Da Yunlai's words plunged Lu Yang into deep thought.
Seeing his expression, Da Yunlai gave a light chuckle. "There's no need to worry too much. At least for now, Dao Venerable should hold the advantage."
"Oh?" Lu Yang raised a brow. "What makes you say that?"
Da Yunlai explained, "If Dao Venerable held no advantage, why would he have brought you here? You are the future he observed—the future that continues."
"That is why Final Calamity must interfere with you."
"Immortal Taiyuan should originally have been one of Dao Venerable's chess pieces, which was why his life was spared back then. But now, he has likely been affected by Final Calamity."
"..."
Da Yunlai's tone remained fairly relaxed, without much pressure behind it. Yet after hearing him out, Lu Yang, who knew his own circumstances best, felt even heavier at heart.
No.
Realization dawned on Lu Yang.
Da Yunlai has it wrong. The truth is probably the exact opposite. The one who truly holds the advantage is not Dao Venerable, but that indescribable Final Calamity!
The reason was simple. If Dao Venerable truly held the advantage, if the Light Sea representing the future could truly anchor the continuation of Divine Province, then why did he possess the Hundred Lives Book? Why had he appeared? Not to mention being given this ability to start over from the beginning.
So the truth was likely the reverse.
[Jun]. What he observed was probably not a [future that continues], but a [future closest to successfully continuing].
Closest to success, yet not successful.
Think about it. Without him, if Chu Sheng's transcendence plan had truly succeeded, what would the Light Sea have preserved? It would still have been a devastated wasteland.
Yet he had appeared.
More precisely, the [Hundred Lives Book] had appeared.
*Strictly speaking,