Taiyi secretly thought that the reason why the master of the Mi Luo Palace took action was because Tiandu City had harmed the Seventh Era Universe, wielding life and death power, being bloodthirsty and ruthless, and imprisoning all living beings.
However, the memories of the Lord of Tiandu are from his own perspective and are certainly not comprehensive.
Therefore, Taiyi thought of personally witnessing the actions of Tiandu City from the perspective of an observer.
Cao Ya had a general idea of what Taiyi was thinking.
“If you go, you won’t be able to come back for a long time,” Cao Ya said.
Taiyi, in the original timeline, was knocked down from the prehistoric cosmic era and later suppressed by the eldest son of the Mi Luo Palace. Only after a long time did he escape and return, and was reincarnated again in the seventeenth era.
It was quite surprising that this Cao Yatianzun from Yankang seemed to really know many old stories.
"A Chaos God?" Taiyi pondered to himself. He was an extremely powerful being who had long since attained enlightenment. Due to the special nature of Taiyi's Great Dao, he was able to travel through countless worlds and witness countless events, both major and minor.
He simply rarely interferes with the various realms, except for the time when the Creator was destroyed.
Therefore, Taiyi was naturally aware of Cao Yasu's usual claims, such as the transmission of the Dharma by a primordial deity.
But when he tried to recall it carefully, he had no recollection of it.
Besides, throughout the seventeen cosmic eras, the master of the Miro Palace is the most powerful being.
The chaotic deity, whose techniques were so different from those of the Mi Luo Palace, was clearly not an incarnation of the Mi Luo Palace's master.
"Perhaps, it was an unknown powerful being who traveled the boundless realms beyond the chaos, who accidentally discovered our universe, stopped to admire it, and took a liking to this Venerable Cao, gifting him a method."
It's easy to think that Cao Tianzun's talent is worthy of being admired by such a chaotic deity.
In just one or two hundred years, it has risen to its current level, possessing the strength of the thirty-ninth level of the Dao Realm, making it a top-tier Dao achiever.
Furthermore, the laws that Cao Tianzun controls are far too numerous to count.
Such a formidable character is too easy to imagine; he has never appeared even in the sixteen prehistoric eons.
"He is indeed a genius!"
Taiyi acknowledged this and praised Cao Tianzun's enlightenment as unparalleled in the world.
Every extraordinary skill has its own threshold; even if it is given out, it is not easy to learn it or even achieve something from it.
Moreover, the time was so short.
Qin Mu and Kaihuang both traveled through history to ancient times and experienced many major events.
Taiyi knew that Cao Tianzun had no such experience.
However, since he was too easygoing and not the type to pry, Cao Ya didn't elaborate and didn't press him for details.
It's even less likely that they could use their superior cultivation level and force to coerce others into giving them various secret techniques.
Otherwise, why would we have waited until now?
"If they can't come back, they can't come back," Taiyi smiled and said. "My main purpose in going there is to find an answer."
Cao Ya nodded. Since Taiyi had made a decision, he would not waver.
Those who achieve enlightenment are all strong-willed.
Of course, without the great master Taiyi, Cao Ya and the others had to be even more concerned about the safety of the ancestral court.
There's no way around it; among them, none can currently compare to Taiyi.
Even Cao Ya himself can't do it.
Besides Cao Ya, Qin Mu and Ling Tianzun were the most promising candidates, but they lacked time and failed to rise to prominence.
He has not yet attained enlightenment.
However, this was Taiyi's own idea, and Cao Ya, an outsider, would not question it.
Cao Ya was confident he could kill any ordinary cultivator who had attained enlightenment.
Top-tier figures are too large in scale and require a huge amount of energy. As long as the ancestral court is controlled and a fierce battle does not break out, resulting in the completion of the blood sacrifice, it will be difficult for those young masters of the Mi Luo Palace to come over.
