[In 7000 years, the longest I've ever lived, you were predicting the future every day, one prediction lasting 219 hours, a full nine days later.]

In 7207, you ascended to the 240th Heaven.

[In 7305, you encountered Kita-shiki on the last day of the foreseen future.]

He exclaimed joyfully, "Father Yun, soon I will be able to go find my sister Yue Li!"

【you:"???"】

You instinctively sensed something was wrong: "Hey, what happened?"

"The calamity field that has enveloped the Yuantian Realm for years is fading; it's disappearing!"

"Holy crap! Why!?"

You were almost scared to death.

"Because those senior figures are spreading alarmist rumors!"

For the first time in so many years, Beichenguang has shaken off the gloom and returned to the childlike state you were when you took care of him.

It felt like stepping back over 3,000 years.

He was joyful, happy, and delighted, sharing his small achievements with others.

[But back then it was for Jiang Yueli; now that Jiang Yueli is gone, it's for you.]

"Those five ancient immortals said that the world's consciousness instructed them not to kill the last calamity beast, otherwise it would attract the true mastermind behind it."

"But this statement is clearly incorrect!"

"Given the size of the Yuantian Realm, how could it possibly know so much? How could it casually bestow blessings that grant True Immortals such power?"

"There's definitely something wrong with them!"

"Perhaps they were deceived, or perhaps they actively cooperated with the beast, wanting to devour the fortune of me, Xiangyang, Wuchuan, and you, Father Yun—all of us people with great destiny!"

"When you, Father Yun, become an immortal, that will be the time when they truly begin to act and reap the rewards!"

You remain silent: "..."

[Bei Chenguang's reasoning has many logical flaws. Rather than saying that he developed suspicion about the five ancient immortals based on various phenomena, it would be more accurate to say that he was simply making excuses for himself.]

[An excuse to attack the leader of the raiding beasts.]

[After all, the power field of calamity is currently trapping the entire Yuan Tian Realm, preventing Bei Chenguang from leaving this universe and going to that primordial universe to find the opportunity to trace back to the past and resurrect his sister Yue Li.]

Currently, the Calamity Force Field has stopped spawning monsters, and the last remaining Calamity Beast leader is sealed dozens of light-years outside the Yuan Tian Realm. Clearly, there is only one way to break this deadlock.

Only by defeating the leader of the raiding beasts can we hope to see any change!

[Instead of the previous centuries of stagnation, where the world remained completely still and there was no hope of ever getting out!]

Bei Chenguang desperately wanted to leave; he longed to see Jiang Yueli one more time!

So he did it.

After a moment of hesitation, you asked, "How...did you do that?"

"Those five ancient immortals should have taken proper protective measures, right?"

[They not only took protective measures, but also sent people to check the sealing formation every few hours to see if there were any loopholes.]

[You reminded me.]

[You had already suspected this before. Since Bei Chenguang became an immortal, you've instructed the ancient immortals to be on high alert and take defensive measures, making sure the enemy doesn't attack from within!]

"To prevent these newly born True Immortals from escaping, you must guard the seal!"

[You left this message in the mark you left within them when you returned to their bodies.]

[It's said to be to prevent the birth of new immortals, but in reality, it's specifically targeting Bei Chenguang.]

[With his grand plan successfully completed, Beichen Guang was naturally overjoyed and recounted his methods to you.]

[The Way.]

True immortals can do almost anything, as long as they possess the corresponding Dao principles.

In some battles between true immortals, the outcome depends not so much on the amount of Dao power, but on intelligence!

Understanding what principles and abilities his opponents possess, and what those abilities can accomplish... is the most crucial thing!

For example, a person may only have ten Dao Powers, but all of their Dao Laws are focused on immortality and indestructibility, while their opponent has a thousand Dao Powers, but none of their Dao Laws have any function against immortality and indestructibility.

[The plot only involves characters with a thousand Dao power; they can't possibly kill someone with ten Dao power.]

Similarly, even a True Immortal with 10,000 Dao Power, if few of the Dao Principles he comprehends possess the ability to "see through," then a True Immortal with 100 Dao Power but 99% of his Dao Principles focused on concealment and stealth can freely and repeatedly move about in front of him without fear of being discovered.

[In a real fight, he definitely wouldn't win, but he'd certainly have a lot of underhanded techniques.]

Even when the difference in spiritual power exceeds tenfold, situations can still arise where the weaker party outmaneuveres the stronger one.

However, that situation is generally not very common.

[Many immortals, even those of lower realms, take an average of over 30 billion years to accumulate enough enlightenment to reach a single point of Dao power in a year. This Dao power is entirely composed of scattered, fragmented elements, formed by the combination of different minor Dao principles.]

[A haphazard, disorganized approach, comprehensive yet lacking depth.]

This makes their confrontations fairly even, with little opportunity for the intelligence advantage presented by the appeal.

[But the power-ups in the Yuantian Realm, which you've enhanced, allow you to continuously observe the Dao principles—that's quite different!]

They can truly focus on a single principle for hundreds of years, perfecting a specialized ability to its ultimate power!

For example, Beichenguang.

Although he only recently became an immortal, his essence level hasn't been significantly increased by you, only by 30 times, which is similar to the essence level of the Five Ancient Immortals after the arrival of the Beast Leader.

[But for the past few centuries, he has been studying the relevant Dao principles, and today he finally succeeded in secretly infiltrating the sealing formation and killing the leader of the calamity beasts!]

The following changes pleased him: the power field of calamity began to dissipate and would completely disappear in about another hundred years.

"Father Yun, the most important thing now is to prevent those ancient immortal lackeys from resorting to desperate measures, so after setting up a deception to confuse them, I came to find you immediately!"

"What we need to do is hide until the power field of the calamity completely disappears, and then we'll be free!"

【you:"……"】

Your gaze was complex, you nodded heavily, and then ended this discussion of the future.

"In 230 hours, Bei Chenguang will infiltrate the great formation and kill the leader of the calamity beasts."

You lift your head, your eyes vacant.

"After taking it down, it had to come running to tell me and take me into hiding..."

"You never imagined, you could never have imagined, that the person who would sever your hope would be me."