After hearing the youth's account, Lu Yang lowered his eyelids, yet another matter came to mind: no wonder the First Generation Elixir Peak Master had ultimately chosen to court death of his own accord.
Because if he and the First Generation Heaven-Mending Peak Master had both relied on the Ancestral Dragon's support to ascend to the Heaven-Treading Realm, it would inevitably have triggered massive upheaval in [Five Elements].
But the timing had been wrong.
At that time, the First Generation Elixir Peak Master's plan had yet to begin, while the First Generation Monster-Rearing Peak Master was still sleeping in the Netherworld. The World Honored One alone could not hold up a single tree.
And if [Five Elements] was shaken, then no matter how careless the Sacred Sect Ancestor might have been, he would certainly have known that something had gone wrong with the seal. The First Generation Heaven-Mending Peak Master's methods had been somewhat strained even when concealing things from the Sacred Sect Ancestor in ordinary times. Once the other party noticed something amiss and investigated in earnest, there was no way it could have remained hidden.
The result would inevitably have been exposure.
By then, neither the First Generation Heaven-Mending Peak Master nor the First Generation Elixir Peak Master would have survived. The Sacred Sect Ancestor would surely have ground their bones to dust and scattered their ashes.
So at least one of them had to die.
If there was only one Heaven-Treading Realm cultivator, the Great Dao of [Five Elements] would not be thrown into turmoil, and naturally would not draw the Sacred Sect Ancestor's airtight vigilance.
This really is...
At that thought, even Lu Yang was somewhat dazed and briefly at a loss: an elder brother sacrificing himself generously for his junior brother, calmly walking toward death.