"The only ones who were truly provoked by those Dao Lords were myself and the Old Days."
Yun Shou thought of it.
"It's like a college student choosing an exceptionally terrible supervisor when pursuing a master's or doctoral degree. That professor treats the students like slaves, stubbornly refusing to let them graduate, driving the students to the brink of despair."
"My old friend and I were those miserable students who were exploited by that scoundrel professor for countless years, so naturally we harbored hatred for him."
"But the information was different then... They had just chosen this kind of mentor, and even though they had heard that this mentor was inhuman, they had not yet personally experienced what it meant to be 'inhuman,' when they unexpectedly received the Nobel Prize."
“Even the mentors who were originally unkind were all smiles at them and didn’t try to hold them back at all. Under such circumstances, their hatred for the mentors was naturally negligible.”
"—Although they would be exploited if they didn't win the Nobel Prize, they did win it, so the exploitation never happened before. Even if there was resentment, it wasn't very high."
Later, in the Land of Origin, those who didn't feel they had been taken advantage of even chose to join the camp of those who monopolized the Dao Lords and became their cronies.
[The Dao Lord Tang Ming, however, was too lazy to pay them any attention. The main reason he opened the Dao Temple and sealed more than a dozen Dao principles was to have all the beings in the universe come and pay homage to him!]
The small secret room he used to seize power was actually a secondary objective.
[But in the past... in the past, the principles of the Way were never locked.]
After becoming a Dao Lord, aside from returning to the Origin Universe to investigate the origins of the first two Dao Lords, he spent the rest of his time wandering aimlessly in the Boundless Sea of Void.
I used to be too lazy to associate with those insects.
"Tang Ming and I don't bother each other, so naturally I haven't paid much attention to him."
Balala sighed, "But that time fourteen time spans ago reminded me."
"I not only tracked him down, I also investigated how long he had disappeared from this timeline."
"The problem lies in this... Tang Ming hadn't sent any messages for quite some time, but I, along with several other Dao Lords, didn't pay attention at the time."
"His training ground has always been open. Because he hasn't set up a second trial, even if he hasn't appeared for a long time, it doesn't affect the birth of complete universe lords."
"In his monastery, in his palace, I learned from the memories of his servants... that Tang Ming has not sent out any further messages for thirty consecutive years."
"This isn't a simple disappearance, or simply spending time doing something. There's nothing in this world that requires Tang Ming to 'spend time' to do."
"Because he could freeze all of time and space, leaving only his own time, or the time of designated people and things, to continue flowing."
As the information unfolds, an image slowly emerges in your mind.
[The ultimate time management master!]
[The current Dao Lord is an absolute master of time management... no, he should even be called the ruler of time management!]
[His subordinates, whom he values, number in the countless trillions, scattered throughout the boundless void, in countless worlds of the primordial universe, are all his former followers and servants, each and every one of whom receives an audience with him every single day!]
Sometimes it's a heart-to-heart talk, sometimes a reprimand, and sometimes just a gentle nod, indicating that everything the subordinate has done is seen and remembered.
He used every second as if it were dozens of time spans, and the women in his harem who were extremely favored by him could see him for billions of years every day!
He also frequently spent time with his juniors and got to know his apprentices. He had complete control over everything, and he didn't find it tedious, but rather a source of enjoyment.
Tang Ming's personality trait lies in "control."
That's why he later developed such intense hatred for the past, because the past could alter the past and change the present things he controlled—a variable he absolutely could not tolerate!
Finally… perhaps thinking that the ancient beings were not bad, at least they didn't deliberately seal off the Dao principles, Tang Ming allowed them to leave behind a very small number of "ancient universes" in the boundless void sea.
However, the relevant ancient laws are only permitted to operate within those ancient universes and cannot be taken outside!
"So it turns out the old principles weren't simply something that was voluntarily withdrawn in a fit of anger after being driven out?"
"Part of the reason is that Tang Ming does not allow the existence of old Dao principles that can tamper with the past in his 'present time and space'."
Yun Shou thought to himself.
However, Tang Ming, a master of time management, went missing for thirty time spans.
To be specific, it will take six hundred quadrillion quadrillion years.
Other time management gurus can divide the week into six parts, spending weekends with their wives and weekdays with their secretaries, and so on.
Tang Ming has divided a day and an hour into countless parts!
Even if such a person were to disappear for only a day, it would be considered outrageous, unbelievable, and unimaginable, let alone for so long!
[Due to excessive playtime, the brain is completely filled with waste products.]
[You didn't immediately understand what Balala was trying to say: "...Even if he disappeared for thirty time spans, that doesn't prove that the dog's true form outside is also in the 'future,' right?"]
Yun Shou: "..."
He already understands.
[Barlala: "..."]
If you only had this level of intelligence back then, she would have caught you long ago.
"Shou, think again, how long did you stay in this simulation?"
After the reminder, your expression suddenly changed.
[Your simulation only covered fourteen time spans!]
Long before you started this simulation, long before your original self existed in that spacetime, "now" had already vanished!
With multiple pieces of evidence presented, there's little room for doubt.
You sighed, "Then... is there still a chance to find the past and complete the last 3 billion Dao principles within me?"
[Barlala: "There's a chance. I know of some backup plans left over from the past."]
"You can use that contingency plan to enter his 'Ancient Boundless Sea,' travel to a period of time in which he existed, and replicate the last 3 billion Dao principles within yourself."
"Then let's set sail immediately!"
Seeing your excited expression, Balala gently shook her head.
"You can't do it, only he can, the 'real thing' in front of the simulator."
"Very good, you've successfully cleared your name!"
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