The current order of the various realms is basically set. Of the former Celestial Venerables, apart from Xiaotian Venerable who was banished to an unknown space and Xutian Venerable who is being punished by karmic fire in Youdu, all the other Celestial Venerables have perished.
There is unlikely to be any major war breaking out in the ancestral temple.
Cao Ya felt that there was a good chance of stopping the prehistoric powers from smuggling themselves out.
Moreover, he was not alone; figures like Kaihuang, Lingtianzun, and Yuntianzun were all his helpers.
"Then I wish you success," Cao Ya said with a smile.
"Thank you." Taiyi smiled, picked up the iron bucket, took out a willow branch, swept the water in the bucket, and splashed it onto the mountain peaks that had just rioted.
"Splash splash~~~"
Divine liquid was poured out, the rosy dawn shone brightly, the cracks were repaired, and everything was restored to its original state.
Everyone looked on in amazement. The peaks in this place were very unique. It would be difficult to destroy them by ordinary means, and repairing them would require even more skill.
"Don't be envious. With your talent and comprehension, you will have such a day in the future." Taiyi said, he was quite optimistic about this group of people. If nothing unexpected happens, they should all be able to achieve the Dao, and even reach the top level, such as the 39th or 40th level of the Dao Realm.
In particular, he had the highest hopes for Mu Tianzun and Ling Tianzun!
It's possible to surpass the peak of the Dao Realm at the fortieth level, and to rival the young masters of the Mi Luo Palace.
As for Cao Tianzun...
To be honest, Cao Ya's cultivation path is too special. It seems to be taught by a chaotic god, which is different from this universe and also different from the prehistoric era. Therefore, it is beyond the comprehension of the easy. He himself asked himself, and he also had no idea what level Cao Tianzun would eventually reach.
“That is…” Ling Tianzun stared at the divine liquid in the iron barrel, her beautiful eyes narrowing slightly.
The old man Taiyi smiled slightly. This was the divine liquid condensed on his Dao Tree, with extraordinary effects. If placed in the universe, it would be a first-class divine object of heaven and earth, and there would be few rare treasures that could compare to it.
Otherwise, how could the World Tree have been repaired?
"By the way, after I leave, if there are any unusual movements or cracks appear in this Great Black Mountain, the work of repairing it will be entrusted to you. Be sure to be careful and not be careless," Taiyi said. In fact, as the first Daoist to achieve enlightenment in the Seventeenth Era, he also opened up the Great Luo Heaven in the Ultimate Void.
Because of the issue of his origins, he is believed to be the reincarnation of the prehistoric Heavenly Capital Lord, and he has always stayed in the ancestral court without going to the outside world... Therefore, he is generally not regarded as a native ancient god of the seventeenth century and is excluded from the list.
His Great Luo Heaven is unlike that of the previous Tai Emperor, whose divine consciousness of the Great Luo Heaven was so dazzling that he seemed afraid others wouldn't know about it. It was extremely hidden, and even other Dao-realizing beings found it very difficult to detect.
But at this moment, Taiyi has taken the initiative to expose itself. Every day, everyone can go to Taiyi's Great Luo Heaven to collect Dao Liquid and bring it to the Ancestral Court, Daheishan, to carry out various repair work, fill defects, and eliminate hidden dangers.
Everyone was moved; Taiyi's magnanimity was truly remarkable and inspiring admiration.
"Ancient God Taiyi, you truly possess a spirit that can conquer the universe and a grand vision that commands respect! Compared to you, Heavenly Emperor Taichu is like a firefly compared to the bright moon!" Yun Tianzun praised.
Kaihuang, Shujun, Taishi, Langwan Divine King, Yue Tianzun, and others all nodded, expressing their deep admiration.
If it were them, would they also act out of public interest and for the sake of the entire universe, and completely hand over their trump cards to others?
Qin Mu's eyes lit up, he rubbed his hands together and chuckled, "Brother Taiyi, since you've put it that way, then I won't stand on ceremony."
