Instead, it continued all the way.
Exactly how many years it lasted was not stated in the records, but it was long enough for the originally beast-like Ancestral Dragon to become proficient in scheme!
"That's not wrong, actually."
"Without the Primordial Saint, Sisui would have had no way to know in advance about the Ancestral Dragon's plan to sacrifice all living beings. He would have inevitably been a step too late, making things irreversible."
Looking at it this way, the Primordial Saint actually saved the world?
Truly a piece of black humor.
Beyond that, the ending of the golden age was equally sigh-inducing. Sisui taught without discrimination, and the golden age flourished because of it, yet ultimately perished because of it as well.
Because Sisui civilized the Ancestral Dragon, allowing the originally beast-like innate Dao God to learn the ways of the world, it indirectly led to the destruction of the golden age. Although the Primordial Saint of the [Life before the Previous Life] did not witness the end, regardless of whether the Ancestral Dragon succeeded, the Light Sea withered because of it.
Lu Yang composed his thoughts and continued reading.
Next, as he expected, a new segment of records appeared... it was exactly the diary left behind by the Primordial Saint of the [Previous Life] before he committed suicide!
This time there was no long-winded discourse; the beginning of the record held only four large characters:
[DO NOT ASCEND!]
[Our plans have all been exposed. Beware of a man named Lu Yang. He also possesses the power of restart; I am unsure of the specific number of times.]
[If this person is not eliminated, the plan will inevitably fail.]
[He will rescue Sisui...]
[Recreate the world...]
Within the records, the events of the previous life were described objectively and succinctly, occupying roughly one-fifth of the remaining pages of the golden book.
"A pity."
Lu Yang felt some regret. He was not there in his main body but had entered [Supreme Grandmaster] only as an observer; at most, he could only borrow the majesty of the Ancestral Dragon.
"The current Ancestral Dragon is merely a part of that innate Dao God enslaved by the Primordial Saint, roughly at the level of a Great Perfected Lord. He cannot inscribe records upon the golden book. To do that, one likely needs to possess the stature of a Dao Lord... For instance, the Primordial Saint crossed out his true name."
In other words, his current self likely could not delete or change the records in the book.
Otherwise, he would have already filled the remaining pages of the golden book with junk information, crossed out the other useful information, and then restarted immediately.
Since that was the case, he could only change his thinking.
At this thought, Lu Yang turned his gaze toward the Ancestral Dragon beside him.
(End of Chapter)