Taiyi's eyes twitched. He had a feeling that Mu Tianzun, this eccentric fool, was bound to cause trouble!
"Don't do anything reckless! The Dao Liquid is for repairing the cracks in the Great Black Mountain, not for you to eat," Taiyi carefully instructed.
Qin Mu chuckled awkwardly and said weakly, "Am I that kind of person?"
The Moon Goddess and the Langwan God King, both exuding charm, rolled their eyes at him.
Yun Tianzun, Kaihuang, Shujun, and Taishi were both amused and exasperated. Mu Tianzun's personality was indeed too lively in normal times, and no one could control him.
Ling Tianzun didn't pay much attention to these things. He was just thinking about how the existence of Dao Trees, Dao Flowers, and Dao Fruits differed from real matter.
"My Unyielding Divine Power still has flaws... If I could cultivate it to the point where matter and energy are not easily separated, it might be more perfect... But that probably wouldn't be the ultimate perfection; there will definitely be further cultivation paths to follow..."
Ling Tianzun pondered to herself that after learning about the existence of the prehistoric era, she had an idea to innovate and further enhance the difficult supernatural power that she originally thought was close to perfection.
Moreover, Ling Tianzun had neither personally experienced nor witnessed the calamities of the universe's birth and destruction, and thus had no knowledge of them.
She was confused: what is the difference in matter across different cosmic eras?
"Mass and energy are not easily manipulated..."
Ling Tianzun was curious about Taiyi's Great Luo Heaven and wanted to get closer to observe it carefully.
And then there's the Great Luo Heaven of Divine Consciousness that Yun Tianzun took over...
She was somewhat disappointed that Cao Tianzun and Kaihuang did not go to the ultimate void to create the Great Luo Heaven.
Otherwise, given their respective cultivation levels, Kaihuang would definitely be able to grow a Dao Tree, and might even be close to blooming a Dao Flower, while Cao Tianzun would definitely be able to obtain a Dao Fruit!
Of course, Ling Tianzun understood Cao Ya and the other's plan: to reduce the pressure on the ultimate void as much as possible and delay the arrival of ultimate solitude.
Taiyi attained enlightenment too early, while Yun Tianzun inherited the foundation of the Tai Emperor, so there's no need to force them to do the same.
Soon, Taiyi repaired the cracks in the World Tree, and the Dao liquid in the iron bucket was also completely consumed.
He looked at Qin Mu and instructed him, "The Dao liquid that condenses on the Dao Tree every day is just enough. If even a little is eaten or spilled, it will cause all sorts of problems."
Qin Mu nodded emphatically.
Since it concerns the safety of the Seventeenth Century, he wouldn't act recklessly according to his own whims.
"Unless... someday I can be as strong as Taiyi..."
Qin Mu thought to himself, "In that case, I can drink the Dao liquid produced by my Great Dao Divine Tree to my heart's content."
"By the way, a so-called cosmic cataclysm of birth and death..."
Just then, Ling Tianzun spoke up, expressing his confusion.
The universe's initial creation and ultimate destruction are both events. The latter is easy to understand, but why is the former also a catastrophe?
Everyone was puzzled and listened to Taiyi's answer.
Taiyi was silent for a while, then sighed and said, "The universe is withering, all paths are dying, and everything should fall into silence. This is also a calamity for those who have attained the Dao, and it is very difficult to resist."
"And in the creation of heaven and earth, from the vast chaos, the universe evolved, and there were also great difficulties in creation."
"After all, why should later generations acknowledge the beings of the prehistoric era?"
"The Great Cataclysm is a dangerous situation for most enlightened beings to face directly, but there are always a few individuals whose achievements are so profound that they are able to overcome it."
"And the Creation Tribulation, apart from the master of the Miro Palace..."
Taiyi shook his head as he spoke.
The unspoken meaning in his words was immediately understood by everyone.
"Just what kind of great supernatural being is the master of the Mi Luo Palace?" Qin Mu wondered. All the prehistoric masters he had encountered might have been dissatisfied with the Mi Luo Palace, but they all greatly admired the master of the Mi Luo Palace and admitted that they were inferior to him.
Even Taiyi is the same.
Taiyi laughed heartily and said, "The master of Mi Luo Palace is the strongest person in history. No one has ever been able to surpass him!"
"In history, he was also the first being to attain enlightenment!"
"It can be said that the emergence of all the masters in later generations was due to the foundation laid by the master of the Mi Luo Palace."
Upon hearing Taiyi's account, everyone felt a sense of anticipation.
If one could personally meet the master of the Miro Palace, communicate with him, or witness the master of the Miro Palace displaying great supernatural powers...
That would be truly fortunate.
Cao Ya sighed. The master of the Miro Palace, after the destruction of the Sixteenth Era, stood in the vast chaos, looking towards the future and saw the Seventeenth Era. His gaze passed through eight hundred billion years and discovered the ultimate desolation, the extinction of everything. The World Tree and the Ruins that spanned all eras would also be destroyed under the ultimate desolation.
Everything in the universe will be destroyed and cease to exist.
Even a high-ranking official like the Master of the Miro Palace couldn't see any hope in this situation, nor could he find a way to save Zhu Ji.
Thus, his Daoist heart shattered, and he transformed himself into the Dao.
He returned all the power, various laws of the Great Dao, and Dao fruits that he had cultivated in the sixteen cosmic eras to the corresponding universes, without retaining any more.
The master of the Miro Palace passed away peacefully in the very first era, at the place of his birth.
Of course, because of his great supernatural powers, even if he loses his Dao fruit, magic power, primordial spirit, physical body, etc., as long as the Great Dao he once cultivated still exists, his consciousness can be considered to be living in another form.
Although their strength has certainly been greatly diminished.
Yet, it is something that no one else can match.
Taiyi himself felt he was no match for them.
Cao Ya is no match for the master of the Mi Luo Palace!
"Because of the calamity of birth and death, those prehistoric enlightened beings had to use the World Tree to sneak into the future," Taiyi said.
Everyone nodded.
Indeed, the only one who could possibly overcome these two great calamities—the catastrophe of destruction and the catastrophe of creation—by force alone is the master of the Mi Luo Palace.
Others, if they didn't want to die, had no choice but to try to smuggle themselves out of the country.
"The Ruins of Return is the territory of the Second Young Master of the Mi Luo Palace. In the Sixteenth Era, the Second Young Master rebelled against the Mi Luo Palace, went on a killing spree, and attempted to destroy the universe. He used the Daoist arts of the Ruins of Return to recreate the world. His methods were too cruel, and he was opposed by all forces. Even the master of the Mi Luo Palace, who had reached the Dao Transformation stage, had to take action to suppress the Second Young Master at the bottom of the Ruins of Return."
"Therefore, their only shortcut is the World Tree."
After Taiyi finished speaking, everyone understood even more why the same shortcut to escape to the underworld was not a problem in the underworld, unlike the World Tree, where prehistoric experts would try to force their way in and descend every day.
“I once cut down the World Tree to stop the awakening of the World Tree ‘Old Man Wuya,’ but this is only a temporary solution. Old Man Wuya will eventually awaken.” Taiyi sighed. “After I’m gone, the heavy responsibility of defense will fall to you.”
"The World Tree faction follows the Boundless Elder, but who knows how many Dao-realizing beings they have? If they all sneak over here..."
Taiyi shook his head. By then, the lifespan of the seventeenth century would probably shrink infinitely, from the eight hundred billion years predicted by the master of the Mi Luo Palace to less than a hundred billion years, or even only about ten billion years!
Now, six billion years have passed.
For the people of the Seventeenth Century, none of the major prehistoric powers could be spared!
Unless they are willing to relinquish all their power and be reborn solely as pure spirits.
But that's too unrealistic!
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